Zoey's P.O.V1069Please respect copyright.PENANAcybx03RA4o
Waking up this Monday 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAgTWGbKha4I
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAoFeBbIoESY
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAJGHibBhMOL
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZkjPNK0b4
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6M3FHhApZ
myself to be.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAHURXRBgXD1
I couldn't stop 1069Please respect copyright.PENANARUfsgV3LLy
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much1069Please respect copyright.PENANAOXAs4lzog3
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 1069Please respect copyright.PENANApR3ITVdVOI
feel that something was wrong.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAcX2XtPaPBC
Could they have known 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAfKP2ZPoolk
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAjv1SUpV2Qu
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAO2kOZXC5Yg
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAfS19nfHQKK
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvjwMxDRyyZ
just had our usual conversation.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAIDR6uAXK0Q
I brushed off all those 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAdYLejWbdZW
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The1069Please respect copyright.PENANAakbtGOyRXW
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA1dtyziSrt3
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when1069Please respect copyright.PENANAN8H9zibuEu
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsZEX2IiKEv
But now that she wasn't 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAurqpLNHBjv
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAKJzcGv1U8s
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVUvKH9qQK3
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have1069Please respect copyright.PENANAIHJxJ6l5Yt
woken up early before the alarm rang.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAHU9LsQlDIB
I sat up on my bed and 1069Please respect copyright.PENANASLdokyZo3h
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAHUyYwUJiPb
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAaXmn1Ogyi7
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAPIySXa2mBH
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5nilJ51WJN
After seeing her with 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAPqywAmSw1w
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I1069Please respect copyright.PENANADZGhZh5FBh
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I1069Please respect copyright.PENANA6kQyGiDdUq
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAIcJUEZwsb2
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAfJ1M4v4xJ6
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole1069Please respect copyright.PENANAMKgT3UIE8x
day. That left me devastated.1069Please respect copyright.PENANASpt13dXGuW
I couldn't stop looking 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAgEzJeTDh2T
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0IT0AzLmn
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAYXdSb3CO8Q
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAdbXOwEeuHG
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They1069Please respect copyright.PENANAzKl5LWP1sz
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAMO4aUyKHxM
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAIRAWRAUs7v
That sent me boiling to a1069Please respect copyright.PENANA12MotC3puD
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me1069Please respect copyright.PENANAAO80CuDmeM
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAN0Q9l3rbhH
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVhTahAFqZw
Christine had told me to1069Please respect copyright.PENANAX10psL56Ka
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAs3ML7l3xB5
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told1069Please respect copyright.PENANA7DZZZOtO1b
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAwsmBDe5gTo
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQZIOeUjYP7
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAwCAxHDZvF5
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.1069Please respect copyright.PENANABotFxMlTGZ
And now, I had to face 1069Please respect copyright.PENANANYE7nIAbXi
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAwys9MQhlEw
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music1069Please respect copyright.PENANAlY4BfgpNG4
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAWoA4qfOUwM
was still so upset.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAzSzLH88tz3
I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA0dWufWrEct
After I was done, I 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAxTitb3E1sC
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVVTGpLfZl6
others at the dining table for breakfast.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAkXQjNaGMFN
I found them already 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA0DCSmKMZbJ
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAbjyPj3cJaF
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA4386o2NtBx
I felt a little awkward 1069Please respect copyright.PENANApUfEWBtASY
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't1069Please respect copyright.PENANAipUcGUFiR1
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and1069Please respect copyright.PENANAEEHPxjpUFU
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAMY5vGivKG0
that also felt weird.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAhiS53L9e3V
I know that she and I 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAts0zSXwzcR
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAnDTQFyxtNp
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAXihvKEsipv
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAtcwNGwLhxK
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA3F4pKkYl04
like something was wrong.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAUehoBBJEdL
I poured myself a cup of1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFsOY73qnS6
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 1069Please respect copyright.PENANABBnd5imIdZ
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.1069Please respect copyright.PENANADsBLInO6L6
"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANA4u3azdjnNw
My heart almost skipped a1069Please respect copyright.PENANAty2tVLOFIZ
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know1069Please respect copyright.PENANANU6ThooDzN
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way1069Please respect copyright.PENANAis40oaVAsn
too far. I was over here! Hello!1069Please respect copyright.PENANAlp1b4Fjs5E
"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAtB6GPusmR9
"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAbyeypHzkdD
"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA2z3BnxBk9L
"I have no doubt about it."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAq71rlP3zgY
"But I don't see why you1069Please respect copyright.PENANADkb4Wklwp7
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAR7ynPziacT
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAv9E2oAJ01H
"One thing about fans is1069Please respect copyright.PENANACMLrYv9sIy
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 1069Please respect copyright.PENANASeIsKiJtO5
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.1069Please respect copyright.PENANARdQb8nZ4Fa
"I know," said Lee. 1069Please respect copyright.PENANApk82Vcivnu
