“Bradley, can you go to the village to find out more about Tim's situation?” Arissa instructed Bradley.
Meanwhile, Bradley stood at the door and was about to head off. “Boss, I will go there now and call you if I find anything.”
“Sure, be careful,” Arissa reminded before hanging up the call.
She watched the surveillance footage again and sighed.
At the same time, Gavin and the other children also found out that Raphael had been arrested due to Tim. Thus, Gavin called Tim to meet in the neighboring room.
Zachary asked, “Tim, the police have arrested your Uncle Raphael. Did you report him?”
Tim looked at them for a moment before nodding.
Then, Gavin asked, “Why did you ask the police to arrest him? Did he do something wrong?”
Oliver and Jasper also looked at Tim curiously.
Tim nodded. “He hit Great-grandaunt!”
The other children exchanged glances.
Zachary asked, “Did he hit you too?”
He must have been violent that Tim reported him.
Tim looked down and shook his head. “He did not hit me!”
However, the four other children exchanged glances again and did not believe Tim.
“Tim, you have to tell us the truth. We will help you!” Jasper looked at Tim with a frown.
“Tim, you need to tell us the truth so that we can help you! We must punish bad people!” Oliver advised him.
Zachary asked, “Tim, are you sure he never hit you?”
Gavin added, “Tim, you can tell us. We promise we won't tell Mommy!”
Tim looked at them. After some time, he finally nodded and said, “He hit me before!”
“That monster! He is evil. How can he hit a child? Furthermore, how could someone hit his mother? He is worse than a beast!” Zachary responded furiously.
“How dare he hit Tim! I will teach him a lesson when I see him!” Oliver added. The four children were all furious after hearing what Raphael had done.
Tim was touched to see them feeling indignant on their behalf.
However, he remembered how vengeful Raphael was and felt afraid. “Do you think they will release him?”
Gavin and the others comforted him. “Don't worry. We will ask Daddy for help. He will know how to stop Raphael from leaving the prison.”
“Other than hitting you and Great-grandaunt, did he do anything else?” Gavin asked.
Tim frowned and began to inform Gavin and the others of all the bad things Raphael did. “He loves gambling and borrowed money from loan sharks!”
After Tim finished speaking, Gavin, Zachary, Oliver, and Jasper hugged him. “Tim, we will protect you from now on. We won't allow anyone to bully you anymore!”
They all thought that Tim had suffered too much.
“Thank you!” Tim was moved by them.
“I hid from him sometimes, so he only hit me a few times. He had hit Great-grandaunt too when she was trying to protect me. In the end, she suffered a severe injury. One time, he hit her until she bled and fell to the floor...” Tim suddenly choked on his words and could not continue.
The other four children's hearts ached. They hugged him to give him strength.
“Tim, we should tell Daddy, and he will get people to teach Raphael a lesson!” Gavin said furiously.
“No, you must not tell Mr. Graham!” Tim looked down.
“Why not?” Zachary looked at Tim in confusion. “Although the police have arrested Raphael, he would be released in a few days if we don't ask Mr. Graham for help. While we can teach him a lesson ourselves, we are still children. It is better to lock him up. Thus, we need Mr. Graham's help for that!”
“I... I'm afraid that Mr. Graham will worry!” Tim bit his lower lip. He did not want to tell Benjamin what had happened, fearing that he would worry.
Gavin smiled and patted Tim's head. “Tim, even if we don't tell Daddy, he will still find out. Perhaps, he already knows about it. How did Daddy find you?”
Tim was stunned. “He found me in the hospital!”
“I believe Mr. Graham must have found you by following the clues. He searched for you the whole night!” Jasper stroked his chin.
Meanwhile, Oliver adjusted his glasses. “I think the surveillance cameras must have recorded you when you went to make a police report. They searched the entire city for you based on this clue.”
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