The sad gloomy day had 505Please respect copyright.PENANAarNf5Qkgiz
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 505Please respect copyright.PENANAAu553wrYKu
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 505Please respect copyright.PENANAfGCClc6S0e
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAeMdWHXkGOz
Angel couldn't help but 505Please respect copyright.PENANAzZGdDcJGwE
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 505Please respect copyright.PENANAhu9e8zb6Tu
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 505Please respect copyright.PENANAAuA8iiL1wk
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 505Please respect copyright.PENANAEw2Q92dSr5
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 505Please respect copyright.PENANAgLLRKadOIR
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.505Please respect copyright.PENANAmgbGkJ7p3A
As Angel sat on the 505Please respect copyright.PENANA4eOHX8CLRo
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 505Please respect copyright.PENANA8fRARcSDnZ
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in505Please respect copyright.PENANAZMujJj2Xuw
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 505Please respect copyright.PENANA99Dhqhzlsj
appeared across her face.505Please respect copyright.PENANAcWvvS836bd
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.505Please respect copyright.PENANAOxh3xXk7HM
"I know I'm supposed to 505Please respect copyright.PENANA1Oc6GSFOw8
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when505Please respect copyright.PENANAM8fBYJgXUe
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 505Please respect copyright.PENANArmQlrLD6zR
isn't here anymore."505Please respect copyright.PENANAMCWuOLR3wp
Eric squatted beside the505Please respect copyright.PENANAKzPtrgmalb
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 505Please respect copyright.PENANAy9cOPhiiNM
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 505Please respect copyright.PENANAPtql5PuXHh
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped505Please respect copyright.PENANAxOmSjlZ7yn
a little at his touch. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAnu70A1xqey
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."505Please respect copyright.PENANAD8G5jPyZxE
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 505Please respect copyright.PENANAglFCKfPfXi
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a505Please respect copyright.PENANAKt9DtPt5f1
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 505Please respect copyright.PENANAd1h4ZckXvv
past week."505Please respect copyright.PENANAWK4JmzmFYx
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."505Please respect copyright.PENANA313LSo82gg
Angel forgot about the 505Please respect copyright.PENANAmfFkZyPnzf
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 505Please respect copyright.PENANACGrU3UFKYg
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide505Please respect copyright.PENANAm1Yus3XyUt
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.505Please respect copyright.PENANAugFsiWTnry
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."505Please respect copyright.PENANA3Neko38ZPX
"You're crazy, Eric."505Please respect copyright.PENANAUbEVvQnKkt
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."505Please respect copyright.PENANAZO3e7hCqHw
Angel didn't say 505Please respect copyright.PENANAOdDvuYRqQ8
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 505Please respect copyright.PENANArkITrbUdkX
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear505Please respect copyright.PENANAcdqhEPCdT2
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 505Please respect copyright.PENANAqLCnwuaSYT
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 505Please respect copyright.PENANAK9HznZmZJl
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 505Please respect copyright.PENANAjbtfsJv2Y0
the floor.505Please respect copyright.PENANA9A0zzOVfpn
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"505Please respect copyright.PENANANZp13S8d1W
Angel didn't say 505Please respect copyright.PENANANHqEQnEKAv
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 505Please respect copyright.PENANAEsAfFs7sj8
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel505Please respect copyright.PENANAObqDLyVi8D
out of the room. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAqobqHKQjvp
They went out of the 505Please respect copyright.PENANAQdeLKE6Ya1
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 505Please respect copyright.PENANABL4Vnww19G
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass505Please respect copyright.PENANAn0Euv8W2XA
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 505Please respect copyright.PENANAx1M9nGQT8J
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 505Please respect copyright.PENANAsLDTRieusj
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those505Please respect copyright.PENANAO6o0ehIJ8n
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAIAhoWPMCNK
Cold prickling air 505Please respect copyright.PENANAthIWSLpzzR
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 505Please respect copyright.PENANAztd3WDmLEp
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 505Please respect copyright.PENANAGbwVK5lcSc
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.505Please respect copyright.PENANAHOMA9BBetx
Two black SUVs stood 505Please respect copyright.PENANAkgmavmHxA6
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 505Please respect copyright.PENANALDN55i9tnN
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 505Please respect copyright.PENANAx33p1Lbqlb
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 505Please respect copyright.PENANABbMAEUlrQ6
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 505Please respect copyright.PENANAr5TWvPT9Gq
out of the hospital premises. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAFkM61lqHWD
"We will first go for 505Please respect copyright.PENANAU0oGAgwtsU
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 505Please respect copyright.PENANA3K2JntYJeL
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."505Please respect copyright.PENANADWr3a0RWrD
