Need to recover phone number from a deleted text message

Last night someone was texting me. I didn't recognize the number and when I asked how he got it he avoided the question. Dumbly I deleted the text messages and now really want to track down whoever it was that was texting me. How can I find that phone number? Sometimes if I don't save a number my iphone 4 will show me recent numbers I've texted but this one doesn't show up and I can't remember it. I haven't backed up or anything so recovering it is not an option. I don't want to have to shell out money to recover it either. I was using Wondershare Dr. Fone and it found the texts but they charge $100 to recover them. Any better options?
Thank you so much

Even though you deleted the text - it might still be discoverable using your Spotlight search. On the home screen swipe from left to right to access the search. Use a word that was in the message.

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