Zoey's P.O.V1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqMV51w2ER
Waking up this Monday 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzBNsil6eo
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIQZ91oysa
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKsh9sdx9Q
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGYVgD8WGM
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaIZLz2zlS
myself to be.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TPip72Yr7
I couldn't stop 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWBpkJBJvF
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qHgPCp0fE
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVrQkAqPno
feel that something was wrong.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbgC6JaqjP
Could they have known 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjayG8JvZG
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWDTO0tS13
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpGQc9Nxbz
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSKXW2kVBz
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZE4RpLm8j
just had our usual conversation.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PlbJNx6TK
I brushed off all those 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhKlVdV1Lb
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡta1QuM8Kgw
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQg5bc1VxL
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXItqpFPV11
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaQtM6NZHO
But now that she wasn't 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIzO1El9bl
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHWVepABA3
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFkWLpSD6O
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtl6dHRL8x2
woken up early before the alarm rang.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBokEbmXh8
I sat up on my bed and 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYI8FaibV9
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡma64kJsQoT
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHqqp8ipDf
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMSgsyGPCY
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9e5kSpeIni
After seeing her with 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZFW5ZD9u4
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69HBiHjW1p
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNlpdBfoqf
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡro3TrGym8v
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSBTI4HCsM
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7wl0QPett
day. That left me devastated.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7liDi9qjxf
I couldn't stop looking 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESn7cbyJ3v
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuPyMV5iRr
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsrVBJdQX1
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZVLvfKKOR
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHx6WwrS5le
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK45bX1vnwS
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhnlM7z0Af
That sent me boiling to a1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxO66iGa9z
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODPqAiNdlD
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8U70hrfMo
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9z2B6XAKnq
Christine had told me to1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvMCn4O1W9
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nBztGdb3V
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbb8K8Vcbd0
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlB31RAnCU7
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiX874Fn6rb
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSMZ6W9lEl
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iFsbqh64w
And now, I had to face 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXh2vQRVG2
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhIfUpVioa
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6FjyQVrKG
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZzUb288CU
was still so upset.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQzfrI0lZN
I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVt8GYLdtKx
After I was done, I 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPdhk1tsMA
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ESfD7ZiZd
others at the dining table for breakfast.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjMiw4ybk4
I found them already 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTUqYv3SK8
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsm9tj50qMZ
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhPk13ETP1
I felt a little awkward 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cIdOTMOLm
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwXMjxuqjw
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28qVF76qmp
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzztrMLtHdL
that also felt weird.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xf5YhrY8s
I know that she and I 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsoMajNAWy
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VvqJhFnAL
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6k2Lgc4wK
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnpoTC3nIu
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5MSWpq3Gt
like something was wrong.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC2MOkgKZq
I poured myself a cup of1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6psqeDQ9Ts
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHIHxuM6hi
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpsKmGJfyO
"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgbyRgtRtZ
My heart almost skipped a1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HhuE7qUKz
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysYBvgSYQt
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWO6ZiAji3X
too far. I was over here! Hello!1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMuZ9VNus8
"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zUN26FH4V
"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFHcT7la5t
"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xtkFO6Cbw
"I have no doubt about it."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMCk5JgRWF
"But I don't see why you1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwbrqHvC6H
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4o8U4oVMVM
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbpoNpsg5w
"One thing about fans is1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyFcDztKjD
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmUYPXUFtq
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWwq9gClmb
"I know," said Lee. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1bPLhWI7s
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyNRrHwQDl
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlI8HKMTyD
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagsUykgNdq
"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjkciabVmY
"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWyGz6HY2X
"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAhgluNGzI
"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CYkuFgFDt
"Aye, aye," said Daniel.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHT5LfcCps
"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lkgNaB95H
"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKatxdWRJX
"You're just too quiet, that's all."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwosCfCNwF
"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHddqpsVGd
I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTuYotaewN
"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡss0IY2WS9C
I stuck my tongue out at1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRV8dycFAkD
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYW3NPP1T7
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxsWkSiiFx
still wasn't looking in my direction.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AFDaIznLc
Soon after breakfast, we1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVbMpQIYH3
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUayhTXBrD
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjCvFkIOKU
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogyhZGMWrW
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabV8uqFLJX
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaseVankA6
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwk9lv2bZDn
she would.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuXcnhyqtW
We arrived at YG and we 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFkDlrZRgE
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVW0cPanIxF
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUsH48T7Ml
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQcOuTctUk
When everyone was 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnK31NWIFW
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBvE1ZXT9u
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXzckzolq8
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjaT7izeBg
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34yGeWWrIj
He not responding to me 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncp4CrDOgc
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzN1UCIR6M
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIUtOwXiSn
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnhr7x7Jez
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8Zvkbeums
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hu4anbhtV
looked away instead.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2h0MNfG512
We went straight to 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsHEOBWEe4
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEM1NhEKOb
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6cZobWR5t
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDjuPXIx3k
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbiGfltgcj
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzajIaWKZWQ
During pratice, I 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXuSpVJfj0
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Lbo4mbLM8
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFa4ctAxoZ
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxsn4jGkc6
G-Dragon wasn't the only1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ySsozQs3l
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszKu8sLY9Z
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzB5v1nGiY
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5uOOwVOgi
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSxfv5tTDQ
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJ3a6OhFr0
As her best friend, I 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8mMneVGYp
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DbHdkyLXQ
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATuH9ibcO9
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnihXFfiDG
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2Or43T4fj
She is also smart, 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhRTUi0n74
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4955YLFPeS
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpc0SdlhwCw
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIy9ieYLwkA
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoltlYAJMY0
Sam has a lot of good 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsM6pvSNCx
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hilEtMCep
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bX3wVSZcm
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWEVrjuw2u
want to hurt anyone around her.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRa7CFHgHiP
Realising this made me 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyZBMGF50X
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1A0zFqWnOf
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLU5gytdbY
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6VGHrO3l8
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEYcB7Wmf7
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTCOHAcoc8
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEccY2XSg2
realise it till now.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZw3EqUWVs
"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYGsANtFtR
"Zoey, you aren't 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKmnw5Hvuz
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaiPsDgY9R9
second time you have made the same mistake."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYrVsJp8gE
"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9EAlbYqqF
"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAcnaKzs88
It was lunch the time we1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPacmBt8KG
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyGOwokxTt
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GeNNWNJqv
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg53lBvvq1c
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcBa1N6ryQ
they were all laughing.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnB1DVJ7rNe
"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzse3sOu9P
"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeq246f64Oq
"Still not talking to Sam?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGH6yHazD4h
"Nope."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0hr3Dq3lQ
TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNaEPZw6Ob
"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfoRHsobPt
"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubeAD0D978
"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUu9cfLKtKb
"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJHRz9Y3e3
"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSJqdgPewr
"I know. But you aren't 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7Oip2GFh2
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQttQkDvqJR
You would be chit chatting like you always do."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IriSS0yeB
"What if I just want to be alone for today?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UsmYlzAH5
"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8TedNqvci
I frowned. "Why?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiucuyEK7Lp
"Because you look miserable."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaav4Qw4y9h
I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TPEgTDVSd
"Miserable!"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGK2BWF1EF0
"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lFOcfd8NB
I thought for a moment 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RVDOA9NHg
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu86Hd1RHzs
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNy34fVsu9
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevMgMFpmW2
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QrtJGhUYx
Seeing all this in front1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkwyEtl7YL
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoMIZUqz5g
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdHYjkJj8R
Until TOP came to talk to me.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGlv9azv29
"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5N4drxHORx
"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5QInUjBHS
"I don't know," I said 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JFyFssIQ2
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXFrKhaEHm
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF37Cd7yrZP
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.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2kdstqHCW
"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTublOfIu4X
"Then why don't you talk to her?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKW71PCwPaq
"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcyNtxxTZe
"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPjCOekmce
"I know."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVb8qmuA1Jt
