Project Heartbreak
“Too much? The gore?”
“No. Well, yes. But look.” He tilted his phone towards me. It was a review site. The top review, highlighted, read: ‘THE VEIL’ IS A MASTERCLASS IN BODY HORROR – NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART OR THOSE WITH WEAK STOMACHS.
“Oh,” I said, the pieces clicking into place. “Makes sense. The gore is pretty graphic.”
He put his phone away, the darkness swallowing us again. “So you’re not bothered by it?” he asked, his voice laced with a new, curious interest.