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.”

and praised Pattie for her

daughter like this.” One of them

would you

just find one with good looks. I can have a baby, and raise her

their banter filled with a sense of independence and empowerment. They

woman, found herself struggling to keep up with the modern mindset of the younger women. She herself was a single mother and understood the hardships that came with it. Yet, she admired the young women’s ability to stand on their own

Flynn and Feiman hurrying towards the back room. Feeling a sudden anxiety, she

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

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

stood up and said, “Mom, can you look after Pattie? I’ll go