Wordle by Wordle: Day 1
Monday, Jan 1, 2024
Wordle #926 - MURAL
Chapter 1.
“Your boyfriend’s not cheating on you,” I say.
I can’t tell if my client is grimacing back at me or if Zoom has frozen her lips into a Picasso-esque sneer.
“What?” the client hisses. Okay, so not Zoom.
“He liked a photo of your friend on Instagram, but that’s it. He’s not sliding into her DMs, he’s not cheating on you, he just clicked a little heart next to a photo. Who knows? Maybe his finger slipped.”
The client looks like she wants to argue. Funny how so many of my clients seem disappointed when their partner’s name is cleared. Like they’d rather be right than, I dunno, be in a healthy relationship.
“Are you sure about that?”
Of course I’m sure. It was an easy case, made all the easier with a dupe Instagram account. I simply copied the friend’s profile picture, added a sneaky underscore to her username, and reposted her most recent photos, including the one in question—the friend in a glittery lamé bikini, leaning coyly against a mural of a beach.
I messaged the boyfriend from the catfish account, but he never took the bait. And that was just the first trick up my sleeve…
“Yes, I’m sure,” I say with a sigh. I don’t like to repeat myself, and I’ve already laid out all the evidence for my client over email.
“Look, Cece—”
“Cecilia,” I cut her off. Everyone who knows me knows I hate that nickname. My ex-husband made the mistake of calling me “Cece” only once, back when we were still in love and forgiveness was easy. Before the prefix. I may not be the best at relationships, either, come to think of it.
“Cecilia,” my client says with an astonishing level of vocal fry. “I know that you’re, like, the queen of online detectiving or whatever.”
Social sleuth, I correct her mentally.
“But don’t you think that—”
My phone springs awake with a reminder for my next appointment. My stomach clenches, and not because of the hot Cheetos I had for lunch.
Notes:
Happy New Year and welcome to the very first installment of Wordle by Wordle!
I was able to bang out more words today than I had anticipated, so I feel like I’m off to a good start. But we’ll see how far this pantser approach gets me lol. More to come tomorrow!