You More Than Anything In The World

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.

dilapidated and

would not have believed that there was still such severe poverty in this

glanced at the surroundings and felt uncomfortable about what

his child grew up in such

find them

could not ascertain whether Tim was

and Ethen immediately ordered his subordinates to find where

a child and an old lady could go at

life?” Benjamin sat on a stone bench and looked at the messy kitchen. He frowned when he thought there might have been

and told Benjamin about Tim’s life. “Mary and James loved the boy and regarded him as their own. Unfortunately, life became difficult after Raphael

James’ sickness recurred and worsened rapidly. He soon passed away, leaving 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. Perhaps Tim brought Mary to see a doctor. I think the mine workers were paid

someone

he emanated an

moment before realizing that Benjamin was talking about Tim. “Terrible. Raphael frequently scolded and beat Tim up. Furthermore, he even wanted to sell Tim, but

fury. “Why did you not call

“It’s a complicated matter, and the police are reluctant to get involved in family matters. As long as it is not too much, no one would

the town’s surveillance footage and quickly sought Rick’s confirmation. “Mr. Griffin,

went to Ethen’s side and looked at it before nodding. “Yeah, it’s

surveillance footage. It showed Tim’s back but