Angel looked out of the 505Please respect copyright.PENANAInmE4pTAQZ
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 505Please respect copyright.PENANAgbFjjxiLSY
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 505Please respect copyright.PENANAFlxMR6QViR
looking at her.505Please respect copyright.PENANAlt5KDQZUD1
"Don't worry, you will 505Please respect copyright.PENANA9sGk41I3sR
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 505Please respect copyright.PENANAHtKYAV7h6n
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."505Please respect copyright.PENANA5lyDrjPxmX
Angel closed her eyes 505Please respect copyright.PENANA0nD0ZM1N41
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 505Please respect copyright.PENANA9JRB5It0B2
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAr9RoZKgDZQ
Angel slowly opened her 505Please respect copyright.PENANAGxnnL3gbuL
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAIuZwvAI9PT
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 505Please respect copyright.PENANAUEdo3uu4d7
heart ache and beat faster. 505Please respect copyright.PENANATVoVuGzrpZ
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 505Please respect copyright.PENANAyXQF1Jfl4m
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 505Please respect copyright.PENANAwhyDKgoMYa
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."505Please respect copyright.PENANANrGvNkDYEe
Angel felt Carly put her505Please respect copyright.PENANACfXeOjw8AA
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her505Please respect copyright.PENANATMKryzr1Rj
hand away. But Carly grasped it.505Please respect copyright.PENANAGgc0reNwm9
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."505Please respect copyright.PENANAY0flRUEc9U
The black SUV came to a 505Please respect copyright.PENANAMtDYlC88ud
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother505Please respect copyright.PENANAyjQGzviDoB
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 505Please respect copyright.PENANAZJEwo1ejaw
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 505Please respect copyright.PENANAi0KurGLsvP
Eric opened the door. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAZhXMahppj1
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."505Please respect copyright.PENANAiG4cgq4ylA
Eric had set the 505Please respect copyright.PENANAF4AFRVT4XN
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 505Please respect copyright.PENANAV1hTsPvlLy
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 505Please respect copyright.PENANAiwfWKNehvi
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 505Please respect copyright.PENANAPBf6iPp6y3
them. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAEVy2MAhCu4
Angel505Please respect copyright.PENANAKJOthycbcO
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when505Please respect copyright.PENANAvH3moSf0fp
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.505Please respect copyright.PENANAiY9rKMDLtD
***505Please respect copyright.PENANAJJTkHPnXop
Leo505Please respect copyright.PENANAJN3m9gPkHw
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 505Please respect copyright.PENANAjuAs1bJRrm
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 505Please respect copyright.PENANAsnxSPEZwG0
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 505Please respect copyright.PENANAdvzIT0bj3z
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 505Please respect copyright.PENANAHYmJr4Fkuh
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he505Please respect copyright.PENANATpLrFmErj4
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.505Please respect copyright.PENANAePzB2R6d2G
Kim505Please respect copyright.PENANAbDQFVNplND
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 505Please respect copyright.PENANA6syIpYSZET
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 505Please respect copyright.PENANA5NLb95Ga3C
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 505Please respect copyright.PENANAZp6LKoGcVT
arms.505Please respect copyright.PENANAzcayrObCbf
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."505Please respect copyright.PENANAhPnTDMvAQG
Leo505Please respect copyright.PENANANrnVpLZJLs
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 505Please respect copyright.PENANAN5VYLwq8eo
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 505Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1VrTXPUPg
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 505Please respect copyright.PENANA2172XbBKj7
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 505Please respect copyright.PENANAHQiCaMkNN4
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAIWHT8Owu5B
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.505Please respect copyright.PENANAJOGduQ9WtN
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"505Please respect copyright.PENANAnXtFdxnq7F
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."505Please respect copyright.PENANAjbOKYaM0m6
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"505Please respect copyright.PENANAfj7McONSbn
Leo505Please respect copyright.PENANAW6iBN2Pp6e
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 505Please respect copyright.PENANAMZX3MrDRZY
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 505Please respect copyright.PENANA2ixBOifVLT
it's time I come out clean."505Please respect copyright.PENANAXccfkaloi5
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"505Please respect copyright.PENANAIHfbeo0BxD
This505Please respect copyright.PENANA56QbXwAPFd
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 505Please respect copyright.PENANA4fEymycel7
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 505Please respect copyright.PENANAeX3UPd7O8H
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 505Please respect copyright.PENANAssGvBAkB9L
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.505Please respect copyright.PENANAs6l2SF6z0L
"The505Please respect copyright.PENANAVhoHBYGIrQ
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot505Please respect copyright.PENANAoYBvDKE7db
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 505Please respect copyright.PENANAHL8cvjFPX0
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want505Please respect copyright.PENANAOQVZ5tCchq
