Zoey's P.O.V722Please respect copyright.PENANADNr9L721Ux
Waking up this Monday 722Please respect copyright.PENANAmUnIadHHUt
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 722Please respect copyright.PENANAHWlPJKSbyD
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 722Please respect copyright.PENANARMs0fCgXQP
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 722Please respect copyright.PENANAA3kKuuFGNa
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected722Please respect copyright.PENANAJjuZygCSuH
myself to be.722Please respect copyright.PENANAtAXfQADXrw
I couldn't stop 722Please respect copyright.PENANA2mGPMK7x3V
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much722Please respect copyright.PENANAcaKggtvk18
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 722Please respect copyright.PENANA0blAa108Xm
feel that something was wrong.722Please respect copyright.PENANAXY2tSDRvXO
Could they have known 722Please respect copyright.PENANA90BySeDWEY
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 722Please respect copyright.PENANA5f62B5QFWI
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 722Please respect copyright.PENANAaPLtwIGwUb
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 722Please respect copyright.PENANAz82ltxKTPe
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 722Please respect copyright.PENANA4iulbk3inF
just had our usual conversation.722Please respect copyright.PENANAdA6gvqJCtk
I brushed off all those 722Please respect copyright.PENANAcCp1RWiupc
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The722Please respect copyright.PENANAsOv1UZ1APG
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 722Please respect copyright.PENANAIsLCBXJK8A
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when722Please respect copyright.PENANAKGGHXxuQdk
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.722Please respect copyright.PENANAjwgCuKkaLg
But now that she wasn't 722Please respect copyright.PENANAkG6Kh5z5Wm
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 722Please respect copyright.PENANAf0iNsrV1w2
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.722Please respect copyright.PENANAB1UKArhw8V
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have722Please respect copyright.PENANAbT6p5xN8Ki
woken up early before the alarm rang.722Please respect copyright.PENANA8NSizXUVNZ
I sat up on my bed and 722Please respect copyright.PENANA9CqzLQOIG0
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 722Please respect copyright.PENANAq8rb0Sm2bH
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 722Please respect copyright.PENANA2XSkbidg4V
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 722Please respect copyright.PENANAY6TKfTQoKE
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.722Please respect copyright.PENANA8as6WP5jJO
After seeing her with 722Please respect copyright.PENANAYRUw58sg9k
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I722Please respect copyright.PENANAxV4pJp2iSh
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I722Please respect copyright.PENANAG3wQSoURuN
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 722Please respect copyright.PENANAG8Al9cA3NG
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 722Please respect copyright.PENANA4yrnKtfxXK
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole722Please respect copyright.PENANAVoXUf2JdwF
day. That left me devastated.722Please respect copyright.PENANAQe6hX0bnMP
I couldn't stop looking 722Please respect copyright.PENANAy8wsHzAIaA
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 722Please respect copyright.PENANAkWmYezyiYA
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 722Please respect copyright.PENANAbljEC1mBO1
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 722Please respect copyright.PENANALYBJgpxqyS
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They722Please respect copyright.PENANA5zqDev3WKU
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 722Please respect copyright.PENANAMB8coIO8lC
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.722Please respect copyright.PENANArmzTNy4pPv
That sent me boiling to a722Please respect copyright.PENANAur2mQlqL8m
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me722Please respect copyright.PENANAJmxQhFgG0t
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 722Please respect copyright.PENANAvoUrF9naF6
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.722Please respect copyright.PENANA4UYDVLWRhg
Christine had told me to722Please respect copyright.PENANAi0Z3yojSbg
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 722Please respect copyright.PENANAVQ4mKYMr73
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told722Please respect copyright.PENANAnwU70sL37m
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 722Please respect copyright.PENANAIJjhnGSMFX
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest722Please respect copyright.PENANAuJLgx5tZ5V
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 722Please respect copyright.PENANApdEiV3Dog5
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.722Please respect copyright.PENANArGyG6VVE63
And now, I had to face 722Please respect copyright.PENANAt3fL2GoW0U
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 722Please respect copyright.PENANAdBYOgu9oGz
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music722Please respect copyright.PENANAXpPxGRBCVB
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 722Please respect copyright.PENANAz1SLa0obCF
was still so upset.722Please respect copyright.PENANA6q9fNNepyH
I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.722Please respect copyright.PENANARY2CUBLwbx
After I was done, I 722Please respect copyright.PENANADPJk4Ng9TI
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 722Please respect copyright.PENANAWY4b0cisqw
others at the dining table for breakfast.722Please respect copyright.PENANATtuRCFMwxn
I found them already 722Please respect copyright.PENANAr2aBBcP6bF
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 722Please respect copyright.PENANAwUjXJDHAo0
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.722Please respect copyright.PENANA3Jb7g5a5Kg
I felt a little awkward 722Please respect copyright.PENANADRIeP2Cf9Z
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't722Please respect copyright.PENANAvjn6atZ4JL
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and722Please respect copyright.PENANAnMl6XGJLYI
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 722Please respect copyright.PENANAhmDyZksjDf
that also felt weird.722Please respect copyright.PENANA7TCzfsxafz
I know that she and I 722Please respect copyright.PENANAOvZNP75YHc
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 722Please respect copyright.PENANATQJkfjjgze
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 722Please respect copyright.PENANAyzxd39H4Lf
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 722Please respect copyright.PENANAjSMmuhKMJR
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 722Please respect copyright.PENANAkPtHy7Qzxm
like something was wrong.722Please respect copyright.PENANAYVCnjEVnes
I poured myself a cup of722Please respect copyright.PENANA3cD1ElprQE
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 722Please respect copyright.PENANAOXntKsxDue
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.722Please respect copyright.PENANAtHsXdr1t5u
"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAWgEcglR9Fh
My heart almost skipped a722Please respect copyright.PENANAo24a4RPLVS
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know722Please respect copyright.PENANAjmLBW8rSWJ
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way722Please respect copyright.PENANAkhI1iUK9c0
too far. I was over here! Hello!722Please respect copyright.PENANAXJGyEJ5sME
"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."722Please respect copyright.PENANAWmvxUyQ1pP
"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.722Please respect copyright.PENANAvDEcuDQggn
"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.722Please respect copyright.PENANAXEkd8Gay4J
"I have no doubt about it."722Please respect copyright.PENANA29VdcfWkeQ
"But I don't see why you722Please respect copyright.PENANAx9BHsNHTNY
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 722Please respect copyright.PENANAvXJPembz4o
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."722Please respect copyright.PENANAA7mmKFOLDG
"One thing about fans is722Please respect copyright.PENANALRsFxzIhWL
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 722Please respect copyright.PENANAI2g1iMjeuT
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.722Please respect copyright.PENANApjEoMKuGrM
"I know," said Lee. 722Please respect copyright.PENANABPKvEZQZ1E
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 722Please respect copyright.PENANA5BIqH1opp6
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 722Please respect copyright.PENANAVbMyKPKtUq
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."722Please respect copyright.PENANAkUVVUWOapk
