She opened her favorite writing tool, an app designed to mimic the iOS interface. Her latest project was a "Coffee Shop AU" set in a rainy version of Melbourne. She typed a message into the fake chat bubble:

Chloe froze. She looked down at the empty space beside her. Her physical notebook—the one where she scribbled the plot twists her iPhone couldn't capture—was gone.

"I think you left your notebook on the seat. Again."