#643 Are You a Doctor?- Raymond Carver
This is a strange encounter. The phone rings and Arnold is expecting a call from his wife, who is out of town. Instead it appears to be a wrong number. Instead of hanging up, he engages with the woman on the other end of the line. He wants to know how she got this his number, and mysteriously she reveals that it was left on a slip of paper by her babysitter.
The woman seems to be lonely and implores Arnold to come visit her for a conversation. Perhaps lonely he goes to see her. The encounter at her house is just as odd as the phone call, and he goes home in time to get his nightly call from his wife. Was this all just a weird occurrence, or was this a manifestation of Arnold’s mind, his desires and psyche?
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