"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqam5ImwBw
"I'll think about it."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUGS433ml2
"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflVBHhQmKt
Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMBczl5Tfb
"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1i7FhlTHs
"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIe2zFFwZQ
The three of us went out1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6j3sbnaHDC
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKG4Xdc1eqS
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmx5fjEfPDK
As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4Kk384bRL
"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabiiYwVitk
"Chill, you just ordered1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aZ1knt5Lt
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwosZ7Ni9Mx
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Iyy14sA65
"But I'm so hungry."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIjWrxQntn
"Trust me, you aren't 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJk2yG5gbf8
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPQOnEGVgJ
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguebM8daaU
have."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡal6SiroJgP
"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡje4ZhxKoQC
"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7zh7uiEl5
"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZgreHyfQB
"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGtTFW28vR
"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfcsNAlCnT
I didn't say anything as1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡog1gUr9ldR
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tjTOZMNSU
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8G7N7PiDqE
calling.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGctVpbe4X
"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHhpWiTdD5
"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5c8htJLwCz
"Okay, well you better answer that call."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtqs2Tqpk3
I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEN5XjGMzzv
"Hello," I answered.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYE9TQUKnGL
"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9JkzNI0Xf
"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8YKTADEB5
"We have to meet today, ASAP."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeLEyl2zAw
"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwDx4msJDT
"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmVTnrzL6x
I knew Jehan was going 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAeeCSSsmI
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlbHqxbOUr
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREba1IQZwv
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHFi4aQ1CQ
was upstairs in the dance studio.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctPoedeG1M
"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKQrUj6IKX
"I'm coming to YG to get it."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIqscBTahJ
"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4PqBCGQ6p
"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacCPEwDGa7
"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhPrtb9l1I
He cut the call and I 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenQJgkgctX
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPL7AxRLt4
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5i5HiRs8B
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKOeUa7kuz
him they would start to ask questions.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZy8GQIDcgT
"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdboTTkJFq
I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpxjUWxsd8
"What?" I asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0b7IGn64H
"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2V6EElPGi
"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRPWOxRQbm
"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcekiWSJemG
"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLO36lLRVXb
"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJnM4nSmve
"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVGuNGq1R2
"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2kQz11GID
Dang it! I was cornered 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOO0DQjCRYD
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuCxnEKba4
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbegqyNb9pr
light no matter how much you try to hide it.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5IPETUj6o
"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMk8uLyXHb
I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhO9QZlhV5
"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPi6DbALyu
We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQTgSliZ2U
I told them everything 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0cO9ftvRw
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneoUCdciBK
said a word until I finished the whole story.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qqYlF8ymg
"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz98ncNEKth
"Just you two," I answered.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrCo7KLMES
"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsMivnzK4V
"Surprising, right?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUoB1sRtGb
"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbKnbZ9zMB
"We should involve the police," said TOP.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8WaFIBs3Q
"No! We can't!"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpbPvMFnDn
"Why?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshM4j9SYzw
"You know word goes out 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6HLMWRKxt
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzxFgZbxsi
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqTWM7UTOm
"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQ8bHEh2YM
"He assured me that this1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IYbI29hvN
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULBKrORbtf
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8G3KBuHho
"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrSEe3XXvn
The three of us turned 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkG1kZDfUfv
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaWwB4uedm
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kWvDPJFNc
"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGb1xWovZFX
"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39I6q2CFYp
"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5lV99xL7R
"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IZzY6TvI1
"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWRL7Zi9Zw
"Random stuff involving a1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyQtDCvdCy
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFw8qOIdbV1
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnk6jiJ6c2
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGS83E5PQw
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVdhVfp6jS
I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsIMuFhMJQ
"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvfrwxNR9g
"Okay, I won't."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Y4IJW9P9Y
"Sit down."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9Oz4pBpgy
Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsTyw6s3NC
"I got myself into trouble," I started.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LzhC3AiBS
"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGX8zRReCFB
"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hxeBGRoXk
Christine's face soon 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhB49D3g18L
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NLnJU7VKN
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtq47LbNNJ
"What!"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8Xp6PsFGr
TOP quickly covered up 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswbHuuzD0M
