"Don't you think you should have done something by now?" Miranda asked with her arms folded.570Please respect copyright.PENANAZDhCXEwHQG
"What do you mean, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAM8fDwnpAdM
"I mean, a week has passed and you haven't reported those people for the damages they caused in the bar that day."570Please respect copyright.PENANAwipZNuFH9C
"Why do you bring up that argument every time, woman!" Mr Walters looked pretty upset.570Please respect copyright.PENANA3Wi7fagGts
"Because, they almost left you for dead and the place was in a mess. Someone has to pay for the damages you know."570Please respect copyright.PENANATcG7iHp2Eg
"Look, Miranda, I admit,570Please respect copyright.PENANArVzk3GC4Wy
those people really trashed up the place, but I couldn't report them. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAGto3g4msJn
As far as I know, Carly also lost her mother. Now imagine this, your 570Please respect copyright.PENANAONiXKfUClF
sister gets into an accident and then your mother dies on the same day. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9ugDnMNHJ
Won't that be too much too handle?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAf64zglKL9y
Miranda tapped her foot 570Please respect copyright.PENANAlwg4NNamxd
as she stared down at her boss who sat behind his office desk looking up570Please respect copyright.PENANAYGI9NdFTLx
at her. He had a few bruises on his face and a slight bump at the back 570Please respect copyright.PENANAK8H3mvhWLg
of his head. All in all, he still looked okay.570Please respect copyright.PENANA1pjX0m0JqX
"You might have a point though," said Miranda, "but I still think you should have reported them."570Please respect copyright.PENANAPWKgSbaNWY
"You know I couldn't 570Please respect copyright.PENANA8oNVLkMssr
report to the police. If they got to search this place, they might find 570Please respect copyright.PENANAXTNzCyHybv
out what dirty business goes on and we would have been in big trouble. I570Please respect copyright.PENANA4s57bXq4pl
can't risk losing my business. We all benefit from it."570Please respect copyright.PENANApJgdAGpGaY
"I see your point there. So, those guys are just going to get away with it, huh?" Miranda asked.570Please respect copyright.PENANAhVLEngX1hs
"No, let things cool 570Please respect copyright.PENANAPCFTw2GN7L
down for a little while longer. Once Carly's sister gets better, then I 570Please respect copyright.PENANAWhKOjKd6ty
will be able to do what I do best. Nobody trashes up my place and gets 570Please respect copyright.PENANAo9iJhFegnf
away with it that easily."570Please respect copyright.PENANArHV35gcFht
Miranda smiled. "Now that's what I wanted to hear."570Please respect copyright.PENANAY6TybnyprP
***570Please respect copyright.PENANAzLbIQGEH2Z
"You didn't tell him, did you?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAlZxL0tApnd
Angel570Please respect copyright.PENANAqMhAejUzVZ
stared at Eric and Carly who stood at the edge of the bed looking at 570Please respect copyright.PENANAeYPdrUhui2
her with a kind of expression Angel couldn't quite put together. Angel 570Please respect copyright.PENANAOUqHoDIZsi
raised an eyebrow as she waited for an answer.570Please respect copyright.PENANAMrCX9IqlpG
"Well... we.... ahh...," Carly couldn't even find the right words.570Please respect copyright.PENANA48KvAXMCyf
"With the look on your faces, it's quite clear that Mr McDonell doesn't know the whole truth," said Angel. 570Please respect copyright.PENANA7K0L9qXz0I
"It's true, Angel," said Eric. "No one knows the whole truth apart from the four of us."570Please respect copyright.PENANAGRoTduoXn0
"You guys are unbelievable! Just because I couldn't talk for a whole week, you decided to twist the whole story around?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAI1XshMNqMP
"We're sorry, Angel," said Carly, "we just didn't want to make things complicated."570Please respect copyright.PENANAYOEwWnUxqB
"Make things complicated! Carly, you just made everything worse!"570Please respect copyright.PENANAZdvgHELzMC
Angel's570Please respect copyright.PENANArJY0uJYw5S
anger was rising to the surface and she knew she was going to burst any570Please respect copyright.PENANAUki1yLhIhN
