Leo gave out a sigh of 471Please respect copyright.PENANAOWfcVwvSDy
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 471Please respect copyright.PENANAWxRpTvwSlk
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never471Please respect copyright.PENANAYlJoroPSLJ
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had471Please respect copyright.PENANA19sl64MTAI
expected. 471Please respect copyright.PENANAwEMrYbD83i
When Leo had told her 471Please respect copyright.PENANAvJsnh9Xfog
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 471Please respect copyright.PENANAcPrFXW70R8
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 471Please respect copyright.PENANADgCmUauWVB
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 471Please respect copyright.PENANAj5NLsWk0BG
"What happened Leo? Why did you say that? Did I do something wrong to change your mind all of the sudden? Tell me, Leo!" Kim had asked, at a point where tears almost dropped down her cheeks.471Please respect copyright.PENANAEEu9eB95SK
Leo couldn't tell Kim 471Please respect copyright.PENANApekYvxv16b
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 471Please respect copyright.PENANAiImtLmvz0v
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 471Please respect copyright.PENANAMN71RtzHtw
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 471Please respect copyright.PENANA8q5nT9lQtq
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 471Please respect copyright.PENANAk3cyXDs6E3
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 471Please respect copyright.PENANATXI4JVGeXI
believe him at all.471Please respect copyright.PENANACsS0z5aNmy
"Tell me now, Leo! 471Please respect copyright.PENANAOfToeP21Q0
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 471Please respect copyright.PENANAkYLJp1TKxz
coming from you. I want to know what you're hiding from me, right now!" Kim had looked like punching Leo on the face when she said all that.471Please respect copyright.PENANA7xyZJIDxdo
"What do you want me to tell you?" Leo had asked Kim, trying to sound as convincing as he possibly could. "I have thought a lot these past days and I don't feel we can continue with all this."471Please respect copyright.PENANA4Mhgvu0Ox4
"What! You're still 471Please respect copyright.PENANAunVukouUWA
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 471Please respect copyright.PENANAIVkPr8E3Sr
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in471Please respect copyright.PENANAjXALjS07Yp
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 471Please respect copyright.PENANAvupBPfM4gX
anymore?"471Please respect copyright.PENANAHLPADvf9Ua
"It isn't like that. We can still be friends and nothing more." Leo had suggested, but Kim still hadn't taken it lightly as she shook her head.471Please respect copyright.PENANAplbBn95ZwW
"There is someone 471Please respect copyright.PENANA0X7j9v2Gr6
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 471Please respect copyright.PENANAs8o1GPqd17
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 471Please respect copyright.PENANA0npggIW0GH
Leo!"471Please respect copyright.PENANADi4Dcpv2yQ
Leo had been frustrated 471Please respect copyright.PENANAo3AJqjPaNs
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 471Please respect copyright.PENANAYni9ryou3Y
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 471Please respect copyright.PENANAmaG7Z5UcB5
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 471Please respect copyright.PENANANJwzHdwSAO
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 471Please respect copyright.PENANAinQkjmthND
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 471Please respect copyright.PENANApKpZae6ySo
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 471Please respect copyright.PENANAJAGfvItSFi
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 471Please respect copyright.PENANAeIH2MPS1ca
"I'll find out the 471Please respect copyright.PENANADISTzZD0Cb
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 471Please respect copyright.PENANA1VTffbEHsu
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 471Please respect copyright.PENANA032PpAuVcH
lying to me!"471Please respect copyright.PENANA92CARAi41a
For a moment, her threat471Please respect copyright.PENANA3dL52UiriO
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 471Please respect copyright.PENANAYBof2jbIxH
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 471Please respect copyright.PENANAwS66GL69jD
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 471Please respect copyright.PENANAoudACLIwrY
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really471Please respect copyright.PENANAKUlWfzkvZt
genuine or not.471Please respect copyright.PENANAx7fXGEAoDZ
He was about to ascend 471Please respect copyright.PENANAncIr1SvBMR
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 471Please respect copyright.PENANAdCkBfXXKbk
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 471Please respect copyright.PENANAyuuW4pZ4hE
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 471Please respect copyright.PENANARXr1AYICqC
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 471Please respect copyright.PENANAEkLoyWN5zy
thanking Leo for getting the door.471Please respect copyright.PENANAVnMli5NUu1
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"471Please respect copyright.PENANA0tWIvgUoq3
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 471Please respect copyright.PENANAhZJDwskIGy
"That's good, Leo," said Mrs McDonell, looking at her son with a smile. "So, tell us. When will be the date of the wedding?"471Please respect copyright.PENANAbu0IdsU4vM
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."471Please respect copyright.PENANA8DquxUkplI
Diana and Mrs McDonell 471Please respect copyright.PENANAcMiSiFZzYJ
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 471Please respect copyright.PENANAqoEesgcKwB
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 471Please respect copyright.PENANABkKRsAxdWq
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.471Please respect copyright.PENANAhmVuphk4PU
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 471Please respect copyright.PENANAqUztIQ4PTh
