Chapter 5

Walter Zahn and his wife, who were both lying half-dead on

works for me,” Thomas Dunn acknowledged with shame, “His name

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

accept any

once you've returned to camp. You are

reflect on my mistake,”

Dunn won a nod

He barked at them, “Get on your knees and

their knees, groveling for

to my wife and daughter.” Nathan was impassive to their

it was all our fault. We were simply

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

as long as it pleases you, my dear.” Nathan's lips

made

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

“Scram!”

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

rejected his offer, making known his desire to spend some quality time with

Thomas Dunn disappeared promptly and

the trio made

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

my princess,” Nathan said in a tone full of indulgence. “Papa will never

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

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old, dilapidated building that

elevators in the

Nathan climbed up six-stories to get

pretty cramped and messy,” Penny

was reading the newspaper with his

mum, Leah Smith, was making dinner in the

his daughter bringing a man

time Penny had ever brought a guy

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

his papers and

who is this gentleman?” He looked puzzled when he saw Queenie in Nathan's

reply, but little Queenie had already answered in her bubbly voice, “He's my Papa,

beast who raped my daughter five years ago? So it's you who

Smith 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 was the one who had ruined her life

audacity to come and look for her! I swear I'll chop off

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

grandparents shocked little Queenie to the core, and she

her mother with all

Penny clinging tightly to her body, Leah

of you 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

world had been upturned by Nathan's sudden reappearance. The Penny

enough!” Benson let out a roar that was uncharacteristic of his

bellow effectively brought Leah's wild

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

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

know the torment

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

with diamonds?

Benson. To him, only a guy full of

Penny would fall for

hear what my husband just said? He asked you to leave!” Leah bawled at Nathan, “Now get the hell out

going to call the police if you

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 Penny go through

on her face and said

What?

Leah stared incredulously

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