¹     CJ was in the kitchen helping herself to a chocolate chip cookie when the phone rang. Her mother had gone to pay a bill. Her brother was at a friend's house. She could have let the answering machine pick up, but CJ decided to answer the phone herself. She picked up the receiver.
 
²     "Yeah, hello?" CJ bit into her cookie and chewed.
 
³     "Hello, is Bonnie Torwald there?"
 
⁴     "Who wants to know?" CJ's mouth was full of cookie. She sprayed the phone with crumbs as she spoke.
 
⁵     "I'm Mrs. Carroll. Is this Ms. Torwald?"
 
⁶     CJ snorted. "Do I sound like Ms. Torwald?"
 
⁷     There was a pause. "Is this the Torwald residence?"
 
⁸     "Yeah, but my mom isn't here right now. Sorry." CJ wandered into the kitchen to get some milk. Maybe she would also get another cookie!
 
⁹     "Would you tell her I called, please?"
 
¹⁰     "Sure, yeah, I can do that," CJ said absently as she tried to pour milk with one hand.
 
¹¹     The woman recited her phone number while CJ rolled her eyes. What was she, a secretary? But she agreed to give her mother the message and hung up.
 
¹²     Mrs. Torwald hurried into the house a few minutes later.
 
¹³     "Hey, Mom, you had a phone call!" CJ said as she wiped the crumbs from her face.

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