Zoey's P.O.V:808Please respect copyright.PENANAdCIgeJ9w9q
I was still in the dance808Please respect copyright.PENANApPLsT2ScY6
studio with my back on the floor and my face facing the ceiling. I took808Please respect copyright.PENANAxOpnLchmDI
a deep breath and let it out, trying to relax myself. But I couldn't. I808Please respect copyright.PENANAF3iSUpcZTk
wondered how I got to this point with everything crumbling down to 808Please respect copyright.PENANA0o76qxoOWx
pieces.808Please respect copyright.PENANAQm4NEjZnHB
G-Dragon had left me 808Please respect copyright.PENANAWR6sDSd2SD
alone to think after our talk. As much as it hurt talking to him, it 808Please respect copyright.PENANALF2pIyyUAL
wasn't as intense as the one he and Sam shared when they argued down the808Please respect copyright.PENANA3rlvU3v3Hq
hall earlier. I knew GD was trying to go calm and easy on me, which he 808Please respect copyright.PENANAG9yoVGJj6R
did. But I was still hurting as hell.808Please respect copyright.PENANAZzfp560Gcp
It was now over between 808Please respect copyright.PENANA3yH8ArC2DN
us. I knew I had it coming because I wasn't going to stay here in Korea 808Please respect copyright.PENANAKFnMIHubCa
for long. But I never knew it was all because G-Dragon really liked Sam.808Please respect copyright.PENANASk059IbCMl
That felt like a blow to my face.808Please respect copyright.PENANARZvGBqBedO
I was hurting, I was 808Please respect copyright.PENANAsMcpY0YIJT
pissed and angry. I should have known better that G-Dragon never had 808Please respect copyright.PENANAg6CWgX4B1X
eyes for me in the first place, but for Sam. Who I bet felt guilty and 808Please respect copyright.PENANAPPf7oN3PtE
tried to tell me the truth earlier on this morning, but I never took her808Please respect copyright.PENANAuiTihlGAOr
seriously. Come to think of it, I never do take her seriously. But she 808Please respect copyright.PENANAVtvgkjq5KB
couldn't come to tell me that G-Dragon liked her because she knew 808Please respect copyright.PENANAtp7mZLbV9j
G-Dragon was supposed to tell me himself. No wonder she kept quiet. 808Please respect copyright.PENANAOVBN5ziAi7
Looks like her conscious took the better of her and told her not to.808Please respect copyright.PENANAeP9cShE4kr
I was glad that all of 808Please respect copyright.PENANAEbykOYKbRg
this was bought to light, but now, all of our group members know. And as808Please respect copyright.PENANAh0gMuR337F
for Daesung, I always knew he had eyes for Sam but the two of them 808Please respect copyright.PENANAjBG36IR4Ep
accepted that they could never be together. That was pretty brave of 808Please respect copyright.PENANANuwZfwiVAG
them if you ask me. I wish I could be a little more like Sam on learning808Please respect copyright.PENANArtCZaHIYAY
how to let go.808Please respect copyright.PENANATrv3EEsKtx
I sighed. But I couldn't808Please respect copyright.PENANA9jBPE2zIp5
let go of G-Dragon. He had something that other guys I have dated or 808Please respect copyright.PENANAMr5xrTlOfg
met in my life never had that drew me close to him. But looks like he 808Please respect copyright.PENANAlsK74gbYrF
wasn't mine to keep, nor Sam's.808Please respect copyright.PENANAKGFuOiAOfP
I don't know what to 808Please respect copyright.PENANA2wf8LF9bpS
think now that I know he had always liked Sam from the very beginning. I808Please respect copyright.PENANAfPbB0MSddl
was angry at the both of them from keeping all of this from me, but I 808Please respect copyright.PENANADWVbeGMUAP
was also pretty mad at myself for playing the fool.808Please respect copyright.PENANAHJxzT8ZP1V
What hurt me the most 808Please respect copyright.PENANASZImMMtIKg
was the kiss G-Dragon and I shared in Paris. Everything felt so real 808Please respect copyright.PENANAlM7iYAFM49
back then, but now, it was like a faded memory. When G-Dragon told me 808Please respect copyright.PENANAbngMNh960F
earlier that he had always liked Sam, I had asked him what our kiss in 808Please respect copyright.PENANApdCvBH7C7N
Paris meant to him. He told me he did all that just to distract himself 808Please respect copyright.PENANAx72HJ8m1XK
because Sam had pissed him off earlier. I know the two had argued a 808Please respect copyright.PENANAetAOcT3CRH
couple of times before, but I never knew it was that serious to the 808Please respect copyright.PENANAYNOy0Rm96S
extent that he had to use me as a distraction just to get his mind off 808Please respect copyright.PENANArPjFj1WcbD
her. For some reason, I felt so used.808Please respect copyright.PENANAxwjMyhQxzQ
He did say he was sorry 808Please respect copyright.PENANAIsEm8ho0PL
and that he didn't want to hurt me. I couldn't stay mad at him. For some808Please respect copyright.PENANAwNhmvSv44y
reason, I just couldn't. But I was mad at Sam though. She should have 808Please respect copyright.PENANAW5nwFKwPwc
told me what was going on. We were best friends for crying out loud.808Please respect copyright.PENANA0VvpfMRIyv
She had a lot of 808Please respect copyright.PENANAfOxQ4AU9Cr
explaining to do. That's if I get to cool down first. I still had a lot 808Please respect copyright.PENANA74wlYxPIli
of things pending in my mind and I had to be really careful with what I 808Please respect copyright.PENANA00VS1fDbHx
was going to say to her.808Please respect copyright.PENANAYbK58jnbh1
As I got up from the 808Please respect copyright.PENANAN9ZZp6boH5
floor, the door to the studio flew open and Christine came in with what 808Please respect copyright.PENANAdAXj0N34BW
looked like a lunch takeout in a plastic bag. I could tell by the look 808Please respect copyright.PENANAkripCDxI6H
on her face that she was trying to figure out what words to say to me so808Please respect copyright.PENANAN4lnSTinlb
that I couldn't get mad any further.808Please respect copyright.PENANADOrrnhLK8C
"Hey, Zoey," said Christine as she closed the door behind her. "I brought you your lunch."808Please respect copyright.PENANAb2Daaxj1og
