Chapter 5

his wife, who were both lying half-dead

for me,” Thomas Dunn acknowledged

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

will accept any punishment.” Thomas Dunn was full

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

advice. I shall reflect

nod of approval from Nathan for

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

their knees,

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

daughter while sobbing with grief, “Mrs. Cross, Ms. Cross, it was all our fault. We were simply blinded

couple before her, she suggested to Nathan, “Why don't we give them a chance, since they look like they have genuinely repented? Besides,

as long as it pleases you, my dear.” Nathan's lips curved into a rare,

made her flush

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

“Scram!”

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

for Nathan, but the latter rejected his offer, making

Thomas Dunn disappeared promptly

in his arms as the

her father. “Now that

princess,” Nathan said in a tone full of indulgence. “Papa

listened quietly from the side with tears rolling down her cheeks. Queenie's elated face was

...

the center of the

in an old, dilapidated building

no elevators in

climbed up six-stories to get to Penny's

cramped and messy,” Penny

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

mum, Leah Smith, was making dinner in

to see his daughter bringing a man home with

the first time Penny had ever brought a

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

and

looked puzzled when

a suitable reply, but little Queenie had already answered

who raped my daughter five years

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

come and look for her! I swear I'll chop

a woman ran out from the kitchen, swinging a cleaver madly.

The sudden outrage from her grandparents shocked little Queenie to the core, and

with all her might. “Mum, please don't----” she

Penny clinging tightly to her body, Leah could

Nathan

Benson to see that his usual calm and orderly world had been upturned by Nathan's sudden

out a roar that was

effectively brought Leah's

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

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

I know the torment Penny

in silence anymore. They deserve a life that is happy and blissful, and their future will be a path paved with diamonds. They are my family, my queen and my

life? A path paved with diamonds?

mere empty promises to Benson. To him, only a guy full of crap would say such things, and those

Penny would fall

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

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

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

point, Penny wiped the tears on her face and said calmly, “Dad, Mum, please

What?

stared incredulously at

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