Zoey's P.O.V734Please respect copyright.PENANAtEvfwf4zQp
Waking up this Monday 734Please respect copyright.PENANA7lm1g41nRR
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 734Please respect copyright.PENANA7hLE7pYAAS
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 734Please respect copyright.PENANAwxcnH0KY0i
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 734Please respect copyright.PENANAtrgqthhEZq
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected734Please respect copyright.PENANAuBL6mSLii4
myself to be.734Please respect copyright.PENANABo1IE18zCE
I couldn't stop 734Please respect copyright.PENANAiqzpV6BIvy
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much734Please respect copyright.PENANATcagfZnDYd
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 734Please respect copyright.PENANAULYgE26cZ5
feel that something was wrong.734Please respect copyright.PENANAivNpU2JQSC
Could they have known 734Please respect copyright.PENANAeJPKLzKmnA
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 734Please respect copyright.PENANAjB5KTve6lA
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 734Please respect copyright.PENANAxxoflXT3xe
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 734Please respect copyright.PENANAlswaCGYgoq
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 734Please respect copyright.PENANAcY3JWZbzW6
just had our usual conversation.734Please respect copyright.PENANAMz82KOsJnd
I brushed off all those 734Please respect copyright.PENANAwPbaRkd4PY
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The734Please respect copyright.PENANAUeQF9VqOBk
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 734Please respect copyright.PENANAVLhUesWAeW
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when734Please respect copyright.PENANAD5mxTvFBvD
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.734Please respect copyright.PENANAhfKrVytDlD
But now that she wasn't 734Please respect copyright.PENANALieY59FnHo
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 734Please respect copyright.PENANAIpole24GKv
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.734Please respect copyright.PENANAcRITxT9U94
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have734Please respect copyright.PENANApmoObxhtig
woken up early before the alarm rang.734Please respect copyright.PENANAvYwnwS0GH3
I sat up on my bed and 734Please respect copyright.PENANAkfTZq61IPT
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 734Please respect copyright.PENANAY7Yp12h9jt
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 734Please respect copyright.PENANAhcMWCghV4N
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAeLHU8ymC1D
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.734Please respect copyright.PENANAVz0VeYUAX5
After seeing her with 734Please respect copyright.PENANAixmjTbApex
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I734Please respect copyright.PENANALZSairGmzE
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I734Please respect copyright.PENANA3UhCDcQqNl
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 734Please respect copyright.PENANA02ZPL2cQ8Y
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 734Please respect copyright.PENANANgfdmFqro6
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole734Please respect copyright.PENANAjN6wwAJ3mq
day. That left me devastated.734Please respect copyright.PENANA0em3fz8qRq
I couldn't stop looking 734Please respect copyright.PENANAweLXdcHXDJ
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 734Please respect copyright.PENANAZphoSMi0Pu
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 734Please respect copyright.PENANAjGjLTCTYRa
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 734Please respect copyright.PENANA8LK5Pe1XDw
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They734Please respect copyright.PENANAUIOIl75ygH
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 734Please respect copyright.PENANAGYbAOLega8
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.734Please respect copyright.PENANAxfli3fCHDt
That sent me boiling to a734Please respect copyright.PENANAZnWCpib9Oj
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me734Please respect copyright.PENANAsssAAzM3bR
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 734Please respect copyright.PENANAN2slXckkDS
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.734Please respect copyright.PENANAaAWEbiZPZj
Christine had told me to734Please respect copyright.PENANAoK5HotWA6Y
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 734Please respect copyright.PENANA4NzAkSYrrA
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told734Please respect copyright.PENANAvY9wDBh3FQ
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 734Please respect copyright.PENANAjH32URddFr
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest734Please respect copyright.PENANAD61rS5cGxf
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 734Please respect copyright.PENANAZFEygfr8LQ
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.734Please respect copyright.PENANAyiz9oe970j
And now, I had to face 734Please respect copyright.PENANAlgrYHXgBLZ
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 734Please respect copyright.PENANAIQFHS0alPC
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music734Please respect copyright.PENANArY2yye645C
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 734Please respect copyright.PENANAcBRxON8bc3
was still so upset.734Please respect copyright.PENANA2WPJsqcvzQ
I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.734Please respect copyright.PENANAg2JwTuz5BV
After I was done, I 734Please respect copyright.PENANAaXelFM3M5s
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 734Please respect copyright.PENANA9VIcOF3u6D
others at the dining table for breakfast.734Please respect copyright.PENANAn6Nhyb1976
I found them already 734Please respect copyright.PENANAWXT2h6OQKS
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 734Please respect copyright.PENANAuPhCeYnHhG
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.734Please respect copyright.PENANA77PT013IKR
I felt a little awkward 734Please respect copyright.PENANAnxngaGydxP
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't734Please respect copyright.PENANAPu5j2q24b9
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and734Please respect copyright.PENANABKCJrmxA9u
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 734Please respect copyright.PENANAaObbjnqRW8
that also felt weird.734Please respect copyright.PENANA08SPWwJudY
I know that she and I 734Please respect copyright.PENANAdXrn3GSTmA
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 734Please respect copyright.PENANA8PDwBKcO6w
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 734Please respect copyright.PENANAo7eY0qKVtB
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 734Please respect copyright.PENANAouvcIV195o
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 734Please respect copyright.PENANAeIL05IBnkk
like something was wrong.734Please respect copyright.PENANAqESwdhQUPx
I poured myself a cup of734Please respect copyright.PENANAtUEMJbIJ5b
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 734Please respect copyright.PENANA5xoNbXKrzE
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.734Please respect copyright.PENANAfwiVzurlkP
"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAdqnP3b0psi
My heart almost skipped a734Please respect copyright.PENANA0zAgMLegir
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know734Please respect copyright.PENANAS8XKRrKcIA
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way734Please respect copyright.PENANAXRusFeP00M
too far. I was over here! Hello!734Please respect copyright.PENANAbBsUWAwNzp
"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."734Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZsNGPNMAe
"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.734Please respect copyright.PENANAvzPUC731je
"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.734Please respect copyright.PENANAMoMj5Lxokf
"I have no doubt about it."734Please respect copyright.PENANAFcEmQPIonH
"But I don't see why you734Please respect copyright.PENANAK18FlcDAVG
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 734Please respect copyright.PENANASdqivbtuep
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."734Please respect copyright.PENANADUoXZE446E
"One thing about fans is734Please respect copyright.PENANAjm4rwCMCjE
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 734Please respect copyright.PENANApw5ad39BYY
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.734Please respect copyright.PENANAsmMa34pvUl
"I know," said Lee. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAyE0WsduEO4
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 734Please respect copyright.PENANAbAqGJlgb7K
