Angel's eyes flew 548Please respect copyright.PENANAz5q67OqvJd
open as she felt something warm and soft touch her face. Everything 548Please respect copyright.PENANAWBvWcaajq0
around her seemed a little hazy and bright as her eyes slowly adjusted 548Please respect copyright.PENANAb3VrQ8z0AB
to the light. She could see a figure looking down at her and Angel had 548Please respect copyright.PENANAoftRx6TGdf
to shade her eyes to see the person's face clearly. 548Please respect copyright.PENANA5lYEso9Kv4
"Hello, my sweetheart," came the voice of the person looking down at her.548Please respect copyright.PENANALwQztgZTrA
Angel quickly stood 548Please respect copyright.PENANAhgXKGoolTK
up from the floor she was lying on and faced the person in front of her.548Please respect copyright.PENANA6UQtPdR8UY
The sound of the person's voice was so familiar now that Angel felt 548Please respect copyright.PENANAfnAfcZECE2
dumb not to have realised it sooner.548Please respect copyright.PENANAvC8o53Emu6
"Mum, is that you?" Angel asked.548Please respect copyright.PENANAhPMWxhfFQn
"Of course, its me, my lovely Angel," her mother replied as she touched Angel's cheek with her soft hand.548Please respect copyright.PENANAYrr58oC1Uz
Angel closed her eyes548Please respect copyright.PENANAXgoTnyM9hA
at the touch of her mother's hand and felt like lingering on it for a 548Please respect copyright.PENANAlSghYJRvM9
life time. She opened her eyes and her mother smiled at her.548Please respect copyright.PENANAvunlRcE6Hd
"I thought you were dead," said Angel. 548Please respect copyright.PENANA5Dtgb14Zjc
"Honey, I know it will be difficult to tell you this, but sadly, I'm not where you're right now."548Please respect copyright.PENANAFFgrLNZacI
"What do you mean?"548Please respect copyright.PENANALgJCEjLCD2
"I'm long gone from earth, Angel. I'm simply no more."548Please respect copyright.PENANAEEZi6MmgNW
"But why did you leave me?" Angel asked with tears in her eyes. "Things have gone horribly wrong and this is the time to leave?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAhCrIO4ZVza
"I'm sorry I can't answer that, my dear. I wish I could. I know you're heartbroken over everything thats happened to you."548Please respect copyright.PENANAh4paEjDvuu
"Carly, she's really disappointed me, mum," said Angel as she wiped the tears falling from her eyes.548Please respect copyright.PENANAhPi1nWJETJ
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about."548Please respect copyright.PENANAhczyaGPEgH
"If it means forgiving her I'm not going to do it. That will take a life time."548Please respect copyright.PENANA4XwcIzVHAj
"I know you don't mean that, Angel. As much as she has done wrong, nothing is going to change the fact that you're sisters."548Please respect copyright.PENANAnuPMaH72ZM
"I bet you're going to remind me of my promise, aren't you?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAy0wUeumXYs
Angel's mother gave 548Please respect copyright.PENANAc9GoPcnFsi
her daughter a bright smile while she stroked her cheek. "Of course, I 548Please respect copyright.PENANAcrWEPsNxPR
was going to remind you of just that. I know that now that I'm no longer548Please respect copyright.PENANAK3TlfHHUL4
around, its going to be difficult for you. Your life will get even more548Please respect copyright.PENANAjJeNMY7zAu
complicated after all this, but just know that I'm always there when 548Please respect copyright.PENANAF2Hqo50M2v
you need me. And the most important thing, always take care of your 548Please respect copyright.PENANA8KeK5EsXlk
sister no matter what she does. And that you always try to fix things even when it seems impossible to do so."548Please respect copyright.PENANAErJdF5ykFv
"You know I already gave you my word."548Please respect copyright.PENANAYs4CVwMGeL
"And I know that 548Please respect copyright.PENANACQJUiTrz0e
you'll keep it. I know you might try to tear your sister to shreds, but 548Please respect copyright.PENANArwHAORgeqT
please try to be patient with her, okay?"548Please respect copyright.PENANA758YjYPuCP
