Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 242 Misgiving Dispelled

Deirdre’s lips were trembling, and she stretched out her hand with great effort. ” Mother, can I… touch your hands?”

She knew Ophelia’s hands. They were a pair of old hands covered in calluses that felt very different even at a very young age, especially in some spots.

She had not felt out Ophelia’s hands seriously before this but she had grown suspicious after Charlene’s remarks.

Maeve’s heart was racing. “What’s going on? What’s going on with you… Deirdre?”

“I’m fine…” Deirdre took a deep breath and cracked a fake smile with great difficulty.” I used to hold your hand frequently in the past and I missed doing that all of a sudden. I yearned for the feeling of you holding my hand when you walked me home after school…”

“1 see.” Maeve smiled, but her heart was still on guard. She had figured out that Deirdre must have noticed something. At the same time that a feeling of uneasiness grew in her, she had no choice but to stretch out her hand.

“Alright, I shall hold my little Deirdre’s hand then.”

Her voice sounded as warm and affectionate as before.

fine, and delicate, just like the

was the case,

she felt the coarseness of Maeve’s

well. It was because this pair of hands was still too delicate compared to

“What happened?”

heart. She had already noticed Ophelia’s hands when she had watched video clips of Ophelia

been aged, skinny, emaciated, covered

little over 50 years old in the video clips,

simulate Ophelia’s hands yet she was well aware that her hands were

felt her way to Ophelia’s frequently–used finger with her fingers and found a

‘It is Ophelia!

‘It is her!‘

on her hand frequently, and the callus found on this spot was way harder than those on other parts of her hands. It was very apparent that Ophelia had not endured any hardships over the past few years, so

the weight was lifted off her chest. She had been more

hands on Maeve’s outfit subconsciously.