Zoey's P.O.V1062Please respect copyright.PENANAfklHgaTH7R
Waking up this Monday 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAN33hwpnr0O
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAOOo60fp6ti
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAXFCUFwOHTa
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAW0AkMV6Mfz
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected1062Please respect copyright.PENANAyNVnqNoLQW
myself to be.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAQDG0QYVMcG
I couldn't stop 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAdND3EudD4h
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much1062Please respect copyright.PENANAnbcWAk5VtI
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAU9YODX8Kz9
feel that something was wrong.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0PQF9nDg87
Could they have known 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAnM8Ii1vaUk
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAL9KK5OUtS5
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAPXiu8xOoFx
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0mEkx5sCf4
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 1062Please respect copyright.PENANARu3ZVYwHXA
just had our usual conversation.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAIF1y2zMBX7
I brushed off all those 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA6KYUhUiqvL
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The1062Please respect copyright.PENANA16QgPWbGbO
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA93hRXyttbb
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when1062Please respect copyright.PENANAgONjyOtXZX
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAXPvihgCF0o
But now that she wasn't 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYSqWkw7AZn
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAnPWxH5OdjK
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1FvLkK6udJ
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have1062Please respect copyright.PENANAe0ZnIGfL5E
woken up early before the alarm rang.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAoqBp4Hjtz5
I sat up on my bed and 1062Please respect copyright.PENANACd1J596jqd
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 1062Please respect copyright.PENANATBSeWrZx4M
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAA6ZUh8pznP
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAzK9QEXKWd4
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAaEESFB8Wr5
After seeing her with 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAFZpr630agr
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I1062Please respect copyright.PENANAljJuNw6NFf
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9xO1Ym3mUP
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 1062Please respect copyright.PENANApRPFq5l3mO
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAmjfkc41nhH
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole1062Please respect copyright.PENANAUdvkg9V6lK
day. That left me devastated.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAQwY9ZOUNkv
I couldn't stop looking 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAz4a09j3TDG
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0AxOFSQrMq
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAqd9h5jODFU
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAEVXxIjfVeE
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They1062Please respect copyright.PENANAfabCReYwvS
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1ifx75qs3i
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAIf5Rb0ZZIS
That sent me boiling to a1062Please respect copyright.PENANA3pOg7be8pt
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9O8hoqzazq
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAc2ZyTFyMib
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAeyzQpyFVUQ
Christine had told me to1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWHHGnOrwrV
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAHfNDDt6P6I
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told1062Please respect copyright.PENANAKOxknAoZx6
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7G2ejFrdax
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest1062Please respect copyright.PENANABuWViUW5iQ
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 1062Please respect copyright.PENANASpZ2lOVOR9
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAD6QBp9H6Yd
And now, I had to face 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAbCfsAT2T4s
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAjiHmadlNfa
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music1062Please respect copyright.PENANAsPcBf2ILpu
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAjIVbxqb5Xn
was still so upset.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAz33UDCVkJI
I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAXmDmJVtTzp
After I was done, I 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA2auBCTi9OB
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAL7TxoQ2nFo
others at the dining table for breakfast.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAjVrBWHgf8H
I found them already 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZxEeflSkHx
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 1062Please respect copyright.PENANApCfhsnNHbE
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.1062Please respect copyright.PENANADMlV0v09Qx
I felt a little awkward 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAPNJuOWC0Wo
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't1062Please respect copyright.PENANApOXxdZNFYX
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7FWD2jM2Rr
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAQAijuZkfnx
that also felt weird.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYkzA1Wvl31
I know that she and I 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAHdSDNuL6Qk
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAiB7c8tgcr3
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAmDkKP6yThZ
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAOLYgkXVk0E
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAyyej27ZRp
like something was wrong.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAJIxw7k62hx
I poured myself a cup of1062Please respect copyright.PENANAs7q7maXFQ6
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0V8haLNOOm
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.1062Please respect copyright.PENANATa9CP00DPw
"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYWqZTudEpJ
My heart almost skipped a1062Please respect copyright.PENANAuI8MAG8I76
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know1062Please respect copyright.PENANAOKPXMNMjww
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way1062Please respect copyright.PENANA2YibcjVWCG
too far. I was over here! Hello!1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZJxCT3K04s
"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAsVhph0C5JR
"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAySA4x1MfWG
"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA8qDYBF7LmO
"I have no doubt about it."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA5k50KIfWYh
"But I don't see why you1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZHm5TStQEf
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAMUfAlYmDmu
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0WtxyQiqhL
"One thing about fans is1062Please respect copyright.PENANAi1vwL5bBzS
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAwd3fQMrvkj
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAErWnHcjCnL
"I know," said Lee. 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAUjfjAobAIQ
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA305LcfkonQ
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAorp78yxCjX
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA2bSjoKKMxd
"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9OeCL4lVCW
"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA6VyRXvn4KE
"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAJQwYpwnGp5
"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAEiFyxP7KUe
"Aye, aye," said Daniel.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAFwUH5F3O2h
"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.1062Please respect copyright.PENANARt4qkSaqbl
"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1RPCu1pBip
"You're just too quiet, that's all."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAKZqULztHl0
"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA3xiIICdACK
I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA5aSGS5uETP
"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAANMr03izKS
I stuck my tongue out at1062Please respect copyright.PENANA6j53xG993j
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the1062Please respect copyright.PENANAKEudfC2JRI
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAwQP10n0qBL
still wasn't looking in my direction.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAlNDArVNhfe
Soon after breakfast, we1062Please respect copyright.PENANAcL3N5XQ5XD
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were1062Please respect copyright.PENANAocbzCQj2S2
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 1062Please respect copyright.PENANARzsdzBJBM8
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAjvbhg07DC
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0c5z2LugVs
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA79Mfn5aKkD
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAaZme53Npca
she would.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAk78bCZdyym
We arrived at YG and we 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1rtYAUirAb
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWDtkui3qo5
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with1062Please respect copyright.PENANAqEsZyZkXBH
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAyHTPHKfCA1
When everyone was 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWKkkCXDHd9
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYUYdf8P01E
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAa0cFLgzx69
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA4V80TNPkJC
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAfLQTbVTWIJ
He not responding to me 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAgQnkX5SCbH
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZLCByK0hmD
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted1062Please respect copyright.PENANAUtuHBCMrPg
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAwsqBLCbPGr
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 1062Please respect copyright.PENANASLiJDZH9QX
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just1062Please respect copyright.PENANAoSnEQCUw4p
looked away instead.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAajFTV7PKTP
We went straight to 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAUO3AiHawEM
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAydQ92qZQHj
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAf8B1ziHBHG
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I1062Please respect copyright.PENANAqORRru3ymu
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAwyMTBYV1X
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAvsBYgN3BXq
During pratice, I 1062Please respect copyright.PENANALfzw16DvPE
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAgFEX93uL2I
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I1062Please respect copyright.PENANA3DywN7gHkG
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZUBRdaQQYY
G-Dragon wasn't the only1062Please respect copyright.PENANA4461SvMpIK
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9hPTcdtIVs
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAxXwcG54iyr
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAVrggPl11mz
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What1062Please respect copyright.PENANAcQSnWzPkO9
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?1062Please respect copyright.PENANAGZkGSlgbuv
As her best friend, I 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0gR7THlufF
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 1062Please respect copyright.PENANArOJMEpf572
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAPQ4NMZej5y
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 1062Please respect copyright.PENANABIVzNLkMzI
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAkWZKWfwxbD
She is also smart, 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAptMe9VjBXR
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA723qxfGgGW
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAabiyBUsYCk
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even1062Please respect copyright.PENANANSSrtHn5fk
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWPQRH0PzIY
Sam has a lot of good 1062Please respect copyright.PENANACyyMtbLd6M
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her1062Please respect copyright.PENANADswdwD2Clw
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAuCl796A6AT
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 1062Please respect copyright.PENANARPAZDGGgGT
want to hurt anyone around her.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAXRs1ChhsSx
Realising this made me 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA3NHKs0706E
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAdwrrxfk6vk
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAEnNjHQWuzG
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAbVmWXAmVAa
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7dz51lKyr7
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA5jOUD7vDCT
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAqA3fEidLiP
realise it till now.1062Please respect copyright.PENANATTYpoOANDJ
"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAtEsoHdTH63
"Zoey, you aren't 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAxeOTj0hOzu
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAwjYN2qEwD2
second time you have made the same mistake."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAInJuaiI7oJ
"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAFyQmg5cDUe
"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAgjNdl5OXTB
It was lunch the time we1062Please respect copyright.PENANAe3M1rcU2BA
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAgk8fJPLrbx
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAT9lzVMiNIC
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 1062Please respect copyright.PENANApwrv53S5bw
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAzSJBdGZyiJ
they were all laughing.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAbnvrEuwMiK
"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAaqXPEe1tDh
"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAw5jWlLQpWc
"Still not talking to Sam?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANA21GMlMkABD
"Nope."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAHhFKS9Hfoe
TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAbnel21BPSk
"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA6jIeSHYR2p
"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAeatkJA0Kzf
"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAicGkDRTrUb
"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYP1Qejtzwv
"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAE7WlZnvgO0
