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Isla still stubbornly retorted. “What kind of secret could there possibly be between me and Keira…”
Exactly.
Keira also wanted to know what the secret had to do with her, a secret so significant it could let Isla be threatened by Finley for so many years!
“Are you sure you want me to say it out loud?”
The faint voice of Connor added a sense of pressure to
Isla’s reluctance!
Isla immediately changed her tone. “I’m on my way to the hospital to visit Keira with my mother. I’ll ask her to put some pressure on Keira so she’ll confess her guilt as soon as possible. After I’m done with all this, I’ll come to see you, okay?”
Connor finally smiled. “Alright, I’ll wait for you tonight.”
The call ended.
However, Keira frowned and shuddered.
She didn’t expect Isla and Connor to have such a
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relationship!
Wasn’t Isla two years older than Connor?
She felt a chill run down her spine.
Lewis, standing by the window, said, “Mrs. Olsen is
here.”
In the phone call, Isla had already mentioned that she would be coming to visit Keira with Mrs. Olsen, thus Keira wasn’t surprised. She quickly freshened up and lightly patted her cheeks, adding some color to her
face.
Seeing her actions, Lewis paused slightly, “Are you afraid that Mrs. Olsen will worry?”
“Yes.”
Keira rushed into the bathroom, changed herself out of the hospital gown, and came out looking radiant again.
After all these preparations, there was a sound at the door. Mrs. Olsen walked in with Isla and Taylor Olsen.
Upon entering, Mrs. Olsen’s eyes were immediately on Keira. Seeing her looking as usual, she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly walked over to her. “Keira, are you
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all right? Why didn’t you tell me when such a big thing happened? If it wasn’t for the news, when were you planning to inform me?”
Keira felt a warmth in her chest. Just as she was about to answer, Taylor sneered. “By looking at her healthy appearance, where does she look sick? As it says on the internet, she just wants to apply for bail!”
Keira’s smile froze on her face, and she slowly lowered
her head.
But Mrs. Olsen held her hand tightly. “Keira is not that kind of kid. Don’t talk nonsense.”
Then she looked worriedly at Keira. “I didn’t know you had anemia when you were living with the Olson family before. Have you been too tired since you moved out? Did you not eat enough?”
“We gave her living expenses every month. How could she have malnutrition?”
Taylor scoffed.
Keira frowned and immediately turned to him. “You gave me living expenses every month? How come I’ve never received it?”
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Hearing those words, Taylor was stunned.
Mrs. Olsen frowned even more. “What? You didn’t receive it? How have you been managing all these years?!”
Keira clenched her jaw.
She really didn’t know about the living expenses, and she hadn’t received a single penny over these years.
However, Taylor didn’t believe her. “Shirley, do you hear her talking nonsense here? She claims she didn’t receive any money. How did she pay for her bills over the years then? She
then? She even went to college!”
Keira scoffed immediately. “Mr. Olsen, I haven’t taken a penny from the Olsen family since I left the Olsen residence! Do you need me to show you my bank statement?”
Taylor was taken aback.
Mrs. Olsen turned to Isla. “Isla, didn’t I ask you to send money to Keira every month? Didn’t you send it?”
Isla’s eyes flickered, clearly flustered, but her soon head dropped. “Mom, I gave the money to Aunt Hill! Could she have kept it from Keira? How could she do
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When Poppy was mentioned, Taylor’s face was full of disgust, “She’s such a selfish person. If you gave the money to her, it’s no wonder she kept it to herself!”
Taylor looked at Keira again. “Did you hear that? It’s not that we didn’t give you money, but your mother embezzled it! That has nothing to do with the Olsen
family!”
His manner clearly informed Keira that he, as her father, had provided enough money!
Keira chuckled but before she could retort, Mrs. Olsen intervened. “Taylor, no matter what, Keira didn’t receive the money. Therefore, she had to work hard, which ruined her health. This is where you, as a father failed in your responsibilities!”
“Shirley, you are too kind-hearted! You’re still worrying about her health! She’s not sick at all. She’s just
pretending!”
