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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?”

This isn’t a good place. It could bring bad

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faint smile from Isla, followed by

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

“Is it Keira again? Did she

gave a bitter smile. “Yes, it’s about Keira, but she hasn’t been

nothing,” Poppy scoffed. “With her devil-may-care disposition, it’s only a matter of time she gets herself into trouble. Who did she offend this time? Did she get a

came over her face at

Kiera’s misfortune.

was choked and found Poppy more

foolish.

like this, wearing everything on her sleeve,

her emotions.

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

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stroke of

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

Poppy immediately brightened up. “Will that reprobate be sentenced to death? She won’t bother

Isla was speechless.

sympathy, then

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

table, her

used to mess

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

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very rich, but five million is still no small sum. It’s only normal for her to not want to

creature! She killed Finley over five million?! I shouldn’t have raised her up,

an immediate warning

down a bit, but the

the two involved are both your close relatives. I think you have the

eyes. She reassured Isla. “Don’t worry, Isla, I’m

then did Isla speak, “Alright, you should go back.

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“Wh

can’t wait to see

in disbelief. “Aunt Hill, Keira is charged

That’s letting her off

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

comfort her.”

processed what she had

“She’s also held here?!”

nodded. “Yes, she hasn’t been sentenced yet, so she’s temporarily detained in a single

single rooms were all

place.

her eyes, revealing a ferocious

“That’s good.”

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“Aunt Hill, it’s about

her leave. ” Isla, you should marry Jake and settle down with

Isla had already left the visiting room, completely disregarding

leave the police station when she saw her old

asking about our decision on her pre-trial

or not?”

upon

Keira’s frailty. She was about to

also heard the

at once “Alrandy protonding to

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“She’s

an oath last night

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

Lincoln wasn’t

day, and she’s already not feeling well. The delicate little miss can’t

stepped forward “Hello, are you discussing

looked at

frowned slightly. “What are you doing

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

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

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and stopped bullying Keira in

wasn’t aware of

with Isla and asked with concern, “What’s

“She probably got her period. Every month during this time, she

women. You understand.”

Holly immediately relaxed.

as Keira wasn’t

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

Holly’s face suddenly darkened.

go through this every month. We look pale and anemic.

her hand away. “You’re dreaming This is a law enforcement

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Captain Lincoln. “She doesn’t qualify for pre-trial release. Send her straight back to the

did Captain Lincoln

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

Keira emerged 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 women here.

she was hurried back

her eye turned black as

was getting more

image of Keira’s pale bloodless

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kindness, she poured a

from her flask

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up. What’s wrong with

Keira’s condition and nudged

Keira opened her

woman was trembling from weakness. “Please help me to

“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.

frowned, scrutinizing Keira. “Dr. Sims was angry. She probably won’t

again.”

“Then you can draw my blood and send it for

I’ll

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forensic department.”

said that, she left the

was leaving, she was suddenly stopped by Poppy Hill, “Excuse me,

policewoman turned to her,

Keira was. “That’s my daughter. Is

taken aback. “She’s

mothers and daughters sharing prison

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

into system, and verified their identities.

for a moment, recalling Keira’s condition,

lying on the single bed, had just

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door

doctor come so

walking in, followed by a chilling voice, “Keira, don’t

Keira stiffened.

she was five years

enough warm clothes in

Poppy would lock her away, not letting her go outside. Whenever Mrs. Olsen out, she would always come to see her and give

medication.

Poppy would rush over to her, grab her throat, and force her to throw the medicine

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

this, bitch! Aren’t you

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touch Isla? You’ve hit her several times, and you dared to defy me, throwing me into this

you…”

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the real-time murmur from the woman, causing Keira to instinctively huddle, just like when she was a child, wishing she could reduce

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

was dimly

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

“Mom, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have gotten

pain still coursed through

in front of her still pinched her

pressed her lips

seven, she understood that pleading was useless, and she

The pain persisted.

were unabated. “Die! Die! You killed my brother! You’ll pay with your

trying to push away the

there was the toleration at ten years old, eleven years

she was thirteen and had moved onto

school.

the woman away, saying, “Since

clothes and without hesitation,

no home for her in the world,

and boundless.

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could be

up, and

opened her eyes, waking up from her

looked sharply at Poppy, who was right in

her.

who was currently pinching her waist, faltered and immediately reached for Keira’s throat, “Bitch, what are you looking at? You should die!

Poppy’s

was about to charge

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

across Poppy and

she hallucinating? Were these

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claim to be mother

was sprawled out on the bed again

just in time. I’m anemic…even if you don’t

intravenous infusion,

sat down on the floor. “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

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

fists and declared, “Keira,

and called over the prison guard, “They were fighting. Immediately take them

confinement!!”

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entrance of

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

at this, looking at

day, but the day after is definitely the last

nodded, clearly

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

who was about to leave stopped in his tracks, turning panicked, “Did

expression darkened,

get her iron supplements on time, she must

“What do we do?”

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hesitation, Lewis turned and

the holding area!!

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Samuel was stunned.

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

straight from the lobby to the detention center at the back,

with his actions.

quite bold! Surely,

else can I do? Can your boss wait until

“Definitely not!”

iron wasn’t administered in time, and

resuscitate her…”

angrily, “Her illness is indeed strange. Anyone else

let’s risk it!”

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he spoke to himself, Lewis had already rushed toward the detention

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

ignored them and made his

something was wrong

gun at Lewis.

shoot!”

around and glanced

Looking at the

It was so terrifying!

two of them halt, Captain Lincoln breathed a

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

was about to

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the

Samuel was dumbfounded.

in

of Keira and Lewis

gun, it made sense that Lewis didn’t want

Samuel couldn’t abandon his

turned and began to walk

him. “Mr. Morgan, aren’t you leaving with

terrified, but he took a

not…”

finish saying “going,”

took action. He quickly moved to the captain, grasping the latter’s

Lewis’s hand.

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his gun, but the next moment, he

the gun at

Captain Lincoln was shocked.

He was completely dumbfounded!

he would never make such a mistake, but Lewis and Samuel were notable businessmen from Oceanion. They were

expected that Lewis would attack a

stunned, watching Lewis

the ground and refuse to move, forcing

expect Lewis

against

put down the

Lincoln held up

experienced

“Sorry, but I’m desperate