He closed the laptop, heart thudding, but the white light bled onto the curtains. When he reopened it, the player menu had one option: PLAY — or REWIND. He hovered over play and instead his own reflection filled the screen, thirty seconds of him in his apartment, watching the laptop. He saw himself shuffle to the kitchen, refill a glass, check a message. The reflection smiled at the laptop and mouthed a word Rahul had not spoken in years: “Julie.”
