Elena pulled out her phone. Silently, she called up her husband Max.
In the distance, she could hear a phone briefly ringing. It sounded like it came from further inside the people— maybe by where the elevator is? Just as soon as Elena goes to follow the sound, the ringing stops.
But her call isn't answered. It's declined. But then her phone buzzes with a new text message.
"What's wrong?" her husband texts.
Though Elena is tempted to just yell or try calling Max again, she doesn't. She meets him where he's at and starts texting.
"You know this is the start of every horror movie right?" she writes. "What's all this even for?"
"The date," Max explains. "I promise, I put a lot of work into this. But the date will only start once the blindfold is on."
Elena doesn't sigh but she does put
