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 that there

at the surroundings and

think that his child grew up in such an impoverished

we must find them

at home. Therefore, they could not ascertain whether Tim was the child they had been searching

immediately ordered his subordinates to find

a child and an old lady could

about their daily life?” Benjamin sat on a stone bench and looked at the messy kitchen. He frowned when he thought there might have been a scuffle earlier based on the state of the

own. Unfortunately, life became difficult after Raphael came out of prison. Raphael liked gambling, so he would often force them to give

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. He had to go out to work for their living expenses and Mary’s medical expenses. Perhaps Tim brought Mary to see a doctor. I think the mine

ordered someone to

and he emanated an icy

before realizing that Benjamin was 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

fury. “Why did

reluctant to get involved in family matters. As long

then, Ethen obtained the town’s surveillance footage and quickly sought Rick’s confirmation. “Mr.

went to Ethen’s side and looked at it before nodding. “Yeah, it’s

the surveillance footage.