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.”

Vania opened the door

to see the

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

and moist, and there were only a pile of loose hay and two empty bowls

would drift over

poor boy was curled up motionlessly in a corner 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 that the

here in Eastland was drastic. How did he manage to survive in such

tears fell like beads of a broken string while the others

approach him hastily for fear

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

in heaven when he heard a gentle voice instead of the

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,

still dared

the innate bond between family had him

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