Stuck In A K-Pop World: Hitting With A Big Bang (A Black Kitty Series, Book 1) - Chapter 23: Swapped

Zoey's P.O.V540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2D0eONLXhH

Waking up this Monday 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDfpIvMX03
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXH7tXhIyAT
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7zstCi7cW
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlklZCtEpDQ
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwF0cylNZE
myself to be.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnu8rc0Edyo

I couldn't stop 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmGBEoXG6Q
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3YMRewTzD
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3du3HOT3C
feel that something was wrong.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoFYyUbIhz

Could they have known 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiszhgtoFUW
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdvoXRYAcp
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBCVpqcCvs
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5A5CzLKfx
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsQRQTw2Zx
just had our usual conversation.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8o6z5ZvHwU

I brushed off all those 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtlu4765VU
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVXjOieKg9
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGqOGoVj0p
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6b090WFoZ0
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmv21GWp2D

But now that she wasn't 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qFwFZTyAK
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdomudd33RY
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvO9okprS4
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvrZFUmCOd
woken up early before the alarm rang.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXev6ZTdF0n

I sat up on my bed and 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudmGoOvkEk
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurz2LRbWJC
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutduwdsTZ3
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBPwa9K7CI
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8qbPY26JE

After seeing her with 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROJdqSNJEC
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVmkyC02wp
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXcdqrMql8
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHj6ZK1WBmx
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bMNdb6iyh
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5wgjnDzY8
day. That left me devastated.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdRKG7Esz9

I couldn't stop looking 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEUZFZxetU
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTsGgVvflb
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sjIlP4szv
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUSJQicitd
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMe0ILGVZTt
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjpTKjsaPu
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbXHhcQWZO

That sent me boiling to a540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zaasdAEUH
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5k5PUd8Ozg
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKBFL28rkh
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eg6omZu8X

Christine had told me to540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrOfVvJ4cY
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqE4OcdbwpF
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1ezCAoRVc
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxxkoCdAVM
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0Uqd9tdWP
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1WWqWByZC
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfc7T82xq4A

And now, I had to face 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4F6PwpaiR
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGodpEReKX
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswNp9iJZGz
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnguVvrJV3R
was still so upset.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiql7ux74XG

I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUP8KVF27ql

After I was done, I 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dpIpAHhWY
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE67QGalG3n
others at the dining table for breakfast.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcDL0eKQTj

I found them already 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK13dKANr2E
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqo59Cgsg4
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3cMkL04rt

I felt a little awkward 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EViPUMOqC
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbn8ze2bOWK
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUp8RHXiOQ1
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16R1t78g10
that also felt weird.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NyxXP0TnA

I know that she and I 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDMqnroAgM
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dLpDEehLm
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEfca9Mpk8
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhwhzwzR3Q
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYZiaCQkcx
like something was wrong.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4trMkttypD

I poured myself a cup of540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkydKfGJtu
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VDxXk9kLn
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡua7aue3U9P

"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanvrINHRL4

My heart almost skipped a540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmf4sQ4iLiA
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJdb4qByAj
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueMLFUhMg5
too far. I was over here! Hello!540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEGNMqrJG5

"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlEYpks021

"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tcdxMoXWj

"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxFyvrBiyR

"I have no doubt about it."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLhfwy9eYh

"But I don't see why you540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRC309JeWt
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiY0YXTiAO
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7437hvWJca

"One thing about fans is540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkVVW1Xt87
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOK9sxZWNj
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdhdGQPUCO

"I know," said Lee. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcv75ZLh1k
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1kiAnvuYm
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HHr3AsfOs
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLikwsvC4R

"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KvCokOauU

"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVB3EEIiOwK

"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbm4nq6XaQs

"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8hkjPg3J2

"Aye, aye," said Daniel.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqlK0jtvIe

"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOSr8VCwif

"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSxseJ1huT

"You're just too quiet, that's all."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQp1zlydvbl

"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOPet4X7cR

I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcEgRpwy1a

"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlRAnBonM9

I stuck my tongue out at540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbts50FX9h
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ySF3C0Df6
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xZ2uyZBiV
still wasn't looking in my direction.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcodxTS5UH

