Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2Y6NSavC8
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFontOlSEw
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4mdhHX3Ci
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGft3ln05G
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhD4h0aUlxR
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCdw8BXX8N
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5c10OgbLd
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YQ5kVEYqD
boss a call.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74tsh72ywj
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXvscG0XR6
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMK9bSImvk
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyfEKlgYiz
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFBlCc570z
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByIlBNYHJQ
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6fha1eHHm
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TQbJfTHIr
looked really tired and restless.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0G3fWIJZf
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZB3WXVzwSP
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYN9xzA7P3A
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzbP3mumfb
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYFFFGa4zs
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsUfbvhrc8
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtG1xayOrs
huge loss.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKsVIsficD
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JfXjIqazf
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64zxY7QGbX
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiunipgFf5
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAn0uPq3ll3
"What are you planning to do?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlC09NM37n
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuLgtdD7JQ
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRodtSU67wI
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZP9JelWgRu
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2PfOITOKN
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIiLdKsbMc
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDby4OGrBxn
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3qS0x9WAd
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDviLLWdh6
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaghEJU75t
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgmAw0C0iG
vacant space weren't as good as her.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWn36KW02cT
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsxKhfLprD
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4Qc6uB9tz
lucky charm.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoO4ZgkSGSE
And he needed her back real bad.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiCdgfh7Ce
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeGcVHb0Cq
"I have a job for you."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaVe80KWTk
***873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbDUNBbRYx
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtjZB4zNsM
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz19iCmzjgB
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBJyIPvlvx
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnL3t2NlFjy
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfNFUwWr5J
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQKNFiJcBR
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwgBFzBIVJ
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9gkL4MvHW
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IHM6MW2Ql
serious.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIoYjl7tSl
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgEIFQSY4v
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOo3d9nB6RN
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahDgMNGLRe
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PxQyE3qkZ
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQSA38Ay1W
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7kFbt9vvo
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IGOqtNkCl
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocVcfBXTr0
between the two of you considering what happened."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzL8L5M1zyk
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsVlk4eiAc
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTCoH2UYgh
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyvllJNbQl
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCTJgudmHZ
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbubUzafJx
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9y0uTnh1Fc
"And you never apologised for it," said 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnz7JWGFGnQ
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1Bo16Kg5x
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaAMLTJ36b
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfIVnWt1Yb
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡin5qZoU011
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtIKOpspQ8
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3JREh70Xx
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbH21ymAZiP
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1lS54ADWs
for what happened to her.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iuGGWfVfm
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAhJrVeeB6
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupFxoFJGIb
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjp1GNmOze
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCllyPQFuo1
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUz8l6JScG
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6fHuIOIlb
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcXcmzOqV9
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AEXuO0FKq
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8UQNZDGs2
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vTnRjpH1y
back at the club.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4m7lUITHL
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK4VngG471
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51i4t1eJCQ
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqsuxym6gv
sisters completely.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLigLd9czUw
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSN1hNTXwHX
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrx4DqVuWF
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63iKcZP2E1
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugYZV1O77r
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPqPDAtGMl
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEVj7FFAp2
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRifZr4Ek9V
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5s6XMqGP44
club, not him.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxF9xqng80m
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqa8jGmeXTF
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAMwrkbjtK
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8iFsi6WO5
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwv83uMoq5
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYqh50Dt18
at each other yet, have you?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5kvoLr6t7
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mYiWEnbyd
"No," they answered at the same time.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2UhTbfvvZ
"Great. That's good to know."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CcE93FY4F
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VlWtAdi3R
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDpe6sfXaT
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5P64wzvyZQ
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHF7y4hGDZ
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ArcpNIlOi
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi98xeP5Ner
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTgikNobxb
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Fy0GVjPtP
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjpe0CZWGW
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Pqb5zkvgX
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eGaOUsSQu
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rNhgPX2OR
long."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVYcR29iVK
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOg1uZfFnPe
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKAT7gkhA1
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4N204QJYiA
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80T7bmgJsB
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMwo4dLW8B
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2dUNUX6zX
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndRDX7okxq
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MP6XXuLRj
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2K03aHPKd
Not like this. Something was wrong.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYg9rahPpnD
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSg5UfWtb9
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJyIdaGZYK
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrf99Q6dUsQ
embarrassed?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cJG9zWhCr
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nk5c0rcCp
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJa99p95cgi
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8t3UUwqzD9
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nnoGhapKm
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WKwi78xdr
today?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIbh9PkMza
