victoria marie’s Reviews > Certain American States: Stories > Status Update

[…] and when his call went to voicemail—I can’t answer the phone right now, so please leave a message—that meek little greeting he remembered overhearing her record several years ago, and as he tried to recall that bleached-out memory, all the details gone, he realized the tone had already toned and whether he said anything or not, he was already leaving a message.

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