I managed to put up a smile. "Thanks, Christine."808Please respect copyright.PENANAgPJD4D7zqO
She walked up to me. "So, did you guys talk?"808Please respect copyright.PENANAHsct4z6zaC
"Ya." I nodded my head. "We did."808Please respect copyright.PENANAjZDZaDgppK
"We saw G-Dragon earlier," said Christine. "The others are talking to him, so I came here to check up on you."808Please respect copyright.PENANAYxCXwr7xge
"Thanks. I'm okay, but I just realised that I'm pretty hungry."808Please respect copyright.PENANA5ETOMV287S
"Here." Christine gave me my lunch and I sat down on the floor to eat. She sat also down, facing me.808Please respect copyright.PENANAUFLrVfxGeu
"So, how are things?" Christine asked.808Please respect copyright.PENANAfKQTHiWJlQ
"I don't know whether to say things are good or bad," I said as I bit a slice of pizza.808Please respect copyright.PENANACwjKqcsDAS
"Looking at you, it's pretty bad. G-Dragon said it's over between the two of you."808Please respect copyright.PENANAYr64mVWC6z
"Ya, it is. I was so stupid to think that we would last."808Please respect copyright.PENANA40PK40KxUa
"Come on, Zoey. I think 808Please respect copyright.PENANAYBquERNqQF
it was pretty obvious. I mean, we weren't going to stay here for long. 808Please respect copyright.PENANAQAwZ2LGBQ9
And you know what Collins told us last time."808Please respect copyright.PENANA6DV6xcJgm5
"I know. But I never knew it would be because of Sam." I bit another piece of pizza in my mouth.808Please respect copyright.PENANAF3mOZlseWp
Christine winced. "Sorry808Please respect copyright.PENANA2XcZ1w4Z9v
to break it to you, Zoey, but it was quite clear from the day we got 808Please respect copyright.PENANA0FFahkbNnK
here that G-Dragon had eyes for her this whole time."808Please respect copyright.PENANAiW3kFEIj52
I stopped chewing on my pizza and looked up at Christine.808Please respect copyright.PENANAkFik9OnzQa
"What? You knew about this and you never told me?"808Please respect copyright.PENANAc3E05Y30Zo
Christine shrugged her 808Please respect copyright.PENANAvotjN0xAar
shoulders. "You're the one with the eyes for these things, not me. 808Please respect copyright.PENANAPP9hAv51VL
Sadly, you got too attached to G-Dragon that you couldn't even realise 808Please respect copyright.PENANAIjUaD0iBw6
it yourself."808Please respect copyright.PENANADuEF3zWKny
I chewed slowly as I 808Please respect copyright.PENANADaRtPUJQBt
thought of what she said. "I guess you're right. Is that the reason why 808Please respect copyright.PENANALGNvP091jS
you said G-Dragon and Sam would have made a perfect couple during that 808Please respect copyright.PENANAmyZu7XWDcz
interview?"808Please respect copyright.PENANAHnCapQqcVf
"Well, ya. I thought by saying that, you would open your eyes for once. But that didn't work."808Please respect copyright.PENANAxdP7Ti2zh8
"Ya. And Daniel said the same thing too and I got mad at him for it. I still wish you could have told me though."808Please respect copyright.PENANA7B7WlPj5Ox
"So you could burst into an uproar and tear everyone's heads out? No way." She shook her head.808Please respect copyright.PENANAIARlVXucGo
"Look at me, Christine. I might be hurt but I'm still composed."808Please respect copyright.PENANALR2VxqWMwX
"And what if Sam shows up? Wouldn't you be in an uproar then?"808Please respect copyright.PENANAR45Sz0td3w
I had no words. Maybe 808Please respect copyright.PENANARkdBkpMXHV
Christine was right. I don't know what I would do if Sam were to come 808Please respect copyright.PENANAyKYRxrOtGO
into the room. As much as I was pissed at G-Dragon, I was pretty furious808Please respect copyright.PENANAne1wVySod2
at Sam.808Please respect copyright.PENANAVggUQ4xXlz
"No, I wouldn't," I said, ignoring Christine.808Please respect copyright.PENANAYXykOWWKfE
"Yes, you would. A lot 808Please respect copyright.PENANAw1S2U7MqAR
of us know you too well, Zoey. And you're probably wondering what 808Please respect copyright.PENANAfOqLp9p6Ud
G-Dragon saw in Sam that he couldn't see in you."808Please respect copyright.PENANADCF3VhLzUb
I got irritated now, 808Please respect copyright.PENANAPq0xqZtSsu
knowing that Christine was right. "So what? That's not going to put me 808Please respect copyright.PENANAIfiJoXpqph
into a fit of a tantrum when I see her."808Please respect copyright.PENANAxoxXdx6wV0
"It would, Zoey. And as 808Please respect copyright.PENANAXKOxEcZpLz
much as it's normal to think that way because you're hurt and pretty 808Please respect copyright.PENANAc5kh3YPMGS
much jealous, you also have to look at things through Sam's point of 808Please respect copyright.PENANADPGLnPENf3
view."808Please respect copyright.PENANAlHTDIoKmwd
"Hey! I'm not jealous."808Please respect copyright.PENANA536GxR4fLV
Christine rolled her 808Please respect copyright.PENANA2stWv1cVJZ
eyes at me. "Whatever. But promise me you won't shout in Sam's face when808Please respect copyright.PENANAfqTCroapbA
you see her. I bet she feels really bad about this and I know she 808Please respect copyright.PENANAsX4T01UI2G
couldn't tell you because she didn't want you to get hurt."808Please respect copyright.PENANAfM4U3GTtOH
"Why are you saying that? Did she tell you that she already knew that G-Dragon liked her?"808Please respect copyright.PENANAMveAuxRsA5
"No. But knowing her 808Please respect copyright.PENANAsBQ1H0AZro
character, she would do exactly that. You're her best friend and I know 808Please respect copyright.PENANAekT6lu4NCy
she would do nothing to hurt you. It must be pretty bad for her too."808Please respect copyright.PENANAInrNv49i6n
"I know, but, I can't believe that G-Dragon fell for her and not me."808Please respect copyright.PENANAUE4mADQIh3
"Here we go," said 808Please respect copyright.PENANAkDkD3UTtJu
Christine, throwing her hands in the air. "You really think all this is 808Please respect copyright.PENANAHNvRUNdGMV
about you? That all the nice guys are supposed to fall for you wherever 808Please respect copyright.PENANAWRrai1CGvL
you go?"808Please respect copyright.PENANA3Rt3pYiMgV