Before Angel could reply, she noticed that her mother had stood further away from her towards something bright.548Please respect copyright.PENANAVVFX6FkMXZ
"I have to go now, just remember that I love you, Angel and your sister too," said her mother.548Please respect copyright.PENANAnN2Z18i0mv
"Mum, wait, don't 548Please respect copyright.PENANAHKnkqko6zT
go," said Angel as she started to run towards her mother. Her mother 548Please respect copyright.PENANAlUa15kpP1H
didn't move from where she stood and Angel felt the distance widen. She 548Please respect copyright.PENANAN5A2hAaeJR
tried running as fast as she could, but that just made the distance 548Please respect copyright.PENANASWv9gJwq0W
between them even bigger.548Please respect copyright.PENANADpShB7XUjE
And then all of the 548Please respect copyright.PENANAfshP6lywBa
sudden, darkness begun to swallow everything around and the smile on her548Please respect copyright.PENANAtwGkBmMHIU
mother's face was the last thing Angel saw.548Please respect copyright.PENANAR6UuNcMe9o
***548Please respect copyright.PENANAkjljBZK3e1
It548Please respect copyright.PENANAcuI5NnoMUj
felt like drowning as Angel took in air through her nostrils, filling 548Please respect copyright.PENANAZvxWVmZeuq
up her painful lungs. A sudden pain and heaviness quickly descended on 548Please respect copyright.PENANAWLKRBAbIDD
her body and she might have heard herself wince in pain. Her eyes felt 548Please respect copyright.PENANAGv2YdWtp3P
too heavy to open, but she did her best to do so anyway. She could tell 548Please respect copyright.PENANANGwdMEMFeE
as she opened her eyes and her vision cleared, that she was staring at a548Please respect copyright.PENANACWce0eyluP
ceiling. The sound of a beeping machine was the first thing she heard 548Please respect copyright.PENANA2bg3Mifm6o
and when she tried to turn her neck, she realised she couldn't move and 548Please respect copyright.PENANASr6isEu8h0
her body ached all over. Her eyes rolled around, but all she could see 548Please respect copyright.PENANAGRbbMvgm2H
was the ceiling above her.548Please respect copyright.PENANAd8qKbnkOYA
Angel's548Please respect copyright.PENANA44C3CwjxjT
heart started to beat aimlessly as she realised she couldn't move at 548Please respect copyright.PENANAWp3paUZa4n
all. She felt quite scared thinking she was all alone until she heard 548Please respect copyright.PENANAh3aGQqBp6J
her sister's voice.548Please respect copyright.PENANAmYeubOuRNO
"Angel? Oh my gosh, she's alive!" 548Please respect copyright.PENANAAWFP0DsRht
Angel548Please respect copyright.PENANANgFW1XxC9U
felt like breathing out a sigh of relief, but she knew it was going to 548Please respect copyright.PENANAB4NdVOxhho
be painful. She noticed the face mask on her face and wanted to remove 548Please respect copyright.PENANAkgq6eunUiA
it. She could feel her fingers, but lifting her whole hand was going to 548Please respect copyright.PENANAfVfNUgUNbw
be a painful process. Her body felt heavy as it already was.548Please respect copyright.PENANAcvFsYLd6Tj
"Please,548Please respect copyright.PENANALC67HpfWe0
call the doctor! My sister is alive!" Carly seemed to be calling out to548Please respect copyright.PENANAEdSDcWwT37
someone in the room and a male voice grabbed Angel's attention.548Please respect copyright.PENANAJleeFY3CGb
"I'm548Please respect copyright.PENANAUozOjxkTjM
going, I'm going." Quick footsteps were heard and faded away. Angel 548Please respect copyright.PENANAgTmFX7GOVj
could tell that the voice sounded very familiar but she couldn't process548Please respect copyright.PENANATon5b0ogyz
everything at the moment.548Please respect copyright.PENANAhIIJ7b7aVt
Carly's548Please respect copyright.PENANA1JzvDAb4I7
face came into view as she looked down at Angel. Angel could tell that 548Please respect copyright.PENANAIOucn6NDp9
her sister had been crying. Her puffy red eyes and stuffy red nose 548Please respect copyright.PENANAVUcJJKR9jY
showed it all. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAYNLhUmxURF
"I548Please respect copyright.PENANAKO6eAKwbkf
thought I lost you, Angel," said Carly, "when your heart stopped 548Please respect copyright.PENANA2yopJi4C82