moment. Things now looked messy, and Angel felt it was all her fault. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAaUcTOwUIp7
She could have avoided all this, but it looked like things went out of 570Please respect copyright.PENANAYuCXKQUFLT
hand.570Please respect copyright.PENANAXBsMJ4D9ZI
"So, even when giving a police report, you all lied?" Angel asked.570Please respect copyright.PENANAtxKu0eKs6w
"We all agreed to it," said Eric, "no one was to know the real reason as to why Leo was never there at the wedding."570Please respect copyright.PENANA8hjlzMERIs
"And you used my accident as an escape plan, then?" Angel's face was heating up.570Please respect copyright.PENANAeh0UUEyBdn
"We just had to do it, Angel," said Eric. "If we didn't, we were going to be in a lot of trouble."570Please respect copyright.PENANAqhxSaMkikU
"In trouble with who? I want to know because you're already in trouble with me."570Please respect copyright.PENANAyC3ivMnopW
"Please, don't ask," said Eric, "you look like you're going to burst any moment and you need to rest."570Please respect copyright.PENANAtBE6UPkwsU
"I'll only rest until you try to fix this mess."570Please respect copyright.PENANAyI15J9Ywfj
"What's570Please respect copyright.PENANAgd01rcXu0a
done is done, Angel," said Carly, "everyone thinks Eric and Leo just 570Please respect copyright.PENANA7VAaNFYJHC
went out for a ride and then you got hit by accident. If you tell the 570Please respect copyright.PENANAobzwfyyYcV
truth, Leo might just end up in prison because they might think you 570Please respect copyright.PENANAGwIehJCore
being hit was intentional."570Please respect copyright.PENANA7wZk9Bcv9O
"As570Please respect copyright.PENANANxXqnxYOWp
much as Leo had done most of the damage," said Angel, rolling her eyes,570Please respect copyright.PENANAxTUpzSLt98
"I'm not that cruel to let him rot in prison. I might as well have 570Please respect copyright.PENANAFqHERqxcNP
dropped the charges."570Please respect copyright.PENANAGbwUsa0T5k
"But the damage is already done," said Eric, "we can't tell the truth. We could all be in big trouble."570Please respect copyright.PENANAoLeCqrrGbe
"And570Please respect copyright.PENANAjoIHJdMD07
imagine what Mr McDonell would have thought if he knew I once worked as570Please respect copyright.PENANA1H7Sp7aRHI
a prostitute," said Carly, "he wouldn't have even offered to help us."570Please respect copyright.PENANAlw9ZALpqBs
"No,"570Please respect copyright.PENANAqhFF5sQRnw
said Angel, "I think you're wrong on that. If he truly was a good 570Please respect copyright.PENANArqGBEP4pTU
friend of our late mother, he still would have helped us."570Please respect copyright.PENANAf0vQzjo6ml
"Now that you have brought up my uncle in all this," Eric intervened quickly, "will you accept his proposal?"570Please respect copyright.PENANABvy047otuS
Before570Please respect copyright.PENANAo039ykPm0m
Mr McDonell had left, he had asked Angel if she and Carly could move 570Please respect copyright.PENANA2LOfdIliqD
into his house and stay with the family. Angel said she would think 570Please respect copyright.PENANAEfGsVuT3kr
about it and she had asked how her mother had died so suddenly on that 570Please respect copyright.PENANA2g8katt8eg
fateful day. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAzy33KHShfJ
As570Please respect copyright.PENANAhtYl90DFcX
Mr McDonell explained the events, to Angel, it was quite clear that Mr 570Please respect copyright.PENANAbezJVdKQCr
McDonell didn't know the real reason why Leo wasn't at the wedding. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAoEejgXInIi
Because he did say that he had called home and was told that Leo and 570Please respect copyright.PENANAn3TogaPJ4g
Eric were gone. And a few moments after calling Angel, the accident 570Please respect copyright.PENANAiBnOqPH1vo
occurred. Besides, he didn't pose any question as to why Angel and Carly570Please respect copyright.PENANAlcEBtu8kPG
were along that street that day in the first place. It seemed to 570Please respect copyright.PENANAfTc25z9acP
everyone, that all that occurred was nothing but a coincidence.570Please respect copyright.PENANAjQauwbcQkS
"I have already made up my mind," said Angel, "I think Carly and I shouldn't move in to your house."570Please respect copyright.PENANA55IWK17OqR