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 734Please respect copyright.PENANA6tjoxg8fw2
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."734Please respect copyright.PENANAPhlK3E2Wj5
"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.734Please respect copyright.PENANAmogE1rfnc8
"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."734Please respect copyright.PENANADlzjdyl8cJ
"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.734Please respect copyright.PENANAeGpopIYn2n
"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."734Please respect copyright.PENANA6C7WwAVtmr
"Aye, aye," said Daniel.734Please respect copyright.PENANAfuLLbjb8NJ
"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.734Please respect copyright.PENANA9R0yNe8Zb0
"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.734Please respect copyright.PENANAMMAYrtTUy9
"You're just too quiet, that's all."734Please respect copyright.PENANAUocCozeKwL
"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."734Please respect copyright.PENANA0RDUAfVblU
I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."734Please respect copyright.PENANAaUctCpuScu
"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.734Please respect copyright.PENANAyI8F3v3raS
I stuck my tongue out at734Please respect copyright.PENANAKKHohdvJy9
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the734Please respect copyright.PENANAHcdyJZP7MU
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 734Please respect copyright.PENANA45AaPzX4i8
still wasn't looking in my direction.734Please respect copyright.PENANAT0DTsUHT79
Soon after breakfast, we734Please respect copyright.PENANAyxGFAZlnwP
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were734Please respect copyright.PENANAIGa7edp7Qi
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 734Please respect copyright.PENANAe6nAyez5HF
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 734Please respect copyright.PENANAH1afar5Nc4
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what734Please respect copyright.PENANAG4LjIr9bH3
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 734Please respect copyright.PENANAmDiCZluurK
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 734Please respect copyright.PENANA9uQfgHDc8l
she would.734Please respect copyright.PENANAAC1utmjYUC
We arrived at YG and we 734Please respect copyright.PENANAdLvPWOzxSF
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 734Please respect copyright.PENANAyKlLUTa4cu
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with734Please respect copyright.PENANA2K1Q6tnbcT
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.734Please respect copyright.PENANAaH8Qh0ylHY
When everyone was 734Please respect copyright.PENANAIuZLCYNSll
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when734Please respect copyright.PENANA5neKgYKmyt
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 734Please respect copyright.PENANAB09IBxvSe5
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 734Please respect copyright.PENANAkkSfe2Gczw
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.734Please respect copyright.PENANAW0wHzPriia
He not responding to me 734Please respect copyright.PENANAnFcd6ZxipR
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He734Please respect copyright.PENANAJBpUZwWPOA
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted734Please respect copyright.PENANAAjJBnywvg6
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 734Please respect copyright.PENANAPlawQy1uNX
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 734Please respect copyright.PENANA69BZ7kqNKN
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just734Please respect copyright.PENANAyxtSD0Ri58
looked away instead.734Please respect copyright.PENANAc8rbKaXSNi
We went straight to 734Please respect copyright.PENANA3qCyPbKlFq
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAhE7WCdbqfs
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 734Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3I5T0Eqjr
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I734Please respect copyright.PENANAB3qm7W2fn1
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 734Please respect copyright.PENANA2ioPi9zxsh
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.734Please respect copyright.PENANAO8EmixwmKL
During pratice, I 734Please respect copyright.PENANA0aGS8Or4HG
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 734Please respect copyright.PENANAIBXO5BAVV6
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I734Please respect copyright.PENANAdpNlb63gpt
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.734Please respect copyright.PENANAWSpXLdEf5z
G-Dragon wasn't the only734Please respect copyright.PENANA31NsGrmTax
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAdvsj2gf4oT
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 734Please respect copyright.PENANAnStaAUdEqX
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 734Please respect copyright.PENANAdgvM0BfWNc
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What734Please respect copyright.PENANA6AwTNKeybN
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?734Please respect copyright.PENANAp4GcQgs0qR
As her best friend, I 734Please respect copyright.PENANAKgkLrVZa8O
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 734Please respect copyright.PENANAneHG6UoylQ
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 734Please respect copyright.PENANAJE3bBZ1UJw
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 734Please respect copyright.PENANAjxzAasa6UR
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.734Please respect copyright.PENANAJ43aZgFq9V
She is also smart, 734Please respect copyright.PENANAYshfvHMDdb
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 734Please respect copyright.PENANA6MKpPugfOx
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 734Please respect copyright.PENANA5Nupa9f5pj
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even734Please respect copyright.PENANA0NT7lysxXj
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.734Please respect copyright.PENANASVbYrjFhop
Sam has a lot of good 734Please respect copyright.PENANALHeDoUNg7i
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her734Please respect copyright.PENANAHwQRWGv3ET
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 734Please respect copyright.PENANAyBLF8vt1gt
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 734Please respect copyright.PENANAL1CRaV0p9a
want to hurt anyone around her.734Please respect copyright.PENANAMn1E2TPj7A
Realising this made me 734Please respect copyright.PENANA84JqIxwsqY
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 734Please respect copyright.PENANA0XSzB82zSV
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 734Please respect copyright.PENANAw8nzAVru3w
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 734Please respect copyright.PENANAAupGHIhARB
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 734Please respect copyright.PENANA24Un8iQ0qF
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 734Please respect copyright.PENANAJKqnbs4Za5
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 734Please respect copyright.PENANAMxSj9ADHng
realise it till now.734Please respect copyright.PENANA9du2veyUbc
"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.734Please respect copyright.PENANAMjtF0LL5ZK
"Zoey, you aren't 734Please respect copyright.PENANAF9sjKDmDNJ
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAjio6VEcxzj
second time you have made the same mistake."734Please respect copyright.PENANAwg42iBiP2E
"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."734Please respect copyright.PENANAfxagpR4ABJ
"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."734Please respect copyright.PENANA9s5Vy5vg1G
It was lunch the time we734Please respect copyright.PENANAB4JPtA3Irm
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 734Please respect copyright.PENANAsw2lLJUfTH
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 734Please respect copyright.PENANAbcWTIAAl4S
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 734Please respect copyright.PENANA00mWSfeFOB
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 734Please respect copyright.PENANAAVRluKhjjl
they were all laughing.734Please respect copyright.PENANAp8UPWkPrnQ
"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.734Please respect copyright.PENANAPlKgwVrvvq
"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."734Please respect copyright.PENANAQDfRkMN4Fp
"Still not talking to Sam?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAxt1Msu6emR
"Nope."734Please respect copyright.PENANAXP9wVNdg5S
TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."734Please respect copyright.PENANAVg5RWlxiSq
"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAk30Fx8Us69
"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.734Please respect copyright.PENANAbnPAn8Ku3V
"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.734Please respect copyright.PENANAHj5NEAYtpl
