Chapter 5

were both lying half-dead on the floor. “Are they your subordinates?” he asked Thomas

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

me, who gave you the authority to send out the armed forces for

Sir. I will accept any punishment.” Thomas Dunn was full

your resignation once you've returned to camp. You are not fit for

for your advice. I shall reflect on

Dunn won a nod of approval from Nathan

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

and his wife clambered to their knees,

wife and daughter.” Nathan was

all our fault. We

before 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

dear.” Nathan's lips curved

made her flush

from the softness in Penny's eyes that she had already forgiven them. “What are you two still waiting for?”He shouted at

“Scram!”

opportunity and stumbled to the door in feverish haste with their fat son in tow,

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

Thomas Dunn disappeared promptly and left Nathan with his

in his arms as the trio made their way out of

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

tone full of indulgence. “Papa will never let anyone bully you and

side with tears rolling down her cheeks. Queenie's

...

the center of

lived in an old, dilapidated building that was

elevators

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

place is pretty cramped and messy,”

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

mum, Leah Smith, was making dinner

see his daughter bringing a man home with

was the first time Penny

insisted that she would raise Queenie on her own,

papers and walked

He looked puzzled when he saw Queenie in

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

years ago? So it's you who turned

none other than the culprit who had raped her daughter five years ago. He was the one who had ruined her life

you have the audacity to come and

woman ran out from the kitchen, swinging a cleaver

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

held back her mother with all her

her body,

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!

Benson to see that his usual calm and orderly world had been

a roar that was uncharacteristic

Leah's wild emotions under

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

his gaze with a determined look in his eyes. With Queenie in

me, I know the torment

a path paved with diamonds.

life? A path paved with diamonds? The

him, only a guy full of crap would say such things, and those were

like Penny would fall for his honeyed

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

I'm going to call the police if you

the homeless man who had raped his daughter. Nonetheless, he refrained from doing so as he

on her face and said calmly,

What?

Benson and Leah stared incredulously at

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