Carly and Eric gave Angel horrifying looks. Carly came to sit close to her sister on the edge of the bed.570Please respect copyright.PENANABWE9jZxroE
"What? But Angel...."570Please respect copyright.PENANAowVYfUsQUZ
"But570Please respect copyright.PENANAKsYLnLRFHu
nothing, Carly," said Angel. "I don't think it's a good idea. As much 570Please respect copyright.PENANA2uMOsv0zRs
as Mr McDonell is trying to help us out, living in his house doesn't 570Please respect copyright.PENANAVgnAWx1n1K
seem right."570Please respect copyright.PENANAm6ujnU05xW
"Oh, really then? Is it that or are you saying that because you don't want to ever see Leo within your sight?"570Please respect copyright.PENANANrHq28n0Eg
Angel didn't say anything for a second as she stared at her sister, trying to figure out the right words to use. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAIH62D1ekLN
"Its570Please respect copyright.PENANAf1FqoH6jTG
not like that," said Angel. "I don't think its right after all that's 570Please respect copyright.PENANAuR696aQoGF
happened. If we live in their house it would feel completely weird. Just570Please respect copyright.PENANAdPix3f3OxD
so you know, Leo and Eric aren't strangers to you and I anymore."570Please respect copyright.PENANALpcY0NTH87
"Angel, please think about it for one second," pleaded Carly.570Please respect copyright.PENANApV1GKe6n94
"And why are you insisting? It's not like we have a house of our own. Or do you just want to be close to Leo?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAh3Qbh75tTG
Carly570Please respect copyright.PENANAh4WF3Ngfja
looked baffled and Eric just stood there without saying a word. Angel 570Please respect copyright.PENANAh0QuSEXWeE
noticed the blush come across her sister's cheeks and Angel felt like 570Please respect copyright.PENANAf4cmTTdaQy
slapping it off her face.570Please respect copyright.PENANAb7qf5Q7VNY
"Aren't you going to say anything? I already gave my reason," said Angel. "Now you tell me yours."570Please respect copyright.PENANA0dElYLorT2
Carly looked the other way and Eric stared down at his feet. Angel looked at Carly and then at Eric, and then back again.570Please respect copyright.PENANA3TPMmcZPEv
"Your silence tells me there is more to all this," said Angel, with an eyebrow raised. "Do the two of you still meet?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAq9pExPwL5X
Carly570Please respect copyright.PENANAsQNNylKN8J
played around with her fingers and Angel noticed. Carly had always done570Please respect copyright.PENANA9KUXkzMlZD
that whenever she was nervous and was trying to hide the truth.570Please respect copyright.PENANAatfZEvunMV
Angel let out a sigh and sunk down deeper into the bed covers.570Please respect copyright.PENANAY6lBYWJewB
"I think I don't have to say much since you already gave me your answer. I think I'll just rest now," Angel yawned.570Please respect copyright.PENANA8wOo5AQiob
"Angel, will you just-" 570Please respect copyright.PENANA73rY7lpX38
"Listen570Please respect copyright.PENANAB69maBkiyS
to you?"Angel finished the sentenced. "I'm tired of listening. Eric's 570Please respect copyright.PENANAFpu9ZyCFmt
right. I need some rest. So, may you please leave?"570Please respect copyright.PENANANXfWpdgU9I
Carly570Please respect copyright.PENANArTJrioa7qu
looked at her sister, but Angel turned her face the other way and 570Please respect copyright.PENANAhbe9rsqbhW
closed her eyes. Before Carly could protest, Leo came closer to her and 570Please respect copyright.PENANAhur2HHLAUp
held her shoulder.570Please respect copyright.PENANAzq0z23rYvP
"I think we should leave," said Eric, "I think she's had enough to handle for one day. Let's go."570Please respect copyright.PENANAv5qktD3hGh
Carly570Please respect copyright.PENANAyk1CMLYoqU
didn't say a thing as she nodded her head. She slowly got up from the 570Please respect copyright.PENANAqDBJUqcyUz
bed and went out of the room with Eric behind her who closed the door.570Please respect copyright.PENANAzWV7yvNs2N
After570Please respect copyright.PENANAHrLFRdhIaQ
Carly and Eric had left, Angel's eyes flew back open and only herself 570Please respect copyright.PENANAF2GK8BzTuI
knew how much rage was stirring inside her. All she needed was rest and 570Please respect copyright.PENANAJt6ZM7vv53
