I’ll count them for you. One,” Matt prompted. We were walking to…well, I didn’t know where we were. Matt had one hand over my eyes and the other on my arm, steadily guiding me. He’d told me he had a surprise for me. He even made me close my eyes the moment we’d left his house. “Okay, step again,” he instructed. “Wait here for a second.” I heard keys jangling and a door opening and wondered again what he was up to. “One final step up,” he said. “But don’t open your eyes yet.” He led me a couple more steps inside. He removed his hand from my face and backed away from me. “Okay. Now!” I opened my eyes and looked around. We were standing in an empty apartment. My eyes fell on Matt, and he was grinning, proud of himself. “Where are we?” I asked. “We are standing in our new living room.”