Soon after breakfast, we540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAArojdJSnk
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6UUYG7sSc
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuXsedMSOD
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe34MRLvBen
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREumywHdrH
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpmMI813GU
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaqd3kUJYC
she would.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4cjZjb7a1

We arrived at YG and we 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNubYfbK2l
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAcpeuuTlH
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpApbxCzcxL
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8bTxxlOIg

When everyone was 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhe9cIQzWq
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuys1a7Qg1k
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHaBiI7c4Q
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnvdOadXoD
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtyKnZ8F6p

He not responding to me 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAhdVWAeI1
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxYNuO4n3I
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvSQGBfY58
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuF87NnmvPn
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9autvApwSN
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RuGcR7HOz
looked away instead.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3a56cJeJw

We went straight to 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcEqTRvXDs
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTi5W4Xz5Lm
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DRcNjXMzl
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRPUGklPSA
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiRJDQ2xuN
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruzvCXFu52

During pratice, I 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSplM7htOf
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7E91SnKIX
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRRWvICGxK
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIiKF4lMXO

G-Dragon wasn't the only540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKLDdVjPbG
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5tNXr59r8
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdLkrctsOW
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeMn3Vk3Wd
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABO3480rwi
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9MPNrf9Bp

As her best friend, I 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOx3yRSoBhf
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbV5G8vqlL
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8nL0IYE8J
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYgyEhCb1J
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRxibEQWMo

She is also smart, 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9nNzqEMBI
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kGscCAA6b
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8XgqytK1V
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjZjKjCaqg
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtR3dpBSfBS

Sam has a lot of good 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTm4vUUQIr
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbfq1iHxxe
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsdM2lAzsU
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSW5FIE0nDX
want to hurt anyone around her.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCi41S9RmIF

Realising this made me 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLhT9LhOYD
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgP1i0l2mQw
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AhsH7VSNk
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlinrYeiotu
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiNz2zKDDS
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTGbU3OiVC
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgnP8ZQY5w
realise it till now.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFCQAOFkYa

"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDaGmfzos4

"Zoey, you aren't 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQlwVWx3oY
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5HaqK3IzF
second time you have made the same mistake."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8CjF8QGrt

"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9lmKI5d9T

"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5vcqu1lLf

It was lunch the time we540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyqkvYGGI8
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCcVkNCLSa
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKmzqgmtjG
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4tq7pZb7I
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEx1MGXs8V
they were all laughing.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOP1wBGHS1Z

"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpldL3FkCm

"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrREc7gDfyT

"Still not talking to Sam?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbpit0I7Wy

"Nope."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuwCKUY0AP

TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQrL7vBQIo

"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlKTiNTR4N

"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSR71PVvEq

"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMikHLTVkI

"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixycVjuTyt

"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHp45HaawVY

"I know. But you aren't 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaS70H0ZOdF
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibreJyc5BY
You would be chit chatting like you always do."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKL2bI4mKq5

"What if I just want to be alone for today?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsg6pqvjan1

"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6hydbbiJe

I frowned. "Why?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizpAu0h99g

"Because you look miserable."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHi5JR84ESC

I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDpzQvppbb

"Miserable!"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQbKT57WGx

"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDDHybrkyw

I thought for a moment 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ziJh5OPQt
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNYaxShbBl
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡca6rZ3TLjG
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASnD1QdPK3
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtVD7J93uL

Seeing all this in front540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTEUvqx9tj
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbFtD0iaqj
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMgfgdEemM
Until TOP came to talk to me.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtA2QASRgUV

"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GIni2bCoG

"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrtvdTSRI3

"I don't know," I said 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsX71hGq5TL
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZ01DCsnY1
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHf1L21sQG

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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQP0hSbTNn

"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hRJXDpzzg

"Then why don't you talk to her?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdS44YDkol9

"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqH1CzuvM5J

"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaqaRF8YOl

"I know."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCsfB5G7LR

"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9as42jUrm

"I'll think about it."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOM65zVQaJ