"I know. But you aren't 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAEazEtYyjRi
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAcAQoEz3nfW
You would be chit chatting like you always do."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0Zl18qJ8uJ
"What if I just want to be alone for today?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAemQajgddg9
"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAHZsqZH5Oy6
I frowned. "Why?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAF3tQiQQX7w
"Because you look miserable."1062Please respect copyright.PENANACnjvfrxvzp
I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAPZMydGrWL
"Miserable!"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAImroF56fL2
"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAY11gNiYpOx
I thought for a moment 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAHxdeAYy9l0
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWWscFk3vFr
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAd1tQ9dvWAX
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAPJS5YeIQh4
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAe14Y8YH3rV
Seeing all this in front1062Please respect copyright.PENANAPZhiaj3fwy
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAjBhPfeDtSY
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAHKOhDcBTKC
Until TOP came to talk to me.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAFZUlg6huq
"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAKGWfL0vevt
"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7tY8fS8DyO
"I don't know," I said 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAlhXhTuWKkr
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but1062Please respect copyright.PENANAghaYz6NayN
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZtjy8m9of3
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.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0zHKaGTpK2
"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAGAE4LXDI7Y
"Then why don't you talk to her?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANA8SGNY0Vd7J
"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAhFdekpMUmg
"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAtQvDU7ERMV
"I know."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAoS5EdL1O2A
"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAStXietc3y3
"I'll think about it."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAurroOYZsQf
"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANABSuPLMxlyL
Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8wjBpLzTH
"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7qrq2hvsIq
"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA47ieordkCJ
The three of us went out1062Please respect copyright.PENANARa4Ntx9JKt
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAjGUnrlt5jD
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAasqC6gbkPw
As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7lX2I8y1uq
"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAm96qD8wvJW
"Chill, you just ordered1062Please respect copyright.PENANA4yRIQQCrqZ
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1xq3eMDPll
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWTIcHGoy9V
"But I'm so hungry."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAgRYteG3u3t
"Trust me, you aren't 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAs8hzbeW8q1
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4hNt4nYks
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAnpcdTqKWcP
have."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1taODghPC8
"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAqtA6D3YMOR
"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAbavCIg8arV
"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAdDMXjl3RXP
"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA2uUWu5Q6RX
"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAQsfEzIOuMK
I didn't say anything as1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWLu6q5Y62D
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAJzYomPS3do
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0XSYsipAOh
calling.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAMn2C6L1BY4
"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA4jnaX5fG0m
"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.1062Please respect copyright.PENANABBV8gt7dGX
"Okay, well you better answer that call."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYgyqGdTE3z
I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAGPpfKwBGmN
"Hello," I answered.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA012ZC0Vep5
"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZjBAkOj8is
"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAHPC5klgR60
"We have to meet today, ASAP."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAb9Kj5ovh7o
"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAIRanNPLhQl
"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9tPjbfzL4o
I knew Jehan was going 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAqRsvzs5AcG
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA8A26Mn8VUm
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAdJEXRB1wX1
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 1062Please respect copyright.PENANADapoWWjYgq
was upstairs in the dance studio.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAuNNRZt0QQY
"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYBeEBm7qqG
"I'm coming to YG to get it."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9JmG41o4Kl
"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAj8Ri9JzUdG
"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAdde5NK3KGX
"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAyz99H9RdgM
He cut the call and I 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0HOacPB6wq
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through1062Please respect copyright.PENANAO3O6y7q0J5
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here1062Please respect copyright.PENANA4Qmjb04ymI
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see1062Please respect copyright.PENANAGshgRYMyKt
him they would start to ask questions.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAK1vjhvuPmd
"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.1062Please respect copyright.PENANALoDvwzloqV
I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAeAUpLpE8mi
"What?" I asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAyay1yGu8QB
"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9E8DyGdSX
"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANA4FUswWT57L
"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAemUrFJk2qT
"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA3FqdquY1Uu
"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAhTZG7mkXGx
"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAzQcsqKOF5a
"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANA8816WP116J
Dang it! I was cornered 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAsyoPuXN2wP
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAcDoy8Z6U5N
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAuU7nROQDKT
light no matter how much you try to hide it.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAkZWAjCioqp
"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAjUdD6lgGv9
I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAjPnXrQK4Nj
"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAQVjTRrYO59
We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAOPW5oD8Flm
I told them everything 1062Please respect copyright.PENANABjN0xdXlqg
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't1062Please respect copyright.PENANAbjNy0WfZ4f
said a word until I finished the whole story.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA2Dp9cDjSUm
