Chapter 819

“Do you want to leave this place?” Corinne asked Joey.

Joey nodded anxiously.

“Where do you want to go?”

“Orph…age,” stammered Joey.

‘Does he mean the orphanage? Heh. He’d rather go back to the orphanage than live with the Riveras, huh,’ thought Corinne.

She patted his head gently to calm him and to make him trust her.

“I really want to help, but I’m only a guest here while Anya is your legal guardian. I can’t help you to leave this place if we don’t have proof that she’s abusing you.”

her in a daze. He did not know how to express himself nor did he understand

said, “What I mean is… Bear with this for a while. I promise I’ll get

a while, but the look of wariness in his eyes lessened. He then nodded

“If

hide your feelings. Don’t show that you’re scared ’cause this will only make them bully you more. You must pretend you

at her in a daze again. It was

simply took off the red braided necklace and put it on Joey. While adjusting the necklace to fit his neck, she said, “This necklace contains magical power. It’ll protect you from getting hurt, but you can’t cry in the face of

her. He touched the necklace as if it was the most precious thing in the

your Mommy later, you can’t cry no matter how scared you are, okay? You have to smile and call

started trembling again at the thought of seeing

remember you have the magical necklace to protect you now. There’s no need to be scared, okay?” Corinne kept encouraging him patiently.

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