The sad gloomy day had 533Please respect copyright.PENANAOdcNYWojEx
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 533Please respect copyright.PENANAyobGMPRwMo
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 533Please respect copyright.PENANAhBZhmmdJvF
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAU5x8mejXXx
Angel couldn't help but 533Please respect copyright.PENANAHsHITemoJC
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 533Please respect copyright.PENANAqowYgto0qn
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 533Please respect copyright.PENANAUWGr9sIkKW
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 533Please respect copyright.PENANAtlqmhC1Oor
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 533Please respect copyright.PENANACOjI2eX3xR
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.533Please respect copyright.PENANANZhmwUuVYz
As Angel sat on the 533Please respect copyright.PENANAHQD5kIpeZn
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 533Please respect copyright.PENANAAvOBu2n1pX
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in533Please respect copyright.PENANAn2Se8MXZce
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 533Please respect copyright.PENANAv3hANy77sr
appeared across her face.533Please respect copyright.PENANAfbaID5TYrY
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.533Please respect copyright.PENANA3qupVjZqHm
"I know I'm supposed to 533Please respect copyright.PENANAH33S09cI9U
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when533Please respect copyright.PENANAFPqTDWiVYx
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 533Please respect copyright.PENANAL5aGWIQDZ7
isn't here anymore."533Please respect copyright.PENANAGh3zEgvQSB
Eric squatted beside the533Please respect copyright.PENANAw4LXux9WRf
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 533Please respect copyright.PENANAr662DR13kZ
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 533Please respect copyright.PENANAJfM5bkaT83
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped533Please respect copyright.PENANAXS51vr1MRK
a little at his touch. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAuVpJCzlAkU
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."533Please respect copyright.PENANAuV60I5WGv1
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 533Please respect copyright.PENANAABLXoGqzlh
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a533Please respect copyright.PENANAsM9jCMRgLx
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 533Please respect copyright.PENANAyfZnVVl9xP
past week."533Please respect copyright.PENANA02yIIpculj
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."533Please respect copyright.PENANAKJFfAZ8Cmr
Angel forgot about the 533Please respect copyright.PENANA7nmbhxhGHV
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 533Please respect copyright.PENANA3vRuM5EYip
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide533Please respect copyright.PENANAzwSGWS8C6Z
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.533Please respect copyright.PENANAmlO8z3UOJs
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."533Please respect copyright.PENANAejdsEfCWrD
"You're crazy, Eric."533Please respect copyright.PENANAma7C3sE9uL
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."533Please respect copyright.PENANAxTivPN05jH
Angel didn't say 533Please respect copyright.PENANA3mpW5P4fSa
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 533Please respect copyright.PENANAwsRDH5BRy0
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear533Please respect copyright.PENANASjqhYhlPoo
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 533Please respect copyright.PENANAHjCFMCOjaE
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 533Please respect copyright.PENANAnjUTLdpPBU
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 533Please respect copyright.PENANA7xqRTXETS8
the floor.533Please respect copyright.PENANAaiEceGBjM4
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAuT4GheNXLH
Angel didn't say 533Please respect copyright.PENANAdetZYwMKd1
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 533Please respect copyright.PENANAPz1IUK42WO
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel533Please respect copyright.PENANAue8sQJj7we
out of the room. 533Please respect copyright.PENANA4u31ywqxPk
They went out of the 533Please respect copyright.PENANATG6qezISXA
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 533Please respect copyright.PENANABQmV9aBIzN
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass533Please respect copyright.PENANAnkdI5pOZ1R
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 533Please respect copyright.PENANAaIaz0TRhX5
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 533Please respect copyright.PENANAC01jaSdQgv
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those533Please respect copyright.PENANA7qwLNvduqn
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAqzxR7t4XdM
Cold prickling air 533Please respect copyright.PENANAGeMU0FSkfo
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 533Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3wvA6S4Lq
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 533Please respect copyright.PENANAszu9UBo3GD
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.533Please respect copyright.PENANAkV7mudUmWy
Two black SUVs stood 533Please respect copyright.PENANA0KoYNdkixO
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 533Please respect copyright.PENANAQcKmDDvT3t
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 533Please respect copyright.PENANAU6EENhvV9A
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 533Please respect copyright.PENANA9e1AddjyEy
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 533Please respect copyright.PENANAe8IpvDSumO
out of the hospital premises. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAkD2q5njnyF
"We will first go for 533Please respect copyright.PENANAI35BTZ15Al
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 533Please respect copyright.PENANAqZJT3F9yzV
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."533Please respect copyright.PENANAAw9TWKZd8r