"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.722Please respect copyright.PENANAtEtqA0GFvS
"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."722Please respect copyright.PENANAe3VOMpYZwU
"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.722Please respect copyright.PENANA0xk7VCyp2w
"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."722Please respect copyright.PENANAsGkLN1JyP7
"Aye, aye," said Daniel.722Please respect copyright.PENANA9QZ928yhJC
"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.722Please respect copyright.PENANAKDJoJihYl0
"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.722Please respect copyright.PENANAOczxpThEAz
"You're just too quiet, that's all."722Please respect copyright.PENANA2kPPcA2Kb3
"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."722Please respect copyright.PENANAEJamrOPEE4
I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."722Please respect copyright.PENANAZrOa7mPBHL
"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.722Please respect copyright.PENANACckXj6jUwB
I stuck my tongue out at722Please respect copyright.PENANAnnvd9Wjd3h
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the722Please respect copyright.PENANAn4RDb6RvS7
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 722Please respect copyright.PENANAehVOLHg1GF
still wasn't looking in my direction.722Please respect copyright.PENANAhvnIbiHIvc
Soon after breakfast, we722Please respect copyright.PENANAUbfqKsonAd
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were722Please respect copyright.PENANAJuBwXa88ym
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 722Please respect copyright.PENANAcnk3B7YjA5
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 722Please respect copyright.PENANA2JOFWOJkxm
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what722Please respect copyright.PENANASRMY1Oqq3V
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 722Please respect copyright.PENANA5COUx8V6UN
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 722Please respect copyright.PENANAW302ggTV5t
she would.722Please respect copyright.PENANAc7SrPIY2mT
We arrived at YG and we 722Please respect copyright.PENANAsrfDTwEW2R
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 722Please respect copyright.PENANAX99ElflbmF
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with722Please respect copyright.PENANAJ44aLmTNDU
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.722Please respect copyright.PENANA66WowBPnpC
When everyone was 722Please respect copyright.PENANAX2IaCEwP2J
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when722Please respect copyright.PENANAk6qX7utWLp
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 722Please respect copyright.PENANABvTPD935GV
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 722Please respect copyright.PENANAY5YoyXhBO6
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.722Please respect copyright.PENANAgrSTHly0XR
He not responding to me 722Please respect copyright.PENANA5sSV0UAX5B
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He722Please respect copyright.PENANAcD52KJqVPv
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted722Please respect copyright.PENANAKI4hqVTECE
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 722Please respect copyright.PENANAD7CjxsPwFS
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 722Please respect copyright.PENANAn0kK3QPpoo
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just722Please respect copyright.PENANAujaNVbzq11
looked away instead.722Please respect copyright.PENANAGqFiiJoC4x
We went straight to 722Please respect copyright.PENANAtEa0y2zYCD
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 722Please respect copyright.PENANAmWIGtVcsIF
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 722Please respect copyright.PENANABVdDdjHXna
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I722Please respect copyright.PENANAQQU4pvpLax
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 722Please respect copyright.PENANAbUGu3wEnko
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.722Please respect copyright.PENANAN0G6qOMKS2
During pratice, I 722Please respect copyright.PENANAOE5pNdxBPa
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 722Please respect copyright.PENANAKQ7oL6BMQK
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I722Please respect copyright.PENANAZaIR07BL0Q
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.722Please respect copyright.PENANAxAUsHyp8jo
G-Dragon wasn't the only722Please respect copyright.PENANAZDvaHxpQKe
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 722Please respect copyright.PENANASAC6vAm8Zn
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 722Please respect copyright.PENANA6UNkg2watF
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 722Please respect copyright.PENANAnHm0g3XuhH
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What722Please respect copyright.PENANAb9jXRtKtHH
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?722Please respect copyright.PENANAovhTEUfCiV
As her best friend, I 722Please respect copyright.PENANAlGOTS6KPue
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 722Please respect copyright.PENANAIV4Q2obAkC
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 722Please respect copyright.PENANA1wjnT0R5j3
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 722Please respect copyright.PENANALWUMna0bYH
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.722Please respect copyright.PENANAM3KoGNGlJW
She is also smart, 722Please respect copyright.PENANADbIb8hvIEj
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 722Please respect copyright.PENANAnK8qMHCJ8c
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 722Please respect copyright.PENANAGuAZlVkv6z
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even722Please respect copyright.PENANAzpLrrLwp3S
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.722Please respect copyright.PENANATWjr783D8Y
Sam has a lot of good 722Please respect copyright.PENANATR2QYn2319
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her722Please respect copyright.PENANA2TWgxm9c7a
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 722Please respect copyright.PENANAlDKA71J6Q7
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 722Please respect copyright.PENANAAZXtPTww9K
want to hurt anyone around her.722Please respect copyright.PENANAq7WUJJNVby
Realising this made me 722Please respect copyright.PENANAfjZfyCt6Yp
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 722Please respect copyright.PENANAdWXI93Bgzs
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 722Please respect copyright.PENANAcZpTm7u2Cn
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 722Please respect copyright.PENANAW1amAxnVCz
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 722Please respect copyright.PENANAmw6hX3R3vi
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 722Please respect copyright.PENANAdObzxXK2uo
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 722Please respect copyright.PENANAUUXVwWZIpd
realise it till now.722Please respect copyright.PENANAU7TgsdM1QR
"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.722Please respect copyright.PENANASt76FPYkP9
"Zoey, you aren't 722Please respect copyright.PENANAu343xoAJM9
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 722Please respect copyright.PENANASKIaBZmgxQ
second time you have made the same mistake."722Please respect copyright.PENANATTTO2hG4Dt
"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."722Please respect copyright.PENANANclzUsya2p
"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."722Please respect copyright.PENANAk5fLhYVjvY
It was lunch the time we722Please respect copyright.PENANAagJqx3SCAk
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 722Please respect copyright.PENANAgTCJAFC1Iu
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 722Please respect copyright.PENANAElxuLutc3u
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 722Please respect copyright.PENANApqmhiGnc6X
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 722Please respect copyright.PENANALRoG5s5WbU
they were all laughing.722Please respect copyright.PENANA2xRmBLjAN2
"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.722Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7vlm0BoxS
"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."722Please respect copyright.PENANAJNOahe03g3
"Still not talking to Sam?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAH5QXH2LeLU
"Nope."722Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3ccC2yiLL
TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."722Please respect copyright.PENANAOGCkELkwYX
"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAWRexcSZZMF
"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.722Please respect copyright.PENANA65oRf9cleZ
"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.722Please respect copyright.PENANAH4MnWhWDpL
"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."722Please respect copyright.PENANA86fHIVFAdj
