Seven Days Before the Freeze, My Unborn Son Texted Me

Seven days before the world freezes, Lucas is enjoying a black truffle spa treatment when a text from an unknown number lights up his phone. “Buy a generator, diesel, and frozen dumplings. Hurry! The whole world is going to freeze in a week!” The whole city laughs at the trophy husband as he stockpiles supplies and turns his mansion into a fortified shelter. When the deadline passes under clear skies, even his wife suggests he see a therapist. Then, at noon the next day, the temperature drops below freezing in ten minutes. The city goes dark. His is the only house with the lights still on. After they survive the freeze, his wife finds out she’s pregnant, and Lucas finally learns who sent the warning. It was his unborn son. In another timeline, the boy wandered with his parents until he froze to death on the street. Then the old phone lights up again. “Dad, don’t get rid of the generator.”