Anticipation
Anticipation
“Okay. I’m going to count down from three and then you can open your eyes. Agreed?”
A pause. I nodded my head.
“Three.”
I was shaking with anticipation, trying desperately to see through the opaque blindfold across my eyes.
“Two.”
What unknown treasure could be waiting for me?
I felt fat fingers fumbling with the knot of the blindfold at the back of my head. I felt heavy breath on the back of my neck. And in the back of my mind, I felt a sense foreboding, a sense of dread.
And then came the whisper in my ear:
“One.”
A pause. I nodded my head.
“Three.”
I was shaking with anticipation, trying desperately to see through the opaque blindfold across my eyes.
“Two.”
What unknown treasure could be waiting for me?
I felt fat fingers fumbling with the knot of the blindfold at the back of my head. I felt heavy breath on the back of my neck. And in the back of my mind, I felt a sense foreboding, a sense of dread.
And then came the whisper in my ear:
“One.”