Leo gave out a sigh of 466Please respect copyright.PENANArT8vRKwQP9
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 466Please respect copyright.PENANAOgdRMcupG5
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never466Please respect copyright.PENANAkqdjJM4ZPg
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had466Please respect copyright.PENANAbaXZlOO837
expected. 466Please respect copyright.PENANAhk2vmULsJi
When Leo had told her 466Please respect copyright.PENANAY43jat57MJ
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 466Please respect copyright.PENANA3kqmTdNjLj
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 466Please respect copyright.PENANAwVsP9cAtJj
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 466Please respect copyright.PENANAjemmEyn6OQ
"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.466Please respect copyright.PENANALmJEG487WV
Leo couldn't tell Kim 466Please respect copyright.PENANArcHjDaAv8d
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 466Please respect copyright.PENANAUo5zWaKgwf
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 466Please respect copyright.PENANAKLucueX0pe
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 466Please respect copyright.PENANAenTpE45m1h
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 466Please respect copyright.PENANAH2U8spHwW8
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 466Please respect copyright.PENANAMKodAbzY7v
believe him at all.466Please respect copyright.PENANA5cZpjz5duQ
"Tell me now, Leo! 466Please respect copyright.PENANAxtE6f7jg4n
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 466Please respect copyright.PENANAtVGhg9MaFx
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.466Please respect copyright.PENANAejwmy8HCUj
"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."466Please respect copyright.PENANArEL6psPgNp
"What! You're still 466Please respect copyright.PENANAmoHrxCpFD4
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 466Please respect copyright.PENANAgwGD7igvUd
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in466Please respect copyright.PENANAGALeItDau4
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 466Please respect copyright.PENANASAXGqm86qV
anymore?"466Please respect copyright.PENANA47xZoZVdqW
"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.466Please respect copyright.PENANApbcq7A3ikb
"There is someone 466Please respect copyright.PENANAORLoJek4vz
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 466Please respect copyright.PENANA0xsj5bKmF1
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 466Please respect copyright.PENANAQyfXcoTfzu
Leo!"466Please respect copyright.PENANA24w1odiKrA
Leo had been frustrated 466Please respect copyright.PENANAqBtuvVDz0S
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 466Please respect copyright.PENANAhmfQNKu4DZ
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 466Please respect copyright.PENANAxEwQxfl70W
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 466Please respect copyright.PENANA76BSpYS0RI
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 466Please respect copyright.PENANARTzxpblfD1
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 466Please respect copyright.PENANATa3nzi87G7
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 466Please respect copyright.PENANAbu6eOp5AgV
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 466Please respect copyright.PENANAXjkcnS1Y6h
"I'll find out the 466Please respect copyright.PENANAQ98RseTlxs
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 466Please respect copyright.PENANAC6xQMgJQlc
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 466Please respect copyright.PENANACktgcVJn87
lying to me!"466Please respect copyright.PENANAmCXadzShqC
For a moment, her threat466Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZP1LeX1B9
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 466Please respect copyright.PENANAuRv4DpHdoq
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 466Please respect copyright.PENANAjIWBwMqpj4
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 466Please respect copyright.PENANAV8WKX9AqO5
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really466Please respect copyright.PENANAjji7fvPDdt
genuine or not.466Please respect copyright.PENANAl41aRuX0so
He was about to ascend 466Please respect copyright.PENANATi9gn500if
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 466Please respect copyright.PENANA3fv2TZ7oVn
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 466Please respect copyright.PENANAmQVD81rNxg
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 466Please respect copyright.PENANA30rqApwuAw
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 466Please respect copyright.PENANAsFreyRqzO6
thanking Leo for getting the door.466Please respect copyright.PENANAA8ZqjBAbpg
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"466Please respect copyright.PENANAyvLB3UNZAj
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 466Please respect copyright.PENANABhuYfKNDsx
"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?"466Please respect copyright.PENANAuNqFRMxVrS
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."466Please respect copyright.PENANA4bA1FXEWWg
Diana and Mrs McDonell 466Please respect copyright.PENANAVvYR05hVHJ
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 466Please respect copyright.PENANAFwzVw6YYte
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 466Please respect copyright.PENANA7D1qNz5Kd9
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.466Please respect copyright.PENANAmvs6qLQs6I
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 466Please respect copyright.PENANAkawKhbI7gP
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."466Please respect copyright.PENANApBoo4hf2wy
"But.....but, you two 466Please respect copyright.PENANAs6zDpW4RNz
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how466Please respect copyright.PENANAci7jx2US81
