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Harrison Evans VoicemailInbox
Francesca Ricci (mobile)
2:40 p.m.
Transcription
“Harrison. I’m really sorry about calling at work again so soon, but it was Joey that showed up at the house. Please. Call me back as soon as you can.”
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Francesca Ricci(mobile)
3:33 p.m.
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“She wants Collette. She said she has found a family for her. I’m stalling her as best as I can. I am so sorry to ask this, but is there any way you can get back as soon as possible? I told her that we needed to talk to Collette about what she wanted, but I can tell Joey ___ isn’t herself. She’s not good when she gets like this.”
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Francesca Ricci(mobile)
7:50 p.m.
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“Collette is brave and so strong. I love her so much. ___ She picked us. She picked us even___ and Joey is not happy. I’ll have to keep an eye on her. I hope you are doing okay. I am sorry for my panicked calls earlier. ____ What? __ Yeah. I’ll get Ellie. Did you brush your teeth? Okay, sorry. Talk to you soon, Harrison. So proud of our girl. I love you. I love our life. I’m so proud of our girl.”
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Francesca Ricci(mobile)
12:50 a.m.
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“Starting to worry that I haven’t heard from you. Usually you call by now but it’s okay. I know how things are when you are focused. Also maybe you mentioned a night shoot? It’s okay. I just had to tell you that I figured out the ending to the book. It’s good. It’s really good. I cried. Like so much, I could hardly see the keyboard as I wrote. I think the readers are going to like it. I hope. I have had so much coffee. I’m afraid to fall asleep when Joey gets like this. I probably won’t sleep until she leaves in the morning. So much coffee. Can you tell? Oh man, I can’t believe I finished the book. I feel weird and light and sad. No. Not sad. Hollow but relieved? Like the words were wrung out of me and all that’s left is my husk. I don’t know if that even made sense. It’s weird. I’m going to read through it one more time before I send it to Kate, she said she’d read it right away before I send it to the editor. Ahh!”
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Francesca Ricci(mobile)
3:35 a.m.
Transcription
“__ son. She’s gone. __ Oh God. Oh God. I fell asleep. ____ Harrison. I fell asleep and she’s gone. I messed up. I messed up so bad____. I can’t__ and ___ . Where are you? I need you. Where are you?”
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Francesca Ricci(mobile)
4:13 a.m.
Transcription
“I found the address of the family. I’m going to get her. Brooks is here with George. He was sleeping last I checked on him. I won’t let her be taken from me. I’m going to get my daughter and bring her home.”
