Wordle by Wordle: Day 176
Monday, June 24, 2024
Wordle #1101 – DOLLY
A few doors down from Bree’s home, I stop to remove my backpack and pull out a few items: A package about the size of a tissue box, an N95 mask, and a bright blue Amazon Delivery vest.
After putting on the mask and vest, adjusting my sunglasses, and cinching my hoodie tight around my face, I reshoulder the backpack and approach Bree’s door. Quickly now, I sprint up the steps and cover the doorbell camera with the package, slipping a thick piece of Amazon-branded packaging tape between the box and pressing it over the lens.
If Bree reviews the video later, she should only see a nondescript delivery person who drops off a package and accidentally bumps it into the camera.
Is it odd that a piece of tape would somehow come off and perfectly cover the security camera? Yeah, sure. Will Bree also find it strange when she receives an Amazon delivery she never ordered? Probably. But the packaging is convincing, if I do say so myself, and I doubt she’ll question it much when she opens up a box of Clinique Pink Honey—her go-to lip gloss.
Yep, I’m feeling pretty confident in my scheme as I put down the box and take Kevin’s spare key out of my pocket. As long as I cover my tracks inside, Bree should have no reason to be suspicious. She’ll never even know anyone was there… fingers crossed.
I slip the key into the lock and then slip inside the home myself, hurriedly securing the door behind me.
I hear Lola before I see her—her tiny nails tip-tapping against the floor. She rounds the corner and skitters to a dead stop when she sees me, letting out a surprised bark that’s muffled by the plush dolly clamped between her teeth.
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