The Message from the Future

She blocked him after their messy breakup, but the next morning a text appeared

from his number. The timestamp read ten years in the future. The message was

simple: "I finally understand. Please don't go near the lake tonight." Lina assumed it

was a phone glitch, maybe some delayed message stuck in the system. The lake was forty

minutes away, nowhere near her plans anyway. But curiosity gnawed at her,

so she searched his name online. Her blood went cold. An obituary appeared. He died exactly

ten years from now, on the same date stamped on that message. Cause of death:

drowning at the lake. She never went. That night, three of her friends