Zoey's P.O.V1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuVyQTYonPm
Waking up this Monday 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAdOGi98zYYf
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMpHwEpBoqo
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA62nvqfaw14
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAg1sf70QOAN
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYtq4zqMPTS
myself to be.1058Please respect copyright.PENANATHwdx4dXtO
I couldn't stop 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAag2jbZYlwI
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much1058Please respect copyright.PENANAAqT2xdbJ4y
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfQbBzci2ZF
feel that something was wrong.1058Please respect copyright.PENANArHOMw32uJu
Could they have known 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFnTy2NtQJo
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzE24oNMffG
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPx8Z9WyggE
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 1058Please respect copyright.PENANANjKupdtrTo
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1p0rpeEtoX
just had our usual conversation.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfdE9clayju
I brushed off all those 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPeNSPyjoeP
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The1058Please respect copyright.PENANAyUzOoAubrt
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9IxruFGk8
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when1058Please respect copyright.PENANAE8nSmk37ln
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWKG3qgQ8zd
But now that she wasn't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOmagaVssqJ
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjUysD9GvY9
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANACADGixtWLU
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4Lt5zcwFrE
woken up early before the alarm rang.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOPTgnXY3WM
I sat up on my bed and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAkfFaAcvDmy
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEGFpt3tZZB
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJHPP9CtPKN
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHEgdHfZqf5
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAt5fTeU0Hye
After seeing her with 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzuOM9ROCmL
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I1058Please respect copyright.PENANAC1tE59nLSJ
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuOYcHHt1CE
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGCOwYhXRcP
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAth6W0O1Vg6
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2heENSkBQs
day. That left me devastated.1058Please respect copyright.PENANASEcdRI2STT
I couldn't stop looking 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYNteTdhrWN
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwAE07bjBMt
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtYz48jnEDs
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 1058Please respect copyright.PENANASlaMLrJHRo
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They1058Please respect copyright.PENANARkLPkochUW
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 1058Please respect copyright.PENANANgOcWG8JLg
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAK836wRTc3p
That sent me boiling to a1058Please respect copyright.PENANAE01zIK2s2p
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me1058Please respect copyright.PENANAhrZ9w1GkP0
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4ifQDEX7YA
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.1058Please respect copyright.PENANADizbHuL1NY
Christine had told me to1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIdUtLTUMIk
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7wPT0lg2gb
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgDvrlhGton
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAE7LfHA6rue
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9sBO87xBTt
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAd5yHJshzx3
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAc64AxPfgxQ
And now, I had to face 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAhRqc4KvbDj
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWASJxK007z
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxjjm3IDn5m
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaZKGtq68lc
was still so upset.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4nPnh0grCW
I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANARTEQxduFt6
After I was done, I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbbwa6W8eU5
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANABnSYa4GLO3
others at the dining table for breakfast.1058Please respect copyright.PENANANXIAldyTjZ
I found them already 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWTEhEtgkwQ
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtd4FbLmRhS
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHKQXp0DCws
I felt a little awkward 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAu4VgZCvbrA
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJxR5uWlIkr
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbPVj4hLiZQ
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzFe4447cYb
that also felt weird.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA43gczYzTga
I know that she and I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANALtaZBxoCt0
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFuDXy3RBXP
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA31y0i26IdD
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAve2J87tjiq
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 1058Please respect copyright.PENANATpeb2YZlTz
like something was wrong.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAl9WnffXiEM
I poured myself a cup of1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcOxb3L5Hbj
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAheWO0t54K2
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfi9vUT3QyV
"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuwh24YmZXf
My heart almost skipped a1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWnqEWmPy32
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiGDeG2V86W
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIBVSUFM0r4
too far. I was over here! Hello!1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwsZBWGX1eN
"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAewiI2M5kK2
"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAf6SsCgQJAj
"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAa7frFyqi3h
"I have no doubt about it."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3QH40vJNot
"But I don't see why you1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8DSd8jijz7
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqzYTdu95ow
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtqLuRLtoFj
"One thing about fans is1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtdFWoD9LFi
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAq3ngHHY9fU
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcj1MJJB7oF
"I know," said Lee. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWCFklSu3sL
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnFUvhZVqd6
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 1058Please respect copyright.PENANASfcW3cTGJU
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHP0qOXUAf0
