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Yaw Amoateng

The missed call

Updated: Apr 30, 2023

It was early in the afternoon and I was doing my chores.

I picked up my phone to check my notifications,

I saw a missed call, it was from her.

I was excited, with a massive smile on my face,

She hardly calls.

Maybe she called to check up on me or maybe she called to tell me something.

I was contemplating all the possible reasons why she would call.

I hurriedly finished my chores,

Ready to call her back,

Ready to tell her about my day,

Ready to ask how hers was going.

I picked up my phone, I called her.

She picked up, “Hey what’s up?" I said

She responded, “Hey”

Before I could utter another word,

She asked me, "Did you call because you saw my missed call?"

Obviously, I muttered to myself

I said, “Yes”.

“It was a …” she said vaguely

“What?” I said, trying to figure out what she had said.

She tried again “It was …” her voice blurred away again.

“Dude I can hardly hear you” I said to her.

“It was a mistake” She said more clearly this time.

In silence, saddened in my heart, I paused.

The one time she calls and it turns out to be a mistake, how devastating.

“oh okay, have a good day” I said to her and hung up.

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