A Boyfriend who Likes to Play Pranks

A boyfriend who likes to play pranks My boyfriend, Mark, loved pranks. Like, really loved them. He’d put fake roaches in the rice cooker, hide in the closet dressed as a burglar… you name it. I’d fought with him about it so many times, but it never made a difference.

Then came my birthday.

Walking home from work, I was dragged into a dark alley and assaulted. The guy tied me up, blindfolded me… it was the worst half hour of my life.

After he left, I somehow managed to pull myself together and stumble home. Mark was in our bedroom, playing video games. I was hysterical, begging him to take me to the hospital so I could get a rape kit and then go to the police.

He just burst out laughing. “Babe, you totally fell for it! That was me! Pretty awesome prank, right?”

Looking at his laughing face, my heart turned to ice. As his laughter echoed in my ears, I picked up my phone and called 911.