Wordle by Wordle: Day 151
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Wordle #1076 – GUMMY
Aparna looks at me searchingly, like she’s trying to decide whether I’m a paranoid conspiracy theorist or actually onto something. Finally, she gives me a terse, decisive nod.
“Thank you,” I mouth to her as I straighten up and step away from the table.
When I glance back toward Palumbo, he’s staring at me with a mixture of curiosity and impatience.
“Care to share with the class?” He asks, eyebrows raised. Through some sleight of hand, the toothpick he’d been twiddling is now an open packet of gummy bears. He tosses a lime green one into his mouth and chomps down on it with a loud squelch. “No? I didn’t think so.”
Palumbo shrugs like it’s all the same to him, pops another gummy bear, and then moves to open the door.
“Officers!” He calls down the hall, “Come over here and escort these ladies away.”
He’s about to leave himself, but he stops short—halfway out the door—as though he has suddenly remembered something.
“Oh, just one more thing…” Palumbo turns back to me with mock confusion. “How do you explain the victim’s missing belongings in your apartment?”
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