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?

to see a figure walking in, followed by a chilling voice,

Keira stiffened.

she was

age, without enough warm clothes in

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

medication.

Mrs. Olsen left, Poppy would rush over to her, grab her throat, and force her to throw

in her ear. “You don’t

this, bitch! Aren’t you mighty?

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d

dared to defy me, throwing me into this jail.

you…”

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huddle, just like when she was a child, wishing she could reduce herself

like she was back to being a five-year-old in

was dimly

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

a soft whisper. “Mom, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have gotten sick.

sharp pain still coursed

of her still pinched her arms, abdomen, and thighs mercilessly.

lips together tightly.

pleading was useless, and she could

The pain persisted.

curses were unabated. “Die! Die! You killed

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

was the toleration at ten years

she was thirteen and

school.

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

worn-out clothes and without hesitation,

no home for her in the world, but

boundless. Everywhere but the

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family could be her

grew up, and she could

eyes, waking up from her

sharply at Poppy, who

her.

reached for Keira’s throat, “Bitch, what are

Poppy’s wrist and

two steps, falling hard onto the ground. Just as she was about to charge again, a voic came from the doorway, “What

standing at the door. She then

Poppy and Keira, confused.

these two

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to be mother and daughter?

strength. She was sprawled out on the bed again without the energy to even move a

if you don’t

and give me iron supplements…”

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