beating, I thought you were gone forever. I don't want to lose you too."548Please respect copyright.PENANADpvpaBmQ50
Angel548Please respect copyright.PENANA1cO4dKRD0W
noticed the black shirt Carly was wearing and her eyes stung with tears548Please respect copyright.PENANAyX8yiGIf1d
as she remembered that her mother had passed on. Her heart felt heavy 548Please respect copyright.PENANAvtwka4Ax70
with remorse and her body ached even more.548Please respect copyright.PENANAvpBJDj9VIK
"I'm548Please respect copyright.PENANALWWmqil8RU
so sorry, Angel," said Carly as tears sreamed down her face. "I feel 548Please respect copyright.PENANAoUHO1mM3dD
most of this is all my fault and I know I let you down. Please forgive 548Please respect copyright.PENANAqyJuyB6HZc
me. And I also hope that wherever mum is, that she will also be able to 548Please respect copyright.PENANAJtRfeyID1X
forgive me too."548Please respect copyright.PENANAEpGJbYVf5d
A548Please respect copyright.PENANAYvqbveqqlb
tear streamed down Angel's cheek as she continued to stare up at her 548Please respect copyright.PENANA39Ay2L5IBU
sister. She wanted to comfort her sister, but she was still mad at Carly548Please respect copyright.PENANAON9PeytV1Q
and she didn't feel like speaking at the moment. Soon she heard quick 548Please respect copyright.PENANAU6qYVwUAC0
footsteps. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAOIpkq4k0WX
"Doctor, my sister is okay," said Carly as she turned to address the doctor.548Please respect copyright.PENANAzpqTqGFQRC
"Well,548Please respect copyright.PENANABl6QyRLe4V
isn't that a miracle?" the doctor said, "looks like your sister fought 548Please respect copyright.PENANAZqZD4RGsZp
with death and won. I also thought she was gone the time we tried to 548Please respect copyright.PENANAEHjclrNh0W
revive her."548Please respect copyright.PENANAkyXGTzukvz
"Well, Angel is as tough as I thought," came the male voice again which Angel still couldn't recognise. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAHMJRtju5tQ
"I think you two better leave while we take some tests," said the doctor, "don't you worry."548Please respect copyright.PENANAd6RsH7zmSS
Carly looked down at her548Please respect copyright.PENANADuHkQbXJqS
sister, tears still rolling down her cheeks. "I'm glad you're back, 548Please respect copyright.PENANAawY2vElmhy
Angel. I don't know what I would've have done without you."548Please respect copyright.PENANAIBPhti7BEs
"And so as I," came the male voice.548Please respect copyright.PENANA5u6umPqM9a
Eric soon appeared 548Please respect copyright.PENANAmTKlIkT2zZ
within Angel's sights and he had a sad smile on his face. Angel's eyes 548Please respect copyright.PENANAxuHfYxQQeX
widen at the sight of his cute sad face. She felt like smiling at him, 548Please respect copyright.PENANAVZvXCal0R3
but a sudden wince of pain came out of her mouth. 548Please respect copyright.PENANA7jupyPcfSA
"Angel, are you feeling hurt?" Carly asked looking worried. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAozF9xZRWM5
"You don't worry, she's 548Please respect copyright.PENANAQANj9PHoPX
in pain, but that will wear off as soon as she takes her medication," 548Please respect copyright.PENANARgJEOWUc4g
said the doctor, "I suggest you leave while she takes her rest."548Please respect copyright.PENANADFPVampTr0
"Let's go, Carly, the doctor's right," said Eric, "we will come see her later on when she feels better."548Please respect copyright.PENANAqYdjxBkybx
"Okay, let's go," said Carly. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAOQWT3vuMVz
Carly and Eric looked at548Please respect copyright.PENANA3kCodiAD5X
Angel one last time. As the two left the room, the doctor appeared 548Please respect copyright.PENANATBnaMdmHea
beside Angel with a bright warm smile on his face.548Please respect copyright.PENANAFcEknwWyZh
"It's good to see you 548Please respect copyright.PENANAJhJ8obA2JH
alive, Angel," said the doctor, "now, I'll give you a little sedative to548Please respect copyright.PENANAYcOXDqLhr7
ease the pain and you can have enough rest."548Please respect copyright.PENANAYOWEKJijH2
