Chapter 5
his wife, who were both lying half-dead on
acknowledged with
into a rage, “Tell me, who gave you the authority to send out the
accept any punishment.” Thomas Dunn was
once you've returned to camp.
shall reflect on my
Thomas Dunn won a nod of approval from
“Get on your knees and apologize! If you
wife clambered to their knees,
and apologize to my wife and
Cross, Ms. Cross, it was all our fault. We were simply blinded by our own foolishness. Please
to Nathan,
pleases you, my dear.”
reply made
eyes that she had already forgiven them. “What are you two still waiting
“Scram!”
the door in feverish haste with their fat son in tow,
a lavish welcoming party for Nathan, but the latter rejected his
Thomas Dunn disappeared promptly
carried Queenie in his arms as the trio made their way out of the
at her father. “Now that
in a tone full of indulgence.
the side with tears rolling down her cheeks. Queenie's elated
...
the center
in an old, dilapidated building
no elevators in
his arms, Nathan climbed up six-stories to
place is pretty cramped and messy,” Penny invited
the living room, Benson Smith, Penny's dad, was reading the newspaper
was making dinner
his daughter bringing
first time Penny had
stay single and had insisted that she would raise Queenie on her own, blatantly refusing to attend the matchmaking sessions
and walked up to
looked puzzled when
already answered in her
years ago? So it's you who turned our
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
come and look
ran out from the
sudden outrage from her grandparents shocked little Queenie to the
mother with all
her body,
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
and orderly world had been
out a roar that was uncharacteristic of his
effectively brought Leah's wild emotions under
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
will not leave.” Nathan met his gaze with a determined look in his eyes. With Queenie in his arms, his insistence to make up for his family was reflected in his solemn
the torment Penny went through all these
in silence anymore. They deserve a life that is happy and blissful, and their future will be a path paved with
path paved with
him, only a guy full of crap would say such things, and those were the type of people he
vulnerable ladies like Penny would fall for his honeyed
said? He asked you to leave!” Leah bawled at Nathan, “Now get the hell out of my
I'm going to call the police if you insist
found out that Nathan was the homeless man who had raped his daughter. Nonetheless, he
that point, Penny wiped the tears on her face and
What?
stared incredulously at
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