Chapter 717 Provocation

Tobey knew that she could not see with her eyes, so he described the photo to her. “Mrs. McKinnon looks very healthy in this photo. She’s smiling brightly at the camera.”

Deirdre remembered that Ophelia had been very nervous at the time. She had been worried that she would not look good in the photo, so she had taken her best outfit—a flower dress—out and put it on. Unfortunately, she was too skinny, so the dress had not suited her well.

She had taken a rope and tied it around her waist, and Deirdre had felt like crying upon seeing what she had done. She had leaned on her mother’s shoulder and said, “Mom, when I make a lot of money, I’ll buy many beautiful dresses for you. We will stay in a big house, and you won't have to push a cart down a muddy road anymore when you go to the market.”

However, little had she expected that she would be the one to cause her mother’s death.

Deirdre’s eyes turned red around the rims, and she smiled. “I remember you saying that the flowery dress look