I could have returned his phone calls, but it was off-season.

I could've returned his phone calls, ... I'm not getting into that, but it was the offseason.

I have a feeling I'm going to make all the phone calls. I'm not going to hesitate doing that, because I learned my lesson last year. I don't call him because I need to get support; I just think it's important to stay up to date.

I'm bad at returning phone calls.

I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.

He hadn't suffered the eternity of the ring about to be picked up, didn't know the heart rush of hearing that incomparable voice suddenly linked with his own, the sense it gave of being too close to even see her, of being actually inside her ear.