"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.1058Please respect copyright.PENANATHRL1hQ58U
"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaPq9Qwfnmr
"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2JXeAKwyPI
"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."1058Please respect copyright.PENANASNWKfLEpUD
"Aye, aye," said Daniel.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPrYjJfOC1h
"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHpeA4BlHwK
"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHCnnTPrSKN
"You're just too quiet, that's all."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8wsTCsWNW7
"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."1058Please respect copyright.PENANACPHqZ9f2uW
I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJUAnBxsiRA
"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAksCWJNw7xU
I stuck my tongue out at1058Please respect copyright.PENANAlfqFoEEauN
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the1058Please respect copyright.PENANAD7Nhrkbibs
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHKBkJx87Am
still wasn't looking in my direction.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmOK3F3tULo
Soon after breakfast, we1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsRE2dp81Ld
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgUU6abEI5c
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAw1lyIsrlYz
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 1058Please respect copyright.PENANADabGhIy0zM
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what1058Please respect copyright.PENANAttJ3JL25VW
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAg6k3cvzP3m
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAdD85yMLt9R
she would.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcV0SBnUXBF
We arrived at YG and we 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXOPHWUjJP7
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWfbViLlAyB
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmVRWjYpj0c
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAweycCTpMDd
When everyone was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFJiEjZvZYh
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3zsfJLL3Ia
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMTylJvxHB0
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFaOA7HtShS
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0OhOgmbkAg
He not responding to me 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIw42iG6oiD
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnWPtjcBQME
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzIDLYQpmWR
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsBXRBkMunC
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGM820fwEMj
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just1058Please respect copyright.PENANASTnXUEyULp
looked away instead.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUBDhhlhCLi
We went straight to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5VxpA9257z
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAR9nb4N0C0m
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzLiJWnNjUa
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFaNbDlGoFc
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQmVyd6AkFI
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.1058Please respect copyright.PENANANcbLpOZDpc
During pratice, I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANALpr44C9OGJ
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFF1ZggQPLe
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIWHT0cXaWK
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAg4c9uEJiqZ
G-Dragon wasn't the only1058Please respect copyright.PENANAhgeAXzqyOT
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUA8jsgTVzK
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVJFlrX7T1I
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 1058Please respect copyright.PENANALibV1yXDbf
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQNGLoPhmuA
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?1058Please respect copyright.PENANAws4vOX6Hyz
As her best friend, I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnQ1YlptWDA
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAosbBhHHavI
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAdTh0ZmAz3g
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGsq0RBGRf6
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5wGiBi7ikV
She is also smart, 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3TP6ZeBsO1
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAb5wnjdrQ9f
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 1058Please respect copyright.PENANASnV4ep43Su
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even1058Please respect copyright.PENANAb3f99W0Bh6
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbvYacjk9d2
Sam has a lot of good 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPabb2X4WWU
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPzDuB9bnKJ
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 1058Please respect copyright.PENANANxoCpO70PC
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgHmfLgf9lC
want to hurt anyone around her.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJVuVeXfxlC
Realising this made me 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmZkct67xzN
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 1058Please respect copyright.PENANApIS3nCNycS
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAU2idzLr61e
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAV9iBYp5gQq
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEoSjHBjcL7
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUjRDwWYYzO
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAvUuwjLm4fT
realise it till now.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjmGgOOYL7q
"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.1058Please respect copyright.PENANATRIEbxd4O2
"Zoey, you aren't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA69RnLKxywy
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8OcuHz1fIr
second time you have made the same mistake."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHXtmJFMof6
"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjR4GrefdKt
"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcyHvaxULr7
It was lunch the time we1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFjBq6uKADy
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAL57Bt2joIf
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 1058Please respect copyright.PENANACUtnr0unIo
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAeacfD46ZDb
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAH47UAhTAkQ
they were all laughing.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzCXhx1t1Zt
"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWGJVrTQbBx
"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAkXPvFNil7l
"Still not talking to Sam?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAAr64t0d0jX
"Nope."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0zWA2bI00M
TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAro8rIO5DiC
"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXDt3K94CpS
"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxArYAQfehg
"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbTbJHEXG0u
"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaNl0qIEDOX
"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."1058Please respect copyright.PENANADLAgXLnSqV
"I know. But you aren't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAV7onueG0Jv
