Chapter 5

at Walter Zahn and his wife, who were both lying half-dead on

acknowledged

you the authority to send out the

I will accept any punishment.” Thomas Dunn was full

returned to camp. You

advice. I shall reflect on my

nod of approval

on your

clambered to their knees, groveling

my wife and daughter.” Nathan was impassive to

her daughter while sobbing with grief, “Mrs. Cross, Ms. Cross, it was all our fault. We were simply blinded by our own

kind-hearted nature was easily swayed. Looking at the pathetic couple before her, she suggested to Nathan, “Why don't we give them a

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

made

forgiven them. “What are you two still waiting for?”He shouted at Walter

“Scram!”

in feverish haste with their

welcoming party for Nathan, but the latter rejected his offer,

in his eyes, Thomas Dunn disappeared promptly and

arms as the

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

in a tone full of

tears rolling down her cheeks. Queenie's

...

the center of

an old, dilapidated building that

no elevators in

arms, Nathan climbed up six-stories to get

pretty cramped and messy,” Penny invited Nathan in as she opened the

Penny's dad, was reading the newspaper with

mum, Leah Smith, was making dinner

daughter

first time Penny had ever

she would raise Queenie on her own, blatantly refusing to attend the

down his papers and walked

this gentleman?” He looked puzzled when he

to structure a suitable reply, but little Queenie had already answered in her bubbly voice, “He's my

that mean that you're the beast who raped my daughter five years ago?

standing in front of him was none other than the culprit who had raped her daughter five years

to come and look

woman ran out from the kitchen, swinging a cleaver

outrage from her grandparents shocked little Queenie to the core,

clinging tightly to her body, Leah

cleaver at Nathan as she spat, “You've ruined Penny's life utterly and brought her nothing but pain. You're worse than a beast!

been upturned by Nathan's sudden

a roar that was uncharacteristic of his soft-spoken

Leah's

seized the 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!” He shouted at Nathan scornfully,

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 solemn

the torment Penny went through all these

anymore. They deserve a life that is happy and blissful, and their future will be a path paved with diamonds.

A path paved with diamonds? The whole

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

vulnerable ladies like Penny would fall for

my husband just said? He asked you to leave!” Leah bawled at Nathan, “Now get the hell out of my house!” Her tone

the police if you insist

Nathan was the homeless man who had raped his daughter. Nonetheless, he refrained from doing so as he could not

on her face and said calmly,

What?

and Leah stared incredulously at

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