[You end up waiting until just a little before the phone call is going to drop, and even while there IS a response, the only thing you're going to hear at first is the sound of rain on the other end of the line.
Listening a little more carefully, though, might let you catch the sound of someone drawing in short breaths, ones that sound a little closer to sobs than anything else.
He thought, of course, that you weren't going to call back, and weren't even going to answer him well. That was more than enough to destroy him just a little more than he already is.]
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Listening a little more carefully, though, might let you catch the sound of someone drawing in short breaths, ones that sound a little closer to sobs than anything else.
He thought, of course, that you weren't going to call back, and weren't even going to answer him well. That was more than enough to destroy him just a little more than he already is.]