"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."722Please respect copyright.PENANAgweAS8ToQt
"I know. But you aren't 722Please respect copyright.PENANAmS6uusZv75
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 722Please respect copyright.PENANANi7VqhfbCI
You would be chit chatting like you always do."722Please respect copyright.PENANA9pX6u9oGlE
"What if I just want to be alone for today?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAN3ZxEXz5nV
"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."722Please respect copyright.PENANAGevMG7fglo
I frowned. "Why?"722Please respect copyright.PENANA7EYeH4fCXY
"Because you look miserable."722Please respect copyright.PENANAfsVK38Zui5
I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.722Please respect copyright.PENANAXZu9W4cDiy
"Miserable!"722Please respect copyright.PENANAgxMJcPG5kr
"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."722Please respect copyright.PENANAEklTPKTrui
I thought for a moment 722Please respect copyright.PENANA2HCVreTbJ3
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 722Please respect copyright.PENANAVkNBeT7lDu
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 722Please respect copyright.PENANAsSeYSQWGjW
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 722Please respect copyright.PENANAJChNNNzEEK
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.722Please respect copyright.PENANAtQXZcPg1aX
Seeing all this in front722Please respect copyright.PENANA7SOTlMPgNX
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 722Please respect copyright.PENANAoyNJQ8Zaac
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 722Please respect copyright.PENANAfOmfzs5DTF
Until TOP came to talk to me.722Please respect copyright.PENANAVd17bpxfI9
"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."722Please respect copyright.PENANAJK5rkcAslh
"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"722Please respect copyright.PENANApFaV6D39yM
"I don't know," I said 722Please respect copyright.PENANA41RkJ9F0rx
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but722Please respect copyright.PENANAIzHreZMp4B
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."722Please respect copyright.PENANAgBhGBhd4Gh
I told TOP what happened in the morning and how it felt weird that Sam didn't say a word to me nor even looked at me.722Please respect copyright.PENANAYNz170pqWv
"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.722Please respect copyright.PENANAbLqcSMsTUI
"Then why don't you talk to her?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAibp39vASA8
"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."722Please respect copyright.PENANA3iHiXTnAWP
"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."722Please respect copyright.PENANArdhFL2kGA0
"I know."722Please respect copyright.PENANAPfb414xhx8
"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"722Please respect copyright.PENANA3k3lof6dHY
"I'll think about it."722Please respect copyright.PENANAAQHoVoK6Bp
"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAZchY78hU2G
Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.722Please respect copyright.PENANAv1iq0ZmrJR
"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.722Please respect copyright.PENANAtD7KClndh2
"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.722Please respect copyright.PENANAP2SWcFEoiP
The three of us went out722Please respect copyright.PENANAQaAnBs2pHX
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 722Please respect copyright.PENANAj4ijZo0r3W
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.722Please respect copyright.PENANAD7MIjOptH0
As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.722Please respect copyright.PENANAbbKoD2XCcR
"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.722Please respect copyright.PENANABC8uHBzRjT
"Chill, you just ordered722Please respect copyright.PENANARhCaAyXy1v
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one722Please respect copyright.PENANAxbjs3SHPyt
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.722Please respect copyright.PENANAhzGHiDzXPU
"But I'm so hungry."722Please respect copyright.PENANAquNfSQ4DN7
"Trust me, you aren't 722Please respect copyright.PENANACORuik0qXb
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 722Please respect copyright.PENANAAwfnpfg7Q3
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 722Please respect copyright.PENANAJM66Gz7y3O
have."722Please respect copyright.PENANALrrgjIkiGo
"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAU7fhIgqEkS
"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.722Please respect copyright.PENANALiKxXvqQMv
"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.722Please respect copyright.PENANAIjRmZCjZA9
"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."722Please respect copyright.PENANAHMa0DblbU0
"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.722Please respect copyright.PENANA5XlgipSOeE
I didn't say anything as722Please respect copyright.PENANAY0SxEfjYxV
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 722Please respect copyright.PENANAIxVhAMNgLX
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 722Please respect copyright.PENANAEtYU9Eyb7x
calling.722Please respect copyright.PENANABKmH3e4Rru
"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.722Please respect copyright.PENANAhKQUFrsERP
"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.722Please respect copyright.PENANApwb6RvyEf9
"Okay, well you better answer that call."722Please respect copyright.PENANAHREPMb26So
I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.722Please respect copyright.PENANAWroSLpK25U
"Hello," I answered.722Please respect copyright.PENANAu1GEDESlpl
"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAwL0E9UwAL8
"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAXBd3zpOyZu
"We have to meet today, ASAP."722Please respect copyright.PENANABAgd8DH7OM
"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."722Please respect copyright.PENANAJMWnM3dhOy
"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."722Please respect copyright.PENANAjWocBdYBRy
I knew Jehan was going 722Please respect copyright.PENANAwYhkbAG0AG
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 722Please respect copyright.PENANAOq7dlUmkzk
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 722Please respect copyright.PENANA5s40MfXYym
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 722Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0UYCWvjAT
was upstairs in the dance studio.722Please respect copyright.PENANAMpm3wF5vJM
"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAOPQZhdfOa8
"I'm coming to YG to get it."722Please respect copyright.PENANAh49zheWAVZ
"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."722Please respect copyright.PENANA2DMtNMidsN
"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."722Please respect copyright.PENANAMY8qDXyczx
"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.722Please respect copyright.PENANAfhB8H4CYvv
He cut the call and I 722Please respect copyright.PENANAxolpYFZp8A
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through722Please respect copyright.PENANArlH1iDxOR1
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here722Please respect copyright.PENANAWJBUutgudq
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see722Please respect copyright.PENANABYHtjrITNW
him they would start to ask questions.722Please respect copyright.PENANAcfgdVuuzkn
"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.722Please respect copyright.PENANAEqsGakprNn
I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.722Please respect copyright.PENANAIQpPMZQJ8x
"What?" I asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAJPIK1xqfBy
"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAQCisuFywlk
"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAXsT3oG4trK
"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."722Please respect copyright.PENANAfECeHwpQsi
"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."722Please respect copyright.PENANA8RRzSQBZa5
"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."722Please respect copyright.PENANA0ApXbRDg2n
"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."722Please respect copyright.PENANAiLXGqoy8Z7
"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"722Please respect copyright.PENANA8lhJg0lOqC
Dang it! I was cornered 722Please respect copyright.PENANAz16oLx8IUe
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 722Please respect copyright.PENANAthmBpvs67z
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 722Please respect copyright.PENANAZwTr1JZGIF
light no matter how much you try to hide it.722Please respect copyright.PENANA4Wlrq4qPvv
"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."722Please respect copyright.PENANAeUtefJLdiy
I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."722Please respect copyright.PENANA6QFXTi9W0n
"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.722Please respect copyright.PENANA9XpfKfdc5d
We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.722Please respect copyright.PENANAuc5eLddsY7
