The Surprise

“No peeking!”

“I can’t see through the blindfold. Your hands are redundant.” I pull at his hands. They don’t budge.

“I want it to be a surprise.”

“I know, but this’d be a lot easier if you trusted your blindfold.”

“I gotta be sure.” He guides me down a hill.

I stumble over a tree root. “This sucks. How much farther?”

“Almost there.”

I take another step forward and fall into a hole, landing on something that’s not ground.

“Is that—?” My boyfriend retches.


Taking off the blindfold, I see what it is. It’s a body.

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