The sad gloomy day had 506Please respect copyright.PENANAdb10BN3tNr
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 506Please respect copyright.PENANA1ivSNlJDeL
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 506Please respect copyright.PENANA1EekVEIORS
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 506Please respect copyright.PENANAyfDdOsE5xg
Angel couldn't help but 506Please respect copyright.PENANARGytvBEZbu
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 506Please respect copyright.PENANAGsSty4YhGl
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 506Please respect copyright.PENANAqs6FMedEhD
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 506Please respect copyright.PENANAmvOo3uRsDK
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 506Please respect copyright.PENANAOBleLuCL5Y
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.506Please respect copyright.PENANAytj2vL7jXB
As Angel sat on the 506Please respect copyright.PENANASB9ie0p8Ag
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 506Please respect copyright.PENANABTAuWlvomF
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in506Please respect copyright.PENANAmqGhpJzYOK
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 506Please respect copyright.PENANADmMjLg1dWH
appeared across her face.506Please respect copyright.PENANArGMcBlbtg8
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.506Please respect copyright.PENANAK6ilYJmLEV
"I know I'm supposed to 506Please respect copyright.PENANAa0f5yEvJRf
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when506Please respect copyright.PENANAwR4hLrYK7F
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 506Please respect copyright.PENANAhllznEAwlA
isn't here anymore."506Please respect copyright.PENANAMiAqfKODmv
Eric squatted beside the506Please respect copyright.PENANAxTNnicAeVX
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 506Please respect copyright.PENANAjhmulMoUwr
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 506Please respect copyright.PENANAzm5JIT9cHd
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped506Please respect copyright.PENANA2jp7KvACOZ
a little at his touch. 506Please respect copyright.PENANArZPyHKdvzr
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."506Please respect copyright.PENANAhEo0OUfm8S
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 506Please respect copyright.PENANAl9w7bfTMpJ
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a506Please respect copyright.PENANAxZm7eDeFMn
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 506Please respect copyright.PENANAAT0bbxjVLo
past week."506Please respect copyright.PENANAA7rKkYRUWL
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."506Please respect copyright.PENANA5x3fZjknpO
Angel forgot about the 506Please respect copyright.PENANABYtZhRrvrc
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 506Please respect copyright.PENANATdLz4419Mr
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide506Please respect copyright.PENANAG5jshUbTUL
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.506Please respect copyright.PENANAhvjvMPkNS2
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."506Please respect copyright.PENANA5GX2XrFgkU
"You're crazy, Eric."506Please respect copyright.PENANAiTEXymnY2w
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."506Please respect copyright.PENANAsh93yWG69c
Angel didn't say 506Please respect copyright.PENANAekbMHhO3Pd
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 506Please respect copyright.PENANAkf11hHnzjP
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear506Please respect copyright.PENANAch22rFwB2J
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 506Please respect copyright.PENANA0fdWzUABkm
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 506Please respect copyright.PENANAQYr88tjrCD
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 506Please respect copyright.PENANAeKDASgcWMd
the floor.506Please respect copyright.PENANAFTuXu96TLe
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"506Please respect copyright.PENANAsHr6LOFUlN
Angel didn't say 506Please respect copyright.PENANAvlG7bJIaJm
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 506Please respect copyright.PENANALFcupgb9fr
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel506Please respect copyright.PENANAzxGiVW7TF9
out of the room. 506Please respect copyright.PENANAyQKiSac92k
They went out of the 506Please respect copyright.PENANAz9v6V4Kqv7
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 506Please respect copyright.PENANASYtfOFDhYx
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass506Please respect copyright.PENANAg4ngbAhuDl
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 506Please respect copyright.PENANAq8EVkEGsm4
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 506Please respect copyright.PENANAVhRh5qyKxr
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those506Please respect copyright.PENANAKwlYYTmcPu
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 506Please respect copyright.PENANAvZ52qVxfOb
Cold prickling air 506Please respect copyright.PENANA8QnUJmV21D
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 506Please respect copyright.PENANAwMFydOGJrh
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 506Please respect copyright.PENANAqoARilXTBH
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.506Please respect copyright.PENANAU8O2B8m194
Two black SUVs stood 506Please respect copyright.PENANA2oKxWmhigP
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 506Please respect copyright.PENANAj6F9MV66ri
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 506Please respect copyright.PENANAlr08GseKby
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 506Please respect copyright.PENANAvGXpjXAiqC
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 506Please respect copyright.PENANAU38FADfbuu
out of the hospital premises. 506Please respect copyright.PENANAeKWFsqDwqk
"We will first go for 506Please respect copyright.PENANA3TU4o3Fosu
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 506Please respect copyright.PENANAVIzpHGfOzS
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."506Please respect copyright.PENANAmMkUlO4cUs
Angel looked out of the 506Please respect copyright.PENANAy6m0zTN9Nm
