198 Evidence

Holly stood gasping at the top of the staircase, her voice calm and indifferent, carrying a sense of

impartiality and integrity that left no room for

favoritism.

Clad in her police uniform, her presence commanded

respect.

When Keira saw her, she was slightly taken aback.

She had just sent that recording to Holly not more than half an hour ago, how had she managed to get here so quickly?

As Keira pondered, Holly cut through the crowd of reporters, arriving in front of her.

Isla’s heart skipped a beat upon seeing her.

But then she thought she was overreacting, that not every police sighting should remind her of Connor, who should have been transferred to his cell block by that time… right?

As she was contemplating, Jake said, “Officer, what do you mean by that?”

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Holly answered, “It means that the child really isn’t yours. There’s no need to be too heartbroken over it.”

Upon hearing this, Melissa frowned. “Without

evidence, such accusations shouldn’t be made

carelessly! Officer, do you realize the impact of rumors and slander can be deadly to a family’s reputation?”

Isla seized the chance to lower her head and

weep. “Holly, I know you and Keira are good friends. You’ve been inseparable since middle school, but as a police officer, how can you be so biased! You should be seeking justice for someone like me!”

Hearing this coaxing plea, Holly frowned, and with a cold laugh, she retorted, “Who says I don’t have evidence?”

She took out her phone, opened the photo album, and held up a photo for the first branch of the family to see. “Look carefully. This is the record of Isla and Connor checking into a hotel!”

After saying this, she attempted to hand the photo to the reporters.

Isla’s pupils constricted.

Hotel check-in recorda?

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Had Connor confessed? No, it couldn’t be. It must have been discovered during the police investigation…

She clenched her fists nervously.

stunned, his disbelieving eyes

Isla.

gaze sharpened.

to me, it’s

“Mom, that’s a

pleadingly toward Poppy.

shocked by Holly’s words.

could those two be involved

wasn’t right…

identity, so that’s probably why she

the child had

as she had this thought,

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rushed forward. “Officer Holly, I know you’re

for Keira’s sake. But we

the mistress. I didn’t intend to break up the Olsen family. Back then, Mr. Olsen and I made a mistake in a moment of drunkenness and then I got pregnant. Being pregnant and unable to find work, I was close to starving when

I’ve worked as a nanny

kindness, and for many years, I have kept my distance from Mr. Olsen. Ever since she was small, I’ve been teaching

she shouldn’t have…

“But she’s been rebellious since childhood, always trying to compete with Miss Isla, even to the

headache!

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I’m at fault. I didn’t raise her well, and now she has started to slander Miss Isla and even

of Isla. “Miss Isla, she really shouldn’t have done this. She thought with Mr. Horton’s support, she could do whatever she wished, but as her mother, I couldn’t

and then hit her forehead

a loud “bang,” the sound was very

a confirmation of

surrounding journalists were all moved, their gazes

the truth what your

stated?”

you please

Horton?”

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family raised you;

ingratitude? A person like you is intolerable!”

saying that karma

And to even slander

the journalists made Keira frown.

since they were young, and she

nearby, clenched

looked toward

in prison when Poppy would beat Keira, she couldn’t understand how a mother could hate her own

now she completely understood.

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and with a piercing gaze toward the journalists, she said, “If you still think this hotel check-in

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