Angel saw the doctor 548Please respect copyright.PENANAYslTXRmCCG
inject some liquid into her IV and she quickly felt the effects of the 548Please respect copyright.PENANA2fUq5vdyCo
sedative taking over. Her eyes peacefully closed as she realised that 548Please respect copyright.PENANAOo4qujXwTM
rest was exactly what she needed.548Please respect copyright.PENANAN3cED5URe0
***548Please respect copyright.PENANAo7dmGUoxZm
A548Please respect copyright.PENANAYtx79hotcb
week had passed and Angel was recovering slowly. It seemed like 548Please respect copyright.PENANANmHO7z7KtN
forever, but Angel was patient enough to wait until her body mended 548Please respect copyright.PENANAhi08PwFuMK
itself. Carly was always there everyday to watch over and take care of 548Please respect copyright.PENANAf203HVFVJW
her. Even Eric also did the same, surprisingly. And that made Angel 548Please respect copyright.PENANAsqcJhHEgV8
wonder why he would be so interested in her well being.548Please respect copyright.PENANAUsCAcMnfhc
As548Please respect copyright.PENANAeBtb4Xgx1U
the week passed on, Angel had quickly recovered from her mother's 548Please respect copyright.PENANA0PnBTlDkRu
death. It didn't really have a mental effect as she thought it would 548Please respect copyright.PENANA8YGhd2avua
have. But she pulled through anyway. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAn51KbRBXXf
Apparently, one thing seemed to bother Carly, Eric, the doctor and nurses who took care of Angel.548Please respect copyright.PENANA4ueMp40oyF
Angel had never altered a word since she gained consciousness. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAoNoQUOhhtY
Carly548Please respect copyright.PENANAmATeTR60G6
had once asked the doctor this and wondered if their mother's death had548Please respect copyright.PENANAa9Hgfm0bn4
anything to do with it or maybe her vocal cords had a problem. But 548Please respect copyright.PENANAVCK65L4n2D
sadly, the doctor had no answer because he recently had a check up on 548Please respect copyright.PENANAVcLmZDghdH
Angel's vocal cords and everything seemed perfectly normal. All she did 548Please respect copyright.PENANA17bsqz2yVO
was nod or shake her head if they ever asked a question, but she 548Please respect copyright.PENANABx9VyvaIei
wouldn't say anything. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAnhRUq9himE
Even548Please respect copyright.PENANAtCWHUXSPkN
after the third day after Angel gained consciousness, the police 548Please respect copyright.PENANAQHSi2EBOqr
decided to take a police statement from her, but everything went to no 548Please respect copyright.PENANAVVWz6Nln7n
avail. Even Angel's workmates would come now and then to see how she was548Please respect copyright.PENANA1iIdLroq9v
doing and her boss, Mark Dean, came to see her as well. But still, 548Please respect copyright.PENANAWJhzMayhlZ
Angel kept her mouth shut.548Please respect copyright.PENANAWrJy1Ll0Rl
On548Please respect copyright.PENANAmcI8FJ2boX
Saturday, Carly was around, taking care of Angel. It was lunch time and548Please respect copyright.PENANAnXD72wXH9E
Carly was feeding her sister. Angel was now able to sit up in bed even 548Please respect copyright.PENANAGsEjo1WgnR
though her body still ached like hell. She still had a bandage wrapped 548Please respect copyright.PENANAeJNpci5dte
around her forehead because of a deep scar, her left arm was still 548Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7NWsjzyKb
broken and it was heavily bandaged. Her neck had healed drastically over548Please respect copyright.PENANAcP4x1mEUnk
a few days and her legs were doing okay, but they ached a little 548Please respect copyright.PENANAjI82iJkoYT
sometimes.548Please respect copyright.PENANAnuOJ1EOaxx
As548Please respect copyright.PENANAoa6uNFnebj
Carly fed Angel another spoon of chicken soup, the door suddenly flew 548Please respect copyright.PENANAv7dmO4gU2i
open and Eric came in with a bouquet of roses and a basket of friut.548Please respect copyright.PENANAmh2PWFLhoP
"Hello, there," said Eric.548Please respect copyright.PENANAWxcsk3BzYd
