Chapter 1623:

Without waiting for a reply, he turned and began walking back toward his home.

“Hey!” Nina called out behind him.

The boy didn’t look back. He just kept walking, his figure disappearing with the same blank indifference.

The middle-aged man let out a quiet sigh of relief. Forcing a weak smile, he turned to Kristian. “You see? He doesn’t want to go himself. I can’t force him.”

Nina’s eyes were heavy with worry.

“Mr. Shaw, I’ll head up now,” the man said, nodding quickly before retreating from sight.

Nina, too young to grasp the murky tangle of adult decisions, stayed fixated on the one thing that made sense to her. “Aren’t we going to take that boy to see a doctor? His injuries look like they really hurt.”

She knew all too well how even the tiniest scrape could sting—so how much worse must it feel to have bruises like his?

Kristian said gently, reaching over to ruffle her hair.

mean man hit him again?” Nina asked carefully, her

pressed his lips together,

answered

unease. “Should we call the police?


beyond his years. “He’ll just tell them he fell down

Nina blinked,

you’re older,”

𝓛⍺𝕥𝒆𝕊𝓽 с𝒉αρ𝐭𝓮𝓇𝓈 gⲁⅼ𝓷𝗈ν𝓮𝗅𝗌﹒с𝑜m

the boy, he could

Kristian stepped in to protect him this

wouldn’t fix the

sure enough, Jesse’s

his father returned home, the man’s temper

let it slide this time. But if you don’t score

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