"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."734Please respect copyright.PENANAhN0EgejnOA
"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."734Please respect copyright.PENANAkysbmBT1pA
"I know. But you aren't 734Please respect copyright.PENANA99nQ8d3JfT
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 734Please respect copyright.PENANArywGmvuTfb
You would be chit chatting like you always do."734Please respect copyright.PENANAHVV9Cjq9Uk
"What if I just want to be alone for today?"734Please respect copyright.PENANA5jnCqCEOJX
"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."734Please respect copyright.PENANAgy9nHXPmCa
I frowned. "Why?"734Please respect copyright.PENANA3njVV8Nyit
"Because you look miserable."734Please respect copyright.PENANANHxsFnZ38y
I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.734Please respect copyright.PENANAgUqpuvB0ga
"Miserable!"734Please respect copyright.PENANAbqHmJE14oP
"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."734Please respect copyright.PENANA1hQvFoE9pA
I thought for a moment 734Please respect copyright.PENANA7FyR11TyXd
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAingLnuNfve
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 734Please respect copyright.PENANAU4tcnE8Gtx
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 734Please respect copyright.PENANAc3klo94CXD
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.734Please respect copyright.PENANAtk9NZBdeC2
Seeing all this in front734Please respect copyright.PENANANDZ3nlipQg
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 734Please respect copyright.PENANAfvK62pXeaQ
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAv4z2xugoHj
Until TOP came to talk to me.734Please respect copyright.PENANAxKXNDoDgvz
"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."734Please respect copyright.PENANAJDvGbFvOBz
"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAAONXvoETex
"I don't know," I said 734Please respect copyright.PENANAt94AbWjRrI
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but734Please respect copyright.PENANAdSPa06yTad
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."734Please respect copyright.PENANAYXXkzTzIH9
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.734Please respect copyright.PENANAPi2gZLYiia
"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.734Please respect copyright.PENANA0Xe0rfRCk3
"Then why don't you talk to her?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAmF9qHXSz5Q
"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."734Please respect copyright.PENANAH4HZ5nMr96
"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."734Please respect copyright.PENANACOYoxYlDZd
"I know."734Please respect copyright.PENANAlVBwc3AGxV
"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAjhr5Mh7rgI
"I'll think about it."734Please respect copyright.PENANACrOB0fdBdw
"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAJYRfk3oSMM
Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.734Please respect copyright.PENANAVp1zbTXoE8
"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.734Please respect copyright.PENANADWN3qlOwqB
"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.734Please respect copyright.PENANAitwOzUcTmK
The three of us went out734Please respect copyright.PENANAgD6uDwiAHZ
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 734Please respect copyright.PENANA9GXkzYCtZY
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.734Please respect copyright.PENANAxxkiUlwxb9
As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.734Please respect copyright.PENANAuh4DOW8A9C
"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.734Please respect copyright.PENANAANon04f2YA
"Chill, you just ordered734Please respect copyright.PENANABlyRdri6kG
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one734Please respect copyright.PENANAJVOQfP4tbp
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.734Please respect copyright.PENANAMfGis4idbw
"But I'm so hungry."734Please respect copyright.PENANAe44tLnogiY
"Trust me, you aren't 734Please respect copyright.PENANAGVXP0kaSUR
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAgjIJcBxa93
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 734Please respect copyright.PENANAl0ZXUJ8jb8
have."734Please respect copyright.PENANA85PGYNHHkC
"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAXKS5gtsjvz
"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.734Please respect copyright.PENANAKEmsV391fd
"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.734Please respect copyright.PENANAGsSAS2jSwt
"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."734Please respect copyright.PENANAPUIgvpt4Dg
"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.734Please respect copyright.PENANAZYkJzg6zk2
I didn't say anything as734Please respect copyright.PENANAORLtTPeagE
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 734Please respect copyright.PENANA53K6vxtXj3
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 734Please respect copyright.PENANA5sAMbOiGBX
calling.734Please respect copyright.PENANARjyknCu25q
"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.734Please respect copyright.PENANABKfdUWIbPP
"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.734Please respect copyright.PENANAoVjAIgtVqP
"Okay, well you better answer that call."734Please respect copyright.PENANAPmutF2vHEW
I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.734Please respect copyright.PENANAogOaFxXQp1
"Hello," I answered.734Please respect copyright.PENANAOLeoL13B4J
"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAJMOPuslZkt
"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9WI4uvdE0
"We have to meet today, ASAP."734Please respect copyright.PENANAyUNN75f896
"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."734Please respect copyright.PENANAgOptt9waR8
"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."734Please respect copyright.PENANAk7ZAxyEOMH
I knew Jehan was going 734Please respect copyright.PENANA5UEEpLLRRO
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 734Please respect copyright.PENANAnqXRlE2y2U
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 734Please respect copyright.PENANAtRSo9SU68Q
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 734Please respect copyright.PENANATczoAfOxZH
was upstairs in the dance studio.734Please respect copyright.PENANAV0JL3byz5Y
"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAWpAYy12Njk
"I'm coming to YG to get it."734Please respect copyright.PENANABYdmj1AUXc
"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."734Please respect copyright.PENANAxRGzNynA49
"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."734Please respect copyright.PENANAjP0UeYZZJI
"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.734Please respect copyright.PENANAVqWOE6g8He
He cut the call and I 734Please respect copyright.PENANA36iOYz400I
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through734Please respect copyright.PENANAPBF7TA61sf
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here734Please respect copyright.PENANAVSaWspaZ3U
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see734Please respect copyright.PENANA5wPeuajLeF
him they would start to ask questions.734Please respect copyright.PENANAm9juUfpVaO
"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.734Please respect copyright.PENANAxZ3uT9oBVd
I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.734Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6NuoDo4G6
"What?" I asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAniLNIECqFQ
"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANARXBgWpEqmo
"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAri5mmMYLfl
"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."734Please respect copyright.PENANAJFPf9JpEUm
"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."734Please respect copyright.PENANAY9QykMqij6
"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."734Please respect copyright.PENANAyjORKAwRVn
"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."734Please respect copyright.PENANAPZKxceTZhV
"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAdH1NzNEFGO
Dang it! I was cornered 734Please respect copyright.PENANAyTnSrbv8uK
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 734Please respect copyright.PENANAD6vuv4L3g9
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 734Please respect copyright.PENANAQDwSXL9zzV
light no matter how much you try to hide it.734Please respect copyright.PENANAo28ZCLCgyz
"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."734Please respect copyright.PENANA5D1MNu1Zs6
I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."734Please respect copyright.PENANAdlDz7UJITC
"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.734Please respect copyright.PENANA72gPvY1nNb
We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.734Please respect copyright.PENANAq67hiW8WCo