Angel looked out of the 533Please respect copyright.PENANAMYeMRQHfoy
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 533Please respect copyright.PENANAn0h1QXyQDa
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 533Please respect copyright.PENANAeP0aA46K3D
looking at her.533Please respect copyright.PENANATuVenLnI2p
"Don't worry, you will 533Please respect copyright.PENANAqmhpdsxp4G
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 533Please respect copyright.PENANAOBBNbTC7y1
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."533Please respect copyright.PENANAWu64807CC8
Angel closed her eyes 533Please respect copyright.PENANA4VVRCxH9mz
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 533Please respect copyright.PENANAglKZl70x50
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAwHB5JysvRl
Angel slowly opened her 533Please respect copyright.PENANASNb0TSVbxO
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAS2N1phjaoX
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 533Please respect copyright.PENANAuEqiyjc9Nr
heart ache and beat faster. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAqRPjnlthyB
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 533Please respect copyright.PENANA3NLPszkdgu
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 533Please respect copyright.PENANAIrOYoCjfc7
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."533Please respect copyright.PENANACxe7K0F1MR
Angel felt Carly put her533Please respect copyright.PENANAnrncSEK1Ah
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her533Please respect copyright.PENANAbD2I9ySrJj
hand away. But Carly grasped it.533Please respect copyright.PENANAlBvbZyjvU5
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."533Please respect copyright.PENANAfaFysKRywf
The black SUV came to a 533Please respect copyright.PENANAunMt2MYA1p
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother533Please respect copyright.PENANAvSjmZJkY8M
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 533Please respect copyright.PENANAyUiYccdJDg
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 533Please respect copyright.PENANAoReTerTCJR
Eric opened the door. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAIZC2bDesW2
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."533Please respect copyright.PENANA0jX30mtSL5
Eric had set the 533Please respect copyright.PENANA8yG57fR7q0
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 533Please respect copyright.PENANAuTgenjuZog
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 533Please respect copyright.PENANAG1weogCE4r
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 533Please respect copyright.PENANAHtQjuKQ9PI
them. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAz9qJ7p4681
Angel533Please respect copyright.PENANAvQHHpIn75X
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when533Please respect copyright.PENANAmjufSESoDV
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.533Please respect copyright.PENANAeSgNhsaTbF
***533Please respect copyright.PENANAVAoryPX3BN
Leo533Please respect copyright.PENANAvaZne9ggO5
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 533Please respect copyright.PENANAbOpoiuS9P2
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 533Please respect copyright.PENANAXKYEpF0ogg
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 533Please respect copyright.PENANAf4dNDIecCw
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 533Please respect copyright.PENANAIiBoZsVV6G
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he533Please respect copyright.PENANAwHu37ZX8tL
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.533Please respect copyright.PENANAhxciRzopPN
Kim533Please respect copyright.PENANABuLy4HG1oI
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 533Please respect copyright.PENANA4fpsVGre3j
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 533Please respect copyright.PENANAepZlNbO5uY
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 533Please respect copyright.PENANAHPUkkxmg55
arms.533Please respect copyright.PENANABWUG2bs9F9
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."533Please respect copyright.PENANA8KsqyUKYgj
Leo533Please respect copyright.PENANAXpwDJQfQKN
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 533Please respect copyright.PENANABCz1wxp0DR
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 533Please respect copyright.PENANA3gFMAStaPY
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 533Please respect copyright.PENANA2CkyWiINU0
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 533Please respect copyright.PENANAz7kDhlxpG2
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 533Please respect copyright.PENANA5NUly3U2z4
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.533Please respect copyright.PENANAWVCvFKL7bu
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAkkEaTOUgj6
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."533Please respect copyright.PENANAloQhhCLgDg
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAjXaVKB8nf5
Leo533Please respect copyright.PENANA1zCS9bqEiX
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 533Please respect copyright.PENANAthpBK9xlFL
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 533Please respect copyright.PENANArwdaLLkmjd
it's time I come out clean."533Please respect copyright.PENANAxAnOvI0PsR
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAarTIPOTEVL
This533Please respect copyright.PENANA1rhvZY55aU
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 533Please respect copyright.PENANAqcg0PwAJXa
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 533Please respect copyright.PENANA9vzPwsMr8h
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 533Please respect copyright.PENANAlVfbfUAZCE
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.533Please respect copyright.PENANAuKOs14co5V
"The533Please respect copyright.PENANAd8yV2XlO3c
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot533Please respect copyright.PENANAnPpaKVbcVQ
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 533Please respect copyright.PENANA1mnuOwjebQ