I told them everything 722Please respect copyright.PENANAIG1jl1NRYT
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't722Please respect copyright.PENANAJkrylkPW22
said a word until I finished the whole story.722Please respect copyright.PENANA11Trq5Ixgh
"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAwL8baTw1wS
"Just you two," I answered.722Please respect copyright.PENANAhtTo4HmW84
"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAqfAScdA65A
"Surprising, right?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAl76wAdrHeM
"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.722Please respect copyright.PENANApygW4I93Bb
"We should involve the police," said TOP.722Please respect copyright.PENANA38isdSZXLR
"No! We can't!"722Please respect copyright.PENANAFAQk8hTdvv
"Why?"722Please respect copyright.PENANA39bjmHgaSO
"You know word goes out 722Please respect copyright.PENANAHY2mv6nAFR
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and722Please respect copyright.PENANABE0qSfcgBz
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."722Please respect copyright.PENANALKEJJ6cLLk
"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANA1qQL5mDQih
"He assured me that this722Please respect copyright.PENANAlazDVqBWTT
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 722Please respect copyright.PENANA42fvTNkZ57
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."722Please respect copyright.PENANADNWV3nYlen
"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.722Please respect copyright.PENANApeKNashJXM
The three of us turned 722Please respect copyright.PENANAFJlKhSiFnw
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 722Please respect copyright.PENANAB1x4sbSyL5
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?722Please respect copyright.PENANALqDBI0UEfz
"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.722Please respect copyright.PENANA71wgbDLB5k
"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.722Please respect copyright.PENANAPWTyjgZJts
"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.722Please respect copyright.PENANAr3QKezUvZ4
"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.722Please respect copyright.PENANAN075U1AKqz
"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."722Please respect copyright.PENANANNY0oq6l8M
"Random stuff involving a722Please respect copyright.PENANAg9CU6dHebI
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 722Please respect copyright.PENANAoqsQDlIuCn
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 722Please respect copyright.PENANAAiBmAQ1CgF
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 722Please respect copyright.PENANA95a784Lofo
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."722Please respect copyright.PENANAV5pQUjAePE
I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?722Please respect copyright.PENANAtk9Vd2Qajk
"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."722Please respect copyright.PENANAIAAi584dgX
"Okay, I won't."722Please respect copyright.PENANAW9NgRhK2fT
"Sit down."722Please respect copyright.PENANAQBlvGNdNi9
Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.722Please respect copyright.PENANAwjt1Soiy59
"I got myself into trouble," I started.722Please respect copyright.PENANA1LFkCQWkTY
"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAh2LYxFPcs1
"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."722Please respect copyright.PENANAxBlNgRU1aU
Christine's face soon 722Please respect copyright.PENANAdgAI8bswq1
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 722Please respect copyright.PENANAP7LkmTOwLg
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....722Please respect copyright.PENANA4U2OjHp1ap
"What!"722Please respect copyright.PENANACPsUgKnfrl
TOP quickly covered up 722Please respect copyright.PENANAB20JLKcauu
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 722Please respect copyright.PENANAUDcfxBqWR1
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 722Please respect copyright.PENANACA9Ysxev9n
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.722Please respect copyright.PENANALsUtvqNJJV
"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5FB2gsmqd
"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"722Please respect copyright.PENANA1PhwoK3Zjf
"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.722Please respect copyright.PENANAg64Bn1XjQ4
"Of course I'm mad!" 722Please respect copyright.PENANAeSG7dL9qgv
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 722Please respect copyright.PENANAGJ1ZNtpl48
but this by far is the worst one of them all."722Please respect copyright.PENANAoVGJ4fCPDo
"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.722Please respect copyright.PENANA69tq8l84Vr
"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAZgZBWVgWgZ
"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAVyB0MVm0pV
"Ya, I remember. What about him?"722Please respect copyright.PENANA6m3dUxmwjY
"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.722Please respect copyright.PENANAItqqGUVN62
"WHAT!"722Please respect copyright.PENANAkar2ixumz2
"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.722Please respect copyright.PENANA32SaXwYMMB
"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAf4drLXsBOb
"And the one I met at the café," I said.722Please respect copyright.PENANAUoaGr1gkH0
"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAOsdp1NjhDy
"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.722Please respect copyright.PENANAPsBikApMoH
"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAlQoC6WT7DG
"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.722Please respect copyright.PENANAR9Y345B8cg
"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.722Please respect copyright.PENANAfieC5UTNQr
"Ya," I said. "I planned722Please respect copyright.PENANAIKs02xAt3d
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 722Please respect copyright.PENANApmbcxxQ802
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.722Please respect copyright.PENANA3g3bu7ne5X
"So you're the one who 722Please respect copyright.PENANAlvJFMiL1Si
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 722Please respect copyright.PENANAqw6e1hKRAg
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 722Please respect copyright.PENANA5BW0nzPVYC
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 722Please respect copyright.PENANASJhZsMIgaE
out with Seungri."722Please respect copyright.PENANApsdIJZMAiI
"I lied."722Please respect copyright.PENANA4zEg83xONg
Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."722Please respect copyright.PENANAfz5ioMsG0m
"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.722Please respect copyright.PENANAuQ1gMYuzeW
"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"722Please respect copyright.PENANATcoRk7MLIC
"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."722Please respect copyright.PENANAYBglDijFEE
"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."722Please respect copyright.PENANAVXX6kDoBF3
"I know. Now he wants the teddy bear back today. And I don't know what to do. He wanted to come here and get the teddy himself."722Please respect copyright.PENANAtvYOSEROFE
"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAvhR9LLXc9Z
"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.722Please respect copyright.PENANAEysWpO4WMe
"Now where is she going to meet him now? She has to take that teddy bear away or else it could land us into more trouble."722Please respect copyright.PENANAmqNbz6KL80
"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."722Please respect copyright.PENANAXiVvylfGf7
"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.722Please respect copyright.PENANAr3iM6Zr2En
"But where?" I asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAjclYa0ZoMo
"Tell him you will meet at the café. The one you had met him in last time. TOP and I will take you there," said Seungri.722Please respect copyright.PENANAubEqvRtnhy
"I'm also coming with you," said Christine. "And don't refuse." She pointed her finger at me when I opened my mouth to object.722Please respect copyright.PENANAx3niUDtqBw
"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.722Please respect copyright.PENANAM47WOWlvMq
"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.722Please respect copyright.PENANAI6yoamnWL0
I took my phone out and 722Please respect copyright.PENANAUn6FPf1RWE
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in722Please respect copyright.PENANAKi3ggxWG7K
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.722Please respect copyright.PENANAdlCqqeJbuu
"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.722Please respect copyright.PENANAr0mBa0km6H
"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.722Please respect copyright.PENANA2v7GSENhrV
Seungri had ordered ten 722Please respect copyright.PENANAYySuKmxzuK
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 722Please respect copyright.PENANA8hrXBpUH3T
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 722Please respect copyright.PENANAS8oueTp9qM
