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Keira felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen, but it was bearable.

She grabbed Holly’s wrist and said, “I need to go to the bathroom.”

“I’ll give you a hand.”

Holly supported Keira’s arm and guided her to the bathroom, quietly waiting outside.

However, she couldn’t help but feel worried.

She noticed how pale Keira’s face looked and her cold sweat. Could she really be anemic?

Meanwhile, in the visitation room at the detention

center.

Poppy came over with a smile on her face and flattered her daughter. “Isla, how come you have time to see

me?”

After saying that, she added, “You shouldn’t have come This isn’t a good place. It could bring bad luck.”

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Despite her avid enthusiasm, she only received a faint smile from Isla, followed by a hesitating gesture.

Poppy immediately expressed her concern. “What’s wrong? You look so dreadful. Did something happen?”

Her face darkened. “Is it Keira again? Did she disrespect you again?”

Isla gave a bitter smile. “Yes, it’s about Keira, but she hasn’t been disrespectful She has gotten into trouble.”

“Oh, that’s nothing,” Poppy scoffed. “With her devil-may-care disposition, it’s only a matter of time she gets herself into trouble. Who did she offend this time? Did she get a lesson?”

A smirk of delight came over her face at the thoug

Kiera’s misfortune.

Isla was choked and found Poppy more and more

foolish.

She had always been like this, wearing everything on her sleeve, completely oblivious to the need to conceal

her emotions.

Isla couldn’t figure out how on earth Poppy had managed to swap her place with Keira. It had to be by

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some astounding stroke of luck.

Isla cast her eyes down after a brief flicker in them. “It’s not that she offended someone. She… she committed murder and is now in police custody.”

“What great news!” Poppy immediately brightened up. “Will that reprobate be sentenced to death? She won’t bother you anymore!”

Isla was speechless.

at Poppy with sympathy, then coughed slightly.

Isla, who did

lunged at the table, her emotional state drastically heightened.

one brother. Even though he used to mess things around, Poppy

I heard that Finley demanded five million from her. When she refused, during the tug of war, Finley accidentally fell onto a steel bar and was pierced through the chest… He died on the spot. Aunt Hill,

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but five million is still no small sum. It’s only

I shouldn’t have raised her up, I should have drowned her as soon as she was born! Where is she? I am gonna kill her!

an immediate warning from a

a bit, but the fun her eyes showed no

think you have the right to know,

reddened eyes. She reassured

should go back. I…I’ll

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“Wh

I can’t wait to see her executed!” Poppy uttered venomously.

in disbelief. “Aunt Hill, Keira is charged with manslaughter. The maximum sentence is

could that be?! That’s letting her

the point of her statement, Isla sighed. “Aunt Hill, Keira didn’t do it on purpose, and she must be scared as well. If

comfort her.”

processed what she

held

“Yes, she hasn’t been sentenced yet, so she’s temporarily detained in a

wards and single rooms were all

place.

eyes, revealing

“That’s good.”

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stood up. “Aunt Hill, it’s about

Jake and settle down with

the visiting room,

the police station when she saw her old classmate Holly anxiously standing

lawyer of the suspect, Keira, came early in the morning again, asking about our decision on her pre-trial releas to medical reasons. Judging by the suspect’s look now, she seems to be really anemic. So, is it

or not?”

upon hearing

frailty. She was about

Lincoln had also heard the conversation, so h

“Alrandy protonding

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“She’s not

coldly. “Dr. Sims, have you forgotten how she fooled you yesterday? You believe this? I remember you made an oath last night that if she gets a pre-trial release, you would quit the police force. You didn’t forget

“Captain Lincoln, she really isn’t feeling well…”

Lincoln wasn’t convinced. “Very

day, and she’s already not feeling well. The

stepped forward “Hello, are you discussing my

all looked at her.

are you doing here?”

she pulled Holly aside, “Dr. Sims, about my

sister. In middle school, aft Isla found

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behave smarter and stopped

of

Isla and asked with concern,

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