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 506Please respect copyright.PENANAJnCkhMGJrl
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 506Please respect copyright.PENANA9Quh0AWILH
looking at her.506Please respect copyright.PENANAp3jBBmcVxp
"Don't worry, you will 506Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZC5vgPAON
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 506Please respect copyright.PENANAy66uWYIO3a
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."506Please respect copyright.PENANAl2amvOOWoJ
Angel closed her eyes 506Please respect copyright.PENANAkT4ykDS3ry
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 506Please respect copyright.PENANAdVCHddFmyu
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 506Please respect copyright.PENANAVjvcoohVRx
Angel slowly opened her 506Please respect copyright.PENANARp6KbrSc3j
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 506Please respect copyright.PENANAYTAcIV8jZK
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 506Please respect copyright.PENANALUHwTi9kWz
heart ache and beat faster. 506Please respect copyright.PENANArk8sMXmZKd
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 506Please respect copyright.PENANA9PBwNOcNtk
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 506Please respect copyright.PENANAEbbJ5OacTh
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."506Please respect copyright.PENANA3WnYoWpcxN
Angel felt Carly put her506Please respect copyright.PENANAqWpsxAk2AU
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her506Please respect copyright.PENANAmRmLz8yusa
hand away. But Carly grasped it.506Please respect copyright.PENANAKVnMpOgJK3
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."506Please respect copyright.PENANARqIBO5pSPz
The black SUV came to a 506Please respect copyright.PENANAlJvqN9M0ci
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother506Please respect copyright.PENANAv3QFhngWhh
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 506Please respect copyright.PENANAzitinnLojc
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 506Please respect copyright.PENANADSt53mmJnI
Eric opened the door. 506Please respect copyright.PENANAppj02SDZaT
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."506Please respect copyright.PENANA98W1A64rxA
Eric had set the 506Please respect copyright.PENANAQZ86yLP3b1
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 506Please respect copyright.PENANACqKRJluBm9
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 506Please respect copyright.PENANAZr41cGuz6P
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 506Please respect copyright.PENANApfYC7C3bii
them. 506Please respect copyright.PENANANdyqC7kb34
Angel506Please respect copyright.PENANAWe1iHt8tPR
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when506Please respect copyright.PENANAf4YzBb4EAO
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.506Please respect copyright.PENANA4ADD1ATivo
***506Please respect copyright.PENANAFVIIcwSjde
Leo506Please respect copyright.PENANAleRcSCUgDV
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 506Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4zR33IAZk
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 506Please respect copyright.PENANATJmDj7KeZ2
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 506Please respect copyright.PENANAXYUuWPa58k
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 506Please respect copyright.PENANAZIFNMjPqkc
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he506Please respect copyright.PENANAVv4GkMLMP9
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.506Please respect copyright.PENANAuHDs0UAaoN
Kim506Please respect copyright.PENANABSFJEkx9bq
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 506Please respect copyright.PENANAPzIsrMPVTV
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 506Please respect copyright.PENANAvqcvs3NmwS
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 506Please respect copyright.PENANAQhO8rTgRDo
arms.506Please respect copyright.PENANA1dtQu6Ogfm
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."506Please respect copyright.PENANAQP7xqDRwrY
Leo506Please respect copyright.PENANAAVhsHuMuZ0
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 506Please respect copyright.PENANAZ22UAK9Zq4
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 506Please respect copyright.PENANAGNcwN7lwbo
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 506Please respect copyright.PENANAbUYTtPtn6Y
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 506Please respect copyright.PENANAE1zzaAjWBJ
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 506Please respect copyright.PENANAP5jWsxnbid
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.506Please respect copyright.PENANAT9PiQXCuog
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"506Please respect copyright.PENANAKZgVmsxVua
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."506Please respect copyright.PENANAojHza1G0fS
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"506Please respect copyright.PENANAOl0C96112c
Leo506Please respect copyright.PENANA6R1HDU3vyK
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 506Please respect copyright.PENANAM6jkPYwtt1
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 506Please respect copyright.PENANAxF2McG70tc
it's time I come out clean."506Please respect copyright.PENANAronuRYmVzk
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"506Please respect copyright.PENANAmvLMhXJjcc
This506Please respect copyright.PENANA6B9gKd6Mty
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 506Please respect copyright.PENANAN8WbSoXltc
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 506Please respect copyright.PENANAD01jemXOWO
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 506Please respect copyright.PENANA2G9KrBDGDD
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.506Please respect copyright.PENANAjTa055mYTT
"The506Please respect copyright.PENANAfTrqYSM4A7
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot506Please respect copyright.PENANAOizkRY0OeU
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 506Please respect copyright.PENANA4gGls18k5D
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want506Please respect copyright.PENANAdbCa9JCBQi
