Chapter 5

lying half-dead on the floor. “Are they your subordinates?” he

Dunn acknowledged with shame, “His name is Walter

out the armed forces for no

accept any punishment.” Thomas Dunn was full of

to camp. You are not

advice. I shall reflect on my mistake,”

a nod of

“What are you still waiting for?” He barked at them, “Get on your knees and apologize! If you upset my

Zahn and his wife clambered to their

and daughter.” Nathan was impassive to their

hastily to kneel in front of Penny and her daughter while sobbing with grief, “Mrs. Cross, Ms. Cross, it was all our fault. We were simply blinded by our own foolishness. Please have mercy

her, she suggested to Nathan,

my dear.” Nathan's lips curved into a rare,

made her

tell from the softness in Penny's eyes that she had already forgiven them. “What are you two still waiting for?”He shouted at

“Scram!”

the door in feverish haste with their fat son in tow, as if they were running away

latter rejected his offer, making

Thomas Dunn disappeared

as the trio made their way out of

Queenie beamed with pride as she gazed at her father. “Now that you're back, I'm sure that nobody

my princess,” Nathan said in a tone full of indulgence. “Papa will never let

listened quietly from the side with tears rolling down her cheeks. Queenie's elated face was a sight to

...

center of

dilapidated building

were no elevators in the

Nathan climbed up

messy,” Penny invited Nathan in as she opened the

living room, Benson Smith, Penny's dad, was reading the newspaper with his reading

Leah Smith, was making dinner in

see his daughter bringing a man

Penny

that she would raise Queenie on her own, blatantly

and walked up to greet

who is this gentleman?” He looked puzzled when he saw Queenie

suitable reply, but little Queenie had already answered in her bubbly voice, “He's my Papa, Grandpa. My Papa

mean that you're the beast who raped my daughter five years ago? So it's you who turned our lives into a

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 was the one who had ruined her life by impregnating her and letting her raise

and look for her! I

out from the kitchen, swinging

shocked little Queenie to

held back her mother with all

tightly to her body,

pointed her cleaver at Nathan as she spat,

calm and orderly world had been upturned by Nathan's sudden reappearance. The Penny and Queenie's wails almost

let out a roar that was uncharacteristic

bellow effectively brought Leah's wild

opportunity to take the cleaver away from Leah's hands. He pulled her into his arms to soothe her. “Get out of our house! Don't ever show your face again!”

will not leave.” Nathan met his gaze with a determined look in his eyes. With Queenie in his arms, his insistence to make up for his family was reflected in his

torment

is happy and blissful, and their future will be a path paved with diamonds. They are

with diamonds?

like mere empty promises to Benson. To him, only a guy full of crap would say such things, and those were the type of people he

like Penny would fall for his honeyed

bawled at Nathan, “Now

police

had raped his daughter. Nonetheless, he refrained from

that point, Penny wiped the tears on her face and said calmly, “Dad, Mum, please let

What?

Leah stared incredulously at their

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