The Bound Between Us

Chapter 231

At the police station, Penny was hauled into an interrogation room, and that was when the nerves really set in.

Previously, the cops had given her nothing more than a verbal warning for the abuse she’d inflicted on Pattie, given the fact that Penny had a son to look after. But it was pretty clear that those actions hadn’t done squat.

Sitting on the cold hard chair, facing two cops, Penny was scared out of her wits. “Officers, did I break the law? I just hit my daughter, is that a crime now? Kids need discipline, right? Was my method of parenting wrong?”

One of the cops grilling Penny was a woman, a mother herself, and was boiling mad over Penny’s actions. She tossed a picture of Pattie’s injuries in front of Penny.

she snapped. “That child’s in critical condition, and she’s just a little girl. How could you have the heart to

my

serious child abuse. Our country’s law dictates that for child abuse of this severity, you’re looking at jail time.” “What, prison?” Penny was terrified and started bawling her eyes out. “I can’t go to prison, I have a son to look after. Pattie was just being too naughty, I lost my temper and hit her,

coldly, “Pattie isn’t your biological daughter. You adopted her two years ago, and you’ve severely violated the adoption agreement. Penny, you abused Pattie,

own flesh and blood, I’ve always treated her like my own. I sent her to school, gave her milk every day, and even

down. This is a police station. We’ve checked with your neighbors about you abusing Pattie.

in full denial, Leo’s case was a different story. Facing the cops’ grilling, Leo was way more cooperative. He said, “When Pattie first came to

I work a lot, so I wasn’t fully aware of what was going on. Officers, I promise, we’ll make