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."471Please respect copyright.PENANA4Rb0GsB8pv
"But.....but, you two 471Please respect copyright.PENANAMscU3NqCCO
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how471Please respect copyright.PENANAnFGfftX5E4
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"471Please respect copyright.PENANAFt3Qmyi6Hl
"No, I broke up with her. Sorry, if it hurts you, mum, but this is my life and I thought it was best for the both us."471Please respect copyright.PENANAaL2c4KYg0O
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 471Please respect copyright.PENANATEy30cU9FD
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 471Please respect copyright.PENANA1s63NRtsa8
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 471Please respect copyright.PENANA0DJe6FpnmO
tell me it's not true, Diana."471Please respect copyright.PENANAS1GT4NiZzz
"I'm afraid it is," said471Please respect copyright.PENANAIE6EEYxjWD
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 471Please respect copyright.PENANAoW3W6UL0oA
the moment. You need to calm down."471Please respect copyright.PENANAn5PJjGqtIy
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"471Please respect copyright.PENANAD5adLMUv5x
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"471Please respect copyright.PENANAUc3ReTzeMq
When Leo tried to leave 471Please respect copyright.PENANAV9YJAkTVS4
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 471Please respect copyright.PENANAjIoPaRZTjH
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 471Please respect copyright.PENANA01zDUqkEkk
"You're not going any 471Please respect copyright.PENANAZHRkvZWcCE
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 471Please respect copyright.PENANASoy0cmmAYt
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"471Please respect copyright.PENANAHuLhIHlNqE
"I don't have to explain471Please respect copyright.PENANAcExDTyOcXK
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 471Please respect copyright.PENANAIfkqlRU2V0
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."471Please respect copyright.PENANAMmZo0QJcRl
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"471Please respect copyright.PENANAfEaHemakNn
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."471Please respect copyright.PENANAjIGOQ2GSwu
Leo quickly got away 471Please respect copyright.PENANAXnKjvfWiGs
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 471Please respect copyright.PENANADAYAqOPWor
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 471Please respect copyright.PENANA13gyOEMm1H
him.471Please respect copyright.PENANAImTJFort3x
"Leo! Leo! Get back here right now!" Mrs McDonell called out to her son. "If you don't I swear you will not like me one bit!"471Please respect copyright.PENANAmaIpPcvAHc
Leo rolled his eyes as 471Please respect copyright.PENANAMrYHEdZtbv
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and471Please respect copyright.PENANAeiMXimKWy9
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 471Please respect copyright.PENANAtaFOGQwkJg
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 471Please respect copyright.PENANAntNedYdoLf
***471Please respect copyright.PENANAWSTcDi3Ljc
The471Please respect copyright.PENANAxuLMb8XPMs
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 471Please respect copyright.PENANAzd9oL9EcI3
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been471Please respect copyright.PENANABzk4Jwhz2b
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 471Please respect copyright.PENANAkAufmT0Ezk
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother471Please respect copyright.PENANA1JvZRD9jGo
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.471Please respect copyright.PENANARYtEND36fL
Carly471Please respect copyright.PENANAbxJkK7P3Md
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with471Please respect copyright.PENANAPr7Y7Fe76X
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full471Please respect copyright.PENANAD8GN0c3wy9
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother471Please respect copyright.PENANAeskoJm0qkt
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 471Please respect copyright.PENANAB3QWbU3gIZ
Angel471Please respect copyright.PENANAXbi9GNtfTJ
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 471Please respect copyright.PENANAc6jnkckpzG
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 471Please respect copyright.PENANAdkRrflwpGI
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 471Please respect copyright.PENANAxwDhIrcSRj
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 471Please respect copyright.PENANA9N3Y0ERrIy
still recovering.471Please respect copyright.PENANALgmx1hNkhW
Right471Please respect copyright.PENANAUhzxk1lxCk
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 471Please respect copyright.PENANAyY89yULNXd
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk471Please respect copyright.PENANAU3jCpRQ8eX
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.471Please respect copyright.PENANAaOhYAOu3CC
As471Please respect copyright.PENANAAFOv86pzNY
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 471Please respect copyright.PENANAzy3cFJFYKi
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and471Please respect copyright.PENANAiI2Cph8VgA
he had a sad look on his face as well.471Please respect copyright.PENANAmTz7XNGPAR
"I471Please respect copyright.PENANAgTyDwltEj9
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 471Please respect copyright.PENANAVjhEAfAZhH
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."471Please respect copyright.PENANAYuSQmMtudG
"Don't471Please respect copyright.PENANAG8xSbCv61l
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 471Please respect copyright.PENANAjRZ3c3UVBd
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."471Please respect copyright.PENANAUZrnZYjaff
"Don't worry about it. I will make sure to work everything out. I did promise your mother that I will help you out in anyway."471Please respect copyright.PENANAGSLzPbphvp
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."471Please respect copyright.PENANAfIHMa6RHK0
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."471Please respect copyright.PENANAz9czypPxdD
