Chapter 2

Penny did not struggle in his arms. It was as if she had lost her will to fight.

sign of defiance was the tears that spilled over the

had lived her life in the past five years like a zombie, benumbing herself to the relentless insults and humiliation targeted at her. She had thought of ending her life several times to escape from the pain and misery, but each time, her daughter's face would

of this devil who had torn her

was the one who had brought the relentless misery

strive to work hard and stay single for the rest of her life. Her only purpose was to make up for her daughter's sufferings by

the man who had started the tragedy five years ago and brought upon the most torturous times of her life was now back to haunt her. It was like rubbing salt in her wound. Upon his reappearance, all the poignant memories which had been long buried came back to life,

a break. She prayed to God for a little salvation, earnestly begging the heavens to stop piling up on her

piteous state was unbearable to Nathan. He gently put her down and let her stand on her

our daughter, please?” A stony-hearted creature like him was a complete stranger to tenderness, but he begged for the first time in the gentlest

sake of our daughter, and for you as well, please give me a chance,”

quivered uncontrollably when he

glint of hope

of hell you both have gone through over the years,” Nathan continued to plead in his soft voice, “I know that you loathe me too, but please give me a

are more prone to suffer from personality disorders, which

give me a

eyes reflected a whirlwind of emotions as she ruminated on his words. Queenie was growing

never be complete, let alone offer a sense

heart whenever she saw the pitiful look on Queenie's face when she

turn away and wipe her tears

needs

determination in Nathan's eyes only

but she finally agreed, “Alright, I'll give you

you the chance because she needs a papa in her life. But let me give

to be clear, the fact that Queenie calls you papa does not mean you are my husband, do you

nodded

well that Penny was giving him the opportunity to reunite with Queenie because she wanted the young girl

to forgive him for the pain he had inflicted on her, let alone take him

invisible web within her, creating a deadly mess of entangled knots. He knew that it would take time to untwine

...

inside the elementary classroom of Golden Apple Kindergarten, the

designer wear was gloating with delight,

tied to the neck of a little girl who was being towed

impatiently and shouted at her, “Don't you know you're my dog, Queenie? Dogs are supposed to bark, do it

crawled on her limbs like a puppy, her grubby face stained with chalk dust. She was a

grime and dust was a well-defined face with the winsome features of a

boy kept tugging at the rope around her neck, which left her gasping for

her inaction, the fat boy pestered her again, “Queenie, I'm warning you, bark, or I'll get everyone to wallop

pitifully, “No, don't call me a

I say you're a b******, you'd better act like one. Now, do as I say and bark like

rest of the kids laughed at what they saw, as if they were watching

Penny had just reached

leashed like a puppy threw Penny into a state of shock. She rushed forward and lifted Queenie into

tossed it away as if it were a repulsive snake. “What happened to you, Queenie?”

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