The sad gloomy day had 537Please respect copyright.PENANAbPk1ok632h
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 537Please respect copyright.PENANAvKYpB9mCgX
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 537Please respect copyright.PENANAI2rtov1Rbc
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAvCFef4p60b
Angel couldn't help but 537Please respect copyright.PENANA5ftv3LeaxK
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 537Please respect copyright.PENANA3yzyaQIhhb
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 537Please respect copyright.PENANAGijepXkSTA
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 537Please respect copyright.PENANAAplIj19WBL
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 537Please respect copyright.PENANAWy5S3xWkth
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.537Please respect copyright.PENANAvlt25bgdMA
As Angel sat on the 537Please respect copyright.PENANAzMwiwnekyp
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 537Please respect copyright.PENANAuDhvlM03iD
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in537Please respect copyright.PENANArE1umOiM2S
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 537Please respect copyright.PENANAHLshVomNeA
appeared across her face.537Please respect copyright.PENANAsrirFcaGJ0
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.537Please respect copyright.PENANAmDX0TrinR0
"I know I'm supposed to 537Please respect copyright.PENANAlPd4P008gX
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when537Please respect copyright.PENANArSmmb57DZl
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 537Please respect copyright.PENANA9f0E9nzbbF
isn't here anymore."537Please respect copyright.PENANAw9PKmk6W39
Eric squatted beside the537Please respect copyright.PENANAot1qcjdLNb
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 537Please respect copyright.PENANAcUZ7P73S2i
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 537Please respect copyright.PENANAzLmkTd8yZY
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped537Please respect copyright.PENANAUb8Xz7Yeh4
a little at his touch. 537Please respect copyright.PENANARmfIysdhMT
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."537Please respect copyright.PENANAxigAWk1NHj
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 537Please respect copyright.PENANA28fT2M4gqv
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a537Please respect copyright.PENANA3dqQmFyYv5
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 537Please respect copyright.PENANAJdNkwZMgGa
past week."537Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1T3LH4ykK
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."537Please respect copyright.PENANAEGM7tssL1f
Angel forgot about the 537Please respect copyright.PENANA81arpF5LS2
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 537Please respect copyright.PENANAAzudaiCOus
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide537Please respect copyright.PENANAduAg4OT3hM
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.537Please respect copyright.PENANAcuFUKWSOXF
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."537Please respect copyright.PENANAe9V57Diwwx
"You're crazy, Eric."537Please respect copyright.PENANASuaItDWBXo
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."537Please respect copyright.PENANABVyCWNRtI1
Angel didn't say 537Please respect copyright.PENANAdGqjm5PE4U
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 537Please respect copyright.PENANAfy3jpaX1Kc
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear537Please respect copyright.PENANAT3ANoLix95
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 537Please respect copyright.PENANAa9o6FzQS7w
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 537Please respect copyright.PENANAbZ6Y1Kt1JK
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 537Please respect copyright.PENANAlQf7j5R753
the floor.537Please respect copyright.PENANAKWq1Qy4yZa
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"537Please respect copyright.PENANAgd6dCjeCka
Angel didn't say 537Please respect copyright.PENANAdr5kPp8LaM
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 537Please respect copyright.PENANAlC8NPsom6V
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel537Please respect copyright.PENANALhzo38v4yu
out of the room. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAoi4M9XqwhN
They went out of the 537Please respect copyright.PENANASWF3ncmqbJ
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 537Please respect copyright.PENANAB1YcbRu4gX
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass537Please respect copyright.PENANAlDulEOJnLE
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 537Please respect copyright.PENANA5hcISsGm2b
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 537Please respect copyright.PENANApccPUxQaZK
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those537Please respect copyright.PENANAbmCUfg7Cvq
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 537Please respect copyright.PENANA7eWQcrux2Q
Cold prickling air 537Please respect copyright.PENANAMgV0So8XYp
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 537Please respect copyright.PENANAun01cC674t
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 537Please respect copyright.PENANAEZKuTN3skd
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.537Please respect copyright.PENANAvB50fGlWLL
Two black SUVs stood 537Please respect copyright.PENANAof6sO5VOlv
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 537Please respect copyright.PENANAzwILBg2RBB
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 537Please respect copyright.PENANAVAZEXCjecG
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 537Please respect copyright.PENANArH2H9nYbRu
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 537Please respect copyright.PENANAecnlLObGkt
out of the hospital premises. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAVMDsv9eHEW
"We will first go for 537Please respect copyright.PENANAY0qTW9i64Z
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 537Please respect copyright.PENANAY7RHp0xypU
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."537Please respect copyright.PENANAwsC7tXy5Pq