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWr6pcoDmq9
You would be chit chatting like you always do."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAyIhvu8XSRa
"What if I just want to be alone for today?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbkZOwq7HzD
"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAK0sWCx2kWA
I frowned. "Why?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAN02TlOl8YM
"Because you look miserable."1058Please respect copyright.PENANALhsknBMVqe
I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAatBwTq7aME
"Miserable!"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZtYLBOXSzH
"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAoYORmD1L7X
I thought for a moment 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAz35ouDVGjA
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYBJDQxU9ip
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAt7nxTSY8O5
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuIwwEqfjoF
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaqBapGncCe
Seeing all this in front1058Please respect copyright.PENANAN5IrRJUGb3
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAs4DPGV2ZHd
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFixMsh7jZR
Until TOP came to talk to me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANArKEuOTL5qj
"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbTk8zaKDNc
"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtHbJMbEUAI
"I don't know," I said 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9szSwAKLik
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfS9SfPwkRq
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFWGU8YAsXC
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.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5zuaoKZBn4
"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8kSNrLU3JB
"Then why don't you talk to her?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfL9oNwwgSJ
"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtJLMnBrLwg
"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7FFCDj1km9
"I know."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJQxnIYCkCT
"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAy7zBa5ohFo
"I'll think about it."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKnii8YBQp4
"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfxmH4ySMXY
Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAH0WzCK53dL
"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbWUpCSWlAk
"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAoKMu0l8xwJ
The three of us went out1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuSwwHDPtic
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmDRy3c3BAb
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA16hsl1VL4b
As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAON0LjE8q85
"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.1058Please respect copyright.PENANARRFCjqE5QL
"Chill, you just ordered1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7rhWmo6Onj
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one1058Please respect copyright.PENANAscPJkZPG5c
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAf1nACu7qTo
"But I'm so hungry."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEW37ksLj6l
"Trust me, you aren't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiwZtTshIEF
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAePYwkY3wQQ
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 1058Please respect copyright.PENANARfDpaGmoCL
have."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAamc2aii9mP
"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZy1dEPgV65
"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAs3ZlyftLIX
"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0ompmjqPWc
"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfCfZyk0i7S
"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsyupOz2oKd
I didn't say anything as1058Please respect copyright.PENANAkqea9UMd6D
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFCjfd0ql8y
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQfKjK5pOPp
calling.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1lz7X5fCtK
"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgqmJXUEsBE
"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOoLNuvzMZf
"Okay, well you better answer that call."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAeeqzkQxnrl
I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYITIjf58Ml
"Hello," I answered.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFll5vYPRti
"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKjR9mcMVDm
"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8bSe6e9kNw
"We have to meet today, ASAP."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5kNZh5dg6P
"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmw1UIcxNwg
"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."1058Please respect copyright.PENANALJ1DmFmycW
I knew Jehan was going 1058Please respect copyright.PENANADZNXHOtquV
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAi4q7nCZywc
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 1058Please respect copyright.PENANABwxwdjfY8i
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAERviMO12IE
was upstairs in the dance studio.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAe1sVCylSv4
"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKolDoJDSsN
"I'm coming to YG to get it."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4YZhSWBhXG
"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAdkRlcZSdZd
"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."1058Please respect copyright.PENANASdR5ZX6LOu
"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJHoJlyP7Me
He cut the call and I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAABGMVRaSn8
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVIyB8cLBxi
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here1058Please respect copyright.PENANALV0chZs5V5
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3XGpCB9MSJ
him they would start to ask questions.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzXOjpAUKsK
"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnkofdKxqZy
I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2aPmedaymW
"What?" I asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAoXGufpgSbj
"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANApY44OpZf9L
"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAi7O4Fe549b
"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKmJxlW0uNF
"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6xjSD7AgFI
"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAT5sVuUzcy3
"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbSuOlLA1jw
"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWZ4KXsqIAy
Dang it! I was cornered 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAta2V7xeBmN
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiWB3AUCsiJ
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgBoT3xgevq
light no matter how much you try to hide it.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzGGG79JbYF
"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."1058Please respect copyright.PENANArHk56O2cHH
I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUmqCAbKHGd
"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOZsqwL3l9P
We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVMwTwUb5X6
I told them everything 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAP7ZVcwHsDu
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUpS3aaO4n9
