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Keira hurriedly said, “I…”

Before she could finish speaking, Holly had already turned around and left.

Keira could only hear her speaking to Captain Lincoln outside the door. “Her condition isn’t very good. Even if we must interrogate her throughout the night, can we do it without using the light?”

“Alright, out of respect for Dr. Sims.”

Keira sighed quietly.

Holly had vouched for her, saying that she wouldn’t released on bail. Samuel immediately rebutted Holly was no wonder she was so angry.

Never mind.

She should be able to keep up with the demands that her condition put on her body for another two days. If Holly could find evidence to prove her innocence within those two days, perhaps she shouldn’t apply for bail after all.

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Upstairs.

Holly entered the equipment room and placed the blood sample she had drawn from Keira’s finger into the machine.

Now all she could do was wait for the machine to analyze the various elements in the blood. This would take twenty minutes.

At this moment, her cell phone suddenly rang.

The call was from a detention center. She picked up and heard a voice from the other side. “Dr. Sims, we heard you’re at the station and decided to give you a call. We have a patient here who isn’t feeling well. Could you come and take a look?”

Holly immediately stood up. “I’ll be right there.”

Even though a forensic doctor and a medical doctor weren’t the same, she could still diagnose minor

illnesses.

She put on her coat and left.

She soon arrived at the detention center.

This place held suspects who hadn’t been tried by the court and some prisoners with sentences of less than

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three months.

Keira had just been placed in a solitary cell here.

Holly took a few steps forward and arrived at the cell door indicated by the guard who had called. She then put on a mask and gloves, stepped inside the cell, and coldly asked, “Who’s not feeling well?”

“It’s me…”

An unfamiliar yet familiar voice made Holly slightly frown. She turned her head and saw a middle-aged woman in a prison uniform, sitting there with her hands on her belly and an expression of pain on her face. “Doctor, my belly hurts so bad. Can you help

me…”

Holly was taken aback.

Wasn’t this woman Poppy Hill, Keira’s mother?

She had once attended a parents’ meeting for Keira in middle school!

Holly immediately walked over and asked with concern, “Auntie, what’s the matter?”

Poppy was suspected of perjury, but as the case wasn’t severe, she had been sentenced to fifteen days in

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detention.

She grabbed Holly’s hand and said, “My belly hurts so badly…”

Holly immediately reached out to touch her belly, not daring to underestimate the situation. “Is it here? I’ll take you to the hospital!”

“Oh, don’t touch me! It hurts so much…” But Poppy looked around with a pained expression and said, “There’s no need to go to the hospital. I just have a cold. Officer, can you take me to a solitary cell? My moaning and groaning here is disturbing everyone’s

rest…”

Holly immediately nodded, “Okay.”

Just as she was about to help Poppy out, someone el in the room suddenly yelled out, “Oh, my belly also hurts so bad. Officer, could you also take me to the solitary cell?”

The rest of the inmates immediately laughed.

“My belly hurts as well…”

“Hey, but I’m different. I have a headache. Can I go to the single ward, too?”

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Holly was speechless.

She frowned, about to say something, when someone looked over at Poppy and said, “We all eat the same food, but how come you’re the only one who got sick? It’s been five days inside, but you’ve been sick for four of them. Are you more delicate than the rest of us?”

“How come in our ward, you’re in such pain, but the moment you get to a single cell, you’re fine and snoring away?”

Holly frowned, realizing what was going on. Instantly, she looked at Poppy.

Poppy’s face instantly turned stiff, and then she wailed in despair, “I really don’t feel well!”

Holly clenched her jaw. “I’ll take you to the hospital then. If the tests show that you’re okay and it’s all an act, I’m afraid you’ll have to stay here a few more days

At these words, Poppy suddenly became nervous.

She didn’t want to be locked up here at all.

In here, the cellmates either farted or picked their feet every night. They also slept in all kinds of crazy

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positions. On her first night, she couldn’t sleep at all

due to the noise.

So she thought of a solution.

But wouldn’t it expose her if she went to the hospital?

Poppy gave Holly a pleading smile. “I don’t need to go to the hospital. It’s just a minor illness. I can take it. I’ll

live…”

Holly knew it. “Aunt, are you faking it?”