"No. It's just...."808Please respect copyright.PENANAfDLfChpYP0
"Don't say another word, Zoey. It's clear to see that you aren't concerned about Sam at all."808Please respect copyright.PENANABSlqEjKrzA
That hurt. And a lot too. "That's not true. Sam is my best friend. Yes, I'm mad because she didn't tell me what was going on."808Please respect copyright.PENANA24nJ3Cwhsl
"Then you as her best 808Please respect copyright.PENANAM1zAMPfU3Y
friend should understand why she did that. You heard her down that hall 808Please respect copyright.PENANAVCDyv8CyNo
when she argued with G-Dragon about telling you the truth. It's because 808Please respect copyright.PENANAa6YZb1rvwF
she didn't want to see you hurt. She never does and she never will."808Please respect copyright.PENANAfNTXpdjqOM
I looked down on the 808Please respect copyright.PENANAWyZa5p7ZNQ
floor feeling a little guilty. I know Sam and her character, and she was808Please respect copyright.PENANAmCMUkp4H4N
one who wouldn't like to hurt anyone. But I still couldn't help but 808Please respect copyright.PENANAjfsVrcunFW
feel mad.808Please respect copyright.PENANApv4ndPy2Ws
"Okay, okay. It's just that, this has never really happened to me before."808Please respect copyright.PENANAkyRPUWUL3m
"That's because you 808Please respect copyright.PENANAluG5ToIwoZ
always think guys would fall for you all the time no matter what. It's 808Please respect copyright.PENANAP9LM2EtWlD
been like that since high school. You were the one whom all the boys 808Please respect copyright.PENANAW3PaI0FlR5
admired and Sam was one who you never thought could ever make any guy 808Please respect copyright.PENANArwRq4uYRdy
fall for her, especially G-Dragon."808Please respect copyright.PENANAKyV8rsf1pQ
"Mmmm. Maybe. It's not my fault that I attract so many guys."808Please respect copyright.PENANAiM2Wry6pKS
"Well, I hope what's happened will help you realise that not everything is all about you."808Please respect copyright.PENANADOVutaw8Jw
I sighed. I had now lost my appetite after what she had said.808Please respect copyright.PENANAFcwbtNPZto
"I hope Sam is alright," said Christine. "Have you seen her?"808Please respect copyright.PENANAxTeuWAYyfO
"No, I thought she was with you guys," I said.808Please respect copyright.PENANAcPqdxvJAHz
"She never came downstairs with us."808Please respect copyright.PENANAiKyPIPYnxS
"She must be around here somewhere. She will show up when it's time for practise."808Please respect copyright.PENANAy0Qll69Zix
"I hope so. Anyway we will be starting soon. Now remember. Don't get mad, okay?"808Please respect copyright.PENANASDd8Xknswi
"I'll try. I'm not promising anything."808Please respect copyright.PENANA1E9Ba8mEbp
The door flew open all 808Please respect copyright.PENANAnfv6yQoXiZ
of the sudden and thinking it was Sam, the guys came in the room. I felt808Please respect copyright.PENANArhmj6QkMyJ
a little relieved. But I looked away when G-Dragon came in. I still 808Please respect copyright.PENANAwElk7c1iyp
wasn't ready to look at him yet.808Please respect copyright.PENANA8pgYCMJcen
"Ummm, has anyone seen Sam?" Daniel asked, after looking around the room.808Please respect copyright.PENANAZuecfA58bo
"No, we haven't," said Christine getting up from the floor.808Please respect copyright.PENANAH9ECRvjLku
"She must be around here somewhere," said Taeyang.808Please respect copyright.PENANA3BKZ5AuzUQ
"I bet she hasn't eaten lunch yet," said Mike. "I think I should go and look for her."808Please respect copyright.PENANA849nGuI0FV
"Why not call her?" I asked. "I bet she carried her phone."808Please respect copyright.PENANAfoPYtmgnud
"Zoey," Christine looked at me with a frown on her face.808Please respect copyright.PENANAb13aA8Mfmw
"What?" I looked up at her as I shrugged my shoulders.808Please respect copyright.PENANAfdXT9Vb2Gw
"Arrgh!" she growled in frustration and looked away.808Please respect copyright.PENANAimHyPuT6TW
"Wow, girls, what's up?" Seungri asked with a surprised look on his face. "Don't tell me you two were arguing too?"808Please respect copyright.PENANA6tOOxaaeno
"No, just trying to convince some people around here about doing the right thing," said Christine as she looked down at me.808Please respect copyright.PENANA4TreTrBwjU
I could have stuck out my tongue at her, but I didn't. I kept my cool and I continued to eat my pizza.808Please respect copyright.PENANA29CiCOwT2t
"Guys, we have a problem," said TOP.808Please respect copyright.PENANA2XcRsFpaDO
We all turned to look at him and he was holding his phone in his hand. Had he been trying to call Sam?808Please respect copyright.PENANAH1CtdGhLjB
"What is it?" G-Dragon asked.808Please respect copyright.PENANA15E1N1GBfC
"Sam isn't picking my call," TOP answered. "It's ringing but she isn't picking up."808Please respect copyright.PENANAg08UWvfB1h
"Maybe she put her phone on silent," said Mike.808Please respect copyright.PENANAhWI0WaHpXP
"Meaning we have to look for her then," said Taeyang.808Please respect copyright.PENANAaTYgywEsBo
"I'll look for her," said Daniel. "I bet she is at the recording studio."808Please respect copyright.PENANAYzzXgj7nxu
"I'm coming with you," said Daesung.808Please respect copyright.PENANAovRo0CM896
"Count me in," said Mike.808Please respect copyright.PENANALhRyUsAwBn
Christine came beside me808Please respect copyright.PENANADSxfiizXZA
and gave me a nudge on my leg with her foot. I looked up at her and she808Please respect copyright.PENANAGzWWikpVsF
jerked her head towards the door. I knew she wanted me to go with them 808Please respect copyright.PENANAxJ2E90d1ZX
to look for Sam. I didn't want to snap at her so I just had to comply.808Please respect copyright.PENANAioD64C2mxf
"I'm also coming with you," I said as I stood up from the floor.808Please respect copyright.PENANA8akI16StDd
"Why don't we all go?" Christine asked.808Please respect copyright.PENANA3JVnUYJ0IK
"Okay," said G-Dragon. "Let's just hope that the choreographer doesn't come here and find us missing."808Please respect copyright.PENANANF7OEyOs9v
