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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?”

saying that, she added, “You shouldn’t have come This

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faint smile from Isla,

wrong? You look so dreadful. Did something

“Is it Keira again? Did

“Yes, it’s about Keira, but

she gets herself into

delight came over her

Kiera’s misfortune.

choked and found

foolish.

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

her emotions.

had managed to swap her place with Keira. It

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stroke of

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

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

Isla was speechless.

with sympathy, then

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

table, her emotional state drastically

Even though he used to mess things around, Poppy

sighed. “Actually, you can’t really blame Keira. I heard that Finley 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

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your daughter. She should indeed be very rich, but five million is

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 revenge for

immediate

calmed down a bit, but the fun her eyes

relatives. I think you

he reddened eyes. She

“Alright, you should

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“Wh

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

is charged with manslaughter. The maximum sentence

that be?! That’s letting

point 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

comfort her.”

processed what

“She’s also held here?!”

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

and single rooms were all

place.

her eyes,

“That’s good.”

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up. “Aunt Hill, it’s about

Isla, you should marry Jake and settle down with the Horton family happily. Take care of yourself,

left the visiting room, completely

visiting room and was preparing to leave the police station when she saw her old classmate Holly

in the morning again, asking about our decision on her pre-trial releas to medical reasons. Judging by the suspect’s look now, she seems to be really anemic.

or not?”

frowned upon hearing

anxiously looked into the restroom and remembered Keira’s frailty. She was about

had also heard

once “Alrandy protonding

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retorted. “She’s not

how she fooled you yesterday? You believe this? I remember you made an oath last night that if she

jaw. “Captain Lincoln, she really isn’t feeling

Captain Lincoln wasn’t

for just one day, and she’s already not feeling well. The delicate little miss

about to reply, Isla stepped forward “Hello, are you discussing my

all looked at

“What

pulled Holly aside,

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

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and stopped bullying Keira

wasn’t aware of the bad

She moved aside with Isla and

sighed. “She probably got her period. Every month during this

women. You understand.”

Holly immediately relaxed.

long as Keira wasn’t

hand. “Holly, we were classmates back in middle school.

Holly’s face suddenly darkened.

this every month. We look pale and anemic. We’re all

abruptly pulled her hand away. “You’re dreaming This is a law enforcement agency!

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at the restroom forcefully then at Captain Lincoln. “She doesn’t qualify for pre-trial release. Send her straight back

did Captain Lincoln look satisfied.

any longer and immediately walked away,

from the washroom, looking pale, there was a policewoman waiting for her. As soon as she saw Keira, she scoffed. “Miss Olsen, is it just your period? We’re all

legs seemed weak as she was hurried

she entered, everything before her eye turned black as

Holly was getting more and

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suppress her kindness, she poured a cup

her flask and walked

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Olsen, wake up. What’s

noticed Keira’s condition and nudged

opened her

from weakness. “Please help me to the

“Alright.”

to the bed and asked, “How do you

condition, and she wouldn’t pre even for Holly’s sake. She said, “I’m anemic. Get Ho Sims to do another blood test. It should

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

again.”

you can draw my

“Fine, I’ll get

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forensic department.”

said that, she left the

she was leaving, she was suddenly

policewoman turned to her,

the ward where Keira was. “That’s my daughter. Is she unwell? Can I go

was taken

and daughters sharing prison cells

nodded, “Yes, yes, that’s my daughter. You

system, and verified

for a moment, recalling Keira’s

lying on the single bed, had just closed her

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the door was

doctor

eyelids to see a figure walking in, followed by a chilling voice, “Keira, don’t be

Keira stiffened.

weakness, memories of when she was five years old flooded into her

enough warm clothes in winter, she often caught

outside. Whenever Mrs. Olsen out,

medication.

Olsen left, Poppy would rush over to her, grab her

furiously berated her in her ear. “You don’t deserve medicine! Just live with your

deserve this, bitch! Aren’t

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dared to defy me, throwing me into

you…”

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voice from her memory overlapped with the real-time murmur from the woman, causing Keira to instinctively huddle, just like

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

was

to distinguish betweer reality and memory, with pleas for mercy from her dreams escaping her

whisper. “Mom, I’m sorry. I

sharp pain still coursed

still pinched her arms,

pressed her

understood that pleading was useless, and she

The pain persisted.

killed my brother! You’ll pay

was nine years old, she learned to resist, even trying to push away the woman forcefully, but she wasn’t strong

there was the toleration at ten years old, eleven years old, twelve years

was thirteen and had moved

school.

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

a few worn-out clothes and

no home for her

was vast and boundless.

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could be

up, and

eyes, waking up

at Poppy, who was right in front

her.

throat, “Bitch, what are you looking at? You should die! You have

Poppy’s wrist and forcefully

steps, falling hard onto the ground. Just as she was about

wide-eyed, standing at

swept across Poppy and

she hallucinating? Were these two

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claim to be

had exhausted all her strength. She was sprawled out on the bed again without the energy to even move a

“You’re just in time. I’m anemic…even if you don’t release me on

for intravenous infusion,

“You’re anemic? With the strength you’ve shown? You pushed me! I say you’re faking it! You fought in here, and you’ll be

had seen Keira open her ey and push Poppy away. The ruthlessness in Keira’s ey made

words, she clenched her fists and declared, “Keira,

prison guard, “They were fighting.

confinement!!”

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entrance of the

lawyer received the news that bail had been denied, and he said helplessly, “Mr. Horton, if we want to appeal, we

frowned at this, looking at

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

clearly feeling

Lincoln, “Captain Lincoln, I think Keira looks really unwell. Women do

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

expression darkened,

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

“What do we do?”

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Samuel was stunned.

he hurried to Lewis’s side. “Mr. Horton, are you

the lobby to the detention center

with his actions.

are quite bold! Surely, this isn’t

can I do? Can your boss wait until

“Definitely not!”

last until tomorrow. There was this time when iron wasn’t administered in

resuscitate her…”

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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himself, Lewis had already rushed toward the detention

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

and

was wrong

his gun at Lewis. “Mr. Horton, stop immediately, or

shoot!”

turned around and glanced at him, his expression

at the dark entrance, he felt his

It was so terrifying!

Captain Lincoln breathed a

position. The person in charge of the Horton family couldn’t be arrested so lightly.

to say that he was

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Lewis stopped him. “I was looking for the bathroom, but

Samuel was dumbfounded.

at Lewis in

of Keira and Lewis was like

made sense that Lewis didn’t want to risk

Samuel couldn’t abandon

to walk away, Samuel

frowned at him. “Mr. Morgan,

was terrified, but he took a deep

not…”

he could finish saying “going,”

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

Lewis’s hand.

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gun, but the next moment, he suddenly felt an icy sensation on

pointing the gun

Captain Lincoln was shocked.

He was completely dumbfounded!

Lewis and Samuel were notable businessmen

that Lewis would

watching

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

didn’t expect Lewis to resort to

was against

you put down the gun now,

held up

was experienced and

but I’m desperate to