Chapter 2
Penny did not struggle in his arms. It was as if she had lost her will to fight.
tears that spilled over the corners
her. She had thought of ending her life several times to escape
devil who had torn
the relentless
stay single for the rest of her life. Her only purpose was to make up for her daughter's sufferings by giving her a
that the man who had started the tragedy five years ago and brought upon the most torturous times of her life was now back to haunt her. It was like rubbing salt in her wound. Upon his reappearance, all the poignant memories which had been long buried came back
for a little salvation, earnestly begging
of Penny's piteous state was unbearable to Nathan. He gently put her down and let her stand on her
you and our daughter, please?” A stony-hearted creature like him was a complete stranger to tenderness, but he begged for the first time in the
our daughter, and for you as well, please give me a chance,” he
uncontrollably when he uttered 'our
a glint of hope as
have gone through over the years,” Nathan continued to plead
more prone to suffer from personality disorders, which
me a
reflected a whirlwind of emotions as she ruminated on his words.
a father could never be complete, let alone offer a sense
the pitiful look on Queenie's face when she asked for her
could only turn away and wipe her tears as she had no answer for her dear
Queenie needs
Nathan's eyes
took her a long time to decide, but she finally agreed, “Alright, I'll give
in her life. But
calls you papa does not mean you are my husband, do
nodded his
that Penny was giving him the opportunity to reunite with Queenie because she wanted the young girl to
would take a lifetime for her to forgive him for the pain he had
deadly mess of entangled knots. He knew that it would take time to untwine and unravel those knots of pain and
...
inside the elementary classroom of Golden Apple Kindergarten, the teacher was nowhere to
pudgy boy decked in designer wear was gloating with delight, pulling on a
to the neck of a little girl who
shouted at her, “Don't you know you're my dog, Queenie? Dogs are supposed to bark, do
victim crawled on her limbs like a puppy, her grubby face stained
well-defined face with the winsome features of a pretty, innocent
boy kept tugging at the rope around her neck, which left her gasping
fat boy pestered her again, “Queenie, I'm warning you, bark, or I'll get
red-rimmed, Queenie sobbed pitifully, “No, don't call me
am the king of this place and when I say you're a b******, you'd better act like one. Now, do as I say and bark like a dog!”
they saw, as if they were watching a comical
and Penny had just reached the entrance of the
puppy threw Penny into a
away as if it were a repulsive snake. “What happened
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