Chapter 5

who were both lying half-dead on the

works for me,” Thomas Dunn acknowledged

to send out the armed forces for no valid reason, other than to parade them around like

will accept any punishment.”

returned to camp. You are not fit for the post!”

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

to hear.” Thomas Dunn won a nod of

for?” He barked at them, “Get on your knees and apologize! If you upset my Sir again, I'll make sure you won't live to

their knees, groveling for

to my wife and

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

her, she suggested to Nathan, “Why don't we give them a chance, since they look like they have genuinely repented? Besides, they have already received the punishment that they

you, my dear.” Nathan's lips curved

reply made her

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!”

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

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

Dunn disappeared promptly and left Nathan with his

Queenie in his arms as the trio made their way out

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

full of indulgence. “Papa will

rolling down her cheeks. Queenie's elated face was

...

- the center of

lived in an old, dilapidated building that was located

were no elevators

Nathan climbed up six-stories

and messy,” Penny invited Nathan in as she opened the

room, Benson Smith, Penny's dad, was reading the newspaper with

Leah Smith, was making dinner in

Benson to see his daughter bringing a man

the first time Penny had ever brought a guy

vowed to stay single and had insisted that she would raise Queenie on her

set down his papers and walked up to greet

this gentleman?” He looked puzzled when he

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

daughter five years ago? So it's you who

was a soft-spoken, humble man who hardly raised his voice. He flew into 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 daughter five years ago. He

you have the audacity to come and look for her! I swear

out from the kitchen, swinging a

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

her mother with all her

to her body, Leah could

mansion by Benson's dad.” Leah pointed her cleaver at Nathan as she spat, “You've ruined Penny's life utterly and brought her nothing

usual calm and orderly world had been upturned by

let out a roar that was

bellow effectively brought Leah's

opportunity to take the cleaver 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 inflicted on my daughter is irreparable. We've had enough of the pain and torture. Leave

Queenie in his arms, his insistence to make up for his family was reflected

the torment Penny went through all

a path paved with diamonds. They are my family, my queen and my princess, and I'll make sure that they have the whole world

paved with diamonds? The whole world

guy full of crap would say such things, and those were the type of people he

vulnerable ladies like Penny would fall for

to leave!” Leah bawled at Nathan, “Now get the hell

right. I'm going to call the police if

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

tears on her face and said

What?

stared

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