said a word until I finished the whole story.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAo4WOF5IND8
"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5fuS8it2z8
"Just you two," I answered.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbG2HFtte9T
"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAP6HBljWnYK
"Surprising, right?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGuwXfdxHV3
"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.1058Please respect copyright.PENANACKnghTSxSb
"We should involve the police," said TOP.1058Please respect copyright.PENANARCkojJzZza
"No! We can't!"1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0TNLPiuzV6
"Why?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWXb2zRniq1
"You know word goes out 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQCrkTy48KZ
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and1058Please respect copyright.PENANACjdqE4Kkfy
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwZiPryoG7E
"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxSqWNh7BGj
"He assured me that this1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqLTOLPKIaZ
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsOTbE2CAGD
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."1058Please respect copyright.PENANApUccogLF6H
"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAooii1wkTal
The three of us turned 1058Please respect copyright.PENANApPLO0yqu9a
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 1058Please respect copyright.PENANADZlJLDztCk
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIlOMp09W0t
"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAW11AYz2X5b
"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8wsYTY2mCS
"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaFMRl1SZoZ
"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfCOxwDc7wk
"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOaVv7j688a
"Random stuff involving a1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcejQWteNEy
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtxcuE2KTY0
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8BFL6p88Ur
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGF7OaGdnyY
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2HYe0lurKR
I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgYUwtSWKRA
"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAigOKsbLOpJ
"Okay, I won't."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2nIaUbtqDY
"Sit down."1058Please respect copyright.PENANACcGKDOXzm5
Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.1058Please respect copyright.PENANANFLKqhBbcm
"I got myself into trouble," I started.1058Please respect copyright.PENANACeQ7JaU61Q
"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAg4cEJoBewJ
"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgDZZTeVIsF
Christine's face soon 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuO48w8OxqF
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 1058Please respect copyright.PENANABbdWosKW65
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtWrWvN3DCA
"What!"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOtMbfGPmNO
TOP quickly covered up 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA27LUVzKfp1
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMwxPmf5Mte
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1aX9oH5CU8
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjvoJvV2Nbg
"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAI6PL8xr29e
"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZRMinYnYQt
"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.1058Please respect copyright.PENANATABIczj6wz
"Of course I'm mad!" 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXpcKPn5ysp
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 1058Please respect copyright.PENANARAh7tzE5uz
but this by far is the worst one of them all."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcAmI0MZ2nk
"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.1058Please respect copyright.PENANADIZdnFmlWQ
"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFevY06EBiw
"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbyGKU0y4VQ
"Ya, I remember. What about him?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANATVKBNsis3F
"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4MerquGmpH
"WHAT!"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtncrZTP79u
"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4dcxzYNO1Y
"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFgGZyNKPl5
"And the one I met at the café," I said.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAD0wcW1CcsL
"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAm0dCoRZ773
"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5IsinLTudP
"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAa2o37cX5Mk
"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAijzg41KmGc
"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnIrRgN2Zd8
"Ya," I said. "I planned1058Please respect copyright.PENANAAlHmfjEJX2
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAi2HA5nbESB
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaXqr0rLMTU
"So you're the one who 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAn4wcjWUasY
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAF6p153bkJ1
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAboRxAXptsu
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 1058Please respect copyright.PENANATec5MBKEFt
out with Seungri."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfFrD1QB8gn
"I lied."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUViPWzbfg6
Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."1058Please respect copyright.PENANABRW6mvH6Pu
"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAoj7lHt8zNP
"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8n5AbZtInL
"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAkZQLgpUg8h
"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5JFoO0UoQW
"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."1058Please respect copyright.PENANArrCyTZuqeI
"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmWhEFcXsrh
"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAI0AZDhDtsF
"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."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsvmDJk2Jwy
"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAONGH12WF8T
"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJEC1TAVeKB
"But where?" I asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANABV4lL2E8vw
"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.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAo9hQzaSVQr
"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.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0je44bljJi
"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7yO8Rx5YwG
"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9RUKbT6fZC
I took my phone out and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9Owkg1uEiW
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQJXeCiDPcw
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFZlM4Mdivw
"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiABCP5uB9C
"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6IWhIDxr5q
Seungri had ordered ten 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPsYbFkL5h1
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA879FLYQKe9
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAl2kdoQDePQ
favourite.1058Please respect copyright.PENANANQ9mPC2OSl
We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOWHTQtsQq7
