The textual content that arrived at 3:51PM on Monday, March 28th, appeared harmless at first.

“Mr. Steven,” it learn, “I’m very sorry, after our communication and understanding throughout this time period, I really feel that we aren’t appropriate in some methods.”

That’s odd, I assumed, have to be a fallacious quantity. However who was this mysterious Mr. Steven? What was the character of the disagreement? What the heck did Mr. Steven do to offend this particular person? I used to be intrigued — however not sufficient to reply.

A number of weeks later, I obtained one other textual content, this time from somebody named “Amy” asking about “a location for espresso.” A pair days after that, “Irene from Vietnam” reached out to ask if I used to be nonetheless dwelling in New York. After which “Sophia” texted, calling me “Laura” and asking…

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