favourite.722Please respect copyright.PENANA6mjbzIKNZ2
We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.722Please respect copyright.PENANAMxYM8seJoD
"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.722Please respect copyright.PENANARYSVNyyndf
"I'll be ready for 722Please respect copyright.PENANAEyD3kSzmNq
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything722Please respect copyright.PENANAkHJ6URxtz1
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."722Please respect copyright.PENANAJvI3FlkEpJ
"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."722Please respect copyright.PENANAwPUwUmO5eP
"And G-Dragon," TOP added.722Please respect copyright.PENANA1dUo7JsLMA
"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."722Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZJm8WTbeq
"Well, someone has to," said Christine.722Please respect copyright.PENANA6ycCBUZBJz
"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."722Please respect copyright.PENANAGy2KqhifzJ
"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."722Please respect copyright.PENANAMWkM0mCDkY
We found ourselves back 722Please respect copyright.PENANA3pW9FvtZPV
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 722Please respect copyright.PENANAQZOOXd7kp5
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 722Please respect copyright.PENANAHDoUxa7P5x
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 722Please respect copyright.PENANA1tJiz26bsG
paranoid?722Please respect copyright.PENANAkOcx3Fs4Tj
Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.722Please respect copyright.PENANApB8r5wn14U
"What?" I asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANA19LThEr99Z
"You were frowning," Christine answered.722Please respect copyright.PENANA3Pp87A8B8J
"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."722Please respect copyright.PENANAXXqa5cThJH
"Says the person who 722Please respect copyright.PENANA8SOI1XbwiN
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 722Please respect copyright.PENANA452cOLV7Fk
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 722Please respect copyright.PENANAahhQcF9suD
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.722Please respect copyright.PENANAyXzb7l0okP
Soon after lunch, we 722Please respect copyright.PENANAqcVYPi3N8M
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 722Please respect copyright.PENANAHR6AIM0bAA
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time722Please respect copyright.PENANAtKHLzdJuz1
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 722Please respect copyright.PENANAGkcFuFkNML
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know722Please respect copyright.PENANAM24udfpw40
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the722Please respect copyright.PENANA6C8R2lK0ZL
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.722Please respect copyright.PENANAl2G0g274J0
At some point in the 722Please respect copyright.PENANAojO3kBQqin
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 722Please respect copyright.PENANATxgsmAsGds
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 722Please respect copyright.PENANAT1gaiZLiRT
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 722Please respect copyright.PENANAAD4NpETuRM
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 722Please respect copyright.PENANAJC3seC8LCD
back to practising until we could pratice no more.722Please respect copyright.PENANA8ddWJ24unW
It was five and the sun 722Please respect copyright.PENANAcZiE3Yc1vI
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I722Please respect copyright.PENANAjANaMOg45O
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 722Please respect copyright.PENANABEjl6HEFbu
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 722Please respect copyright.PENANAjrshk6hPpS
side of me. We were all pretty tired.722Please respect copyright.PENANA8DoUIswVh8
The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.722Please respect copyright.PENANAZ03N5j6erq
While I was resting and 722Please respect copyright.PENANA7Cg9QTaq4p
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 722Please respect copyright.PENANAAeSZpVjzZ5
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 722Please respect copyright.PENANAiiBAOfWqfw
look on my face.722Please respect copyright.PENANAJAAuoojAG6
"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.722Please respect copyright.PENANAlxLQPwURYq
"Go? Go where?" I asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANA0kmr1YyYvw
Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.722Please respect copyright.PENANAqoKBRIfs1K
"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.722Please respect copyright.PENANAdoxOHxtWuy
"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."722Please respect copyright.PENANAL60iOtvLLB
It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.722Please respect copyright.PENANAJqhnjPZ4Xp
"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."722Please respect copyright.PENANAgPzsVpW4W2
"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.722Please respect copyright.PENANAbSf9Bw8kv4
"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."722Please respect copyright.PENANATkoSKNp44r
"I want to follow too," said Daniel.722Please respect copyright.PENANAOPAYbAjyH1
"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.722Please respect copyright.PENANAFoAqUA244r
I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.722Please respect copyright.PENANAADW2IdZRCn
"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."722Please respect copyright.PENANAUwPmsIZZ81
"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."722Please respect copyright.PENANAG1Qy81YXDs
"Ya, me too," said Mike.722Please respect copyright.PENANAAGoLrGUF4f
"Why don't you want 722Please respect copyright.PENANA1SNkx8pX5N
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 722Please respect copyright.PENANApFY1VPPWOj
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 722Please respect copyright.PENANAoOQapqElZk
not to follow."722Please respect copyright.PENANASeIU1bncYi
I wanted to protest and 722Please respect copyright.PENANAFdg8nGGRXH
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 722Please respect copyright.PENANAy1rsFUjh4T
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 722Please respect copyright.PENANA7pV9hYAbXr
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.722Please respect copyright.PENANAVVOxZLLQ5y
"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.722Please respect copyright.PENANAik3x9vAMuU
Dang it!722Please respect copyright.PENANAEahN6afSCm
"Okay, you'll find me back at the hotel. I'll tell Collins that you had to go out," said Sam to the others, giving them a smile.722Please respect copyright.PENANATnhNqHFwwp
"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.722Please respect copyright.PENANA2U5XqOoBu2
"Thanks, that's nice of 722Please respect copyright.PENANA5l1yljZwck
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 722Please respect copyright.PENANAHsRMcLYZc8
the others. "Have fun you, guys."722Please respect copyright.PENANAovbXop0rgL
Sam and Daesung left the722Please respect copyright.PENANAxYpqYu5v4K
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 722Please respect copyright.PENANARODwtw9dvu
myself that the two also made a nice pair.722Please respect copyright.PENANAP7JuDDgaaU
"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAeQVtjI1l9W
"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."722Please respect copyright.PENANAJqhMo3lacY
"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.722Please respect copyright.PENANAsaXvUFfsVu
Christine stood up from 722Please respect copyright.PENANAMVNIZwufsb
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 722Please respect copyright.PENANAsI7K1SdAbi
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."722Please respect copyright.PENANA98cOzSTytY
I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAVOSI5tqvhE
"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."722Please respect copyright.PENANAe74217LAHn
"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."722Please respect copyright.PENANA9LuKNXf3ow
"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.722Please respect copyright.PENANAjNGloegN0J
Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"722Please respect copyright.PENANALdZHHI5XoV
I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.722Please respect copyright.PENANAXKup9Mahi8
"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAtjdvhcUI8R
"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."722Please respect copyright.PENANAt2VQ6FiGHv
TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.722Please respect copyright.PENANANzG1VmzOQU
"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.722Please respect copyright.PENANATV1hKwa6Pz
"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.722Please respect copyright.PENANAzME2BXSF91
"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.722Please respect copyright.PENANAZszU7VXLgC
"I know," said Christine.722Please respect copyright.PENANAmUhj5pHn4f