"Then someone should stay behind and explain what's going on," I said. "So, I'll stay."808Please respect copyright.PENANAMD6ZA2b0H5
"No, we are all going," said Christine as she held my arm. "If we're going to get in trouble together then we all will."808Please respect copyright.PENANADxpxllnvXZ
I sighed as I rolled my eyes. "Fine."808Please respect copyright.PENANAqy6jiXhfYh
"Let's go up to the recording studio," said TOP. "I'll continue to call Sam and check if she is okay."808Please respect copyright.PENANAsm5lz7jL9g
Daesung opened the door 808Please respect copyright.PENANAqYc4JrJQop
and went out of the room first and we all followed. I seriously wasn't 808Please respect copyright.PENANAdHA1YN5OyU
in the mood to go and start looking for Sam. If anything, I should be 808Please respect copyright.PENANANOQl9kvPNq
given more time to think and try to calm down. But I couldn't help but 808Please respect copyright.PENANAseZtXVdJyg
worry about her whereabouts too.808Please respect copyright.PENANASkciCfa2Aa
We all went upstairs and808Please respect copyright.PENANASlJqwW7z2M
checked every recording room. There was still no sign of her. And TOP 808Please respect copyright.PENANA6WH9vKUaVa
had tried calling but she still wasn't picking up.808Please respect copyright.PENANAryn5FtmGYC
When we came to the 808Please respect copyright.PENANArxcnKLLYDe
second last studio room down the hall, we found Sam settled on the 808Please respect copyright.PENANAq3DrNI7OLl
couch. She seemed to be busy because she was bended over a small table 808Please respect copyright.PENANAMdJhO90Go3
in front of her, with a pen in her hand and was scribbling something on a808Please respect copyright.PENANAeqUVuFhWqv
sheet of paper.808Please respect copyright.PENANAGywaK187vc
"Sam," Mike called out to her as he rushed into the room.808Please respect copyright.PENANAijHt84fOa2
Sam quickly looked up. 808Please respect copyright.PENANAj7i3qZb7jQ
Telling on the look on her face, she was pretty preoccupied, as always. I808Please respect copyright.PENANAdsWcqQG6C1
wondered what she was writing. Hopefully not a run away letter saying 808Please respect copyright.PENANAlge43c4lmP
that she will leave the group because of what she has done.808Please respect copyright.PENANA3u6Yt2Ir6z
We all came in the room 808Please respect copyright.PENANATdWNFTfCGV
and to be honest, I didn't want to be here. I could tell that G-Dragon 808Please respect copyright.PENANA7zj4VRdxxh
also felt the same. I looked at him and he seemed pretty uncomfortable.808Please respect copyright.PENANAE2b7ipOZ18
"May I ask what you're doing here?" Daniel asked Sam.808Please respect copyright.PENANA9Sn70avEJ3
"I...I was just...." Sam808Please respect copyright.PENANAHPn4tMw0ip
looked down at the paper she was scribbling on and then up at her 808Please respect copyright.PENANATPVV916rIB
brothers. "I just needed to be alone for a while. That's why I came 808Please respect copyright.PENANAmibwa5YKzi
here."808Please respect copyright.PENANAYm1MKNr5hy
"But are you okay?" Taeyang asked. "You weren't picking up your phone."808Please respect copyright.PENANARzaIJJEEq0
"I put it on silent," said Sam, as she scratched her head. "Sorry if I worried you."808Please respect copyright.PENANAbhQVYZ0FO0
"Apologising isn't one of your best traits, Sam," I blurted out without thinking. "I'm surprised you're doing so now."808Please respect copyright.PENANAxWLlFx3Uxv
Everyone turned to look 808Please respect copyright.PENANA6tj3ygkiIY
at me and I could tell they were shocked with what I said. But I didn't 808Please respect copyright.PENANAc6buHQI0sJ
care. I had my hands on my hips to show how mad I was.808Please respect copyright.PENANA1bgPGuKeY0
"Zoey," Sam stood up from the couch and I could tell she was sorry just by looking in her eyes. "We need to talk."808Please respect copyright.PENANASrlNrd6pxj
"There is nothing to talk about, Sam. G-Dragon told me everything and I don't need to listen to you."808Please respect copyright.PENANAgkph2NdMz1
"Zoey!" Christine interfered.808Please respect copyright.PENANAd183YdTkOz
"Let me talk, Christine," I said, holding my hand up to Christine to stop her from talking.808Please respect copyright.PENANADnFLFxljDX
"Zoey, I know you're mad at me. But I didn't want it to go down like this," said Sam.808Please respect copyright.PENANAmZWYQbJolF
"Well, it's a little too808Please respect copyright.PENANAqfnEpBy7x0
late for that, isn't it? Why didn't you tell me all this before? And 808Please respect copyright.PENANACrHQI7Qb4h
don't try to say you were only doing it so that I wouldn't get hurt."808Please respect copyright.PENANA7KecIaJa2l
Sam opened her mouth but808Please respect copyright.PENANAsicKHtVIrD
closed it again. I could see tears well up in her eyes. If she thought 808Please respect copyright.PENANASJP7QAiVJV
crying would make me forgive her, she was dead wrong. I was a little 808Please respect copyright.PENANAMppKUQEOad
surprised when no tear fell down her cheek.808Please respect copyright.PENANAaMu9shr6EB
"I'm sorry, Zoey," she said. "But what else could I tell you?"808Please respect copyright.PENANABs4kg6o8HI
"Why you stole G-Dragon from me!"808Please respect copyright.PENANAUOO5kYYzCs
"I didn't steal him from you, Zoey."808Please respect copyright.PENANAMU3kmUeFrX
"Now you're just talking nonsense," said Christine.808Please respect copyright.PENANAxpn2E9HkXJ
"Shut up, Christine!" I snapped at her.808Please respect copyright.PENANAJLPv1QlkJn
"The drama queen must have hit her head or something," Daniel said, shaking his head.808Please respect copyright.PENANA0T9B6AR06i
"I didn't hit my head," I said as I turned to look at Daniel.808Please respect copyright.PENANACSIIVhYShC
"You're acting like you have," said G-Dragon. "What's wrong with you?"808Please respect copyright.PENANAyt7Y6s1ikU
I turned to look at G-Dragon and I couldn't believe that he was also calling me crazy.808Please respect copyright.PENANAdR4bUMAwbW
