The More the Merrier

“Yes, there is a mine on the mountain. It’s hard to build a road up the mountain, so the owner of the mine hired many adults and children from the village to carry the mining products from the mountain…” Rick said.

Ethen could not imagine how a young child could work.

Benjamin went into the house and took a look around.

The house consisted of three rooms. The one in the middle was the living room.

The other two rooms were most likely bedrooms.

One of the rooms had a big bed made by combining a few benches.

“Mary and Tim stayed in this room,” Rick explained.

The room was messy, but it was clean.

The other bedroom belonged to Raphael. None of the doors had locks and were only partially closed.

Anyone could enter and leave freely. Furthermore, the kitchen consisted only of a thatched roof surrounded by a fence.

The house was dilapidated and had nothing of value.

person, he would not have believed that there was still such severe poverty in this modern

glanced at the surroundings and felt uncomfortable

that his child grew up

Graham, we must find them fast,”

not ascertain

his

analyzed where a child and an old

daily life?” Benjamin sat on a stone bench and looked at the messy kitchen. He frowned when he thought there

and told Benjamin about Tim’s life. “Mary and James loved the boy and regarded him as their own. Unfortunately, life became difficult after Raphael came out of prison. Raphael

breath and continued, “Later, James’ sickness recurred and worsened rapidly. He soon passed away, leaving only Mary and Tim. Since Mary could hardly walk and had many illnesses, she could not work. Thus, it fell onto Tim to provide for the family.

that, Ethen ordered someone to check at

an icy aura. “How did Raphael

Raphael frequently scolded and beat Tim up. Furthermore, he even wanted to sell Tim, but Mary protected

with fury. “Why did you not call

in family matters. As long as it is not too much, no

town’s surveillance footage and quickly sought Rick’s confirmation. “Mr.

before nodding. “Yeah,

got up and glanced at the surveillance footage. It