
06 Sep 2004

Cellular
A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.

Why is it that it can be the simplest things in life that eliminate your self-worth.
The age-old battle between man and answering machine wages on as John attempts to record the perfect outgoing message.

John Ashford

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