The Bound Between Us

Chapter 394

Pattie stepped back in fright. Her eyes were wide as dinner plates as she stared at Penny.

Penny wouldn’t lay a finger on her until the time was right, but she gave Pattie a forceful shove, growling, “You’re nothing but trouble, Pattie. Keep staring, and I’ll gouge your eyes out…”

Penny was cut off by a sudden cramp in her stomach. She warned Pattie to stay put or she’d throw her sister off the balcony. Then she hurried into a nearby room to take care of her urgent need.

The half-finished building didn’t even have balcony railings installed yet. It was all open space, and one wrong move would send someone tumbling down below.

She didn’t have time to find a rope to tie Pattie up, but with Leo watching the only exit downstairs, she wasn’t worried about her escaping.

As soon as Penny was gone, Layna motioned for Pattie to free her and remove the duct tape over her mouth. Pattie obliged but accidentally hurt Layna in the process, earning her a scowl and a sharp reprimand from her sister.

Pattie a while to untie it. The moment Layna was free, she sprang to her feet. Without a second thought or a backward glance at Pattie, she bolted for

in a few seconds, the

up, but it was enough of a delay

on Penny’s face, Layna didn’t hesitate to abandon P

and

on deaf ears. Penny furiously “You little brat,

stairs. Pattie’s head was

had been sitting on the steps outside, heard the commotion and looked u in time to see Layna sprinting out the door. He made a move to catch her but was stopped in his tracks by the sight of Pattie, unconscious and bleeding on the ground. Penny was storming downstairs, looking ready

Layna anymore, and immediately

across the construction site, and disappeared into the overgrown weeds on the other

know why Pattie was there, but it didn’t matter. If Pattie was in the hands of these people, she could have her mother’s love all to herself. She

as she was about to run again, a car approached. It was Herman and