Scrolling through someone’s phone while they’re in the other room tells you something. Mostly about you.

Going through someone’s phone while they are out of the room gives you information you cannot un-have and cannot explain how you got. Whatever you were looking for, the search itself has already answered a different question about where you stand. Trust cannot be verified without being spent, and that is the awkward part of it. If you need proof, the thing you actually have is doubt.

Ask the question you are afraid to ask instead. It is a worse ten minutes and a much better week, whichever way the answer goes.