The More The Merrier

Chapter 436 Is He My Son

“Yes, there is a mine on the mountain. It’s hard to build a road up the mountain, so the owner of the mine hired many adults and children from the village to carry the mining products from the mountain…” Rick said.

Ethen could not imagine how a young child could work.

Benjamin went into the house and took a look around.

The house consisted of three rooms. The one in the middle was the living room.

The other two rooms were most likely bedrooms.

One of the rooms had a big bed made by combining a few benches.

“Mary and Tim stayed in this room,” Rick explained.

The room was messy, but it was clean.

The other bedroom belonged to Raphael. None of the doors had locks and were only partially closed.

Anyone could enter and leave freely. Furthermore, the kitchen consisted only of a thatched roof surrounded by a fence.

and had nothing

seen the house in person, he would not have

the surroundings and felt

saddened him to think that his child grew up

find them fast,” Ethen

Therefore, they could not ascertain whether Tim was the

ordered his subordinates to find where the

a child and an old lady could

about their daily life?” Benjamin sat on a stone bench and looked at the messy kitchen. He frowned when

as their own. Unfortunately, life became difficult after Raphael came out of prison. Raphael liked gambling, so he would often force them to give him money and would beat them up if they

only Mary and Tim. Since Mary could hardly walk and had many illnesses, she could not work. Thus, it fell onto Tim to provide for the family. He had to go out to work for their living expenses and Mary’s medical expenses.

ordered someone to check at

darkened, and he emanated an icy aura. “How did Raphael

Benjamin was talking about Tim. “Terrible. Raphael frequently scolded and beat Tim up. Furthermore, he even wanted to sell Tim, but Mary protected the boy from him. Since Tim has been earning money, Raphael had

“Why

are reluctant to get involved in family matters. As long as it is not too much, no one would

and quickly sought Rick’s confirmation. “Mr. Griffin, is this old lady and child

before nodding. “Yeah, it’s them. It seems they have gone to the

got up and glanced at the surveillance footage. It showed Tim’s back but