Richard sensed Pearl wasn't asleep yet. He called her again, but she didn't answer.

Refusing to give up, he dialed her number once more.

"Hello," came the reply, with two voices somehow in the background. Richard wondered if he had missed her too much and brushed it off as his own tipsiness. "Pearl," he said lovingly. "Why are you calling so late?" Pearl's voice sounded on the other end.

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"I miss you."

"Have you been drinking?" she asked.

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