Wordle by Wordle: Day 48
Saturday, Feb 17, 2024
Wordle #973 - PSALM
“Huh. That’s too bad,” I say blandly. I don’t want to spook Bree. And if I’ve learned anything as a private investigator, it’s this: the less I say, the more she’ll talk.
“The police took a look at the app, too. They couldn’t find any videos either…” Bree goes on hurriedly, sure enough. She turns away from me as she speaks and starts making her way down the stairs, forcing me to follow her.
I keep an ear open as Bree continues to protest too much about the doorbell camera, but I’m on the lookout for anything else I might have missed.
There’s a framed black-and-white poster in the stairwell that I hadn’t noticed before. It enthuses, “You can do hard things.” All caps. Displayed with the same reverence given to a psalm. Attention-grabbing, sure, but not at all relevant to Roy’s murder. Unless their interior design disagreements had really escalated…
Anyway, I keep looking.
A small gray splotch on the banister jumps out at me, a stark blemish against the pearly white paint. I pause for a closer inspection. Fingerprint powder.
What I wouldn’t give for a peek at the case file, to see everything the police found here—or didn’t find. What did they make of Bree ripping up the floor?
Bree, now talking about some viral doorbell cam video, doesn’t notice my brief hesitation and I catch up to her easily.
“So anyway, the ‘alien’ was just a spider. Wild, right?” Bree concludes as we reach the main floor. She looks to me expectantly for my reaction. I manage a humoring smile.
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