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMakt2cBPy
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvjy5MiVzK
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdN2IOtE2ug
"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMgvZzReiV
"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCyX5FtbCy
"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTIXOS3EBk
"Of course I'm mad!" 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0Vbvrvfy9
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrd6yR9ymrV
but this by far is the worst one of them all."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknRi4eV30O
"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNga3CxWq1
"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbafDBzKVGm
"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsw9AjFDiH
"Ya, I remember. What about him?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLjsxmWX1m
"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7ILISYWq4
"WHAT!"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OTmOeWE4o
"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezTey4jUmS
"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvRaa87Zkm
"And the one I met at the café," I said.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZ6W6nReMb
"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9t58YhMHx
"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XWUcv4igB
"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIcwkGFOf3
"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTNgucQOxk
"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMx2nprG3d
"Ya," I said. "I planned1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcV0iUkrpC
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgJ1BlPCbH
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZsjeaVf9N
"So you're the one who 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNH9Rhr5ep
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MqCFRqOk8
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYWZWkwCwm
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8W6EmHKxqm
out with Seungri."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpSLufitJH
"I lied."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7umWd8zicS
Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBtGh3wbOw
"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Rj4SZVjX2
"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBUIERj03H
"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJ5xwnMiom
"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnC2jbEA1I
"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."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjRS9X3pg5
"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyehfGXaAeH
"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5ohNm6vxw
"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."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWyneOgQqm
"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTgV5EmHBd
"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYJHwBlZ3s
"But where?" I asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Tt21WtQFj
"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.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRebLQIkAJ
"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.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6sJsM3Fby
"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOIEcUlIP3
"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MFcntUQIX
I took my phone out and 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHrDIGe8kB
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25F0R4Y3pt
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ750XqQgfpp
"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysFcPNnTBc
"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVfFH7GWrL
Seungri had ordered ten 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjQMBKOMMM
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuk1tpLpxG
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhERHmckAxf
favourite.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EBy9rARBt
We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrzPWzraVU
"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhBTevwVev
"I'll be ready for 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5MD57d5pe
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKxqJvuz9R
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcRugsuNdf
"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3c9pjOmiU
"And G-Dragon," TOP added.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xkHsnVdo5
"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oTIx4qwN5
"Well, someone has to," said Christine.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjRyhbDUy6
"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCz70oXNoSp
"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡird1gikoh1
We found ourselves back 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yEM51MZaW
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuQ1D3Yo0I
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aeYKRzoeb
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpFVswC2XE
paranoid?1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxi0kb05qhj
Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmELqHMbla
"What?" I asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcRD5fX6Kp
"You were frowning," Christine answered.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZ4gVx0JQ6
"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKo9KVReecQ
"Says the person who 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOsCnPQf4M
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnK2ht34EP
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9ZTAPcNda
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjTePsJszP
Soon after lunch, we 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwXwDg9CKL
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPt3zgQ48o
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1sPWehkN7
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnT59632uza
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGFHDkNGiW
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDr7aRjSsy
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPIpboE8fu
At some point in the 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaww2OKddk
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMw8N9cIXJY
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkyha7SKyq
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡug1kySQol2
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBgY3lrVy8
back to practising until we could pratice no more.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlMGjelbax
It was five and the sun 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBt7kU0KE9p
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl06UdD5Ixf
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yXrXsffKS
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQziEzt2yI
side of me. We were all pretty tired.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkg7el5cILG
The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bil9JGEcu
While I was resting and 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVDY3QGng0
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsMUdolwLg
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPtAGRbDB5
look on my face.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4BZNh3dlG
"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gZk8jzHcR
"Go? Go where?" I asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdLUBviYzE
Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6HxKNCqER
"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNQSyHKGJJ
"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoa8EVq23Z
It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8XQbznkSr
"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4AK9ndJVG
"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPre6Ol6Cq
"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mUsdgKopk
"I want to follow too," said Daniel.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnGMgFmSgA
"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9DHuXKv8g
I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4RV09s0n0
"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh60Z31njD9
"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrHJG3Z8ul
"Ya, me too," said Mike.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQKrCOFfD5
"Why don't you want 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CYocar02u
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLWpcs3Tnl
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJy7pCqdmbT
not to follow."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dKjoD8DcL
I wanted to protest and 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVC04iV6M4p
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlDUq0xtdB
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPaBrZ5cpa
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPc4QaxTB0
"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiuOgfHfYb
Dang it!1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbVCGZvIbv
"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.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezoKEWmceY
"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDv9dvvTw0i
"Thanks, that's nice of 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOWS4Rao5y
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrjNC13gnd
the others. "Have fun you, guys."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQ9YcMrplC
Sam and Daesung left the1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwjfG6R6Hd
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1z0O3Fjw3
myself that the two also made a nice pair.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xnd1IBgCC
"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovwQlyKlDX
"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwxMuqAJBM
"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAR74UTB1w
Christine stood up from 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lH5JUSZvL
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFk0V3Cw7B
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcjuUqL38W
I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHLPKJHeaf
"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0MGCw3Z2s
"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrVZehSx3m
"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3avOmWwpdG
Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bQTvNrM2h
I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckdfBFFKfy
"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZsM7QMyzE
"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5qWJkiZbo
TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FwXLXUmR8
"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnB90O6H7AW
"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Gi9AidvQd
"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1crhSCnxi
"I know," said Christine.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38HzZ5FlMd
"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJX84HmZIq
"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVfQezu5LU
"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RMmrI64nE
"So that she can judge me? No way."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyH4uH1Ch4S
"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32zccg9w0l
"Don't try to convince 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0jF6kj7On
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGLuf2kX9M
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtr9z41D6C
like she could hit me with a hammer.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPsZOv7wNo
"Okay, let's go," said TOP.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4V1VqXKPfQ
I got up from the floor 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnfmW9AQie
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsq7rrJJfN
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9lHVVURdB
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfbhF62xoB
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EuvztKghw
The cars soon left the 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvEQwU9rUi
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndfCObKFix
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPyldJsPpX
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83upqdev4Y
"Can you you please stop1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡronbwFtqWz
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJ3RoXXvBz
the teddy and lose it in the car."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1T3ZdBRIUG
"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0AEtYW2Uu
"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVxXNA8rBw
I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WHFNAHHN0
"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryfe4WFoUu
"I just want to get this over with."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvifPmf1w8Y
We were soon packed 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LqM41XYTR
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbpPUkOigE
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJO7pR5E8D
turned to look at her.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPwhE28xkb
"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RHS6VFrSC
"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6yheVNmox
Seungri also turned to 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxshDdYAeij
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡet6RwGlHV6
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7JGMUh7Wu
chest and I wished Sam was here too.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzskxwoZ5ib
I soon got out of the 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NUIDeJGuN
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSqL2T8zfo
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EJAQF7JtR
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpDfstkXsZ
Before I could find my 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPikKVr1PGy
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5bry0V3Xe
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lB6SVdpIo
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Cwj84kdFW
I quickly went in the 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoW0bek9ag
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOiIqr3T8M
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnj0vLhbcnj
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6Bj0tO59w
I slowly approached the 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8VqDiXHi0
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuXvpxOPGm
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmsujCOaSL
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwQsxXoZLF
hesitate to end my life right here.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGY6L6NLCu
"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSlZt9ToGh
"I was practising today," I answered.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmeQQyAlFw
"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dNCkdznEB
"Thanks," I frowned at 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsCUW0XsnM
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5RWEY62gE
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0653h37pWg
Jehan smirked. "Certainly."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsrxuaB8WF
I quickly reached out 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VsMbFkt2g
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtXuuiUxYx
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhw5Q0E2zA
"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNS3cbIRO4
"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJY9GwsVyy
"What now?" I complained.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHKTpA3DGC
"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDBZuQhJvo
"What do you think? That1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9pGa6195O
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYV7XEX3pc
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4bHXIltcB
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25HQuxZee8
