The lost heiress never forgiven

The Lost Heiress 54

Chapter 54 A Place to Escape

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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.

didn’t bother explaining. She just got

already done more than

way back, she called her grandmother and

silent for a long time before finally

she wants it, then let it be. I can’t spend my life worrying about her. She’s made her choice. You’ve done enough,

Grandma. How are

always patient. She talked

Johnathan glanced at her.

time before we get there. You should

forgotten she was still

he wouldn’t have taken her to the lab at all

state of

know what was weighing on her, but it was obvious

“Okay”

her eyes, intending to just rest

she knew it, she had actually fallen

for once, she didn’t

up, the car had stopped

thing she noticed was the faint scent of

It was oddly calming,

Are

Are you awake!”

voice pulled her

herself looking at the sharp lines of

for a

waved a hand in front

“Awake?”

then nodded. “Yeah. For a second, I

bad

…Good.”

empty at night, quiet in a way that made

usual workspace, but along

Evan and Yaron.

expected to see her there either. Both froze for

swept over Sierra, then