Chapter 196 Return to What It Used to Be

The letter was positively crawling with wishes and hopes for Deirdre, and only a few lines described the mother’s own state of affairs. She had clearly believed this was just another of many letters she would

pen

for her daughter in the future–she had thought she would get to write again.

She had not known, at the time, that she was writing the last letter she would pen in her life.

Brendan’s chest tightened. He had just destroyed one of the most priceless things in the world… with his own hands. If Deirdre knew…

She would go mad.

He immediately called someone in to restore the letter.

Deirdre returned to her room shortly after he left. She instinctively got down on all fours, her hands grazing across the floor to feel for the pieces. To her disappointment, she could not find a single piece, even though she was sure Brendan had scattered it like confetti.

“Miss McKinnon, what are you looking for?” Sam asked.

me look, please?” Deirdre replied with a

“Did you drop

second, Deirdre seemed dazed. Then, suddenly,

not important.”

nonplussed, but upon seeing the woman

creating a pristine replica of the original letter. Creating a copy of the letter’s content was not hard, but the devil was in the details. A perfect replication would

time.

We found a candidate. She’s currently waiting downstairs. Do you want her to come

and the words on the letter suddenly appeared

Sawyer and a middle–aged woman in a nondescript getup. Brendan

fits all of your requirements, sir,” Sawyer

and unremarkable, but that was not a problem. The only qualification she had to meet was having the right voice.

was visibly disconcerted by Brendan’s overall composure. Even

Her voice! Her tone! It was 90% close to Ophelia’s! No, scratch that. They

It would have been almost impossible to look for a doppelganger who bore an uncanny resemblance to both Ophelia’s face and voice. But since he only needed one over the other, the search

easier.

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