But compared to the physical discomfort, what hurt Mrs. Landon more was Grace Yowell's actions toward her. This was the daughter she had painstakingly found, the daughter she lovingly cared for and couldn't bear to let suffer. Yet now it's come to this.
No matter how much she couldn't distinguish right from wrong, no matter how much she wanted to deceive herself, she had to accept one reality... Her father's death was indeed related to her daughter. Otherwise, how could her daughter have this handgun?
She remembered this handgun belonged to her father, who always kept it in the drawer of the study. Isabella had said that on the day of the incident, she did not enter the study alone, so how could this handgun be in her hands?
Moreover… if Isabella weren't guilty, why would she act this way the instant the police arrived? If she truly were innocent, she could easily explain everything to the police.
