Ackerman
(Suicide call)
A stranger who refers to herself as Louise calls a suicide prevention line for support. The person on the other end of the phone from her is determined to help her out. She is unsatisfied with her life, job, friends, family. Louise has called and talked to the same counselor before making the same threats about taking her life, claiming it to be the only solution to end her problems. This time there is something different, something about her voice and the way she speaks. The counselor offers her other solutions trying to open up new windows of opportunity in her life. Louise ignores them all and doesn't get interested. Trying to get her to remember the better things in her life the counselor reminds her of all the charity work she has done and how she has been raising two children.
Then the bomb gets dropped. Louise tells the counselor that she has taken enough pills to kill herself. After making a promise to Louise about not calling the......
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