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Kira stepped back, out of the range of harm. ‘You turned your back on me first. You did it when you left me and Dad. You did it again when I came to you for help after Dad’s accident. So now I’m just returning the favour.’ Kira stared fixedly at her. ‘Helen Raynor, you are my biological mother, but I wish you weren’t. I wish I was born to any other woman but you. If there was a way to get rid of the part of my DNA that’s passed down from you, believe me, I’d move heaven and earth to make it happen.’ Helen looked stupidly at her daughter, her mouth agape. Kira didn’t wait for a reply. She headed for the stairs and wished her hands weren’t shaking so much. She’d finally got it off her chest after so many years. Her strength was completely sapped, but Kira forced herself to keep moving. *** It was past five pm when Kira left the hospital. She was starving. The confrontation with Helen had taken a lot out of her. Kira was in desperate need of some comfort food. She headed into the first di