It was Monday morning when I got the call. My cell phone rang, waking me up from my nap in front of the TV where I had been watching an old movie starring Cary Grant called The Philadelphia Story. It had ended on a cliffhanger, so now there were only two minutes left before it started over again from the beginning—and that meant more time for sleep. But I didn't get any. Instead, I heard "Hello?" at least twice, followed by silence and then: