The Bound Between Us

Chapter 345

It wasn’t the first time someone had remarked on the striking resemblance between Pattie and her adoptive parents, Anastasia and Herman.

Anastasia was always careful to maintain Pattie’s self-esteem and avoided any suggestions that she was adopted. She didn’t want Pattie to feel less loved or out of place. Gently touching Pattie’s cheek, Anastasia would often say, “It’s not about blood. It’s about family. You are meant to be our daughter, Pattie.”

Her words were ambiguous enough to avoid direct mention of adoption, yet intimate enough to imply a natural bond.

“Say hello to the ladies, Pattie.” Anastasia encouraged.

Pattie waved her little hand, her voice sweet and soft, “Hello, ladies.”

praised Pattie for her good manners and

had a lovely daughter like this.” One of them said.

don’t even have a man. Where would you get

can’t find the right one, I’ll just find one with good looks. I can have a baby, and raise her on

filled with a sense of independence and empowerment. They were all successful,

of the younger women. She herself was a single mother and understood the hardships that came with it. Yet, she

the back room. Feeling a sudden anxiety, she realized she hadn’t seen

you seen my mother-in-law?” Anastasia asked Salma.

opening ceremony.” Salma replied, “She greeted me and

you look after Pattie? I’ll go check on them.”