Wordle by Wordle: Day 233
Friday, Aug 30, 2024
Wordle #1168 – KNAVE
“I deserved that,” Bree says, nodding, but with a forced contriteness that makes me question whether she genuinely believes it. “And I—”
My phone starts ringing, cutting off Bree.
“Sorry!” I say reflexively—hating that, somehow, I’m the one who’s apologizing.
I flip over my phone where I had placed it face-down on the table, decline the call, put it in silent mode, and flip it back, all within a couple of seconds. But not fast enough to hide who was calling.
“Palumbo?” Bree gawks, her eyes wide with surprise.
“Um, yeah… Craig and I sort of got to know each other, after everything.”
I was just as surprised as Bree when Palumbo—when Craig reached out to me shortly after Bree went away to prison. More than surprised.
Like Bree, he had wanted to apologize.
Craig claimed that he had been so sure that I was guilty. Surer than his mustache was sleazy. So, when the truth had come out, it had shaken him to his core, made him doubt his entire career.
He also claimed that he’d had no idea that Austin Early was involved in the coverup. He didn’t even fully believe it until Austin was found guilty of being an accessory after the fact and sentenced to prison as well.
I surprised myself by hearing Craig out and eventually accepting his apology. Well, many apologies. It took some convincing…
He swore that he was going to change his ways, and sure enough, he turned in his badge and gun to become a dog walker. Then a personal trainer. And then a florist, of all things. He’s something of a knave-of-all-trades, I guess.
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