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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88 He’s Here

when the door was opened again.

Did the forensic doctor come so soon?

followed by a

Keira stiffened.

she was five years old flooded

age, without enough warm clothes

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

medication.

left, Poppy would rush over to her, grab her throat, and force her to throw the medicine she had

in her ear. “You

deserve this, bitch! Aren’t you

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d

several times, and you dared to defy me, throwing

you…”

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causing Keira to instinctively huddle, just like when she was a child,

back to being a five-year-old in that cold

was

to distinguish betweer reality and memory, with pleas for mercy from her dreams escaping her lips.

“Mom, I’m

sharp pain still coursed

still pinched her arms, abdomen,

pressed her lips together tightly.

age seven, she understood that pleading was useless, and she could only endure.

The pain persisted.

Die! You killed

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

there was the toleration at ten years old, eleven years old,

thirteen and had moved onto high

school.

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

packed a few worn-out clothes and

was no home for her in

and boundless. Everywhere but the

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family could be her home.

up, and she

eyes, waking up

at Poppy, who was right in front

her.

Keira’s throat, “Bitch, what are you looking at? You should die! You have to pay for killing my brother!”

grabbed Poppy’s wrist and forcefully

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

at the door. She then unhurriedly

Poppy and

hallucinating? Were these two women fighting?

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claim to be mother and daughter?

all her strength. She was sprawled out on the bed again without the energy to

just in time. I’m anemic…even if you don’t

infusion, and give me iron supplements…”

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