"This is unbelievable," I said as I rubbed my forehead. "Now I'm the crazy one."808Please respect copyright.PENANAMdGAgd79ov
"Zoey, please calm down," said Seungri. "This isn't good for you or for anyone else."808Please respect copyright.PENANA1GlEcUWHQt
I took a deep breath and looked up at the ceiling. Then I went back to looking at Sam.808Please respect copyright.PENANAsdpxCzcWmM
"If you've a better explanation to all this, I'll be in the dance studio."808Please respect copyright.PENANAggMmaEAnjo
I turned around and went out of the room, banging the door loudly behind me.808Please respect copyright.PENANAiBhAn1cXIJ
***808Please respect copyright.PENANAAyZGzj6sCP
808Please respect copyright.PENANA8vSJBhoqvt
Sam's P.O.V:808Please respect copyright.PENANABJ7pECJ8zC
I winced when the door 808Please respect copyright.PENANAjm6lqQa71S
banged shut in front of me. I knew Zoey was going to be furious. And 808Please respect copyright.PENANAfEgFSHOWmN
trying to cool her down was going to be difficult. I had to work on a 808Please respect copyright.PENANAa522s9fI6j
different approach to get to her.808Please respect copyright.PENANAY1adVUveAw
I looked at the others 808Please respect copyright.PENANA1PU6zuh4ny
in front of me and they were silent. Looks like they were pretty much 808Please respect copyright.PENANAFp1aLRtF37
ready for Zoey's outburst than I was.808Please respect copyright.PENANAvJ60I4adnQ
"We better get going, the choreographer will be back any moment," said TOP.808Please respect copyright.PENANA7Fd3QbGA0V
"Are you crazy?" Mike 808Please respect copyright.PENANAVBnTcOHcSV
asked as he turned to look at TOP. "I'm not going in that room if Zoey 808Please respect copyright.PENANA4FiNtoDbeg
is going to continue acting like a lunatic."808Please respect copyright.PENANAREQEe3o3Nx
"Mike's right," said Daesung. "Maybe we should just cancel practise today, for things to settle down."808Please respect copyright.PENANAgYWhyColdI
"As much as that is a good idea, you heard what the managers said," said Taeyang. "We've to work on the music video on Monday."808Please respect copyright.PENANADu9zGcSvBS
"We have to come up with808Please respect copyright.PENANANdV9rHk5K9
something then," said Christine. "Because just as Mike said, dancing 808Please respect copyright.PENANAFJLOvax9oL
with Zoey is going to be dangerous. The next thing we know, we would all808Please respect copyright.PENANAOOjczvE0rF
be landing on our faces in that studio."808Please respect copyright.PENANA7tatXfNI7W
"I agree," said Seungri. "Does anyone have any plans?"808Please respect copyright.PENANAFYouWWeveP
"I can pretend I sprain my ankle," said Daniel. "That will give us enough time for things to settle."808Please respect copyright.PENANA0dAJZVOOCX
"No, they will bring in a medical examiner and make things worse," said Taeyang.808Please respect copyright.PENANAItsxdHNOsE
"Okay, this is tough," said Christine, as she started to pace up and down.808Please respect copyright.PENANAuf5llGRDmt
"We wouldn't be going through all this if it wasn't for you, Sam," said G-Dragon.808Please respect copyright.PENANAAdNyYBvqDU
Everyone, including me turned to look at G-Dragon who was standing further away from us at the door.808Please respect copyright.PENANA5vMImdWxpf
"What did I do?" I 808Please respect copyright.PENANAyoG1lNvv2A
asked. "If you mean telling Zoey the truth, that's supposed to rest on 808Please respect copyright.PENANAnrxqfVGHip
your shoulders and not just mine alone."808Please respect copyright.PENANAxPH9gIyvfo
"But I did tell you that I would handle it, didn't I?"808Please respect copyright.PENANAW7dnGDSOl8
"Whether you told her 808Please respect copyright.PENANAGEHT302hqM
the truth later on, the fact is she was still going to get mad. You guys808Please respect copyright.PENANAkOWKNsW8dw
talked a while ago, didn't you? How was that handling things? She is 808Please respect copyright.PENANAq2Rtcqg5D5
still furious and mostly at me."808Please respect copyright.PENANA1FOsmpg4Un
"GD, I think Sam is 808Please respect copyright.PENANAwTHE6iocma
right," said Seungri. "Zoey is one who gets pretty emotional and even if808Please respect copyright.PENANAsntjrJu8H8
you told her the truth much later, she was still going to get pissed 808Please respect copyright.PENANAYdauIokCfW
like she is now."808Please respect copyright.PENANAUGEhCybpUU
"And she would throw 808Please respect copyright.PENANAmQn6DNLbkq
stuff at us," said Mike. "Trust me, right now, Zoey isn't as mad as you 808Please respect copyright.PENANAyow2aWhsuR
would expect her to be or else she would have done exactly that. The 808Please respect copyright.PENANArOexxJt2d8
throwing stuff at us thing."808Please respect copyright.PENANADWCrsuqcUK
"Look GD, if you're 808Please respect copyright.PENANAWoZNmxLhcc
finding a way to blame me for all this, I agree with you," I said. "But 808Please respect copyright.PENANAyPqbgx9cFf
now isn't the time to start blaming each other. It isn't going to work."808Please respect copyright.PENANAGsC59xdALi
"Then what will?" G-Dragon asked. "You know pretty well that we all can't calm Zoey down because of you."808Please respect copyright.PENANA91vnVMh80u
"Here we go again with 808Please respect copyright.PENANA9WeBfLReqv
the blaming," I said as I raised my hands in the air in frustration. I 808Please respect copyright.PENANAe57hoFwxck
turned away from him and tried to think of what to say next.808Please respect copyright.PENANAdTwkKp2AVF
"Do you know what?" I said as I faced him again. "I give up."808Please respect copyright.PENANAIDMWb27vFy
The room was silent when everyone turned to look at the me.808Please respect copyright.PENANAQCauJArYIA
"What?" G-Dragon asked.808Please respect copyright.PENANAjfvjMjOckf
"I give up," I repeated.808Please respect copyright.PENANAgfM4BfwP60
"If I really wanted to, GD, I would have told Zoey a long time ago 808Please respect copyright.PENANAjLsqKT7vvB
about this even before you went to Paris but I didn't because I wasn't 808Please respect copyright.PENANAri4wKdqf2V
