Wordle by Wordle: Day 35
Sunday, Feb 4, 2024
Wordle #960 - VERGE
“I just can’t believe he’s really dead,” Bree says softly, finally breaking the silence.
“I’m so sorry, Bree. I—"
“And that someone would murder my poor Roy…”
This activates Detective Mode like a code word waking up a sleeper agent. The grief that was threatening to spill over is quickly bullied back by my need to investigate. Here’s something I can do—something I can solve.
“What did the police tell you?” I ask like I’m encouraging her to unburden herself, not coaxing out answers for my own curiosity.
Bree looks on the verge of crying again, so I set down a box of tissues alongside her tea before taking a seat opposite her.
“They found his body—” Bree pauses to take a bracing sip of tea. When she speaks again, she’s measured and robotic, like she’s reading from a piece of paper. “They found his body hidden in some bushes in Golden Gate Park. A jogger spotted it this morning, I guess. The police said that cause of death was likely, um, blunt something…”
I’m a little surprised to see Bree searching for the word, considering she consumes true crime shows like Pringles. Then again, she’s probably in shock.
“Blunt force trauma?” I supply.
“Yeah. A head injury.”
“And the police believe that he was attacked? That he didn’t just trip and hit his head?” Obviously, because the body had been concealed. But I want Bree to tell me as much as possible.
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