Shaken, Lopez held onto the phone tightly. She couldn’t give it to him. If Adrian saw the message on the phone, the world would end that very night. She put pressure on the phone so it could go off.

“Come on, Lopez.” Adrian was disappointed with the way she held onto the phone. His belief was that she didn’t release the phone because she thought he wanted to take the phone from her. That’s true, though. Just that he won’t take it without replacing it.

“I got you something better,” Adrian responded to her shrug. She was not expecting that. She thought he wanted the phone to see what she...