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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.”

slightly on the

that the cheekbones were

didn’t pay her any more

straight to the bedside, and looked at the medical record

stress… excessive mourning… but

life-threatening danger.

a sigh of

close to Mrs. Olsen

She’s Not

the two of them could hear. “Mom, I’m not dead. You have to take good care of yourself and get

if she stayed any longer, Lewis might start to

to leave, not noticing

stayed there for a while, and before long,

Mrs. Olsen fainted; he seemed very normal, without the previous dejection.

“Take good care of yourself so you can take

nodded. “Don’t worry, I know. There’s no one else at home

lowered his gaze and said, “I’ll help arrange for the best doctors to

arrive tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

Not Dead

opened her eyes. She propped herself up with both hands and shouted,

“Keira!”

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

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

T

d…”

wrong…

ay…

When she saw the ocean swaying precariously, she

recovered from the water, she had fainted at just one

her fists tightly, tears

“No, Keira isn’t dead! I’m going to find her!”

to get

Not Dead

her legs gave way, and she

in time. “Shirley, calm down. If Keira were still here, she definitely wouldn’t want to see you like this!”

cried out, “I can’t calm down! I have

Keira!”

deeply, holding Mrs. Olsen tightly, gently

ack,

P

“My Keira, she isn’t dead! She

just talking in my ear. She d me

her emotions. “Okay, she’s not dead, Shirley,

dead, don’t worry…”

Olsen gradually calmed

her talk to

Horton, no one was in

Olsen was stunned. “Is,

She’s Not

“Yes, that’s right!”

immediately

be… I clearly heard her… I really did hear her. Taylor, where’s my phone? I’m going to call

in!”

“Shirley, Mr. Horton is

make

Ve

shook her head. “I’m not making a fuss!

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