Poppy ran to her bed, lifted the blanket, and crawled in. “Hey, what kind of language is that for a little cop? How was I pretending? I just had a stomach ache, and now I’m better. What’s wrong with that? You won’t let me recover from an illness?”

Holly was frustrated!

The female prisoner next to her cursed, “You really have thick skin, you old rogue. You’re tricking people!”

However, Poppy retorted, “What was that compared to my daughter? I’m nothing compared to her! That little slut cheated me so badly! She’ll die in misery!”

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Just thinking of Keira made Poppy grind her teeth in hatred.

Who would have thought that the girl she tried to turn

into a good-for-nothing was Dr. South?!

Holly only found these words irritating.

With her jaw set, she closed the jail door and quickly went upstairs.

Soon, she had in her hands the latest blood test report. Upon seeing the data on it, her face darkened!

The iron content was normal!

Keira wasn’t anemic at all!

Liar!

In that instant, Holly trembled in anger. She wen straight to the interrogation room downstairs and threw the blood report at Keira. “Keira, do you enj tricking me time and time again?!”

Keira didn’t look at the test results. Instead, she sighed. “I’m not anemic now, but give it a few days.”

She had wanted to say that earlier, but Holly left without even hearing her out.

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The anemia Keira experienced was strange.

Each time her period came, a large amount of iron was lost, so iron supplements needed to be taken every month in advance.

As long as she didn’t bleed on a regular day, her iron content was normal.

After visiting many hospitals, she was finally diagnosed with a rare genetic disease.

Holly clearly hadn’t heard of such a thing and found it laughable. “Do you think I’ll believe the crap you’re saying? Keira, can’t you at least come up with a better excuse when lying to me?!”

Keira tried to explain weakly. “…I didn’t lie to you.”

“You didn’t lie to me? I’ve studied medicine for year and never came across a case like yours!”

Keira clenched her jaw and fell silent.

Her disease situation was indeed odd, and it was

normal for Holly to be skeptical.

Any further explanation would be pointless.

Seeing that Keira had fallen silent, anger surged within

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Holly.

Captain Lincoln by her side sighed. “Dr. Sims, she’s been like this all night, not saying a word. Let it go. I’ll have someone take her back to jail. Otherwise, our people will have to stay overnight, and we won’t get anything out of her anyway…”

Before he’d even finished speaking, Holly yelled angrily, “You guys go! I’ll stay up with her! I want to see how many more preposterous lies she will tell!!”

Captain Lincoln fell silent.

He cleared his throat. “Alright, we’ll go get some sleep. If she confesses to anything, call us immediately.”

After the group left, only Keira and Holly were l the interrogation room.

Holly sat across from her, staring at her. “Why did lie? Why did you apply for bail? Is it because all tho doubts you mentioned don’t exist at all? You’re just using me, hoping I’d testify that you’re not the murderer!”

Keira said, “Don’t worry. I won’t agree to bail within the next two days.”

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After that, she would need treatment.

Holly was taken aback, her eyes brimmed with tears. “Do you think saying that will make me forgive you?!”

She turned away, wiping the corner of her eye.

Keira didn’t speak anymore.

The night had deepened. Whether it was the impending menstrual period or the lack of rest late at night, Keira felt a dull ache in her head and a mild pain in her lower abdomen.

She stayed up all night like this.

By the next morning, Keira began to feel increasingly dizzy…

Damn it.

Lack of rest accelerated her period, and she started

become anemic!

Holly hadn’t slept all night, and her mind was in chaos

As dawn broke, she glared fiercely at Keira. Just as she was about to say something, she noticed Keira’s pale face, devoid of any color…

Holly stood up abruptly, panic stricken. “Keira, what’s

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Keira felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen, but it was bearable.

She grabbed Holly’s wrist and said, “I need to go to the bathroom.”

“I’ll give you a hand.”

Holly supported Keira’s arm and guided her to the bathroom, quietly waiting outside.

However, she couldn’t help but feel worried.

She noticed how pale Keira’s face looked and her cold sweat. Could she really be anemic?

Meanwhile, in the visitation room at the detention

center.

Poppy came over with a smile on her face and flattered her daughter. “Isla, how come you have time to see

me?”

