Wordle by Wordle: Day 97
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Wordle #1022 – FINCH
I wait for Bree to speak first, to tell her side of the story in her own time. But when we reach the 101 and she still hasn’t said a word, I can’t contain my curiosity any longer.
“So, why don’t you tell me what happened?” I soften my voice, hoping to sound calm and open, but my heart is fluttering with the panicked energy of a finch caught in a net.
A few tense, silent seconds pass. I worry that Bree is going to stonewall me, but then, she takes a deep breath, lets it out shakily, and starts to spill the beans.
“You’re right, about everything… mostly,” Bree says in a monotone. Her voice is creaky from crying. “But I never meant to kill Roy.”
This last part she says more emphatically, and she turns toward me to meet my eyes, to demonstrate her sincerity, I suppose. I flick my attention from the road just long enough to take in her intense expression.
“Okay…” I say as neutrally as possible. I want to believe her—I think?—but I’ll need some more blanks filled in first.
“We were arguing, about Austin,” Bree admits with a sort of huffiness. Whether she’s more indignant about being caught or about me being right, I can’t tell. “Austin and I had been seeing each other for a couple of months, and Roy was getting suspicious.”
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