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eBook Category: Suspense/Thriller
eBook Description: For Cheryl, a telephone can be the most frightening thing of all. A tale of psychological suspense from Pamela Sargent, described by the Washington Post Book World as "a consummate professional who exhibits an unswerving consistency of craft."

eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: More Phobias, ed. Wendy Webb, Richard Gilliam, Edward E. Kramer, and Martin H. Greenberg, 1995
Fictionwise Release Date: November 2003

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Words: 7988
Reading time: 22-31 min.
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Cheryl saw the telephone ring. The chirping sounds exploded behind her eyes as a series of flashes. She pulled a pillow over her face, yearning for the dark silence to return. After months of nagging, she had finally persuaded Nick to get rid of their old black telephone with the rotary dial and the bell that hit her with the force of a lightning bolt, but this chirper wasn't much better.

The phone kept chirping. Cheryl prayed for it to stop, unable to bring herself to pick up the receiver. Nick was probably calling from his office, checking up on her, seeing if she was out of bed yet. She could tell him that she had gone out to a job interview. Pressing the pillow more tightly around her ears, she composed a possible story for her husband. Adele from Ronald Associates had called to tell her that the personnel manager at Trahel Engineering was looking for a new file clerk, had seen Cheryl's résumé, and wanted to interview her at eleven. That would be detailed enough to satisfy Nick, who would be delighted that she had miraculously managed to answer the phone and too busy to check on her story.

The phone stopped chirping. Cheryl peered out from under the pillow. The glowing numerals of the clock-radio told her that it was almost eleven now. She had to get up. If she could pull herself together and go out on a few errands, she would not be here to answer the phone.