"Don't you think you should have done something by now?" Miranda asked with her arms folded.530Please respect copyright.PENANAD3QMErGlQR
"What do you mean, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAqxMAWqvkuJ
"I mean, a week has passed and you haven't reported those people for the damages they caused in the bar that day."530Please respect copyright.PENANAFzSc5fXf8k
"Why do you bring up that argument every time, woman!" Mr Walters looked pretty upset.530Please respect copyright.PENANAjToqsPbMZe
"Because, they almost left you for dead and the place was in a mess. Someone has to pay for the damages you know."530Please respect copyright.PENANABqPe3A04PL
"Look, Miranda, I admit,530Please respect copyright.PENANAdKhBNpjHJh
those people really trashed up the place, but I couldn't report them. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAXhbQGOn1Ff
As far as I know, Carly also lost her mother. Now imagine this, your 530Please respect copyright.PENANAP6hYJcbW3I
sister gets into an accident and then your mother dies on the same day. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAO3fe8vccum
Won't that be too much too handle?"530Please respect copyright.PENANAcRW1SxLtsM
Miranda tapped her foot 530Please respect copyright.PENANAISGdbgQto1
as she stared down at her boss who sat behind his office desk looking up530Please respect copyright.PENANA2odqu2i27s
at her. He had a few bruises on his face and a slight bump at the back 530Please respect copyright.PENANA0EyeXTlGyp
of his head. All in all, he still looked okay.530Please respect copyright.PENANAmQwU6FMASB
"You might have a point though," said Miranda, "but I still think you should have reported them."530Please respect copyright.PENANAxrLI96ynb8
"You know I couldn't 530Please respect copyright.PENANAJgQ23ZwDKi
report to the police. If they got to search this place, they might find 530Please respect copyright.PENANASFhTeKY2ye
out what dirty business goes on and we would have been in big trouble. I530Please respect copyright.PENANATGVFBbMDz0
can't risk losing my business. We all benefit from it."530Please respect copyright.PENANAKMnp3PUry1
"I see your point there. So, those guys are just going to get away with it, huh?" Miranda asked.530Please respect copyright.PENANAYwzCV7cAKp
"No, let things cool 530Please respect copyright.PENANArv8rHqJRtv
down for a little while longer. Once Carly's sister gets better, then I 530Please respect copyright.PENANAb1KWj6uYW8
will be able to do what I do best. Nobody trashes up my place and gets 530Please respect copyright.PENANARuCogGcW4m
away with it that easily."530Please respect copyright.PENANAm8qrLM2jNL
Miranda smiled. "Now that's what I wanted to hear."530Please respect copyright.PENANAkDAwTMbhQG
***530Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZlVK9jm2j
"You didn't tell him, did you?"530Please respect copyright.PENANAGByQRCBH0D
Angel530Please respect copyright.PENANA4xzeeCMODq
stared at Eric and Carly who stood at the edge of the bed looking at 530Please respect copyright.PENANA1t5MCAeXXL
her with a kind of expression Angel couldn't quite put together. Angel 530Please respect copyright.PENANA7yRBgGkJjn
raised an eyebrow as she waited for an answer.530Please respect copyright.PENANASkBvx8iCXe
"Well... we.... ahh...," Carly couldn't even find the right words.530Please respect copyright.PENANAyiqBuIUL3A
"With the look on your faces, it's quite clear that Mr McDonell doesn't know the whole truth," said Angel. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAf5f2BRz0nY
"It's true, Angel," said Eric. "No one knows the whole truth apart from the four of us."530Please respect copyright.PENANAP9RTlnAvOH
"You guys are unbelievable! Just because I couldn't talk for a whole week, you decided to twist the whole story around?"530Please respect copyright.PENANAsrBmZzCcqk
"We're sorry, Angel," said Carly, "we just didn't want to make things complicated."530Please respect copyright.PENANAvjlo7JlnjE
"Make things complicated! Carly, you just made everything worse!"530Please respect copyright.PENANA4PRtzmbQbw
Angel's530Please respect copyright.PENANAJGqYk4UcKN
anger was rising to the surface and she knew she was going to burst any530Please respect copyright.PENANAIjNpbhQfml
moment. Things now looked messy, and Angel felt it was all her fault. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAyeKhBMfvuo
She could have avoided all this, but it looked like things went out of 530Please respect copyright.PENANAnAn1Cb2JUd
hand.530Please respect copyright.PENANAeeS2U7Qdz3
"So, even when giving a police report, you all lied?" Angel asked.530Please respect copyright.PENANAd7wI1MHxnt
"We all agreed to it," said Eric, "no one was to know the real reason as to why Leo was never there at the wedding."530Please respect copyright.PENANA7XY2f5nX5O
"And you used my accident as an escape plan, then?" Angel's face was heating up.530Please respect copyright.PENANAnCZG6mjhw0
"We just had to do it, Angel," said Eric. "If we didn't, we were going to be in a lot of trouble."530Please respect copyright.PENANASBeSSEick5
"In trouble with who? I want to know because you're already in trouble with me."530Please respect copyright.PENANAgJF3rEdv1l
"Please, don't ask," said Eric, "you look like you're going to burst any moment and you need to rest."530Please respect copyright.PENANADjRd5RQOqo
"I'll only rest until you try to fix this mess."530Please respect copyright.PENANAXTQ0rJnurl
"What's530Please respect copyright.PENANA3X3KXEchI9
done is done, Angel," said Carly, "everyone thinks Eric and Leo just 530Please respect copyright.PENANAGF3xhblapL
went out for a ride and then you got hit by accident. If you tell the 530Please respect copyright.PENANAeMBdMFYWfB
truth, Leo might just end up in prison because they might think you 530Please respect copyright.PENANAUXh48bL7UK
being hit was intentional."530Please respect copyright.PENANAiPqaF89J4v
"As530Please respect copyright.PENANAU6AKwqRakC
much as Leo had done most of the damage," said Angel, rolling her eyes,530Please respect copyright.PENANAqGMOEKmIHK
"I'm not that cruel to let him rot in prison. I might as well have 530Please respect copyright.PENANArVdq04sIeW
dropped the charges."530Please respect copyright.PENANA29pxVhLqHC
"But the damage is already done," said Eric, "we can't tell the truth. We could all be in big trouble."530Please respect copyright.PENANADCN9E4uXZQ
"And530Please respect copyright.PENANAIPDnEaWAxL
imagine what Mr McDonell would have thought if he knew I once worked as530Please respect copyright.PENANAInsmlnNAt6
a prostitute," said Carly, "he wouldn't have even offered to help us."530Please respect copyright.PENANAWAyBTHkS9x
"No,"530Please respect copyright.PENANA3O4SnmAtmd
said Angel, "I think you're wrong on that. If he truly was a good 530Please respect copyright.PENANAceWmZrYyDU
friend of our late mother, he still would have helped us."530Please respect copyright.PENANA1LKQjOs54R
"Now that you have brought up my uncle in all this," Eric intervened quickly, "will you accept his proposal?"530Please respect copyright.PENANA7UNBO8oZVa
Before530Please respect copyright.PENANAEkORNt4byP
Mr McDonell had left, he had asked Angel if she and Carly could move 530Please respect copyright.PENANA4to3EZVUVU
into his house and stay with the family. Angel said she would think 530Please respect copyright.PENANAbF4aRIEf1R
about it and she had asked how her mother had died so suddenly on that 530Please respect copyright.PENANA8y2UxIMGqP
fateful day. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAiT1MUXKSVV
As530Please respect copyright.PENANAMY7O60W34D
Mr McDonell explained the events, to Angel, it was quite clear that Mr 530Please respect copyright.PENANAyKhOqAGhIh
McDonell didn't know the real reason why Leo wasn't at the wedding. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAzAmbO1Yy2D
Because he did say that he had called home and was told that Leo and 530Please respect copyright.PENANA5pVNHEzmEf
Eric were gone. And a few moments after calling Angel, the accident 530Please respect copyright.PENANAFrIV7REA0O
occurred. Besides, he didn't pose any question as to why Angel and Carly530Please respect copyright.PENANAq8aLYHSsol
were along that street that day in the first place. It seemed to 530Please respect copyright.PENANA7cruTZa9SA
everyone, that all that occurred was nothing but a coincidence.530Please respect copyright.PENANAq28dLSSiAq
"I have already made up my mind," said Angel, "I think Carly and I shouldn't move in to your house."530Please respect copyright.PENANAR5yKZqlEbH
Carly and Eric gave Angel horrifying looks. Carly came to sit close to her sister on the edge of the bed.530Please respect copyright.PENANAxkOLqE0rMJ
"What? But Angel...."530Please respect copyright.PENANAfAxm1foBnh
"But530Please respect copyright.PENANArDdMEqARWe
nothing, Carly," said Angel. "I don't think it's a good idea. As much 530Please respect copyright.PENANAarAtUgVExI
as Mr McDonell is trying to help us out, living in his house doesn't 530Please respect copyright.PENANAJbev2GHJWi
seem right."530Please respect copyright.PENANAiqYPA4cqb2
"Oh, really then? Is it that or are you saying that because you don't want to ever see Leo within your sight?"530Please respect copyright.PENANAULAiwDweN8
Angel didn't say anything for a second as she stared at her sister, trying to figure out the right words to use. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAD0UKcyXuKC
"Its530Please respect copyright.PENANAUS0YsYAfsN
not like that," said Angel. "I don't think its right after all that's 530Please respect copyright.PENANA8GKueiliKL
happened. If we live in their house it would feel completely weird. Just530Please respect copyright.PENANAqBzIPYEBoj
so you know, Leo and Eric aren't strangers to you and I anymore."530Please respect copyright.PENANABdouBkXgxS
"Angel, please think about it for one second," pleaded Carly.530Please respect copyright.PENANA8SLDs6mIru
"And why are you insisting? It's not like we have a house of our own. Or do you just want to be close to Leo?"530Please respect copyright.PENANAxy8vP3OIpC
Carly530Please respect copyright.PENANAfYIBRZ8Rek
looked baffled and Eric just stood there without saying a word. Angel 530Please respect copyright.PENANAPqrwIff3Sp
noticed the blush come across her sister's cheeks and Angel felt like 530Please respect copyright.PENANAuDDK17n6OH
slapping it off her face.530Please respect copyright.PENANAexw6dH6dgT
"Aren't you going to say anything? I already gave my reason," said Angel. "Now you tell me yours."530Please respect copyright.PENANAzJ4OW3h4Ei
Carly looked the other way and Eric stared down at his feet. Angel looked at Carly and then at Eric, and then back again.530Please respect copyright.PENANA90sIEfVLUd
"Your silence tells me there is more to all this," said Angel, with an eyebrow raised. "Do the two of you still meet?"530Please respect copyright.PENANAgdUBGJnCSP
Carly530Please respect copyright.PENANAO5SFbEROD5
played around with her fingers and Angel noticed. Carly had always done530Please respect copyright.PENANAqFQ6Oaauev
that whenever she was nervous and was trying to hide the truth.530Please respect copyright.PENANAszbp0cw8TZ
Angel let out a sigh and sunk down deeper into the bed covers.530Please respect copyright.PENANALDLJso3cA6
"I think I don't have to say much since you already gave me your answer. I think I'll just rest now," Angel yawned.530Please respect copyright.PENANAUqkLKmF9fc
"Angel, will you just-" 530Please respect copyright.PENANAZyHx9OGj2A
"Listen530Please respect copyright.PENANAgw9WTW4o0y
to you?"Angel finished the sentenced. "I'm tired of listening. Eric's 530Please respect copyright.PENANApvvSWcCgp9
right. I need some rest. So, may you please leave?"530Please respect copyright.PENANAUNpapNJ9hr
Carly530Please respect copyright.PENANAtDL0KmmwR7
looked at her sister, but Angel turned her face the other way and 530Please respect copyright.PENANAo8gUsux3IC
closed her eyes. Before Carly could protest, Leo came closer to her and 530Please respect copyright.PENANAspGsaRLv63
held her shoulder.530Please respect copyright.PENANAQwBol8QfOu
"I think we should leave," said Eric, "I think she's had enough to handle for one day. Let's go."530Please respect copyright.PENANArbxvXdWtcr
Carly530Please respect copyright.PENANAEfps5w5hFd
didn't say a thing as she nodded her head. She slowly got up from the 530Please respect copyright.PENANAPsevCkYmIY
bed and went out of the room with Eric behind her who closed the door.530Please respect copyright.PENANA2sPgWMb950
After530Please respect copyright.PENANAW1gqGfTBsg
Carly and Eric had left, Angel's eyes flew back open and only herself 530Please respect copyright.PENANA1yPOjZ6Ulp
knew how much rage was stirring inside her. All she needed was rest and 530Please respect copyright.PENANAYbqUHLawS8
to get better soon. And maybe, just maybe, she would give Leo a piece of530Please respect copyright.PENANActgvOU3Bod
her fist.530Please respect copyright.PENANAffLVFC7SKq
***530Please respect copyright.PENANADWb1kOgdSQ
Leo530Please respect copyright.PENANAbUVvk3Z1FT
stared at his watch as he waited in the packing lot. His car was packed530Please respect copyright.PENANASQOhWMYJXx
in between two ambulances and he had a clear view of the entrance of 530Please respect copyright.PENANAPwK2gijlRD
the hospital. He saw Carly escort Eric to his car. Eric got into his car530Please respect copyright.PENANA18u6YKlOvT
and drove off. And Carly stood there until Eric's car was out of sight.530Please respect copyright.PENANAUHu2ITVaiR
Carly rushed over to where Leo had packed the car. Leo unlocked the car530Please respect copyright.PENANALedkONkN7P
door and Carly quickly went in the car.530Please respect copyright.PENANAUSldggQgMn
"Hey, how are you?" Leo asked. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAScszNhb4gj
"Angel's mad," said Carly with a sulking look on her face, "how would I feel?"530Please respect copyright.PENANAb1z521OJ8E
"What happened?" Leo asked as he rolled his eyes.530Please respect copyright.PENANAe4njKMG73Y
"Apparently,530Please respect copyright.PENANAbIz0RdzdrW
she's so smart enough that she figured out that your family doesn't 530Please respect copyright.PENANAJbXn2UxiG4
know the real reason why you weren't at the wedding that day. And she 530Please respect copyright.PENANACkFDPZLsNT
has a hunch that the two of us are still seeing each other."530Please respect copyright.PENANAzIkSSV5QsS
"And she is mad just because of one little lie? Your sister is way too serious with such things."530Please respect copyright.PENANAHzpN48wGms
"To my sister, this lie might just complicate things. And she feels hurt because we used her accident as an escape plan."530Please respect copyright.PENANAW3ccEAwnaM
Carly530Please respect copyright.PENANAHZdFRTIRWb
paused for a while as she leaned into the car seat and breathed out 530Please respect copyright.PENANA5VXFDsjaW4
deeply. There was silence for a while as Carly stared up at the car 530Please respect copyright.PENANAbYjsJ9IRVJ
ceiling.530Please respect copyright.PENANARwZbDmVy0b
"Somehow, I think she's right," said Carly. 530Please respect copyright.PENANA7Am3hdVc4U
"Right about what?"530Please respect copyright.PENANAiyoeRKWMWh
"The lie we just created. It might affect all of us in the future."530Please respect copyright.PENANAXJahwVeMQx
Leo looked straight at Carly with an eyebrow raised.530Please respect copyright.PENANA0DZgmnl73A
"Don't tell me you're supporting your sister on this."530Please respect copyright.PENANACRznP7yqJl
"I don't support it, but she did raise a good point. Later on, the truth will eventually come to light and it won't be pretty."530Please respect copyright.PENANAM1hS1CSutr
Leo530Please respect copyright.PENANAjbenZUMGTX
put his hand on Carly's shoulder. "No. Thats not going to happen. I'll 530Please respect copyright.PENANA5eeJYAv6JO
be the one to make sure that the truth isn't revealed to anyone."530Please respect copyright.PENANAZYJPbd5uY3
"Thanks, Leo," said Carly as she gave him a smile.530Please respect copyright.PENANAL9WbUSlO7x
"So, I was told my dad came here. What was it about?"530Please respect copyright.PENANAtHcezqrMOl
"He asked us if it was necessary for Angel and I to move in and stay with you guys," said Carly in a low voice.530Please respect copyright.PENANARZ9dQ5tz4B
"Wait, what?" Leo looked completely confused. "But why come and live with my family?"530Please respect copyright.PENANAwMBHfwjK1s
"He's530Please respect copyright.PENANAtnuUUzwwXj
trying to keep a promise he made to my mother. Maybe he thought us 530Please respect copyright.PENANA6qIs6zC7Qh
coming to live with your family was a good idea. He's just trying to 530Please respect copyright.PENANAQHVzJcbeML
help us out."530Please respect copyright.PENANAWXtxY2Q3ID
Leo530Please respect copyright.PENANAw5sRNwyXKC
didn't say anything as he tried to process what Carly had told him. For530Please respect copyright.PENANA9lOLPLxmNy
a moment he stared out of the car window, deep in thought.530Please respect copyright.PENANApyIaQQq5Lg
"Whats wrong, Leo?" Carly asked. "Don't you think it's a good idea or you don't agree to it?"530Please respect copyright.PENANAboR0m0Qria
Leo turned his head to look back at Carly who was staring back at him waiting for an answer. 530Please respect copyright.PENANA4QId2fQICv
"I....," Leo hesistated, "I don't think it's a good idea."530Please respect copyright.PENANAZSDxXsYmfb
Carly was dumbstruck. For a moment she shook her head and gave a little laugh.530Please respect copyright.PENANA0A2jrUfMOE
"OMG," said Carly, "do you know what, that's exactly what Angel said as well."530Please respect copyright.PENANA4HhXZQy8mB
Leo didn't say anything as Carly continued laughing. Leo raised an eyebrow. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAPEm887NQ3u
"And why the heck are you laughing if your sister didn't agree to it?"530Please respect copyright.PENANA7EFCr3Z7pM
"I just realised that I'm so dumb not to have realised this sooner," said Carly in between laughs.530Please respect copyright.PENANA2j60z4M97x
Leo shrugged his shoulders. "And whats that?"530Please respect copyright.PENANA6RymGN9fbi
"You and my sister still hate each other."530Please respect copyright.PENANAt6PJBc5yoo
There was silence in the car as the two stared at each other. And then all of the sudden, Carly burst out laughing again. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAT9KyDQIJaS
"It's not funny, Carly," said Leo, looking serious.530Please respect copyright.PENANAP1YASuWy6h
"But530Please respect copyright.PENANAr1AdVgZruy
it is. Even if my sister doesn't show it, she still hates you. And that530Please respect copyright.PENANAmKOuQ7ExBT
look in your eyes when I told you about us living with your family, was530Please respect copyright.PENANAKeYGtv2byF
so clear. If the two of you ever got to meet, you would be two angry 530Please respect copyright.PENANA7wYyXuIV9z
wild cats trying to tear each other apart."530Please respect copyright.PENANA0G7EBpwPbT
"That's not true. I don't hate your sister," Leo protested.530Please respect copyright.PENANAETKmSkP11E
"Then why do you think its inappropriate that Angel and I come live with your family?"530Please respect copyright.PENANA94nmLlm3ju
"Because it would feel completely weird."530Please respect copyright.PENANAkGP5Xa6XgV
"Is it just me or are you and my sister getting the same scripts from the same book? She also said that."530Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ax97GXZEy
"Don't say that, Carly."530Please respect copyright.PENANA5QwQQzcaGn
"Then530Please respect copyright.PENANAhk4cZCaSYL
what should I say? You're acting like a total bum just like my sister. 530Please respect copyright.PENANApDTBUVPWqC
And you say that my sister is serious, now look who is serious now!"530Please respect copyright.PENANAMLZG56KCVs
Leo became frustrated and didn't say anything else. He looked at Carly and he felt so stressed out.530Please respect copyright.PENANAoxcfstrStu
"It530Please respect copyright.PENANAuR5kJRg35G
wouldn't be a bad idea if you came and stayed with us. But your sister 530Please respect copyright.PENANAOsfvfo8tmu
might just get in the way of things. And besides, my family has no idea 530Please respect copyright.PENANA0YjqGS1OJz
that we all know each other already. So playing pretend, is going to be 530Please respect copyright.PENANA0U0V69Br4a
difficult."530Please respect copyright.PENANA1opZsndHjZ
"Ya,530Please respect copyright.PENANA7C0vB53aaR
I know, Leo," said Carly as she placed her hand on Leo's knee. "That's 530Please respect copyright.PENANAup9oscRD73
what my sister is afraid of. Playing pretend won't be easy."530Please respect copyright.PENANAYd4637PdBp
Leo smiled a little. "Don't worry everything is going to be alright."530Please respect copyright.PENANAsvqNQXueen
Carly smiled back and gave Leo a peck on the cheek. Carly hugged him and Leo also put his arm around her. 530Please respect copyright.PENANA7QBlQXMjbC
As530Please respect copyright.PENANAaPJ1Olo0UE
they stayed like that for a while, Leo couldn't help but wonder what 530Please respect copyright.PENANAKyYqLfzQxa
would happen if Angel ever did agree to live with the McDonell family.