Her hands shook as she hit call.
The rest stayed dark.
Lena stared at her phone, flat on the café table. She’d done it three days ago—a surgical swipe through Settings → Notifications → Select All → Block. No more news alerts. No more "likes." No more messages from group chats named "URGENT!!" or "LOL look at this." Even his name— Jesse —had been toggled to gray. blocked notifications