Surprise

This was written as a 5 minute challenge using the word Broken. Alert

Serena haters--you'll love it.

Law & Order is the property of Dick Wolf--I just pilfer there from time to time.

The lock was broken. No doubt about it. With trembling fingers Serena pushed open

the door. It emitted a slight whine of protest as it allowed a wider view. Papers

were scattered everywhere. Cushions from the couch were on the floor. The rose

vase was overturned and dripping water onto the plush carpet. In the middle

of the chaos on the desk lay a box, wrapped and tied with a ribbon.

Cautiously Serena made her way through the clutter to the parcel. A

bomb? A severed head? The resentment of her co-workers had rapidly escalated

in the past six months. She wouldn't put anything past them. Slowly she untied

the ribbon, peeled back the paper. Lifting the lid to the box she saw--

a large, dead, brown rat. A note to one side: With love from the 2-7.