"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAboNaeSAncc
"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."722Please respect copyright.PENANAjgzPcGiqnC
"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.722Please respect copyright.PENANAojVYeJXaeV
"So that she can judge me? No way."722Please respect copyright.PENANA3L3nTkffy4
"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."722Please respect copyright.PENANAj7MEUqzAvu
"Don't try to convince 722Please respect copyright.PENANAhYM6rLvCli
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 722Please respect copyright.PENANAyKKh9AM6OT
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me722Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ18ll2SXd
like she could hit me with a hammer.722Please respect copyright.PENANA14rFJUqJVd
"Okay, let's go," said TOP.722Please respect copyright.PENANAA30JcscxGB
I got up from the floor 722Please respect copyright.PENANAMtKVmi0z8j
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 722Please respect copyright.PENANAKLsKPJVNgh
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 722Please respect copyright.PENANAZaOmKAyW6K
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 722Please respect copyright.PENANAP7nTCQI8i3
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.722Please respect copyright.PENANA9OElgWi5aC
The cars soon left the 722Please respect copyright.PENANAhQqlhGNP2N
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 722Please respect copyright.PENANAKZN7DMP2Pi
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 722Please respect copyright.PENANAt7Fli3Rvcs
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.722Please respect copyright.PENANA0mA1NdbuG3
"Can you you please stop722Please respect copyright.PENANAPFacZd1hb9
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 722Please respect copyright.PENANAhLroZHFg6i
the teddy and lose it in the car."722Please respect copyright.PENANAOHsEPanlmH
"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.722Please respect copyright.PENANAmr6ijN3t78
"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."722Please respect copyright.PENANARLCiS8Y2jR
I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."722Please respect copyright.PENANAmozVt1FgMU
"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.722Please respect copyright.PENANA5wODKE0x1W
"I just want to get this over with."722Please respect copyright.PENANA4g58v3mEzc
We were soon packed 722Please respect copyright.PENANAOimN2Q4mdI
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 722Please respect copyright.PENANALV9L8oWHus
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 722Please respect copyright.PENANAAIWe6BGmkn
turned to look at her.722Please respect copyright.PENANAbajsLZ45D5
"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."722Please respect copyright.PENANAtSMDOOemYA
"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."722Please respect copyright.PENANAUo4vo5neIm
Seungri also turned to 722Please respect copyright.PENANATtY6D7MlPJ
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 722Please respect copyright.PENANAEct7gcYKuv
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 722Please respect copyright.PENANASBiDKbL0im
chest and I wished Sam was here too.722Please respect copyright.PENANA5of1s9DcwE
I soon got out of the 722Please respect copyright.PENANA4KjLUCrscR
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 722Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ga2TycdOm
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I722Please respect copyright.PENANArokQ8tepjf
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.722Please respect copyright.PENANAsjS53dp6TO
Before I could find my 722Please respect copyright.PENANAkG9eEpckFx
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 722Please respect copyright.PENANAwNiss8wP1o
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 722Please respect copyright.PENANAIyWZYsHvyQ
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.722Please respect copyright.PENANAhdIq6qC4IC
I quickly went in the 722Please respect copyright.PENANA3hEA38OwYg
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 722Please respect copyright.PENANAGZfjtbS4pf
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 722Please respect copyright.PENANA5yeVrW9l5A
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.722Please respect copyright.PENANA5c9balRupm
I slowly approached the 722Please respect copyright.PENANAyVwQUpNJ2c
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 722Please respect copyright.PENANAa7FXjfMbD7
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 722Please respect copyright.PENANAzEAXatjKiN
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 722Please respect copyright.PENANA7FlBFcutBz
hesitate to end my life right here.722Please respect copyright.PENANAMHgiyG7sOF
"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."722Please respect copyright.PENANAFLSYZcGlOP
"I was practising today," I answered.722Please respect copyright.PENANA3oXnd9b9fx
"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."722Please respect copyright.PENANASq87rVwGTQ
"Thanks," I frowned at 722Please respect copyright.PENANA4KL9tsh6n6
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 722Please respect copyright.PENANATqx0RUCRHT
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."722Please respect copyright.PENANA7jNddUVWQU
Jehan smirked. "Certainly."722Please respect copyright.PENANAR8Ot1oIV1v
I quickly reached out 722Please respect copyright.PENANAiCJBkrkIp8
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 722Please respect copyright.PENANASTeKMLipxY
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.722Please respect copyright.PENANASCOwj9VDHo
"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAuLir7ofc3y
"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.722Please respect copyright.PENANAgMt1ZYm8uv
"What now?" I complained.722Please respect copyright.PENANAnmtiijiCJC
"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.722Please respect copyright.PENANAWhojMWTU05
"What do you think? That722Please respect copyright.PENANAJmsryhF2zf
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 722Please respect copyright.PENANAe5l2hSimgw
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 722Please respect copyright.PENANAttboUBDnkN
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 722Please respect copyright.PENANARB4ycSCLgA
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."722Please respect copyright.PENANAohopfgd3VH
Jehan raised an eyebrow 722Please respect copyright.PENANAVR1sIJE1y0
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going722Please respect copyright.PENANA6yivvgrnVa
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a722Please respect copyright.PENANAb3RKUz4lP3
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."722Please respect copyright.PENANAgYRUIH6Ntg
"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."722Please respect copyright.PENANAXQNtH78TL5
"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.722Please respect copyright.PENANAJTSZF60yJU
I went back to looking 722Please respect copyright.PENANANswkyXpwSL
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into722Please respect copyright.PENANAmnmQBMKSfF
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 722Please respect copyright.PENANAdIvEzKTHY4
surprise me that he carried that thing around.722Please respect copyright.PENANAMOyWMLQbAP
Jehan slowly laid the 722Please respect copyright.PENANAc3dmJANxvD
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 722Please respect copyright.PENANAtOLBS66OPM
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 722Please respect copyright.PENANAiTT0LOEufC
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 722Please respect copyright.PENANANoSrYRU445
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 722Please respect copyright.PENANAi3ZBpJIacy
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of722Please respect copyright.PENANALHta1Blfly
the teddy bear.722Please respect copyright.PENANAkcAG7G8WfW
Wait. I frowned. This 722Please respect copyright.PENANATEt4XeOVqh
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 722Please respect copyright.PENANAAqXVWWmOkw
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 722Please respect copyright.PENANAiGoiKULDZj
diamonds!722Please respect copyright.PENANASbyRFLQPwA
I stared horrified at 722Please respect copyright.PENANA9D73meeNbf
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 722Please respect copyright.PENANAkYeUFrzPCj
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 722Please respect copyright.PENANArYQbR9UwWR
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.722Please respect copyright.PENANAnWHA0tCz0x
I looked up at Jehan and722Please respect copyright.PENANAheQjadFcBi
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 722Please respect copyright.PENANAqqfOvk9Toc
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 722Please respect copyright.PENANAxybLx95tQR
that, he was going to end up traumatised.722Please respect copyright.PENANAL9aDhgjhid