"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAXaOH4Kz6rY
"Just you two," I answered.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAvgWz9DdhS0
"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAyBePeXfOuB
"Surprising, right?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANALpg2ZudlVu
"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAr3mESbCaVT
"We should involve the police," said TOP.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAwcOC4BhJni
"No! We can't!"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAwEaFoXFoCz
"Why?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANA5tZc1aBein
"You know word goes out 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAa444KQ7OOz
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and1062Please respect copyright.PENANAvOynvuOiOv
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAkFAicSC2Xo
"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAp9c6LEstPL
"He assured me that this1062Please respect copyright.PENANAbEEBKtro2C
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAfeDKTzlSAN
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAmS5xG9Lnje
"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAE5bNHRELL3
The three of us turned 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAayHMZ94a6F
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAckvIRKzSsR
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?1062Please respect copyright.PENANAnX27BiDlBm
"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA8cbYzW1GLn
"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.1062Please respect copyright.PENANANkm7R7N4bp
"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.1062Please respect copyright.PENANABuIcbdxOWU
"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAoQcm3Dc5Nz
"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAzr1I2t7TrV
"Random stuff involving a1062Please respect copyright.PENANAyG85KcFxeT
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0lksr60KZl
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAP3vt6GfBtJ
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAiDP8l95T86
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAJKTbjTumHE
I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?1062Please respect copyright.PENANA99L9fQfZ80
"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."1062Please respect copyright.PENANADDx4xJSoA4
"Okay, I won't."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAsy7OXoH5ZZ
"Sit down."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAFZXPveJP5V
Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAvwTKqfXzG3
"I got myself into trouble," I started.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAVY63OcEv4l
"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZGS2CTGuDK
"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAxP5aNLTkVU
Christine's face soon 1062Please respect copyright.PENANANcet9tZyzW
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 1062Please respect copyright.PENANANnYZ7x5LhR
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....1062Please respect copyright.PENANAOzfqMdxT9V
"What!"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAa3kAXtl4N
TOP quickly covered up 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAmlLVPyIxip
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAyRgiymQNM6
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAXImi0MWIDH
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAeWkfvPTef
"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAcJCSiDfYLz
"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANActOgXqy66Q
"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.1062Please respect copyright.PENANASRHBEFb6fQ
"Of course I'm mad!" 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAncoTGTU1Pc
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 1062Please respect copyright.PENANACjGtRVfMh0
but this by far is the worst one of them all."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAPFyrMaV2bs
"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWuMjAPdCmC
"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAewTBsV6I7s
"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAd0jMf0OPjl
"Ya, I remember. What about him?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANA2xtjR6Txi0
"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAD7Ao86xYqP
"WHAT!"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAhdfaQyzjCZ
"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAJx3nYRKXbB
"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANABGLMOa5jTs
"And the one I met at the café," I said.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAK3vP2pEVty
"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAjyeOcGgZQC
"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAzUJTOU76qW
"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANA3XMWoiwn8p
"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAG6Ed4o1qsy
"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAkLJYAjvxG0
"Ya," I said. "I planned1062Please respect copyright.PENANAqrhpCIAR7G
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA326AiweiiY
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAKLrp914E5s
"So you're the one who 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAS41WYJT1bT
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAwTApS0Qti7
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1TUlqOdbWR
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 1062Please respect copyright.PENANALGNKkdDFWC
out with Seungri."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAJ42TWkRlp4
"I lied."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1vn4fW8Bvm
Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAJAUsGceUXX
"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAl2VShueZu8
"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAGnl907p9Fo
"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAMLTVBJDclA
"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAG4AWQnbGJs
"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."1062Please respect copyright.PENANANfKDK2IMb9
"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9SbMNs9Xcn
"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAoQbIbefvwx
"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."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAh0DNKqNBN
"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAoANQGBAZOx
"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9MgIXs9aEH
"But where?" I asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWOUsocEByv
"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.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAV0p9Z9BE9l
"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.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAxUoXxDrjUm
"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.1062Please respect copyright.PENANApJEXpniBym
"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZtT1xuDraX
I took my phone out and 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAnbOtd2aIHs
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in1062Please respect copyright.PENANAqA2BbTf6bA
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAoQUITOCMAc
"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAichgC82fQ3
"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA06Y9pe4xsA
Seungri had ordered ten 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAulhRDeKEPc
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWFvvCnrx8w
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAJWYWad4bfo
favourite.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAvqceqPwyy7
We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAe753AFmQmv
"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAqRwYZUSvCY
"I'll be ready for 1062Please respect copyright.PENANABhl2cK9rk8
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything1062Please respect copyright.PENANAKI3qLec5JJ
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAryVFfNbgbA
"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."1062Please respect copyright.PENANADshAge1Y35
"And G-Dragon," TOP added.1062Please respect copyright.PENANADwv6SGjFg9
"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."1062Please respect copyright.PENANArcDhVwqHBn
"Well, someone has to," said Christine.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAGMn232C5pH
"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA76jRVzD4Lu
"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAFTOG7NBEbh
We found ourselves back 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0mQJDtk3b9
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAdaqEfwju69
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAfbvQ9n9iGQ
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 1062Please respect copyright.PENANARmfjEvw7tW
paranoid?1062Please respect copyright.PENANADird7mcBHT
Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAmfgTXTlrii
"What?" I asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANATS7LFpnQqS
"You were frowning," Christine answered.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAXkNlzhjrB
"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAIluG3RbomR
"Says the person who 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0vbeV4QieU
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAXL0uzFt4O3
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAPjcc8odDJi
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAlyM1o8Ar4E
Soon after lunch, we 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAwnYzVi20ps
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAeOyK4h7Kpk
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time1062Please respect copyright.PENANATSSnEg1LIF
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAMKGLGPvkwT
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know1062Please respect copyright.PENANAbXjnZ4PtDT
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the1062Please respect copyright.PENANA8gENCaibfi
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.1062Please respect copyright.PENANARjnQvpxewD
At some point in the 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYSzXzP5Hc9
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZSR6R0gQc
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA5fyzLPGjTc
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAQfwPY34bbx
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAitu4T7sSpI
back to practising until we could pratice no more.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAcLQLSrVSCv
It was five and the sun 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAPGHfjcFJqt
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I1062Please respect copyright.PENANAaJS9972m0c
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAwMKfIP07zy
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 1062Please respect copyright.PENANApeK9zx4bso
side of me. We were all pretty tired.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAT7k4usLcih
The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAvVplUedjBh
While I was resting and 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9aI72t4vjj
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAGSnpDmAelf
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAsqqhxiDPoi
look on my face.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA4krSBNwjm5
"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAtMsdxoHzeP
"Go? Go where?" I asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANASHS7gJZ0mI
Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.1062Please respect copyright.PENANANYFsxnMVKj
"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAeDIXKJqUHp
"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAtorcYQJcwV
It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA21qWD81Tow
"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."1062Please respect copyright.PENANApZV1XzapGw
"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAJDffjZiUQM
"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAMGZRpuXVFo
"I want to follow too," said Daniel.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAKWM54DUOnr
"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA4rQMzf50Bw
I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAnKIMmBRF3J
"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA6NXNgKlmVC
"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAQvvQeuUYG2
"Ya, me too," said Mike.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAMpFtu74rMR
"Why don't you want 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0BXo4G9NMQ
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAu5qvbuT4BV
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAUsrfx9jFHZ
not to follow."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAml2kQ5GJyL
I wanted to protest and 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAmGHuTQ12UV
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 1062Please respect copyright.PENANADYvs7raSrn
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAhFMcmITzI3
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.1062Please respect copyright.PENANApmCXhTW8vV
"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.1062Please respect copyright.PENANARU8Qo2nIZI
Dang it!1062Please respect copyright.PENANAy8YM4S6dZV
"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.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAgjDMEOcupT
"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAA3jPDDEBjc
"Thanks, that's nice of 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAufRHifd8Vj
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAiI6ew5flAL
the others. "Have fun you, guys."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAUlXEEXPeli
Sam and Daesung left the1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYAzbXCHZw0
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAvcgzCb5LUX
myself that the two also made a nice pair.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAQn5jRdjvd2
"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAf2Rzkyuk5j
"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."1062Please respect copyright.PENANACiuUdiG5d3
"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWFhJFbFCw0
Christine stood up from 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAi7n8LvGGjc
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAl3h4JoqEzs
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAm5Y0tuSdFn
I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAuyRwCPEqlM
"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYW0NTpjyiI
"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."1062Please respect copyright.PENANASQLHJ2kRaR
"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAVvxXehx3n7
Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANArrCVUuc2bQ
I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.1062Please respect copyright.PENANABP5F86jrKv
"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAjundLjKcCk
"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAwExNep4Nsd
TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA66Z5i0zuCc
"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAf216IUVzfI
"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAM73a0r7pyl
"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAQIRfSxxFbq
"I know," said Christine.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAxfsO8F5FPU
"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAGwCRvudxqD
"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAmpCW9Ozvaa