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only received a faint smile from Isla, followed by

expressed her concern. “What’s wrong? You look

darkened. “Is it Keira again? Did she

“Yes, it’s about Keira, but she hasn’t been disrespectful She

devil-may-care disposition, it’s only a matter of time she gets herself into trouble. Who did she offend

of delight came over her face at

Kiera’s misfortune.

and found Poppy more and

foolish.

like this, wearing everything on her sleeve, completely oblivious to the need to

her emotions.

to swap her

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astounding stroke of

them. “It’s not that she offended someone. She…

immediately brightened up. “Will that reprobate

Isla was speechless.

glanced at Poppy with sympathy, then coughed

Isla, who did you say?

at the table, her emotional state drastically

Even though he used

five million from her. When she refused, during the tug of war, Finley accidentally fell onto a steel bar and was pierced through the chest… He died

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is, after all, Dr. South and your daughter. She should indeed be very rich, but five

eyeballs bloodshot. She stood up abruptly. “That ungrateful creature! She killed Finley over five million?! I shouldn’t have raised her up, I should have drowned her as soon as she was born! Where is she? I am gonna kill her! I’ll take

an immediate warning from a nearby

a bit, but the fun her

I think you have the right to know, s

he reddened eyes. She

speak, “Alright, you should go back. I…I’ll

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“Wh

her? A death-row inmate! I can’t wait to see her

at her in disbelief. “Aunt Hill, Keira is charged with manslaughter. The maximum sentence

be?! That’s letting her off too

of her statement, Isla sighed. “Aunt Hill, Keira didn’t do it on purpose, and she must be scared as well. If you happen to see her in the detention center,

comfort her.”

finally processed what

“She’s also held here?!”

“Yes, she hasn’t been sentenced yet, so she’s temporarily detained in

and single rooms

place.

narrowed her eyes, revealing a ferocious

“That’s good.”

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up. “Aunt Hill, it’s about time.

down with the Horton family happily. Take care of yourself, and

left the visiting

visiting room and was preparing to leave the police station when

suspect, Keira, came early in the morning again, asking about our decision on her pre-trial releas to

or not?”

upon hearing

frailty. She was about

had also heard the conversation,

at once “Alrandy

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retorted. “She’s

yesterday? You believe this? I remember you made an oath last night that if she gets a pre-trial release,

Lincoln, she really

Lincoln wasn’t convinced.

not feeling well. The delicate little miss can’t take a bit of

Holly was about to reply, Isla stepped

looked at

slightly. “What are you

looked somewhat anxious as she pulled Holly aside, “Dr. Sims, about my

on a serious expression. She knew that Isla was Keira’s sister. In middle school, aft Isla

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to behave smarter and stopped

wasn’t aware of

the two sisters. She moved aside with Isla and asked with concern, “What’s wrong

Every month during this time, she suffers,

women. You understand.”

Holly immediately relaxed.

long as Keira wasn’t

afterward, Isla grabbed her hand. “Holly, we were classmates back in middle school. Can you help Kei? Agree to her pretrial release,

Holly’s face suddenly darkened.

look pale and anemic. We’re

pulled her hand away. “You’re dreaming This is a law enforcement agency! You can’t negotiate prices

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doesn’t qualify for pre-trial release. Send her straight back to the detention

then did Captain Lincoln look satisfied.

didn’t want to stay any longer and immediately walked away, up the stairs toward the forensic

she saw Keira, she scoffed. “Miss Olsen, is it just your period? We’re all women here. Stop the act! Get back and wait for the

weak as she

everything before her eye turned black as she

was getting more

get over the image of Keira’s pale bloodless

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kindness, she poured a cup

her flask and walked to

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up. What’s wrong with

policewoman noticed Keira’s condition and

opened

woman was trembling from

“Alright.”

bed

even for Holly’s sake. She said, “I’m anemic.

the policewoman frowned, scrutinizing Keira. “Dr. Sims was

again.”

her lips. “Then you can draw my blood and send it for

I’ll get

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forensic department.”

that, she left

she was suddenly stopped by Poppy

to her,

Keira was. “That’s my daughter. Is she unwell? Can I go look after

policewoman was taken aback. “She’s your

daughters sharing prison

yes, that’s my daughter.

out her phone, logged into system, and verified their identities. They were inde mother and

policewoman thought for a moment, recalling Keira’s condition,

bed, had just

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door was opened

forensic doctor come so

see a figure walking in, followed by a chilling voice, “Keira, don’t be afraid. Mom is