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want533Please respect copyright.PENANA1gYlLKKcb6
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."533Please respect copyright.PENANAQopvfz4Zfb
"I533Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1eSP0IdJo
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 533Please respect copyright.PENANAWJWPupQaeE
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"533Please respect copyright.PENANACKx3OX9oOQ
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.533Please respect copyright.PENANAbU0jIh07cB
"What533Please respect copyright.PENANASQ0pXAJF2A
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 533Please respect copyright.PENANAAJP5dm6r0f
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"533Please respect copyright.PENANA7WmnxhYq0N
Leo533Please respect copyright.PENANAkwetQHl4j7
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 533Please respect copyright.PENANAAUbxuwdnNN
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 533Please respect copyright.PENANAoDAjfw7nKK
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 533Please respect copyright.PENANAaLuIxG3X2c
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 533Please respect copyright.PENANAuqZv1CENSE
would react.533Please respect copyright.PENANAGqpdz7BUBH
"After533Please respect copyright.PENANAv6Z6X9jXMW
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 533Please respect copyright.PENANAIOTM2lKc7F
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."533Please respect copyright.PENANAYJVDQn5jXJ
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.533Please respect copyright.PENANAMq9IgoReSX
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."533Please respect copyright.PENANAQdpeXAYgc0
***533Please respect copyright.PENANAd6vMRrkIEi
Angel533Please respect copyright.PENANAqoDXGVXjvs
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that533Please respect copyright.PENANA180H5P5xwF
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother533Please respect copyright.PENANAfGfS8iZL04
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 533Please respect copyright.PENANAuFJ5dqOrXW
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 533Please respect copyright.PENANABUDZOtQond
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 533Please respect copyright.PENANA1wpKl8GZi5
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 533Please respect copyright.PENANAvU40FQeLe2
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 533Please respect copyright.PENANAvuRmO3hWLj
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.533Please respect copyright.PENANApkpKr5XC86
After533Please respect copyright.PENANAdbAZyIXU9i
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 533Please respect copyright.PENANArS8BWD7XPh
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 533Please respect copyright.PENANACHVqcT0zt6
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 533Please respect copyright.PENANAI7OuOXaYFA
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was533Please respect copyright.PENANA3k0PImlPrI
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 533Please respect copyright.PENANAoFK5cT9wDZ
world. 533Please respect copyright.PENANA5DSBomRou4
After533Please respect copyright.PENANAkAZEMOzB3N
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 533Please respect copyright.PENANAdEHMLnBfSs
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 533Please respect copyright.PENANAYWWU2lb6ux
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAFG7rk92US3
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."533Please respect copyright.PENANAcNCAHGlGVR
"It's533Please respect copyright.PENANApp8v9XzwrW
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 533Please respect copyright.PENANA8aTs3PTJNn
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like533Please respect copyright.PENANAetxegmPZOt
you."533Please respect copyright.PENANACCMgJLYK5q
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."533Please respect copyright.PENANAGoujlFnZq1
"No,533Please respect copyright.PENANAqUZNSDXseS
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 533Please respect copyright.PENANAzAquzSLECq
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to533Please respect copyright.PENANAVYDcpYw7An
live with us, it will be great."533Please respect copyright.PENANAuAuJXfcBCE
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAWIMOSDb8zW
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.533Please respect copyright.PENANA0gPlrGbVTQ
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAImh7Xa0TBr
"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."533Please respect copyright.PENANAVRgVnhsegH
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.533Please respect copyright.PENANANLmJ6XdoYo
Angel couldn't help but 533Please respect copyright.PENANAl1ZbyrWxpU
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 533Please respect copyright.PENANAyJQCKwDXap
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 533Please respect copyright.PENANActIaJdSU1y
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't533Please respect copyright.PENANAQdDgknDy5j
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAwwnBG8I6Vi
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.533Please respect copyright.PENANA3cuyigeN8n
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."533Please respect copyright.PENANAcZzSuYFgtJ
Angel now shifted in her533Please respect copyright.PENANAX4PSdlA7lh
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 533Please respect copyright.PENANAWWi3JIFwxG
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 533Please respect copyright.PENANAyAXvFyzFAq
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 533Please respect copyright.PENANAzUiqd0GT7C
hidden?533Please respect copyright.PENANA1t3PaSR7kt
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAyzF5DEtEyy
Angel demanded. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAspIAjtnYj4
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."533Please respect copyright.PENANAwzDsnYsKTK
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAVHN7Xa1X9G
"What?!"
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