Wordle by Wordle: Day 197
Monday, July 15, 2024
Wordle #1122 – SWOON
“Yes, of course I remember,” Bree says with a private smile, despite the cameras. “I was walking my dog, Lola, in Golden Gate Park when she slipped her leash and ran off. I was so worried—I went chasing after her, yelling and screaming like a maniac.”
Bree laughs and Virginia laughs politely along with her.
“Roy was there, too, jogging. He picked Lola right up and brought her back to me. He was so heroic, like a knight in shining armor.”
Huh. She never told me that before.
Bree reaches for some Kleenex on the side table and prettily dabs at the single tear trembling in the corner of her eye.
I wonder whether she’s faking it, putting on a show for the audience. But she has that wistful, faraway look in her eyes that she gets whenever she watches Pride & Prejudice, still swooning at the memory of how Roy had saved her precious Lola. It’s the most Bree-like I’ve seen her in a while.
Maybe she never told me about their meet-again-cute because she was trying to protect my feelings. Sparing me the details of their love story after mine had exploded like a SpaceX rocket. Maybe Bree really was my friend, once…
“Anyway!” Bree brings herself back to the moment, smiling at Virginia. “After that, we dated for a few months, and then we got married a little over two years ago. Lola was our ring bearer.”
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