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 corners of her

had thought of ending her life several times to escape from the pain and misery, but each time, her

this devil who had torn

the one who had brought the relentless misery and

hard and stay single for the rest of her life. Her only purpose

that 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,

prayed to God for a little

was unbearable to Nathan. He gently put her down and

like him was a complete stranger to

and for you as well, please give

when he uttered 'our

with a glint of hope as she

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

from single-parent families are more prone to suffer from personality disorders, which may

me a

she ruminated on his words. Queenie

never be complete, let alone offer a sense of normalcy and oneness to the

saw the pitiful look on Queenie's

away and wipe her tears as she had no answer for her

needs a

in Nathan's eyes only fueled her

her a long time to decide, but she finally agreed, “Alright, I'll give you a chance

in her life. But let

Queenie calls you papa does not mean you are

nodded

reunite with Queenie because she wanted the young girl to have a

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

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

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pudgy boy decked in designer wear was gloating with delight, pulling on a

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

makeshift leash impatiently and shouted at her, “Don't you know you're my dog, Queenie? Dogs are supposed

like a puppy, her grubby face stained with chalk dust. She was a little

face with the winsome features of a pretty, innocent

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

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

pitifully, “No, don't call me a b******,

and when I say you're a b******, you'd better act like one. Now, do as I say and bark like a dog!” The fat boy was

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

had just reached

Penny into a state of shock. She rushed forward and lifted Queenie into

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

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