Chapter 5

who were both lying half-dead on the floor. “Are

for me,” Thomas Dunn acknowledged with shame,

the authority to send out the armed forces for no valid reason, other than to parade

was my mistake, Sir. I will accept any punishment.” Thomas Dunn was full of

to camp. You are not fit for

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

Thomas Dunn won a nod of approval from

waiting 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 see the next

wife clambered to their knees, groveling for forgiveness

and

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

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

my dear.” Nathan's lips curved into a rare, tender

made her

tell from the softness in Penny's eyes that she had already forgiven them. “What are you two still waiting

“Scram!”

opportunity and stumbled to the door in feverish haste with their fat son in tow, as if they were running away

welcoming party for Nathan, but the latter rejected his offer, making known his

his eyes, Thomas Dunn

the trio made their

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

tone full of indulgence. “Papa will never let anyone

down her cheeks. Queenie's elated

...

the center of

an old, dilapidated building that

elevators in

Queenie in his arms, Nathan climbed up six-stories to get

and messy,” Penny invited

was

mum, Leah Smith, was

his daughter bringing a man home with

time Penny had ever

to stay single and had insisted that she would raise Queenie on her own, blatantly refusing to attend

set down his papers and walked up to greet

this gentleman?” 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

beast who raped my daughter five years ago? So it's you who turned our lives into

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 letting

can't believe you have the audacity to come and look for

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

grandparents shocked little Queenie to the core, and she started

mother with all her

clinging tightly to her body, Leah could not

that we were kicked out of the family 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 but pain. You're worse than a beast! You're a

that his usual calm and orderly world had been upturned

enough!” Benson let out a roar that was

brought Leah's wild

seized the 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

determined look in his eyes. With Queenie in his arms, his insistence to make up for his family was reflected

the torment Penny went through all

path paved with diamonds.

path paved with diamonds? The

promises to Benson. To him, only a guy full of crap would say such things, and those were the type of people

young, vulnerable ladies like Penny would

bawled at Nathan, “Now get

I'm going to call the police if you insist on

would have already done so when he found out that Nathan was the homeless man who had raped his daughter. Nonetheless, he refrained

wiped the tears on her face and said

What?

Benson and Leah stared incredulously

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