The Voice Message
As I lay under my warm cotton flannel sheets that Sunday night, I pondered the reason why my cell phone had not rung the entire day. I had a strange premonition that something wasn’t exactly right, so my instincts told me to investigate. I struggled getting out of the comfortable bed, but I managed to put on warmer clothes and head out my door. As I stepped out onto the patio, the gusty cold wind chilled my whole body. Dialing my voice- mail number, I heard “You have one new message.” From the first second I heard my best friend’s voice I could tell she was disturbed and irate about something. Her frosty voice said, “Andrea, it’s me. I have to tell you this right now while it’s fresh in my mind. I had $150 in my room and $60.00 in my wallet, and neither one of them is there any more. The only people who were at my house were you and my family, so I’m going to believe my family over you. Andrea, I don’t know who’s more of a fool. Me for trusting you or you for thinking you could get away with this. Don’t try to call me or my family because now everyone despises you, and I don’t want to have anything to do with you anymore. Have a nice life.” At that very moment I felt my stomach churning and
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Andrea Keyes, Voice Message, heard message, plays mind, couldnt believe, cell phone, flannel sheets,
Approximate Word count = 1247
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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