Chapter 699 Beggars Can’t Be Choosers

Michael wasn’t convinced. He started the engine and said, “That gave me a shock. I thought he had hit you.”

Zoey said nothing.

Michael blabbered like he weren’t a foreigner. He was using this chance to practice the language. “What do you think he meant by that? It feels like he’s up to something, but he still returned Teddy.”

He glanced at Zoey in the backseat.

Zoey was doubtful, too. “What was it like at the Scott’s? Did anyone pick on you?”

A biological father might not hurt his child. However, if anyone else in that family didn’t like the child, they could scheme in secret. Although Teddy was smart, he was no match for sleazy adults.

Teddy thought about it and said, “No.”

He clung tightly to his mother and curled his fingers around hers. “There was a granny who was very nice and gentle to me. I don’t hate her, Mommy.”

Zoey remembered Mrs. Scott. She was a really nice person who never treated her cruelly. She had almost forgotten her. She relaxed a little, but then her heart