too sure. The biggest mistake you made was leading her on and that gave 808Please respect copyright.PENANAErVWJdIAtx
her hope that your relationship would work. You and I should both be 808Please respect copyright.PENANAEIDOSnuaO2
blamed for what's happened to Zoey. I didn't tell her the truth and 808Please respect copyright.PENANA23WDSJrnw1
that's also my biggest mistake."808Please respect copyright.PENANAYxg1FoKEIa
The air in the room 808Please respect copyright.PENANAgAsr9cnlls
became stale and I bet everyone else noticed it too. No one said a word.808Please respect copyright.PENANAGTy7NqDp1I
This time it was G-Dragon and I holding the floor.808Please respect copyright.PENANA4s4EQKWCK0
"I give up," I said as I continued to look at G-Dragon. "Blame me all you want. It isn't going to be the first time now, is it?"808Please respect copyright.PENANAMVvyqJe6Tx
The others looked at me 808Please respect copyright.PENANAm1LgvfhQ8s
then back at G-Dragon waiting for him to say something. But he didn't. 808Please respect copyright.PENANAPVzfsdFeFZ
He continued to look at me and I knew I hit the nail on the head this 808Please respect copyright.PENANATbYlYgTOvu
time. I could tell in his eyes that he was furious.808Please respect copyright.PENANAt4qN7II7sv
Without a word, he 808Please respect copyright.PENANAmUKlQ9x6V6
turned around and opened the door. Upon opening it, there stood Lee. She808Please respect copyright.PENANAZfH62tVfEQ
stepped aside for G-Dragon to pass and without a care in the world, he 808Please respect copyright.PENANAgI0uPYNfjI
walked past her. Lee continued to look at him as he went done the hall, 808Please respect copyright.PENANAtf8MYv0ODY
then she came in.808Please respect copyright.PENANAEfWd2ofurn
"Sorry for coming in at such an awkward time," said Lee. "But I have some news that I think will be helpful."808Please respect copyright.PENANAJTDIX0ijHs
"What is it?" Daesung asked.808Please respect copyright.PENANAnWDdzHb8Ff
"The choreographer won't808Please respect copyright.PENANAh2yKUTkmcE
be able to come after lunch. He has some personal things to attend to, 808Please respect copyright.PENANA1kk3csA0Fu
so, practise will resume on Monday."808Please respect copyright.PENANASKtLe24enw
"Phew! Thank goodness," said Christine.808Please respect copyright.PENANABZt7agetmy
"Well, given what's going on, you will need it," said Lee.808Please respect copyright.PENANAmFmeGzpSR0
"You haven't told our managers, have you?" Taeyang asked.808Please respect copyright.PENANAIq9YVLz018
"No, that will just make things worse."808Please respect copyright.PENANAkLPxqjK4no
"Well, I'm glad," I said. "Maybe we can work things out with Zoey and G-Dragon."808Please respect copyright.PENANAtNvxKcrFnD
"I'll handle GD," said TOP. "You will handle Zoey."808Please respect copyright.PENANAXIAQXCZgQE
"Christine and Sam will do it. Count me out," said Mike. "I would rather talk to G-Dragon than the drama queen."808Please respect copyright.PENANAwIvRchGiel
"Hey, we might need you 808Please respect copyright.PENANAS05wwm7AXl
with, Zoey," said Christine. "Just like Collins, you also know how to 808Please respect copyright.PENANARayOtaLOhO
put her down. You're quite good at it."808Please respect copyright.PENANAdRzYR7gmEJ
"Thanks for the compliment, but I'm sticking to my word."808Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZXr5sPWkJ
"Mike might make things worse," said Daniel. "Maybe it's best if he stays out of it."808Please respect copyright.PENANAdU80uPH8MN
"Hopefully, by Monday, everything is going to be okay," said Taeyang.808Please respect copyright.PENANAunAHmet6tH
"Hopefully," I said. I sighed. "Look guys, I'm sorry."808Please respect copyright.PENANAZiNnxoY6SV
"For what?" TOP asked.808Please respect copyright.PENANATEgZWfdceJ
"For this whole mess. I shouldn't have kept all this from you."808Please respect copyright.PENANAcN2YtKN4kS
"Sam," Christine walked 808Please respect copyright.PENANAxew4se8QKy
up to me and placed her arm around my shoulder. "I understand why you 808Please respect copyright.PENANAetyXqRfehU
did it and if you ask me, it's not really your fault. You were just 808Please respect copyright.PENANAwlvIlSjhpY
doing what you thought was right."808Please respect copyright.PENANA4L05ZEiN0z
"I also agree with Christine," said Daniel. "You shouldn't beat yourself up because of this. We're in this together now."808Please respect copyright.PENANAawh2aveM1f
"Yes, we all are in this with you," said Daesung, giving me an encouraging smile.808Please respect copyright.PENANAXqW3053H9c
"Then its best we go back to the hotel then," said Mike.808Please respect copyright.PENANABhbv3moVWD
"Let's go," said Lee.808Please respect copyright.PENANA4UCPF35vgf
"Then we will meet on Monday," said Taeyang.808Please respect copyright.PENANAwm4kYEVjlr
"Tell me how everything goes with G-Dragon," I said.808Please respect copyright.PENANAOFUHJrqig9
"We will," said TOP as he walked up to me. "Now, stop sulking and smile for me, everything will be alright. You'll see."808Please respect copyright.PENANAJcIK7Nx1SQ
I only managed to smile at him and nodded my head. "Yes, I'll."808Please respect copyright.PENANAxTBeyLjUd1
As the others started to808Please respect copyright.PENANAW4FzJqmXmX
leave the room one by one, I got the sheet of paper I was writing on, 808Please respect copyright.PENANA8EaY6yVEuO
folded it and put it away in my purse.808Please respect copyright.PENANAlW0SJjnPOO
"What were you writing on that thing?" Christine asked, as her eyes were on the folded paper as I put it away.808Please respect copyright.PENANAdxQ2uigSFX
"You'll know soon enough," I said, with a sad smile.808Please respect copyright.PENANAaKPMHvsebR
"Come, we better get going," said Lee after the BigBang members had left.808Please respect copyright.PENANAni6yCaSdTA
"Can you guys go ahead? I would like to talk to Zoey."808Please respect copyright.PENANAZkq0XUClds
"Don't you want us to come with you?" Christine asked.808Please respect copyright.PENANA7ubIL3lpTu
