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 with

in allowed Vania to see the inside of the

window on the walls, yet it was nailed shut with planks of wood. The dim light shining through the seams

and there were only a pile of loose hay and

would drift over every now and

with his eyes closed in despair. All he had on was a t-shirt and shorts; his clothes were so black that they glimmered, and they were evidently so small

was

tears fell like beads of a broken string while the

hastily for fear

remained motionless. With that, she wiped her tears away and called out to him eagerly with a shaky voice, saying, “Bubba?

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

he opened his eyes with incredulity to find a stylish woman at the door, reaching her hand out and calling

still dared not move, only looking

between family had him trusting

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