Wordle by Wordle: Day 2
Tuesday, Jan 2, 2024
Wordle #927 - AGING
“I’m sorry, but we’ve been over this,” I cut her off again. I’m not usually so abrupt with my clients but... “I have a call with another client in five minutes. If you want me to go over my findings again, we’ll have to pick this up some other time. At my usual rate.”
“Never mind. I’ll just Venmo you what I already owe,” she says with a frown, defeated. “Thanks... I guess?”
“You’re welcome,” I say brightly and hang up before she can get in another word.
I don’t usually lie to my clients, either, but I just have. Not about her boyfriend—he really was innocent of any wrongdoing—but I don’t have an appointment with another client in five minutes.
I have a call with Bree. My supposed BFF who has ghosted me for the last two months.
I bring up the Zoom window for our chat and use the webcam to primp myself. There’s really nothing to be done for my hair, so red and frizzy that the webcam makes it look like a giant pixelated loofah perched atop my head. I pinch my cheeks and wonder if I should’ve put on blush, or maybe some concealer to hide the crow’s feet. I quickly switch on a Zoom filter to obliterate any signs of aging that might have otherwise made it past the low bitrate.
Who are you trying to impress? I ask myself. It’s just Bree. And you’re pissed at her, remember?
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