Fortunato Monologue

Forunato… a name I have known since my childhood.We were lads in the small town outside of London where we lived. Fortunato's name seemed to suit him well because he always had better fortune then me in every way. In school he was smarter, he was better than me at sports, and always had the nicest attire. This made me envy him over the years but the one thing I had against him was my masonry skills. I was the best mason the town had ever seen while Fortunato couldn't tell the difference between granite and limestone. "One of these days Montresor I will best you in masonry just like I do everywhere else" he said one time. I responded with "A swine would fly before that would ever happen." For months Fortunato frequently practiced his masonry
Then the idea hit me like the brick walls I create and then the process seemed as clear as day. I had to cause Fortunato's misfortune myself by changing his building tools for faultier ones that would not hold up their own weight. "My plan is bullet-proof!" I pestered my wife with all night as she continuously tried to say the flaws in it. But I wasn't listening to her because what does she know about masonry that I don't. I went to bed that night with a smile ear to ear because I knew that I had won a week in advance. The next dasy I saw my unknowing opponent in passing in the city as I was running errands. " Are you as mortified as you should be for the dual at the end of the week Fortunato?" I asked. " The fear should be in your mind not I, because I always have the upper hand on you my old pal." Fortunato chuckled. I grit my teeth as to not get to mad and stormed off back to my house. I knew that the win was inevitable for me so I stayed quiet and humble until the day of the dual. I woke up on the cold gloomy day in February ready to win. "When you see me next sweetheart I will be a new man." As I headed out towards the town center where we were to hold the match I saw my opponent to be. I hollered at him that today was the day,