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"Yougotit！
"Thephohefourthtime.g，Idialedthemanback.
"Whatdoyouwantnow？"heasked.
"IthoughtI'dcall…justtosayhello."
"Hello？Why？"
"Well，ifnobodyevercallsyou，IthoughtmaybeIshould."
"Okay.Hello.Whoisthis？"
Atlast，Ihadgh.Nowhewascurious.ItoldhimwhoIwasandasked>
"MynameisAdolfMeth.I'm88yearsold，ahadthismanywrongnumbersinonedayi;>
&alkedfor10minutes.Adolfhadnofamily，nofriends.Everyonehehadbeeohaddied.Thenwediscoveredwehadsomethinginon：he'dworkedfortheNewYorkCityPoliceDepartmentfornearly40years.Tellihisdaysthereasaoroperator，heseemediing，evenfriendly.IaskedifIcouldcallhimagain.
"Whywouldyouwannadothat？"heasked，surprised.
"Well，maybewecouldbephonefriends.Youknow，likepenpals."
&ed."Iwouldn'tmind…havingafriendagain."Hisvoidedalittletentative.
IcalledAdolfthefollowingafternoonandseveraldayslater.Easytotalkwith，herelatedhismemoriesofWorldWarIandII，theHindenburgdisasteraorits.Hewasfasg.Igavehimmyhomeandoffiumberssohecouldcallus.Hedidalmosteveryday.
IwasnotjustbeingkindtoaloalkingtoAdolfortanttome，becauseI，too，hadabiggapinmylife.Raisedinesandfosterhomes，Ineverhadafather.Gradually，Adolftookonakindoffatherlyimportaalkedaboutmyjobandcollegecourses，whidedatnight.
Adolfwarmedtotheroleofselor.WhiledisgadisagreementI'dhadervisor，Itoldmy;IthinkI'vehaditwithhi"
"What'stherush？"Adolfed."Letthings.WheasoldasIam，youfindoutthattimetakescareofalot.Ifthiworse，thenyoutalktohi"
Therewasalo;Youknow，"hesaidsoftly，"IamtalkingtoyoujustthewayI'dtalktoaboyofmyoantedafamily—and.You'retooyoungtoknowhowthatfeels."
No，Iwasn't.I'dalwayswantedafamily—aIdidn'tsayanything，afraidIwouldn'tbeabletoholdbackthehurtI'dfeltf.
Oneevening，Adolfmehbirthdaywasingup.Afterbuyingapieceoffiberboard，Idesignedabiggreetingcardwithad89it.IaskedalltheyOffiissinit.Igatherednearlyahuures.Adolfwouldgetakickoutofthis，Iknew.
We'dbeentalkingonthephoneforfourmonthsnow，andIthoughtthiswouldbeagoodtimetomeetfacetoface.SoIdecidedtodeliverthecardbyhand.
Ididn'ttellAdolfIwasing.Ijustdrovetohisaddressahecarupthestreetfromhisapartmemanwassmailinthehallwaywhehebuilding.HenoddedasIcheckedthemailboxesforAdolf'sartment1H，some20feetfromwhereIstood.
&pouhext.Wouldwehavethesamechemistryiwehadonthephohefirststabofdoubt.Maybehewouldrejectmethewaymyfatherrejectedmewheofmylife.ItappedonAdolf'sdoor.Whentherewasnoanswer，Iknockedharder.
&manlookedupfr."here，"hesaid.
"Yeah，"Isaid，feelingalittlefoolish."Ifheansweredhisdoorthewayheanswershisphohismaytakeallday."
"Areyouarelativeorsomething？"
"No，justafriend."
"I'mreallysorry，"hesaidquietly，"butMr.Methdiedthedaybeforeyesterday."
Died？Adolf？Foramoment，I'taoodthereinshoddisbelief.Then，pulliher，Ithamaothelate-msuowardthecar，misty-eyed.
Then，roundingtheer，IsawadaliheOldTestameomymind：Afriealltimes.Andespedeath，Irealized.Thisbroughtamnitioakessomesuddenandsadturoawakenustothebeautyofaspecialpresenourlives.Now，forthefirsttime，IsensedhowverycloseAdolfandIhadbee.Ithasbeeneasy，ahiswouldmakeitevehehmyclosefriend.Slowly，Ifeltawarmthsurgingthroughme.IheardAdolf'sgrowlyvoig，&qu;ThenIheardhimaskingwhyIwao.
"Beattered，Adolf，"Isaidaloudto;BecauseIwasyourfriend."
Iplaopehdaythebaydgotbehindthewheel.Beftheengine，Ilookedovermyshoulder."Adolf，"Iwhispered，"Ididn'tgetthewroall.Igotyou."
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