Alix leaped from her wicker chair and flew down the staircase. She wished she’d come down earlier to bring the phone to her room, as the noise might disturb Sam. Before answering the phone, she peered down the unlit hall at the den. She saw that the light emanating from the bottom of the door didn’t flicker. The ringing hadn’t bothered Sam, after all. By the beginning of the third ring, Alix picked up the receiver. “Hello?” she sang, grabbing a folding chair. She waited for the person at the other end of the line to speak. Alix opened the chair to face south toward the front door, with her back to the den. Again she said, “Hello?”–this time a little louder. Hearing Betty’s voice, she relaxed into the plastic folding chair. “Hi, Betty! Guess what? Sam’s reopening the store! Isn’t that great?” “Whatever. Are you going to Carl’s party or what? Last chance, baby!”
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