The front door was wide open, but there was no one inside.

Following that, Vania brought her men to search the grounds. However, there was no child in sight.

Have we been duped again?

She looked around and found a janky pig sty with a padlock.

At that, her heart pounded wildly as her eyes got red-rimmed. “There!” She pointed toward it with a shaky voice.

Henry and Leo reflexively looked in the direction Vania pointed and brought their men over to pick the lock.

Inside, an emaciated child with eyes as clear as crystals shuddered in fear, and he was on the verge of blacking out when he heard the voices outside. It had been days since he last ate something.

It would be just another round of beating, he thought as he closed his eyes in despair, for he had experienced this far too many times.

“Boss, it’s open.”

that, Vania opened the door

allowed Vania to see the inside of the

only one window on the walls, yet it was nailed shut with planks of wood. The dim light shining through the seams only provided hints of time, telling

were only a pile of loose hay and two empty bowls

drift over every

a t-shirt and shorts; his clothes were so black that they

and day here in Eastland was drastic. How

tears fell like beads of a broken string while

approach him hastily for fear of

remained motionless. With that, she wiped her tears away and called out to him eagerly with a

boy thought he was in heaven when he heard a gentle voice

stylish woman at the door, reaching her hand out and calling to him. He could tell she was unlike any of the others he had met, and she

she an angel sent to take me away? However, he still dared not move, only looking at

between family had him trusting the person in

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