�Wait!� Renee stopped the man who was about to take the woman away.

The woman frigidly turned to her and smiled bitterly. �Are you going to save me?� she asked.

Renee shook her head. �I neither have the intention nor the capability to do that.�

�Then what are you trying to do?�

�You said you have a son, and that he will become an orphan once you die. Is that true?�

�That wasn�t a lie,� the woman�s smile became even more bitter now. �I do indeed have a son who�s seriously ill. He needs a lot of money for the treatment. That�s the reason I stole from Carmine Pawnshop, that�s why I broke their rules. But I guess without me my son wouldn�t really be orphaned, since he still has his father��

�That�s fine, then.�

The heavy burden weighing on Renee�s heart lifted a little. If anything really happened to this woman, at least her child still had his father, so he would not be totally alone and abandoned in this world.

�Still, his father is now married to his former mistress, and they have another son who�s turning a month in a few days, so I fear that he would have no time to take care of my son��

�Then��

Renee suddenly became distraught again. Just as she was about to say something,

Chase coldly urged the man, �Stop wasting time! Take her away!�

The man in the black suit then escorted the woman as she disappeared into the darkness of the night. No one knew what eventually happened to her, much less what became of her son. Renee could not help but think of her children, Adie and Abby� If anything ever happened to her, then her twins would suffer exactly the same misfortune as the woman�s son, with their fates hanging by a thread�

Chase turned to Renee and asked her, �You feel sorry for her don�t you?�

�I just feel sorry for her son.�

�There�s nothing to be done,� he said.

�She made this choice herself. Her name is Rosie. She got divorced about three years ago. When she hit rock bottom, she couldn�t even afford to fill her belly with food. By chance, I stumbled upon her and asked her to come work at Carmine Pawnshop with me. She became my helper and was pretty talented in appraising precious items. I had planned to train her as my apprentice, but� it turns out that I�ve been raising a wolf that would eventually betray me. How disappointing!�

�Perhaps she really was at wit�s end, that�s why she��

�No matter how desperate she was, she has to be punished for breaking the rules of Carmine Pawnshop. You must understand that in our line of work, betrayal is the worst crime and is absolutely unacceptable. If we don�t set a good example, we will lose the trust and respect of the public!�

Chase clenched his fists and seemed just as upset as Renee was. He was clearly feeling sorry for his apprentice too. JrNovels.com