"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.1058Please respect copyright.PENANADiijKwxG4t
"I'll be ready for 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIderlV5e28
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiRq6kNdzVb
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAE9RwVgr7tT
"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2WGtExzwqc
"And G-Dragon," TOP added.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcAppxx9EDG
"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5muOt11JdS
"Well, someone has to," said Christine.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWIfwbssO4r
"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."1058Please respect copyright.PENANALLkeeSzJwd
"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKKh0m4iq1W
We found ourselves back 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6jv2IY5QGS
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 1058Please respect copyright.PENANArMDdCDp96y
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2otElEkwAS
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWEfeAGg4Pm
paranoid?1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOeCwv5OkSs
Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5dgB8i5LNc
"What?" I asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAep51TKuwRu
"You were frowning," Christine answered.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFOId1SSo2G
"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAd0W76wCpGQ
"Says the person who 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuxGsvbOZZU
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZRVnzTZLTZ
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAk42UvWSE0E
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6X1ya1gcKJ
Soon after lunch, we 1058Please respect copyright.PENANABmfwWqAo1W
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAusOh2wPo7k
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJegQvGq8CX
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKBgIuYX8XH
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2DgKWL8GiX
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5YQszelq9G
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAvaGv69I1mM
At some point in the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3JfQHkiRvE
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAd93We5R0q6
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA51UXkyz70F
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKHvCYba1U0
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAspAqnqkhfb
back to practising until we could pratice no more.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7vK3pT3HUp
It was five and the sun 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1HTjDfe2QY
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I1058Please respect copyright.PENANACx27m6ft6F
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANATTryLLnCDi
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQE4hHWKFRq
side of me. We were all pretty tired.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVlaobVbPQO
The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.1058Please respect copyright.PENANANXiqJuF0MY
While I was resting and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAd7Is0N8BXs
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgOCv6Dn3ps
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfuwVFGe5uB
look on my face.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnfIypZqv4N
"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.1058Please respect copyright.PENANARH0FVXrZ1U
"Go? Go where?" I asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwkBw80PhZm
Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmr46KmzyLG
"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJiTvHZpYqS
"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."1058Please respect copyright.PENANANxAH0pQBdT
It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5X4xMKEqvA
"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."1058Please respect copyright.PENANATZMMV6WnGz
"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAakIvrCNIbB
"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUpFF39hoBQ
"I want to follow too," said Daniel.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9RhcIKM1yN
"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.1058Please respect copyright.PENANADaAc7AVb2i
I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2Tv6OOBoXF
"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqBDWMxpq9t
"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmJFWjwq3Ev
"Ya, me too," said Mike.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7U5lmmuw2I
"Why don't you want 1058Please respect copyright.PENANApJkCxMU5of
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAyY0I7nfFsD
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcboulCQ0hq
not to follow."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAAKQOS2qmT9
I wanted to protest and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5jgcHBHoZu
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 1058Please respect copyright.PENANABtxQE547du
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOHDqjBbocr
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAM6nfIAIEL3
"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXgsbgKs07l
Dang it!1058Please respect copyright.PENANAN6UuPVNu86
"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.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUmpVt72K4m
"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKLtq75bCAE
"Thanks, that's nice of 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAh8Pbo29Z6X
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXkJVPGJGhK
the others. "Have fun you, guys."1058Please respect copyright.PENANALVr1qgzm5q
Sam and Daesung left the1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjlCffSl3Uw
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANASr96SPljKW
myself that the two also made a nice pair.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAU3mAbfGVTj
"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANApYVGabXX7T
"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA71KBfW8d7E
"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAdHTReM6GbS
Christine stood up from 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUijxLs2MkO
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXIGnrxPeAA
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9SlZd1MyeJ
I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAERHgn0vgDh
"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAhGIksvz475
"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOGWm8VZdMO
"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1Kgl25SQkr
Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWj44ORCfYm
I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAP1sgEyFhrg
"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKmo9AmNgWo
"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9FnqiBa5V1
TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKlo9ZhKVv8
"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQgsq8hO1Ui
"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXJZKw34QEw
"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxzx0f8Rr6z
"I know," said Christine.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAyyHqjpY3RN
"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANABbgwPgrcn0
"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiNmCpGQVXb
"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIyTNeeuzrd
"So that she can judge me? No way."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOIIfLtG9ig
