Chapter 5

and his wife, who were both lying half-dead on the floor.

for me,” Thomas Dunn acknowledged with shame, “His name is Walter

the authority to send out the armed forces for no valid reason, other

accept

camp. You are not fit for the post!”

you for your advice. I shall reflect on my mistake,”

won a nod of

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

their

wife and daughter.” Nathan was impassive to

scrambled 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

from her initial shock and fear. Her kind-hearted nature was easily swayed. Looking at the pathetic couple before her, she suggested to Nathan, “Why don't

my dear.”

reply made

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

“Scram!”

stumbled to the door in feverish haste with their fat son in

offered to throw a lavish welcoming party for Nathan, but the latter rejected his

a knowing look in his eyes, Thomas Dunn disappeared promptly

arms as the

“Now that you're back, I'm sure that nobody would dare to bully

of indulgence. “Papa will

tears rolling down her cheeks. Queenie's elated face was

...

center

in an old, dilapidated building that was

were no elevators

arms, Nathan climbed up six-stories to get to

place is pretty cramped and messy,” Penny invited Nathan

Penny's dad, was reading the newspaper with his reading

Smith, was

his daughter bringing a man home

was the first time Penny had ever brought

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

his papers and walked up

gentleman?” He looked puzzled when

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

five years ago? So it's you who turned our lives into

rare fit of rage when he discovered that the man standing in front of him was none other than the culprit who had raped

to come and

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

shocked little Queenie

with all

clinging tightly to her

cleaver at Nathan as she spat, “You've ruined Penny's life utterly and

world had been upturned by Nathan's

Benson let out a roar that was uncharacteristic of

Leah's

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 you've

with a determined look in his eyes. With Queenie in his arms, his insistence

I know the torment

suffer in silence anymore. They deserve a life that is happy and blissful, and their future will be a path paved

blissful life? A path paved with diamonds? The

To him, only a guy full of crap would say such things, and those were the type of people

ladies like Penny would fall

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

going to call the police if you

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

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

What?

Benson and Leah stared incredulously at their

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