Angel looked out of the 537Please respect copyright.PENANAwlxnswFSj6
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 537Please respect copyright.PENANA5cpNPKJgka
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 537Please respect copyright.PENANA02qq8j7dBC
looking at her.537Please respect copyright.PENANA4hwvN2jhvp
"Don't worry, you will 537Please respect copyright.PENANA7Kpcj7UjnF
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 537Please respect copyright.PENANArhlGIRHr2J
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."537Please respect copyright.PENANAqpiFYnTmAm
Angel closed her eyes 537Please respect copyright.PENANAd0AEwSFcGh
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 537Please respect copyright.PENANAMK6VT2SgyI
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAeRkvE9sRvi
Angel slowly opened her 537Please respect copyright.PENANA4srXcdzdHB
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 537Please respect copyright.PENANANtZrg5xKIj
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 537Please respect copyright.PENANA5ARh1IFLm4
heart ache and beat faster. 537Please respect copyright.PENANABqxYd41h60
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 537Please respect copyright.PENANA5ERZHm4DNw
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 537Please respect copyright.PENANAv8M3CWyuz6
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."537Please respect copyright.PENANAxVUEujGTNu
Angel felt Carly put her537Please respect copyright.PENANAB18ugp025t
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her537Please respect copyright.PENANAa5xDPVGpOB
hand away. But Carly grasped it.537Please respect copyright.PENANAtrkU9dp22B
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."537Please respect copyright.PENANAqnaM46mG5k
The black SUV came to a 537Please respect copyright.PENANAj8Ui0mxkYs
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother537Please respect copyright.PENANAvFQlYxZ1aL
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 537Please respect copyright.PENANA9Wy8bbiVNV
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 537Please respect copyright.PENANAMKO1g5QYob
Eric opened the door. 537Please respect copyright.PENANA8mnVHISl4T
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."537Please respect copyright.PENANAYp81mBstjW
Eric had set the 537Please respect copyright.PENANA90aR89YrY1
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 537Please respect copyright.PENANAFGoJaVFPUg
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 537Please respect copyright.PENANA24fiVcDpbE
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 537Please respect copyright.PENANA7pIsWAfuro
them. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAUSGl9TmQgK
Angel537Please respect copyright.PENANAMDHYcuIWNF
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when537Please respect copyright.PENANAHcGpBi5IeA
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.537Please respect copyright.PENANAonBZgaE3WL
***537Please respect copyright.PENANAMXtTeB7uLr
Leo537Please respect copyright.PENANAFwSJSFvs5e
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 537Please respect copyright.PENANA0XlWAIFc33
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 537Please respect copyright.PENANAu2wtYMHe37
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 537Please respect copyright.PENANAPBH8Y54Ftm
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 537Please respect copyright.PENANABCMZqogPvr
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he537Please respect copyright.PENANAo5TyHuWaWl
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.537Please respect copyright.PENANAnbFHVvFQUo
Kim537Please respect copyright.PENANAAV58CAWlwb
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 537Please respect copyright.PENANA2sBuN3zMgp
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 537Please respect copyright.PENANAkEPQpafDVE
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 537Please respect copyright.PENANAwxwvXO4hVb
arms.537Please respect copyright.PENANAQOcbYE9E7o
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."537Please respect copyright.PENANAVOQgqzma5c
Leo537Please respect copyright.PENANAyyfI7dZ8sT
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 537Please respect copyright.PENANAx9GTc0vk4T
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 537Please respect copyright.PENANAZbV5Xoa9Bd
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 537Please respect copyright.PENANAGmY4v5kK4i
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 537Please respect copyright.PENANAE7oCzjkOOO
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 537Please respect copyright.PENANA2MQFE5fvqb
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.537Please respect copyright.PENANAlTaQkC3Hm8
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"537Please respect copyright.PENANAU1QbKrbR0x
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."537Please respect copyright.PENANAECG8XxdPTF
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"537Please respect copyright.PENANAD97xknpVBs
Leo537Please respect copyright.PENANACY35jw2Rit
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 537Please respect copyright.PENANAS9iSqXgDM8
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 537Please respect copyright.PENANAgSbVWwYYXW
it's time I come out clean."537Please respect copyright.PENANAoRjkJ9wSn8
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"537Please respect copyright.PENANAg8o6tuEAkU
This537Please respect copyright.PENANAhqSuORwdlt
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 537Please respect copyright.PENANAc1ZRoRxINm
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 537Please respect copyright.PENANArC9KqJz6n4
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 537Please respect copyright.PENANAHopfoOwx91
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.537Please respect copyright.PENANAgfPDQ2iav6
"The537Please respect copyright.PENANAGeP7OrDro4
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot537Please respect copyright.PENANAezYT31Wlap
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 537Please respect copyright.PENANAdG1vxEMawA
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want537Please respect copyright.PENANAxgrRm86HgI