"Oh, hi, Eric," said Carly and Angel just gave him a half smile.548Please respect copyright.PENANAIxQ1RGe6nP
"Well,548Please respect copyright.PENANAXffcxsz4ik
I see that you're doing better today, Angel," said Eric as he placed 548Please respect copyright.PENANAHwVKTSagm4
the roses on top of the drawer next to her bedside together with the 548Please respect copyright.PENANABgLRgxwUiy
basket of fruits.548Please respect copyright.PENANAiyFnnp9Y8d
"Wow, aren't those like the third bouquet of flowers you sent her this week?" Carly asked.548Please respect copyright.PENANA8MCzpUi56g
"Maybe, I don't really count anyway."548Please respect copyright.PENANAkmv7lIoOl9
"Awww! You see, Angel, looks like you have someone crushing on you. What do you have to say about that?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAWXfFFWrZ1B
Angel's smile widen a little, but she still didn't say anything.548Please respect copyright.PENANAdx9a2LCGbR
"Um.. Carly, he's here and he wants to speak to you," said Eric.548Please respect copyright.PENANAdakARLjWjJ
Angel raised an eyebrow. Something fishy was going on and she didn't like it. Who are they talking about? she wondered.548Please respect copyright.PENANA9xeTPErUJe
Carly looked at Angel and then at Eric. She gave the bowl of soup to Eric. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAkuu0mcAABW
"I'll be right back," said Carly548Please respect copyright.PENANAjbijJKpCoQ
Eric548Please respect copyright.PENANA3XG6Q5Ypkj
looked up at Angel as Carly left the room. Angel looked at him giving 548Please respect copyright.PENANAwtnLxN6GFA
him a face indicating that he should tell her what was going on.548Please respect copyright.PENANAU0gYXLTFWi
"I548Please respect copyright.PENANAL3TiZqeTTG
know that look on your face, Angel," said Eric as he sat on the edge of548Please respect copyright.PENANA0JvSt9qGX3
the hospital bed to feed her. "You want to know what's going on, 548Please respect copyright.PENANAX7wEAhL8qj
right?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAZirA7J9C2f
Angel nodded.548Please respect copyright.PENANA4jzLz876xz
Eric548Please respect copyright.PENANAm1Jz57LyeD
shook his head. "I can't tell you all that at the moment. It's best if 548Please respect copyright.PENANAcZL6lLt2PL
Carly does. It has something to do with your mother."548Please respect copyright.PENANAteEk00U0YI
Angel548Please respect copyright.PENANAGW4hegAu1I
now started to think of the worst. What was it now? Did her mother have548Please respect copyright.PENANA2gdXuK25ex
debts she failed to pay before she died or was it something far much 548Please respect copyright.PENANAkAOI4UHKgv
worse?548Please respect copyright.PENANAhoTvfNtELR
"But548Please respect copyright.PENANA4Mj4QavCXB
you don't worry about anything. Carly told me that you'll find out 548Please respect copyright.PENANAYixiDACIGo
what's going on," said Eric as he lifted the spoon towards Angel's 548Please respect copyright.PENANAmABVpOXkLk
mouth.548Please respect copyright.PENANAvG8fpqIoee
"Now, open wide. You need to finish your lunch, okay?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAM26CN74EPG
Angel did as she was told and Eric put the spoon in her mouth. 548Please respect copyright.PENANA91HpHpomyF
"That's548Please respect copyright.PENANAHcHxPET4iy
a good girl. I might just give you some special dessert at the end of 548Please respect copyright.PENANAOpZEvkXnMF
all this. What do you think about that?" Eric asked as he wiggled his 548Please respect copyright.PENANAV1q2yVANK6
eyebrows. 548Please respect copyright.PENANABaME15kYPB
"And will that dessert be your lips? Because if it is, I'll gladly slap your cheek."548Please respect copyright.PENANAed678tl1qi
Eric548Please respect copyright.PENANAF9wd01TWLW
stared at Angel with his mouth agape. She finally spoke. He didn't know548Please respect copyright.PENANAKVFcMHOchU
whether to hug her or kiss her for her to slap him and see if he was 548Please respect copyright.PENANA6Lgop630m3
dreaming.548Please respect copyright.PENANA4YNionZvkG
"You... talked!" Eric almost exclaimed, but Angel covered his mouth with her good right hand.548Please respect copyright.PENANAeGR7ygf3xh
