The Bound Between Us

Chapter 135

Anastasia’s eyes welled up when she heard this. Grabbing the little girl’s hand, she said, “Come, I’ll take you to grab some grub.” She didn’t care about the girl’s grubbiness and just scooped her up, heading towards her car.

Herman was taken aback when he saw the girl in Anastasia’s arms. He had seen this girl in their neighborhood before.

What was she up to?’ Herman asked. “How come she’s here all by herself?”

Gently stroking the girl’s cheek, Anastasia said, her voice heavy, “She was hungry, scrounging for bread in the trash bin. How could her parents treat such a sweetheart like this?”

Resting quietly in Anastasia’s arms, the little girl seemed to enjoy the warmth.

Looking at the bright eyes of the girl, her dirty clothes, messy hair, and ill-fitting shoes, Herman felt a lump in his throat. “Do you know this girl?” He asked Anastasia.

her home and cooked for her. Her name is Pattie, and lives in building six. I think her parents might favor boys over

neighborhood, too” Herman said, trying to roll up the girl’s

“Pattie, we mean no harm, Can we take a

Anastasia. She looked at her, then slowly rolled up her sleeve, revealing her bruised arms.

thin, her arms full of bruises, and her little hands were rough with many tiny wounds. It was easy to tell she had to do chores often. Anastasia and Herman both felt a pang of pain and anger at the sight, but they kept it to themselves in front of the child. “Anastasia, I’ll drop you off at work, then I’ll take Pattie

with them, to spend more time with Pattie, but

so Anastasia had to leave Pattie with

While eating, he made a call “Nelson, I need some clothes for a little girl, like

food was great, and Pattie seemed to have a good appetite.

He poured a glass of water for Pattie. ‘Eat slowly, don’t choke.”

eaters, but not Pattie. She often had to make do with

her to eat dinner. Now Pattie