Zoey's P.O.V1070Please respect copyright.PENANAYkTuNkAujj
Waking up this Monday 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlNiPYNToay
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAn6hSOumYpa
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAwMDi95Wxpy
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWaxWhOZEC0
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected1070Please respect copyright.PENANA2t9tsUkTNP
myself to be.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAVomc9j406c
I couldn't stop 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAtJu9DXirtg
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much1070Please respect copyright.PENANARlMyE08kzN
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAsbN89mnL5x
feel that something was wrong.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAhlRg4yuDrF
Could they have known 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAnIHyeJ4V4Q
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHE99EENysN
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 1070Please respect copyright.PENANArr7bwgoph1
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 1070Please respect copyright.PENANALtVo0F0bSd
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAsJgMMtzeln
just had our usual conversation.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAdXbwQTypK7
I brushed off all those 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAt7krsQOFqx
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The1070Please respect copyright.PENANAxEPylOFqiQ
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAqDYLLV83Gg
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when1070Please respect copyright.PENANADCvO9ewV6X
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAxhwyyNoTvG
But now that she wasn't 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAuEB8s8IY1z
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA4OPlUBTOCG
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.1070Please respect copyright.PENANALDGRa8afVi
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbqbqMGt0eh
woken up early before the alarm rang.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAKeqVHIzMCJ
I sat up on my bed and 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOj879u1qXu
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAJe0f5oCfJu
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 1070Please respect copyright.PENANARpXWJapIWh
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 1070Please respect copyright.PENANASm12O58dlo
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAqs9ySVQ0s4
After seeing her with 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHjZiFhSWNv
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFKNABuvQX3
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I1070Please respect copyright.PENANAW8hmguU0j9
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOPe1gPWfdV
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 1070Please respect copyright.PENANADAeOqJE31c
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole1070Please respect copyright.PENANA5EIYOjU7XC
day. That left me devastated.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFgN8AkqjZ0
I couldn't stop looking 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAo1oVuz0LfJ
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAIakKju95t0
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHwdHCyFmbF
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAmEXJUQ6PML
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They1070Please respect copyright.PENANAGQIHb9G2jz
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA9n6IYbtzzU
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAojHnxieIE6
That sent me boiling to a1070Please respect copyright.PENANAiXN6KSYQbA
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me1070Please respect copyright.PENANAynLyZSKLxM
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAUS9Xehn3Ps
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlGSU1AYvlm
Christine had told me to1070Please respect copyright.PENANAiiCjsZzk3A
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAO63tOfCNGC
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFBu7pac5pJ
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA1po4juYAGT
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest1070Please respect copyright.PENANAgWEtrZZJQl
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 1070Please respect copyright.PENANABdgWNJ3lLa
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.1070Please respect copyright.PENANALukpTa6ZZJ
And now, I had to face 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAgBqa95uoKR
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAP18Ux4bLmF
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music1070Please respect copyright.PENANABjl1XbAqXS
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbVKAI6ALx0
was still so upset.1070Please respect copyright.PENANABmtT56GpAS
I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAmsp8IU6SNF
After I was done, I 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA32gihs2lo6
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHiCz7lxsQu
others at the dining table for breakfast.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAVVCTSkZZiE
I found them already 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFeTy30YFW6
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA1dr7yDae7S
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA1U4pFJSww4
I felt a little awkward 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAn7HeIumTKY
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't1070Please respect copyright.PENANAj7M3pXYwcC
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and1070Please respect copyright.PENANAK1uDM2iQSN
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfjprZGq4Dq
that also felt weird.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOZydSrXzOn
I know that she and I 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOOQadjytVt
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfz4FNKmXFT
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA7joYtYRJKa
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA8PnaqUKows
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAaBxKLjgZ9G
like something was wrong.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAwPbKzUx4Jh
I poured myself a cup of1070Please respect copyright.PENANAAEH29B4ue2
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 1070Please respect copyright.PENANArsybr1xCss
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAaqte5OpbxO
"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAZHZaCPqp2u
My heart almost skipped a1070Please respect copyright.PENANAu1QXtvSEmZ
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know1070Please respect copyright.PENANAC2xWRXcp3P
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3LohingBaO
too far. I was over here! Hello!1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3gmDmqBS78
"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA1rJBPipCwu
"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWBFGbzLaYy
"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAnofl2sKrRn
"I have no doubt about it."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAA4Oo9PldV4
"But I don't see why you1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFUiCMnKyUI
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAjfRPDgOd26
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAnWUT5MFlVr
"One thing about fans is1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3mmvQ0HH52
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAE4qJG6cbWM
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAjXXHaVpQLK
"I know," said Lee. 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAgJ5VuMYKNy
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 1070Please respect copyright.PENANABQOc6zi1mk
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAcGT49cBaW0
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."1070Please respect copyright.PENANACFLrYb6YwW
"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAhTQ3JBxrTj
"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFm5O6HPqFC
"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA6nhveqYCWI
"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAwxRysXwP6i
"Aye, aye," said Daniel.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAS507GyO1Pe
"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAy6Pf6ABLkq
"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAhal7TxcvtE
"You're just too quiet, that's all."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAYpz3KXjNEL
"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOOZGcxDpnR
I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAp45CRKJiwk
"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.1070Please respect copyright.PENANADUr1rS0Rrs
I stuck my tongue out at1070Please respect copyright.PENANAZjhJJqzBbv
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3bU1Q0z2Bg
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA9tptlH1BFW
still wasn't looking in my direction.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAPv1HNj5GPN
Soon after breakfast, we1070Please respect copyright.PENANA6NhaVhRwlV
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were1070Please respect copyright.PENANAdbQbRVEVnb
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAKsLuIHasHW
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 1070Please respect copyright.PENANASkUJ7MXRZy
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what1070Please respect copyright.PENANAP8ZtljGMd2
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAECSmYvwZTi
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAIpGBaeY3hm
she would.1070Please respect copyright.PENANATJBNvnmLKD
We arrived at YG and we 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA9LRtUUTO8c
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAwMWk0SHI5h
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with1070Please respect copyright.PENANAdAalNQVkn4
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAVMC3Gk7qiJ
When everyone was 1070Please respect copyright.PENANABEP4A9VWJm
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when1070Please respect copyright.PENANAf8BewpTmY1
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 1070Please respect copyright.PENANANC359nR3Be
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA9fLNdBi6ci
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZFLjZUuml
He not responding to me 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlZMnJ0duX6
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He1070Please respect copyright.PENANAa0NTh00KYg
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted1070Please respect copyright.PENANAtBOfxAuJG5
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA1uD1i2Q1ol
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAVSNzGHfb09
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWRtNWWtBy4
looked away instead.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA5TtO7NWloX
We went straight to 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAMs81L471hP
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAI0VgyR8J4F
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAq5K0voG3ER
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I1070Please respect copyright.PENANA6ClAC8dbmd
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 1070Please respect copyright.PENANABuumX17Wff
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAeYTlBLd94X
During pratice, I 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAkvb6XY2Utu
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA1X95VmQa71
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I1070Please respect copyright.PENANAqxqnbThTum
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0f2H2JqA9p
G-Dragon wasn't the only1070Please respect copyright.PENANASoV4wAinwI
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAs9YA1D1mbO
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAPsG4tv8MAT
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA1Iy67QR1VU
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0IlSfApYVc
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?1070Please respect copyright.PENANABtaKzTbzr7
As her best friend, I 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAeimEM48d7F
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA6q7LckTg4Z
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAybFEa1e0Iu
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0W4CCSFM12
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFMXEeSNkzx
She is also smart, 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAeg2vqgdavJ
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAVM2UhacASh
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAw3SKcSe8Mj
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even1070Please respect copyright.PENANAIBh2WnGRM7
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA5I7MmRrmwU
Sam has a lot of good 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAG8ZOKqLsDL
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her1070Please respect copyright.PENANAZD5Uwn6OtD
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFeH9Z7pKLL
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAgXAzkR9T5O
want to hurt anyone around her.1070Please respect copyright.PENANANfixaWI6Eh
Realising this made me 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA6U5ykNkX3c
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAj46JZSqP4n
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAVCe7puDgyX
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 1070Please respect copyright.PENANANdxsRpsrXC
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA9O8bZIi3HN
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAz6FITeZuGG
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAa6JD6bKutl
realise it till now.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAVVa5cQ7a9q
"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfHkymEXtDq
"Zoey, you aren't 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAXA9sFTMrBF
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAA9C9ULdo76
second time you have made the same mistake."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAifOoL2RP0J
"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."1070Please respect copyright.PENANABOs3bCOVsG
"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA7tZPPxvj27
It was lunch the time we1070Please respect copyright.PENANALQ2JlztxcD
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAkuiVLdQ2xN
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAycvo9fztOm
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAN1YYhPW8Dk
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOxvtn0feyD
they were all laughing.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0GAHA7brUV
"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAkokq2vgP1S
"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAP6pbUkiJM7
"Still not talking to Sam?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAcIitXbTaPc
"Nope."1070Please respect copyright.PENANADC3QyJcLD1
TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfQNs3fNtxh
"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3zB6XOzVHL
"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAkDi69PN1zH
"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA4m6iDbc7U7