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."537Please respect copyright.PENANAIv9uZ4jDl1
"I537Please respect copyright.PENANAshbUkMvPvQ
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 537Please respect copyright.PENANAxJruuIEghq
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"537Please respect copyright.PENANAMJyr7Pv9Za
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.537Please respect copyright.PENANAU6nrX38ENe
"What537Please respect copyright.PENANAbcWyCGfO9Q
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 537Please respect copyright.PENANAadNMZA8hDB
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"537Please respect copyright.PENANAd5srGy7K31
Leo537Please respect copyright.PENANAw3lAleIcg7
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 537Please respect copyright.PENANAWzA7WUBv6T
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 537Please respect copyright.PENANAiX3JkPlwfL
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 537Please respect copyright.PENANA4Kd7fWEYvN
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 537Please respect copyright.PENANAeQhxTbMYXe
would react.537Please respect copyright.PENANAdd0s8333jz
"After537Please respect copyright.PENANAYIm3twRy1P
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 537Please respect copyright.PENANAzCRQUCa1rQ
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."537Please respect copyright.PENANA3yeu0Z0GBJ
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.537Please respect copyright.PENANAPHwGrC98iT
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."537Please respect copyright.PENANA0kwPoEh8px
***537Please respect copyright.PENANAMNzs8sEwzT
Angel537Please respect copyright.PENANAqXYRCJipf7
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that537Please respect copyright.PENANAqcTDJ35LlC
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother537Please respect copyright.PENANAFAPVhnsLkX
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 537Please respect copyright.PENANAoEdhFFLg0L
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 537Please respect copyright.PENANA7hGJwhio5c
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAp9gTjAEVLD
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 537Please respect copyright.PENANAHCQrV5bsf1
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 537Please respect copyright.PENANAAFcqqp9Njv
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.537Please respect copyright.PENANAqDXgpE80Cl
After537Please respect copyright.PENANAXQaju8rTUQ
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 537Please respect copyright.PENANApfY10gBrEC
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 537Please respect copyright.PENANA2XE9dMxUAq
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 537Please respect copyright.PENANAz5EExX3gON
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was537Please respect copyright.PENANAedYKmXre4w
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 537Please respect copyright.PENANA9RVg3oehUv
world. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAoQzLk308Cz
After537Please respect copyright.PENANACZw4Ke9aE8
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 537Please respect copyright.PENANAS0MO9sAv09
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 537Please respect copyright.PENANAxrFjLNiaGE
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 537Please respect copyright.PENANA2ONt8wG178
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."537Please respect copyright.PENANABAg9MmLRSZ
"It's537Please respect copyright.PENANAqmdnVAMURW
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 537Please respect copyright.PENANARJ1gmxZ5nU
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like537Please respect copyright.PENANAXoYMgVYhXC
you."537Please respect copyright.PENANAz8rSmSrv5d
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."537Please respect copyright.PENANAbGWDnLyHTN
"No,537Please respect copyright.PENANAmp0jZ4i2Jz
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 537Please respect copyright.PENANAqGkiZpw6GE
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to537Please respect copyright.PENANAwJmLoxFnVV
live with us, it will be great."537Please respect copyright.PENANAJxmEz1BeA8
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAbmrvSbv24H
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.537Please respect copyright.PENANAb9754kAZw9
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"537Please respect copyright.PENANAb47ATiQqn3
"I decided that it won't be appropriate for my sister and I to come and live with you. We can take care of ourselves."537Please respect copyright.PENANADesR7Z3j1c
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.537Please respect copyright.PENANATzVdQSdU19
Angel couldn't help but 537Please respect copyright.PENANArD4Oq7ecGv
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 537Please respect copyright.PENANA7sseuxxEvy
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 537Please respect copyright.PENANAlaAIWEGVff
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't537Please respect copyright.PENANA1WxLcFezZD
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAuHL8TpB0aD
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.537Please respect copyright.PENANA0PaC4IrOzV
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."537Please respect copyright.PENANAPOsyGQ4W0p
Angel now shifted in her537Please respect copyright.PENANAW3sEXZrhHI
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 537Please respect copyright.PENANA5Qm0EZSHV8
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 537Please respect copyright.PENANAk2mkwhVs7s
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 537Please respect copyright.PENANABq1Vc3tNvM
hidden?537Please respect copyright.PENANAgbzy7h3ZQm
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"537Please respect copyright.PENANAv8vKTL8Kyj
Angel demanded. 537Please respect copyright.PENANATND07xO0fA
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."537Please respect copyright.PENANAXVnw5CoCNX
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 537Please respect copyright.PENANA79MC9JZSS7
"What?!"
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