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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

tender warmth and deep affection

again, and her eyes

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

and even felt the situation was somewhat awkward, Mrs.

Her cheeks were flushed with

good sleep after just

“Keira, why are

Come over here…”

her emotions any longer and walked stiffly over, standing

side

down like a puppet, still staring blankly

Mrs. Olsen.

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front of her felt like a dream…

overwhelming her

first. “Keira, I need to

startled.

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

Olsen’s voice was choked with emotion. “Keira, I don’t ask for your forgiveness. I just want to say,

Mother…

tightly. “I’ve never blamed you. I— I’m so happy. You

started to cry. “Silly girl, are you still calling me ‘Mrs.

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hesitated, then opened her

out, “Mom.”

“I’m here.”

felt it was surreal, fearing everything in front of her was but a bubble. So, she said

“I’m here.”

her grip and

“I’m here.”

felt very sad.

to say something more, Taylor said, “Keira, your

her own

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

out to touch her face.

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when I thought of all the hardships you endured… I never imagined Poppy Hill would be such a person! I shouldn’t

Mrs. Olsen said this, she coughed.

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

retribution she deserves! I heard her legs

and one of her arms was

the rest of her life, never to

this, she looked toward Mrs. Olsen.

also Isla…”

Mrs. Olsen had

loved her.

her words, Mrs. Olsen’s eyes did soften

“Your dad already told me her fate. She took the

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