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 1069Please respect copyright.PENANASrpb1RD3Kt
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 1069Please respect copyright.PENANANGp4PQWY5o
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAKNreBsapjh
"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAx4FlfjLzx0
"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."1069Please respect copyright.PENANATUOoqow8vO
"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.1069Please respect copyright.PENANATRssbd7Svm
"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAxeWsg3f65q
"Aye, aye," said Daniel.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAWZBPOC1zge
"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAkhsRNMJ0Ig
"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQQ8dnsrPae
"You're just too quiet, that's all."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA3i9NmtnNvA
"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAn56AGgaRul
I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAAlEOpgugWY
"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5rKJIDLANO
I stuck my tongue out at1069Please respect copyright.PENANA19vYTB7r5j
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the1069Please respect copyright.PENANAcu6WY4ge2s
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAv8CGAK5NNN
still wasn't looking in my direction.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAYdzBCRoldL
Soon after breakfast, we1069Please respect copyright.PENANA7X7PeoqpDi
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were1069Please respect copyright.PENANANj85s0Vxac
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAjyvTE26zpi
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAUoy2IUJELe
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what1069Please respect copyright.PENANA7VN68uVeVK
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA3car8k2ude
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 1069Please respect copyright.PENANApBdOx81K8l
she would.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAXWH4DF48u1
We arrived at YG and we 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAkoYzQjcwro
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsPwcGnskJP
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with1069Please respect copyright.PENANAazE9nde2ZA
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAGfUaNiDqe9
When everyone was 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAs6tF9dagWg
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when1069Please respect copyright.PENANAolFReL4e9F
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAY9AOPe9CKk
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVsivmhFczB
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAhx53yRZ0xy
He not responding to me 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA3SsVbt88ad
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He1069Please respect copyright.PENANAB0R2ust9JH
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted1069Please respect copyright.PENANAtA8KgbOSF7
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAt83rQGDpd0
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA9iOmYKIznX
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQVJztkDwRU
looked away instead.1069Please respect copyright.PENANArr176ufM8b
We went straight to 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAwW3ZQsUMAu
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAMyEzudtHtj
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAt2IUBSDJPe
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I1069Please respect copyright.PENANAjaqPYso3HV
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsUDJ3PIjz0
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAyg0O3K0Tis
During pratice, I 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAJbwaxMrSb8
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZN32BQg3f
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I1069Please respect copyright.PENANAaG4Qj7GU2s
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAh2QeiF9dBG
G-Dragon wasn't the only1069Please respect copyright.PENANAMEfopROhUJ
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAkNZA6hH66M
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAnlpqEbF8kr
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAhE0HcRcOKW
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What1069Please respect copyright.PENANAY54o4AbqGN
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?1069Please respect copyright.PENANAzAyVB5YwwU
As her best friend, I 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAABC4nSK16S
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAnGL0DTGbIa
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAMXOideSD7a
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAyNC6eqsNCZ
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.1069Please respect copyright.PENANADxHeLB9Z2O
She is also smart, 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA6TxWPunm4n
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAXtgTlyBlPq
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA2A50xl3UvO
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even1069Please respect copyright.PENANAH3aJHGoqQE
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.1069Please respect copyright.PENANACl1xT733PO
Sam has a lot of good 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAA3wdXMgpQf
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her1069Please respect copyright.PENANAXRG2NPZtyH
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAfzuARpf4y8
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAkdF1z0vaO8
want to hurt anyone around her.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAzYFeFK4jNB
Realising this made me 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAWSvqtIu7O0
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAi7FbUdTZfY
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAz7VCJMOXGC
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAxpojFFFLbT
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAc5axhS20ZH
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 1069Please respect copyright.PENANArRBeGi1jLD
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvyoS7u8OMs
realise it till now.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAKISDRCzQP0
"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAriJ7b5z7qF
"Zoey, you aren't 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA496H6fgnz4
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAdZWbwJdSMk
second time you have made the same mistake."1069Please respect copyright.PENANADEMHMvzSDd
"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAz6UomPFA6q
"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA3rvmdzFTS0
It was lunch the time we1069Please respect copyright.PENANAenTgTkOLWj
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFDPUbe2efg
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAfLemlRddaU
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAoVIAN2xS2c
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAXwAhVT8QkS
they were all laughing.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA9xYefV5mOf
"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAWgrZgierEM
"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAKkP8k4pMSk
"Still not talking to Sam?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsH0nC3bu9i
"Nope."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFoOc41NaZs
TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."1069Please respect copyright.PENANACSxPCeKMyD
"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANALe7N4yCaBV
