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?

her eyelids to see a figure walking in, followed

Keira stiffened.

her weakness, memories of when she was five years old flooded into her

warm

her away, not letting her go outside. Whenever Mrs. Olsen out, she would always come to see

medication.

the moment Mrs. Olsen left, Poppy would rush over to her, grab her

child, she furiously berated her in her ear. “You don’t deserve

this, bitch! Aren’t you mighty? How dare

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times, and you dared to defy

you…”

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malicious 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 as small

she was back to being

room was dimly

from extreme dizziness caused by anemia, which made her unable to distinguish betweer reality and memory, with pleas

“Mom, I’m

sharp pain still coursed through

pinched her arms, abdomen,

pressed her lips

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

The pain persisted.

unabated. “Die! Die! You killed

to resist, even trying to push away the woman

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

and had moved onto high

school.

lean, she had surpassed Poppy’s height. She pushed the woman away, saying, “Since you despise me as

packed a few worn-out clothes and without hesitation,

was no home for her in the

vast and boundless. Everywhere but

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be her home.

grew up, and she could protect

eyes, waking up

who was right in front

her.

was currently pinching her waist, faltered and immediately reached for Keira’s throat, “Bitch, what are you looking at? You should

Poppy’s wrist and forcefully pushed her

retreated two steps, falling hard onto the ground. Just as she was about to charge again, a voic came from the doorway, “What are you two doing?!”

standing at the door.

gaze swept across Poppy and Keira, confused.

she hallucinating? Were these two women

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they claim to be mother and daughter?

on the bed again without

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

infusion, and give me

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