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Essay / Short story: 'The Phone Rang' - 2859
The phone rang while Louise was reading the society section of the morning paper, "Can I help you?" » she asked as she answered the phone. “Louise, this is Tina. » "I'm glad you called, I was planning to call for lunch." How about meeting me at Ming's at 11:30? » Louise asked. “Something happened and I need to talk to you,” Tina said. Sensing the anger in Tina's voice, Louise promised to meet her and told Fanny that she would come back later. When Louise pulled into the restaurant parking lot and parked near an oak tree, she sat in the car for a few minutes wondering what was wrong with Tina. . Finally, she locked her car, went to the restaurant, sat down, and ordered a glass of wine while she waited for Tina. As Louise sat in a booth drinking her third glass of wine, Tina entered the restaurant. Louise knew by the look on her face that she was angry. Tina was unable to speak as she walked over, slammed her fist on the table and shouted, “You and I need to talk!” "Now, just a minute, we're going to talk, but first, I want you to calm down and stop yelling." . Now you're going to sit there and explain yourself," Louise said, pointing to the seat. Her friend's behavior shocked her. "I want you to pretend to be a lady." "Our friendship doesn't mean absolutely nothing for you,” Tina shouted, putting her hands down and standing. “Okay, that’s good, but you’re going to lower your voice,” Louise said, sipping her wine. "You convinced me to sell my kennel and the property and buy this little grocery store. After the first week, I didn't have three customers a week stopping by to buy a bottle of water. Well , can you guess what happened? The other night it burned. I don't know what I'm going to do. .. Icer said and got up ready to leave As Louise cried and begged him not to let the officer take her to jail Mike went to Fanny's room to tell her they were going to jail. "Come on, honey, let's go," Mike said, putting his arm around Louise as they left. "I'll take care of everything, and I'll follow him." the officer refused to let her in Mike's car After posting bail and leaving the city jail, Mike was furious: "I can't continue to use my influence to get you out of jail." prison. What is your problem? Why didn't you tell me you hit those cars? They said you were drinking. Honey, could you kill someone while you're driving drunk? » “But I didn’t!” Louise remarked sarcastically. “Who knows what’s going to happen next week?” Mike asked and knew he would go back to court with her..