I told them everything 734Please respect copyright.PENANAp1VQtBpWqQ
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't734Please respect copyright.PENANAMoWrrbtNub
said a word until I finished the whole story.734Please respect copyright.PENANANeb7petXU5
"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAW7grnivW8B
"Just you two," I answered.734Please respect copyright.PENANAMWDUrkPDwg
"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAvIeC77iPNR
"Surprising, right?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAuPL7kDk8wk
"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.734Please respect copyright.PENANAdgEZkWVwm5
"We should involve the police," said TOP.734Please respect copyright.PENANAZVNnstFdhT
"No! We can't!"734Please respect copyright.PENANAl17g3F9R9c
"Why?"734Please respect copyright.PENANA3JZ3AQea5g
"You know word goes out 734Please respect copyright.PENANA2MzcIaHjVH
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and734Please respect copyright.PENANAHKIlYYDZNf
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."734Please respect copyright.PENANA7BK1WrGS3G
"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANA27S3s9Kkbz
"He assured me that this734Please respect copyright.PENANAS0KhNBaHav
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 734Please respect copyright.PENANAM3Uiggsl2c
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."734Please respect copyright.PENANAjWDT7qsOO7
"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.734Please respect copyright.PENANABfm3SxLDMh
The three of us turned 734Please respect copyright.PENANAflz6pVgqb0
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 734Please respect copyright.PENANARVlReQhzlV
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?734Please respect copyright.PENANAkTXMHqy2BM
"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.734Please respect copyright.PENANAjlKMyfcAjx
"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.734Please respect copyright.PENANAxQhdc1TQN8
"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.734Please respect copyright.PENANAX33wRUGWwk
"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.734Please respect copyright.PENANAGBXS9Daos1
"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."734Please respect copyright.PENANAqyFDkDqiaI
"Random stuff involving a734Please respect copyright.PENANAkLfrs5hUns
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 734Please respect copyright.PENANAtbwXahG19d
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 734Please respect copyright.PENANAxI7prSc7ua
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 734Please respect copyright.PENANAQxKQ83D7mt
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."734Please respect copyright.PENANAaF0yYrCwQ4
I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?734Please respect copyright.PENANAeOiIsCh1nK
"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."734Please respect copyright.PENANAHxdPX0eW7o
"Okay, I won't."734Please respect copyright.PENANAnSkJSQUqwo
"Sit down."734Please respect copyright.PENANAeQAkC1BLWp
Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.734Please respect copyright.PENANA8t8TzC3r0U
"I got myself into trouble," I started.734Please respect copyright.PENANARiHYVNuIzO
"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAYJLXuYnnoS
"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."734Please respect copyright.PENANAEc2LqcYAO1
Christine's face soon 734Please respect copyright.PENANAR5WVD2zhMW
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 734Please respect copyright.PENANAMz8HFW04CQ
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....734Please respect copyright.PENANAE9gPJ3cER5
"What!"734Please respect copyright.PENANAXzNSC9Hx3O
TOP quickly covered up 734Please respect copyright.PENANAabF5gOy6Nn
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 734Please respect copyright.PENANAl8703WuaYy
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 734Please respect copyright.PENANAC274RMZsrX
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.734Please respect copyright.PENANA6r6ttpqSaU
"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAp7NyNZ6qAy
"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAkDN8KW4PWp
"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.734Please respect copyright.PENANA4bhR4GwRmp
"Of course I'm mad!" 734Please respect copyright.PENANAdCP9f4n4Go
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 734Please respect copyright.PENANA87FjgnQQuD
but this by far is the worst one of them all."734Please respect copyright.PENANAJa9rt6BBOA
"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.734Please respect copyright.PENANA4vwGVEkBJP
"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAixIObSnUli
"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"734Please respect copyright.PENANACcHCKGUDwC
"Ya, I remember. What about him?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAoTzMB6dwVH
"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.734Please respect copyright.PENANAV6bxRet4WS
"WHAT!"734Please respect copyright.PENANAbkCNwHdOvw
"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.734Please respect copyright.PENANAWa3ZT4girf
"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAQWzypcXjpD
"And the one I met at the café," I said.734Please respect copyright.PENANADfBj54Egs9
"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAVda8YqpuSv
"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.734Please respect copyright.PENANAfeIFwmG8VW
"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAyLjSvJgadG
"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.734Please respect copyright.PENANAwb1sVe7I7o
"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.734Please respect copyright.PENANA1LzwIRfPJc
"Ya," I said. "I planned734Please respect copyright.PENANAGqRGolBH4j
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 734Please respect copyright.PENANAdQzyJagHdm
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.734Please respect copyright.PENANACLhEEBZjps
"So you're the one who 734Please respect copyright.PENANAzM7ef0hHpj
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 734Please respect copyright.PENANAoGvGOfcPq1
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 734Please respect copyright.PENANAfu4foy1dYs
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 734Please respect copyright.PENANADytJ2HZkjx
out with Seungri."734Please respect copyright.PENANAjmwYn2ord5
"I lied."734Please respect copyright.PENANAarezIqcfEJ
Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."734Please respect copyright.PENANASIB8UG336d
"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.734Please respect copyright.PENANArOCdaGF0Hk
"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"734Please respect copyright.PENANArgzhHWC19q
"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."734Please respect copyright.PENANA1LjRJuL8iX
"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."734Please respect copyright.PENANAA7YLeGje1d
"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."734Please respect copyright.PENANAEgp74t9N2n
"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAmbZtTsUA8J
"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.734Please respect copyright.PENANAspkVagWmwj
"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."734Please respect copyright.PENANAErGS3OS3ld
"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."734Please respect copyright.PENANA3f61bF79Ur
"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.734Please respect copyright.PENANAEDzjhmTAI2
"But where?" I asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAIcCzD1YX6s
"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.734Please respect copyright.PENANA9zGDvJz2UO
"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.734Please respect copyright.PENANA8bl2TxTPSx
"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.734Please respect copyright.PENANAJlRRJM07s9
"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.734Please respect copyright.PENANADCjLYfh8PF
I took my phone out and 734Please respect copyright.PENANAxvef4K7svh
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in734Please respect copyright.PENANAc1pNRXXUI7
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.734Please respect copyright.PENANAS887sRlaZ8
"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.734Please respect copyright.PENANAoNnwMdq9nN
"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.734Please respect copyright.PENANA66ATIvM33m
Seungri had ordered ten 734Please respect copyright.PENANAQeJeFH2YwK
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 734Please respect copyright.PENANADklOa5hoyU
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 734Please respect copyright.PENANAGo01pOG2qZ
favourite.734Please respect copyright.PENANAjROYWBKkby
We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.734Please respect copyright.PENANA7JvFnLVBeh