"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMABCIGt3aq

Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5btuPXtI19

"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiOeiPb6ST

"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzNnnwKgEf

The three of us went out540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGu2Il7fZR
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSnjWcBzpv
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDa0d4WhqpK

As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9bF1kVS4i

"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Da8P4tTp1

"Chill, you just ordered540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmvJeWtbiZ
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡml4w2zBPSN
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEHHp7kD0v

"But I'm so hungry."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAUH98FHzN

"Trust me, you aren't 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTx8K3oST4K
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyVhKQFR11
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4E2zUhJxEC
have."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLp3qpho4F9

"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWK7oPOEK2S

"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMt8nLrLrTq

"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4MCvbSzGR

"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVnDe3mLwH

"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDZQjSXYLI

I didn't say anything as540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrTuZpVZG4
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2t2USWaGYC
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoavekAlgDf
calling.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18C8uibVKF

"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyNBG5DNAP

"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sblvOdDtS

"Okay, well you better answer that call."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEgk5VfYWM

I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHfDkQHlaj

"Hello," I answered.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIlv307uK4

"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoP8CuQpEzk

"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKln6z9r3pu

"We have to meet today, ASAP."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaebb3bkQUH

"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJQuiYtzvo

"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1zAVkXQx6

I knew Jehan was going 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAZfW7V7XV
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyN3TKhsV5R
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5lGIBZ2tL
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqz0XGebTwV
was upstairs in the dance studio.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwSw2tAbFd

"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouxmofmaYA

"I'm coming to YG to get it."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUanQdmQ7Y0

"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJ7Cxd99Z8

"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Tipl7FH6M

"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC0jGeiswA

He cut the call and I 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KMC9i3VBI
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUHjB9xEJy
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQVAdOjyWv
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0bQ4WZxm8
him they would start to ask questions.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2v6HopEfk

"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZTyzYgsJC

I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80bfLGu4Qg

"What?" I asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfZbHSF6sl

"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAt5begNROk

"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdF2L1nb1i

"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxuePhvybZ

"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEUa1gMPjI

"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdn1nBlREwv

"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WgqwqSIL8

"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1K1tEh1TKX

Dang it! I was cornered 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4Ble3BWDC
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8kPNO5Cxe
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWj0ArBp81
light no matter how much you try to hide it.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjYZl12VcB

"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcTdjL3b1z

I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAqvrGUWai

"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5mrzniVTc

We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcy0cKuvUr

I told them everything 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3e7kXCJHNG
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQH4pwwEFH
said a word until I finished the whole story.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdd2T9OJMz

"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBE8J4bxnOV

"Just you two," I answered.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1ig1IPJmG

"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XOYbW6DTi

"Surprising, right?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnejgSYONk

"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uJU4uOLa0

"We should involve the police," said TOP.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpQHjFgZEz

"No! We can't!"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2m0UMe5OgM

"Why?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxL6DhCFYiT

"You know word goes out 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbVPCTjbAe
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CHji2VRA7
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcy4zck3x4

"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAyOxBL4t4

"He assured me that this540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1K7ZkB8Gg
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUOh3XsFSz
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIo0Wp323Xm

"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGiGZiVveU

The three of us turned 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxhy7tHgnU
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxu28jAgkd
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMWwolI3hH

"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ir6LLAI0X

"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQckwBQpD1a

"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4sxBkcUcb

"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvMwAiYci7

"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUy8x6EFsE

"Random stuff involving a540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUoXTVOWPY
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFMvhujNZ3
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIChfD0uyzf
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfubbskvVe
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbFXy3ObrW

I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwabBxGuqAN

"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKkDbDMkKF

"Okay, I won't."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzE7TicTZYH

"Sit down."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lXhd5ASsK

Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vFnWvx1Vo

"I got myself into trouble," I started.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75egiT3pRp

"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4fXH9QcCZ

"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEbrYkwoZ6

Christine's face soon 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0cA9BtHiP
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76Lcxlkn75
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyIwP522Fw

"What!"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfQoOU5VYK

TOP quickly covered up 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJ2EcQsa7K
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RsY2nwWq0
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeTTjQSVgW
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48UGS5ptat

"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkOAaXaS2D

"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIKu9KbX7Z

"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXg5m9mHta

"Of course I'm mad!" 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllREw9EP0Y
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpsOHATHGd
but this by far is the worst one of them all."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8iXkQpgM0

"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBf4bvGDBZ

"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6pjRa4zT2

"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrHP77B7FI

"Ya, I remember. What about him?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNo1QVFZd51

"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21lmxxMIF5

"WHAT!"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxdb4sOuQW

"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kahwBy73M

"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOWDkIKuOQ

"And the one I met at the café," I said.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhgSNqHuNg

"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwscaLaTCla

"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHLKALgSzX

"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAQzpVCGzc

"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgucnHRGiab

"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwRu57F5gr

"Ya," I said. "I planned540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2yr1Lydeb
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcRxL9UF7E
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBB9SIpZu6j

"So you're the one who 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9e2TExBap
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcV8NJKJgy
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1tcBIoUcO
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPinCFb2ePf
out with Seungri."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemZEhikkMv

"I lied."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0IOmqmped

Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZd9vhVG4iM

"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRswd1rHyN

"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj856Pt6WYm

"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KqGCTBtC7

"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRqXIDOCNd

"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."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvuPDWQpkA

"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxP3zc8Elt

"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojK46NFmcS

"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."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRA1zvXmhP

"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnsrqr0gHB

"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMhF0r7eEZ

"But where?" I asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbw1ze5ts6K

"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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB11xg7XySP

"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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IfqZRD8FG

"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftWUjGI23V

"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYNVCSdbxz

I took my phone out and 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOTzpjMFvQ
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwtj3drxwz
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAu37xgZErO

"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2b65UOjHKP

"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO62r1j6gQt

Seungri had ordered ten 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvpNl54u4m
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpJuizKxfH
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97ZNPQfWbV
favourite.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsDZy6e5th

We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGN4HRHTx9R

"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXILrXK1OF

"I'll be ready for 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdghW4d4YK
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QVL2FQHno
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5Sy50gEFj

"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzXSaf0SQO

"And G-Dragon," TOP added.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcurRya4sP

"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZqdpmUmof

"Well, someone has to," said Christine.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71iBvMs5mH

"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhXc3KgSSB

"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ja9tTVOVk

We found ourselves back 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9yUnZ39Uj
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9kbkQZHoI
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsJdIN48Wd
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrEwxLgjqK
paranoid?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0OuwrrMPy

Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWOGuvppqr

"What?" I asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkzTZwFe6x

"You were frowning," Christine answered.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSwEAPzez5

"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiHewesvV9

"Says the person who 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEZHZgUNfR
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hxWxYuAqz
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyXUqkKxbF
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8nphbtJZR

Soon after lunch, we 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKI77RdHct
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXSPSod2eC
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacRujOodtm
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nb1gi6VsZ
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxw1M5W6fm
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtd2cb90m4
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKiapsBUJw

At some point in the 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeIfzR67Qo
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Gflt2yGrD
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPcfsW7fC6
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzssVua21u1
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSU4EpNqcIY
back to practising until we could pratice no more.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLHTPfG3iN

It was five and the sun 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcRcQHmveV
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6rXNujTEA
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYU23AXFQO
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IdFmo6ATi
side of me. We were all pretty tired.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRm0gA3Rs7V

The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmj1AFk8uL

While I was resting and 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2mzWTHyux
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIdHRf3NKd
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwm0LDfI8FS
look on my face.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFG9wQXHH1i

"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcI3eNv23p

"Go? Go where?" I asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeWO3D2lKZ

Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgSysDDLgD

"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7e1O3QqRTc

"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQa8NIclTel

It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7osX6t47aW

"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTLYEzxm7z

"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97md7ffKyy

"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0gEkhJwCX

"I want to follow too," said Daniel.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEjE6nxO7m

"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gdnFltVbp

I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoG2oISZUl

"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggPCWH7TaY

"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4HuWKdGG4

"Ya, me too," said Mike.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsbjPkqcQM

"Why don't you want 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2gOyzA9rD
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYqHkjaUVT
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ798XnxgSOR
not to follow."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkufdwRLuv

I wanted to protest and 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTi6Doy62u
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQ3qjr5PoB
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtFu3x6QyU
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrUt0Hz9KU

"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9wOi3bqxd

Dang it!540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmM7fZSDhGZ

"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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzmw6fERXD

"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMqSQnLx2e

"Thanks, that's nice of 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJScrSaORXg
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAgX7NsgDO
the others. "Have fun you, guys."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjmjNw82iw

Sam and Daesung left the540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNDFKVDmuC
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yoSbPRXna
myself that the two also made a nice pair.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7DZow15kW

"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqELudv5Ggo

"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtigkcV0V4h

"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLJ45Fh91g

Christine stood up from 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ig6abR6Ln
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76RQT01mfR
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6OCorrDz1

I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1roG7I3D7L

"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHAEV3ibgf

"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gWZPXrMKU

"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlx0k98EcRU

Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKKdWjXdIW

I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzp0JRMOHRx

"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7eai55C8e

"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXTyCxcRHw

TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98uyB2rRRY

"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wqDclYT9Q

"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDX01VTVJt

"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVldsAAs052

"I know," said Christine.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSb5tutQ9m

"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3o63cxWVI

"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3YUrBMaAs

"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAc9vNVudgJ

"So that she can judge me? No way."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4zm7PDd80

"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3aTMkCvlz

"Don't try to convince 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSlwMXXGXS
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTcNn3mc7F
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwugO0Bezv
like she could hit me with a hammer.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgFzngkVT5

"Okay, let's go," said TOP.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmMImqidyx

I got up from the floor 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjDvw5hOQX
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSaWvJsr5L
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VzMMG8tw5
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXxqmzkVCO
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AfSD6vVn0

The cars soon left the 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MV5Yzgg7E
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQlMZF215Z
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vRFHjK6FE
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRexjr8eKLf

"Can you you please stop540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMb6rXkKZVB
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEM9nWIrB3
the teddy and lose it in the car."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzZseZjIIm

"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxW1ESMDCWB

"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIpukMuBXv

I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIlRBrqt85

"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTp6q2SaVex

"I just want to get this over with."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXotjwpQO0

We were soon packed 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgOnu69PzY
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47juV5MhYk
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQmlnFgaWO
turned to look at her.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZqkFpvxzk

"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGxvEfvsaE

"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3xgQHcGmq

Seungri also turned to 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRvCxAujeM
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIABd0wDW5D
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OCj61FL2j
chest and I wished Sam was here too.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEwULTQlk6

I soon got out of the 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9qo1h8e3V
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zrGSSQK34
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwqQ4gtoCE
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxfTvM69m3

Before I could find my 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAr4hhqI2pg
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7BBLMZZ55
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtFFTkrSLC
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbqvSY5VBG

I quickly went in the 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpCqQ1XmF6
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlhr2JUI6U
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPDNfnM6gD
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIokyPf5QE

I slowly approached the 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzUZayS0tr
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIVvmyO873
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEtIKnfaam
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIyKnMn4Kw
hesitate to end my life right here.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbvSY1qnMg

"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaX8hhSXOU

"I was practising today," I answered.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesyPgmMv8m

"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4kyBuMVGR

"Thanks," I frowned at 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7a4QMDAVo8
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJh87d0ia7Q
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmStms1BfG

Jehan smirked. "Certainly."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gMsxSEtfB

I quickly reached out 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ565hSsSDD4
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cXS948na0
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZFdpObmks

"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJMEfKGpom

"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzy7KSpTjE9

"What now?" I complained.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBTKQ0dxTj

"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAslOrz1kCI

"What do you think? That540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvtNIrDV5Z
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54YWBDpdVr
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAOfEO6yW9
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VsYKTiaf8
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RdgXOnCCU

Jehan raised an eyebrow 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGiQ9HsIdA
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl33G0MnFiJ
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmIHfwpoY3
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimeJLyyrvN

"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9k1LS183C

"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKCNQzyFtR

I went back to looking 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fifqBM7tY
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLx6mR25Va
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcUjtSrbwr
surprise me that he carried that thing around.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgG8y5BYP0

Jehan slowly laid the 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDN1uTHsbBL
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8G6FTHSYtL
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5URAEfisD
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTMMcFEwhP
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PjeaX1cfB
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJspwjJTnF
the teddy bear.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCZoIA7HyX

Wait. I frowned. This 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEkRhoDGWu
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIcYi3fDl8
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdNz3Z1rRE
diamonds!540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDh15OYRFik

I stared horrified at 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSI1r8fAs3b
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqp2ObyK5n
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWANwqO8gm
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqwJO9K6oS

I looked up at Jehan and540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfLtzNK88D
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciTaA9rmQF
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54Jext7yrp
that, he was going to end up traumatised.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCMrtYylrR

"Je-Jehan," I said 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNimFw4Ekzr
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPE0eYHVTNY
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1WUfrmRiJ
there."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVbUSwLrwL

Jean neither moved nor 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUgLP2RsDZ
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoNpmKcIRZ
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMGerbYltn

But how could this be? 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCFT4p7UsI
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZ9OoelzD3
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQ0YUUJCjw
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKa5I0mEGNd

"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdW0JOkHNNG

"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG20jeOUrBZ

He banged his fists on 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy86m3eIoh4
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBJaXzFjHE
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomMl0QFTqP
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosmoxD1wgQ

"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bdsnaL2MF

"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPRMUmcl1x

"I don't know. I don't 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvsr5M5IzR
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtHywJYa9k
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYAL6Wg5x1

"How did the diamonds go missing?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhRQolFVG6

"How am I supposed to 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHfk7T5iqA
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe49KepsfVs
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1P2LC6qeYy

"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsmjJCiPKM

"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeugLKQ6n2s

Jehan rubbed his 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoKTxwbmey
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNA9Q7gOUj
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzUjMT2n5k

"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEN6PzHZAO

"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwsfwvoGgm

"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguWHJIQp0s

"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojpQvWGDHa

"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03oaKn88WV

"I don't know."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9tayP3VQw

Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqBAAULLob

"Ummm," I looked down 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFdlUvruEm
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvy5To7fzC
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoWyt45MPj

"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mqBaO5klw

"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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvlEZ4ysD9

"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvrtcY3jet

"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplLoII3OsR

"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaA5vCgwlB
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKz3VqZzlHl
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQVuwvu9Ed

"I don't think so. Lee 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61TFLoZEd7
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuCVxvxUj7
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTBZtz6VyM

"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2qe4wJBKy

"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."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YbHittRvf

"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TM7OLAg0w

"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWujuzfxXP

After I said that, Jehan540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplmBquuMQG
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYWcJl5cFn
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqHyRAW5IP
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyEixQlofy
look on his face.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoWbWWcGF6

"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Eft0TBHGk

"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLxHyihc7b

"I remember one of my 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dNzBTOiR6
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZLYxSKQZ9
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XGQRiVKH5

"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsFemJDgU5

"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!"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0ppfG47MT

"Huh? I can't start 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqzZ7Wbia7
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BmBbB2dfM
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRGKhHNJ8K
that the bear is missing."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnWEzVmmim

"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OWhiQaTj3

"What do you mean?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0wBQpGRxj

"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizSg9GflwH

"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGi8QF74f1

"Now that, makes no 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfAtY3sD9Z
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4osjbDndR
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWi4GbLtNG

"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmciuAeAVdY

"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHESN0Yv7s7

"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYY90j54Oyd

"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUU9Nu3lvGl

I completely forgot that540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFUZbIobyE
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZIOkEF6aV
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmcTrQ8B9A
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOF7GvwTS6

"Okay. I'll see what I can do."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uy1JZOuME

Jehan gave me a smile. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYOuaWQyVe
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRU9tQk7sM
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgAt8KOlpn

I nodded my head and 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ilXqAuuU3
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2W3yVDFpz
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfft9X44dW

"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0v1ewjeyZ

I sat there as I buried 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPZFLgiXVO
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5onzwE6GYN
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSLG6Pm52x
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4M1Umfs3z
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2gR4Kxhsj
drama that might just ruin my life?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEpmN6KIZd

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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXD0Eu4OyLI

"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmP4FYPGia

I could hear footsteps 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqpTc0G1Bn
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEanepmMmtC
when they saw the look on my face.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyXGvrQim5

Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCfGeSlSZi

"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZN5EJgRgC

"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKo28xXw6o

"No," I answered. "He didn't."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlkhvjYvDY

"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyWGc9ITYe

"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBchLt1g9TB

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."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwJX5q7Ile

"And what about Lee?" 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5x7kfT872u
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIx8T9zIIkD
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LOiP2GPkn
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ysPNV3ukb
to."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCnax1HGoT

"This is bad," I said, 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgX7uvMFfJ
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcKq3FtY4A
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1PzEq7xhP

"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiD6WSf8qv

"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6u7SpWFLw

We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPp8l2UOdpq

"Sam?" I wondered for a 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsjSA4CNCu
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUIyKo2M0y
she have swapped it with the other one?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhret3qpqh

"Okay, wait," said TOP. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMifCKU2aGJ
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFa77rKOpP
what's really going on in the first place?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGYRn4AMf6

"I doubt it," I said 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5A83G3ap4
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmumJA3gSE
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRmI64Fv5p
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7O5Lq9xB4a

TOP and Seungri looked 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWikhwKNc4B
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4enMJOs55
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JOb8lLsGz
it away.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVzFtqlSDW

"I highly doubt it too,"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHC3YId8wC
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNaryj0LhM
she would have asked us about it."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTu4T7JBPhr

"That's true," said 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlXaOTuTWD
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qNfgNg6J1
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBA3KbFOEiI

"And I checked out the 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8E4yCZilN
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkG01nbJnq
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nAUDa4UAT

"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjk2cMa3ASt

"No, I highly doubt it,"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOry1GpeP2
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPtc4x2Knm
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEVoZ5uS8A
said nothing about them entering a toy store."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenc8WuujGc

"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMartYQphX

"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4JrcReBNJ

"Collins?" Mike asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wjSywLIgX

"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RaXyJSH14

"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDN9RqaFZi1

"But who knows? Maybe he540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4heIxxHeJ
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMx8Vun7keY
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsOoWKIouH
times."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoqc6gfMtC

"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYHU81HXJA

"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvUqZQOSJ3

"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieyQxV3cyL

Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1eiwI4KL6

"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rUkEyF9YU

"He was the one who went540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQKrvQT0E8
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0aA0qApOr
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn19bpixSzq
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTFYkOcfch
elevator."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEVvrJM6vG

"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZft1aQaRk3

"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22i6eieMyq

"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXyxaaCdNJ

"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxI9Uf1Upu3

"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYkTqXBjaX

"You're right," I said 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HPV22KYnK
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIpyEDYuDJ
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKycVStyfQn

"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTey6yw5SNG

We all walked out of the540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqJbxIqxSN
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktXWQh0Kte
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzmjaNGQya

While I was in the car 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ813rZEPnur
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIffXz6PNt
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbRGjkOmqO
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsT0pZ7aVRF
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfco1OFYDnD
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtRahbgwDc

If it isn't him, then 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcP7lfvFIE
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXPbEwM52F
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDbtR5lBjT
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCwCkwctMP
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZRKikhWMA

What if I had the wrong 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoPLMsa1Kg
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tvXrmIAQx
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHwMAzToaU
place without any of us noticing in the first place?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRMXWzsFR3

I hope I could be able 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HmuMdxP1I
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevbKE8NGZo
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1y1BvdxoOl
happen.

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Chapter 23: Swapped

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