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Keira ended the call and looked toward Lewis, her

eyes astonishingly bright after just shedding tears.

“Mrs. Olsen is awake.” ”

Lewis subconsciously turned to glance in the direction of the bedroom, hesitating, “I…”

“You stay here and take care of Grandma. I’ll go back

and see her.”

Keira didn’t want to make it difficult for him and

simply left those words before walking out.

Lewis didn’t insist and said to Tom, “Take Keira there.”

Sitting in the car, Keira was extremely anxious. She, who always drove at a steady thirty miles per hour, now wished the car could go faster.

Half an hour later, the car arrived at the hospital’s inpatient building.

Just as Keira was about to run upstairs after getting out of the car, her steps faltered slightly, and she instinctively glanced toward the parking lot.

She saw that the spot where Uncle Olsen’s car had

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been parked was now empty

Presumably, Uncle Olsen had already returned to

Clance?

This thought merely flickered by, and Keira entered the building and sprinted to the third floor.

Standing breathlessly at the doorway, she saw Taylor both crying and laughing as he fed Mrs. Olsen water, while Mrs. Olsen looked at him in resignation.

Hearing footsteps, Mrs. Olsen slightly turned her head, looking toward the door.

For a moment, their gazes locked.

Keira felt as if she were rooted to the spot, unable to

move.

She stared blankly at Mrs. Olsen.

Her emotions were indescribably tumultuous and

complex.

As a child, every time she saw Mrs. Olsen speak gently to Isla, she was envious. She had often thought, how

wonderful would it be if Mrs. Olsen were her mother?

She had never imagined that one day this dream

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would come true.

this very moment, the look in Mrs.

warmth and deep affection

and her eyes gradually filled

something, but her mouth opened and closed without knowing what to say

situation was somewhat awkward, Mrs. Olsen suddenly smiled

flushed with a

good sleep

softly, “Keira, why

Come over here…”

couldn’t restrain her emotions any longer and walked stiffly over, standing by her bed.

to the side of

sat down like a puppet, still

Mrs. Olsen.

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front of her felt

had come too fast, overwhelming her after 22

to say, Mrs. Olsen spoke first. “Keira, I need to start by saying I’m sorry

startled. “Why?”

you, and you were secretly swapped at birth. Even though you were always in

I don’t ask for your forgiveness. I just want to say,

Mother…

She suddenly stepped forward and hugged Mrs. Olsen tightly. “I’ve never blamed you. I— I’m so happy. You have no idea how delighted I was when I

“Silly girl, are you still calling me ‘Mrs. Olsen’ now?”

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hesitated, then opened her mouth and called

out, “Mom.”

“I’m here.”

everything in front of her

“I’m here.”

grip and

“I’m here.”

felt

past 22 years. Her nose tingled, and as she was about to say something more, Taylor said, “Keira, your

then subdued her own

quickly wiped away her tears, stepped back from Mrs. Olsen, and then looked at her with a smile, “Are you

Olsen, seeing her red-rimmed eyes, reached out to touch her face. “I’m fine. I

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be such a person! I shouldn’t have been kind-hearted at that moment, to

Mrs. Olsen said this,

her back. “Alright, alright, Shirley, don’t be upset. She

deserves!

both broken, and one of her arms was

hospital for the rest

heard this, she looked

also

knowing how to convey Isla’s fate as Mrs.

loved her.

Mrs. Olsen’s eyes did

dad already told me her fate. She took the wrong path herself. At this point,

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