The lost heiress never forgiven

The Lost Heiress 54

Chapter 54 A Place to Escape

Finished

She and Daphne had never been the closest of friends, but when Sierra first arrived in prison, Daphne had taken care of her. She couldn’t just sit back and do nothing.

The thought of it weighed on her chest.

Johnathan glanced at her and suddenly said, “Want to go to the lab?”

She looked up at him.

When I’m in a bad mood. I go there,” he added casually.

Sierra thought for a moment, then nodded. “Okay,”

Just as they were about to leave, someone called out from behind them.

“Wait a minute.

was the female officer who had taken her statement earlier.

There’s something I forgot to mention,” the officer said. That woman you called the police for this morning–she changed her mind at the hospital. She refused to get checked, insisted her injuries weren’t from abuse but from a fall.”

The officer sighed. They could see this all the time. People who don’t trust the law, who won’t protect themselves.

“If you can, try to convince her. Domestic violence doesn’t stop after the first time–it only happens again and again. She needs to trust that we can help.

Sierra wasn’t surprised.

That was exactly the kind of thing Yulia would do.

She was weak. That was why James had been able to control her for so long.

Sierra simply thanked the officer.

Thanks, but let her be. If she won’t fight for herself, then nothing we do will matter.

The officer hesitated. She had assumed Sierra cared about the woman she had reported, but her indifference said otherwise.

explaining. She just

already done more

called her grandmother and told

silent for a long time

let it be. I can’t spend my life

nothing. Grandma. How are

talked

Johnathan glanced at her.

before we get there. You should

had almost forgotten she

could help it, he wouldn’t have taken her to

of mind

what was weighing on her, but it was obvious she was wound

“Okay”

closed her eyes, intending to just rest them for

it, she had

for once,

the car had stopped outside the university’s

the faint scent of disinfectant and woodsy cologne

It was oddly calming,

Are

Are you awake!”

voice pulled

turned her head and found herself looking at the sharp lines of his

heart skipped for a beat too

in front of

“Awake?”

nodded. “Yeah. For a second, I

dream or bad

…Good.”

lab building was empty at night, quiet in a way that made it feel almost detached

usual workspace, but along the way, they ran

Evan and Yaron.

men dearly hadn’t expected to see her there either. Both froze

over Sierra, then