Carly471Please respect copyright.PENANApbLHdMxTWh
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 471Please respect copyright.PENANAYdJcoZKIGy
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had471Please respect copyright.PENANAzJbvcCgbgX
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 471Please respect copyright.PENANAsTNtyervUN
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 471Please respect copyright.PENANAiXcT1vaQ6Q
eyes.471Please respect copyright.PENANAgrTFWXgbXY
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"471Please respect copyright.PENANAnv6PwU7Alw
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."471Please respect copyright.PENANA7PahiI4LXg
"Yes,471Please respect copyright.PENANAFEocTNpsvx
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 471Please respect copyright.PENANA30eQpqhgly
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 471Please respect copyright.PENANAQOF2el9R0r
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."471Please respect copyright.PENANA5C7N8tz4Ku
"Okay, lets go."471Please respect copyright.PENANAuCZ3YpCwsT
Carly471Please respect copyright.PENANAuDH9bC64av
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 471Please respect copyright.PENANAieUDNCCWmq
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at471Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZIgr9oVZr
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 471Please respect copyright.PENANAGliF2pEaQy
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.471Please respect copyright.PENANAYyA7qTiNTM
***471Please respect copyright.PENANAOQqyOKYVXd
"I471Please respect copyright.PENANAjXjbkUitRI
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 471Please respect copyright.PENANAQh1mwEZADB
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 471Please respect copyright.PENANAz5PRjTWroW
her in the car. 471Please respect copyright.PENANAYDAIlXDLDU
Angel,471Please respect copyright.PENANAX3R5DunEqQ
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 471Please respect copyright.PENANALlbV6dPkvh
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 471Please respect copyright.PENANAe16ynTJGMu
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.471Please respect copyright.PENANAUyPk45M87S
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."471Please respect copyright.PENANA4zja794qRV
"Very471Please respect copyright.PENANAy7KVOxpDfc
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to471Please respect copyright.PENANAg1oHvI2Aap
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if471Please respect copyright.PENANAZG9ir48nPK
I have to."471Please respect copyright.PENANAWKxvQ9FqfW
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."471Please respect copyright.PENANAwD0RSRtHzZ
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 471Please respect copyright.PENANA2PHwM9jn4Z
"Don't471Please respect copyright.PENANAyhssmBG0zK
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough471Please respect copyright.PENANA0sefaHC8G9
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 471Please respect copyright.PENANARMWaSrlltX
right, grandma?"471Please respect copyright.PENANAnerfMkPwJX
Amanda471Please respect copyright.PENANAFx5RwJ6BB2
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 471Please respect copyright.PENANATUYrALCuh0
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 471Please respect copyright.PENANAcBigBy41EP
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 471Please respect copyright.PENANAJqEekbikCc
you."471Please respect copyright.PENANAlrhp87ORcZ
Eric471Please respect copyright.PENANA2LD9dblET7
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 471Please respect copyright.PENANA0zxDpdGKPI
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 471Please respect copyright.PENANAv8Xb8Q7D1Z
why.471Please respect copyright.PENANAC8ZKKZscYX
"What?471Please respect copyright.PENANAPS9YAHkdon
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at471Please respect copyright.PENANAV7P5SIK9Jw
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"471Please respect copyright.PENANALAWolPGu0H
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"471Please respect copyright.PENANAXbg7osA8KE
"He471Please respect copyright.PENANAM7oofTXJu8
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 471Please respect copyright.PENANATAdqhhFmGF
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 471Please respect copyright.PENANApSjWm2kBSD
you get to know him."471Please respect copyright.PENANAJutglkIgie
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.471Please respect copyright.PENANAKkYxXo3waw
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.471Please respect copyright.PENANAQgV4fFu21z
"Oh, no. Nothing."471Please respect copyright.PENANAdRzhKBQtBh
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."471Please respect copyright.PENANAj8Ri9whCWT
All471Please respect copyright.PENANAY8ix5RUxYl
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 471Please respect copyright.PENANA7rGydv00Hb
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 471Please respect copyright.PENANAYLgPZaydEU
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 471Please respect copyright.PENANAFqI7V6CojU
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had471Please respect copyright.PENANAc1xM84nYF6
never seen such a house ever in her life.471Please respect copyright.PENANATVOyaP5boo
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"471Please respect copyright.PENANAtniWmhnLHd
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.471Please respect copyright.PENANAAO2fqEMh2x
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"471Please respect copyright.PENANAAWhHWHkXj3
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.471Please respect copyright.PENANANVsp5zDmMD
Angel471Please respect copyright.PENANAvxUHdo9yLi
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what471Please respect copyright.PENANAFYoMwgF0J1
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.471Please respect copyright.PENANA4paqVWy2iz
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 471Please respect copyright.PENANAHMFLLLfElj
would begin anytime soon.