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.”

no good. I feel sorry for the

it’s such

boy. What a

I’m afraid he’s not coming back.”

searching frantically around the

Leo felt his world collapsing. The police came to take statements, asking about the circumstances when the child

when the child went missing. He was out doing part–time jobs, as he hadn’t been able to work in a long time and the family was

had left the child with Penny.

She just kept repeating, “I don’t know. I was playing poker. I asked the

their son’s disappearance enraged Leo. He grabbed a chair and hurled it at Penny. “Penny, where’s

temper. His sudden outburst scared Penny. The police quickly intervened, promising to find their son as soon as possible.

left than Leo dragged Penny

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his son. He punched and kicked Penny. Penny’s screams echoed through the

felt that Penny deserved it, because she