Well, Ma, see... there's this girl." Silence. He checked to make sure the call hadn't been dropped. "You still there, Ma?" A sniffle. "You can't be crying already," he said. "I haven't told you anything about her yet." "It doesn't matter, Nick," his mother said through her tears. "Those are the three words I've been waiting thirty-four years to hear.
Julie JamesJ.D. cleared his throat and pushed the button on the intercom. โUh, Payton, hi. Itโs J.D.โ Dead silence. Then another crackle. โSorry. Not interested.โ Cute. But J.D. persisted. Again with the button. โI want to talk to you.โ Crackle. โEver hear of a telephone, asshole?โ Okay, he probably deserved that.
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