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Thinking it was a regular call, he pulled it out—only for an obnoxiously smug voice to screech from the speaker.
“Mom, cand givea good punch. Too bad. You can’t catch me. Hahaha...”
The second the voice echoed through the room, the middle-aged couple across from him snapped their heads
toward him, eyes glinting with ice.
Ethan's blood ran cold. He knew he was in deep trouble. “Mom, | can explain...”
But before he could finish, the phone piped up again.
“Mom, cand givea good punch. Too bad. You can’t catch me. Hahaha...”
“I'll show you whether | can catch you or not.” Ethan's mother seized a stick and ccharging toward him.
Ethan fumbled to shut off the phone, but it wouldn't respond.
“Mom! Letexplain!”
“Too bad. You can’t catch me. Hahaha!” the phone kept heckling him. Panic set in. Damn it all!
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“What's there to explain? You're not getting any younger, still no girlfriend, and all you do is loaf around the
house!” His mother chased him in circles, clearly fed up. “And now you've got the nerve to rileup!”
“I'm not trying to rile you up, Mom!” Ethan dodged around the furniture like a man possessed.
“Hahaha!” The phone cackled in perfect imitation of his voice, driving him to the brink.
He knew, beyond a doubt, that Ellis had orchestrated this prank. To stop things from getting worse, he hurled the
phone to the floor, shattering it. Blessedly, the voice cut off.
Ethan exhaled in relief, grateful he hadn't stored anything important on that phone.
“Mom, |—"
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The stick cdown hard.
Ethan shot up like a puppet on strings, looking utterly ridiculous.
“Ouch!” His bangs flopped into his eyes as his face scrunched in agony.
“Take it easy, please!”
“You dare smash things in front of me? Who do you think taught you that?” His mother lashed him again.
Ethan knew better than to talk back. His mother’s temper was nothing to mess with. “I'm sorry, Mom!”
“Can | catch you or not?”
“You can!”
“Try something like this again, and I'll
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“You're absolutely right.”
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Thank goodness for backup phones—at least now he could still curse Ellis out.
Meanwhile, Ellis and Freya were having dinner.
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