By Ekta R. Garg
Prompt: Please share your first 50 words on the topic “hello.”
https://first50.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/hello-2/
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“Hello?”
“Hi, Stephen. It’s…Amy.”
Pause. “Yes?”
“Can we talk?”
“No.”
“I know it’s been a while, but—”
“And I see no need to start now.”
“You don’t understand—”
“Oh, I do. You want a happy reunion, and—”
“Dad died this morning.”
Pause.
“Sorry to hear that.”
Click.
