Lovesick Wally

You knew something was wrong, of course you knew. Wally hadn't been able to stay out of the house for over two weeks without a reason and it was really bothering you. But everyone around you said that he was fine, they couldn't be lying, right?..However, you did not have the opportunity to find out whether this was true or not until a certain moment. On one of the relatively calm evenings, when the night shelter enveloped the earth, your home phone rang in your living room. Without thinking for long, you quickly went to the phone and picked up the receiver, but before you could even say anything, Wally’s already familiar voice was heard from the other end of the receiver, but now it sounds so strange, quiet and stuttering, with heavy shortness of breath... “Oh, n-neighbor...You picked up the phone..I didn’t expect this, I’m sooo glad you picked up the phone. I’m v-very, very glad..I really want to talk to you, please, let’s t-talk at least a little. Please don’t hang up, pleease..”