"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAPw0kJOxh1s
"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAQKK9mgtuhs
"I know. But you aren't 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA892ofONVRF
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAxRn0Hl2cA0
You would be chit chatting like you always do."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAJTc3EJk4eg
"What if I just want to be alone for today?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANACrJoo0uwVs
"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAuK4n3vzQ3h
I frowned. "Why?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAH8lYNq0Xmp
"Because you look miserable."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAwEppI2PyKR
I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.1070Please respect copyright.PENANALsnwkbExbi
"Miserable!"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAd1FbYdOD3z
"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."1070Please respect copyright.PENANATuWkg0xaib
I thought for a moment 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAYWw84Ib3Mk
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAF86sGqTTa1
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAKOBBQa7bV9
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 1070Please respect copyright.PENANALhXufQOQ8r
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA63o0CFYbzS
Seeing all this in front1070Please respect copyright.PENANAq41o0Ex5g1
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAsKrtNfuX5z
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAiTLKSdZga5
Until TOP came to talk to me.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlR9apEDzHi
"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAsDPiJ68gbZ
"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAMXkaEo4Y14
"I don't know," I said 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOTZtOT1Gd3
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but1070Please respect copyright.PENANA4V9R6HzDHM
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA7hLjmEZOEO
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.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAsP4KqBu49W
"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWQuqpcs8OT
"Then why don't you talk to her?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAuiHIX1E7Qm
"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAQPNU6nRv7r
"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."1070Please respect copyright.PENANARoIUJgSHBF
"I know."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAusJRZFc2pd
"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbJmRSWhHvz
"I'll think about it."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFk0fHjAenv
"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAJLanQosUEw
Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHAY7sBssZV
"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.1070Please respect copyright.PENANATZBrA4vGRN
"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfNbKhXsWKE
The three of us went out1070Please respect copyright.PENANAPK3Azn7yLX
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAmjDJayTlTW
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAjwrgum4hok
As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA66IFCJkYm7
"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAXWshpq9Ovy
"Chill, you just ordered1070Please respect copyright.PENANAAzMMUl9rDP
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOYEb9urmZH
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAyq8TADeUom
"But I'm so hungry."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAaCsg5nBHqM
"Trust me, you aren't 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAEiBVD3sieS
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0eih8HTwYg
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA41dUig1Kwh
have."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAesQ95ESdSy
"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAKJ2ICKQhQo
"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAigEIVaRP3J
"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAwtgdmJT6mU
"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAdUJndX9aSy
"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAwRQVT0L9jy
I didn't say anything as1070Please respect copyright.PENANAuxLJ0rEKc2
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA4QfWtdTM3B
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAZwGytwzUbY
calling.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAQPIc7ehkJv
"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAiXb8Akxv8f
"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlRXCaUmZ13
"Okay, well you better answer that call."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA7IbrmKKFiT
I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAvXYPaKegI9
"Hello," I answered.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAmrSK4sZn3Y
"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAAyNsQ5CPnK
"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAXzjkdAFFWF
"We have to meet today, ASAP."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAcgoiFQmzu7
"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAyDFD6Puggm
"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfegw8JJEn1
I knew Jehan was going 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWwdsaw7ibj
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAdVdVafu1pz
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAasZ03EpndD
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAdm5Jq4TzIe
was upstairs in the dance studio.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAEGD8x5aPfb
"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANARKs1iQB8qP
"I'm coming to YG to get it."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAPNhqeU91vx
"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA4boOuvJ5m1
"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAF7WLxFWWfE
"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAGwkHWvxRZA
He cut the call and I 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA7GJKxiLZQU
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through1070Please respect copyright.PENANAxmkncajDVI
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here1070Please respect copyright.PENANAMlEDe8R5BJ
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see1070Please respect copyright.PENANA81hDqhAtuT
him they would start to ask questions.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAk77C1SYpkn
"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAk2ShTZWWAD
I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAPuXopEWxIX
"What?" I asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAl07RBRC0ZE
"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA4q8afHE2mk
"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlZMSKXaNyD
"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAq1yq326w48
"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAAjHQP14nQW
"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAXU5drHwZy8
"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFpbFKfO0ci
"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbVprvjMIP0
Dang it! I was cornered 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAiMkJ6vhz55
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAEOgYm5z4b4
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAZo0UXTvpN6
light no matter how much you try to hide it.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAboQsEjArCM
"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAgrn8qclZPh
I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAMOiX8enLnL
"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAIhmZCoPtt7
We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAuuKOYTk14W
