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"Please. Don't hurt him.""

Grace yelled once more, trying to stop her mother from begging for that good-for-nothing father. Penny, on the other hand, could only watch this unfold in disbelief.@

Anyone could tell that woman was beaten every second of her life by that man. Her bruises were enough to tell that the man never held back. If anything, it seemed he was slowly killing her. No one would be surprised if she ended up dead in his hands.

And yet, now that someone was standing up for her, she was begging him not to hurt her abuser?

What an irony.

Penny slowly shifted her eyes to Grace, understanding why Grace told her in the past her mother left her. What Grace's mother was doing wasn't protecting Grace, but protecting that right now was already

monster. The woman could've died or left, but what she was doin #ace, but protecting that

abandoning her daughter.

"Ma'am, Hugo called sternly, but the woman clasped his leg even tighter.

"Please." the woman begged and shook her head. "No more. Please, just go away. This is a family matter. Just leave us alone."

"Hah!" her husband snorted and looked at Hugo mockingly. "See?! You brat! Acting like a hero -

ou think you're some sort of hero rescuing the day?!"

He slowly got up once again, sneering. "You brat. Since you liked butting into other people's business, fine! I'll show you what you get for that!"

out of

mother was holding Hugo's leg and that coward of a man was trying to attack Hugo while he was

Penny got up, a figure suddenly flashed from the corner of her eyes. She stopped and turned her head, but the figure was not there anymore. After a second, she heard Grace's father squeal. "Ahh!" the man found himself back on the ground, this time, with someone standing over

do with my son? Charles's face darkened,

face twitched as he ground his teeth.

he was ready to kill this man

dilating at the sight of her father. That figure was him? I didn't know my father was

surprised. "Dad..." he called, a bit confused because this was the first time he had seen his father make

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short siren from the end of the alley-like route.

Penny, holding her shoulders and

Penny blinked, studying Haines's pale complexion. "Is

snapped his eyes at her and huffed. "Goodness," was all he could say as if a pipe was plucked out of his throat. "Are you

She shook her head. "Brother Hugo is

to Hugo. "Hugo, are you

his uncle before his eyes fell on the woman. "Ma'am,

quickly bent down when the woman loosened her grip and almost fainted. Thankfully, he was fast

woman forced a smile as she peeked at Hugo and repeated. "I'm

Seeing this, Charles and Haines got a grasp of the situation. Charles then glared

These kids are just overreacting!" the man explained in frustration. "There's no

this nonsense. But when he opened his mouth, Charles clasped his shoulders. Looking at

listening to him! Penny, on the other hand, watched this unfold right before her eyes from the sidelines. She shared Hugo's sentiments, thinking this was nothing but crap. But then again, this was not the first time she

When Penny looked at the entrance of the station, all she saw was Allison running

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