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."506Please respect copyright.PENANApExGAurDr7
"I506Please respect copyright.PENANANtfYA0c6Vf
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 506Please respect copyright.PENANAkR0mQ2B4r9
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"506Please respect copyright.PENANAvna7skbMGN
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.506Please respect copyright.PENANAZBnDL5UIIa
"What506Please respect copyright.PENANAxDEjr1jenR
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 506Please respect copyright.PENANATHc27QN0uA
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"506Please respect copyright.PENANAUT0RnNgpQX
Leo506Please respect copyright.PENANAHzOM05MD3K
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 506Please respect copyright.PENANAV9G2MtoHEZ
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 506Please respect copyright.PENANAOkEkc170iH
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 506Please respect copyright.PENANAyJztlM6QhP
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 506Please respect copyright.PENANAMERYEz9u5e
would react.506Please respect copyright.PENANAk3dwLy1FVJ
"After506Please respect copyright.PENANAzn882PkE9U
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 506Please respect copyright.PENANAQuy2SbbRY8
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."506Please respect copyright.PENANA1CJstKMJo8
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.506Please respect copyright.PENANAoPIuQ7VgRG
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."506Please respect copyright.PENANAGxtQ0SCvtg
***506Please respect copyright.PENANAi0ENBJ8kA5
Angel506Please respect copyright.PENANACDCmpZDHTl
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that506Please respect copyright.PENANAEillQr9cde
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother506Please respect copyright.PENANA0R69JqhQ4k
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 506Please respect copyright.PENANAQlKUaXXgGe
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 506Please respect copyright.PENANASpUsrEGaMQ
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 506Please respect copyright.PENANARKJ2fe8kK8
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 506Please respect copyright.PENANAHKFXhexaov
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 506Please respect copyright.PENANAL8KO5mjJ5z
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.506Please respect copyright.PENANAAkkipGGwBi
After506Please respect copyright.PENANAo6BzSN3DdP
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 506Please respect copyright.PENANAixmr2sqEGh
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 506Please respect copyright.PENANAy0LCt6G7nr
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 506Please respect copyright.PENANAcY0Y2BJQtf
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was506Please respect copyright.PENANACKxU4ER0i0
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 506Please respect copyright.PENANAyFBONzbETx
world. 506Please respect copyright.PENANAPtaRibjgHF
After506Please respect copyright.PENANAKPoJeJ8PzC
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 506Please respect copyright.PENANALRFJx8fQkL
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 506Please respect copyright.PENANAbmEixfBcjj
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 506Please respect copyright.PENANAaaoIenEeXm
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."506Please respect copyright.PENANAI93fUVjJep
"It's506Please respect copyright.PENANAZSYvxNb2W0
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 506Please respect copyright.PENANACEgp5YoRXH
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like506Please respect copyright.PENANAzC8eeuuF6c
you."506Please respect copyright.PENANAL4iFyqz97t
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."506Please respect copyright.PENANAG0QdHwenxF
"No,506Please respect copyright.PENANAjDLL5mn9ni
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 506Please respect copyright.PENANAaK7upLG5G7
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to506Please respect copyright.PENANAEG2JIkLEeP
live with us, it will be great."506Please respect copyright.PENANA8wMem0p34U
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 506Please respect copyright.PENANAslgJnFjYnI
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.506Please respect copyright.PENANAWeYg8P2HgD
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"506Please respect copyright.PENANADHDBsUuUO5
"I decided that it won't be appropriate for my sister and I to come and live with you. We can take care of ourselves."506Please respect copyright.PENANAoUXiIpBPjM
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.506Please respect copyright.PENANATKeuTNfb7w
Angel couldn't help but 506Please respect copyright.PENANANnxCrQDqU1
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 506Please respect copyright.PENANAbSG4yfankz
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 506Please respect copyright.PENANAaeoHAYleDm
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't506Please respect copyright.PENANAMVSkE5LCm0
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 506Please respect copyright.PENANARkboR8jyEt
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.506Please respect copyright.PENANAsM0Z7OSBmE
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."506Please respect copyright.PENANA6foqSPkSfP
Angel now shifted in her506Please respect copyright.PENANADKf2Kr2QjI
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 506Please respect copyright.PENANAXBrxvc1dbq
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 506Please respect copyright.PENANAcaXJUphoCl
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 506Please respect copyright.PENANAhoFQhHzfWY
hidden?506Please respect copyright.PENANANXBgW2dZpK
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"506Please respect copyright.PENANA6TyFiF0JIP
Angel demanded. 506Please respect copyright.PENANADqLLXIWrOG
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."506Please respect copyright.PENANAmNQzOuMQVY
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 506Please respect copyright.PENANAhwe0kwEQl0
"What?!"
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