to get better soon. And maybe, just maybe, she would give Leo a piece of570Please respect copyright.PENANAi9SPTBMoF4
her fist.570Please respect copyright.PENANA3I0jsXiPyj
***570Please respect copyright.PENANAqQXjqjkJQA
Leo570Please respect copyright.PENANAp0piZGtFX1
stared at his watch as he waited in the packing lot. His car was packed570Please respect copyright.PENANAc1dzBBfEpV
in between two ambulances and he had a clear view of the entrance of 570Please respect copyright.PENANA5eHBDPFERo
the hospital. He saw Carly escort Eric to his car. Eric got into his car570Please respect copyright.PENANAZFEgmc0oTG
and drove off. And Carly stood there until Eric's car was out of sight.570Please respect copyright.PENANA2mPLm209Q1
Carly rushed over to where Leo had packed the car. Leo unlocked the car570Please respect copyright.PENANAWijJ3OX29P
door and Carly quickly went in the car.570Please respect copyright.PENANA0gcbiw2otL
"Hey, how are you?" Leo asked. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAVULtWdW3BF
"Angel's mad," said Carly with a sulking look on her face, "how would I feel?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAjRmUbJjxrv
"What happened?" Leo asked as he rolled his eyes.570Please respect copyright.PENANAX6eGtriPw2
"Apparently,570Please respect copyright.PENANASWE5wVgb8T
she's so smart enough that she figured out that your family doesn't 570Please respect copyright.PENANA6r9xPkHfWZ
know the real reason why you weren't at the wedding that day. And she 570Please respect copyright.PENANAvLeihxSjgn
has a hunch that the two of us are still seeing each other."570Please respect copyright.PENANAphjWKzEA2T
"And she is mad just because of one little lie? Your sister is way too serious with such things."570Please respect copyright.PENANATEpuskYqzw
"To my sister, this lie might just complicate things. And she feels hurt because we used her accident as an escape plan."570Please respect copyright.PENANAKh1UiwXjpQ
Carly570Please respect copyright.PENANA6p0XNExaiD
paused for a while as she leaned into the car seat and breathed out 570Please respect copyright.PENANAKuaIEOo5iS
deeply. There was silence for a while as Carly stared up at the car 570Please respect copyright.PENANA5pDCsYeKSa
ceiling.570Please respect copyright.PENANAMA63WlBmZC
"Somehow, I think she's right," said Carly. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAPjkj4j6hra
"Right about what?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAsiIOsYiHPA
"The lie we just created. It might affect all of us in the future."570Please respect copyright.PENANA9vCgI9TwdM
Leo looked straight at Carly with an eyebrow raised.570Please respect copyright.PENANAzGTu1LONVp
"Don't tell me you're supporting your sister on this."570Please respect copyright.PENANAv5EiThFj0V
"I don't support it, but she did raise a good point. Later on, the truth will eventually come to light and it won't be pretty."570Please respect copyright.PENANAxkqXph0Egc
Leo570Please respect copyright.PENANAW28p4K3IZm
put his hand on Carly's shoulder. "No. Thats not going to happen. I'll 570Please respect copyright.PENANAd2SqpgVe5h
be the one to make sure that the truth isn't revealed to anyone."570Please respect copyright.PENANAFeWxx44KKD
"Thanks, Leo," said Carly as she gave him a smile.570Please respect copyright.PENANATBjdv6Oscr
"So, I was told my dad came here. What was it about?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAse5lEbAH0Z
"He asked us if it was necessary for Angel and I to move in and stay with you guys," said Carly in a low voice.570Please respect copyright.PENANAZx8R3BuOLL
"Wait, what?" Leo looked completely confused. "But why come and live with my family?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAKvFkDdEw9I
"He's570Please respect copyright.PENANAjRnuEefA1v
trying to keep a promise he made to my mother. Maybe he thought us 570Please respect copyright.PENANADdNALNVpyj
coming to live with your family was a good idea. He's just trying to 570Please respect copyright.PENANAZuYZ3ex0vF
help us out."570Please respect copyright.PENANA0rnniYOjdz
Leo570Please respect copyright.PENANAn5w1VW4A33
didn't say anything as he tried to process what Carly had told him. For570Please respect copyright.PENANA63mNcB7Tph