"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."1058Please respect copyright.PENANATuOggYbzcP
"Don't try to convince 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzeerNyxjVG
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqqMySLfQgz
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMW0ILRV4YU
like she could hit me with a hammer.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfSApTYA4aO
"Okay, let's go," said TOP.1058Please respect copyright.PENANApDInoYiecO
I got up from the floor 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMHaX3EQmIK
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMBZnL6RRZC
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2eYhi7UY6f
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcmNu0vZQEj
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgcXS0Fx4jm
The cars soon left the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAp6Am3pqHQ7
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfxsTgJVtS2
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsC7KWkmgNZ
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.1058Please respect copyright.PENANANHwbdcqGhF
"Can you you please stop1058Please respect copyright.PENANARLflzBVfdk
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 1058Please respect copyright.PENANATUu1Yb2UMr
the teddy and lose it in the car."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKxjfoceNMc
"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGZsJxRsmBb
"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3OGjlax7dL
I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOfX0f28B6a
"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAlmusf03jgL
"I just want to get this over with."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAp40poqpw05
We were soon packed 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPzybX36uqt
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQVrtxkKqma
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZpBCE7DYbU
turned to look at her.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjxQppcPt8I
"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfrFCZw755m
"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAoFnoVFqg8P
Seungri also turned to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAvN3ObagDss
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAhdAZfCKXcY
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGMz0VUESUR
chest and I wished Sam was here too.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAt7DoOgvSsL
I soon got out of the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAm52buxDVLa
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 1058Please respect copyright.PENANACg03rk3mw1
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I1058Please respect copyright.PENANAknqLkTjYPV
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiaDABjRiMn
Before I could find my 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAB3j1aK6AN7
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7rlepXEh5n
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4Qhwi9i8na
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnFHG44NEMi
I quickly went in the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUPt1w37ILI
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbI1EiJj8o8
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuN6NJUaqie
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.1058Please respect copyright.PENANACCUjFD2smW
I slowly approached the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7rO4H02VWo
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAk1NZUZ0VQ1
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAghn5OuzyvK
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAy7bj8pN9mP
hesitate to end my life right here.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9Mf0YvRsJ6
"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAauQYUvijJS
"I was practising today," I answered.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAcRa4DijYNG
"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."1058Please respect copyright.PENANARKGQTVpiZL
"Thanks," I frowned at 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUSTq15xNZU
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfKzwq6VPbI
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVZrAhQxZLi
Jehan smirked. "Certainly."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAvaFXM6r21N
I quickly reached out 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsCJDacXCg7
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 1058Please respect copyright.PENANARD5qODzpkj
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAnjZiuCLFVL
"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAdlyt6xYRu6
"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXnAeBWUAIQ
"What now?" I complained.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4aiLDpyhlr
"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.1058Please respect copyright.PENANArGEFFacApc
"What do you think? That1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbYpvnXH8Ge
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8e2RA79AU
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVsBA5YSi1M
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 1058Please respect copyright.PENANASFGjpnfxFs
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAjzbc9eMrwO
Jehan raised an eyebrow 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6vkwd476tv
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going1058Please respect copyright.PENANAtJb5xTj6J2
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXk5yjmTDcf
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXUrREmWPjG
"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAp4o33yMhyK
"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.1058Please respect copyright.PENANASQSbY3Us3r
I went back to looking 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4Wp8KhDZv5
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwUscPT9B4N
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqvBl6vbwhX
surprise me that he carried that thing around.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiQaQ6JESBA
Jehan slowly laid the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAvyLU3pFgT1
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaSveX9p0IW
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA81DSIoZSUl
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 1058Please respect copyright.PENANARnMwynVxzR
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 1058Please respect copyright.PENANALnyEz03pJ8
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOblIBxApBt
the teddy bear.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYGmNxXtTkg
Wait. I frowned. This 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAquB9JaHagx
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA18HQhhmppK
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmnCKO5qBXN
diamonds!1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIakegxGEoM
I stared horrified at 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAf8GBaNAE7c
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4wgg1D66ty
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuFBxlZ8rCC
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAB1sA1S97yb
I looked up at Jehan and1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZt9SIHXEvK
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAsUva38pZGr
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9DBwRBSv0F
that, he was going to end up traumatised.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxp0wyExmot