"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAhB9XkBEBuA
"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.1069Please respect copyright.PENANANizDgoVKzG
"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA3Lk3G5lQEm
"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5hnDLPkmP8
"I know. But you aren't 1069Please respect copyright.PENANArwvFaY5m5a
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAs8EbcTrJIC
You would be chit chatting like you always do."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAiQQiq3QGpj
"What if I just want to be alone for today?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAAveXDWJTML
"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAl2zLlQSN6s
I frowned. "Why?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVeVTFaKyYB
"Because you look miserable."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAecL7KfvHto
I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.1069Please respect copyright.PENANADpLCi8t9Pz
"Miserable!"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAXcv0NySARV
"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAm5i4eLzvzp
I thought for a moment 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAM2SNUeSY6R
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 1069Please respect copyright.PENANADR8uKVZo7u
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVXqgmmrc7U
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA3IvGzETU5p
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAkLpFVBnrsh
Seeing all this in front1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5LvuVUd5IN
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 1069Please respect copyright.PENANALSlybzmAdP
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAjMITrem1ts
Until TOP came to talk to me.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAwwb0vE9OEG
"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAcmRTUxs7o7
"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFSF982a9dV
"I don't know," I said 1069Please respect copyright.PENANArPYe2j2Ciu
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but1069Please respect copyright.PENANAbmsZvj0wX8
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA6g81yKILzN
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.1069Please respect copyright.PENANApf05Hz3coD
"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.1069Please respect copyright.PENANACEIy8NjE5w
"Then why don't you talk to her?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAXcpcZpr9T6
"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAaGxCqod50i
"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."1069Please respect copyright.PENANArQDll1tuiV
"I know."1069Please respect copyright.PENANArCiPsMlhM8
"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAw9g51aWgLW
"I'll think about it."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAz24cYFLcrf
"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsw5k3aqZTA
Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAov5KxTghBM
"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAuOLh5ZbKpO
"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAieADeuujoa
The three of us went out1069Please respect copyright.PENANAACRKxWibK5
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAkyY88Pfwwb
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAAeKB8Cb3jN
As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAhdRGhNx02O
"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAGDoLGTcDKS
"Chill, you just ordered1069Please respect copyright.PENANANTgspNoy4o
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one1069Please respect copyright.PENANAwu4ZRasY0r
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZMHUQi3P5p
"But I'm so hungry."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvRrdD19XgC
"Trust me, you aren't 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5gU2Du3eh0
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA4Cn4Sf5hQ5
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAybnbH8KPkR
have."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAUj3UPF2HtL
"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVDUr2snpdI
"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAF25YOqvM4W
"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVFY4MSWpkx
"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."1069Please respect copyright.PENANADbiWsFhpKE
"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAHjrSUvDa59
I didn't say anything as1069Please respect copyright.PENANAUVb6cfAfZi
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAAEgELDJ7Zh
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAB1K0cKkNBW
calling.1069Please respect copyright.PENANACfoDUry1dK
"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsC5xTXM5ek
"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAzx3XMlZs3s
"Okay, well you better answer that call."1069Please respect copyright.PENANATWvSYHcgmO
I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAbaYebjcl4d
"Hello," I answered.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAmeHK7XyJoK
"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAef2kmNaXpk
"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFAMmsWuEBq
"We have to meet today, ASAP."1069Please respect copyright.PENANABI4Izir3W7
"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA4Ara3xenBk
"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAqNxI97F83f
I knew Jehan was going 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAxL1cFeZOyI
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAyH2TkkesQP
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAAr56nadTjw
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAtSCVo1UmtU
was upstairs in the dance studio.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAiYtw2sK0a0
"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANARd3gWwczeK
"I'm coming to YG to get it."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA0J8vpMJybx
"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvtAd4zdmR9
"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."1069Please respect copyright.PENANASvvhaJPWdy
"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.1069Please respect copyright.PENANADkZhRgJsps
He cut the call and I 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAYl6md5fN0b
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through1069Please respect copyright.PENANADRYEdRrxop
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvrAeA2y4HV
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see1069Please respect copyright.PENANAbw136ABxh9
him they would start to ask questions.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAwF4LPDG00d
"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA62SIm1tRLQ
I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAB9XTQ00q3s
"What?" I asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAG86VOsvDy7
"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAAbQZ6DiHxB
"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAWYU9MbkZ4T
"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA1AVcZCzQwN
"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvGD1jaQvD2
"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAy2uNS3zsnN
"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA3e9zQZ9sBy
"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAlzuiF1pOQA
Dang it! I was cornered 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVkeedbv2SS
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAms9RB0nVPa
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAL86qCdC2z5
light no matter how much you try to hide it.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAGWXPRnbVxv
"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAM1VBrDb8po