"No, I want to see if I can manage to talk to her on my own."808Please respect copyright.PENANAFKt5ypDK7M
Christine nodded her head and I could tell she was worried about what was going to happen. "If you say so."808Please respect copyright.PENANA7Zg2lRBIvZ
"We will be waiting for you downstairs," said Lee.808Please respect copyright.PENANA3RuEq2hShE
We came out of the 808Please respect copyright.PENANAD7y9qWNedr
studio and the others went to use the elevator to head downstairs while I808Please respect copyright.PENANAEWZId0y13q
used the stairs to head to the dance studio.808Please respect copyright.PENANAlbYTmxnUwR
I thought of what I was 808Please respect copyright.PENANAkZuibA8NXu
going to say as I walked down the hall. I was pretty scared and I was 808Please respect copyright.PENANAKkVD1Yrtmn
afraid that if Zoey saw me, she would pounce on me and try to scratch my808Please respect copyright.PENANAMdqGBQk8Tx
eyes out.808Please respect copyright.PENANAiTMhQCIfN4
When I reached the room 808Please respect copyright.PENANAsy5tw1seti
we had been using for practice earlier, I froze by the door. I was 808Please respect copyright.PENANAzNaVxztNuo
afraid of touching the door handle, thinking that I would get burnt.808Please respect copyright.PENANAScg4yti9ny
Maybe this was a bad 808Please respect copyright.PENANALnhEHCvY4X
idea and going in there was like stepping into the lion's den. I wanted 808Please respect copyright.PENANAnbMCyQQukf
to turn around and bail, but my body and my conscious wasn't allowing me808Please respect copyright.PENANAnQBXekv3i1
to. I felt caught in between two worlds.808Please respect copyright.PENANAa0G7S0iswZ
My body and conscious 808Please respect copyright.PENANAYem1JI5ZB4
won this time around. My hand was reaching for the handle and when I 808Please respect copyright.PENANAM8kXVzfSch
held it, I turned it and slowly pushed the door open.808Please respect copyright.PENANAYQ5yYiCcE6
"Are you kidding me right now?" came Zoey's voice in the room. "I can't do that. It's going to be risky."808Please respect copyright.PENANA8Vbkm2IYOU
I paused before I could 808Please respect copyright.PENANAMj9pCzBsyK
fully open the door. Who was Zoey talking to? My eyes grew wide. Was it 808Please respect copyright.PENANA1ruhf41Q3G
who I think it was? Derrick's brother?808Please respect copyright.PENANABBeKPx2R8F
"Look, calm down, okay? This is clearly not the time to talk right now."808Please respect copyright.PENANArZC0q0rdKY
I continued to listen. Maybe I can find out what was going on between the two of them.808Please respect copyright.PENANAn8iQwh5crP
"Just so you know, I'm also not in a good mood!"808Please respect copyright.PENANAgX3OTH8ffp
I winced at the sound of808Please respect copyright.PENANAuSq5wOxOXJ
her voice. She wasn't in a good mood indeed. I still had time to get 808Please respect copyright.PENANA0RrZp823fm
out of here, but I was rooted at the door.808Please respect copyright.PENANAxWFkZEWKES
"Okay, fine. We will 808Please respect copyright.PENANA9BfO11fpZr
meet, soon. I'll tell you when. I can't meet you now. Things back here 808Please respect copyright.PENANAlIOKNRWXA8
just got complicated and it will be strange if I disappear like I did 808Please respect copyright.PENANA13ZJvxbWDj
last time."808Please respect copyright.PENANAcHo7qJxFNe
I wanted to sigh in frustration. She didn't give out any clue as to what the two were up to. What a bummer.808Please respect copyright.PENANAxRyLQPLdRe
"I'll see you soon. Don't worry, I have it safe and sound with me and I'll deliver it to you as promised."808Please respect copyright.PENANAOwlWZTXszM
Now that was one thing I considered a clue. She had something with her. Could it be in our room, hidden somewhere? I hope so.808Please respect copyright.PENANAEnk0eXE0m7
I heard Zoey say bye and hang up on her phone. I heard her sigh in frustration and mutter something to herself.808Please respect copyright.PENANAA2q7CG3Upq
This was my cue. I 808Please respect copyright.PENANAnngCFph599
waited for a good thirty seconds till I fully opened the door. I stepped808Please respect copyright.PENANA7sXvReW97B
into the room and Zoey looked up at me from her phone.808Please respect copyright.PENANAtGOUPABgaN
"We won't be having practise," I said as I approached her.808Please respect copyright.PENANAC6dXGTmDvN
"Why? Did you tell our managers what's really been going on?" Zoey asked as she folded her arms.808Please respect copyright.PENANANDAT0P5Xz9
"No, it's not that," I said. "You know none of us could do that."808Please respect copyright.PENANALx2DiVPOAm
"Given what you've done so far, I wouldn't be surprised."808Please respect copyright.PENANANRxByqDYT7
"What have I done so far?"808Please respect copyright.PENANARhDy7lNANA
"Lied to me and everyone else."808Please respect copyright.PENANAEMuuoSsPuC
"I know I lied to you and I should have told you about G-Dragon earlier. I had tried to tell this morning but I couldn't."808Please respect copyright.PENANAcv1aHhuK4b
"You knew that G-Dragon liked you and you didn't even tell me about it."808Please respect copyright.PENANAOJM1vcAe83
"What did you want me to808Please respect copyright.PENANAAYIGkQJuTB
do? I knew you liked G-Dragon but I didn't know all this between you 808Please respect copyright.PENANAzaFa5rRcKh
two was going to get serious. When you told me that you two had kissed, I808Please respect copyright.PENANAXn8gMJHVUN
wasn't too sure by then if G-Dragon even liked me."808Please respect copyright.PENANAWEbWiQV8as
"You didn't want to tell me because you wanted him to yourself."808Please respect copyright.PENANAcJbLlaJUvA
I sighed. "Come on, Zoey. That makes no sense. I wouldn't do anything to hurt you."808Please respect copyright.PENANAX2gLLrxbwU
"You just did."808Please respect copyright.PENANACuaSZOo1FJ
"Won't you just listen to me? Please! Why would I want G-Dragon when I really like Daesung? You think about it."808Please respect copyright.PENANAFS5WEJd1ls
"I don't have to, Sam. 808Please respect copyright.PENANAuAJDoSxeLi