"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.734Please respect copyright.PENANATZtGrxJ9tO
"I'll be ready for 734Please respect copyright.PENANA1AEgO4Ylj6
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything734Please respect copyright.PENANASjSpZsgNPe
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."734Please respect copyright.PENANAWmIpr0TUn7
"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."734Please respect copyright.PENANAE3t9sIVAn3
"And G-Dragon," TOP added.734Please respect copyright.PENANAKHJZeTVF8V
"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."734Please respect copyright.PENANAyVKDXDcWnB
"Well, someone has to," said Christine.734Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ00mgfFN8
"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."734Please respect copyright.PENANAdk0XUxa4Nq
"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."734Please respect copyright.PENANA7HIsZB26z9
We found ourselves back 734Please respect copyright.PENANASMvEZApW6T
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 734Please respect copyright.PENANAJDWM3E1wlt
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 734Please respect copyright.PENANAd53MfMBekh
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 734Please respect copyright.PENANA5aWE2vpVOe
paranoid?734Please respect copyright.PENANAYoScx5Nqpc
Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.734Please respect copyright.PENANAAolTjrQDux
"What?" I asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAUdbzUNbHAF
"You were frowning," Christine answered.734Please respect copyright.PENANALBJJiv2ot3
"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."734Please respect copyright.PENANAgVe9O6GTjC
"Says the person who 734Please respect copyright.PENANAwYk8mK57oT
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 734Please respect copyright.PENANAU8BvmQ3jc6
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 734Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1cPBzG3FG
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.734Please respect copyright.PENANAKdveDPYkCI
Soon after lunch, we 734Please respect copyright.PENANA2RvwHGM7vT
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 734Please respect copyright.PENANARq6gj1egsZ
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time734Please respect copyright.PENANApZKdSdJtuT
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 734Please respect copyright.PENANABeMwm8P9eM
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know734Please respect copyright.PENANAaK5xcMBcu3
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the734Please respect copyright.PENANAuz0Pb9C7DA
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.734Please respect copyright.PENANAc7ONpezLCW
At some point in the 734Please respect copyright.PENANA8enJKNax4B
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 734Please respect copyright.PENANACmutwaCujv
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 734Please respect copyright.PENANA5NVYdzT0oY
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAEx9ycdaZxh
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 734Please respect copyright.PENANA5HPcNglzzY
back to practising until we could pratice no more.734Please respect copyright.PENANARrMIa1ekSq
It was five and the sun 734Please respect copyright.PENANA56O43AkhEE
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I734Please respect copyright.PENANAyLwjDFhtpE
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 734Please respect copyright.PENANAyaRHBl4w05
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 734Please respect copyright.PENANAAsZ0Ts2cmX
side of me. We were all pretty tired.734Please respect copyright.PENANAxj208K81Nt
The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.734Please respect copyright.PENANAZcKYURzHk3
While I was resting and 734Please respect copyright.PENANA19qpjOTrpj
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 734Please respect copyright.PENANAj5XV7M0OUz
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 734Please respect copyright.PENANA1UXw2LWP2v
look on my face.734Please respect copyright.PENANArJTliZ0yMv
"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.734Please respect copyright.PENANAaoY8VonZox
"Go? Go where?" I asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANATBkhm0BB2j
Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.734Please respect copyright.PENANAeZxrpWffQ5
"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.734Please respect copyright.PENANAyVJUbROKgO
"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."734Please respect copyright.PENANAtfF19IbtNP
It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.734Please respect copyright.PENANAPyzuqGC3wz
"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."734Please respect copyright.PENANA2RnsdAinDF
"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.734Please respect copyright.PENANA83t0trPi4g
"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."734Please respect copyright.PENANAAnZKvKF1P6
"I want to follow too," said Daniel.734Please respect copyright.PENANAQfyIIuwJxB
"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.734Please respect copyright.PENANAYj9ouUuNDR
I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.734Please respect copyright.PENANAfcJIl19fp6
"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."734Please respect copyright.PENANAyvDByFHVgW
"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."734Please respect copyright.PENANA2mftFXTOib
"Ya, me too," said Mike.734Please respect copyright.PENANA8sNcaqpkPr
"Why don't you want 734Please respect copyright.PENANAa5jeBfDauQ
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 734Please respect copyright.PENANAHgZ3bjcpCu
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 734Please respect copyright.PENANAGC1sDllkDy
not to follow."734Please respect copyright.PENANAtmYTJp7iWD
I wanted to protest and 734Please respect copyright.PENANAtptM0OV1La
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 734Please respect copyright.PENANAmOh1MhVarV
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 734Please respect copyright.PENANAKPU0KmqbGJ
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.734Please respect copyright.PENANAJJ1LVygkrU
"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.734Please respect copyright.PENANAj8bf7dKUw1
Dang it!734Please respect copyright.PENANAVupzT8mYBb
"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.734Please respect copyright.PENANARBHuRba3Im
"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.734Please respect copyright.PENANAE8QPzUF5eF
"Thanks, that's nice of 734Please respect copyright.PENANA3O8hrsIfPe
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 734Please respect copyright.PENANABu6UTkaECa
the others. "Have fun you, guys."734Please respect copyright.PENANAP4S1shnVMp
Sam and Daesung left the734Please respect copyright.PENANAXmOpHrCAjd
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 734Please respect copyright.PENANAfzWTBB86Pz
myself that the two also made a nice pair.734Please respect copyright.PENANAxqAOM1Oapx
"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAWCT2EZ8MsE
"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."734Please respect copyright.PENANAHm1PGi7pjg
"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.734Please respect copyright.PENANAhxqJm8AQGT
Christine stood up from 734Please respect copyright.PENANAhKn3uJrUPk
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 734Please respect copyright.PENANAY03tvy7rlE
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."734Please respect copyright.PENANAgRtyZ3GjgX
I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAID0TfD5y3e
"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."734Please respect copyright.PENANAtbIHM3DmRI
"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."734Please respect copyright.PENANAEb0UcGF19X
"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.734Please respect copyright.PENANAUsCEgNGsO9
Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAMUyFXVcvwb
I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.734Please respect copyright.PENANAkdGk4jciI6
"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAupMs2kfU3J
"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."734Please respect copyright.PENANAz7ZV8Sc4Fu
TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.734Please respect copyright.PENANAcAxN6LVI2L
"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.734Please respect copyright.PENANAgqZjVmeqFN
"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.734Please respect copyright.PENANA0jNRrW3tMP
"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.734Please respect copyright.PENANADp8t4Lv5AC
"I know," said Christine.734Please respect copyright.PENANADwMi64Lv9i
"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANADx4kRC3UB4
