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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?”

that, she added, “You shouldn’t have come This isn’t a good place.

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only received a faint smile from Isla, followed by a

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

face darkened. “Is it Keira again?

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

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

delight came over her face

Kiera’s misfortune.

and found

foolish.

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

her emotions.

on earth Poppy had managed to swap her place with Keira. It had to be

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stroke of

her eyes down after a brief flicker in them. “It’s not that she offended someone. She… she committed murder and is now

Poppy immediately brightened up. “Will that reprobate be sentenced to death? She

Isla was speechless.

at Poppy with sympathy, then coughed slightly. “She killed Finley

should I care who she… Who?! Isla, who did you say? Finley? Did I

at the table, her emotional state drastically

only had one brother. Even though he used to

demanded 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 on the spot.

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Keira is, after all, Dr. South and your daughter. She should indeed be very rich, but five million is still no

Finley over five million?! I shouldn’t have raised her up, I should have drowned her

immediate warning from

down a bit, but the fun her eyes showed no sign

the two involved are both your close relatives. I think you have the right to know, s told you. Please don’t do anything

eyes. She reassured Isla. “Don’t

Isla speak, “Alright, you should go

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“Wh

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

in disbelief. “Aunt Hill, Keira is charged

could that be?! That’s letting her off too

didn’t do it on purpose, and she must be scared as well. If you happen to see her in the detention

comfort her.”

processed what she

“She’s also held here?!”

detained in a single room. It should be close to where you are,

wards and single rooms

place.

her eyes, revealing a

“That’s good.”

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it’s about

marry Jake and settle down with the Horton family happily. Take care of

the visiting room, completely disregarding her

room and was preparing to leave the police station when she saw

again, asking about our decision on her pre-trial releas to medical reasons. Judging by the

or not?”

frowned upon hearing

into the restroom and remembered Keira’s frailty. She was about to say “I

heard

at once “Alrandy protonding to he

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retorted. “She’s

an oath last night that if she gets a pre-trial release, you would quit the police force.

Lincoln, she

Lincoln

not feeling well.

stepped forward “Hello, are you discussing my

all looked at

slightly. “What are you

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

She knew that Isla was Keira’s sister.

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to behave smarter and stopped bullying Keira in

aware

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

her period. Every month during this

women. You understand.”

Holly immediately relaxed.

as Keira wasn’t

afterward, Isla grabbed her hand. “Holly, we were classmates back in middle school. Can

Holly’s face suddenly darkened.

but continued. “We wome all go through this every month. We look pale

“You’re dreaming This is a

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then at Captain Lincoln. “She doesn’t qualify for

did Captain Lincoln look satisfied.

stay any longer and immediately

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

as she was hurried back the single-person

her eye turned black as she

getting

over the image

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kindness, she poured a

water from her flask and walked

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Olsen, wake up.

policewoman noticed Keira’s condition and

Keira opened her

woman was trembling from weakness. “Please help me to

“Alright.”

to the bed and asked, “How

pre even for Holly’s sake. She said, “I’m anemic. Get Ho Sims to do

scrutinizing Keira. “Dr. Sims was

again.”

lips. “Then you can draw my blood and send

said, “Fine, I’ll get someone from

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forensic department.”

said that, she left

was suddenly stopped

policewoman turned to her, “What

to the ward where Keira was. “That’s my daughter. Is she

taken aback. “She’s your

daughters sharing prison cells these

yes, that’s my daughter. You check

system, and verified their identities. They were

for a moment,

the single bed, had just closed her

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the door was opened

doctor come

in, followed

Keira stiffened.

her weakness, memories of when she was

age, without enough warm clothes in winter, she

Poppy would lock her away, not letting her go outside. Whenever Mrs. Olsen out, she would

medication.

would rush over to her, grab her throat, and

furiously berated her in her ear.

Aren’t you mighty? How

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several times, and you dared to defy me, throwing me

you…”

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memory overlapped with the real-time murmur from the woman, causing Keira to instinctively huddle, just like when she was a child, wishing she could reduce herself to as small as possible to fend off

was back to being a five-year-old in that

room was

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

soft whisper. “Mom, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have

sharp pain still

woman in front of her still pinched her arms, abdomen, and thighs

pressed her lips together

age seven, she understood that pleading was

The pain persisted.

curses were unabated. “Die! Die! You killed my brother! You’ll

trying to push away the woman forcefully, but she wasn’t strong enough, and it only brought

toleration at ten years

thirteen and had moved

school.

lean, she had surpassed Poppy’s height. She pushed the woman away, saying, “Since you despise me as

packed a few worn-out clothes and without hesitation,

home for her in the

was vast and

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family could be

grew up, and

eyes, waking up from her

sharply at Poppy, who

her.

and immediately reached for Keira’s throat, “Bitch, what are you looking at? You should die! You

Poppy’s wrist

as she was about to charge again,

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

gaze swept across Poppy and Keira,

she hallucinating? Were these two

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claim to be mother and

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

I’m anemic…even if you don’t

infusion, and give me iron

shown? You pushed me! I say you’re faking it! You fought in here, and

her ey and push Poppy away. The ruthlessness in

she clenched her fists and declared,

the prison guard, “They were fighting. Immediately take

confinement!!”

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entrance of the police

said helplessly, “Mr. Horton, if we want to

this, looking at

wait another day, but the day after

nodded, clearly feeling

policewoman 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

was about to leave stopped in his tracks, turning panicked, “Did Keira’s cycle star We’re

darkened, “What’s

doesn’t get her iron supplements on time, she must have severe anemia now! But what do

“What do we do?”

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Samuel was stunned.

senses, he hurried to Lewis’s side. “Mr. Horton, are you planning on… breaking

from the lobby to the

with his actions.

“You are quite bold!

else can I

“Definitely not!”

him. “She can’t last until tomorrow. There was this time when iron

resuscitate her…”

that, he got anxious and added angrily, “Her illness is indeed strange. Anyone else would think we’re lying to them. We

let’s risk it!”

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he spoke to himself, Lewis had already rushed toward the

guards blocked the entrance. “This is a prison. Unauthorized

ignored them and made

was wrong from

gun at Lewis.

shoot!”

glanced at

was trembling with fear. Looking at the dark entrance,

It was so terrifying!

two of them halt, Captain Lincoln breathed

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

Samuel was about to say

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stopped him. “I was looking for the

Samuel was dumbfounded.

looked at Lewis in shock,

the marriage of Keira and

gun, it made sense that Lewis didn’t want

Samuel couldn’t abandon his

turned and began to walk away, Samuel stayed where

at him. “Mr. Morgan, aren’t you

he took a deep breath.

not…”

he could finish saying “going,”

to the captain, grasping

Lewis’s hand.

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back and reclaim his gun, but the next moment, he suddenly felt an icy sensation on his

pointing the gun

Captain Lincoln was shocked.

He was completely dumbfounded!

never make such a mistake, but Lewis and Samuel were notable businessmen from Oceanion. They were the type who were always accompanied by bodyguards when they

that Lewis would attack

also stunned, watching Lewis

the ground and refuse to move, forcing these people to draw blood

didn’t expect Lewis to resort

was against the

Horton, if you put down the gun now, I

Lincoln held up both

experienced and

“Sorry, but I’m desperate to