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.

bother explaining. She just got into

had already done more than

her

grandmother was silent for a long time before finally

then let it be. I can’t spend my

nothing. Grandma. How

grandmother, Sierra was always patient. She talked to her for a long

Johnathan glanced at her.

before we get there.

almost forgotten

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

of mind

but it was

“Okay”

to just rest them

knew it, she

for once, she didn’t

she woke up, the car had stopped outside the university’s lab

first thing she noticed was the faint scent of disinfectant

It was oddly calming,

Are

Are you awake!”

husky voice pulled her back

turned her head and found herself looking at the sharp

heart skipped for

hand in front of her

“Awake?”

nodded. “Yeah. For a

dream or bad one?” he

…Good.”

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

usual workspace, but along the way,

Evan and Yaron.

to see her there either.

then flicked to