The Bound Between Us

Chapter 256

Who wasn’t welcomed into this world with great expectations?

Maria remembered the time when she was first pregnant with Melinda. Melinda was her first child, and naturally she was overly happy. But it turned out to be a girl, which was a bummer.

In her in-laws’ family, the idea that men were superior to women was deeply ingrained. Having a daughter was seen as a letdown, and Maria got quite a few cold shoulders because of it. She took the unfair treatment she got from her in-laws out on her daughter. Maria didn’t really like this daughter of hers, and when she had a son later on, her heart was all in for him.

Melinda dropped out of school early, forced to go out and make money, to support the family and pay for her brother’s schooling. As Melinda made more money outside, she also sent home more, and their living conditions improved. They got used to exploiting their daughter for a better life, without caring about how she was living or how she was making the money.

Maria couldn’t bring herself to speak, while Jay said with all the nerve in the world, “She’s a girl and an older sister. She’s supposed to look after her brother, it’s totally normal at where we come from. We’re counting on our son to take care of us when we’re old, not her.”

furious, “Can you really spend the money she worked so hard to

conscience?”

“Melinda is your daughter. What you’re doing is really heartless. Oh, and Melinda had advanced thirty

cornered, “What’s it got to do with us? Anyway, we won’t claim her body today. If you don’t compensate us, we’ll stay in

couldn’t gain anything today,

with a troubled tone, “It’s quite an eye-opener to meet these kind of people still existing in

claim the body until their son got married, they would also try to extort some benefits, otherwise they would have no source of income. How would they live? The wedding gift for their son’s marriage was not settled yet, so they insisted on getting compensation from the club.

not noticing what was in front of her, until she heard the honk of a car. Herman’s car was parked by the entrance of the police station. He heard

here? And this car?” She

I just hitched a ride.” Herman