"I don't want Carly to find out, keep your voice down," said Angel quietly.548Please respect copyright.PENANAI5j0eEYrs9
"Don't worry, Carly is in the lobby. But why have you been quiet all this time, Angel? You had all of us worried."548Please respect copyright.PENANA30q2CTicSv
"I548Please respect copyright.PENANAdnnmMsHsoI
know," Angel leaned her back onto the soft pillows behind her, "I just 548Please respect copyright.PENANA9Y72btpJrk
didn't feel like talking and all. After all that had happened, being 548Please respect copyright.PENANAgYzHbaJu2i
quiet was the only way to keep calm."548Please respect copyright.PENANA8MpllcjMyF
"But you should have said something to someone. If not Carly or I, at least the doctor."548Please respect copyright.PENANAb1V4t9v729
Angel looked at Eric and held his hand. "Thank you, Eric."548Please respect copyright.PENANAjZT3kpMw1i
"Thanks, for what?"548Please respect copyright.PENANA3av9cOwJ07
"For548Please respect copyright.PENANAf226aJp943
being there even if we barely know each other," said Angel with a sad 548Please respect copyright.PENANA0mhWKI9eSb
smile on her face. "You kept my sister company even though I never said a548Please respect copyright.PENANAk53DKkKYht
word to her. I just didn't want to leash out my anger on her."548Please respect copyright.PENANAExf9YyS9AU
"Its nothing, Angel. When I said I was glad to meet you back at the bar, I truly meant it."548Please respect copyright.PENANA4VuLHtxyGx
Angel548Please respect copyright.PENANA0ttDunOjr8
smiled and then something quickly came to mind. Images of what had 548Please respect copyright.PENANA0cYZ2oSJR8
happened last week at the day of the accident came back. 548Please respect copyright.PENANA0vSdgUoy5i
"Hey, are you okay?" Eric asked. "You looked pale for a second."548Please respect copyright.PENANAogugSgupSb
"The....548Please respect copyright.PENANAdOyPN2IJGP
the day, I had the accident," started Angel, "what really happened? 548Please respect copyright.PENANAwbfI2rsDz7
Because all I remember is the phone call of someone telling me about my 548Please respect copyright.PENANAqiDtiD7t3V
mother's death and then nothing."548Please respect copyright.PENANARF6LkHOA1z
"You don't really remember a car hitting you on that day?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAcT32MPxoCx
"I548Please respect copyright.PENANAzmnFj88rAt
know a car hit me, but who was driving the car? I want to know. I was 548Please respect copyright.PENANAm1MJTc1SMn
hoping you and Carly would bring up the topic these past few days, but 548Please respect copyright.PENANAP3co41y66K
you didn't. When the police came, I knew I wasn't going to say much 548Please respect copyright.PENANAugVWYQ84Ye
because I don't know anything. Now you tell me, was it a hit and run or 548Please respect copyright.PENANAazZDgPxqdk
do you know who did it?"548Please respect copyright.PENANA10G9FwvpIE
Eric looked the other way for a moment. "No, Angel. It wasn't a hit and run."548Please respect copyright.PENANAo62N2iklP9
"Then will you tell me?" Angel asked. "Why do you look like that? Is there something I should know?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAlsw8QwLTOd
"Remember, the guy who was with your sister at the bar that day?"548Please respect copyright.PENANATexQBEwO0z
"Ya, I remember the jerk. Why?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAmkUN2gIPEp
"That person who just called a jerk, is none other than my cousin, Leo."548Please respect copyright.PENANAF1udMn8rC9
"Oh," Angel paused for a second. "I didn't know. Sorry about that."548Please respect copyright.PENANATvnknWfwlq
"No,548Please respect copyright.PENANA8lsjLnrrQS
he's a jerk, that's for sure. On that day he was supposed to get 548Please respect copyright.PENANAi88RXGu1UD
married. But he left the wedding and came by the bar looking for 548Please respect copyright.PENANAsY6zKYOzaz
Carly."548Please respect copyright.PENANASb2HxeRrYB
"A jerk indeed. Why did he come there anyway?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAQQyrIoAk1R
