This whole episode reminded me of the time I once got a phone call in the middle of the night… back when people had land lines and no caller ID… woke me up…. you generally answered the phone back then when it rang even tho you didn’t know who was calling…

This woman says, “Is Tom there?” and I’m all half-asleep in my bed quite alone and I’m like, “Sorry, you’ve got the wrong number.”

She says in a quiet and sad voice, “Look, I know he’s there. This is his wife. I’m not mad, I know he’s there. I just need to talk to him right now cause it’s an emergency. Just please put him on the phone.”

I’m like, “ummm sorry but I swear to you I don’t even know a guy by that name.”

She carried on talking to me awhile trying to convince me it wasn’t a trick and she really had an important reason he needed to come home right away and she knows her marriage is dead and her husband is cheating and shes known it a long time but this is a real emergency.

I really had no clue who he was for real and he most certainly isn’t at my house. Did my best to convince her of this but she didn’t seem to believe me.

Never heard back from her.
Always wondered what happened after that.