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

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.

devil who had torn her

relentless misery and

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

did she know 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,

to God for a little salvation, earnestly begging

was unbearable to Nathan. He gently put her down and let her stand on

up to you and our daughter, please?” A stony-hearted creature like him was a complete stranger to tenderness, but he begged for

and for you as

when he uttered 'our

with a glint of hope as she

know what kind of hell you both have gone through over the years,” Nathan continued to plead in his soft voice, “I know

suffer from personality disorders,

me a

words. Queenie

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

her heart whenever she saw the pitiful look on

away and wipe her tears as

needs a

eyes only

agreed, “Alright, I'll give

But let me give you a stern warning - do nothing that might

papa does not mean you are my husband,

Nathan nodded his

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

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

deadly mess of entangled knots. He knew that it would take time to untwine and unravel those knots of pain and

...

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

boy decked in designer wear was

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

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

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

with

around her

I'm warning you, bark, or I'll get everyone to wallop you. You're a stupid

eyes red-rimmed, Queenie sobbed pitifully, “No, don't call me a

I am 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

laughed at what they saw, as if they were watching

just reached the entrance of the

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

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

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