Yesterday Danielle told me that she had a very important Christmas present for me that she had to give early and she was tearing up a little bit, which usually means its going to be a pretty big deal. So she brings back a little gift bag with a card and documents inside it. I opened it and my mind and nerves were progressively blown as I thumbed through each additional page.
The Plan
In short, my early Christmas present was a series of forged documents, the goal of which was to lead me to believe, absolutely, that she had purchased some real estate in Costa Rica and we were flying out the day after tomorrow to check it out.
Here are the forged documents in the order they were presented to me:- A greeting card with a very supportive, loving, message and a small newspaper clipping of available Costa Rican real estate.
- Airline tickets to San Jose, Costa Rica, with a stop-over in Ft. Lauderdale. There were hand-written notes in the margin like, "Your family is meeting us at the airport" -realistic details like that.
- A property profile with lot dimensions, description, and photos of the house and land.
- A multiple-page legal document: A Buyer's Agreement mortgage contract including the purchase price, secured mortgage rate, and the signatures of Danielle and someone named Domingo.
- I nervously looked at the travel itinerary and asked about work and time off. "Wow" I thought, "she is surprising me with a trip."
- Then I saw the property description for a small cabin on an acre for $60,000 US dollars and got a little nervous because it wasn't the best deal -but Danielle has established unwavering financial trust with me, so I thought maybe she sees something I don't. Benefit of the doubt.
- Then I saw what I gradually understood to be a signed mortgage and got really nervous. "You signed something??" I was shaky and a little dazed but supportive. She finally let me know somehow (I don't remember) that it was a hoax.
- Then I went back out to finish shoveling the driveway and numbly stumbled out of the house. I shoveled the rest of that driveway with a big dumb grin on my face.
4 comments:
Hey Danielle - Has anyone ever told you you resemble Angelina Jolie....and I hope you take that as a compliment...I think she is very beautiful!
that was sinister.
sinister? whatever babe...that was a compliment. i didn't say she acted like her! :) what's bad is when someone tells you you look like sherry o'teary or however you spell it..the ugly girl who used to be on saturday night live...remember when that happened at Circuit City.... I wanted to gouge his eyeballs out!! :)
I told this story. He laughed really hard for a minute with little pauses and then would start up again. It was a great prank Danielle. Good job.
Cassandra
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