Wordle by Wordle: Day 106
Monday, April 15, 2024
Wordle #1031 – EQUIP
Oh, so that’s her angle.
“Come on, Bree, you know that’s not how this works.” I worm my arm out of her grip and gather my bag, but I let her say her piece.
“What’s ‘this’? Justice?” Bree demands, incredulous. “Do you really think that punishing me will change anything?”
“Roy’s family deserves to know the truth. Sue deserves to know what happened to her only child.”
It’s a low blow, I know, but an effective one.
Bree blanches, and I’m sure she’s thinking about her mother-in-law. How she doted on Roy, always making beef noodle soup and chocolate chip cookies for him, particularly when he was under the weather. How proud she was of his success, how she’d brag about him to anyone with a heartbeat. Her only criticism of Roy was that he hadn’t given her any grandkids. I should know, she was my mother-in-law once, too.
“You’re right, Sue does deserve to know,” Bree says, and she means it. “But I don’t deserve to spend my life behind bars because of a split-second mistake.”
She might actually have a point there...
No—I shake my head and mentally equip myself to leave, to turn my back on my friend.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t argue about this with you anymore,” I say, already pressing the button to open the door. “I have to go.”
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