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i can't see you
anymore, she says
on the phone while
i'm standing in
the phone store
trying to buy
a new phone. what,
i say, i can't
hear you, who is
this. Gina, she
says loudly. i
don't know any
Ginas i tell her.
what are you talking
about, we went out
two nights ago.
oh, i say. i thought
your name was sally.
sorry. so what were
you saying. we're
breaking up. we
were never going
together dope, she
screams. i'm just
telling you that
i don't want to see
you anymore. i'm
not sure why. i
can't put my finger
on it, but we're
just not....what,
can you speak up
i tell her, it's
really really loud
in here with all
of these phones going
off. nevermind, she
says. then silence.
hello, i say, hello,
are you still there,
sally, can you
hear me? sally?