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The Forty-Seventh Message

A daughter’s voicemail, left in the silence between regret and reply

By Michelle Liew Tsui-LinPublished 7 months ago • Updated 7 months ago • 1 min read
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Some calls are returned when it’s already too late to answer.

📱🎙️🕊️⏳💔

Hey, mum. It's Selena.

This must be the 47th voicemail I've recorded. The recordings are all for you, even after all you have done.

I know you tried to call me yesterday. Don't worry, I never deleted any. They were recorded while I still had time left.

📱🎙️🕊️⏳💔

An original voicemail by Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin. Any AI tags are coincidental.

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Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin

Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.

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