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It rang. She knew who it was.

She sighed and pointed the remote at the old BBC One. She didn’t care for the shows much anymore, but she liked the voice of the announcer—a calm, steady gentleman who sounded like a warm blanket.

“Happy 80th, Mum!” David shouted, his voice a little crackly but perfect. “Sorry about the Wi-Fi. I bribed a BBC cameraman who was on holiday here with two bags of kangaroo-shaped gummies.” bbc birthday surprise

Margaret clapped a hand over her mouth. She was laughing and crying at the same time.

Suddenly, the screen split. On one side, Priya. On the other, a man in a dusty mining helmet—her son David, standing in the middle of the Australian outback, tears streaming down his face, mixing with the red dust. It rang

At the end, the screen returned to Priya.

The regular programming clicked back on. A couple was looking at a cottage in the Cotswolds. She didn’t care for the shows much anymore,

“Margaret,” Priya continued, “your son, David, couldn’t get the video call to work. So, he did something slightly mad. He called us.”