She clicked .

Panic set in. She rushed to her old Windows 10 laptop, the one she used only for spreadsheets and printing shipping labels. She opened the browser.

She opened her sister’s chat. “Flight delayed? What gate?”

On the laptop, she aimed the old phone’s camera at the QR code.

But the Microsoft Store option… she had never tried it. She clicked the link. The store page was clean, modern. It said: WhatsApp for Windows 10. Works independently. Link your device once.

Ping.