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I tried his cell over and over but he never answered. Then I’d call just to hear his voice on the outgoing message, until eventually that was gone too.

Sara Zarr

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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
Novelist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Message
Messages
Tried
Hear
Outgoing
Call
Answered
Gone
Cell
Voice
Cells
Never
Eventually

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