The Bound Between Us

Chapter 370

Salma caught on quickly. “Did Penny’s son go missing?”

Penny had been in jail for abusing her daughter, Pattie, and had only been out for a couple of days.

The woman said, “Yes, he went missing in the morning. It’s been about two hours, and they still haven’t found him.”

Tavon, always eager to join a conversation, leaned in, “Whose kid went missing?”

Salma glanced at Pattie, who was playing on the slide about fifteen feet away, and said, “The child of the family who used to foster

Pattie.”

News of a missing child in the neighborhood naturally sparked discussions.

The neighborhood’s helpful old lady came over and said, “It’s all the mother’s fault. The kid’s still so young, but she took him to the poker house. She was so engrossed in her game, she didn’t notice when the child went missing.”

sorry for the kid. Who will bring

it’s such

a boy. What a shame!”

been two hours. I’m afraid he’s not coming back.”

the kid’s father searching frantically

Now he was missing, and Leo felt his world collapsing. The police came to take statements, asking about the circumstances when the child went missing.

out doing part–time jobs, as he hadn’t been

and he was already doing part–time jobs. He had left the child

repeating, “I don’t know. I was playing

a chair and hurled it at Penny. “Penny, where’s my son? I told you to take care of him. Can’t you stop playing

sudden outburst scared Penny. The police quickly intervened, promising to find

left than Leo dragged Penny into the bedroom and began to beat

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punched and

because she had abused