"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAqav4e9ACk4
"So that she can judge me? No way."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9shWbSD5k0
"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAni0YJ8QI3P
"Don't try to convince 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAhE1FRHhcjO
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 1062Please respect copyright.PENANASIKDwAnel5
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me1062Please respect copyright.PENANAtiwwWD7AJt
like she could hit me with a hammer.1062Please respect copyright.PENANADkdYM2QSeF
"Okay, let's go," said TOP.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAk28CpGsIzb
I got up from the floor 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAonoYBc9LIH
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA5hJKDtbKCL
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAmhco4uY3tr
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0DBmKaoeVD
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7ay7bpY5Tn
The cars soon left the 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYnA2XQCCOn
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAO5kpY6NJf
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAwx2bFVLfWA
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0Bt12HHMvi
"Can you you please stop1062Please respect copyright.PENANAdTHNwr2Lzn
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAPYm6OCo8bl
the teddy and lose it in the car."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAkg4zVbyxw0
"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA3Goh4uOedj
"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAzaSuCY6XlM
I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA8HcksHE7Qt
"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAlAwECrgWw0
"I just want to get this over with."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA58uA7kbGn4
We were soon packed 1062Please respect copyright.PENANARITnNNeVzx
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWZ4a46LqRj
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0KQS5396rn
turned to look at her.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAa7pGnmtor6
"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWmReNgqDF2
"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAUzhOZQT6UB
Seungri also turned to 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAndbUrJelxz
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAtGZq10fE9C
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAkdPjItUyvq
chest and I wished Sam was here too.1062Please respect copyright.PENANArL3FEzym8j
I soon got out of the 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAoTAWEOM62a
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAl8eRvyGq4C
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7A4WGElcLv
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAKo9uP64Gch
Before I could find my 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAMoS6MNy5yK
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAoyr9DOQAyn
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAF32JzxGT18
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.1062Please respect copyright.PENANATZhbXfGVlv
I quickly went in the 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAR4ZxKu7T01
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAVXfuPwmjt4
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA48kFUiY2yY
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAlgMLjsAAGf
I slowly approached the 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAtD1nJxmAnh
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 1062Please respect copyright.PENANABlNyvJVOMB
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAPWhgrtQ8i3
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAgrRm1fZ0sw
hesitate to end my life right here.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAcbqVLWk4Ed
"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAsOBNmF1fYR
"I was practising today," I answered.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA8RiDJ10yl5
"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAbfxnJWAKgj
"Thanks," I frowned at 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAi0Mwc1YAdD
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 1062Please respect copyright.PENANACR7LwTS3jh
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAe9qAxax0Rg
Jehan smirked. "Certainly."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAgFUJ94BffT
I quickly reached out 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAeuDcImixQE
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYBdp1DiIUD
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAlCZaIULSHD
"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANACGxec9YKfl
"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAKZ2VnoQv7o
"What now?" I complained.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAB5slqHvQXF
"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAnSneOxpSpJ
"What do you think? That1062Please respect copyright.PENANAoanFGppvsd
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7ShtWAVzF0
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZpN5VZwzc4
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9Kkk9RTM3V
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."1062Please respect copyright.PENANArXPfcjRAeQ
Jehan raised an eyebrow 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAHWxXaNH3qe
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going1062Please respect copyright.PENANA5rCHNaJ6av
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a1062Please respect copyright.PENANAPoNN1USdaR
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1kMVZKjt19
"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAT1GY76RGrM
"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAJZcHKUHuc
I went back to looking 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0XBJ26p0WW
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into1062Please respect copyright.PENANAO4ZZaQ0GiC
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7mN7KGwf3G
surprise me that he carried that thing around.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAFW3uzbHo7D
Jehan slowly laid the 1062Please respect copyright.PENANADATh4lzyo8
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAf55OaJSkPx
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 1062Please respect copyright.PENANALf1LuaBu9d
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAIrImQ54rOe
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 1062Please respect copyright.PENANABpsiY1Oio5
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0cmCWbeiHr
the teddy bear.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAJWRU46rVoc
Wait. I frowned. This 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7ee1zscVjC
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWPD0i5o68O
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAS6dG4bFJa5
diamonds!1062Please respect copyright.PENANAQjpc6i7af5
I stared horrified at 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9QHIrz0dkk
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYIG1veTmkv
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 1062Please respect copyright.PENANADky2ToZC0W
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAwPK1HcsaJp
I looked up at Jehan and1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYnVXuX1cWx
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAauny0m5eHH
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAsWp2R55Fm4
that, he was going to end up traumatised.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAm6y5C1oWo3
"Je-Jehan," I said 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA4C6OJhEndA
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAmNax9lJvB
