It was well-known he was stalking her and pestering her with phone calls.

It was well-known he was stalking her. I think that she had been seeing him briefly but then had decided that she didn't want any more to do with him.

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.

I'm signed to a U.S. label, and I didn't enjoy the 3 A.M. phone calls. I'm not a great sleeper, so I didn't enjoy being woken up.