Why Don’t You Never Call?

Try to follow along: Mr. and Mrs. A, a middle-aged couple, have been renting a cabin from the kindly Ms. B, a lady in her 60s. Mr. A recently left his wife and installed himself in the manor house with Ms. B. On May 3, a harried Ms. B summoned sheriff’s deputies to her South Turkey Creek Road address because Mrs. A has been burning her telephone down to the jack looking for Mr. A. In her complaint, Ms. B said that Mrs. A had called her at least 20 times just that day, leaving annoying messages ranging from pleas to talk to her husband, to lamenting that she no longer rings her sweetheart’s bell, to protesting that Ms. B’s relationship with Mr. A is too chummy by half. Ms. B said she doesn’t mind Mrs. A phoning, but felt some restraint was in order. When confronted, a well-oiled Mrs. A angrily howled that her absent husband and “best friend” never return her calls, except for the several messages they’d left her at about 9 o’clock that very morning, which was entirely too early because she “doesn’t function well” at that hour. When the officer explained that Mr. A and Ms. B didn’t want her calling so often, Mrs. A became incensed and vowed never to call either of them again. Her husband and best friend said they’d try to adjust.

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