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2024-10-29 19:42:56The weekly meeting was still ongoing. Rajata could already listen to the conversations about a topic that was not his responsibility. It was past six o'clock in the afternoon but the two busy people on the opposite side still asked the whole team to discuss. It's boring, but Rajata prefered to be here. It's been a month, but the solitude still reminded him of Merina.
The vibrations of the cell phone in the trouser pocket caught Rajata's attention. He checked the incoming messages. A number he didn't recognize. Rajata hurriedly opened the message.
"Hi, how are you?"
Rajata's forehead frowned. Even though it's not listed in the contact list, remindeed to have read the number.
Rajata opened the call list and went through them one by one, again a little hopeful that Merina's number was there. Rajata's thumb movement came to a halt as he read one of the numbers, exactly the same as he one that had just texted him. Rajata reads the date he made the call, then r
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