Chapter 2

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

only sign of defiance was the tears that spilled over the corners

several times to escape from the pain and misery, but each time, her daughter's face would surface in

devil who had torn her life

had brought the relentless misery and despair upon her and her

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

yearned for a break. She prayed to God for a little

He gently put her down and let her stand on

you give me a chance to make up to you and our daughter, please?” A stony-hearted creature like him was a

the sake of our daughter, and for you

quivered uncontrollably when he uttered 'our

gifted her with a glint of hope as

the years,” Nathan continued to plead

families are more prone to suffer from

give me a chance,

reflected a whirlwind of emotions as she ruminated on his words.

without a father could never be complete, let alone offer

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

only turn away and wipe her tears as she had

Queenie needs

Nathan's eyes only

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

needs a papa in her life. But let me give you a stern warning - do nothing that

you papa does

nodded

the opportunity to reunite with Queenie

for her to forgive him for the pain he had

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 those knots

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of Golden Apple Kindergarten, the teacher was nowhere

decked in designer wear was gloating with

of a little girl who was being

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

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

and dust was a well-defined face with the winsome features of a pretty, innocent young

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

“Queenie, I'm warning you, bark, or I'll get

sobbed pitifully, “No, don't call me

like one. Now, do as I say and bark like a dog!” The fat boy

they saw, as if they

and Penny had just reached the entrance of

daughter being leashed like a puppy threw Penny into a state of shock. She rushed

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

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