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 of her

of ending her life several times to escape from the pain and misery, but each time, her daughter's face would surface in her mind. With her daughter as her sole anchor, Penny gritted her teeth

all because of this devil

one who had brought the relentless misery and despair upon

for the rest of her life. Her only purpose was to make

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

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

unbearable to Nathan. He gently put her down and let

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

our daughter, and for you

uncontrollably when he

gifted her with a glint of hope

you both have gone through 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

give me a

of emotions as she ruminated on his words. Queenie was growing up fast and getting more sensible by the

without a father could never be complete, let alone offer a sense of

she saw the pitiful look on Queenie's face when she asked for her

she could only turn away and wipe her tears as she had no

needs

Nathan's eyes

but she finally agreed, “Alright,

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

Queenie calls you papa does not mean you are my

Nathan nodded his

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

take a lifetime for her to forgive him for the pain he had inflicted on

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

...

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

designer wear was gloating with delight, pulling on a

the rope was tied to the neck of a little

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 girl around the age

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

around her neck, which

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 b****** who doesn't even

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

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

at what they saw, as if they were watching

and Penny had just reached the entrance of the

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

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 burning

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