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Usually when I would get off work, which would usually be at night, I would call my boyfriend

on my drive back home.

But for some reason that night, I just felt like listening to music.

I didn't feel like talking on the phone.

I remember feeling pretty good,

pretty peaceful and I had a really productive day. And then I had gotten home. And, you know,

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