Taylor didn’t feel guilty at all. Instead, he frowned at Keira. “Before we came, we asked the lawyer. Your despicable uncle was the one who made a mistake first. You accidentally hurt him, so you won’t be guilty
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of a major crime. Confess now so the news can be suppressed. Otherwise, if this continues and your identity is revealed, the Olsen family will also suffer because of you!”
Isla also piped up. “Keira, Dad is right. If your relationship with the Olsen family is discovered, our family’s stocks will plummet severely, and we need to control the remarks on the internet. Dad is thinking about what’s best for you. If you confess, you can get a lighter sentence. If you refuse to confess, you’ll face more years in prison…”
Keira didn’t care about the two of them. She just looked at Mrs. Olsen. “Do you agree with them?”
Mrs. Olsen patted her hand. “Keira, did you really accidentally kill that person?”
“No.”
“Do you have any evidence?”
Keira glanced at Isla and noticed her nervousness, whereupon she slowly said, “..No.”
Isla breathed a sigh of relief.
But Mrs. Olsen looked troubled. “But I just inquired
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from the police station, and the current evidence is very unfavorable to you. If you can’t find strong
evidence to discharge yourself, you’ll likely lose this
case.”
She bowed her head. “Before we came, I consulted the lawyer, and his advice was for you to confess as soon
as possible.”
Keira’s heart sank a little when she heard this.
But to her surprise, Mrs. Olsen held her hand the next
moment. “But you shouldn’t confess to what you didn’t do. Keira, stick to what you think is right and keep going.”
Keira’s eyes lit up, and she nodded vigorously.
But Taylor reproached. “Shirley, don’t let her fool you! They were in an abandoned hospital at the time. If she didn’t murder him, was it a ghost that did?! Now the whole internet is on a crusade against her. You’re still supporting her now. You’re spoiling the child too
much!”
Isla also couldn’t help saying, “Mom, we agreed to come here to persuade Keira to plead guilty. Otherwise, the reputation of the Olsen family will be
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affected and Jake will break off our engagement! Are You going to be unfair to me again, all because of an
illegitimate daughter?!”
Mrs. Olsen was taken aback by these comments.
She was speechless for a moment.
Tears started to flow from Isla’s eyes. “Mom, in the end, is she your biological daughter, or am I your biological daughter?!”
After saying this, she ran out crying.
Mrs. Olsen looked a bit panicked. She looked at Keira, then outside the door, obviously hesitating.
But eventually, she stood up and went after Isla with Taylor.
The room quickly returned to its quiet state.
Keira stared at the door, laughing at herself.
Lewis, who had stayed in the corner of th
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Keira was slightly dazed upon hearing this.
Then, she lowered her head. “Actually, many people
have said that.”
Lewis didn’t say anything and quietly listened to her
explanation.
Keira smiled. “When we were little, Isla hated me so much simply because when I stood next to Mrs. Olsen, people always mistook me as Mrs. Olsen’s daughter.”
Children didn’t know how to hide their true feelings.
Isla was very obviously targeting Keira back then. She
would push Keira, hit her, and have a bunch of other kids curse her. Keira had been severely brainwashed by Poppy at the time, always thinking that she owed Isla and forever keeping her head low in front of Isla, not knowing how to resist.
Keira’s eyes gradually became brooding. “In fact, I had thought that maybe the reason why Poppy was so bad to me was because I wasn’t her biological child at all. Unfortunately, I did a DNA test with her, and indeed,
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I’m her daughter.”
She had been kidnapped and sold for several months at the time. Upon returning, the police station requested that she and Poppy undergo a DNA test to ascertain the child’s parentage. She wished at the time that she wasn’t Poppy’s daughter.”
Unfortunately, there was no such “if”.
“That’s indeed quite a pity.” Lewis’s voice was low and soft. “However, upon careful consideration, you and Mrs. Olsen don’t really look alike. It’s just that your temperaments are very similar.”
People who lived together tend to develop similar
habits over time.
When she was little, Keira’s favorite thing to do was to
observe Mrs. Olsen and learn how to interact with
people from her. It was also thanks to Mrs. Olsen that she was able to awaken and stop being manipulated by
Poppy.