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKH4jYQpPB
Jehan raised an eyebrow 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaSfd3ifTo
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbceFxM0us
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRynqK4ResQ
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRIL0uKox7
"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6igwzYB4u
"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvB5XD5eEuW
I went back to looking 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqW5hlNi7U7
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDuFKMII1K
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6K1TM82jS
surprise me that he carried that thing around.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0mSTQJ1rA
Jehan slowly laid the 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpAM9fQaOH
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkZVkatLau
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSjsnfpHKo
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklCJa1UV2X
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMWFxdB3W2
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeh61ORwtL
the teddy bear.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKhP4ogeO9
Wait. I frowned. This 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqglcVhRN1
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCgvIZrKMf
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr76iwzBXn8
diamonds!1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuT6eFPS7Cc
I stared horrified at 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2hpoI2fx0
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwHbnnytOe
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcMxzF6EM7
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgtExgCCux
I looked up at Jehan and1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCm46hxd9v
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkcixnO5H0
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjOmBCwBkL
that, he was going to end up traumatised.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMzLibk4pr
"Je-Jehan," I said 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡks9mLomxjI
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8MP6mPihc
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZorem0EqT
there."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzijg7qAd4L
Jean neither moved nor 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8kLS49fYT
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHRF2foBR4
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeJjOb1vkc
But how could this be? 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSXlH3QjPk
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbq5y36wHN
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqlKO8R0Kw
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ536mfaUvzW
"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1chcNzejR
"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMCivRB22E
He banged his fists on 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIxVEmSfkO
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiLs233UZL
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEFE1cKR8O
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFshlKFXHx
"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7U0F5XkVB
"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPG6kw2Vsn
"I don't know. I don't 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoJAYyBHrM
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IFg5AwD06
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAu8EhlpJx
"How did the diamonds go missing?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciPTnHe9f0
"How am I supposed to 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58fxUIqCQU
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCUGJtsJyz
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbGKs3Sv6C
"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlYuOxoSlO
"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQg5szbY2UU
Jehan rubbed his 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIjvXZkHHq
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuLs4wPIvH
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcsGVa6IKl
"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABnsf47VqW
"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3PdkDPtUO
"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3woQZihssU
"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzOaJCMAP6
"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdTlsE1QOE
"I don't know."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnDkfy0A1p
Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pchURnUjq
"Ummm," I looked down 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kR0q5f2wv
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJIeYpcqYR
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SEHe14nJJ
"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS52BfInJ24
"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.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8NaNgyo33
"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnrntfcxdt
"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQG9nbUH4s
"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq1uX6qfWd
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVrFS4cWNv
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYJQBtdgji
"I don't think so. Lee 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloD11oI9uu
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eN2jWF4tB
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpg2M4TJjAc
"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXdpR5V4ZK
"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."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsAbB5I3Xo
"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJ2azKUHZl
"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBHmAw8a4z
After I said that, Jehan1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObUn6x7MqH
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6QyXvr9fp
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSAtCG9OSO
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvb3LEvRRwt
look on his face.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6FuUCroNU
"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkYaj3NpxM
"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cuVHY7ev0
"I remember one of my 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8BdZGMxr1
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN0xcEbuVh
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0G11fWyJs
"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9Ne48GJdA
"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!"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnU9Fs3R959
"Huh? I can't start 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1gOEibJbJ
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoGHLYLlPD
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKiCIdK8NI
that the bear is missing."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0dUn9qHZy
"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFYbS3SwNR
"What do you mean?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBdeyXiXlT
"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIophpL0Vqr
"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOF89tOS69Z
"Now that, makes no 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4MRYwxZAE
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajCUygzbus
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnY46e6mEl
"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mHLn5ez81
"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmg2e8L6bW
"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3uhx44CUD
"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieGy5QiG3W
I completely forgot that1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7KfltOxxO
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSr2DV9RYs
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3AY4PqcLd
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnV9mySEdBm
