Wordle by Wordle: Day 198
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Wordle #1123 – DECOY
“Oh my gosh, that is just too adorable,” Virginia sighs dreamily, clasping her hands over her heart. “How romantic.”
Bree smiles and accepts the compliment.
“But sadly, as we all know, you and Roy didn’t get your happily ever after,” Kaitlyn says, not unkindly, but clearly trying to move the story along. “Could you tell us more about what led up to Roy’s tragic death? Did you suspect that Cecilia was plotting to murder your husband?”
I lean forward in my seat and punch up the volume a few bars.
Yes, do tell.
“Well, Cecilia started acting… I hate to say it, but she started acting crazy a few days before the murder.” Bree frowns. “She was calling Roy non-stop, even in the middle of the night, demanding that he pay her money she was ‘owed.’”
That lie again.
“And what did she mean by that?” Kaitlyn asks.
“Roy founded a cryptocurrency company that, well, it made a lot of money. But that was a long time after he and Cecilia got divorced, so he didn’t owe her anything—”
“Oh! It’s like that case in Florida, from episode two-hundred-something,” Virginia says excitedly. “That lady who murdered her ex-husband when he won the Powerball and they fought over alimony. She fed his body to the gators!”
As she’s talking, Virginia points to a nearby shelf of knick-knacks. Specifically, to a little plastic alligator with a lotto ticket clamped in its mouth, sitting between a wooden duck decoy and a music box. All with some tie-in to the show, I guess.
“Yes, I remember that one,” Bree says, for once not amused by Virginia’s enthusiasm—not when it takes attention away from her. “Anyway, Cecilia threatened to take Roy to court. And she made other threats…”
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