"Je-Jehan," I said 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWrCeomXgQm
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAv35oDLoU4Q
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in1058Please respect copyright.PENANAdfpas4H8nu
there."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJ13J7di8P8
Jean neither moved nor 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKSl9DaOgLj
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzrJFZn3fPh
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAvE1mU6Gvkd
But how could this be? 1058Please respect copyright.PENANASlGhg6DAqD
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAlnEhOGzMfi
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMqgXCnkPJ0
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.1058Please respect copyright.PENANABEzW8jdhRa
"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwVly3AWshx
"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA06822zFFox
He banged his fists on 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAe2huEDx5E7
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPwXR4KH7xW
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at1058Please respect copyright.PENANAImbGWiMdzK
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAF3BC7Qzon7
"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA887lEh957g
"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiMfPCyza7P
"I don't know. I don't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANArVUrBNKj0s
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAvjuUVZwo7t
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAw0Z7fb3CIc
"How did the diamonds go missing?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwB2RidzFQ8
"How am I supposed to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3S0ISPMZ0D
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPbKwLIojGL
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfJSaYnT9k0
"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxgPsINfF5B
"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."1058Please respect copyright.PENANALBdFKF0xSC
Jehan rubbed his 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5tBU0hfghN
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3rLo28B6Nv
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFSYNT1VPrE
"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmCBRzjcYZJ
"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJJ0VEx6Q1S
"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAdoLhme2PcL
"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzYm35C3f4h
"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAlhP0X7QdoV
"I don't know."1058Please respect copyright.PENANARnr1mBDsDP
Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANACXGQZqF4vD
"Ummm," I looked down 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGvIVS2eLD2
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGGB0zoHx0p
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9nau1RC5CJ
"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAk7SnWxvB3E
"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.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZmJiei33D6
"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUr9tIQTXWd
"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAodVsCCUWxC
"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAAz6dWaHIoS
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6KemlPmmMC
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAp8sYARo7Nq
"I don't think so. Lee 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQJFFj1KBqv
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,1058Please respect copyright.PENANAzEUPLsQQdu
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA8U2eufD16e
"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANA110tFafNRO
"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."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA94STxwYJGh
"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiqbwpB6ClT
"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1AVHhT5PNn
After I said that, Jehan1058Please respect copyright.PENANA562cDOL0km
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqbE6cySSLw
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the1058Please respect copyright.PENANAoZpAbIpxee
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAJP659gZ2Ix
look on his face.1058Please respect copyright.PENANABo4o9g71sY
"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfWL2uYvjYS
"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANADH90gE6WYZ
"I remember one of my 1058Please respect copyright.PENANApQiAlKr2ws
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHosJTkT3vW
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAV7DC5S82un
"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbT3uka6Tls
"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!"1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZuWgSxSqF
"Huh? I can't start 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAF4dNlebwRc
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking1058Please respect copyright.PENANAreaJGPu8Or
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 1058Please respect copyright.PENANADYJ9wkNbVy
that the bear is missing."1058Please respect copyright.PENANALDiMV8WrXl
"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGNcxvfZOAM
"What do you mean?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmkfKJiif0Y
"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAicXhr1HLgI
"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiYsqGnd1TX
"Now that, makes no 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZrTLIUUzOA
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGeN14knz5b
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOSJ2a6n4kK
"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaAB22Cwlta
"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAL1mivGi7im
"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAhG2vsFHpOx
"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6XIFfpD2ls
I completely forgot that1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3qllTNBDxA
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA88O9ICtRH7
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7TWIyuU86Q
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9LVRpbCt2r
"Okay. I'll see what I can do."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ykh6Xeo9O
Jehan gave me a smile. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAG1HF4l7srV
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAHSRCUMHX2K
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKU29c8WZNK
I nodded my head and 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEACHtRFqMP
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked1058Please respect copyright.PENANAO9ATDD8pTg
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIVYY28bWmc
"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAICDgIl7Pvz
I sat there as I buried 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAMr9UhJfPj4
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAegFiCkU9K8
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the1058Please respect copyright.PENANA11HMuSMpTE
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaSJLdXc2Em
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA9NNK1QpoID
drama that might just ruin my life?1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiGrMy9kYJ5
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.1058Please respect copyright.PENANABSd7Q13xi8
"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAAqrA36oi1M
I could hear footsteps 1058Please respect copyright.PENANABXz4tlgfmf