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."505Please respect copyright.PENANAYDNocQ0hQy
"I505Please respect copyright.PENANAu2UJoHgKDy
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 505Please respect copyright.PENANAHPz0j0Rkjy
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"505Please respect copyright.PENANAcrik7Akx7k
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.505Please respect copyright.PENANAbOPjGXhyFh
"What505Please respect copyright.PENANAsJALzXE9k5
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 505Please respect copyright.PENANADM3VwTnA82
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"505Please respect copyright.PENANA2AhsYcrfDf
Leo505Please respect copyright.PENANAfhza6zMIgb
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 505Please respect copyright.PENANAOktnkMePnq
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 505Please respect copyright.PENANAW9iOLQsXAR
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 505Please respect copyright.PENANAb9eSJXFUEX
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 505Please respect copyright.PENANA62blRvFV8J
would react.505Please respect copyright.PENANAG2UG2oqd6b
"After505Please respect copyright.PENANA1TMUIQkqEs
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 505Please respect copyright.PENANA8fybrWQZnN
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."505Please respect copyright.PENANAhDFDUjoyzH
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.505Please respect copyright.PENANA5gV68xDoN9
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."505Please respect copyright.PENANA4zu1VOHcZD
***505Please respect copyright.PENANATjZArqhUXA
Angel505Please respect copyright.PENANAaAVURIkLsU
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that505Please respect copyright.PENANAmWCScaTJ5h
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother505Please respect copyright.PENANAxQLzq36jBY
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 505Please respect copyright.PENANA5oAXlW6w70
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 505Please respect copyright.PENANANPEI9Xgkwi
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 505Please respect copyright.PENANA9XE9Qtc6yW
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 505Please respect copyright.PENANA79XJrdkjJ5
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 505Please respect copyright.PENANAupr6hxfUzn
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.505Please respect copyright.PENANA8Tm7YI0MtR
After505Please respect copyright.PENANALZE6yTh0GF
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 505Please respect copyright.PENANAIZwrCSpQKS
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 505Please respect copyright.PENANAXX2cl0ZC7S
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 505Please respect copyright.PENANAhKnYsYHGSG
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was505Please respect copyright.PENANAwUD8fNeYaI
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 505Please respect copyright.PENANAIKsAj5bHyS
world. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAS9ubVwqfnU
After505Please respect copyright.PENANAWEjvTxpVsB
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 505Please respect copyright.PENANA49FnfssmJR
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 505Please respect copyright.PENANAqiRLQkHNGK
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAleJwTz0e9B
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."505Please respect copyright.PENANAlIeNN2ewSp
"It's505Please respect copyright.PENANACTo4DPvyXg
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 505Please respect copyright.PENANAkOwOEqAvpA
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like505Please respect copyright.PENANAOF868nc98Y
you."505Please respect copyright.PENANASKXAhQo8dS
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."505Please respect copyright.PENANACFJvsr8zKO
"No,505Please respect copyright.PENANAt1KRuLuLwM
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 505Please respect copyright.PENANABSYZkuLx3y
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to505Please respect copyright.PENANAKHFFdaNWwH
live with us, it will be great."505Please respect copyright.PENANAQEqrtP6ATO
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAUIoX6dTvS9
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.505Please respect copyright.PENANAD5V5eAaNgt
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"505Please respect copyright.PENANAmNObHjdzDc
"I decided that it won't be appropriate for my sister and I to come and live with you. We can take care of ourselves."505Please respect copyright.PENANAZn1s6fxFBx
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.505Please respect copyright.PENANAeesu9UAhKY
Angel couldn't help but 505Please respect copyright.PENANAfq1ORnRymW
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 505Please respect copyright.PENANAQzCnaXTXCZ
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 505Please respect copyright.PENANAhUFJb4cSDZ
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't505Please respect copyright.PENANA4rW6wbSssC
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAw5s3wTeknt
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.505Please respect copyright.PENANAsGUxqFDwEM
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."505Please respect copyright.PENANAYuTsDd0E43
Angel now shifted in her505Please respect copyright.PENANAAiP57SFspA
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 505Please respect copyright.PENANALqC0KFcPjF
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 505Please respect copyright.PENANAGWyEGuOIzK
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 505Please respect copyright.PENANAjJ1JI1bGnv
hidden?505Please respect copyright.PENANAJfcakmZt2K
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"505Please respect copyright.PENANAK60i2IWBKt
Angel demanded. 505Please respect copyright.PENANACHogQbwwE6
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."505Please respect copyright.PENANAfbSheXJxgZ
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 505Please respect copyright.PENANAbkh3sgpfmr
"What?!"
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