“Oh, you know who I am,” he chuckled on the other end of the line, “and here I thought you weren’t interested in seeing me again, acting all disinterested and non-chalant at the cafe, if you want to see me, all you have to do is send me a text.”

Teri squeezed her eyes shut, as a million thoughts suddenly zoomed in and out of her mind at a pace faster than she could comprehend, this doesn’t feel right, she clenched her teeth as she fought to slow down her thoughts. This is not Adrian talking, a voice in her mind said at last, this is someone else, someone else that sounds like him, yeah, that’s got to be it.

Teri opened her eyes, the other end of the line was silent but she knew he was still on the line, based on the fact that she’s been handling phone calls for the last few months and she knew how the phone line should sound if she’s been hung up. She cleared her throat, “Sorry, whoever you are, what I did was strictly for curiosity, not for interest, but you have just confirmed my suspicion and,” clenching her teeth, she said, “and don’t call here again.”

He chuckled again as if what she had just said was a joke, “and what is your suspicion?”

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Written for Six Sentence Story. The prompt is “Interest”.