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"466Please respect copyright.PENANAdKHxMWrIPG
"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."466Please respect copyright.PENANAEDGKDXqthR
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 466Please respect copyright.PENANACnFJh5c8aT
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 466Please respect copyright.PENANArr7tIdERoB
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 466Please respect copyright.PENANA9CSs9fPBwN
tell me it's not true, Diana."466Please respect copyright.PENANAwJ3wlOoguM
"I'm afraid it is," said466Please respect copyright.PENANAZTtlkV0zeo
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 466Please respect copyright.PENANAyMGvTkHf4m
the moment. You need to calm down."466Please respect copyright.PENANAWdoCYIm2c0
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"466Please respect copyright.PENANA8tqff0Kdo9
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"466Please respect copyright.PENANAPWPZbMWJ0g
When Leo tried to leave 466Please respect copyright.PENANAdQnLmF4Wqz
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 466Please respect copyright.PENANACLDrxuOcb9
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 466Please respect copyright.PENANAwaWf1DxxEr
"You're not going any 466Please respect copyright.PENANANPrShePxMH
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 466Please respect copyright.PENANA2xHt5vB7AZ
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"466Please respect copyright.PENANAkJ62jd6VwX
"I don't have to explain466Please respect copyright.PENANAggwqlDwvnM
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 466Please respect copyright.PENANAUiG7xSrE1i
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."466Please respect copyright.PENANAl60iVdag5P
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"466Please respect copyright.PENANAG9eVRaO4hs
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."466Please respect copyright.PENANARWDp6SUgmX
Leo quickly got away 466Please respect copyright.PENANAVdSKPmV270
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 466Please respect copyright.PENANAOyKrH0QRkR
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 466Please respect copyright.PENANAdUWmU1NnEw
him.466Please respect copyright.PENANAtj4whn78OJ
"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!"466Please respect copyright.PENANAKtgeutGBkD
Leo rolled his eyes as 466Please respect copyright.PENANAC5LrOPIWD6
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and466Please respect copyright.PENANAAD0Xz78xQ9
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 466Please respect copyright.PENANAQxuQ7EVK99
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 466Please respect copyright.PENANAKgTFMUO1BN
***466Please respect copyright.PENANAPMtjTIFrDQ
The466Please respect copyright.PENANAgq1df6fn3h
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 466Please respect copyright.PENANAy5O0MKvg0n
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been466Please respect copyright.PENANAUpiZ7UzMG8
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 466Please respect copyright.PENANAi0VQ9BgvqM
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother466Please respect copyright.PENANAdDxfkTWlCY
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.466Please respect copyright.PENANAxwcmKSKstW
Carly466Please respect copyright.PENANAeuesFjytrz
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with466Please respect copyright.PENANAGlk16BcMo2
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full466Please respect copyright.PENANA8pVYK2jCEP
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother466Please respect copyright.PENANAYlfWJ7VzWz
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 466Please respect copyright.PENANAQOouxL3bqm
Angel466Please respect copyright.PENANA5NkYbC2o74
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 466Please respect copyright.PENANAhJqK51747W
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 466Please respect copyright.PENANAv03tcfofTg
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 466Please respect copyright.PENANAjOkowkBaqv
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 466Please respect copyright.PENANAWsWALMT9LS
still recovering.466Please respect copyright.PENANAFi0WihZDIl
Right466Please respect copyright.PENANACKwSeI8eut
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 466Please respect copyright.PENANAs3OwwbSIrG
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk466Please respect copyright.PENANAHV0I655sc2
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.466Please respect copyright.PENANAELzRQRxHAS
As466Please respect copyright.PENANApvhTdM2grf
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 466Please respect copyright.PENANANt2EjVsStS
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and466Please respect copyright.PENANAWTSwAw5Apg
he had a sad look on his face as well.466Please respect copyright.PENANAxU2rv5kxvP
"I466Please respect copyright.PENANAoBYDt3fFPs
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 466Please respect copyright.PENANAyCj4PTGYtQ
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."466Please respect copyright.PENANAaZqCEjo4tD
"Don't466Please respect copyright.PENANARjwaO6zSuf
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 466Please respect copyright.PENANAFAME0qqwIF
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."466Please respect copyright.PENANANC7K8dho21
"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."466Please respect copyright.PENANAnUv4GnsWWR
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."466Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZsNoDtGqF
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."466Please respect copyright.PENANA2c9okLmJRv
Carly466Please respect copyright.PENANAcxUswieLzN
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 466Please respect copyright.PENANAMiC547uFWZ
