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?

followed by a chilling voice, “Keira, don’t be

Keira stiffened.

she was five years old flooded into her head.

enough warm clothes in winter,

would lock her away, not letting her go outside. Whenever Mrs. Olsen

medication.

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

defenseless five-year-old child, she furiously berated her in her ear. “You don’t deserve

deserve this, bitch! Aren’t

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hit her several times, and you dared to defy

you…”

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just like when she was a

was back to being a five-year-old in that cold dark basement.

room was dimly

to distinguish betweer reality and

whisper. “Mom, I’m sorry. I

sharp pain still coursed through her

her still pinched her arms, abdomen,

lips together

she understood that pleading was useless, and she

The pain persisted.

unabated. “Die! Die! You killed

push away the woman forcefully, but she wasn’t strong enough, and it

at ten years old,

she was thirteen and had moved onto

school.

Poppy’s height. She pushed the woman away, saying, “Since you despise me as your daughter, I’m

packed a few worn-out clothes and without hesitation, left the

home for her in the world, but

vast and boundless. Everywhere but the

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family could be

up, and she could

abruptly opened her eyes, waking up from her

sharply at Poppy, who

her.

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

grabbed Poppy’s wrist

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?!”

to see Holly, wide-eyed, standing at the door. She then unhurriedly entered the room.

Poppy and Keira,

she hallucinating? Were these two

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be mother and daughter?

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

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

for intravenous infusion, and

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