Why Montresor killed Fortunato

Eduardo Urdaneta

Montresor and Fortunato are best friends who also work together. Montresor has been traveling a lot lately due to his recent promotion in his position. He has just received a notice from his boss that he must go attend several conferences in Spain for a month. Upon receiving the undesirable news, Montresor’s wife, Chardonnay gets very upset but eventually acknowledges that traveling this much is essential to the new position that he holds now. Montresor knows that these four weeks will be hard for his wife, so he asks Fortunato if he could look after her while he is away. Fortunato agrees to check in on her from time to time. Montresor appreciates Fortunato’s kindness and feels comfortable to leave knowing that his wife is going to be well taken care of by his best friend. Montresor bids farewell to his wife and tells her not to think twice about calling Fortunato for anything she needs. Montresor leaves and Chardonnay is going about her business as normal. Each day she misses him, but knows that he will be back soon. She tries not to think about how long he has been gone, but it is so difficult. She misses their routine, cooking dinner for him, and just spending time together. She starts to get lonely and even finds herself crying at night. She remembers what Montresor told her about calling Fortunato for help or just to talk whenever she wanted. One day Chardonnay was feeling unusually sad and decided to give Fortunato a call. “Hello Fortunato, it’s Chardonnay, Montresor’s wife.” “Hi! I was wondering if you were ever going to call or needed my help, is everything alright?” “I’m fine, but I can’t stop worrying about Montressor. I miss him more as the days pass, he’s all I think about.” “I understand, I miss him too.” “I was calling to see if maybe you wanted to go to dinner tomorrow night.” “Sure, that sounds like a great idea I’ll pick you up at 8.” Fortunado and Chardonnay go to dinner the next night and have a great