I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA6kAxUPQRm6
"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5O8bUeNCI2
We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.1069Please respect copyright.PENANACCmw22iUzr
I told them everything 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvQxF0vDsPM
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZWfY0fNyau
said a word until I finished the whole story.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAJssRIeNrfb
"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAj5YfurjwFG
"Just you two," I answered.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAcRhCCVBIUB
"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAB8jQxwF57u
"Surprising, right?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAaVvstk5c4V
"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAzGH4VRU0Mv
"We should involve the police," said TOP.1069Please respect copyright.PENANATD1ogHyJyT
"No! We can't!"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAHGLb3Huvb7
"Why?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAMll2M7c9Po
"You know word goes out 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAgYARQJ4Qvf
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and1069Please respect copyright.PENANA2zQMwmgcNM
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA4h74oRwizj
"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAWsr8JNZlIn
"He assured me that this1069Please respect copyright.PENANATo4SzATopW
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA3W6Q5OjioS
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAm1llV0hzEj
"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA2f2ZsTWdyI
The three of us turned 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAINLoxL6Bo7
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA56iHlQugDX
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?1069Please respect copyright.PENANABipewfYJcG
"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.1069Please respect copyright.PENANADk5lfISbry
"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAuOxBGW8S5a
"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA6rrJxp7QG8
"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAzjJnyU5bKz
"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAi6M4BNHFbY
"Random stuff involving a1069Please respect copyright.PENANAftoc0JTm6s
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 1069Please respect copyright.PENANADdVAp9Fmlk
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA2tAAFIoOUd
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5tfTMvd3QD
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAHbHbojCe4V
I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?1069Please respect copyright.PENANABdzDocFzBe
"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA0a70aARDqI
"Okay, I won't."1069Please respect copyright.PENANArTtLAbfP5l
"Sit down."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAOpvlF0O7mp
Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQFxwZ0Cemr
"I got myself into trouble," I started.1069Please respect copyright.PENANANQUm1KIXSi
"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAxQR9lCyO2J
"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAtQLcL5hHYq
Christine's face soon 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVjW8TuIWU4
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAgI5lxoABhZ
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....1069Please respect copyright.PENANAUPr0iA6rsP
"What!"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAwlp8FvrOQS
TOP quickly covered up 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQLcFoaoSB2
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAegSYXX1IPR
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 1069Please respect copyright.PENANACM109nAt1q
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA41role62e7
"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAKaOFb5f96Y
"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFDNViFNtYH
"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAI5F9Ea6KUf
"Of course I'm mad!" 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA0gODkKHS6T
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAyhmop4BAJN
but this by far is the worst one of them all."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAa5VKi3mCoU
"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA4YlipJe4Mx
"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANA0hGj6Gfr1s
"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQcaKOJmnnZ
"Ya, I remember. What about him?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFzKLzh16Qj
"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAAXHlzECRv3
"WHAT!"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAzVoPNJznq6
"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAikmtkrdIHV
"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAWxOkSZzoa4
"And the one I met at the café," I said.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAD2FJaWPnCR
"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAdNlMo5OUD8
"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAHbXnpC4zEv
"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANADZo6axwlak
"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAj2Qgx06bdA
"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAGRiaoicaWB
"Ya," I said. "I planned1069Please respect copyright.PENANAzP81Fn9I0l
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 1069Please respect copyright.PENANANK7NL68YCL
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA7s1p05KS8Y
"So you're the one who 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAF179ePLIaN
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAWySjKGE69n
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA7TdWYzIf4W
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA3A56U4LhAL
out with Seungri."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA8IPDppiQtl
"I lied."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAC0FG9I6mtX
Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZgcR1dalAA
"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZB8BbGQ6z5
"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANALFyprYp6Zb
"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAskmMtARUTW
"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAW6DhylCfEo
"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."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAA1C75tK3MB
"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAskxV9qzjQe
"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAJg30bsfeuN
"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."1069Please respect copyright.PENANABC1dRj698E
"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAz9YHnAedoy
"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAGa5TKTfSbn
"But where?" I asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAUMtu4dmpgc
"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.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAS3looQtoKm
"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.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAv8DmTVY4JM
"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsuBndKwBYW
"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFlaumS7phQ
I took my phone out and 1069Please respect copyright.PENANABSnQnRpity
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVvpV9mOM8o
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAnKkehI15a6
"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAhCdR9HC5qn
"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAmoZ9JR1xUG
Seungri had ordered ten 1069Please respect copyright.PENANASVwiNzrDUi
