Fandango’s Story Starter

This week’s Story Starter teaser is:

On his way back from the restroom, Vernon regrettably opened the wrong door. So this is where they’ve been keeping it! I knew there was something weird somewhere in the office but right here, no locks? Then he was surprised to see Mary, his coworker working on it. “What’s going on in here?” he asked.

“What? What are you doing in here? This is supposed to be a secret!”

“What secret, what are you doing?”

Mary quickly stepped in front of the box. “You’re not supposed to be in here”, she said. Try as she might she could not completely hide the surprise. Mary and the rest of the office were making a new desktop to replace the ancient one Vernon used every day. His birthday was coming up and everyone chipped in. Vernon suddenly realized what it was, apologized and left the room, but he couldn’t help that big smile on his face.

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