During my time in the orphanage, prospective parents who wished to become parents often visited.
Of course, they weren't coming to rescue a child like me.
Our orphanage mainly housed children with disabilities, but there were also a few perfectly healthy ones.
They came to adopt them.
For couples to adopt through normal channels, they had to be on a waiting list for at least five years. However, with private orphanages like ours, adoption could happen immediately with cooperation from local authorities.
The foundation of our orphanage was affiliated with a fringe religious sect, and they had a tight grip on influential people in the area.
Politicians, military personnel, government officials, and so on.
With their support, there was nothing they couldn't do legally or illegally.
The director would make parents pay money under the guise of donations to the sect and sell the children.
We envied the children being adopted.
