Chapter 5

both lying half-dead on the floor. “Are they

Thomas Dunn acknowledged with shame,

into a rage, “Tell me, who gave you the authority to send out the armed forces for no valid reason, other than to parade them around

Sir. I will accept any

camp. You are not fit

you for your advice. I shall reflect on my mistake,” Thomas Dunn said humbly and

to hear.” Thomas Dunn won a nod

for?” He barked at them, “Get on your knees and apologize! If you

to their knees, groveling

to my wife and

sobbing with grief, “Mrs. Cross, Ms. Cross, it was all our fault.

pathetic couple before her, she suggested to Nathan, “Why don't we give them a chance,

you, my dear.” Nathan's

reply made her

in Penny's eyes that she had already forgiven

“Scram!”

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

welcoming party for Nathan, but the latter rejected his offer, making known his desire to spend some quality time with his family

Thomas Dunn disappeared promptly and left

the trio made their

her father. “Now that you're back, I'm sure

Nathan said in a tone full of indulgence.

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

...

the center of the

lived in an old, dilapidated building that was

were no elevators in the

Nathan climbed up six-stories to get

messy,” Penny invited Nathan in as she opened

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

was

Benson to see his daughter bringing a man home

was the first time Penny

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

his papers and walked up to

who is this gentleman?” He looked puzzled when he

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

that mean that you're the beast who raped my daughter five years ago? So it's you who turned our lives into a living

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

you have the audacity to come and look

voice penetrated the air when a woman ran out from the kitchen, swinging

shocked little Queenie to

with all her

to her body, Leah

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

aggravated Benson to see that his usual calm and orderly world had been upturned by Nathan's sudden

roar that

effectively brought Leah's wild

of our house! Don't ever show your face again!” He shouted at Nathan scornfully, “The

Nathan met his gaze with a determined look in his eyes. With Queenie in his arms, his insistence to make up for his family

know the torment Penny went

deserve a life that is happy and blissful, and their future will be a path paved with diamonds. They are

and blissful life? A path paved with diamonds? The whole world under their

mere empty promises to Benson. To him, only a guy full of

ladies like Penny would fall

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

call the police if you insist on

that Benson 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

point, Penny wiped the tears on her face and

What?

stared incredulously at

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