Chapter 5

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

Thomas Dunn acknowledged with shame, “His

send out the armed forces for no valid reason, other than to parade them around

my mistake, Sir. I will accept any punishment.” Thomas Dunn was

in your resignation once you've returned to camp. You are

Thank you for your advice. I shall reflect on my

nod of approval from Nathan for

He barked at them, “Get on your knees and

Zahn and his wife clambered to their knees,

wife and

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 on us and let us go, we beg

pathetic couple before her, she suggested to Nathan, “Why don't we give them a chance, since they look like

long as it pleases you, my dear.” Nathan's lips curved into a rare,

made

from the softness in Penny's eyes that she had already forgiven them. “What

“Scram!”

seized the opportunity and stumbled to the door in feverish haste with their fat son in tow, as if

for Nathan, but the latter rejected his offer, making known his desire to spend some quality time with

eyes, Thomas Dunn disappeared promptly and left Nathan

carried Queenie in his arms as the trio made their way out

father. “Now that you're back,

said in a tone full of indulgence. “Papa will never

with tears rolling down

...

- the center of

in an old, dilapidated building

elevators

climbed up six-stories to get to

place is pretty cramped and messy,” Penny

Penny's dad, was reading the

was making dinner in the

Benson to see his daughter bringing a

time Penny had

had vowed to stay single and had insisted that she would raise Queenie on her own, blatantly refusing to attend the matchmaking sessions they had

down his papers and

gentleman?” He looked puzzled when he saw Queenie

already answered in her bubbly voice, “He's my

raped my daughter five years ago? So it's you who turned

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

the audacity to come and look for her! I swear I'll

when a woman ran out from the kitchen, swinging a cleaver madly. Leah Smith's body was

from her grandparents shocked little Queenie

held back her mother with all her

tightly to her body, Leah

Benson's dad.” Leah pointed her cleaver at Nathan as she spat, “You've ruined Penny's life utterly and brought

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

Benson let out a roar that was uncharacteristic of his soft-spoken

effectively brought Leah's wild

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!” He shouted at Nathan scornfully, “The hurt

in his arms, his insistence to make up for his family was reflected

me, I know the torment Penny went through all these

blissful, and 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

with diamonds? The whole world

him, only a guy full of crap would say such things, and those

like Penny would fall for

my husband just said? He asked you to leave!” Leah bawled at Nathan, “Now get the

going to call the police

so when he found out that Nathan was the homeless man who had raped his daughter. Nonetheless, he refrained from doing so as he could not bear to

her face and said calmly, “Dad, Mum,

What?

and Leah stared incredulously at their

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