Chapter 5

wife, who were both lying half-dead on

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

you the authority to send out the armed

will accept any

your resignation once you've returned to camp.

Sir. Thank you for your advice. I shall reflect

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

Dunn then turned towards the couple on the floor. “What are you still waiting for?” He barked at them, “Get on your knees and apologize! If you upset my Sir again, I'll make sure you

their

and daughter.” Nathan was

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 mercy on us and let us go, we

recovered 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

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

reply made her

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

“Scram!”

in feverish haste with their fat son in tow, as if they

lavish welcoming party for Nathan, but the latter rejected

eyes, Thomas Dunn disappeared promptly and left

arms as the trio made their

gazed at her father. “Now that you're back, I'm sure that nobody would dare to bully Mama

said in a tone full of indulgence. “Papa will

side with tears rolling down her

...

- the center of

an old, dilapidated building that was

elevators

his arms, Nathan climbed up six-stories

pretty cramped and messy,” Penny

was

Smith, was making dinner in

his daughter bringing a man

the first time Penny had ever brought a

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

set down his papers and walked up

He looked puzzled when he saw Queenie in

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

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

was none other than

you have the audacity to come and look for her!

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

sudden outrage from her grandparents shocked little Queenie to the core, and she

all her might.

her body, Leah could

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

that his usual calm and orderly world had been upturned by

a roar that was uncharacteristic of his soft-spoken

effectively brought Leah's

of our house! 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

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 and sincere

I know the torment Penny went through all these

and blissful, and their future will be a path paved with diamonds. They are

A path paved with diamonds? The whole

of crap would say such things,

young, vulnerable ladies like Penny would fall for his

bawled at Nathan, “Now get the hell out of my house!” Her tone

the police if you insist

would have already done so when he found out that Nathan was the homeless man who had raped his daughter. Nonetheless, he refrained from doing so as he could not bear to let

wiped the tears on her face and

What?

stared incredulously at

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