Wordle by Wordle: Day 196
Sunday, July 14, 2024
Wordle #1121 – VIDEO
“Well, actually, I met Roy through Cecilia. She and I became friends in college—”
“You were roommates freshman year, right?” Virginia pipes up, eager to show her knowledge.
“Yes, that’s right. And we were best friends ever since then. She introduced me to Roy when they started dating ten years ago.”
Nine years ago.
“But I don’t remember exactly when I first met him…”
I do. I had soft-launched Roy as my boyfriend when I asked Bree if I could bring a plus-one to her birthday bowl-o-rama at Lucky Strike. She was impressed by him, and his hook, I could tell. But what she said was, “He’s cute, I guess.”
“It’s not like it was love at first sight or anything! I mean, he was dating my best friend, you know?” Bree laughs a little, trying to wave off even a whiff of impropriety on her part. “I didn’t think about Roy like that at all until after they were divorced.”
I almost can’t believe how quickly she glosses over my entire marriage to Roy, like it never even happened. But also, I get it—best not to let the viewers linger on the timeline and get ideas about homewrecking or cheating. Bree is supposed to be the victim here, after all.
“Do you remember the moment when you did start to think about Roy ‘like that’?” Virginia asks, hoping for a storybook romance to really woo the audience, I’m sure.
Bree goes quiet, thoughtful. The video switches back to the camera view of just her.
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