Nine Stories: "Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes" by J.D. Salinger

In this story, Lee receives a phone call in the middle of the night from Arthur, who is upset at his wife for leaving a party without him.

Here are links to our lists for other short stories in Nine Stories: A Perfect Day for Bananafish,
Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, Just Before the War with the Eskimos, The Laughing Man, Down at the Dinghy, For Esmé–with Love and Squalor, Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period, Teddy

Here is a link to our lists for J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye.