Chapter 6

Nathan lifted Queenie into his arms and consoled the rest of them, “Let's not get upset over it. Who knows? Derek Harvey might turn up at our house all of a sudden and offer his apology.”

His words only aggravated them and elicited a slew of angry remarks.

“What nerve you have to say such a thing!” Leah vented all her rage on him, “Don't you know that it's all because of you? If you didn't beat up Mr. Harvey and May, Samuel wouldn't have come to our house and made a big fuss about it!”

since she knew that he

out of your mind to say such a thing, Nathan.” She heaved a frustrated sigh, “Why in the world would Mr. Harvey apologize to us? I'll be counting my

“I am sure that he will turn up tomorrow to apologize. You can

rest knew better than to take his word. It was simply against Derek Harvey's insolent nature to apologize when he had been humiliated in such

and became repentant, it was practically impossible for him to show up at their house and apologize, at least from a

because Derek Harvey was still lying in the hospital nursing his broken

for Mr. Harvey to leave the hospital on crutches

quipped soberly, “Let's get down to business and think about how we can offer an apology

Mr. Harvey and seek his forgiveness. Nathan, you'd better come along with

Harvey when they visited him at the hospital tomorrow. Soon, he

took this opportunity to step outside to the balcony and called Colin Dixon,

get accustomed to having Nathan sleep in her room with Queenie, even though he

him on some house rules before she went to bed. “I've heard of the unsightly behaviours when men sleep. I'd appreciate it if you could behave yourself and show us some basic

at a loss for words. ”Sure!” He replied

out a mattress

the question, trying to pass it off as anger. “What silly question is that?” She chastised, “What makes you think that Mama and Papa have to

always do on television?” Queenie blinked

a bad influence on you.” Penny admonished, “No TV for you for

wondering what she had

...

the Smiths woke up to

the scrumptious spread Nathan had prepared, the adults exchanged glances at each

a breakfast packed with nutrients. The table was filled with cereal, eggs,

in, everybody.” He pulled out a chair and sat down, “There's a long day ahead for us. We need to drop Queenie off at kindergarten and buy some fruits and flowers before we visit Mr. Harvey at the hospital.”

“Hello, is anybody

at this hour?”

to sell us some water purifiers? Let me get

out when she opened the door, “W-what are you doing here?” She

Penny? Who's

they heard Penny's gasp. They put down their bowls hastily and rushed to the door. They ended up motionless at

patient's robe was standing at their door. He

in suits stood behind the bald man. They appeared to be

Leah's faces were filled with confusion as

The bald man introduced himself with a cheesy grin on his face, “I'm deeply sorry for having offended Mr. Cross and Ms. Smith yesterday.

What?

words left the Smiths gawking at him with unbelieving eyes. As if their brains were clogged and their throats stuck with bewilderment, they

as they recalled what Nathan had told them last night. His words had come true - Derek Harvey would show up at their

at the side of the table feeding Queenie from her bowl of cereal. The same question popped up in their minds

to pull herself together. She

with fear when

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