The Bound Between Us

Chapter 142

Penny had always wanted to get rid of Pattie. With her tight budget, an extra mouth to feed was just an added burden that sat uncomfortably with her. She wasn’t some kind of saint, just an average woman.

When she gave birth to her son, she tried to have Leo return Pattie to the orphanage, but they wouldn’t take her back. It was part of the deal when they adopted her

Penny and Leo were Pattie’s guardians, so Pattie wasn’t an orphan and couldn’t just be dumped. That would be abandonment. Penny attempted several times to lose Pattie in crowded train stations, but Leo always found her.

Penny was pissed. With so many child traffickers out there every year, why wouldn’t anyone snatch Pattie away?

Herman shot Penny a stern look, then gently asked Pattie, “Would you like to come home with me?”

Pattie said nothing, her eyes welled up with tears as she looked at Penny She didn’t understand why her mom didn’t love her.

“Ungrateful brat! Go

shivered in fear, her tear-filled eyes quickly avoiding Penny and hiding in Herman’s

son started crying Penny ignored Pattie, sarcastically telling Herman, Take this little miss away, pronto! You do-gooders love to meddle! You better take care of her, and not just talk the talk If you actually do it, school

get pregnant, she wouldn’t have adopted a girl to drag her down if it wasn’t for the fortune teller saying she had to adopt first to have her own child.

tend to her son, not giving a damn about

was shocked at the sight of such a cold-blooded woman, Holding Pattie,

if he’d stick his nose in if it was another child, but seeing Pattie in front

came from a beating, some areas were swelling up. Herman frowned, fetched a first aid kit, and tended

a tough little girl. Even though disinfecting her wounds hurt,

he finished tending to her wounds, Anastasia came home. Seeing Pattie still there, she asked

from the kitchen for Pattie, he replied, “Pattie was beaten again, so I brought her

that, Anastasia dropped her bag in alarm, checked Pattie’s injuries,