"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."734Please respect copyright.PENANAa33FOJsWlz
"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.734Please respect copyright.PENANAaGTC6VKlH3
"So that she can judge me? No way."734Please respect copyright.PENANARhyvmdq7M5
"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."734Please respect copyright.PENANAHqfJMFCXpK
"Don't try to convince 734Please respect copyright.PENANA1CVjpDavVh
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 734Please respect copyright.PENANALNBn4Bh4ac
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me734Please respect copyright.PENANAoctAz4Btjp
like she could hit me with a hammer.734Please respect copyright.PENANAK0MjWSziHu
"Okay, let's go," said TOP.734Please respect copyright.PENANAaTgZTbWsU4
I got up from the floor 734Please respect copyright.PENANAi9TPaG4eZm
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 734Please respect copyright.PENANA62ysY96n0u
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 734Please respect copyright.PENANAdYEoj77MNV
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 734Please respect copyright.PENANAzIAgKRy7tz
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.734Please respect copyright.PENANAeCqM3z9Tjb
The cars soon left the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAIZPncYA9TB
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 734Please respect copyright.PENANAiUxqU2CQ9z
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 734Please respect copyright.PENANAyo6qP8cy3D
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.734Please respect copyright.PENANANV3utwEC2u
"Can you you please stop734Please respect copyright.PENANAelNLaBy1RW
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 734Please respect copyright.PENANAhA0ICVv832
the teddy and lose it in the car."734Please respect copyright.PENANA6icB6GQBVw
"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.734Please respect copyright.PENANA0cfneL5mLp
"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."734Please respect copyright.PENANANeSvC54P10
I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."734Please respect copyright.PENANApuLHGlQx5A
"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.734Please respect copyright.PENANAaQijik4axh
"I just want to get this over with."734Please respect copyright.PENANAxUKCQ6nm6R
We were soon packed 734Please respect copyright.PENANAbz7wACql20
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 734Please respect copyright.PENANAyIRSod1RXG
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 734Please respect copyright.PENANAXBPFHEdNdL
turned to look at her.734Please respect copyright.PENANAnWkIvhGjcp
"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."734Please respect copyright.PENANAayMgrKdA9o
"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."734Please respect copyright.PENANAPuBPt1Nwjs
Seungri also turned to 734Please respect copyright.PENANAz543IEAymH
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 734Please respect copyright.PENANABnjThWj4p3
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 734Please respect copyright.PENANAlP5Uobx0aI
chest and I wished Sam was here too.734Please respect copyright.PENANAUHtsSWSOr8
I soon got out of the 734Please respect copyright.PENANABvo1osUhqR
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 734Please respect copyright.PENANA0if63EH5yX
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I734Please respect copyright.PENANAWxCVrtEvlC
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.734Please respect copyright.PENANAukrvySR7EU
Before I could find my 734Please respect copyright.PENANAEe1qvbwpKr
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 734Please respect copyright.PENANAoZqKSs83jN
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 734Please respect copyright.PENANAVnWV09pgEN
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.734Please respect copyright.PENANA6YxffuHdFy
I quickly went in the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAQbGOP7BWrB
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 734Please respect copyright.PENANAyFh7uCDkUI
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 734Please respect copyright.PENANAgG5PAGDtN6
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.734Please respect copyright.PENANAH5O27282Dq
I slowly approached the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAsnVMlGrIbs
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 734Please respect copyright.PENANAeW2CvgpTBq
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 734Please respect copyright.PENANAhFhWAF9lQN
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 734Please respect copyright.PENANANAKfCwSYK6
hesitate to end my life right here.734Please respect copyright.PENANAgC7wPytSoj
"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."734Please respect copyright.PENANAmaHs7z6CrE
"I was practising today," I answered.734Please respect copyright.PENANADOti0JDZaD
"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."734Please respect copyright.PENANAWeSQdfSVNM
"Thanks," I frowned at 734Please respect copyright.PENANAjDpZ7hClwQ
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 734Please respect copyright.PENANAOB5SUk7snF
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."734Please respect copyright.PENANAxBTTfHjuH4
Jehan smirked. "Certainly."734Please respect copyright.PENANAhgnmYDZLiA
I quickly reached out 734Please respect copyright.PENANAx3y8MNbDyG
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 734Please respect copyright.PENANAiow0QfwLRy
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.734Please respect copyright.PENANAvgeaQB5QDP
"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAwFYlt95WFK
"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.734Please respect copyright.PENANAlFv7eeda44
"What now?" I complained.734Please respect copyright.PENANAT8Negpwlg4
"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.734Please respect copyright.PENANA2MNeuiX9zs
"What do you think? That734Please respect copyright.PENANAIhzxoiimuV
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 734Please respect copyright.PENANAqIT2K1vnNA
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 734Please respect copyright.PENANAPGwj9GsyKz
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 734Please respect copyright.PENANALrEUti80EC
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."734Please respect copyright.PENANAewUEpj4hMj
Jehan raised an eyebrow 734Please respect copyright.PENANAAP8ESVGi2s
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going734Please respect copyright.PENANA6oWNwplPct
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a734Please respect copyright.PENANAHiqr7QjNZw
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."734Please respect copyright.PENANAZfncsa4geO
"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."734Please respect copyright.PENANAJGoxOmvfxz
"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.734Please respect copyright.PENANAdP7oGcrfwp
I went back to looking 734Please respect copyright.PENANAEIXfCefd11
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into734Please respect copyright.PENANAn56LSlwbsB
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 734Please respect copyright.PENANAio2lSBhsNf
surprise me that he carried that thing around.734Please respect copyright.PENANAo9WCqKLXov
Jehan slowly laid the 734Please respect copyright.PENANA62BcKRDqJb
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 734Please respect copyright.PENANAZCdQxa9iM9
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 734Please respect copyright.PENANAuVkJt4vyW0
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 734Please respect copyright.PENANADUCM9ChxR9
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 734Please respect copyright.PENANA5lYu5IMbs5
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of734Please respect copyright.PENANA9aRhAYnqt3
the teddy bear.734Please respect copyright.PENANA0lUPkqyaI7
Wait. I frowned. This 734Please respect copyright.PENANA4wVp7n7vZz
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 734Please respect copyright.PENANAUTUafqcVHx
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 734Please respect copyright.PENANA6DAJezmCLN
diamonds!734Please respect copyright.PENANAV5JYYLURxO
I stared horrified at 734Please respect copyright.PENANAlPofb7D4iy
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 734Please respect copyright.PENANAiykaBi1jH9
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 734Please respect copyright.PENANApDu0OkYEM0
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.734Please respect copyright.PENANAYtkYa9WUgg
I looked up at Jehan and734Please respect copyright.PENANAl9irHdyY6w
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 734Please respect copyright.PENANA3UuBgLsEmQ
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 734Please respect copyright.PENANAWItCtWLfIl
