Chapter 576
In the Police Station, as soon as Meredith went in, she saw Easton sitting inside. She hurriedly stepped
forward and check him carefully. After finding that his clothes were not torn and he was fine, she finally
felt relief.
Easton had said that he saw someone physically abusing a child and he was going to save her. She
worried that if he would be beaten as well. Now, she finally felt relief.
"Mom, I''m fine, but this woman was going to hit my friend on the street. I had no choice but to call the
police."
Hearing the word friend, Meredith was curious.
Easton was precocious and thought other children of his age were naive. He didn''t like to y with
them. It was unexpected that he made a friend.
Meredith looked at the position Easton was pointing at and saw a little girl sitting on a chair, with
uneasiness and fear in her big eyes. Unlike Easton who had a plump and fair face, the little girl looked
skinny. Her dress was too big for her so that she looked more emaciated in that dress.
Meredith felt pity for her. She felt so familiar with the little girl''s expression, which reminded her of
herself in the past when she was alone and helpless.
"We found out that thisdy has indeed beat the child. And we have already criticized her. Now, this
thing is over."
Hearing what the police said, Fiona couldn''t help but tremble.
Easton saw the girl''s reaction and unhappily shouted, "What kind of solution is this?"
He had just noticed that there were a lot of bruises by ps or pinches on Fiona''s body. It looked
shocking. It was obvious that when Fiona was at home, that woman often violently beat Fiona.
If her punishment was just scolding. She, such a shameless woman, would never take it seriously. As a
result, her friend would be beaten again when they returned home.
"Mom, we can''t let her go back that home. Look."
Easton grabbed Fiona''s hand to show Meredith the scars on her body. "I don''t believe that vicious
stepmother will ept the criticism and change. We have to find a way to help my friend."
Seeing so many scars on the little girl''s fair arms, Meredith, as a mother, knew what happened to this
girl. She agreed to what her son said.
"That''s right. Officer, this matter can''t just end this way. If the little girl goes back home and that woman
beats her again, I''m afraid such a young child won''t even be able to call the police. What if tragedy
really happens?"
"What''s your rtionship with them? I suggest you not to meddle in others'' family''s business."
When the police heard that Meredith didn''t want to leave but to pursue the matter, he became
impatient.
Isn''t itmon for parents to educate their children with a rod? If everyone pesters him with such
Meredith frowned and was about to say something more, but the police did not want to listen. "Lady, it''s
not a thing that can be solved in one step. Are you responsible for her whole life?"
After the police finished speaking, he drove them out.
Hearing what the police said, the woman in the corner was not dejected anymore. She gave Fiona a
warning look and pulled her away.
Fiona was scared. She had reported her stepmother''s guilt to the police but her stepmother only got
oral criticism. Obviously, her stepmother didn''t take it seriously. What was waiting for her was her
stepmother''s fiercer abuse.
So she cried out, "No, I don''t want to go home. I''m scared!"
"Where else do you want to go if you don''t go home? Your mother abandoned you a long time ago.
Come on,e home with me."
When the woman found that the police wouldn''t interfere, she took her original violent way to dragged
Fiona.
Seeing that Fiona was crying so miserably, Meredith stopped that woman. "Thisdy, she doesn''t want
to go home with you. Please let go of her hand. You''re hurting her!"
Hearing this, the woman became even angrier, and at this time, her husband came.
When the husband heard that his wife and daughter went to the Police Station, the man felt
embarrassed.
"Hubby, it''s all because of this little bitch. I asked her to go out and buy something. But she called the
police to arrest me."
Hearing this, the man red at Fiona and pped her without saying a word. When Meredith saw this,
she stepped forward and tried to stop him.
However, her strength was no match for a robust young man.
She was pushed. Then she staggered a few steps and fell to the ground.
Easton saw the scene and was extremely angry. He went to help and said, "Do you know who my
father is? He''s the president of Xavier Group, Derek. How dare you do this to us now? Aren''t you afraid
of our retaliation?"
"Derek?"
Hearing the name, the man paused for a moment.
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Of course, he knew Derek. Although he was just an ordinary employee, he knew how powerful the
Xaviers was in J City.
If he really offended Derek, he even could not get an ordinary job in J City.
So, the man scanned Easton a few times, and he actually thought that this child really looked like
Derek on TV.
"Are you really Derek''s son?"
Easton red at him. "Or you are? Tell that shrew to let go of her hand!"
The man hesitated for a while, but in the end, he did not dare to act rashly but pulled the woman away
and left quickly.
Fiona was thrown to the ground by them as if she were a dispensable object.
Fiona watched them drove the car and left. Though she hoped to leave that family, now she felt sad
being abandoned like this.
Seeing this, Meredith felt pitiful. He walked over and said, "Don''t be afraid. Go home with me first. If
you have anything want to say, I will listen to you. Don''t worry."
Fiona looked at Meredith, then at Easton, and finally nodded heavily.
Easton was relieved that he had finally saved his little follower from the devil''s den.
He held Fiona''s hand and got into the car together.
Meredith was behind them.
The two children wanted to talk, so they sat in the back seat. Meredith sat in the front passenger seat.
Listening to their chatter, she thought of what Easton said.
At that time, if not Easton said that his father was Derek, perhaps Fiona would have been pulled back
home and have to suffer physical abuse.
Although she was unwilling to admit it, Meredith clearly felt that the gap between her and Derek was
indeed very big.
Would Easton be happy with her?