Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

171 Best place to live

Penny curiously studied the man who was left in there with one of his hands cuffed in one of the bars on the wall. When he looked back at her, he arched a brow and smirked viciously, as if to scare her. But Penny had met different types of criminals during her time in prison. Hence, she didn't react to his attempt to scare her. 1

If anything, his comment just now piqued her intrigue.

She blinked, and the man raised his brows higher.

"What is that little girl looking at?" the man wondered, but Penny flashed him an innocent smile. He scoffed and shook his head, thinking this girl knew nothing about the world yet. Hence, she had no sense of danger.

Penny's attention was snatched when Grace's mother spoke.

"No, Officer. My husband is not hurting me," she told them a blatant lie, smiling through her

bruises.

Everyone frowned even the officer. "Ma'am, if you're not being hit by your husband, how did you get your bruises?"

"I had a confrontation with my neighbor that led to a physical altercation."

"Mom!" Grace stood up and shouted. "Mom, why are you lying!? Tell them the truth! Tell them where you got all those bruises!"

"Grace, please." the woman reached out to Grace, tugging her arm helplessly. "Let's stop this

now.

the truth!" Grace pulled her arm away from her mother and faced the officers urgently. "That man beats my mom every time he's in a terrible mood! He would even beat her for no reason at all! Why ask her? Can't you see her face?! Do you want me to strip my

been drinking and smoking with her friends! She's also skipping

disbelief at

unspeakable!" He then leaned against the desk and faced the officer. "Officer, my wife already told you how she got her bruise. I understand those kids tried to meddle with the situation maybe because my kid misled them into thinking they

the upper hand. However, her mother simply sported an apologetic look before averting her

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save her mother and fought her father. In the end, her father overpowered her

of the

stay outside while her father beat her mother inside the house. Yet, her mother didn't even dare to stand up for Grace! Instead, she was making everyone think Grace was

he looked at the woman

see her face?" Hugo blurted out in frustration. "Why are you still asking

father snorted, clearing his throat when Charles

a report is made, then there's nothing we

report!" Grace slapped her chest. "I'll report

still can't arrest

"Why?"

what your father said might be true as well. We can't just listen to one side of

what my wife and I have to go through every day!

asked, also disappointed at everything he heard. "Can