Wordle by Wordle: Day 169
Monday, June 17, 2024
Wordle #1094 – PRIOR
“So, how’s the case looking?” I prod. “I mean, what are my chances?”
“We’ve only just started discovery, and the trial is still months away. Plenty of time to build a strong defense.”
She almost sounds optimistic, but I’m not buying it. She pitches her voice unnaturally high and won’t look up from whatever she’s writing in her notebook, avoiding meeting my eyes.
“That bad, huh?”
“No, not that bad,” Aparna snaps, but I get the impression she’s just protecting her pride. She flips her hair out of her face so she can pin me with her gaze. “We just have to convince one juror that you’re innocent—”
She jabs a finger toward the sky.
“Just one—that’s all.”
The more she goes on, the more I think her little pep talk is for her, not me.
“Look, I got the NorCal Cannibal acquitted, and that creep was guilty as fuck. This should be a cakewalk.”
“Um, right…”
I want to believe her, I really do, but I don’t know how many miracles one person can pull off. Maybe Aparna used up all her good luck on her prior victories… or built up a lot of bad karma.
“Cecilia, you trust me, right?” Aparna says firmly, sensing my misgivings. “And I’m telling you, you can trust the system.”
Well, that clinches it—time to take matters into my own hands.
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