You can't make me to. I considered you my best friend and if you really 808Please respect copyright.PENANAPDJV1MAUHz
didn't want to hurt me like you said, you would have told me all this 808Please respect copyright.PENANAZjGYjT19jO
before."808Please respect copyright.PENANAdVD9zNV8ua
I looked down at my feet808Please respect copyright.PENANAtTaMOTw1S4
and I knew she was right. I had hurt her a lot and now she thought of 808Please respect copyright.PENANArtePOYi0gK
as me as someone who just stole her boyfriend.808Please respect copyright.PENANAyTEUDLCJWf
"Look, whether you like 808Please respect copyright.PENANAOgWxk6kT6U
G-Dragon or G-Dragon likes me or I like Daesung, all this wasn't going 808Please respect copyright.PENANAHUHTTBdcmO
to last and you know it. You remember Collins' golden rule. And as much 808Please respect copyright.PENANAhUzNEM9FBF
as it's a little harsh on our part, it very much shows that creating a 808Please respect copyright.PENANAS7DDYIuAqO
real love story wasn't going to be possible. I might be wrong, but you 808Please respect copyright.PENANAonKQEthq6K
know that I'm right. Sooner or later, we will head back home and I for 808Please respect copyright.PENANAwzJsog67h3
one don't really believe in long distance relationships."808Please respect copyright.PENANAxePBK8X358
"But it would have worked out for G-Dragon and I," said Zoey, tapping her foot on the floor impatiently.808Please respect copyright.PENANAQNWHWT4fU3
"No, it wouldn't, Zoey. Not when he likes someone else."808Please respect copyright.PENANAomFukJ8MWQ
"You, right?"808Please respect copyright.PENANAs3OTPjzZ9x
I didn't want to admit it, so I kept quiet.808Please respect copyright.PENANAhr3iLH5FV5
Zoey nodded her head and808Please respect copyright.PENANA5pXWN6LTdp
I could see tears in her eyes. "I see you're right on that one, Sam. 808Please respect copyright.PENANAJBVzv3gRQa
All this wasn't going to work out. And it's all thanks to you."808Please respect copyright.PENANAKoWACg9Zm3
I was shaken by her last808Please respect copyright.PENANAwPVj9dozYW
sentence. Great! Just when I thought I was finally getting to her, I 808Please respect copyright.PENANA76fZeNIaM2
was being blamed. Again! I sighed. This cannot be happening.808Please respect copyright.PENANAXPkfmr445e
"That's not true, Zoey," I said.808Please respect copyright.PENANAMx3F7cVrIw
"You made G-Dragon fall in love with you. So it's your fault, isn't it?"808Please respect copyright.PENANAWEZLvGWcR5
"We don't choose who we fall in love with."808Please respect copyright.PENANAgdSlvc03zq
Zoey didn't say a word 808Please respect copyright.PENANAX4vISbnrDJ
as she quickly walked past me and bumped into my shoulder as she passed 808Please respect copyright.PENANAiefMNDB8QT
and went out the door. That hurt and I was hugely disappointed that I 808Please respect copyright.PENANA3LpiZteRsB
couldn't get to Zoey to forgive me.808Please respect copyright.PENANArfoESqCapF
But now more than ever, 808Please respect copyright.PENANABNunqqMMaf
she was in trouble and I had to help her out. I couldn't abandon her 808Please respect copyright.PENANAiyiLsMODdH
now. Dealing with Derrick's brother in a broken state she was in, might 808Please respect copyright.PENANAGAxcc8TbO0
just lead to something fatal. And I couldn't let that happen.808Please respect copyright.PENANAvbZcC994gd
As I came out of the studio, I pulled out my phone from my purse and called Derrick.808Please respect copyright.PENANAda1xO8yNcW
"I wasn't expecting a call from you," said Derrick when he picked up. He sounded calm and that soothed me a little.808Please respect copyright.PENANA0gNSpcXMkV
"I called because I heard Zoey talk to your brother over the phone," I said.808Please respect copyright.PENANApXzmZNO4E0
"Really? Any idea what might be going on?"808Please respect copyright.PENANAhFQiStQO2o
"No, but I think Zoey is keeping something for him and is planning on giving it to him."808Please respect copyright.PENANAaID0F2hmP9
"When?"808Please respect copyright.PENANAEOXMkdbnep
"She didn't say. She told him she would meet with him when everything around here cools down."808Please respect copyright.PENANAxtGhcBVofS
"Why? What happened?"808Please respect copyright.PENANALz65LT3S2u
I signed as I turned 808Please respect copyright.PENANApo6FoOovF6
round the corner to use the stairs. "She and I had some argument. I'll 808Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7aMDAkXn3
tell you about it later. For now, I'll have to keep an eye on her."808Please respect copyright.PENANARwNWJ8BLhI
"Ya, you do that," said 808Please respect copyright.PENANA38u2Lt6xCr
Derrick. I knew he was trying to avoid asking further questions about 808Please respect copyright.PENANAG7pGGc73XU
the argument. "I'll see what I can dig up about my brother's recent 808Please respect copyright.PENANAZoDWunY9Y2
activities and see what I can find."808Please respect copyright.PENANAsOh5z0DO90
"Okay. I'll keep in touch."808Please respect copyright.PENANAuDOSIBeRk5
"Okay, all the best."808Please respect copyright.PENANAaycMLQowY6
"Thanks. I'll need it."808Please respect copyright.PENANAh3zit5fhIK
I cut the line and I had808Please respect copyright.PENANAXz0x1saZXU
reached the bottom of the stairs. I found myself in the lobby and I 808Please respect copyright.PENANAzDnYok2toF
went out to the SUV waiting outside.808Please respect copyright.PENANAIgfD9lrELY
The others were already 808Please respect copyright.PENANA2CjWQJEPlG
settled inside. As I sat next to Zoey and closed the door, she turned 808Please respect copyright.PENANAF9rVYsrjc4
the other way to avoid my gaze. I didn't say anything as the car drove 808Please respect copyright.PENANAdW6orJCpLz
out of the YG premises. I felt like I had already done enough on my 808Please respect copyright.PENANAf3hDXQEfLm
part.808Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1XuK4ZWcj
And no one in the car said anything either till we got to the hotel.
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