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAAUQVJ6uM9I
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAJP2tDPvGUN
favourite.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAWfP9teruFH
We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAxykXmQMsFC
"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsRqTpHqth2
"I'll be ready for 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvqhuUZLVJD
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything1069Please respect copyright.PENANAtdmOl2m0S7
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA7yUxeXf4IR
"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAPTVhN4V8ht
"And G-Dragon," TOP added.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA8x3StgYbRl
"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAOaoToLvzl2
"Well, someone has to," said Christine.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAHfx5RW4jVa
"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAuwIXaCoBwd
"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAWOkx2fQY8M
We found ourselves back 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA0eIIdVUbYW
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAtDhU8nbkP4
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAr6K2upDhLf
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAJpWqe3Qfg8
paranoid?1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvddDZ7T2V3
Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAKDEzMKo75i
"What?" I asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAogqmHzVyve
"You were frowning," Christine answered.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAeS8JPActE1
"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAXf8PUao9hi
"Says the person who 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA8K5S7eYUHq
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAdMP6UBUDoc
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 1069Please respect copyright.PENANApxEPJ7AErS
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAa7QRj1z3PT
Soon after lunch, we 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAgm8xZAblLd
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAOadNNHCJhv
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time1069Please respect copyright.PENANAyuon9WX1ii
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAq0tDMSihOB
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know1069Please respect copyright.PENANAX4Oaj7IQqC
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the1069Please respect copyright.PENANApxWJPk1CFs
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAA45OUaLPAA
At some point in the 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAp1sOXuCY3M
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAHCMqn4m6eF
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 1069Please respect copyright.PENANANt7TdAnde3
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 1069Please respect copyright.PENANATOk7dGND77
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAzltQIwR4CH
back to practising until we could pratice no more.1069Please respect copyright.PENANABfsNPaItbX
It was five and the sun 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAdPbdZRFL2z
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5QITzBpGuX
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAq8UhKSDAEF
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA9NyXbqVcXU
side of me. We were all pretty tired.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA60UN6GYkW5
The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA1eNPq1CsEq
While I was resting and 1069Please respect copyright.PENANASls5E6np39
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAyPs1NXHA31
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAICYBBJCl9e
look on my face.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA6Sc1aede6u
"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvMHINT09zV
"Go? Go where?" I asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAavDHklHrYl
Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAreR4wgSzyL
"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAjnrEjdqEW0
"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA1swWA62kqv
It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAYj8G97mDLz
"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAj7yJCwDNCY
"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAx7hx3T2eFx
"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAPAmLoLrqsf
"I want to follow too," said Daniel.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAV9GNlLxG6z
"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.1069Please respect copyright.PENANANlOk0Fllcn
I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA4l4ZwZsxJt
"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA0wof0aL57d
"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAW0eCv03Ezw
"Ya, me too," said Mike.1069Please respect copyright.PENANACMVWGzVG95
"Why don't you want 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAC2WecMLdGS
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAenSBiDQevJ
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5aa0o2Teq2
not to follow."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAg46JOgnwVP
I wanted to protest and 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZn1cSG55wL
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsMFM1YupbM
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvN4j1h7jc3
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAJR9wvum037
"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAldwoo1IxTx
Dang it!1069Please respect copyright.PENANA0qnKjZvcfu
"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.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvf5tDDyuRC
"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA8sLGQu2gWj
"Thanks, that's nice of 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAEiepcEz058
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 1069Please respect copyright.PENANArlhkG3HypO
the others. "Have fun you, guys."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA9fGCZQDJgz
Sam and Daesung left the1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZVuTn1FoZS
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQUEAP7f0xb
myself that the two also made a nice pair.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAX12LXM8tIn
"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFG01NVa2m8
"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZcNF7YWHJe
"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAW6hsXX3Zr5
Christine stood up from 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAo61WBlA6G7
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA7TPYaj43MY
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."1069Please respect copyright.PENANATV0ZFJLkUP
I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA6lxAU0ljjf
"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAk8bg0QjvET
"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAPFJxiJC9Bk
"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAN53m3wjjSg
Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvGbLN8YM2l
I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAHRRpNIPlOH
"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5UejlXBzST
"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAIv0y5bAilo
TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAX06jp7SBEt
"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAeQfw9gNRtq
"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAMufeSKgAfL
"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAPFsXkI07Ao
"I know," said Christine.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQWY3nzUuWP
