Chapter 2

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

the tears that spilled over the

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

all because of this devil

the one who had brought the relentless misery and

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

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

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

was unbearable to Nathan. He gently put her down and let her

him was a complete stranger to tenderness, but he begged for the first time in the gentlest manner he could

you as well, please give me

when he

glint of hope as she slowly lifted her

over the years,” Nathan continued to plead in his soft voice, “I know that you

to suffer

give me a chance,

she ruminated on his words. Queenie was growing up fast

father could never be complete, let alone offer a sense of normalcy and oneness

pitiful look on

wipe her tears as she had no answer for her

Queenie needs

in Nathan's eyes only fueled

but she finally agreed, “Alright, I'll give you a chance to reunite

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

you papa does not mean you are my husband, do you get

nodded

with Queenie

the pain he had inflicted on her, let alone take

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

...

inside the elementary classroom of Golden Apple Kindergarten, the teacher was nowhere

designer wear was gloating with

to the neck of

at her, “Don't you know you're my dog, Queenie? Dogs

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

well-defined face with the winsome features of a pretty,

kept tugging at the rope around her

warning you, bark, or I'll

“No, don't call me a

the king of this place and when I say you're a b******, you'd better act like one. Now, do as I say and bark like a dog!”

at what they saw, as if they

and Penny had just reached the entrance

puppy threw Penny into a state of shock. She rushed forward and

rope from Queenie's neck and tossed it away as if it were a repulsive snake. “What happened to you, Queenie?”

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