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this is Richard speaking,” he said richly over the receiver.
    “Hi, Richie Rich, this is Marley Mar,”
I said quietly.
    “Marley, I’ve been worried sick about you. How have you been
doing?” I could literally hear the concern on his voice, and in a way, it made
me feel good that he cared so much.
    “Been keeping busy; Thinking things
over in my head as well.”
    “I hope that you didn’t forget about
what you said to me, because I sure as hell haven’t forgotten anything you told
me out on that terrace, Marley.”
    I had to sit down when he said that,
I really and truly had hoped that maybe he forgot. I really wished that the
event had never ever happened.
    “So you just made it back home, huh?”
    “Yeah, my mom sent me right back
after she heard what happened that night, told me I needed to solve it and get
it over with.”
    He started to laugh and so did I, but
then, we stopped and I heard him say, “What are you doing tonight, Marley? Why
don’t we go out and we can talk some place quiet, just you and me.”
    “I don’t know; I really don’t feel
like it right now, Rich. The only reason why I called in the first place was
that Marie told me to. She said you were concerned, I still need some time.”
    It got quiet on his end and I could
hear him sigh then he softly said, “Don’t push me away, Marley. I’m coming over
there, so you better buzz me up, ok?”
    Then he hung up before I could say
anything. I shook my head and put the phone back in the cradle as I sat down on
the couch.
    He wasn’t coming here, he was only
bluffing.
    I heard a loud buzzing that woke me
from my nap, and I stumbled toward my intercom.
    “What is it?”
    “I told you I was coming over, Marley,
now let me on in!”
    “You can buzz all you want, Richard. I
will not let you up here to talk, please go away!” I shouted as I walked back
to my couch.
    That stubborn man kept right on
buzzing away, and that annoying ass buzzing sound kept ringing in my ear for
what seemed like eternity, but only lasted for about fifteen minutes. I had the
pillow over my head to try to drown the noise because it was killing me.
However, even that pillow didn’t help my ears.
    When I started to take that pillow
off my ear, at last, I heard nothing. No more buzzing from that buzzer,
complete silence is all I heard. That’s when I heard a lot of honking outside
and when I went to the window, I saw him standing in the middle of the street. In
his hand, he had a blow horn, and on his face, he had that marvelous smile of
his, I couldn’t help but watch and see what he was going to do next.
    “I would like to make a formal plea
to the lady in room 317, her name is Marley Rockford and she is the one who was
always my study buddy in college when we first met our freshman year. She has
been there for me through thick and thin, always a shoulder to cry on, she is
my friend, my confidant, and I hope that just maybe she will listen to what I
have to say!”
    I opened the window as the cool
breeze blew out all the stuffiness of the apartment. People just walking by and
folks from the inside other buildings were looking at him on the street. I sat
there and watched him as some lady was telling him, “Will you shut the hell up,
and I’m missing Sex and the City!”
    “Marley, I wanted to tell you that I
was sorry about not realizing how much I meant to you. I want to say I’m sorry
that I just didn’t realize a lot of things throughout the years when we were
together. You see…a couple of days ago, this lovely woman, my best friend in
the world, told me that she loved me with all of her heart. I admit, I was
completely shocked because at the time, I had a girlfriend, and worst of all, I
didn’t know how to react. But when I got home that night, I sat up for a long
time, and I thought back, thought about all of those times we spent together in
school, those study dates we had. Remember that night, Marley, when we played
truth or