Secretsâ¦
Keira knew that Keera carried a secret and so did Jodie
South.
She furrowed her brows.
Then she heard Taylor say softly and slowly, âKeera, the reason I wanted to kill you both was simple. Icouldnât let your mother find out that she gave birth to twins that year!â
Keira was puzzled. âWhy? Wasnât I⦠wasnât I supposed to have died and been abandoned at birth?Even if she
found out, so what?â
Taylor was stunned by her words, and he burst into laughter. âIs that what they told you? Haâ¦â
âTheyâ? Was he referring to Keeraâs adoptive parents or someone else?
Taylor continued. âYou werenât abandoned. You were taken away as soon as you were born. I didnâthave the ability to protect you then, but if I had revealed that you were taken, your mom would havegone back and
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searched for you desperately, so Iâve always hidden
your existence from her! How could I possibly let her risk her life for⦠someone elseâs child?â
At this point, Taylor glanced at Uncle Olsen.
Upon hearing this explanation, Keira felt like her head was going to explode.
Although she had found the murderer, the situation seemed to have gotten even more complicatedâ¦
Taylor continued to speak softly. âKeera, why did you come back? Without you, my life with her wouldhave continued to be peaceful, but you found Keira, and if the truth was revealed, Shirley would surelyblame me and leave me! So, the moment you found Keira, I made up my mind to let you both die!â
A hint of madness flickered in his eyes. âAnyone who dares to disturb me and Shirley must die!â
Keira, furious, slapped him!
To conceal the past, had Taylor kidnapped her and Keera? He then threw them into a sunken ship atseaâ¦
If she hadnât acted decisively, waking Keera and breaking the window, if Keera hadnât desperately
dragged her from under the water to the surface, perhaps what the Horton family would be buryingtoday would be two corpses!!
Although Keeraâs appearance was unexpected, she felt very gentle to Keira.
Even though they had only spent a little time together, Keira had already acknowledged this sisterâ¦
While she was thinking about this, Taylor laughed again. He leaned close to Keiraâs ear and whispered,âAlso, do you know? The fact that Poppy had switched the two children, I implicitly consented to itbecause I didnât want Shirley to raise that manâs child! One of her daughters was taken, the other wasswitched⦠and this way, Shirley would have no more affection left for the children, and she would onlyhave eyes for meâ¦
Keira clenched her fists tightly and stared hard at him upon hearing his words.
She suddenly picked up the tissues from before and pressed them against Taylorâs face again,enraged, and with tears welling up in her eyes, she smothered himâ¦
Taylor struggled for air, fighting hard.
But Keira only wanted him to pay with his life! He would pay for her sisterâs death and the abuseinflicted on their mother, as well as her own miserable life of the past 22 years!!
Her eyes were red with rage as she stared at Taylor.
Her hands were forceful as if to vent all her years of
grievances.
She remembered as a child, every time she enviously watched their family of threeâ¦
She not only longed for a normal mother, she had also hoped countless times in her heart that hermother wasnât Poppy but Mrs. Olsenâ¦
She had even wished that her father, Taylor, would
notice her.
She had dreamed that he would descend like a god when she was wronged, taking her away fromPoppyâs
tortureâ¦
She remembered before she was sold to human traffickers at the age of four, after being beatenseverely by Poppy, she once hid at the door. When she saw Taylor coming home from work, shedeliberately
neared in front of him
She gently called him âDaddyââ¦
But Taylor simply glanced at her indifferently, then told Poppy to keep her from running around.
Poppy took her back to the basement, where she faced more brutal beatings! It was then that Poppysold hernovelbin
to the traffickersâ¦
All these years, Poppy was just the wicked executor.
Taylor was the mastermind!
Memories of her miserable childhoodâ¦
The body of her sister Keeraâ¦
And the traces of abuse on her motherâs bodyâ¦
All of it drove Keira to a blind rage as she pressed down on Taylor, just wanting him to die!
Taylor, whose mouth and nose were covered, slowly stopped strugglingâ¦
But Keira kept applying pressure.
