Wordle by Wordle: Day 142
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Wordle #1067 – DINGO
Palumbo slides into the room before either of us can object.
“I think that’s more than enough time to get your story straight,” Palumbo says, bored and impatient. He’s chewing on a toothpick pinned between his teeth, and its point jerks up and down as he speaks. “Are you ready to talk now?”
Aparna doesn’t so much as look in his direction. To me, she says,
“You can exercise your right to remain silent at any time, and you should. The less you say, the better. Don’t let him rile you up, don’t take the bait, don’t bother with rhetorical questions. And if you absolutely shouldn’t say anything, I’ll let you know,” Aparna rattles off her orders. “When in doubt, just shut the fuck up. Got it?”
I manage to nod. If her goal had been to scare me into silence, she succeeded.
Palumbo picks up the only remaining chair in the room, positions it close to me so that I’m completely in his line of sight, and then slouches into its seat. Nowhere to hide.
“Look, we all know you’re about as innocent as ‘a dingo took my baby’ lady, but there are still some questions I’d like to ask you,” Palumbo says brusquely.
“Well, actually, that woman was totally absolved of any crime, so…”
Aparna shoots me a look so murderous, Palumbo ought to be interrogating her.
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