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!”

since she knew that he had done

such a thing, 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

said with an air of nonchalance. “I am sure that he will turn up

knew better than to take his word. It was simply against Derek Harvey's insolent nature to apologize when he had been humiliated

conscience and became repentant, it was practically impossible for him to show up at their house and

Derek Harvey was still lying in the hospital

it be possible for Mr. Harvey to leave the hospital on crutches and drag himself here to offer an

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

tomorrow to visit Mr. Harvey and seek his forgiveness. Nathan, you'd better come

visited him at the hospital tomorrow. Soon, he and Leah retired for the

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

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

before she went to bed. “I've heard of the unsightly behaviours when men sleep. I'd appreciate it if you could behave yourself and show us

a loss for words. ”Sure!”

curiosity as Nathan rolled out a mattress onto the floor. “Mama,

blushed at the question, trying to pass it off as anger. “What silly question is that?”

on

influence on you.” Penny admonished, “No TV for

her lips and sulked, wondering

...

the Smiths woke up to a wonderful

prepared, the adults exchanged glances at each other while

was a breakfast packed with nutrients. The table was

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

his mutterings when somebody knocked at the door, “Hello,

it be at this hour?”

looking to sell us some water purifiers? Let me

the door, “W-what

Penny? Who's at

and rushed to the

was standing at their door. He was leaning on crutches with his

stood behind the bald

as they were still grappling with what was

The 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

What?

unbelieving eyes. As if their brains were clogged and their

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

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 -

together. She turned suspiciously to Derek Harvey,

with fear when Penny

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