The screen went black. The Motorola logo spun again, clean as a new morning. When it restarted, it asked her to choose a language, connect to Wi-Fi, sign in with a Google account.

"I’m going to erase this phone. Restore it to factory settings. But first, I’m recording this. When you restore it, everything will be gone. But you’ll have this moment. Remember: I didn’t abandon you. I reset myself so you could start fresh."

Mariana’s thumb hovered over the icon. She navigated to System > Reset Options > Erase all data (factory reset) .