"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANANSChh85zFf
"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAJiR58CtWhY
"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAqJu67rpdRC
"So that she can judge me? No way."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAoZUtNq4IEx
"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."1069Please respect copyright.PENANASUs0kiRrf2
"Don't try to convince 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA7PUFGFyJpy
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA2EZqGThUWn
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me1069Please respect copyright.PENANAxiWeXH9x0x
like she could hit me with a hammer.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAPEnQuXkeeV
"Okay, let's go," said TOP.1069Please respect copyright.PENANArUTgARQhp4
I got up from the floor 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAx8HzN9iY5n
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA9nG72HmLsH
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAzCkpxuzdcj
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVjaFjFD0Y9
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAoZpWmmPGUt
The cars soon left the 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA0y9em5reBC
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAHmi5VeIqyr
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 1069Please respect copyright.PENANATRVa0BflWE
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsy2mcBqsOH
"Can you you please stop1069Please respect copyright.PENANADrYJslKGUU
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAa05z3SUfVb
the teddy and lose it in the car."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsAnooLE8ce
"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAq5AJXEon2l
"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2S3op9aps
I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAkjDFaZttvf
"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAaMKBpB3dV3
"I just want to get this over with."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAROnegC1H8B
We were soon packed 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAe5YfOnM6Nc
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAn6ORGMWS2P
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAg3JTbMRtKL
turned to look at her.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA2ogTK6roRF
"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAPXH5iywZCI
"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAqhaCjPs3Fo
Seungri also turned to 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5dhXFvGldL
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAGdzEqCNOfZ
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFO6nWg0XF6
chest and I wished Sam was here too.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAopSlSgaGKk
I soon got out of the 1069Please respect copyright.PENANARrRbv7Ha5Y
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFeo8ezXzGU
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I1069Please respect copyright.PENANAw5p7ewNaz2
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA9ycIx7XEpd
Before I could find my 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA8dh1S3ruJi
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVHtvBFj8e3
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA2SIsEfANrq
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAl3mLVfJL9k
I quickly went in the 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAeQYdXQlVog
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAJiC5aW0AEC
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAuKTey7nqXV
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.1069Please respect copyright.PENANADCy8HyXV3u
I slowly approached the 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAUsEwCvOv3S
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAOq0W0vvWTj
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAxbdJo4dldd
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA2bZ3SZQbJK
hesitate to end my life right here.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAymMAqyXIz1
"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAT0bQ28rL7l
"I was practising today," I answered.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAy9xz9vmMBv
"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAoUmBj6ksEk
"Thanks," I frowned at 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAlIqOB8sOrM
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAg7mWMTLxpE
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAgnyFNMwOOn
Jehan smirked. "Certainly."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA1SwtJAIKBb
I quickly reached out 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA41DylpZ0Zj
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAnEGkHPfs2F
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAifTst59flX
"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAHSr7XgBAIS
"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvORWaHFFdJ
"What now?" I complained.1069Please respect copyright.PENANATzqCvi70XW
"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAkQtxUgMlUq
"What do you think? That1069Please respect copyright.PENANAB2cFuomhpI
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAgIECOTjA6y
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAw3NreMrppD
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 1069Please respect copyright.PENANALpkq2rCDvb
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAnHVrGlrtmt
Jehan raised an eyebrow 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA0FijbzVJ0w
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going1069Please respect copyright.PENANA4GmYYov4WN
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a1069Please respect copyright.PENANAktqtKjBL33
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA7hPc35wo5e
"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvaR755FHaN
"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.1069Please respect copyright.PENANASTHKN2QGWI
I went back to looking 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAXyiJ87ReXz
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into1069Please respect copyright.PENANAaKsDmhhzL2
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA0xR665LcUC
surprise me that he carried that thing around.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAqQ0egaFYnY
Jehan slowly laid the 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAAI5Fj1ceh3
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 1069Please respect copyright.PENANATL1sHILY2V
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAbu4MaEDPpE
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5OSiTDL1Vd
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAxdBGjt1vnE
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of1069Please respect copyright.PENANA1usARceS5P
the teddy bear.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAKz8VKShIKM
Wait. I frowned. This 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAgJviO4GX3A
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsQfpQ2vb3b
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAmhfmeKlThS
diamonds!1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQXocPx3VJK
I stared horrified at 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA9uE15skM6M
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAEYbQqu8Rn3
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsRgzbAIHz6
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5TyKqgX19l
I looked up at Jehan and1069Please respect copyright.PENANAoGx0rk18Wz
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA9KFXXVv2Zr
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAUunLHUtyKS
that, he was going to end up traumatised.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA010poj9oci
"Je-Jehan," I said 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA7Hs47NhHhU
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAbmYJUfdfvl
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in1069Please respect copyright.PENANAqZmHlvSl1x
there."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQyYUSwacc0
Jean neither moved nor 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAKBjLSVW7BA
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAaprUcsBVjv
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsyjY1KEJt2
But how could this be? 1069Please respect copyright.PENANACUgRR0lq9y
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAr3BnAwwray
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA2jp0HJjvjT
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAEo7uVC1hlP
"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVTovLN8fv9
"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAlxWFLfmcHr
He banged his fists on 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAru9VXA8bWS
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZFrDBT9em2
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at1069Please respect copyright.PENANADH8vKvwbfb
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAcE4MvRaSE2
"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAfx6AALO2sX
"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAHMgo3Rcyya
"I don't know. I don't 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAGMdrOCEqiV
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAzuNvUvBUDK
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAk4Fbma1JL7
"How did the diamonds go missing?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAiRqB3tHsX9
"How am I supposed to 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA2DErp0Jc5O
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without1069Please respect copyright.PENANASrgZUnx5tp
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA1dhfszEkri
"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAeluuAxSQbZ
"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAwbIirDvHe8
Jehan rubbed his 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZQL4f6HYtd
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZmf9LZQfp6
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAyEW7n9CLav
"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."1069Please respect copyright.PENANApbnvJirMSw
"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."1069Please respect copyright.PENANABzFSuAb0lR
"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANA6GrUypNkqi
"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAOhRK7RCBOX
"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAfqtoIhCk12
"I don't know."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAxw9CvTQLTN
Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAEMFGU4hhev
"Ummm," I looked down 1069Please respect copyright.PENANArTDgRCoDLQ
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAknmdZyk6kp
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAWQqfOrTklS
"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANApbVIsTrROA
"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.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAPMXxCQGh9f
"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA17CHzR7aXV
"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsypmqvttJs
"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAt6uJe7c2uH
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAGF4uwCeJoc
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANACT5Z8JIHjQ
"I don't think so. Lee 1069Please respect copyright.PENANArSnYlgZ5oP
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,1069Please respect copyright.PENANAxgYJKUYNJE
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZEHxg2qDYU
"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAnj4c8ZffrE
"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."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFNzPVZCtZh
"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5qBFK2qRBy
"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA4uc4mK9Wud
After I said that, Jehan1069Please respect copyright.PENANADVZtt8iGDq
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAfJ4xfFKJZa
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the1069Please respect copyright.PENANAycCx4hLvvS
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAqv9f92wfhD
look on his face.1069Please respect copyright.PENANACi52ezfBqN
"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAnKQ6GXB4WX
"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAEttdGriTwE
"I remember one of my 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAPXDar4WqFm
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAUvjBVanlyR
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAhcE2wCMI9P
"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAfOoMQakLUc
"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!"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAXZL9xrhfs0
"Huh? I can't start 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAgDtdUOlAAQ
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking1069Please respect copyright.PENANAhjjDwGxK7o
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQABvvZhZBT
that the bear is missing."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvB1nZB7tXh
"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAD1GN3DshNo
"What do you mean?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAAONlTHaodv
"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAaApL9QfQik
"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAx86UqJb5QL
"Now that, makes no 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAlxlj0HOUM1
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that1069Please respect copyright.PENANAXEJkbSJBpI
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA28uZVWBDNy
"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAAfQXiDQRFd
"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVrKIDosqXc
"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAGs8PxLuKk3
"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAYd0h9dKWov
I completely forgot that1069Please respect copyright.PENANA4ynmRcUqjv
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAh2wDnkoKHM
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have1069Please respect copyright.PENANANzuSgsdLiX
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA3lrDKpAqWh
"Okay. I'll see what I can do."1069Please respect copyright.PENANABLUydyVCQ0
Jehan gave me a smile. 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAh8zPQ5k2jf
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAfkEuNlYNhq
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAYn4sFRQfam
I nodded my head and 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAkjU3JYRLUZ
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked1069Please respect copyright.PENANAGwEUhl8VVn
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAopNW60EYZq
"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAJlgyas4fc1
I sat there as I buried 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAscVD5161KM
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAkxIx3SETiF
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the1069Please respect copyright.PENANAeKQWUwul9R
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAGeM5rDxvRT
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAdEtIzG1Oni
drama that might just ruin my life?1069Please respect copyright.PENANAljtd1935xr
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.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA31z8bl5gLk