that, he was going to end up traumatised.734Please respect copyright.PENANAL8qGp6Ljjx
"Je-Jehan," I said 734Please respect copyright.PENANAZiAiTheox9
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 734Please respect copyright.PENANA936EdYbOAe
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in734Please respect copyright.PENANAaaEKS0z1O6
there."734Please respect copyright.PENANAckuhi2YacL
Jean neither moved nor 734Please respect copyright.PENANA5b6iCpTBmB
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 734Please respect copyright.PENANAH9oMnpxjUA
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.734Please respect copyright.PENANAZk2LacZk1i
But how could this be? 734Please respect copyright.PENANAXyP2jpN8Qu
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 734Please respect copyright.PENANAxtVaCEQTIh
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 734Please respect copyright.PENANAKoNBW2RsV7
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.734Please respect copyright.PENANAfK9Eq2HwPR
"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.734Please respect copyright.PENANAk2ZCvvZZzA
"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.734Please respect copyright.PENANAeoD9BbDiqd
He banged his fists on 734Please respect copyright.PENANAloJcvyNnfd
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 734Please respect copyright.PENANAAiW7PgjNFF
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at734Please respect copyright.PENANADXSJXAHoPo
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.734Please respect copyright.PENANA1DlS3WoGKr
"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."734Please respect copyright.PENANAurAlxKFziZ
"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.734Please respect copyright.PENANAoo1XsuNkJp
"I don't know. I don't 734Please respect copyright.PENANAj1DxwufGc4
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.734Please respect copyright.PENANAzRXngiHz3x
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."734Please respect copyright.PENANANjRLZ4PBNS
"How did the diamonds go missing?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAxBv6TYWnBT
"How am I supposed to 734Please respect copyright.PENANA847NchTYf4
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without734Please respect copyright.PENANAhbCZd9hr1T
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."734Please respect copyright.PENANAOdiYHYh7yM
"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."734Please respect copyright.PENANAXpgxCcOF1I
"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."734Please respect copyright.PENANAvqMo0v7bV9
Jehan rubbed his 734Please respect copyright.PENANAVqBAw4u31D
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 734Please respect copyright.PENANAX49Ca8yuwa
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.734Please respect copyright.PENANA5b9D08M2q5
"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."734Please respect copyright.PENANAzFfbRaoaFV
"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."734Please respect copyright.PENANAMwijwwDwAX
"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAsiTV8wZqxz
"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."734Please respect copyright.PENANAShIEUqYeZp
"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAi40JW8riG8
"I don't know."734Please respect copyright.PENANAZNB1RxFGft
Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAW189oHJLlB
"Ummm," I looked down 734Please respect copyright.PENANA8HwZHKJ1Bq
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 734Please respect copyright.PENANAHOO8OEDKXx
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."734Please respect copyright.PENANABxqMB89lxC
"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAB2qTha65zO
"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.734Please respect copyright.PENANAuTu7AQUCK7
"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.734Please respect copyright.PENANARMLNaUUTcx
"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."734Please respect copyright.PENANAcTZ3BwqjzK
"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 734Please respect copyright.PENANAX0IjZYcBwF
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 734Please respect copyright.PENANApVb9ZLIpS6
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAzgdgM3iS8O
"I don't think so. Lee 734Please respect copyright.PENANA8vsES47QBk
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,734Please respect copyright.PENANAb0yOnrbumK
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."734Please respect copyright.PENANA3q6FVd6DsG
"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAY7EeopPHwL
"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."734Please respect copyright.PENANAVpOfxnWRf7
"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAT4Fk6Y9HpD
"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."734Please respect copyright.PENANA70kSmF9KoC
After I said that, Jehan734Please respect copyright.PENANAt0jVXB6TkJ
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 734Please respect copyright.PENANA6H34cU5DyT
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the734Please respect copyright.PENANAwItTSbUGge
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 734Please respect copyright.PENANA4m4Veg5Pg0
look on his face.734Please respect copyright.PENANAVw0AAzNCKm
"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."734Please respect copyright.PENANAx6QaGNYwey
"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAB2q8HU1kqX
"I remember one of my 734Please respect copyright.PENANALhNsVzzrlR
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAxfSLqQPsyq
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."734Please respect copyright.PENANAwgxusFHovg
"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"734Please respect copyright.PENANAVlMjGDdrAH
"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!"734Please respect copyright.PENANADCeIND9rpM
"Huh? I can't start 734Please respect copyright.PENANAHcBxRX79n6
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking734Please respect copyright.PENANAxxjwg3jauo
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 734Please respect copyright.PENANAkOsbc4dw2Y
that the bear is missing."734Please respect copyright.PENANAx5HwAfX641
"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."734Please respect copyright.PENANAoy3BSgi1xy
"What do you mean?"734Please respect copyright.PENANA3Y3QUqOda4
"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."734Please respect copyright.PENANA9jpwuMe9rt
"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."734Please respect copyright.PENANA6sTqVNvYkR
"Now that, makes no 734Please respect copyright.PENANA8ziJ7a1RPq
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that734Please respect copyright.PENANAI57B2iaFH3
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."734Please respect copyright.PENANAcAjJxANtae
"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"734Please respect copyright.PENANAsvGhSuQsmk
"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."734Please respect copyright.PENANAdvmUp5Bs1h
"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."734Please respect copyright.PENANA6ARJqT3uiu
"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"734Please respect copyright.PENANArroEIlU7XU
I completely forgot that734Please respect copyright.PENANAb1SGgqIYix
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 734Please respect copyright.PENANAhvHQSHpHfy
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have734Please respect copyright.PENANAfadbIVwtDp
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.734Please respect copyright.PENANAyTdRJTWtuT
"Okay. I'll see what I can do."734Please respect copyright.PENANAZPHrhdCCvC
Jehan gave me a smile. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAIOeOMYPSJO
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 734Please respect copyright.PENANAwP9TX8mnsW
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAxEj3vZI9Cv
I nodded my head and 734Please respect copyright.PENANAEatr9E5dAW
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked734Please respect copyright.PENANAHh9M0TjAye
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.734Please respect copyright.PENANAKR9wVoH0oT
"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.734Please respect copyright.PENANA1VFZuH36Ct
I sat there as I buried 734Please respect copyright.PENANAuSXAa7H3j8
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 734Please respect copyright.PENANALZxaSiOEKL
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the734Please respect copyright.PENANAQfgzJsoMTI
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 734Please respect copyright.PENANA4cVyiqsPZe
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 734Please respect copyright.PENANAzsn3MwpV99
drama that might just ruin my life?734Please respect copyright.PENANAeUPpDXRL3E
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.734Please respect copyright.PENANAVSqLaI9YWR