Keira stiffened.

to her weakness, memories of when she was

enough warm clothes in winter,

outside. Whenever Mrs.

medication.

her, grab her throat,

furiously berated her in her ear. “You don’t

deserve this, bitch! Aren’t you

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and you dared to defy me, throwing me into

you…”

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just like when she was a child, wishing she could reduce herself to

back to being a five-year-old in that cold dark

was dimly

dizziness caused by anemia, which made her unable to distinguish betweer reality and memory, with pleas for mercy from her dreams escaping

she pleaded in a soft whisper. “Mom, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have gotten sick. Please

still coursed through

woman in front of her still pinched

her lips

she understood that pleading was useless, and she could only

The pain persisted.

Die! You killed my brother! You’ll pay with your

years old, she learned to resist, even trying to push away the

at ten years old, eleven years old, twelve

was thirteen and had moved onto

school.

she was still lean, she had surpassed Poppy’s height. She pushed the woman away,

and without hesitation, left the

was no home for her in the world, but

vast and

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could be

up, and she

eyes, waking up from

looked sharply at Poppy, who was right

her.

pinching her waist, faltered and immediately reached for Keira’s throat, “Bitch, what are you looking at? You should die! You have to pay for killing

all her strength, Keira grabbed Poppy’s wrist

falling hard onto the ground. Just as she was about to charge again, a voic came from the doorway,

turned around to see Holly, wide-eyed, standing at the door. She

gaze swept across Poppy and Keira,

she hallucinating? Were these two women

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exhausted all her strength. She was sprawled out on the bed again without

in time. I’m anemic…even if you don’t release me on bail, you must

me for intravenous infusion, and give me

With the strength you’ve shown? You pushed me! I say you’re faking it! You fought

Poppy away. The ruthlessness in Keira’s ey made

she clenched her fists and declared, “Keira, I won’t

prison guard, “They were fighting.

confinement!!”

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the entrance of

helplessly, “Mr. Horton, if we want

this,

“We can wait another day, but the day after is

clearly

who was just inside came over and said to Captain Lincoln, “Captain Lincoln, I think Keira looks really unwell. Women do tend to get anemic during their period. Should we check

in his tracks, turning panicked, “Did Keira’s cycle star We’re

darkened,

anxiously. “If Keira doesn’t get her iron supplements on time, she must have severe

“What do we do?”

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the holding area!!

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Samuel was stunned.

regained his senses, he hurried to Lewis’s side.

a word, Lewis walked straight from the lobby to the detention center at

with his actions.

are quite bold!

else can I do? Can your boss

“Definitely not!”

There was this time when iron wasn’t administered

resuscitate her…”

angrily, “Her illness is indeed strange. Anyone else would think we’re lying to them. We can’t wait

let’s risk it!”

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Lewis had already rushed toward the

prison guards blocked the entrance. “This is a prison. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed in! Please leave

and made his way

something was wrong

Captain Lincoln followed them and drew his gun at Lewis.

shoot!”

turned around and glanced at

at the dark entrance,

It was so terrifying!

the two of them halt, Captain Lincoln breathed a

position. The person in charge of the Horton family couldn’t be arrested so lightly. He asked, “Mr.

Samuel was about to say that he was

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for the bathroom, but

Samuel was dumbfounded.

in shock, his heart

Keira and Lewis

a gun, it made sense that Lewis didn’t want to risk his

couldn’t abandon

and began to walk away,

Lincoln frowned at him. “Mr. Morgan, aren’t you leaving

but he took a deep breath.

not…”

he could finish saying

Lincoln, suddenly took action. He quickly moved to the captain, grasping the latter’s trigger hand. The captain’s hand went limp involuntarily, and the gun

Lewis’s hand.

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strike back and reclaim his gun, but the next moment, he suddenly felt

the gun at

Captain Lincoln was shocked.

He was completely dumbfounded!

a mistake, but Lewis and Samuel were notable businessmen from Oceanion. They were the type who were always accompanied by

expected that Lewis would attack

stunned, watching Lewis

lie on the ground and refuse to move, forcing these people to

he didn’t expect Lewis

was against the

put down

held up both

was experienced and

said, “Sorry, but I’m desperate to