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had466Please respect copyright.PENANAxGd06tgzH2
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 466Please respect copyright.PENANADXvCedlEOB
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 466Please respect copyright.PENANAezTTvs1oGu
eyes.466Please respect copyright.PENANAgOVwOo9KGE
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"466Please respect copyright.PENANAaQkZqiOvrN
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."466Please respect copyright.PENANANVObGUhRH5
"Yes,466Please respect copyright.PENANA9ffqIQ6A5G
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 466Please respect copyright.PENANAfaTM72E9lM
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 466Please respect copyright.PENANAw566JIsgBk
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."466Please respect copyright.PENANA6vvXvajC3U
"Okay, lets go."466Please respect copyright.PENANAFsOjkdsDPj
Carly466Please respect copyright.PENANAMcQQLJK7b6
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 466Please respect copyright.PENANAUbYR9ZYnFQ
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at466Please respect copyright.PENANAbfEg1PWO2V
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 466Please respect copyright.PENANAe5ah2FsV4T
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.466Please respect copyright.PENANAWiPrqOdXc5
***466Please respect copyright.PENANAqPVTEZmuLI
"I466Please respect copyright.PENANAWS6NN4CqBK
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 466Please respect copyright.PENANAlMNiMmi2dW
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 466Please respect copyright.PENANAjVdIvfceAy
her in the car. 466Please respect copyright.PENANADwSRk16Wyx
Angel,466Please respect copyright.PENANAhPDaAvGma2
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 466Please respect copyright.PENANAa3VV7LwBzw
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 466Please respect copyright.PENANAsLZQzy9DeB
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.466Please respect copyright.PENANA84k5DqIZ0X
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."466Please respect copyright.PENANAbyP42qbZp7
"Very466Please respect copyright.PENANAgWS8qS8GaH
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to466Please respect copyright.PENANAmOv3434XvZ
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if466Please respect copyright.PENANAg27wtplHJI
I have to."466Please respect copyright.PENANAIesa4zc5Cp
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."466Please respect copyright.PENANA0725cMRTyX
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 466Please respect copyright.PENANA5wN5eYIPOA
"Don't466Please respect copyright.PENANA3MeFUAQAse
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough466Please respect copyright.PENANANp0rdMZAX3
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 466Please respect copyright.PENANA2sm4isxH5M
right, grandma?"466Please respect copyright.PENANAEUaZGJGxbz
Amanda466Please respect copyright.PENANAftaDMW0UXg
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 466Please respect copyright.PENANACaaEfK5Lhh
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 466Please respect copyright.PENANAtPMjJWBVg0
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 466Please respect copyright.PENANARwPCLyA7cN
you."466Please respect copyright.PENANAFw8ph2uYIw
Eric466Please respect copyright.PENANAPvwzLyuj6U
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 466Please respect copyright.PENANAlpEqNkKt4m
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 466Please respect copyright.PENANAVlSYym2ucB
why.466Please respect copyright.PENANAhalKJaE2eA
"What?466Please respect copyright.PENANArEsXyluSgD
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at466Please respect copyright.PENANAQJfeN198eC
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"466Please respect copyright.PENANAFBkxzIJh8r
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"466Please respect copyright.PENANA1Pys1QNz5c
"He466Please respect copyright.PENANA6D9PZqnwT0
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 466Please respect copyright.PENANAWOC4AD3xTL
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 466Please respect copyright.PENANAvP9nHApibz
you get to know him."466Please respect copyright.PENANAHPNfKNnH7y
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.466Please respect copyright.PENANAA7J93juPMk
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.466Please respect copyright.PENANAZXuKjcCHTu
"Oh, no. Nothing."466Please respect copyright.PENANA6OlspoVjxS
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."466Please respect copyright.PENANAaO6pky0aqd
All466Please respect copyright.PENANApQZtrcUpyb
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 466Please respect copyright.PENANASjFksfca72
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 466Please respect copyright.PENANAKZFgX2vumb
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 466Please respect copyright.PENANALgP7QsKmsG
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had466Please respect copyright.PENANATgcGGMzmBM
never seen such a house ever in her life.466Please respect copyright.PENANA6hdnElZIot
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"466Please respect copyright.PENANAqfNu9Q1fEI
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.466Please respect copyright.PENANAWhUuNxRTH3
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"466Please respect copyright.PENANAOqmxYWStWv
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.466Please respect copyright.PENANAKjZCWPi5qU
Angel466Please respect copyright.PENANAUIagq4F3IE
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what466Please respect copyright.PENANAOuGpJgXaYt
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.466Please respect copyright.PENANA8Y85yI4mVz
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 466Please respect copyright.PENANAhwlqICohQI
would begin anytime soon.