Chapter 2
Penny did not struggle in his arms. It was as if she had lost her will to fight.
of defiance was the tears that spilled over
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
all because of this devil who had torn her life
brought the relentless misery and despair
for the rest of her life. Her only purpose was to make
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, flashing across
for a break. She prayed to God for a little salvation, earnestly
to Nathan. He gently put
make up to you and our daughter, please?” A stony-hearted creature like him was a complete stranger to tenderness, but he begged for the
sake of our daughter, and for you
quivered uncontrollably when he uttered 'our
glint of hope as she slowly lifted
Nathan continued to plead in his soft voice, “I know that you loathe
prone to suffer from personality
give me
emotions as she ruminated on his words. Queenie was growing up fast and getting more sensible by the
family without a father could never be complete, let alone offer a sense of normalcy and oneness to the
saw the pitiful look on Queenie's face when she asked for
tears as she had no answer for
needs
eyes only fueled her
a long time to decide, but she finally agreed,
a papa in her life. But let me give you a stern
Queenie calls you papa does not mean you are my husband,
nodded
was giving him the opportunity to reunite with Queenie because she wanted the
a lifetime for her to forgive him for the pain he had inflicted on her,
a deadly mess of entangled knots. He knew that it would take
...
elementary classroom of Golden Apple Kindergarten, the teacher
boy decked in designer wear was gloating with delight, pulling on
neck of a little girl who was being towed along
at her, “Don't you know you're my dog, Queenie? Dogs are
her limbs like a puppy, her grubby face stained with chalk
and dust was a well-defined face with the winsome features of a pretty, innocent
rope around her neck, which left
again, “Queenie, I'm warning you, bark, or I'll get everyone to wallop you. You're a stupid b******
“No,
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!” The fat boy was relentlessly cruel and
they saw, as if they were watching a
had just reached the entrance of
like a puppy threw Penny into a state of shock. She rushed forward and
untied the rope from Queenie's neck and tossed it away as if it were a repulsive snake. “What happened to you, Queenie?” She
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