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“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?

lifted her eyelids to see a figure walking in, followed by a chilling

Keira stiffened.

to her weakness, memories of when she was five years

enough warm clothes in winter, she often caught colds.

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

medication.

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

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

Aren’t you mighty? How dare

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d

dared to defy me, throwing me into this jail.

you…”

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Keira to instinctively huddle, just like when she was a child, wishing she could reduce herself to as small as possible to fend off the outside

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

room was

made her unable to distinguish betweer reality and memory,

she pleaded in a soft whisper. “Mom, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t

sharp pain still coursed through her body.

front of her still pinched her arms,

lips together

age seven, she understood that pleading was useless, and

The pain persisted.

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

Keira was nine years old, she learned to resist, even trying to push away the woman forcefully, but she wasn’t strong enough,

years old, eleven years old, twelve

thirteen and had moved

school.

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

clothes and without hesitation,

for her

was vast and boundless. Everywhere but

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be her

up, and she could

waking up

at Poppy, who

her.

reached for Keira’s throat, “Bitch, what

Poppy’s wrist and

was about to charge again, a voic came from the doorway,

see Holly, wide-eyed, standing at the

Poppy and Keira,

Were these two

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claim to be mother and daughter?

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

if you don’t release me

infusion, and

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