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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?”

shouldn’t have come This isn’t a good

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her avid enthusiasm, she only received a faint smile from Isla,

concern. “What’s wrong? You look so

face darkened. “Is it Keira again? Did she disrespect you

a bitter smile. “Yes, it’s about Keira, but she hasn’t been disrespectful She has gotten into

she

of delight came over her face at the

Kiera’s misfortune.

and found Poppy more and

foolish.

this, wearing everything on her

her emotions.

managed to swap her place with Keira.

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stroke of

brief flicker in them. “It’s not that

“Will that reprobate be sentenced to death? She won’t

Isla was speechless.

then coughed slightly. “She killed

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

at the table, her emotional state drastically

he used to mess things around,

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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your daughter. She should indeed be very rich, but five million is still no small sum. It’s only normal for her

eyes bulged out, her 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

excessive emotional reaction prompted an immediate warning from a nearby police

a bit, but the fun her

said, “Aunt Hill, the two involved are both your close relatives. I think you have the right to know, s told

he reddened eyes. She reassured Isla. “Don’t worry, Isla,

you should go back. I…I’ll go and

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“Wh

I can’t wait to

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

that be?! That’s letting her off

sighed. “Aunt Hill, Keira didn’t do it on purpose, and she must be scared as well. If

comfort her.”

processed what she

“She’s also held here?!”

sentenced yet, so she’s temporarily detained in a single room. It should be close

multi-bed wards and single rooms were

place.

narrowed her eyes, revealing a ferocious

“That’s good.”

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Hill, it’s about

Isla, you should marry Jake and settle down with the Horton family happily. Take care of yourself, and don’t

had already left the visiting

and was preparing to leave the police station when

on

or not?”

frowned upon hearing

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

also heard

“Alrandy protonding to

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retorted. “She’s not

made an oath last night that if she gets a pre-trial release, you would quit the police force. You didn’t forget that,

clenched her jaw. “Captain Lincoln,

Lincoln wasn’t

detained for just one day, and she’s already not feeling well. The

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

all looked

“What

Holly aside, “Dr.

immediately took on a serious expression. She knew that Isla was Keira’s sister. In

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to behave smarter and stopped bullying Keira

Holly wasn’t aware of the

Isla and

got her period. Every month during this time, she suffers, and

women. You understand.”

Holly immediately relaxed.

long as Keira wasn’t

back in middle school.

Holly’s face suddenly darkened.

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

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

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

Lincoln look

immediately walked away, up the stairs toward the

looking pale, there was a policewoman waiting for her. As soon as she saw Keira, she scoffed. “Miss Olsen,

she was hurried back the

entered, everything before her

getting

image of Keira’s

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kindness, she poured

flask and walked to

detention center.

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Olsen, wake up.

noticed Keira’s

opened

trembling from weakness. “Please help me to

“Alright.”

the bed and

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 show

frowned, scrutinizing Keira. “Dr.

again.”

can draw my blood and send it

said, “Fine, I’ll get

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forensic department.”

that, she left

was suddenly stopped by Poppy Hill,

policewoman turned to

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

policewoman was taken aback. “She’s

mothers and daughters sharing

yes, that’s my

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

moment, recalling Keira’s condition, and said,

bed, had just closed her

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door was opened

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

Keira stiffened.

she was

such a young age, without enough warm clothes in

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

medication.

grab her

beating the defenseless five-year-old child, she furiously berated her in her ear. “You don’t deserve medicine! Just live with

this, bitch! Aren’t

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you dared to defy me, throwing me into this

you…”

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malicious voice from her 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

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

room was dimly

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

five-year-old, she pleaded in a soft whisper. “Mom, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have gotten

sharp pain still

in front of her still

her lips

age seven, she understood that pleading

The pain persisted.

curses were unabated. “Die! Die! You killed

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

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

was thirteen and had moved onto

school.

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

and without hesitation,

was no home for her

vast and boundless. Everywhere

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could be her

grew up, and

her eyes, waking up

Poppy, who was right

her.

what are you

all her strength, Keira grabbed Poppy’s wrist and forcefully pushed

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

at the door. She

swept across Poppy

she hallucinating? Were

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

I’m anemic…even if you don’t release me on bail, you

intravenous infusion,

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

entered, had seen Keira open her ey and push Poppy away. The ruthlessness

fists and declared, “Keira, I won’t be

the prison guard, “They

confinement!!”

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entrance of the

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

this, looking

wait another day, but the day after is definitely the

clearly feeling

and said to Captain Lincoln, “Captain Lincoln, I think Keira looks really unwell. Women do tend to get anemic

this, Samuel, who was about to leave stopped in his tracks,

expression darkened,

anxiously. “If Keira doesn’t get her iron supplements on time, she must have severe anemia now! But what do we do now without

“What do we do?”

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Lewis turned and rushed

the holding area!!

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Samuel was stunned.

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

the lobby to

with his actions.

are quite bold! Surely, this isn’t

“What else can

“Definitely not!”

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

resuscitate her…”

is indeed strange. Anyone else would think we’re lying to them.

let’s risk it!”

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Lewis had already

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

and made his way

sensed something was

Lincoln followed them and drew his gun at Lewis. “Mr. Horton,

shoot!”

and glanced at him, his expression

trembling with fear. Looking at the dark entrance,

It was so terrifying!

two of them halt, Captain Lincoln

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

about to say that he

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

Samuel was dumbfounded.

looked at Lewis in shock, his heart

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

couldn’t abandon his

turned and began to walk

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

terrified, but he took

not…”

he could finish saying “going,”

was standing next to Captain Lincoln, suddenly took action. He quickly moved to the captain, grasping the latter’s trigger hand.

Lewis’s hand.

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

the gun at

Captain Lincoln was shocked.

He was completely dumbfounded!

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

expected that Lewis would

also stunned, watching Lewis

thinking that at worst, he could lie on the ground

expect Lewis to resort

against

down the gun now,

Captain Lincoln held

was experienced and

but I’m