She smiled. “I know we don’t look alike. If any of my facial features looked like Mrs. Olsen’s, I would have thought of Mrs. Olsen as my mother.”
This self-deprecating remark made Lewis chuckle
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slightly.
He lowered his gaze and said lightly, “Maybe it’s an intergenerational inheritance?”
Keira immediately looked at him. “What was that?”
“Nothing.”
Lewis felt that it was better not to say anything about the things that were uncertain, to avoid disappointing
her.
Mrs. Olsen and Taylor rushed after Isla, who stormed
out.
They saw Isla enter the parking lot and knowing that Isla wouldn’t run off somewhere, they heaved a sigh of
relief.
Mrs. Olsen showed a hint of hesitation. “Taylor, am I really favoring Keira? Am I neglecting Isla? Am I playing blatant favorites?”
“It’s not that bad,” Taylor, always putting her first, replied objectively. “You do like Keira very much, but you still have restraint. Isla is just a bit too jealous.”
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Mrs. Olsen sighed. “Why has Isla become like this? Neither you nor I are petty people.”
Taylor then held her arm. “It’s all my fault. In other families, without an illegitimate daughter, the children all grow up to be cheerful and positive. Our family is different. Plus, Keira is now Dr. South, and she
outshines Isla, so Isla’s jealousy is understandable.”
Mrs. Olsen was silent for a moment. “The excellence of a person shouldn’t only be defined by capability, especially seeing as everything in the family is given to Isla first, then Keira. Since she was little, Isla has had everything Keira may not have. But everything Keira had, Isla definitely had it as well. So, what right does Isla have to blame Keira? And you too, pressuring Keira to confess just now wasn’t right.”
However, Taylor rubbed his forehead. “Shirley, you forgot that people have close and distant relationships! Keira is just Poppy’s daughter. In my heart, only your daughter is my daughter. If Isla and Keira’s lives lay before me and I could only choose one, I wouldn’t hesitate to choose Isla, let alone make Keira confess
her crime!”
He grabbed hold of Mrs. Olsen’s shoulder. “Shirley, you
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have to remember. No matter how outstanding Keira is, she has nothing to do with our family. Isla is our daughter! If Isla goes astray because you like Keira, will you regret it in the future?”
Mrs. Olsen was stunned.
Taylor slowly said, “You might as well keep your distance from Keira in the future. The three of us will
live a calm life.”
Mrs. Olsen clenched her fists and slowly lowered her gaze, yet she felt a void in her heart.
When the two of them reached the car, Isla had
regained her composure.
The family of three set off for the hospital.
Today, the Allen family planned to return to Clance, and Mrs. Olsen took Isla to apologize.
Isla behaved herself very well. Only by obtaining the forgiveness of the Allen family would there possibly be hope that Jake won’t call off the marriage. These days, Jake had completely ignored her, which made her
anxious.
The three of them arrived, and Mrs. Olsen apologized
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sincerely.
The Allen family had prepared all their luggage and were waiting to go.
Rebecca craned her neck to look outside, anticipating
Keira’s arrival.
Keira had promised her that she would come to see
her off.
But the agreed time had already passed. Why hadn’t Keira come yet?
On the other hand, after Mrs. Olsen apologized to Mr.
and Mrs. Allen, she came over to Rebecca, took out a property ownership certificate from her bag, and handed it to Rebecca. “Miss Allen, Isla said something inappropriate that hurt you. I know that nothing can make up for the harm she’s caused you. I know the Allen family has everything, but this is a token of my goodwill.”
Rebecca was dumbfounded and looked at her father.
Mrs. Allen was also a bit upset, feeling that Mrs. Olsen was trying to get rid of people with money. She stepped forward to take the property certificate, intending to return it to Mrs. Olsen. However, she
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suddenly saw the information on the certificate and was completely stunned.
Wasn’t it the most famous Golden Glory Mansion in
Clance?!
The price of this residential area wasn’t excessively high. Instead, the most valuable thing was the network of the homeowners in the residential area!
The Golden Glory Mansion was priceless! So many people wanted to buy property in that residential area but couldn’t…
Never did they expect Mrs. Olsen to possess property
there.
