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Chapter 229
Pattie was freezing, clad only in a thin tee and a pair of flimsy pants.
Autumn had arrived in Riverdale, with biting cold weather and a huge temperature difference between
day and night. The icy-cold floor was unbearable for her to sleep on, she longed for the warmth of a
bed, but Penny wouldn’t allow it.
There were two bedrooms in the house. One was for Penny and her son, and the other was locked,
purposely to keep Pattie out during the night.
Feeling helpless and scared, Pattie didn’t dare to shed a tear, for fear of waking Penny and getting a
beating. She stole a glance at Penny’s room, and only after hearing no sound from within, she carefully
crawled onto the couch to sleep.
The couch was a bit warmer. Without a blanket, she could only use the couch cover to shield herself
from the cold. Still, she was freezing. She curled up tightly like a poor little cat.
Pattie hugged herself tightly and began to miss Ana’s embrace, which was always so warm. She
closed her eyes and tried hard to fall asleep, knowing that sleeping was the only way she could escape
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtthe cold. She whispered quietly, “Dad, when are you coming back, Dad.” Her life was slightly better
when Leo was at home.
Perhaps due to exhaustion, Pattie finally fell asleep. Her hands and feet were cold as ice. She intended
to rush back to the floor before Penny woke up, but she couldn’t move. She had started to run a fever
after the cold night.
Pattie had a dream where she was sleeping on a soft and warm bed.
“You naughty girl, who allowed you to sleep on the couch?” Penny came out of her room and was
furious to see Pattie sleeping on the couch. She picked up a stick and started beating her. This stick
was specifically used to punish Pattie.
Pattie was woken up by the pain. Crying out loud, she clutched Penny’s stick, pleading, “Mum, please
stop, I was wrong, I won’t do it again.”
“You disobedient child, you dare to defy me. I told you to sleep on the floor, yet you sneak onto the
couch. Look how dirty you made my couch. I’m gonna kill you.”
Penny kicked Pattie away in anger and resumed her merciless beating. The neighbors shook their
heads at the sound of the heartbreaking cries.
While Penny was beating Pattie, suddenly, Pattie fell to the floor and remained motionless. Thinking
Pattie was playing dead, Penny gave her a kick. “You naughty girl, stop playing dead. Get up and make
formula for your brother.”
Pattie still didn’t respond. Penny panicked and dropped the stick, feeling for Pattie’s breath. Pattie was
still alive. She touched Pattie’s forehead, and it was burning hot. Pattie had a fever.
Penny didn’t take Pattie to the hospital as that would cost money. She left Pattie alone and went out for
breakfast with her son.
Pattie lay on the floor with a high fever that wouldn’t subside..
After breakfast, Penny was called by her friends to play poker, and she completely forgot about Pattie
who was running a fever and had passed out at home.
Pattie didn’t go to school. The school teacher called Penny several times, but nobody answered.
Anastasia went to school to visit Pattie and learned that she didn’t come to school that day. Worried,
she went to Penny’s house to find her.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAnastasia rang the doorbell for a long time, but no one answered. Just then, a neighbor came out of his
house and asked, “Who are you looking for?”
“Hello, I live in building three. Do you know if this family is out? Have you seen Pattie? She didn’t come
to school today, so I came to check on her.”
The neighbor replied, “I didn’t see Pattie. I did hear her crying this morning, and then it went quiet. I
don’t know where Penny went.”
Hearing this, Anastasia became very anxious. She knocked on the door and called out, “Pattie, Pattie,
are you home? If you are, please answer me.”
But there was still no response. Anastasia was extremely worried. She tried to call Leo, but no one
answered the phone. Finally, she had no choice but to call the police.
Anastasia explained the situation to the police and showed her identification. The police then broke into
the house.
As soon as she entered, Anastasia saw Pattie lying on the floor, her body covered in bruises from
being beaten with a stick and
feverish. “She’s got a fever, she needs to be taken to the hospital.” Anastasia picked up Pattie and said
to the police, “Could you please take us to the hospital? This child has a high fever.”
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