The Bound Between Us

Chapter 229

Pattie was freezing, clad only in a thin tee and a pair of flimsy pants.

Autumn had arrived in Riverdale, with biting cold weather and a huge temperature difference between day and night. The icy-cold floor was unbearable for her to sleep on, she longed for the warmth of a bed, but Penny wouldn’t allow it.

There were two bedrooms in the house. One was for Penny and her son, and the other was locked, purposely to keep Pattie out during the night.

Feeling helpless and scared, Pattie didn’t dare to shed a tear, for fear of waking Penny and getting a beating. She stole a glance at Penny’s room, and only after hearing no sound from within, she carefully crawled onto the couch to sleep.

The couch was a bit warmer. Without a blanket, she could only use the couch cover to shield herself from the cold. Still, she was freezing. She curled up tightly like a poor little cat.

Pattie hugged herself tightly and began to miss Ana’s embrace, which was always so warm. She closed her eyes and tried hard to fall asleep, knowing that sleeping was the only way she could escape the cold. She whispered quietly, “Dad, when are you coming back, Dad.” Her life was slightly better when Leo was at home.

Perhaps due to exhaustion, Pattie finally fell asleep. Her hands and feet were cold as ice. She intended to rush back to the floor before Penny woke up, but she couldn’t move. She had started to run a fever after the cold night.

dream where she was sleeping on a soft

the couch?” Penny came out of her room and was furious to see Pattie sleeping on the couch. She picked up a stick and started beating her. This

Crying out loud, she clutched Penny’s stick, pleading, “Mum,

me. I told you to sleep on the floor, yet you sneak onto the couch. Look

The neighbors shook

Pattie fell to the floor and remained motionless. Thinking Pattie was playing dead, Penny gave her a

Pattie was still alive. She

money. She left Pattie

floor with a

friends to play poker, and she completely forgot about Pattie who was

to school. The school teacher called Penny several times,

learned that she didn’t come to school that day. Worried, she went to Penny’s house to find her.