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.

he would not have believed

and felt uncomfortable about what he

think that his child grew up in such an

we must find them

at home. Therefore, they could not ascertain whether

his subordinates to find

child and an old

Benjamin sat on a stone bench and looked at the messy kitchen. He

Unfortunately, life became difficult after Raphael came out of prison. Raphael liked gambling, so he would

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. He had to go out to work

that, Ethen ordered someone to

he emanated an icy aura. “How

talking about Tim. “Terrible. Raphael frequently scolded and beat Tim up. Furthermore, he even wanted to sell Tim, but Mary protected the boy from him. Since Tim has been earning money, Raphael

turned grim with fury. “Why did you

a complicated matter, and the police are reluctant to get involved in family matters. As long as it is not too much,

then, Ethen obtained the town’s surveillance footage and quickly sought

went to Ethen’s side and looked at it before nodding. “Yeah, it’s them. It seems they have gone

surveillance footage. It showed Tim’s back