"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAf5jMKjryUN
I could hear footsteps 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAilichnmUou
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 1069Please respect copyright.PENANABaxI2cLnGJ
when they saw the look on my face.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAtJD39tRgnX
Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAC5Sv2nfhfn
"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANA2pvbcsWYHU
"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAhvk6qXlOnr
"No," I answered. "He didn't."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAm7H0663Qf4
"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANA1NSaFZwTXr
"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAlHAL4ZaaCB
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."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAa4eOrs0WF9
"And what about Lee?" 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAqaQiZM7uxO
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAS0fAhJmZWE
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAA3Spc8ffqz
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAMpdT5Zlira
to."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAhJx0RqNHou
"This is bad," I said, 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAG4F2B2KAZD
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAsInd7fMhIy
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAPZEdiAXYNq
"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAnZky6UIlP4
"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvOM1bsMZpF
We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAYtBbtWjUAG
"Sam?" I wondered for a 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAnLrDfcHi8p
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvKJz1TxvV7
she have swapped it with the other one?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAbeKDqSR5eN
"Okay, wait," said TOP. 1069Please respect copyright.PENANApZxINiSn4d
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFRpTZtpU2Q
what's really going on in the first place?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANASKFRVOMruI
"I doubt it," I said 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQufB4jeCmC
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAajEnafXS5v
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would1069Please respect copyright.PENANA0hF05tUUxJ
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAjgo51oWYtc
TOP and Seungri looked 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAc7ulFk3YVD
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvtI3zvFP7H
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed1069Please respect copyright.PENANA88GV3YWIzp
it away.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAIyQV3GIKk6
"I highly doubt it too,"1069Please respect copyright.PENANA6r5FGWjjQG
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA8Q5zlH3YLn
she would have asked us about it."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAh1YwdV39dM
"That's true," said 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFDuUTtQfQD
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA5iyyGD68n3
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."1069Please respect copyright.PENANA3q1u6bkBSW
"And I checked out the 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQOgQdw1RtA
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAutlAYlmDaZ
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.1069Please respect copyright.PENANATmeeyXBjpJ
"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVYmRYu2n3O
"No, I highly doubt it,"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAJf3AgPdu8u
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAx8yjid0Y5Q
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZELodhUOKs
said nothing about them entering a toy store."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAvwaVj30KRE
"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA1uC1ykprT0
"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAjDAXlYSEtb
"Collins?" Mike asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAP7oK5B7mMp
"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAlBNpB9uEDJ
"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAXuMCIKCOfT
"But who knows? Maybe he1069Please respect copyright.PENANAUcLCqAMMM1
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA2yBqpCMxMG
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFGxCCMaCGO
times."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZOm4OFZL3v
"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.1069Please respect copyright.PENANA9JDtCViQUM
"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAaUGniI9yS5
"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"1069Please respect copyright.PENANAt1ESTvFEES
Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAytecipYcw6
"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAXlMGXf4tzU
"He was the one who went1069Please respect copyright.PENANA78JEUvbphN
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAoInfD5hE8D
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAfFa8juUFOV
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAWDrOduiGMu
elevator."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7escEnTmP
"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAUHF5undnVb
"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."1069Please respect copyright.PENANACFsQBrcv2A
"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.1069Please respect copyright.PENANArH4aiO7eB2
"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAkWbCb2aqNM
"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6OMnBkOpz
"You're right," I said 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAVLPbUYRnPF
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAMZdLcnsu4X
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."1069Please respect copyright.PENANAgXDYMREJNR
"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAndaMbJ5gq5
We all walked out of the1069Please respect copyright.PENANAUbVgW39Ut7
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAaAGN7dwqYR
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAMVocfQ2mZf
While I was in the car 1069Please respect copyright.PENANArrDxj6UCRf
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so1069Please respect copyright.PENANAts2G06BklV
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins1069Please respect copyright.PENANAYlXjjvKDl6
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 1069Please respect copyright.PENANACCOuGxSEwn
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAdl7dSQFtc3
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAuXj6DkpT95
If it isn't him, then 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZGnQFRVfhZ
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAFYL97KscUv
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA9rUVu4VnYD
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her1069Please respect copyright.PENANAjNaCjygmAn
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.1069Please respect copyright.PENANAZgawS6Vt5l
What if I had the wrong 1069Please respect copyright.PENANASshhx7Q8dD
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAKrA53LvBqW
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAYap2iHaCeA
place without any of us noticing in the first place?1069Please respect copyright.PENANALHMLt6nacw
I hope I could be able 1069Please respect copyright.PENANA16MzGwcbQZ
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 1069Please respect copyright.PENANAkygKy47ObX
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that1069Please respect copyright.PENANANVhDibzM2h
happen.