Crossroads

Chapter 307

“Do you think all stepmothers are evil?” Molly asked as she walked out of the restaurant with a dejected look.

Just now, as she was leaving the restroom on the first floor, she saw a woman dragging a little boy around Andy’s age. 1 Molly clearly saw the little boy’s eyes reddened, and he was trying not to cry. His left arm was severely burned, and the wound was as large as an adult’s palm, with blood seeping from the second–degree burn.

Molly’s heart ached for the boy, but she was even more horrified when the woman irritably picked up the child and roughly placed his burned hand under the faucet before turning on the water at full blast. The harsh treatment made the little boy cry out in pain.

The more the little boy struggled, the angrier the woman became. She then scolded him, “Why are you crying? You embarrassed me in front of everyone. It was just a little burn from the hot grill, and you’re acting like this. How useless can you be?

“Stop crying, stop it right now! No wonder your real mom abandoned you…

Molly then gathered her courage and confronted the woman. “Hey, the kid’s burn is really severe. You need to take him to the hospital. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ Findɴovel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

But the woman, looking fierce and confrontational, snapped back. “He’s not your kid. Even if he dies, it’s none of your business/

Molly was then angered. Watch your mouth. But she wasn’t very good at arguing. Just as Molly was considering getting a restaurant employee to intervene, Scott saw her and came over.

kid now is against the law,” he said calmly. but it was effective.

She lifted her head and furiously yelled at them, “Against the law? You better not spout nonsense like this. He may not be my biological son, but he is my son. I saw his

such a severe burn, aren’t you going to take him to the hospital?”

the hospital?” The woman then angrily dragged the boy away.

spot for a long time, feeling heavy–hearted. “So it’s true that stepmothers are often evil.” Scott, with his head lowered, had been observing

her surroundings. Seeing that Molly had been in the restroom for 20 minutes and hadn’t come upstairs, Scott thought she might have

reached out, ruffled Molly’s fluffy short hair, and said with art enigmatic tone. “Not every stepmother is

that gentle smile, but his tone was quite serious as he continued, “A foolish stepmother won’t be

spacious commercial street. Molly’s brief sorrow was quickly replaced by anger as she thought irritably. This pretentious jerk! Nothing good ever

comfortable pace of life, at least not as bustling and hectic as Havencrest. But going to the hospital to see a

and she couldn’t help but feel a bit ironic since she didn’t know herself. While gazing

sinhdenly came to mind.

Diana. It had been a long

it was located in the city center, right behind Eastwall Plaza. Since the rent was quite

Eastwall Plaza ahead and muttered to herself, “I’ll look for that little girl that

Diana and speaking to the security at

partly because she wanted Stephanie to live

here once before, so she roughly knew the way. However, as she walked ahead, she noticed a suspicious figure lingering in front

expression turned somewhat surprised when she saw a short, plump, middle–aged

nouveau riche. Today, however, he was surprisingly dressed in a proper suit, without his flashy gold chain, and on closer

fruit basket and several boxes of supplements while peering into Diana’s window. It looked like he wanted to go in but didn’t dare to. The sight was somewhat