Martin opened the front door slowly

Martin opened the front door slowly.
All was quiet. "Good, she's not here yet" he thought.
He went straight into the kitchen and put down the heavy bags of shopping.

He pulled out the recipe he had found on the internet.
It had seemed quite difficult,but the lady at the supermarket had explained everything to him. "Fiona will love the surprise anniversary dinner," he thought. His wife always prepared the meals but tonight was going to be different!

Busily chopping,slicing and frying, Martin finally got everything ready. He felt proud and excited. However,by 7 o'clock there was still no sign of Fiona. Later,looking at the clock,Martin saw it was almost 8 and finally lost his temper. "At least I can watch the news", he thought.

Extremely disappointed, he went into the living room and sat on the sofa.