As Raegan reached the entrance, the sound of a child's cries broke out from inside.

Raegan hurried in to find a well-built man dragging a child across the floor, a cigarette dangling from his mouth and a malicious smile on his face. "Pay up, or this child is getting sold!" he threatened.

A woman in a yellow dress was holding onto the child, her sobs cutting through the noise. “Please, you can't take him! He's ill!" she begged.

The man was unfazed. "Your child ruined my watermelons. Ten thousand dollars won't even cover the damage. Those were imported, mind you!"

"He didn't mean to! Your watermelons were in the way on the sidewalk.

He barely touched them. Plus, he's just a child and couldn't have crushed them," the woman protested.

“So, what are you implying? You think I'm trying to trick you?"

Despite suspecting the man's scam, the woman hesitated to argue back.

Being a single mother made her feel vulnerable, aware of the danger she and her child faced.

Falling to her knees with a desperate look, she pressed her hands together. "Not at all. It's just I don't have that kind of money with me right now. Please, just give me some time."

"So, you think playing the helpless victim will work? Waiting for a hero to save the day? You think I'm easy to trick?"

Suddenly, filled with anger, the man kicked the woman hard, causing blood to spray from her mouth. Despite the pain, she held on to her child with all her might.

The man had barged into the woman's home, wrecking everything in his search for money, but found nothing. “You've got it hidden somewhere!" he yelled, kicking the woman twice more fiercely. "You think you can play games with me?"

Raegan's eyes widened when she saw the child's face. This little boy seemed oddly familiar, as though she had met him before. But the woman's and child's screams snapped her back to the harsh reality.

Grabbing a shovel from the front porch, Raegan charged at the man and hit him hard on the head.

The man crumpled to the ground, nursing his bleeding skull. “Who in the world did that?" he shouted.

Raegan quickly took the woman and her child by the hand, whispering, “Nicole sent me. Let's go."

Worried the crazed man would rise to his feet soon and cause trouble, Raegan pulled the woman and ran.

What Raegan didn't expect was to run into someone as she rushed through the door.

Raegan's eyes widened in shock. What a twist! It was the very lady who had wanted to rip her off and then skedaddled!