"Je-Jehan," I said 722Please respect copyright.PENANAifp3ih6bM9
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 722Please respect copyright.PENANAeMm8OC6i6s
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in722Please respect copyright.PENANAYLYPrTmAQN
there."722Please respect copyright.PENANA1vZY9kfu09
Jean neither moved nor 722Please respect copyright.PENANAWNifGiLEAR
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 722Please respect copyright.PENANASJN96YSMWk
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.722Please respect copyright.PENANA0c56TEhNVA
But how could this be? 722Please respect copyright.PENANAn97xF30UAI
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 722Please respect copyright.PENANAFjtjFybB6m
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 722Please respect copyright.PENANAS6EFGHeA8q
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.722Please respect copyright.PENANAIxRnpjdWkp
"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.722Please respect copyright.PENANAgJPY1bsINf
"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.722Please respect copyright.PENANAKl9uS4znar
He banged his fists on 722Please respect copyright.PENANAb2xmW0yBu6
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 722Please respect copyright.PENANAXS3kTJhuRU
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at722Please respect copyright.PENANAfUXFeOE66b
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.722Please respect copyright.PENANAvErMbgxPZx
"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."722Please respect copyright.PENANA6qOfelgXp6
"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.722Please respect copyright.PENANAOOrjfEdoge
"I don't know. I don't 722Please respect copyright.PENANA89tcOmsSDy
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.722Please respect copyright.PENANAG98nshkU0o
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."722Please respect copyright.PENANAPvWfQFaNCW
"How did the diamonds go missing?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAVYXZbVmZvY
"How am I supposed to 722Please respect copyright.PENANA1sW79UrEN7
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without722Please respect copyright.PENANAdu5pgmhwtc
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."722Please respect copyright.PENANAeuYj35LUUm
"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."722Please respect copyright.PENANAVjSCeD9KAa
"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."722Please respect copyright.PENANA2WdBXvsRt2
Jehan rubbed his 722Please respect copyright.PENANA5mCe0ruosS
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 722Please respect copyright.PENANA814alflZLr
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.722Please respect copyright.PENANA0nQzovbL0y
"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."722Please respect copyright.PENANAWo1WxdaTyO
"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."722Please respect copyright.PENANAUkQKZVAMZ1
"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAj2OuPXmKy1
"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."722Please respect copyright.PENANAW0KztODpBJ
"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAeDvhke8Swk
"I don't know."722Please respect copyright.PENANAlUvkUOCocy
Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAfyy7y9hkSb
"Ummm," I looked down 722Please respect copyright.PENANAOfTSkDyUcY
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 722Please respect copyright.PENANAvU2Xsmcv2H
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."722Please respect copyright.PENANAJZs27fuHw2
"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAueyH2tsGep
"I didn't have the teddy bear with me at the hotel the whole time," I said, looking at him fully in the eyes now.722Please respect copyright.PENANA0LsVgvmpnk
"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.722Please respect copyright.PENANArrrSxGE8Zm
"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."722Please respect copyright.PENANA5b9DluAFES
"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 722Please respect copyright.PENANAldBmrXJ59z
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 722Please respect copyright.PENANAQK5VXPX3ov
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAPR7nc98sq3
"I don't think so. Lee 722Please respect copyright.PENANAP7NiWH76Rv
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,722Please respect copyright.PENANAOcBNaUrEm5
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."722Please respect copyright.PENANAn2HGbOnToG
"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAZVX5NAc3ex
"You're right. But if she did find out about us and all this diamond business, she wouldn't keep that to herself. I know Lee."722Please respect copyright.PENANAZM8hpcNdI5
"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"722Please respect copyright.PENANA2zfZzitdMR
"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."722Please respect copyright.PENANAJh20DfAlLC
After I said that, Jehan722Please respect copyright.PENANA6o9grBDZhD
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 722Please respect copyright.PENANAaS7YY6prc3
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the722Please respect copyright.PENANA666LaPOtEc
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 722Please respect copyright.PENANA2at2fhJ4JE
look on his face.722Please respect copyright.PENANAs5nHG5qyxQ
"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."722Please respect copyright.PENANAm7caSMI0ir
"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAQsJIbCgoQr
"I remember one of my 722Please respect copyright.PENANAq2pNN2JVrk
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 722Please respect copyright.PENANAyDH0JjdOEj
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."722Please respect copyright.PENANAKPPMkBZucL
"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"722Please respect copyright.PENANAYhQKvUq2a1
"Don't snap your fingers and be all happy about this," said Jehan, back to giving me that angry look. "I need that teddy, now!"722Please respect copyright.PENANA1SZmJBhvng
"Huh? I can't start 722Please respect copyright.PENANAMYX8jMIlYu
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking722Please respect copyright.PENANAglVbCE7wkI
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 722Please respect copyright.PENANAIBOTpTFm2j
that the bear is missing."722Please respect copyright.PENANACC22lwEZpt
"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."722Please respect copyright.PENANASo74LLshIY
"What do you mean?"722Please respect copyright.PENANACdrJDaHFPs
"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."722Please respect copyright.PENANAnRDHXoSnSP
"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."722Please respect copyright.PENANAm7nq3RXBoE
"Now that, makes no 722Please respect copyright.PENANAf9KsfpRmIk
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that722Please respect copyright.PENANAhgHR3gGJQL
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."722Please respect copyright.PENANAV0zegxEbco
"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"722Please respect copyright.PENANAVNgXXr6GyM
"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."722Please respect copyright.PENANAHmFq55Xv4J
"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."722Please respect copyright.PENANA4dk5GKreRX
"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAebotHTSrua
I completely forgot that722Please respect copyright.PENANA2D9IwE38UW
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 722Please respect copyright.PENANAI9JZL1S8cR
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have722Please respect copyright.PENANAw3ApPL9SJv
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.722Please respect copyright.PENANAeVGSgy2fIh
"Okay. I'll see what I can do."722Please respect copyright.PENANAm0Py7KeiK2
Jehan gave me a smile. 722Please respect copyright.PENANAcQlZANFBEY
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 722Please respect copyright.PENANA6YG2kCW8ag
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"722Please respect copyright.PENANABmxw3abdNq
I nodded my head and 722Please respect copyright.PENANAv8NYyMjM2V
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked722Please respect copyright.PENANAgdEe3317M0
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.722Please respect copyright.PENANAz3djvca5iL
"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.722Please respect copyright.PENANAKBP4dTD0F6
I sat there as I buried 722Please respect copyright.PENANAe9StM8a1kD
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 722Please respect copyright.PENANACaO4G27cYo
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the722Please respect copyright.PENANAaS4kxS43Gj
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 722Please respect copyright.PENANAo6lRnR0Ph6
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 722Please respect copyright.PENANARKiqI9T8Vz
drama that might just ruin my life?722Please respect copyright.PENANAXUvbodI5nt
