The Bound Between Us

Chapter 243

Anastasia didn’t elaborate too much, she just gently caressed Pattie’s forehead with a smile and let her go play at the next table, even ordering a juice for her.

As they sat down, Anastasia cheerfully asked, “How have you been these past years?”

“Me? Ever since I started this line of work, it’s been nothing but tough.” Melinda looked decidedly nonchalant, then added, “Give me a couple more years to make some money, then I’m heading back to my hometown. My mom’s getting on in years, she isn’t well, and has to go to the hospital often. I need to earn more for her treatment.”

“Do you have a younger brother?” Anastasia couldn’t quite remember. She only had a vague recollection of something like that.

“Yeah, I have a younger brother. He graduated from college last year and found a girlfriend. They’re already discussing about getting married.” Melinda’s face seemed to cloud over with bitterness and helplessness as she spoke of her brother.

Anastasia got back to the point, asking, “Melinda, you remember the club we joined together, right? You must remember what I did there then. Was I also… doing that?”

Anastasia found it difficult to talk about and even harder to accept.

as a waitress outside the private rooms, cleaning up after guests left. You didn’t do the work inside the rooms. The manager saw you were pretty and tried to get you to accompany clients a few times, saying you could make more money,

this, Anastasia breathed a sigh of relief, “That’s good then.” She’d been worried for days, scared that she might have had sex with clients in the past, which made her feel even

for you helping me back then, you wouldn’t have ended up in the private rooms.

just a naive young girl stepping into society. She always remembered Anastasia’s kindness. If it weren’t for

her family’s financial

playing with Barbie dolls at the next table, her

happily married can look like that. You’re so lucky to have found a good husband.”

one.

illness, then my mom got hurt, and the kid needs to go to school. All the pressure is on my

a good man? Anastasia,

talking, Melinda’s phone rang, “Anastasia, I need

“Sure.”

call. She didn’t know what was said on the other end, but Melinda’s composure suddenly crumbled. Melinda pressed the caller, “When did this happen? I didn’t know my mom bought a house. Wasn’t she just in an accident

has been looking for a house for a while. She said she’d saved some money over the years. She was short $10,000 last time and asked me for a loan, which