numbers

Number of mobile phones provided to me by my employer in current contract: 1

Number of previous users of SIM card provided with phone: 1

Number of previous SIM card users who were devout and married with kids: 1

Number of txts for devout previous user sent to me by young women who were not devout previous user’s daughters: many

Number of young women who sent abovementioned txts: at least 4 (3 Filipino, 1 Vietnamese…possibly more but early txts were not saved)

Number of such women who referred to previous user as “Daddy” (despite not being previous user’s daughter): 1

Number of such women who said they missed previous user’s kisses: 1

Number of such women who upon learning from me that previous user was now living on another continent were devastated by the news: zero

Number of such women who upon learning from me that previous user was now living on another continent swiftly asked me questions such as “What is your name? Where are you from? How old are you? You married or single? Can we be friends? Where do you live? Can I see you?”: 3

Number of such women I have seen: zero (boring but true).