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in1062Please respect copyright.PENANAD0s0Fe35HU
there."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAPc7jU1N7A3
Jean neither moved nor 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7DW3hSeovI
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAtd2GSr9Ej3
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWKEVuNH7OJ
But how could this be? 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8lL8GhW9w
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 1062Please respect copyright.PENANABYmVwMJntF
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAoy3iwrdiIP
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9qFHCDtmad
"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA8fTiSKZIvh
"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAImvgc3XLbD
He banged his fists on 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAHZYriUOLbc
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 1062Please respect copyright.PENANACD21qi9zn1
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at1062Please respect copyright.PENANAgxMux4BxOl
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.1062Please respect copyright.PENANABx6TxM4I3N
"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAQeBLiHUDSq
"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAFRebxrU7EH
"I don't know. I don't 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAq0YgRmTQbb
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA4cElm1Eiwz
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAczdLjm5a04
"How did the diamonds go missing?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANANSzG6OKEr6
"How am I supposed to 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAJRYBJQLk2x
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without1062Please respect copyright.PENANAudlDQpwtUE
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAVT5uvGWxQt
"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAqh9Kfo8FkV
"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1pDEcLQPG2
Jehan rubbed his 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAxjTaYsleAx
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 1062Please respect copyright.PENANALiruFW3AX3
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAldMOVLbf8l
"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAp2W4NpXop7
"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAfTIuYin5NW
"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAuABKM8GBek
"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."1062Please respect copyright.PENANADwkg7YUI3c
"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAudCxwiHtrb
"I don't know."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAzoK84PiT3e
Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAHywe1zuTSR
"Ummm," I looked down 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAXnzxXuak5o
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAO0gYYsxrC1
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA6uYaaHae2Z
"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAi8EzT37Bk6
"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.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAjAj3e6BL3S
"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAecT17KRa5V
"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."1062Please respect copyright.PENANABYoGF9eCuP
"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAkWkOq28s3z
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAoMSMMDfXiF
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANANHi5v3eMJS
"I don't think so. Lee 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAq3N9IF6Iwv
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,1062Please respect copyright.PENANAb59p1mv3KI
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAN6qcqnvJZC
"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAzooVwAOmVO
"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."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1JKh5aU107
"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAsKkCjxzASB
"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAziwoytRNdj
After I said that, Jehan1062Please respect copyright.PENANAln4gYUxmnn
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7HSkvVWPdY
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the1062Please respect copyright.PENANAcDofXY6CYx
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAe8GJhTEAc3
look on his face.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAOsRP4Yp0Q3
"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAy8aSqRvhl9
"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAUEVVOLcAiU
"I remember one of my 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAzlUsIsPIPF
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 1062Please respect copyright.PENANABeJECP1NvD
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAvdtJHPuT85
"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYXT9MJ2lTp
"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!"1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0AhB6xoG0t
"Huh? I can't start 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAGk9P6clBgF
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking1062Please respect copyright.PENANAvgNrBBTzA5
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA3RVp9gR8yU
that the bear is missing."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAa0tHZNRsXu
"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAErQqWWrlQ
"What do you mean?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAjy2zmi0qZ5
"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA3OgoHUSpV6
"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9iVhhTXnEa
"Now that, makes no 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAHGAvhDvJ3Y
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that1062Please respect copyright.PENANAjLlb5VEfbA
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAc2Vrw5yUSt
"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAhfujrlwVQM
"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAUCHfbqdFmk
"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAvbJgd8gotw
"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAf495ZJgiBn
I completely forgot that1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1aT7yAZd1f
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAtQBuj4g86h
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have1062Please respect copyright.PENANASXtwWdXyae
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAVqhmjWF9ZQ
"Okay. I'll see what I can do."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA2X3VYuYw5w
Jehan gave me a smile. 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA5goHSHsHiC
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAyswQTzN9cA
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAtlxtso9ShM
I nodded my head and 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA9iE5DZsOLM
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked1062Please respect copyright.PENANA0NbYUGe1q3
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.1062Please respect copyright.PENANABTh3VYWuMT
"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAlsraNRQvLV
I sat there as I buried 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAlNmPT4BSmJ
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1Jmccxscyu
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the1062Please respect copyright.PENANAH4NSWSfMKJ
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAP70yKDRmKt
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAJRgm0Q7pdp
drama that might just ruin my life?1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZW4yO0vfB2
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.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAcVxcJJZGId
"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWkMEIx3qGk
I could hear footsteps 1062Please respect copyright.PENANArT2WTsX8fF
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA3oyVrRXqAF
when they saw the look on my face.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA3DKkhgjPcb
Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAtkKW8XijuL
"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANALUJfX1FtJI
"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAX4Ywt2CR3
"No," I answered. "He didn't."1062Please respect copyright.PENANArKUhfSSeia
"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAhPQi3UJxgW
"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA8QF2K7A9JQ
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."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAwobqOB3iJl
"And what about Lee?" 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAhhhLWJyyn1
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 1062Please respect copyright.PENANArHxbE8KMWG
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAOQEsnLfPRR
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAwgFLmH91RL
to."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA8sMw96eXbh
"This is bad," I said, 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAXhsYxwMIVj
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAKck6ZbFhu2
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA23TjNqrXse
"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAqy4DkJ9HLZ
"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAf400pjbPSJ
We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAME8ugipoLV
"Sam?" I wondered for a 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA8RAPTyxfWk
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAkznBmaOmRV
she have swapped it with the other one?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1w421I4r3f
"Okay, wait," said TOP. 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYEIJrtcRRR
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAIcUHfkMrqw
what's really going on in the first place?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZe1HDs3n7G
"I doubt it," I said 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAywKAeB88nQ
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1MZq3T2uDK
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would1062Please respect copyright.PENANALJYBmtLNlw
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAjEWzHt7bXv
TOP and Seungri looked 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAPfHLs8MiNH
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2zvJBSKS6
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed1062Please respect copyright.PENANAINExh61AGk
it away.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA1UmcuomgZZ
"I highly doubt it too,"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAdvs1Ulqhpk
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 1062Please respect copyright.PENANADvQgAQbYRI
she would have asked us about it."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAA9CB2wXJeK
"That's true," said 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAZJ12uSXshF
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAFI5R0vCbf6
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAoD0iVb8v8T
"And I checked out the 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7c17KazQD3
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAtJwIyUBxxS
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAzmhuh1dXs0
"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.1062Please respect copyright.PENANA3xKIOKlfkH
"No, I highly doubt it,"1062Please respect copyright.PENANATIiBVw8V7U
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA46Mw66n0MP
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAzNLdrNjQm
said nothing about them entering a toy store."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAKDhQDyhU4m
"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAPXdmxGmBT0
"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANARD8iNcGMvd
"Collins?" Mike asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAnwnJc6oKfy
"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANArRLFw301yp
"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."1062Please respect copyright.PENANABPUnxcUUMr
"But who knows? Maybe he1062Please respect copyright.PENANAe60K8Snv0M
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 1062Please respect copyright.PENANA2yA8ooncek
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAcwcAByCSGl
times."1062Please respect copyright.PENANApSScmggsON
"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAOL2pndNM8u
"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAy4Q95PYewf
"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"1062Please respect copyright.PENANAMRk0FUtWVI
Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAMjiaDD5WgS
"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAtg6owSvTqV
"He was the one who went1062Please respect copyright.PENANAeWv8ScGa0w
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAMXTF6v4VYX
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAIdJflT9uK3
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAW8ZOBh5LJu
elevator."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAXdQZDfUqv1
"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAbt5IOgCoc9
"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."1062Please respect copyright.PENANA7o2mZafLGl
"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.1062Please respect copyright.PENANANjoRHGESaG
"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."1062Please respect copyright.PENANABAfAC4oxFL
"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAxHfZ4x9Tb3
"You're right," I said 1062Please respect copyright.PENANArNU8tF7Ygw
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAVXxCtrYNPR
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."1062Please respect copyright.PENANAkLBjXwzSfi
"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.1062Please respect copyright.PENANARdYdJoKss0
We all walked out of the1062Please respect copyright.PENANAisJJVB8joF
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAenxB8ah12N
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.1062Please respect copyright.PENANABuyDanp9tO
While I was in the car 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAhkLw46Hnyw
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so1062Please respect copyright.PENANA8uF8yrRZlZ
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins1062Please respect copyright.PENANA3mAxRNNnMF
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAtpJbW1TKlh
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAVOJ7NlN8GL
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAizzOnwzs4x
If it isn't him, then 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWT8sgMDTyY
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 1062Please respect copyright.PENANALz9AzPW5Yu
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAuVUqsGv6eu
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her1062Please respect copyright.PENANAYm2YYhIQto
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.1062Please respect copyright.PENANAAyOVO7yndP
What if I had the wrong 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAh7OmXxnhpz
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAWxnThXF92f
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAKKqZN5Nv64
place without any of us noticing in the first place?1062Please respect copyright.PENANARqKQCFwlfs
I hope I could be able 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAhRiuH5UBfj
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 1062Please respect copyright.PENANAEHH0MMAJIJ
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that1062Please respect copyright.PENANAVnBJEaTx7U
happen.