Chapter 5
and his wife, who were both lying
acknowledged with shame,
who gave you the authority to send out the armed forces for no
Sir. I will accept any punishment.” Thomas Dunn was full of
once you've returned to camp. You are not fit for the post!” ordered
advice. I shall reflect on my mistake,” Thomas Dunn
nod of approval from Nathan for
He barked at them, “Get on your knees and apologize! If you upset my Sir again, I'll make sure you
to their knees, groveling for forgiveness at Nathan's
wife and
with grief, “Mrs. Cross, Ms. Cross, it was all our fault. We were simply blinded by our own foolishness. Please have mercy
kind-hearted nature was easily swayed. Looking at the pathetic couple before her, she suggested to Nathan, “Why don't we give
you, my dear.”
cheeky reply made
she had already forgiven them. “What are you two still waiting for?”He shouted at Walter Zahn and
“Scram!”
the door in feverish haste with their fat son in tow, as if they were running
latter rejected his offer, making known his desire to spend
look in his eyes, Thomas Dunn disappeared promptly
arms as the trio made their way
pride as she gazed at her father. “Now that you're back, I'm sure that nobody would dare to bully
princess,” Nathan said in a tone full of indulgence. “Papa will never
tears rolling down her
...
the center of
lived in an old, dilapidated building that
no elevators in the
Queenie in his arms, Nathan climbed up six-stories to get to
the place is pretty cramped and messy,” Penny invited
was reading the newspaper with his
Leah Smith, was making dinner
surprised Benson to see his daughter bringing a man
Penny had ever brought
would raise Queenie on her own, blatantly refusing to attend the matchmaking sessions they
papers and walked up
this gentleman?” He looked puzzled when he
little Queenie had already answered in her bubbly voice, “He's my Papa,
raped my daughter five years ago? So it's you who turned our lives into a
was a soft-spoken, humble man who hardly raised his voice. He flew into a rare fit of rage when he discovered that the man standing in front of him was none other than the culprit who had raped her daughter five years ago. He
to come and look for
a woman ran out from the
sudden outrage from her grandparents shocked little Queenie to the
all her might. “Mum, please don't----” she
tightly to her body, Leah
mansion by Benson's dad.” Leah pointed her cleaver at Nathan as she spat, “You've ruined Penny's
see that his usual calm and orderly world had been upturned by Nathan's sudden
out a roar that
effectively brought Leah's wild
arms to soothe her. “Get out of our house! Don't ever show your face
gaze with a determined look in his eyes. With Queenie in his arms, his insistence to make up for
torment Penny
their future will be a path paved with diamonds. They are my family, my queen and my princess, and I'll make sure that they
path paved with diamonds? The whole world under their
only a guy full of crap would
like Penny would
you to leave!” Leah bawled at
the police if you insist
Nathan was the homeless man who had raped his
face and
What?
stared incredulously
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