I hadn't noticed the bell of the café ringing because I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I looked up, there stood Christine.722Please respect copyright.PENANAPxeFRXxHMl
"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.722Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1XsjtnrZA
I could hear footsteps 722Please respect copyright.PENANA9lw2gAndYN
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 722Please respect copyright.PENANA1E4g6RJntC
when they saw the look on my face.722Please respect copyright.PENANAXV3wgwOzPp
Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.722Please respect copyright.PENANA8OQ6NGaPNb
"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAfarNFL7ncS
"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAGPcfSPlhr9
"No," I answered. "He didn't."722Please respect copyright.PENANApP15Tx3jZj
"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAxjjmrU0LYk
"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."722Please respect copyright.PENANAbSRBQDiQtl
Mike shook his head. "But who? We didn't know what that teddy bear had until now, so, it couldn't be anyone of us."722Please respect copyright.PENANA8MKqSkd8mg
"And what about Lee?" 722Please respect copyright.PENANAfPcCT1FWW1
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 722Please respect copyright.PENANAIDXUanCLCF
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 722Please respect copyright.PENANAkYJZBY1NrE
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 722Please respect copyright.PENANA5ptBaVUeYZ
to."722Please respect copyright.PENANAvSh0AB4iBH
"This is bad," I said, 722Please respect copyright.PENANAJVpqkMeLzX
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 722Please respect copyright.PENANAf7tZRL29ck
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."722Please respect copyright.PENANAVwYMMo28ZA
"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."722Please respect copyright.PENANAPZRs08gTqh
"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.722Please respect copyright.PENANAEbtfEfN2Vw
We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.722Please respect copyright.PENANAcXLa59XWf2
"Sam?" I wondered for a 722Please respect copyright.PENANAnniYrR1wUB
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 722Please respect copyright.PENANAbx2Oc1zmiI
she have swapped it with the other one?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAUr7GF45733
"Okay, wait," said TOP. 722Please respect copyright.PENANA1tPRWUiNxi
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 722Please respect copyright.PENANARApa2YLIpv
what's really going on in the first place?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAMt6725TETQ
"I doubt it," I said 722Please respect copyright.PENANAVwfHmVd8kC
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 722Please respect copyright.PENANANbCDoGYY7x
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would722Please respect copyright.PENANAoT3lKy2WZ7
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."722Please respect copyright.PENANAyDbmJArOAR
TOP and Seungri looked 722Please respect copyright.PENANAve71kmkiWn
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 722Please respect copyright.PENANAvNuf5PXpHT
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed722Please respect copyright.PENANAHGBASPatMF
it away.722Please respect copyright.PENANA2gv537xaOU
"I highly doubt it too,"722Please respect copyright.PENANAS1mWqrtpWf
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 722Please respect copyright.PENANA7tM5oPyVFP
she would have asked us about it."722Please respect copyright.PENANA9otftgvSin
"That's true," said 722Please respect copyright.PENANA9x7qckCYGm
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 722Please respect copyright.PENANAHa42liZt4b
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."722Please respect copyright.PENANAptvsA1iygT
"And I checked out the 722Please respect copyright.PENANAWoph2NTko2
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 722Please respect copyright.PENANAxJzXueQS7m
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.722Please respect copyright.PENANAdimOS30RpB
"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.722Please respect copyright.PENANAF56o3UJqsj
"No, I highly doubt it,"722Please respect copyright.PENANAnxlw2Z5Cgv
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 722Please respect copyright.PENANAKg5O43K6Wc
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They722Please respect copyright.PENANAfyWlbnkzuC
said nothing about them entering a toy store."722Please respect copyright.PENANAguds2WMsRS
"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.722Please respect copyright.PENANAQG7zq9FtbD
"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"722Please respect copyright.PENANATexuGZ1vcG
"Collins?" Mike asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAjLO9b9ehU1
"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAsb6ELPT3wM
"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."722Please respect copyright.PENANAgeOuUgkBxJ
"But who knows? Maybe he722Please respect copyright.PENANA0kc7YUONC6
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 722Please respect copyright.PENANA6U5PSDM31r
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 722Please respect copyright.PENANAIPOXW6EsHL
times."722Please respect copyright.PENANAeinTzYvt6d
"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.722Please respect copyright.PENANApl27h5bp4B
"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."722Please respect copyright.PENANAIXnPVppeJt
"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"722Please respect copyright.PENANAvkophLDSMA
Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."722Please respect copyright.PENANAaZFr10MwTp
"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.722Please respect copyright.PENANAzPWD15OqSA
"He was the one who went722Please respect copyright.PENANAbQEQvEM7fw
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 722Please respect copyright.PENANAfZMgIIjJrc
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 722Please respect copyright.PENANAz3zFxFTmjA
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 722Please respect copyright.PENANA7W4j9QprMJ
elevator."722Please respect copyright.PENANAYHkiLN8RTL
"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.722Please respect copyright.PENANAlcKzwbwVUJ
"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."722Please respect copyright.PENANAg6l9nkDH6v
"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.722Please respect copyright.PENANAu4uWwCHU1B
"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."722Please respect copyright.PENANAsFk4xitzhm
"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."722Please respect copyright.PENANAUMpo1z0KSx
"You're right," I said 722Please respect copyright.PENANAdNWAv7T15Y
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 722Please respect copyright.PENANAxY9rD6VZMY
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."722Please respect copyright.PENANASftgczrIvQ
"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.722Please respect copyright.PENANAbDgpBxBSwe
We all walked out of the722Please respect copyright.PENANA3ih3ubo5xI
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 722Please respect copyright.PENANAcn4sQu2o1a
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.722Please respect copyright.PENANA7YHJILFwRq
While I was in the car 722Please respect copyright.PENANAPg8lgVZjZZ
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so722Please respect copyright.PENANA3BeZ46NpEY
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins722Please respect copyright.PENANAjOeWuRePcj
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 722Please respect copyright.PENANAGe5UaIol0T
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 722Please respect copyright.PENANAf2ThYl9qtt
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.722Please respect copyright.PENANAa1HCmeob5i
If it isn't him, then 722Please respect copyright.PENANAFt7a7XUfNg
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 722Please respect copyright.PENANAH6pTS5EmDo
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 722Please respect copyright.PENANAQykl5FhExq
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her722Please respect copyright.PENANAp3ILBpnReE
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.722Please respect copyright.PENANAdTwRSs0X5K
What if I had the wrong 722Please respect copyright.PENANAwrFX6iG8BU
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 722Please respect copyright.PENANAZEPwJdq3LA
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 722Please respect copyright.PENANAq82jmzoQul
place without any of us noticing in the first place?722Please respect copyright.PENANADLgttvex9p
I hope I could be able 722Please respect copyright.PENANAy0bYe1ALjL
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 722Please respect copyright.PENANACmxIEsBf4S
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that722Please respect copyright.PENANAsWiTpQMhzS
happen.