"Well, he changed his mind completely after the bachelor party to get married."548Please respect copyright.PENANARCXHNFXk4v
"And he did all that just because of my sister? Ridiculous."548Please respect copyright.PENANAuxycQgmsZt
"Coming548Please respect copyright.PENANANVD2HziuTZ
back to your accident," Eric now looked straight at Angel, "I'm afraid 548Please respect copyright.PENANAGJkte6xpTd
to tell you that he was the one who ran you over."548Please respect copyright.PENANAMMCWohKBFt
Angel548Please respect copyright.PENANAtOdhlO5H6l
didn't say anything. Eric expected her to burst in anger but she looked548Please respect copyright.PENANAnOAAvM48AF
calm. Even her response seemed to surprise Eric even more.548Please respect copyright.PENANA9lkX3IsKNk
"So, he almost kills me with his car and he hasn't come by just to apologise?" Angel asked calmly. 548Please respect copyright.PENANA6j3hCegfA0
"I...548Please respect copyright.PENANAGy847LPKKg
well," Eric was lost for words. He expected Angel to shout and act 548Please respect copyright.PENANAVFXh4t4zvc
wild, but she didn't. "He still feels bad after everything."548Please respect copyright.PENANAcdhVOgXZAT
"He still feels bad or is he just too full of pride to apologise?"548Please respect copyright.PENANALXCfEd4ZSG
"How do you know that?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAUKpi0To4dc
"I spent five minutes in that office in the bar with your cousin, trust me, I know."548Please respect copyright.PENANAo14Kol3XXg
Eric548Please respect copyright.PENANAgrc7GfOy0f
passed a hand through his hair and sighed. "On behalf of Leo, I simply 548Please respect copyright.PENANAvYARChDKnC
apologise. I'm also part of the reason why you're in this mess."548Please respect copyright.PENANAEuuwVfUzp1
"It's nothing, Eric. I would prefer if Leo bought himself to do that, don't you think?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAbJFhNytXqz
"You're right."548Please respect copyright.PENANAL0qlMatxpw
"I hope the person Carly has gone out to see by the lobby isn't him."548Please respect copyright.PENANAGy51ncY7aC
"No, it isn't him. He wouldn't even dare come to this place," said Eric, "Carly is talking to my uncle, Leo's father."548Please respect copyright.PENANANrCWcwgGHr
"But what is he doing here?" Angel asked.548Please respect copyright.PENANAX8FyWdfV4y
"I'm548Please respect copyright.PENANASXbWXyLftf
not the one supposed to be telling you this, but apparently, your 548Please respect copyright.PENANAqi8Cme58Uh
mother and my uncle were good friends. The time your mother had fallen 548Please respect copyright.PENANAfRBnrg7ZaC
ill, he was there and took her to the hospital."548Please respect copyright.PENANAXh6S2HOs4W
Angel548Please respect copyright.PENANAxtaMsovozc
didn't say anything as she continued to look at Eric. The thought of 548Please respect copyright.PENANA12AkxsUx8O
her mother during her dying moments made Angel's heart break. She 548Please respect copyright.PENANAFTh2DNmfNF
wondered how much pain her mother must have gone through.548Please respect copyright.PENANA7Wf9ajNcVE
"Since you weren't talking, he decided to talk to Carly over some things."548Please respect copyright.PENANA0Gs8mbxU0P
"What things?"548Please respect copyright.PENANA7XT6I1gyOt
"I don't know," Eric shrugged his shoulders, "must be something about your mother."548Please respect copyright.PENANA02qD6JGkcl
Angel thought for a second. "Tell him to come in, I would like to speak with him."548Please respect copyright.PENANAxzjTMGC0Ey
"You're sure?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAMMwGsnfN4C
"Of course, please do so, Eric."548Please respect copyright.PENANAYwUT0HB0Oc
Eric548Please respect copyright.PENANAxV0UNPIus7
nodded and put her bowl of soup aside. He quickly rushed out of the 548Please respect copyright.PENANAMP2SPMkz1a
door and he soon came back with Carly and a tall good looking man. By 548Please respect copyright.PENANAtS5LoPG0av
the look of his designer clothes, Angel could tell that he was one type 548Please respect copyright.PENANAY9t7uiM7RN
of a person living the good life.548Please respect copyright.PENANAoaChgf77o7
