Chapter 2

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

the tears

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 surface in her mind. With her daughter as her sole anchor, Penny gritted her

this devil who had torn her

one who had brought the relentless misery and despair upon her

of her life. Her only purpose was to make up for her daughter's

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

prayed to God for a little salvation, earnestly

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

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

sake of our daughter, and for you as well,

quivered uncontrollably when he

a glint of

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

families are more prone to suffer

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 a sense of normalcy and oneness to

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

and wipe her tears

needs

determination in Nathan's eyes only

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

her life. But let me give you a

you papa does not mean you are my husband,

Nathan nodded his

was giving him the opportunity to reunite with Queenie because she wanted the young girl to have a bright

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

mess of entangled knots. He knew that it would take time to untwine and

...

inside the elementary classroom of Golden Apple Kindergarten, the teacher

in designer wear was gloating with delight, pulling on

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

impatiently and shouted at her, “Don't you know you're my dog, Queenie?

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

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

around her neck, which

“Queenie, I'm warning you, bark, or I'll get everyone to wallop you. You're a stupid b****** who doesn't

pitifully, “No,

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

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

Penny had just reached

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

the rope from Queenie's neck and tossed it away as if it were a repulsive snake. “What happened

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