I told them everything 1070Please respect copyright.PENANASNjO54vMJd
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't1070Please respect copyright.PENANAf6i0PM22jk
said a word until I finished the whole story.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAjgQR88XiAz
"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWcx51owTgw
"Just you two," I answered.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAj3Yl8RFMaq
"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfGbw9LQUXS
"Surprising, right?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANArJbCmvhGVJ
"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAi4oie7DXtj
"We should involve the police," said TOP.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAmJfCf056iK
"No! We can't!"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAX7KMLhGMRK
"Why?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOjyFCNqy78
"You know word goes out 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWhyNTs6Jc6
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and1070Please respect copyright.PENANArZangTSVag
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlI3atRy2Ni
"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAkUsnf1jROK
"He assured me that this1070Please respect copyright.PENANANZakc1AqkP
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAr09usEiKj5
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAADyYQqxPYe
"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAKRGfQpgsyf
The three of us turned 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA1SgVT4mk9a
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAkRG1OH96Vr
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWujLzywYub
"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAERZ7OClAXw
"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAJlz7Tm16l5
"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAGOvcsLovB6
"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.1070Please respect copyright.PENANARq8s3U7jdk
"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."1070Please respect copyright.PENANALiAA3iEhLY
"Random stuff involving a1070Please respect copyright.PENANAtFvUKZXmuq
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 1070Please respect copyright.PENANASy1B5zN5Eo
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAInNIjK7HfS
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 1070Please respect copyright.PENANALu4LnVG9rQ
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAvQfhDWwT50
I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?1070Please respect copyright.PENANAUKYBVRzSK1
"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA2wGcDXppUI
"Okay, I won't."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlv1hAmmlgn
"Sit down."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAxIBvRAhoul
Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA07FXvS9J8p
"I got myself into trouble," I started.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA9hqOkI38lg
"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAmv1drJTW9I
"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3vWYw5CRXx
Christine's face soon 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAafNpnkB1sb
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWWLI4w6UhP
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....1070Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3q2vErIFT
"What!"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAYEUJFvgK67
TOP quickly covered up 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWLyk2zLQN1
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAcFMwG4L6Co
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAK21A3kHyQ6
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA7PceK4nvZg
"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAwscMY1xm1n
"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAIjnzWoLfc0
"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAd31JsocQ6L
"Of course I'm mad!" 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAS2oKtMEPOP
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAwJKqqlXo7E
but this by far is the worst one of them all."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA7DV7lDDBlI
"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0wD4ul2pA8
"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAExkIGl9x8C
"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAkkltvBDF8W
"Ya, I remember. What about him?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAJIRAwyFvlP
"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAcDM6MCEJ8Z
"WHAT!"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAJgnbhqfUbr
"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA1Mm1GSbTj8
"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAk5T4LQCNF0
"And the one I met at the café," I said.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAZYIr7rLoIT
"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAGukqxPdWH1
"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.1070Please respect copyright.PENANADxoDuFDaLD
"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANACWE4n8Ogor
"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAy5fjqZTvxg
"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAV71LtBELF7
"Ya," I said. "I planned1070Please respect copyright.PENANAVMzxGhs6Tg
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAc3YcGHcULm
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3bnPaf1DX7
"So you're the one who 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAx1ZzZwTQtV
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAqrwTmGeHBS
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 1070Please respect copyright.PENANALCP4aefz59
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAZEVDkRKOZR
out with Seungri."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAE151De86wT
"I lied."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA5hTPd4hjf3
Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAPobmnCySV6
"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAzTx4VXWEH2
"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAoYZaSKTCbk
"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."1070Please respect copyright.PENANART9sFSLUSH
"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAjKCoBjUPtq
"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."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA55e32QJ7MO
"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANApOpfEbj7rN
"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAkChfA1QHBA
"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."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAqWZf9xvdLO
"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFnAtqQvROv
"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbazQ76bii2
"But where?" I asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAxDKBW0idBB
"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.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAA46WhEsJEM
"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.1070Please respect copyright.PENANARYlPQSius3
"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA2aFPRnzYD5
"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.1070Please respect copyright.PENANATi75i5Ztlh
I took my phone out and 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAegRU1RT9P9
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in1070Please respect copyright.PENANAGxLp7ClyTY
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAtKMybEtr5x
"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAzrBUKNk9z7
"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAQq9XHmYcTR
Seungri had ordered ten 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAejP8tGPYZN
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA2Nj4PEs5Ir
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAoJ0jYYD1c8
favourite.1070Please respect copyright.PENANABPRfZPKhVy
We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAvyp9etkIkp
"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA87kRgzxLQF
"I'll be ready for 1070Please respect copyright.PENANANW9L9D37Bw
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbevnUIw2E6
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAtEF8IvaQY7
"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAsvBc9LiM45
"And G-Dragon," TOP added.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA5KRMjdkQ56
"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfnUJ60OCoz
"Well, someone has to," said Christine.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA4bXJ6WNiH0
"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3zV0ShYQzd
"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAXOu2QndMH2
We found ourselves back 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAzCI4zL56IT
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAgVJDO7g1Yd
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHaPQRi2dzQ
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 1070Please respect copyright.PENANASwDeqOYnUX
paranoid?1070Please respect copyright.PENANAq6d3AU7GAR
Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAKKZ7o6YAII
"What?" I asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANArms5lU8x3c
"You were frowning," Christine answered.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfWcM35hdXS
"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAXtIdzN0Tca
"Says the person who 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAh9Xfs5YXFU
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAqI3lm4sPEe
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAn4wycOqEtz
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAY9b6K865Zx
Soon after lunch, we 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAsrBSjztscL
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAXXb7GFFo6s
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time1070Please respect copyright.PENANADe8x5xlhqB
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 1070Please respect copyright.PENANATL0JNGXik5
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know1070Please respect copyright.PENANAvYSisAu9M7
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the1070Please respect copyright.PENANApgLwfpyhX9
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA7wwHJ586gC
At some point in the 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAMSiEMC5b4v
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAx6dpuxYG5P
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAe3CSUmGA1S
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA2gggy4jyy9
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAVmMam8nVBH
back to practising until we could pratice no more.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAekh1X1WbD8
It was five and the sun 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0I73Js9BB1
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I1070Please respect copyright.PENANAdbtzZAAKnb
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAuCFBYW8xyv
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA2dV9Go2rCN
side of me. We were all pretty tired.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHQ2RW2s4oC
The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAppCryOTfcL
While I was resting and 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAp7C5m6CyW6
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAuvz6HAxq9q
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAXRiubKFseR
look on my face.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAEzwUmmCmjr
"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA5VyloSEqmy
"Go? Go where?" I asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbSlz0xwlaU
Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFWoTLnjoB4
"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAhGkLTa6Q4C
"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAKmqxWqHhVe
It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAnMiuLHxolg
"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAKM0lFEzw91
"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfp65Vgpyoq
"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA5uSRFwxzo3
"I want to follow too," said Daniel.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAx5aADvgelj
"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAzTIC9WnhfE
I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfNUmjFACML
"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAiuzF1UYPeS
"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."1070Please respect copyright.PENANABkYHfMdee3
"Ya, me too," said Mike.1070Please respect copyright.PENANApAt4LKNUdy
"Why don't you want 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAwZ9gksEFaE
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAhzDgvkuL3o
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAi0oIO0sBJ4
not to follow."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAECxUznpj1Z
I wanted to protest and 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAxZD2xTSwJa
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAJYEPiGNmWk
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA5KGFV4k8qf
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAExXDt9UiSe
"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.1070Please respect copyright.PENANArJfVTBLmRS
Dang it!1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlJD2388n1D
"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.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAMc9IPKNOLz
"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAszdvijnxvt
"Thanks, that's nice of 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAGV0l39GxeX
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA9gcyjL2uIO
the others. "Have fun you, guys."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAAniIv19lSR
Sam and Daesung left the1070Please respect copyright.PENANAi6b6aYXQuv
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3g8mxCPJSe
myself that the two also made a nice pair.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfpOpuTCei0
"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANArcF7nSBBe3
"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAo7WMXf7eaH
"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAotwIwvW6dz
Christine stood up from 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHPT9KGm1BY
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0F0fPCpggd
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAmrKLwgk5vP
I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHyb6CEKE8k
"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAYtIyfDW8wI
"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAjDHY1FRv13
"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAjUbBQb5bb2
Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAJYAw8gvlUx
I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAZulp0kH7vx
"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAh06mnFlsGW
"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAaozWyZ2mv1
TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAsRS17F7KWc
"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAe9d1bucoJq
"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAs4qnLYkZMn
"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3wEvwAJw0f
"I know," said Christine.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA6TndRFx7GX
"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAkYDoWBk6BP
"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA6c89mgfyzv
"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAAMmHPMQ3Zi
"So that she can judge me? No way."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFvDkoHeeel
"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAhOxjCkLByn
"Don't try to convince 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAiztHu749xq
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 1070Please respect copyright.PENANApLSVcpc9l8
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me1070Please respect copyright.PENANAEMB02zZM5X
like she could hit me with a hammer.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAvTJPanRu5F
"Okay, let's go," said TOP.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAhlbSMf7YPn
I got up from the floor 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAN1Obu8duFi
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 1070Please respect copyright.PENANATv1HwW0FwF
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 1070Please respect copyright.PENANARmeV3dxGZX
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAXnSHVo2X8p
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWUIaxhoVR2
The cars soon left the 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAiCYPAOGDx5
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 1070Please respect copyright.PENANADpraPqqsHG
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAvN0ZpbAhpJ
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0e438tMElX
"Can you you please stop1070Please respect copyright.PENANApkgo1XruHu
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAvOnD2ejp3X
the teddy and lose it in the car."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAiNYfgMyicj
"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAmYlSg3fPD5
"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."1070Please respect copyright.PENANArtChpgyAn5
I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlE4cIqvUU1
"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAH8haOGEo2Z
"I just want to get this over with."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA9IJsSl1A8Y
We were soon packed 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAjrev49hsRA
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA17qbAuaZs5
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAoxE7qLfcsu
turned to look at her.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAxk9tUqtdeQ
"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAZyYTt9rRUu
"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAXZBh1wt8Oh
Seungri also turned to 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAAA9sCN8TR8
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbT6l7YB8cx
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAj8pQPydsNO
chest and I wished Sam was here too.1070Please respect copyright.PENANASD9cPHIeps
I soon got out of the 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAeac1bgPPal
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAsfG1Tgvvrn
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I1070Please respect copyright.PENANAcqM6DWACxb
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAMjsTPK8RmR
Before I could find my 1070Please respect copyright.PENANABKd6dGDGkY
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAEQKCPQ0kqK
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAqvLvFa2ftK
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHoOSzpUy3k
I quickly went in the 1070Please respect copyright.PENANASKcG2fS0ko
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAYqF0USmf06
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 1070Please respect copyright.PENANARr0mHvIO1o
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFkVdx4UgqO
I slowly approached the 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAb6hyStThGQ
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAXzFKgfv22v
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAZN8J9nJPHA
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAP58ouOAxtA
hesitate to end my life right here.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAzijlMzRLyU
"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAsyT0XU2ESK
"I was practising today," I answered.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlraQ7HUSVJ
"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."1070Please respect copyright.PENANApvuWLG1v9i
"Thanks," I frowned at 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAKrz75GFIEQ
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAXcRvvnvPvo
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOTKTuiQwRA
Jehan smirked. "Certainly."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbTfZfCLKMx
I quickly reached out 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAA5SiYY58pC
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3qDa0g0XPC
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAq3mxKt5WlI
"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAYYD56bqks1
"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAarQhcnEwPg
"What now?" I complained.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAuZ6xkAKMEo
"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlTacb4IbV8
"What do you think? That1070Please respect copyright.PENANAd0w5y1MNRF
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAgufXnBZjwN
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAJm3F6ZV5qH
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAmv74oNPXuI
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."1070Please respect copyright.PENANATIm5tVmRXg
Jehan raised an eyebrow 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAAyatVtUMFq
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going1070Please respect copyright.PENANAsEWLTBx9vK
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a1070Please respect copyright.PENANAQtaVHUMu12
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAoXAX525AWH
"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAi13HQ9XEQw
"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWZoWgCbhMf
I went back to looking 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAs60IRnim3T
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3VSBfzBKub
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAj5xTwdc4fm
surprise me that he carried that thing around.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAce0ipXjGEy
Jehan slowly laid the 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAGkdPP1OehJ
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAUzNniqFThF
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAVZUfADMvxu
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAX976m5cn94
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA83Tj3DoUPf
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of1070Please respect copyright.PENANA2ASMvF9B0g
the teddy bear.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA01RDqOiDxa
Wait. I frowned. This 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAGkznjzJhOj
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAhCJG20mmGY
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAe4cexsj2HH
diamonds!1070Please respect copyright.PENANA6Mc5JzQwtr
I stared horrified at 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbdiXz9hqUY
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAU5WIu0ASeF
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAP4hXkHbn2Z
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAnZFNOmikPx
I looked up at Jehan and1070Please respect copyright.PENANAGMjIM7TeIt
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAR93JGPyOGB
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFbwbXwVucD
that, he was going to end up traumatised.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0qBSYMZmEE
"Je-Jehan," I said 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA2fGZStlTer
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAak2XcxYu1e
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in1070Please respect copyright.PENANAl3msibNoSU
there."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAo7ONrmKZdR
Jean neither moved nor 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAunPwtcnC9c
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAxvpTbbCp1Z
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAagRxt9jCS0
But how could this be? 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFkGBLxiZgl
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAYhL20hQG5i
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAjuUSa2ZPyQ
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.1070Please respect copyright.PENANANDIRAy5iAL
"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAUxLZnclTNw
"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAq0kG9URk02
He banged his fists on 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFKgTiIAvdu
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFOGI5bC4jW
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at1070Please respect copyright.PENANAg945n6pvHE
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAEmWyvZbdYf
"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAzqp7pv7XV0
"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAASu7sjCOgr
"I don't know. I don't 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3s6uhDlJDW
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOT6OQj4E3o
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."1070Please respect copyright.PENANABudZzHtxWs
"How did the diamonds go missing?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0jDcvBOG6p
"How am I supposed to 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZSyd5gtqn
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without1070Please respect copyright.PENANAoglgPWsHqG
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAtPdvoUXgF4
"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAPYSiqmBRZj
"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZwBbOHPUz
Jehan rubbed his 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAebXmgoL3h6
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOBKFqdrnJ2
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFBFOQizSdV
"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAx4TOM5PIKD
"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAKa4SXqoPDx
"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAmpGd4JOuHO
"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3qnZHVgsN
"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOJC96Rn1M2
"I don't know."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAR1pVFajp3B
Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAknUqGyFifZ
"Ummm," I looked down 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAmGWDJdYXwT
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAIMUbDsXAZ0
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAjT1hN3ZVrB
"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAJsvUwRVRiR
"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.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAYgzbvbcUc1
"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOMTVj5oBkD
"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAKSD3Xdpl3z
"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAZLoefO0LI2
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAzveylXVd56
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAwibINvBnhC
"I don't think so. Lee 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAZdnvSo9i77
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,1070Please respect copyright.PENANAAl3gpefMj1
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAvKgQkwoFwR
"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANA08KQSyPC4q
"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."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA9W4Wro12aR
"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAe6FoLpt3QM
"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAShRZkFY8pa
After I said that, Jehan1070Please respect copyright.PENANATjAhAFxrZS
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3JXUAtdwPQ
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the1070Please respect copyright.PENANANtABJTM02a
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 1070Please respect copyright.PENANACg2B18WxUP
look on his face.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAftsMsgkKmB
"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHPxeARTb6I
"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAzJmOgfjqUl
"I remember one of my 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAu1avv1uIHA
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAUmLtaCJrrt
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."1070Please respect copyright.PENANALbObsHvQTz
"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWmB5OOvdpA
"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!"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAXYy4YCnNG9
"Huh? I can't start 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAoYzctC3woi
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking1070Please respect copyright.PENANAUcDlYhtua9
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA5zuURa6uPJ
that the bear is missing."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlfboXfnp8K
"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAC2TnCTJg4A
"What do you mean?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANA29APGzME07
"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbSKBFiya3P
"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAudmM1gTdXF
"Now that, makes no 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbnEQXrhOdi
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that1070Please respect copyright.PENANAFeXoYPsfUO
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA9DQaugnDAO
"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAPKnYVaLxvc
"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAqII4Td3Mqe
"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAvbX2iaKpnZ
"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANADdzksnMxD5
I completely forgot that1070Please respect copyright.PENANAdYuWTJnXkj
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 1070Please respect copyright.PENANADmqEDAnSrA
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have1070Please respect copyright.PENANA3NguKLSoSr
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0VkuwZ7YFr
"Okay. I'll see what I can do."1070Please respect copyright.PENANANHSlViSBoe
Jehan gave me a smile. 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ogix9Y7dG
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAiw8SKTPS2a
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAAd87vxqCsI
I nodded my head and 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA40oj3ddEN6
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked1070Please respect copyright.PENANAAwBDJK6Xry
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAcNilAqJZvK
"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.1070Please respect copyright.PENANATZo8CXtTqY
I sat there as I buried 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0sJa6bKeUj
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 1070Please respect copyright.PENANANMzzmL1Esa
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the1070Please respect copyright.PENANAtgOObRczYJ
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHP79CEdqGo
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA6duJcfPCdV
drama that might just ruin my life?1070Please respect copyright.PENANAZK0oID3P35
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.1070Please respect copyright.PENANARfh10aNSJd
"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHieyYlKKNU
I could hear footsteps 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAMew5GEPdIo
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHrLZLVdDVC
when they saw the look on my face.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAKE3OjRpq5x
Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAi4bJXUakQ4
"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAxiqnT7lQR4
"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAaeHvZQ43Ig
"No," I answered. "He didn't."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAO3CmXTPoAz
"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfguedWuOzc
"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."1070Please respect copyright.PENANARG3MrgjfJG
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."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAL4TR0wTd7H
"And what about Lee?" 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA2aQZxPyDmq
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAv0CuRvSOcN
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbmSmqeGol8
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 1070Please respect copyright.PENANARCD08LolnE
to."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAhQUplEgNh6
"This is bad," I said, 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAkTl0HnpOyL
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAIejlLmhxAA
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAhv0jIdbMiD
"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAi4LLrLdpQ2
"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA01YHyXoN5r
We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfbaOBUfrmK
"Sam?" I wondered for a 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHdaiis2Y2K
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAVttRtYNbYL
she have swapped it with the other one?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAwwySCledSO
"Okay, wait," said TOP. 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAxxDPn7KkrQ
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAkkuZ5k5WUJ
what's really going on in the first place?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAdvacV1OFAO
"I doubt it," I said 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0ujBOxogM4
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAO2F3DMzj4L
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would1070Please respect copyright.PENANALL20UOZrM9
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAzZRe1RvUeL
TOP and Seungri looked 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAeQWivz7KYX
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 1070Please respect copyright.PENANA2qlfcsNeKw
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed1070Please respect copyright.PENANAfre3DxcVwZ
it away.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAclTmuijkv9
"I highly doubt it too,"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAj9WgAs3pxi
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAVhlmCtmDoD
she would have asked us about it."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAOEtByJxlFk
"That's true," said 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAnKONY4NGRs
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAhjk73KB8CM
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAE3XHm7zrU1
"And I checked out the 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAtu1BXhD5wn
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbm2XubRxc9
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAA20Hi3f6ef
"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAc0viVGB0HE
"No, I highly doubt it,"1070Please respect copyright.PENANA1Dh9QrBdgr
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbI7NG6g97a
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbvHDAh2UR0
said nothing about them entering a toy store."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWdMdIYHueo
"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAw5RGWZPWsG
"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAS8SnpC3PNQ
"Collins?" Mike asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAeFpy9qSPup
"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAW2VqaCed07
"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAzEEZDXZlvP
"But who knows? Maybe he1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWHRmoesa6s
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAsFHIRW2wJ3
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 1070Please respect copyright.PENANASYz4FhVW6T
times."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAroSpTc0Xs5
"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAQhfrKyDSbE
"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAQ93Z5N5B3j
"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"1070Please respect copyright.PENANAm6x2yMH4i5
Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAnvG06AJ7WU
"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAHMbb7o2rIi
"He was the one who went1070Please respect copyright.PENANABVLOszskeo
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbXtlLRmPT7
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAYmcVLenPhf
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAz6qvmGn1qj
elevator."1070Please respect copyright.PENANA4bWkVMYSMH
"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlFZVMD3syb
"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAB2ntK3AR3B
"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAJvWOX9FwsN
"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."1070Please respect copyright.PENANASNjH8iOOO3
"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAchjsluljGS
"You're right," I said 1070Please respect copyright.PENANASaxlQ5vuFZ
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 1070Please respect copyright.PENANACXze6bllSO
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."1070Please respect copyright.PENANAGn2ctxaHLQ
"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAgKG3bEpK3L
We all walked out of the1070Please respect copyright.PENANAYfUv0mGtCa
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAJcgH98iMMc
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.1070Please respect copyright.PENANALQAQVBnH0M
While I was in the car 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAljVPqkYcDi
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so1070Please respect copyright.PENANA27Xy4ljG8Y
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins1070Please respect copyright.PENANAlskcJGm9E7
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAgf4PxNrxHg
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAJqnP9MMOKg
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWEzMF5WJpf
If it isn't him, then 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAIxHweJvXZD
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAbyR2kLAljz
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 1070Please respect copyright.PENANADyuioLGopl
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her1070Please respect copyright.PENANAvIAfCz198i
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.1070Please respect copyright.PENANA0KfmeebqpX
What if I had the wrong 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAuzruDNMMPI
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAWmhEPmMqvj
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 1070Please respect copyright.PENANARPK7q5mrFu
place without any of us noticing in the first place?1070Please respect copyright.PENANAuyrPL0s5JW
I hope I could be able 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAg93sYZiZMd
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 1070Please respect copyright.PENANAoersculW1J
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that1070Please respect copyright.PENANAyqYsJ0GeH5
happen.