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 1058Please respect copyright.PENANASvMZN35pEx
when they saw the look on my face.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAu3SELx2869
Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA93d4sALSg9
"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAmxmjK8FCcj
"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANA4L9Bl7SmZK
"No," I answered. "He didn't."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAFERbc3E94T
"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANA5Nvmd6VDiJ
"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqd4LAGD72P
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."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgZtQDoCHs7
"And what about Lee?" 1058Please respect copyright.PENANARkwUd4gydd
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAVqtI5gf4t4
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiMMXZYVAyC
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAkegFBCe70R
to."1058Please respect copyright.PENANADUC0S9prmN
"This is bad," I said, 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAXeQCnzuXoD
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1CyC1L1w92
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0WjxGe0m8J
"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."1058Please respect copyright.PENANARHIOEhg5xi
"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAkZfEqmv9p5
We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAN5nQisU069
"Sam?" I wondered for a 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAESQB83KEJr
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 1058Please respect copyright.PENANARjsj10EPHm
she have swapped it with the other one?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAxsfUqCCywT
"Okay, wait," said TOP. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAa909NQ0pPR
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwjdrKZeJuE
what's really going on in the first place?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9512tO6cD
"I doubt it," I said 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAvvHxB276RP
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 1058Please respect copyright.PENANALAPaXIBCHZ
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would1058Please respect copyright.PENANAB0AVsO05Ae
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKSptDtxOLc
TOP and Seungri looked 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAwH15gllOAw
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAotRW7aR7FU
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1jgH8PJg4X
it away.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAP5v7CSDwTU
"I highly doubt it too,"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAv8D73sbIVV
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAuOJIM4GWGB
she would have asked us about it."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbC9hES40aT
"That's true," said 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOu0YPH4jDb
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAb9zrB8NdjC
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqr6yGJvajE
"And I checked out the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAAm0CifiEei
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAx1gLP1xBq1
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQh0QPo7fyQ
"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA76Gbb9t3hg
"No, I highly doubt it,"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAYiOAlKOlN4
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAfO5QHrvIOh
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They1058Please respect copyright.PENANA3bgRXBK8M5
said nothing about them entering a toy store."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEN9u4xVFKa
"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.1058Please respect copyright.PENANATFBhoJyfHC
"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANACAwUBiZvTd
"Collins?" Mike asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqRG1jTPIF8
"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6TNAeYrHVJ
"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAWgYzbawS6A
"But who knows? Maybe he1058Please respect copyright.PENANADY37Y1zQKe
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 1058Please respect copyright.PENANALbQ9aFZVBv
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAiediRzY0mG
times."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAob7hSnuULv
"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAscfFQmEgBN
"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAy0ekdjN0mL
"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQtRhl79GhY
Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."1058Please respect copyright.PENANADJOUbpvvqH
"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAASvohKWHWd
"He was the one who went1058Please respect copyright.PENANABV59ruQEbm
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAqN9I9lfpne
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 1058Please respect copyright.PENANApMu6zeWqkz
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAQCxaWrV8BB
elevator."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAkNJh6mQOIA
"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAy6sGANbmDt
"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."1058Please respect copyright.PENANA2Yr01WvjZy
"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAIbkjlnQxvx
"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAvJm3XLC6ZE
"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."1058Please respect copyright.PENANACKGm7jl2Ka
"You're right," I said 1058Please respect copyright.PENANApw9K1P045K
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAkPvXpV5d2v
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."1058Please respect copyright.PENANAaAP7SfDDEy
"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA6jAqs56XM4
We all walked out of the1058Please respect copyright.PENANA1vw3gjqzhY
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOWCR08xpAF
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEOu7mPD4IM
While I was in the car 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPp6M4DAnJB
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so1058Please respect copyright.PENANAhgBRW5wbAV
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins1058Please respect copyright.PENANA7kIyQakRes
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAbx2ww4cuH7
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAOSfGCKksgc
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.1058Please respect copyright.PENANA0QrXxvC4Hy
If it isn't him, then 1058Please respect copyright.PENANADqqDp2HUo4
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAeNLWeTfBWV
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAPLFQNpng3T
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her1058Please respect copyright.PENANAeRBYHukxQl
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.1058Please respect copyright.PENANAa9TKZQmQ23
What if I had the wrong 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAR8Z8L6Odh7
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAUOTPucPpeJ
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAhyHAiLzhIs
place without any of us noticing in the first place?1058Please respect copyright.PENANAKhbbyVaI67
I hope I could be able 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAEfoxXPPwgs
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 1058Please respect copyright.PENANAgqxqARrNsv
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that1058Please respect copyright.PENANAGzlshM2RcU
happen.