"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.734Please respect copyright.PENANAbtuL6xpzzf
I could hear footsteps 734Please respect copyright.PENANApb8I8FNxKm
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 734Please respect copyright.PENANArHa5ZolWaT
when they saw the look on my face.734Please respect copyright.PENANAIHVCdLQNjX
Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.734Please respect copyright.PENANAwlajXJRGGk
"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAhN3jPeHVuc
"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"734Please respect copyright.PENANACL8Zlrq6ci
"No," I answered. "He didn't."734Please respect copyright.PENANARXsIWI6tJU
"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAgshNM0won3
"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."734Please respect copyright.PENANA3XTTBUwknM
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."734Please respect copyright.PENANAFerSyTd8C2
"And what about Lee?" 734Please respect copyright.PENANAbHbzZcc7S1
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 734Please respect copyright.PENANABI51JLaSxl
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 734Please respect copyright.PENANAl64QgCrgjR
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 734Please respect copyright.PENANAVFRxEl5h61
to."734Please respect copyright.PENANA0qEcvBmo3M
"This is bad," I said, 734Please respect copyright.PENANA1ekOQm8obe
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 734Please respect copyright.PENANARQ80cWBZqk
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."734Please respect copyright.PENANABVpoUDhxFo
"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."734Please respect copyright.PENANAtB1DYcVDiN
"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.734Please respect copyright.PENANAU051gJz9SP
We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.734Please respect copyright.PENANAbiDoiNp3iS
"Sam?" I wondered for a 734Please respect copyright.PENANAqwXMmjkER3
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 734Please respect copyright.PENANAHVOXMZid5f
she have swapped it with the other one?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAGLy0WVFc61
"Okay, wait," said TOP. 734Please respect copyright.PENANAYWCBSvJlMu
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 734Please respect copyright.PENANA0gsM9vWrUh
what's really going on in the first place?"734Please respect copyright.PENANAOcaroJgXgu
"I doubt it," I said 734Please respect copyright.PENANA8dxYJFy1C8
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 734Please respect copyright.PENANABiWEz4MfCv
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would734Please respect copyright.PENANAsMtn4IURqY
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."734Please respect copyright.PENANAkMOPXsc4jA
TOP and Seungri looked 734Please respect copyright.PENANANCEShdSejp
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 734Please respect copyright.PENANAW43Kp6SimE
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed734Please respect copyright.PENANAgv7y28fIA4
it away.734Please respect copyright.PENANAcc5pZeSOQ4
"I highly doubt it too,"734Please respect copyright.PENANAXfKhwgvy6r
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 734Please respect copyright.PENANAtJ8rhV1JPj
she would have asked us about it."734Please respect copyright.PENANAkOg97d2nl4
"That's true," said 734Please respect copyright.PENANAy3UvjInBYU
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 734Please respect copyright.PENANAGAnZ3Noegz
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."734Please respect copyright.PENANAiP1ku9owDa
"And I checked out the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAMKmKCV5nAc
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 734Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZqzAlbazB
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.734Please respect copyright.PENANArVJ5zEhWTR
"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.734Please respect copyright.PENANAmfSfOplsbb
"No, I highly doubt it,"734Please respect copyright.PENANAF8w3a0UUoD
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 734Please respect copyright.PENANABvrYkuNE9E
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They734Please respect copyright.PENANAr3gfFS8pBo
said nothing about them entering a toy store."734Please respect copyright.PENANAhJtbvetBOu
"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.734Please respect copyright.PENANAfWNQlqtEMt
"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"734Please respect copyright.PENANApSjfZpHtAi
"Collins?" Mike asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAAV5s0tFZA3
"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"734Please respect copyright.PENANA8MeN0o0139
"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."734Please respect copyright.PENANA60rCUcccf6
"But who knows? Maybe he734Please respect copyright.PENANAkwmaKPV9PR
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 734Please respect copyright.PENANAEBxqbeMW02
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 734Please respect copyright.PENANAPKBTLPu6uv
times."734Please respect copyright.PENANAlQGipZboAd
"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.734Please respect copyright.PENANA9PjMLem8vW
"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."734Please respect copyright.PENANALdWl1wdUYl
"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"734Please respect copyright.PENANA2rdP09NMfd
Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."734Please respect copyright.PENANAvdfuG4qBLA
"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.734Please respect copyright.PENANAQoSDCdWGX0
"He was the one who went734Please respect copyright.PENANAxWMRTLh3Bd
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 734Please respect copyright.PENANAmb46iVQtqo
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 734Please respect copyright.PENANAu3DoZnIcxL
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 734Please respect copyright.PENANAXaN3gj2SJe
elevator."734Please respect copyright.PENANApkLXpadFp7
"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.734Please respect copyright.PENANADEQA7yUroz
"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."734Please respect copyright.PENANATCB4uW9x7c
"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.734Please respect copyright.PENANAvbxjE5iiZI
"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."734Please respect copyright.PENANAboOKBG2Utp
"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."734Please respect copyright.PENANAn6HnzNz1oF
"You're right," I said 734Please respect copyright.PENANACxlFIIt9P1
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 734Please respect copyright.PENANAdMb3c5znvy
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."734Please respect copyright.PENANA7iDKNjZXQT
"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.734Please respect copyright.PENANA0hzdZl09dL
We all walked out of the734Please respect copyright.PENANAKUtwDMzTBD
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 734Please respect copyright.PENANANhikDyPusS
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.734Please respect copyright.PENANAXRGQfvgoZ7
While I was in the car 734Please respect copyright.PENANAdTiR379HWL
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so734Please respect copyright.PENANAEhTqhw0fJp
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins734Please respect copyright.PENANAv9WCOEAhHD
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 734Please respect copyright.PENANATmmwKhySbo
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 734Please respect copyright.PENANA1blnKWwCc7
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.734Please respect copyright.PENANAr9BdIFsbrr
If it isn't him, then 734Please respect copyright.PENANAWYpT3mB7Ae
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 734Please respect copyright.PENANAQTPNk0H8Jy
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 734Please respect copyright.PENANAl97xw43SAK
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her734Please respect copyright.PENANAlTwCdITgMQ
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.734Please respect copyright.PENANARLmWAFahfu
What if I had the wrong 734Please respect copyright.PENANA95DbXAWlma
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 734Please respect copyright.PENANAuvtvVvGixa
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 734Please respect copyright.PENANApkeI8ZuYRj
place without any of us noticing in the first place?734Please respect copyright.PENANAxtp1LIcINu
I hope I could be able 734Please respect copyright.PENANAKldPUPlQbo
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 734Please respect copyright.PENANAg4FrLduOca
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that734Please respect copyright.PENANAqA10fkYULA
happen.