[ WP ] - Tell a story through a phone conversation twice : the first time , the reader can only hear one side of the conversation , and the second time , the reader can hear both sides .

`` Hello?'' 
 
 `` Yes? What is it? Everything OK?'' 
 
 `` Wait, what? Who is he?!'' 
 
 `` Look, Erica, I'm coming home right now. Just calm down.'' 
 
 `` No, that's not... No!'' 
 
 `` No, you ca n't do that. You're not leaving me. That's not going to happen.'' 
 
 `` But I do n't know what I would do without you!'' 
 
 `` Ok, ok. Just do n't hang up on me. I'm coming home now.'' 
 
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 `` Hello?'' 
 
 `` *Tom? *'' her voice was faint and weak 
 
 `` Yes? What is it? Everything OK?'' 
 
 `` Tom, there's someone here. A man. In the house.'' Her voice was drifting, like she was having trouble concentrating. 
 
 `` Wait, what? Who is he?!'' 
 
 `` Tom, he shot me. I caught him going through the jewelry and he just turned... and he shot me. I called the ambulance, but I do n't hear any sirens. Please come home, Tom...'' 
 
 `` Look, Erica, I'm coming home right now. Just calm down.'' 
 
 `` I'm just so tired.'' she sobbed into the phone. `` And I miss you so much. I just wanted to hear you one last time.. 
 
 `` No, that's not... No!'' 
 
 `` I'm scared, Tom. I did n't even know he had a gun. I did n't even know he was there... Tom, where are you? I want you to be here with me before I go.'' 
 
 `` No, you ca n't do that. You're not leaving me. That's not going to happen.'' 
 
 She gave a feeble cough. `` I do n't want to. I do n't want to go. But there's just so much blood. And the ambulance still is n't here... just come home, Tom.'' 
 
 `` I do n't know what I would do without you!'' 
 
 `` You'll be fine. You're stronger than me. You'd be able to hold on...'' 
 
 `` Ok, ok. Just do n't hang up on me. I'm coming home now.'' 
 
 `` Please hurry...''
