Chapter Kind Perona

"Sold?"

Judy thought she had heard wrong and was particularly shocked, "Avery, are you serious, all of the children, sold? Even their own children, they have the heart to sell? That's illegal!"

"In the small mountain village, people in the past didn't understand the law," Avery said, "Andrew is Aaron's eldest son, the first child in the family, and generally wouldn't be given away. Besides Andrew, Aaron also had three daughters and three sons, all sold."

Judy thought of what John had said earlier, that he had three elder sisters and two elder brothers above him, all of whom had died in accidents.

Avery said there were three sons besides Andrew, so John must be the third.

John's longing for family, his effort to find his relatives, and the truth that he was sold off, not stolen at the train station.

The sins of Aaron and Scarlett, now facing retribution, yet forcing John to bear the consequences? Why should John support them?

Judy was particularly angry, and she couldn't help but think