a moment he stared out of the car window, deep in thought.570Please respect copyright.PENANAeDancw2T4J
"Whats wrong, Leo?" Carly asked. "Don't you think it's a good idea or you don't agree to it?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAe5AfoGxlEk
Leo turned his head to look back at Carly who was staring back at him waiting for an answer. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAVQGfDSjEIb
"I....," Leo hesistated, "I don't think it's a good idea."570Please respect copyright.PENANAVZQC1o3FQ8
Carly was dumbstruck. For a moment she shook her head and gave a little laugh.570Please respect copyright.PENANAc8YfkE73aJ
"OMG," said Carly, "do you know what, that's exactly what Angel said as well."570Please respect copyright.PENANAkLHXqZgIHl
Leo didn't say anything as Carly continued laughing. Leo raised an eyebrow. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAyv8XZ6PYIh
"And why the heck are you laughing if your sister didn't agree to it?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAhDyZ3wHYGN
"I just realised that I'm so dumb not to have realised this sooner," said Carly in between laughs.570Please respect copyright.PENANAwgF96ZH9uL
Leo shrugged his shoulders. "And whats that?"570Please respect copyright.PENANA6iizOnJkhp
"You and my sister still hate each other."570Please respect copyright.PENANApBBdn8OZGm
There was silence in the car as the two stared at each other. And then all of the sudden, Carly burst out laughing again. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAYENpneP5gm
"It's not funny, Carly," said Leo, looking serious.570Please respect copyright.PENANAGAQK6Jqbkk
"But570Please respect copyright.PENANABbMH7kXFck
it is. Even if my sister doesn't show it, she still hates you. And that570Please respect copyright.PENANApLkhTGovrq
look in your eyes when I told you about us living with your family, was570Please respect copyright.PENANAp6nf2PY8dd
so clear. If the two of you ever got to meet, you would be two angry 570Please respect copyright.PENANALnn0LUK5Xt
wild cats trying to tear each other apart."570Please respect copyright.PENANAIgNzXVWghY
"That's not true. I don't hate your sister," Leo protested.570Please respect copyright.PENANAS3bRYItafc
"Then why do you think its inappropriate that Angel and I come live with your family?"570Please respect copyright.PENANA3S9xaXUYir
"Because it would feel completely weird."570Please respect copyright.PENANAyDugeYcCZ2
"Is it just me or are you and my sister getting the same scripts from the same book? She also said that."570Please respect copyright.PENANArZceCquw2q
"Don't say that, Carly."570Please respect copyright.PENANAXGoJZtPFq0
"Then570Please respect copyright.PENANAwTACh9bfuJ
what should I say? You're acting like a total bum just like my sister. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAVlIAzipAvx
And you say that my sister is serious, now look who is serious now!"570Please respect copyright.PENANA5axQYDNSxu
Leo became frustrated and didn't say anything else. He looked at Carly and he felt so stressed out.570Please respect copyright.PENANAv3kODbwbOh
"It570Please respect copyright.PENANAXUZ1ZlpEL5
wouldn't be a bad idea if you came and stayed with us. But your sister 570Please respect copyright.PENANAytLNqJplsl
might just get in the way of things. And besides, my family has no idea 570Please respect copyright.PENANABxAK3cElWY
that we all know each other already. So playing pretend, is going to be 570Please respect copyright.PENANA7UFzB4rNOs
difficult."570Please respect copyright.PENANAgOAQ3YYYzI
"Ya,570Please respect copyright.PENANAkzbtmfOWei
I know, Leo," said Carly as she placed her hand on Leo's knee. "That's 570Please respect copyright.PENANAX8bikHRalo
what my sister is afraid of. Playing pretend won't be easy."570Please respect copyright.PENANA91i2KFBnG4
Leo smiled a little. "Don't worry everything is going to be alright."570Please respect copyright.PENANAIbbGT6JXqo
Carly smiled back and gave Leo a peck on the cheek. Carly hugged him and Leo also put his arm around her. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAcaLfcLDj5p
As570Please respect copyright.PENANAM9Ay9wLXl6
they stayed like that for a while, Leo couldn't help but wonder what 570Please respect copyright.PENANAuaARAbYteE
would happen if Angel ever did agree to live with the McDonell family.