She wasn’t just giving away a house, but a network of
connections in Clance!
Mrs. Allen was flabbergasted and looked at Mr. Allen.
Mr. Allen also tried to turn it down. “We can’t accept
it!”
However, Mrs. Olsen shook her head. “I’m now settled
in Oceanion and want nothing to do with the affairs in Clance. This is our apology, so please take it.”.
Only then did Mr. Allen accept.
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After giving the apology gift, Mrs. Olsen left with Taylor and Isla.
After they left, Mrs. Allen couldn’t help but express her amazement. “Mrs. Olsen indeed does things big. She could give away such a significant property!”
Mr. Allen sighed. “You haven’t seen Lady South. Her demeanor is even better than Mrs. Olsen’s…”
Mrs. Allen frowned. “It’s just a pity. Despite the mother and daughter both being such promising individuals, Isla is such an embarrassment!”
Mentioning Isla, Mr. Allen frowned as well.
He suddenly thought of Keira…
Upon thinking, Keira indeed looked a lot like Mrs. Olsen’s mother, Lady South. He even initially thought that Lady South was Keira’s grandmother…
Mr. Allen paused momentarily, and then suddenly asked, “Where’s Miss Olsen? Hasn’t she come yet?”
“She can’t come anymore.”
Frankie held his phone and frowned, saying, “It appears that Miss Olsen has encountered some troubles.”
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Rebecca said firmly, “I can’t leave. Miss Olsen is in trouble. I can’t leave her at such a time and return to
Clance!”
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Rebecca’s words made Mr. and Mrs. Allen pause.
“Rebecca, this isn’t time for tantrums…”
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But Rebecca spoke up. “She saved me when I was near death. Now that she’s in trouble, how can I leave? The medical facilities in Oceanion are quite good. I’ll stay in this hospital until Miss Olsen is safe.”
Mr. and Mrs. Allen looked at each other. “What Miss Olsen really killed that person?”
Rebecca’s eyes turned red. “Then I’ll wait. Miss Olsen doesn’t have much family or friends, and I’ll see her every visitation day! It would be so heartbreaking if everyone else has visitors and only she doesn’t.”
Mr. Allen couldn’t help but chuckle. “You’re going to stay here forever?”
Rebecca lowered her head and fell silent, looking like the spoiled young lady she was again.
Frankie looked at her and felt somewhat relieved.
Ever since Rebecca’s husband and mother-in-law betrayed her, she had lost a lot of confidence. Now
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that she was throwing tantrums again, it meant she was getting better.
He pondered for a moment and then sighed. “There are still matters in the company that need my
attention in Clance. I’ll head back first. Mom, Dad, please stay with Rebecca in Oceanion for her recovery. It’s like taking a vacation here.”
Mr. Allen said in resignation, “Fine.”
Isla didn’t leave with Mrs. Olsen and Mr. Olsen but
stayed in the hospital.
When she arrived at old Mrs. Horton’s room, she found
the old lady humming a tune while watching a drama with her reading glasses on.
After knocking on the door, she walked in.
Seeing her, old Mrs. Horton seemed displeased. “Why are you here?”
Isla smiled. “Mrs. Horton, I came to tell you something…”
Old Mrs. Horton waved her hand dismissively. “I don’t want to hear you speak. Go away.”
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Two bodyguards immediately stepped forward, ready to grab Isla.
Isla immediately shouted, “Mrs. Horton, Keira is in trouble!”
Old Mrs. Horton paused, lowered her head, and shot a glance at her. “What did you say? What happened to my granddaughter-in-law?”
Isla was taken aback. “What granddaughter-in-law?”
“Keira! What happened to her?”
Without thinking too much about it, Isla assumed that old Mrs. Horton’s dementia was acting up again, so she continued. “She killed someone and was arrested. She
was locked up in the police station last night and released on bail today. The news has already reported
- Didn’t you see it?”
The news…
Old Mrs. Horton immediately whipped out her phone and saw the trending news: #Rich Second Generation Paying for A Life#
She clicked into it and saw the interview by Josh the journalist.
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