Tears slowly filled her eyesâ¦
The next moment, her wrist was grabbed, and she was pushed aside by Uncle Olsen. He quicklyremoved the
Taylor didnât move.
Uncle Olsen glanced toward the person beside him,
who immediately squatted down to start emergency aid on Taylor.
Keira, however, stared fiercely at Uncle Olsen.
It seemed that if anyone dared to stop her from taking her revenge, she would kill them too!
But how could a person like Uncle Olsen be intimidated by her?
Uncle Olsen only knitted his brow and spoke in a deep voice. âWhy are you so agitated? Why are youmore fierce than me? Why do you hate him so much?â
Uncle Olsen was also angry, so his punches landed on flesh with no mercy.
However, seeing Keira even more crazed, he calmed down instead.
Keira didnât answer his question but said hoarsely, âHe killed people, so he deserves to die!â
Uncle Olsen thought Keera and Keira were very good classmates and didnât think much of it. He only
frowned and said. âI have a thousand ways to kill him.
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Thereâs no need for you to do it.â
After saying this, Uncle Olsen suddenly looked toward the bedroom door. âMoreover, Miss South is theone whoâs most entitled to deal with him.â
Taylor began to breathe.
He coughed and looked toward Keira. âWhy didnât you
kill me? Kill me!â
Keira finally regained her sanity.
She realized that Taylor had deliberately said those things to her because he didnât want to liveanymore.
Uncle Olsen had many ways to make life worse than death for him, so he wanted to die by her hand.
Keira took a deep breath and said nothing.
Taylor lay sprawled on the ground, his arms and legs outstretched. His whole body seemed to relax ashe
suddenly sneered. âI wanted to teach you one last lesson before I die, but it turns out you donât evenhave the courage to kill someone. Keera, you are truly
weak!â
After finishing this sentence, he abruptly closed his
mouth and bit down hard.
âHeâs attempting suicide!â
The moment Uncle Olsen said this, people around him immediately rushed over, only to find that Taylorhad already swallowed the poison hidden between his
teeth!
The poison acted quickly; almost immediately upon ingestion, he vomited a mouthful of black blood.
Taylor turned his head toward the bedroom, extending his hand with a flicker of struggle in his eyes asif trying to grasp at something. âShirleyâ¦â
The person beside him checked and sighed. âItâs a poison that kills instantly. Thereâs no saving him.â
Uncle Olsen then turned toward the bedroom and
to Keira, âPlease ask Miss South if she wants to see
for the last timeâ¦â
After all, he was a man who had accompanied her for more than twenty years and protected her.
Jodie might want to send him off.
Though Keira felt it was unnecessary, it was her
motherâs choice, so she walked to the door and
knocked.
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But there was no response from inside the room!!
Keira was slightly stunned, knocked again, but still no one answered from inside.
She suddenly realized something!
Thatâs rightâ¦
When Taylor kidnapped her and Keera and attempted to murder the two of them, he had accomplices,but their entry into the Olsen home had been too easy,
faced with no resistance.
So⦠where were his accomplices?!
Uncle Olsen also realized this, and the two of them violently pushed open the bedroom door, rushing inonly to find the bedroom empty. Jodie South and Aunt South were gone.
âSearch, the surroundings immediately. Lock down the entire complex!â
Uncle Olsen ran out and shouted at the people around
him.
The dying Taylor on the ground suddenly shouted, âItâs them. Theyâve taken Shirley! Hurry, save her,save her!!â
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His expression was anxious, clearly not expecting this
outcome!
The dying man seemed to regain vigor, sitting up from the ground and pointing next door. âThe masterbedroom has a secret passage that leads to the house next door. They mustâve taken Shirley there!â
No sooner had these words fallen than Uncle Olsen was already charging out the door with his men.
As Keira was about to follow, Taylor suddenly grabbed her pants, âKeera, save Shirley! Please saveher!â
Keira immediately looked at him, grabbing his collar. âWho are theyâ¦exactly?!â
Taylorâs eyes widened, âThey areâ¦