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!”

Nathan since she knew that he had done

Nathan.” She heaved a frustrated sigh, “Why in the world would Mr. Harvey apologize to us? I'll be counting my blessings if he doesn't hold us responsible for beating him up, and it'll be a miracle if he continues his business relationship with

of nonchalance. “I am sure that he will

the rest knew better than to take his word. It was simply against Derek Harvey's insolent nature to apologize when

for him to show up at their house and

lying in the

possible for Mr. Harvey to leave the hospital on crutches and drag

time for fantastical ideas,” he quipped soberly, “Let's get down to business and think about how we can

to the hospital tomorrow to visit Mr. Harvey and

they visited him at the hospital tomorrow. Soon, he

took this opportunity to step outside to the balcony and called Colin Dixon, “Colin, I want you to get hold of Thomas Dunn and

struggled to get accustomed to having Nathan sleep in her room with Queenie, even though he was only sleeping on the

“I've heard of the unsightly behaviours when

Nathan was at a loss for words. ”Sure!” He replied

as Nathan rolled out a mattress onto the floor. “Mama, why isn't

“What silly question is that?” She chastised, “What makes you think that Mama and Papa

always do on television?” Queenie blinked her

you.” Penny admonished, “No TV for you for two

and sulked, wondering what she

...

Smiths woke up

had prepared, the adults exchanged glances at

nutrients. The table was filled with

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. Harvey at the hospital.” He muttered,

somebody knocked at the door, “Hello, is anybody at home?”

could it be at this hour?” frowned

sell us some water purifiers? Let

it be...” Penny's eyes popped out when she opened the door, “W-what are

Penny? Who's at the

hastily and rushed to the door. They ended up motionless at the door with their

patient's robe was standing at their door. He was leaning on crutches with

the bald man. They appeared

as they were

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 scarcely sleep or eat.

What?

with unbelieving eyes. As if their brains were clogged and their throats stuck with bewilderment,

as they recalled what Nathan had told them last night. His words had come true - Derek

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

to pull herself together. She turned suspiciously

fear when Penny

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