Wordle by Wordle: Day 216
Tuesday, Aug 13, 2024
Wordle #1151 – NEIGH
“Wait, wait, wait!” Kaitlyn interrupts, waving to get my attention. “You’ve lost me. What does this have to do with anything?”
“This…” I heft Froufrou between my palms. “Is the murder weapon.”
Bree lets loose a peal of laughter unlike anything I’ve heard from her in all the years we’ve been friends. It’s not her forced, socially polite chuckle, not her snide, mean girl titter that I know so well. It’s more like a lamb bleating, a horse’s neigh—something wild and panicked. The cries of an animal backed into a corner.
“Don’t be ridiculous, Cece,” Bree finally manages to spit out after the laughter dies away.
“I’m not. I’m being completely serious,” I say, steeling my voice. “You were so mad at Roy that you wanted to hurt him. You picked up Froufrou and—"
I hoist Froufrou up high, gripping the heavy ceramic poodle in my hands like a monkey with a bone.
“You hit Roy over the head—” I thrust Froufrou downward through the air with violent force. “—killing him.”
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