“That’s weird.” I tap it again, reaching to grab it when I realize that while the cord is plugged into my phone, it’s not plugged into the wall. “Oh my God!” I gasped, realizing it died sometime in the night and I did not sleep through my alarm because it never went off. I plug it in, and the little red lightning bolt on the screen confirms that the phone is completely dead.

“Shit, shit, shit.” I scramble across the bed, reaching for the clock on the other bedside ...