"Okay. I'll see what I can do."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCNJBIwsg9
Jehan gave me a smile. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEkyk2zziY
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe3E2bXqhZ
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCWsyzVXaf
I nodded my head and 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32ayZKJCWz
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZkdey2Tw8
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRrEjQWTae
"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQ6e2vyTi9
I sat there as I buried 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5T3vTWPRSi
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzQb3mCFNF
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPcsfxh20t
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc82M1QxV5i
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZ2YqncoiE
drama that might just ruin my life?1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PPZ160HN4
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.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGW2VGUadcq
"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3UiewYdl0
I could hear footsteps 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYMy3K6NXI
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zpfPacoiD
when they saw the look on my face.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGL0imK9afw
Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXyM01HBoN
"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5md57X6Xa
"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaJ2ws4c93
"No," I answered. "He didn't."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyVfw9TIj3
"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6mjpsQwFD
"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnwOxfaIa4
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."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnUDHmQFC0
"And what about Lee?" 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdlmCXw2oM
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6bODiHe06
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjtjYAu5kK
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOURPNsWpnP
to."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboQbVmsoLQ
"This is bad," I said, 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Z9tJ2jEw0
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUl8Cksg7R
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNqJnuF2y8
"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cVVp3npxj
"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4euizs3eW0
We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3UZuhRWog
"Sam?" I wondered for a 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXudd1dXPqL
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6GLEzga1X
she have swapped it with the other one?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFBXWDbFFk
"Okay, wait," said TOP. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilbaxcyt9A
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhAVTKT3GT
what's really going on in the first place?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRf85DwuEq
"I doubt it," I said 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpK4gyjPte
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuIH7zxLN1
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOkO8XZGsg
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLd0cZb1xI
TOP and Seungri looked 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4JmdFVLQH
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QTjDmtOUi
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirm7Vsdgbi
it away.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01NZh2Kzuu
"I highly doubt it too,"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uJszTheDE
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuBsT8VGR0
she would have asked us about it."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGUzumqs7S
"That's true," said 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFkk0g937T
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQoc8iYgxd
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JWN1dJDPv
"And I checked out the 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9N5pTUepo
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nYybie3Gn
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwXPHUrwOh
"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzulm6xzEnp
"No, I highly doubt it,"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8k7YJjp84
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjl9nhtnvu
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4F9yeemYoc
said nothing about them entering a toy store."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUPw8DlmCd
"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNC6oAloEi
"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5GiexYI4h
"Collins?" Mike asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEbGx5scb2
"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJ7i2r9jPx
"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmDvQ9G6iy
"But who knows? Maybe he1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHk9bhGGsjX
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEOjnWuBgy
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFT7i7hIfmI
times."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBidykeyuxD
"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNP9P3BGBLh
"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEGaWcjY35
"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADybCZwJE0
Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAn5c3mSud
"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZghZFCjEf
"He was the one who went1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkW0qZYfDg
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOQusudhbc
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4qpcx5sck
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaz6aO8iPT
elevator."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSjy9f03Lp
"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXlbL4VlTm
"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMBJUxX3eK
"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8h1BfWiua
"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9wXbwHBAt
"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYzYaBtPpU
"You're right," I said 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnbGuuStjv
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmerqNC5gRi
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoaluddTfc
"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ylr8qPa0O
We all walked out of the1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzE3JzfLkF
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZVMOdEThH
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KwAgaw6QZ
While I was in the car 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjhjvYDUKt
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrjwKL47qB
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtbTR6x8zg
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaih28yYwOk
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcK7SZZzuMX
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ994fCz63dl
If it isn't him, then 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfz7liRuD8
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRjXzzeo0B
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqBN8bAUSE
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQO4Vf0DN5k
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPgiJcSVnx
What if I had the wrong 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBS9mNNaRDI
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSzdwYSvkU
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSgjtVljNV
place without any of us noticing in the first place?1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbw7RQEwcSI
I hope I could be able 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmAaXlEhaS
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJyHppVkZ1
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijycaiiYeJ
happen.
