But she, the little minx, had to play this cruel prank.
All he could do was play along with her charade, "She wasn't so lucky, at the bottom of the cliff..."
He couldn't bring himself to utter the words "died miserably," but this was enough for Ruben Finnegan to understand his meaning.
In that moment, his face turned deathly pale while the tears that roiled in his eyes poured down like a summer downpour.
Arthur Lindsey's expression became gloomy in an instant.
This little devil was intentionally making him miserable, making him watch another man cry over her.
This was clearly her making him jealous!
Seeing her son's and Ruben Finnegan's drastically different expressions, Penny Sullivan was embarrassedly seated. She vaguely understood what was happening when Wilton Lindsey gave her a hint. Is Ella misbehaving again?
"Ella, she's just too pitiful... Her heart is so good, so kind... Why would God do this to her..."