Chapter 5

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

works for me,” Thomas Dunn acknowledged with shame,

you the authority to send out the armed forces for

Sir. I will accept

you've returned to camp.

I shall reflect on my

to hear.” Thomas Dunn won a nod of approval from Nathan

you still waiting for?” He barked at them, “Get on your

and his wife clambered to their knees, groveling for forgiveness at Nathan's

and apologize to my wife and daughter.” Nathan was impassive to their

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

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

dear.”

cheeky reply made her

could tell from the softness in Penny's eyes that she had already forgiven them. “What are you two still waiting

“Scram!”

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

Nathan, but the latter rejected his offer, making known his desire to spend

Thomas Dunn disappeared promptly and left Nathan

in his arms as the

as she gazed at her father. “Now that you're back, I'm sure that

princess,” Nathan said in a tone full of indulgence. “Papa will never let anyone bully you and Mama

quietly from the side with tears rolling down her cheeks. Queenie's elated

...

the center of the

dilapidated

elevators in

Queenie in his arms, Nathan climbed up six-stories to get to Penny's

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

Penny's dad, was reading the newspaper with

Leah Smith, was making dinner in

his daughter

was the first time Penny had ever

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

set down his papers and walked up

looked puzzled when he saw Queenie in

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

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

him was none other than the culprit who had raped her daughter five years ago. He was the one who had ruined her

you have the audacity to come and

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

grandparents shocked little Queenie to the core, and

all her

to her body, Leah could not

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

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

a roar that

Leah's wild emotions

Don't ever show your face again!” He shouted at Nathan scornfully, “The hurt you've inflicted on my daughter is irreparable. We've had enough of the pain and torture. Leave

his eyes. With Queenie in his arms, his insistence to make up for his family was reflected in his

know the torment Penny went through all these

their future will be a path paved

blissful life? A path paved with

Benson. To him, only a guy full of crap would

like Penny would fall for his

to leave!” Leah bawled at Nathan, “Now get the hell out of my house!” Her tone was harsh and

the police if you

he found out that Nathan was the homeless man who had raped his daughter. Nonetheless, he refrained from doing

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

What?

stared incredulously

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