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJloIARcVDF
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaNDNvn0cx
you want."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPZ9rG9mU5
"It worked for you, didn't it?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlX7L5ZN0AX
"What do you mean?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBicSnx5URO
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFY1b6BBufj
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dAxc2Ta8i
sister."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzrrmb1XT1
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhPnqutVTx
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKwh2mYFao
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWwZuyUdDe
"I'm just speaking the truth."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8aK2TeH4w
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYe16Ujumv
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4C9WhsZYH
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaePtg9k7W
"I was protecting my sister."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fMXvyMHAN
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCA7H7EcKJ
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlTe0OeYPE
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3eToDrV1g
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZmwUMb0gA
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseLKhaLWel
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogDgnFxBy6
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqc0ocFXfpN
betray you like Carly betrayed me."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbydvcHS2C
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MxuNleXQz
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpW8bsBcRd
crystal glass.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIToW9zZve
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZTvQ1V3sD
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4I85EFBiYO
in this situation right now."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3So85AETo
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQeSDETAIe
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwA67GggIjv
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVujo9BeGkW
actions.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmdP2mzH7o
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6Jihmxlw0
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTwnFQq3VH
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsx6m9mfNf
near Carly."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tqRbs0iKk
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSt0mekD9y
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZt5YOmnc2G
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrONDW7Ype
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHdcVRGc7T
Carly, she would be insulting herself.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigXTdxmvmz
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkjvOHrzzF
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtM6ETwntU
"That would never happen."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrd4HAVmm9
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Vi0kqg7DN
"A fool in love, yes."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7H4Ec2f8kV
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oAt4uriuU
"Why? Because you don't like me?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4I4GBsnP13
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4rwyTX8VL
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIS1tPIm2g
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebl1aHWp23
and my accident that she would ever change."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZMUlaMtV1
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAI8hHMvLdA
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAigLjiocT
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8ea9wrm6v
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSnLmI7JNd
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9fMKjXGdS
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiBzazTqtV
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiQYLiJFOQ
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80IxIRxbCm
puzzled.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3QD60H9D4
***873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurYmFu1271
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiNUGIshCt
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMPmLIROV6
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItfCw24aRO
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeox4hKjBIG
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFtvDscgWy
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvFiYTh21w
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAvmExjpnD
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTKPdMrEM8
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcPbP0uNEm
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5w5fTLWhsq
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VKeYPqmYu
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPrdTsDFce
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlV3GNGtOr
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjUlrUCH79
McDonell should be.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdbHiYBEJ8
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHwUdpWNTd
"Our family has been successfully with the 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaYyyaixgC
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1URn498Wl
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cnvMEKMNV
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeM7O8jNZy7
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMAgICToFR
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKUB2xH6Wl
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VzuW0cpuI
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtN2HSPCiGb
especially from my brother. He is so kind."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYeaRaDQkQ
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JxaA5j0BW
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU92qU32nio
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmptEuOamUD
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0S21pawJxg
model.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEpxNd0oFg
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SGLcZKeSm
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKfDkULvm2
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXrucTW7oH
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1696RPqgk2
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQtAMDBU4m
the financial state her family was in.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17jRFl6YPs
But now that she was with the McDonell 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiigRFiBhg
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4vZ2GDoOi
she has always wanted.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Nxqk2XCW5
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHh73hKI2FX
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjU4gF2Rqxj
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgJhVWOTGR
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7daO8dXy79
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaQOo6pBKC
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZU6V2bLwPV
"That would be awesome."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5AherU14K
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWg8XF9cmo
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWSgyVhoGW
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXmjLFwzTC
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDR9rDQFzPi
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12Ktz574rc
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAqB3DPedX
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0IjiaAUye
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnodISy74GN
Miranda.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt74cxii931
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUFTtR56BC
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWkPofJvrc
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBCaDHG5da
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyUh25bXJQ
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRPZJGQssv
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobosKde0ZM
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBP8Ob3w0g
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFQ9GXHkqK
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEffUcUnQd
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVRlHlLynP
she never ever discussed her life with them.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAd7K4KpmVi
Could it be Miranda?873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUvhXtY5Lj
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFptZxj99mo
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HGPpEN34V
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYLTtnrqHN
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuyTJqpaik
And now she was calling Carly after all this873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ma2ArnUO0
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RItkLZGXO
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsD3684Bum
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tryKVAru0
betrayal.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvjbONQ5dI
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBkQsRI3O0
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmkVVraxRI
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7LSmxJn39
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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