"Angel, Eric told me you can talk again," said Carly, "is that true?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAnbUPQga3fS
"Yes, it's true," replied Angel trying to put up a smile for her sister, but even her cheeks wouldn't twitch. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAYOAVxLJ2OO
"I'm548Please respect copyright.PENANACioLscWfKR
so glad!" Carly ran over excitedly and hugged her sister. For a second 548Please respect copyright.PENANAr7bQb2WwQt
Angel wanted to revolt and push her away, but that would seem rude in 548Please respect copyright.PENANAodMR5dMEmj
front of Eric and his uncle. And so she just had to put up with it.548Please respect copyright.PENANAkTxN22SkYb
"I thought you were still mad at me and didn't want to talk to me anymore," said Carly, "I did say I was sorry."548Please respect copyright.PENANAvpnm6n0c0E
"And I still feel like hitting you with a frying pan!" Angel548Please respect copyright.PENANA64oWgFfOQP
finally pulled out a smile even when she knew it was completely fake. 548Please respect copyright.PENANARroN7Bk11p
Despite Carly taking care of her this past week, Angel still couldn't 548Please respect copyright.PENANAfRm2oPpzml
stand her sister after everything.548Please respect copyright.PENANAnPo96SE8O2
"It's fine, Carly," said Angel, finding it a little hard to speak. "Don't say such things, okay? All that is over now."548Please respect copyright.PENANAsgd8a9FJyC
"Sorry548Please respect copyright.PENANABTSgajqjfI
to intervene on the little reunion," spoke Eric's uncle, "but I think 548Please respect copyright.PENANAalCGksCmUW
we have more important things to discuss regarding your mother, Angel."548Please respect copyright.PENANArbczLfiG35
At548Please respect copyright.PENANASCJv7agjdp
last, someone had to bring up that point and Angel felt like breathing 548Please respect copyright.PENANAuOYxtMJpiV
out a sigh of relief. She didn't want to talk to Carly anymore. And she 548Please respect copyright.PENANACu9V5tLiiI
was starting to like this man already. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAOkphopOOpV
"Yes, Eric told me who you were and that you were good friends with my mother," said Angel.548Please respect copyright.PENANA496eb5GI67
"Yes, Eric told you right," said Mr McDonell, "I came here to give my deepest condolences."548Please respect copyright.PENANAwVpS58Wou5
"Thank you."548Please respect copyright.PENANAuvmeGQzRB6
"I also came to apologise on behalf of my son, Leo. I know he hasn't been here to apologise, but please don't be too offended."548Please respect copyright.PENANAhrru2AMA0n
"No, don't worry about it. You aren't the only one who has apologised on his behalf." Angel stared at Eric.548Please respect copyright.PENANAIQYZfVXZWn
"Well,548Please respect copyright.PENANAU57LG2IcLy
putting that aside, I came to talk to you about the burial processions.548Please respect copyright.PENANAOVgfddEEio
We didn't want to go ahead with the burial until you fully recovered. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAhcemuvnYBM
And your mother, before she passed away, made me promise her something. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAdDEuXNzBNQ
And I hope that you'll agree to it. I already talked to Carly about it 548Please respect copyright.PENANAZBpKTOTimN
and she agreed, but the final consent is yours to make."548Please respect copyright.PENANAlvmqWAIASE
"I hope you agree to it,548Please respect copyright.PENANABQoUwUCrpy
Angel," said Carly. That almost made Angel want to slap her mouth as 548Please respect copyright.PENANA2S9FnDBIVG
she stared at her sister who stared back with hopeful eyes.548Please respect copyright.PENANA2uC0dS4sam
Angel turned to face Mr 548Please respect copyright.PENANArTubdjVZXq
McDonell who was staring calmy at her. Eric stood right beside him and 548Please respect copyright.PENANAhd3QhCth2g
he too looked on eagerly, hoping that Angel would agree to what's 548Please respect copyright.PENANA1c2EODQ7wA
coming.548Please respect copyright.PENANABoLIGMeqZs
"Okay, what is it my mother promised you to do?" Angel asked.
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