tion caused me thirty years of pain and anguish, I sincerely dont know what happened Penny. She put her head on his chest and continued crying and said to him, what is going to happen to us now Dad, please tell me.
Penny picked up the phone later to call John,the line was busy and as she listened, heard her mother talking to her Grandmother. She was saying, Mother this happened when Penny was in my womb for christ sakes, the man has been lying ever since, now he tells my daughter his lies too, how the hell could you get a woman pregnant and dont know what you did in the first place, is he an idiot Mamma. Did Selwyn ever impressed you as being an idiot. Oh God, Didn't father go in search of Stephanie when he didn't see her, then learned she was having a baby. I dont know what to do Mamma.
Selwyn and Penny heard her boisterous pleas to Elizabeth. He left Penny and retired to the barn very sad. He thought of John and what would happen. What would happen to his relationship with Penny, she undoubtedly loves this kid. If am his father that would put a strain on my relationship with my daughter forever. Selwyn took up his gun and after he loaded it, left the barn on his way to the woods. Penny sat on the front steps doing her best to put the whole thing behind her until Father Patterson should call and believed somehow things would work out, she felt her father would be exonerated. He had told her the truth, and wanted her to have confidence in him, she would wait.
Penny looked up and saw Selwyn with the gun as he went into the bushes, she was in shock for the moment,but managed to scream at the top of her voice, Daddy, Daddy, but as she tried to go after him, she fell and twisted her ankle,unable to pick herself up.Selwyn was too far to hear her scream. Suddenly, she heard a loud bang, a shot fired in the direction of the woods. She rolled on the ground and continued screaming as tears came streaming down her face. Magda also heard the explosion of a gun and ran out of the house to see what happened, she saw Penny rolling on the lawn in pain where she fell and thought Penny was shot.She too began scream- ing as loud as she could and threw herself over Penny. Penny held her pointing to the woods and said Daddy! Daddy! again. Magda appeared to have gotten the hint and held on to Penny, squeezed her, oh God,what have I done to deserve this. Oh Selwyn!Selwyn!