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.

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

and felt uncomfortable about what

to think that his child grew up in such an

we must find them

could not

Ethen immediately ordered his subordinates to find where

an old lady could

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

and regarded him as their own. Unfortunately, life became difficult after Raphael came out of prison. Raphael liked gambling, so he would often force them to give him money

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

ordered someone

an

moment 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

with fury. “Why did you not call

matter, and the police are reluctant to get involved in family matters. As long as it is not too much, no

surveillance footage and quickly sought Rick’s confirmation. “Mr. Griffin, is this old lady

Ethen’s side and looked at it before nodding. “Yeah, it’s them. It seems

at the surveillance footage. It showed Tim’s back but not his