The Bound Between Us

Chapter 394

Pattie stepped back in fright. Her eyes were wide as dinner plates as she stared at Penny.

Penny wouldn’t lay a finger on her until the time was right, but she gave Pattie a forceful shove, growling, “You’re nothing but trouble, Pattie. Keep staring, and I’ll gouge your eyes out…”

Penny was cut off by a sudden cramp in her stomach. She warned Pattie to stay put or she’d throw her sister off the balcony. Then she hurried into a nearby room to take care of her urgent need.

The half-finished building didn’t even have balcony railings installed yet. It was all open space, and one wrong move would send someone tumbling down below.

She didn’t have time to find a rope to tie Pattie up, but with Leo watching the only exit downstairs, she wasn’t worried about her escaping.

As soon as Penny was gone, Layna motioned for Pattie to free her and remove the duct tape over her mouth. Pattie obliged but accidentally hurt Layna in the process, earning her a scowl and a sharp reprimand from her sister.

was tight, so it took Pattie a while to untie it. The moment Layna was free, she sprang to her feet. Without a second thought or a backward glance at

pants back up, but in a few seconds, the girls

from hunger, tripped and fell in her haste. Pattie quickly helped her up, but it was enough of a delay for Penny to catch up and grab hold

look on Penny’s face, Layna didn’t hesitate

Layna!” Pattie cried, but her plea fell on deaf ears. Penny furiously “You little brat, you think you

kick, Penny sent Pattie tumbling down the stairs. Pattie’s head was

who had been sitting on the steps outside, heard the commotion and looked u in time to see Layna sprinting out the door. He made a move to catch her but was stopped in his tracks by the sight of Pattie, unconscious and bleeding on the ground. Penny was storming downstairs, looking ready to

Layna anymore, and

construction site, and

matter. If Pattie was in the hands of these people, she could have her mother’s love all to herself. She