Chapter 6
Nathan lifted Queenie into his arms and consoled the rest of them, “Let's not get upset over it. Who knows? Derek Harvey might turn up at our house all of a sudden and offer his apology.”
His words only aggravated them and elicited a slew of angry remarks.
“What nerve you have to say such a thing!” Leah vented all her rage on him, “Don't you know that it's all because of you? If you didn't beat up Mr. Harvey and May, Samuel wouldn't have come to our house and made a big fuss about it!”
could not blame Nathan since she knew that he had
in the world would Mr. Harvey apologize to us?
that he will turn up tomorrow to apologize. You can take my word
word. It was simply against Derek Harvey's insolent nature
conscience and became repentant, it was practically impossible for him to show up at their house and apologize, at least
was because Derek Harvey was still lying in the hospital nursing his broken leg,
it be possible for Mr. Harvey to leave the hospital on crutches
lips curled in disdain at Nathan's whimsical blabbers. “This is not the time for fantastical ideas,” he quipped soberly, “Let's get down to business and think about how we can offer an apology that would please Mr.
hospital tomorrow to visit Mr. Harvey
they could appease Mr. Harvey when they visited him at the hospital tomorrow.
took this opportunity to step outside to the balcony and called
in her room with
bed. “I've heard of the unsightly behaviours when men sleep. I'd appreciate it if you could
was at a loss
a mattress
question is that?” She
on television?” Queenie blinked her innocent
having a bad influence on you.” Penny
wondering what she had done to
...
Smiths woke up to a
noticed the scrumptious spread Nathan had prepared, the adults exchanged glances at each other while Queenie bubbled with
The table was
glimpse at Nathan. “Tuck in, everybody.” He pulled out a chair and sat down, “There's a long day ahead for us. We need to drop Queenie off at kindergarten and buy some fruits and flowers before we visit Mr.
when somebody knocked at the door, “Hello, is anybody at
be at this hour?”
Let me get it,” offered Penny
Penny's eyes popped out when she opened the door, “W-what are you doing here?” She let out a
the matter, Penny? Who's at the
put down their bowls hastily and rushed to the door. They ended up motionless
robe was standing at their door. He was leaning on crutches with his left leg in a
stood behind the bald man. They appeared to be his
confusion as they were still grappling with what was going
bald man introduced himself with a cheesy grin on his face, “I'm deeply sorry for having offended Mr. Cross and Ms. Smith yesterday. It has hit me with such terrible remorse that I could
What?
Smiths gawking at him with unbelieving eyes. As if their brains were clogged and their
what Nathan had told them last night. His words had come true - Derek Harvey would show up at their house
the three of them twisted their heads to look at Nathan, who was sitting at the side of the table feeding Queenie from her bowl of cereal. The same question popped up in their minds - could it be
pull herself together. She turned suspiciously to Derek Harvey, “Are you
with fear when
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