88 He’s Here

“Keira Olsen, wake up. What’s wrong with you?”

The policewoman noticed Keira’s condition and nudged her.

Dazed, Keira opened her eyes.

The usually strong-willed woman was trembling from weakness. “Please help me to the bed.”

“Alright.”

The policewoman quickly assisted her to the bed and asked, “How do you feel now?”

Keira was in poor condition, and she wouldn’t pre even for Holly’s sake. She said, “I’m anemic. Get Ho Sims to do another blood test. It should show up no

At her words, the policewoman frowned, scrutinizing Keira. “Dr. Sims was angry. She probably won’t come

again.”

Keira pursed her lips. “Then you can draw my blood and send it for testing.”

The policewoman said, “Fine, I’ll get someone from the

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forensic department.”

Having said that, she left the cell.

As she was leaving, she was suddenly stopped by Poppy Hill, “Excuse me, Officer.”

The policewoman turned to her, “What is it?”

Poppy pointed to the ward where Keira was. “That’s my daughter. Is she unwell? Can I go look after her?”

The policewoman was taken aback. “She’s your daughter?”

Were mothers and daughters sharing prison cells these days?

Poppy nodded, “Yes, yes, that’s my daughter. You check our relationship.”

The policewoman took out her phone, logged into system, and verified their identities. They were inde mother and daughter.

The policewoman thought for a moment, recalling Keira’s condition, and said, “Alright.”

Keira, lying on the single bed, had just closed her eyes

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when the door was opened again.

Did the forensic doctor come so soon?

eyelids to see a figure walking in, followed by a

Keira stiffened.

she was five years old

without enough warm clothes in winter, she often caught

sick, Poppy would lock her away, not letting her go outside. Whenever Mrs. Olsen out, she would

medication.

to her, grab her throat, and force her to throw the medicine she had

the defenseless five-year-old child, she furiously berated her in her ear. “You don’t deserve medicine! Just live with your fever! Why don’t

Aren’t you mighty? How dare

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d

times, and you dared to defy me, throwing

you…”

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voice from her memory overlapped with the real-time murmur from the woman, causing Keira to instinctively huddle, just like when she was a child, wishing she could reduce herself to

to being a five-year-old

room was dimly lit.

from extreme dizziness caused by anemia, which made her unable to distinguish betweer

I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have gotten sick.

still coursed through

woman in front of her still pinched her arms, abdomen, and thighs mercilessly.

her lips together

seven, she understood that pleading was useless, and

The pain persisted.

“Die! Die! You killed my brother! You’ll pay

to resist, even trying to push away the woman forcefully, but she wasn’t strong enough, and it

at ten years old, eleven years

thirteen and had moved onto high

school.

still lean, she had surpassed Poppy’s height. She pushed the woman away, saying, “Since

and

home for her in the world, but

was vast and boundless. Everywhere but

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be her

she could protect

waking up from her nightmare!!

at Poppy, who was right in

her.

her waist, faltered and immediately reached for Keira’s throat, “Bitch, what

all her strength, Keira grabbed Poppy’s wrist and forcefully pushed her

Just as she was about to charge again, a voic came from the doorway, “What are

at

across Poppy and Keira,

hallucinating? Were these two

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claim to be mother and

strength. She was sprawled out on the

whispered, “You’re just in time. I’m anemic…even if you don’t release me on

for intravenous infusion, and

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