Chapter 5
who were both lying half-dead on the floor. “Are
Thomas Dunn acknowledged with shame, “His name is Walter
me, who gave you the authority to send out the armed forces
I will accept any punishment.” Thomas Dunn was
once you've returned to camp.
advice. I shall reflect on my mistake,” Thomas Dunn said
a nod of approval from Nathan for his positive
Dunn then turned towards the couple on the floor. “What are you still waiting for?” He barked at them, “Get on your knees and
and his wife clambered to their knees, groveling for
my wife and
all
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 don't we give them a chance,
as it pleases you, my dear.” Nathan's lips curved into a rare, tender
reply made her
Penny's eyes that she had already forgiven them. “What are you two still waiting for?”He shouted at Walter Zahn and his
“Scram!”
door in feverish haste with their fat
the latter rejected
in his eyes, Thomas Dunn disappeared promptly and left Nathan with
carried Queenie in his arms as the trio made their
Queenie beamed with pride as she gazed at her father. “Now that you're
princess,” Nathan said in a tone full of indulgence. “Papa will never
down her cheeks. Queenie's elated
...
- the center
old, dilapidated building
no elevators
Queenie in his arms, Nathan climbed up six-stories
and messy,” Penny invited Nathan
room, Benson Smith, Penny's dad, was reading the newspaper with his
Smith, was making
see his daughter bringing a man home with
was the first time Penny had ever brought a
to stay single and had insisted that she would raise Queenie on her own, blatantly refusing to attend the
papers and walked up
looked puzzled when he saw Queenie
reply, but little Queenie had already answered in her bubbly voice, “He's my Papa, Grandpa. My
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 daughter five years ago. He was the one who had ruined her life by impregnating her and
audacity to come and look for her! I swear
out from the kitchen, swinging a cleaver
shocked little Queenie to the core,
mother with all her might. “Mum, please don't----” she
tightly to her body, Leah
Leah pointed her cleaver at Nathan as she spat, “You've ruined Penny's life utterly and brought her nothing but pain. You're worse than a beast! You're
world had been upturned by Nathan's sudden
enough!” Benson let out a roar that
bellow effectively brought Leah's wild emotions
“Get out of our house! Don't ever show your face
gaze with a determined look in his eyes. With Queenie in his arms,
I know the torment Penny
life that is happy and blissful, and their future will be a path paved with diamonds. They are my family, my queen and my princess, and I'll make sure that they have the whole
life? A path paved with diamonds? The whole
empty promises to Benson. To him, only a guy full of crap would say such things,
like Penny would fall
you to leave!” Leah bawled at Nathan, “Now get the hell out of my house!” Her tone
to call the police if you insist on staying,”
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
tears on her face and said
What?
Benson and Leah stared incredulously at
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