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Lewis frowned as he looked at the person in front of

him.

She was sneaky, dressed in a woolen sweater that

oncealed her figure.

ut he felt at a glance that she was very familiar… very

much like Keira!

Lewis stared blankly at her, his eyebrows slightly furrowing, and he asked slowly, “Keira? Is that you?”

Keira’s eyelashes trembled, and suddenly she said, “It’s

me.”

Lewis froze completely.

In disbelief, he stared at the person in front of him… only to see Keira lower her head, timidly saying, “Who are you? How do you know my name is Keera?”

As she spoke, she tried hard to imitate her sister’s gentle tone.

Lewis paused. “…What?”

Keira then looked at him. Her face was still bruised,

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and the iodine wasn’t cleaned off properly, making the skin that was exposed very yellow.

Wearing a hat and a mask, not even her biological mother would recognize her

Keira continued timidly, “I, I was Keira’s high school classmate, and everyone calls me Keera. I heard the tragic news about Keira, so I came to visit Mrs. Olsen.

u Keira’s friend too?”

ing these words, Lewis looked somewhat dejected nd even scoffed at himself with a mocking smile.

He clenched his fists tightly.

He felt he was utterly ridiculous.

He didn’t understand why, even though the body that had been retrieved was unrecognizable, and DNA analysis had confirmed it was Keira.

He just didn’t believe it and personally oversaw the comparisons again and again…

But each time, it was Keira.

Even with the evidence in front of him, he still couldn’t accept that Keira had drowned…

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Even just now, when he saw that woman, he thought she was Keira…

But his Keira was always a carefree, spirited woman. How could she possibly be sneaky and subservient?

What on earth had he been thinking a moment ago?

Lewis lowered his gaze, answering her earlier question,

“I’m her… husband.”

on the last two words.

his face, which had become gaunt enough that the cheekbones were protruding after only two days. Her eyes suddenly welling up with tears, and she hastily

her any more

straight to the bedside, and looked at the medical record beside

excessive mourning…

life-threatening danger.

sigh of relief.

Olsen and

Not

of them could hear. “Mom, I’m not dead. You have to take good care of yourself and get well. I’ll come to see you another day.”

that if she stayed any longer, Lewis might

leave, not noticing that Mrs. Olsen’s

Lewis stayed there for a while,

Taylor looked much better than the last time Mrs. Olsen fainted; he seemed very normal,

yourself so you can take

I know. There’s no one else at home now.

didn’t say anything more, he lowered his gaze and said, “I’ll help arrange for the best doctors to come

arrive tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

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She propped herself up with both

“Keira!”

and took her hand. “Shirley, you’re awake? How are you

to look around. “Where’s Keira? I heard her voice,

T

d…”

you heard wrong… Keira was

ay…

happened before she fainted. When she saw the ocean swaying

swollen body was recovered from the water, she had fainted at just one

Olsen clenched her fists tightly, tears

Keira isn’t

covers to get out

Not

way, and she

If Keira were still here, she definitely wouldn’t want to see you like

Olsen cried out, “I can’t calm down! I have

Keira!”

deeply, holding Mrs. Olsen tightly, gently

ack,

P

Keira, she isn’t dead!

She was just talking in my ear. She d

soothing her

dead, don’t worry…”

Olsen gradually calmed

here. I heard her talk to

from Mr. Horton, no one was

was stunned. “Is, is that

Not

“Yes,

Olsen immediately became

did hear her. Taylor, where’s

in!”

to stop her. “Shirley, Mr. Horton is already

can we not make a fuss, please?”

Ve

head. “I’m not making a

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