She went back to Unveil and tapped the three-dot menu. A slider was active: “Silence Unknown & Spam (Carrier-Level Blocking).” Beneath it, in faint gray type: “When enabled, your carrier may pre-screen and block calls from numbers not in your contacts, including previously saved contacts whose information has changed or been removed from your SIM.”
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Ellie’s thumb froze. She hadn’t blocked her mother. Had she? No. They’d had a fight about the wedding—Mark’s wedding, the one he’d called off—but blocking was for enemies, not family.