I’m in the back of an Uber on a loop road at night that I have never seen before. I see the driver’s eyebrows in the rearview mirror and try to keep up a nonchalant attitude that won’t give me away. I look longingly out every window. The driver gestures toward his window. “You see out there?” It’s too dark to see anything in particular, but I nod anyway. He becomes grave with unnatural quickness. “Do not ever go there.” “Oh, really?” I say, still trying not to draw attention to myself. I...