Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlGAacjFUQ
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oUw371Sit
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0nQ2U6iZq
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aplvnfN87
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlG277tFEN
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSMamVgnWm
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5ZyaEdnjB
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5j1IpOGQzO
boss a call.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31n5s1ulsH
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ456NGcMYoI
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIIqop9BWa
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5EOQptCRh
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpRUVCy1oO
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cjeBAWF9a
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bLW935uai
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ056p2qEVGZ
looked really tired and restless.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7G2nl0DNC
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDknoArLdKT
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbagBrD0Wmq
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TlclBX0pY
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgF7dRUQcNp
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8T9Yfz4hs
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEfSdc2WSa
huge loss.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojew5QfLnG
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fBymqYISG
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIY3udyklAv
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6sBgwFAZc
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnZ2E9lGY5
"What are you planning to do?"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJquCbRevO
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLVnCTELZw
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaOOl8Z0eO
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PFhbexqdt
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVarjEjkkMi
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡed2JgQ0jRa
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3octko7fCg
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYgtoUEjH3
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrOeGad4jq
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrBBP7uFo2
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg056gKOsOq
vacant space weren't as good as her.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrnNYvUWrf
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64snRIZx6V
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXR7MuhIbe
lucky charm.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCIX5K8kKq
And he needed her back real bad.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwZOWlnZ3g
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzecoyFY4gM
"I have a job for you."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJS7vUEGOR2
***910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJterkcfwk
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7U42eX3bqX
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHJeUnlMNt
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfHiVtgus3
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMvEJy3onA
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXDDB8tgS0
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoXu7acBuU
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpWjB16Hhq
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YVK0Owdk3
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbDaYDXCze
serious.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ7PYvCAUK
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchjDsFGuug
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbnKnsF8sr
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWAzqIj25l
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zCFNNt7ql
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALcJPXOsfb
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAm1p2MBA77
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNICQt113op
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOToNGPMAg
between the two of you considering what happened."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqCZqVwJUr
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8bXI5IN3F
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhRebKpY95
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9e6SYsQWn
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvBD3gn91h
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5aPzr8gGQ
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuaa05FsIs
"And you never apologised for it," said 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSbv1UPiwu
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroipM9ilFU
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnsxW8ARoI
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nJKXyzqMJ
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMITGRcuRqZ
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4KeAEehrr
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hADQeZCw7
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSz2VwPhkpk
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8ZakNcqGD
for what happened to her.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0Qx7z87tv
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJqtFKnVo3
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpgaqpWknx
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENU4kgc96A
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQEIOtDvxc
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZQ3RMpmOQ
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5MMJ30AxI
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsyD6CkE2z
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8hTcmY3hm
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkMD027PEG
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxM0WxT5O1
back at the club.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrv4cHp13h
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1owG6El1Vm
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE72diGs5i0
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wPTpLkDaO
sisters completely.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZh4O4Ul8E
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCxcAbzd7S
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCLTk3W0CD
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVg898d0PL4
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQHynygBRC
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4doWpU6slK
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUaOcKMbLC
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnro7IJZLD
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzE2QsM5FzM
club, not him.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3abELU16D
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6LL9AzPPL
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYH09oRQdY
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFy2ve9FQwM
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXa9igODKOt
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BuqhNvxso
at each other yet, have you?"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5k5nWKGZ23
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4IIXPO2Zu
"No," they answered at the same time.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbiyOSyjBg
"Great. That's good to know."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzOfn4zN73
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyeEbXXanC
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cMlYDuNH5
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObvafwj9oK
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddri1RPTwd
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0vOV46SJa
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFS0YPoGX09
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU099i0k9j1
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyaHUYfijJ
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgeX4vw0Ot
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUDyVMcFmz
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkATdpIdsR
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZSHmxrGX6
long."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nIiSVQOWC
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VKIioqQ3x
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRxb3dH167
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7Z1qTeaxo
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JK0EYIFl5
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSoXTVBpoH
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eO86CHs3R
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkpHAlriFr
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAS7Q9Kggd
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIqXwQXn6u
Not like this. Something was wrong.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7sRA2HsdE
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DBfXwzCQ0
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhG0XmbrQYB
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSC6j86i73
embarrassed?"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9FY9LiOCr
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtLpmnsyID
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbSFcEJwUQ
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvLgqLFbPf
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5goNt2kqK6
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXg7phWwE9c
today?"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XW4PSeBlF
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgj0hQyr4kG
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtOVTExZHe
you want."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjjNKTdSTn
"It worked for you, didn't it?"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzspw8P6M5U
"What do you mean?"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5Bs355KRy
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFWvrWtxpf
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAWwyzmX7t
sister."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcabiloSjY
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjX7SpBMfpq
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8P3NkD0cJE
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMgmnGd6EZ
"I'm just speaking the truth."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54mx4QPJxn
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEnooit9fr
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9o7wQZva3z
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgwaAT1veC
"I was protecting my sister."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lR96u00Bl
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25QA4k29zY
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7wBrdYZsv
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXhEytzn0P
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpw56V6lgu
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBANsbzgXNK
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4lgzb50gH
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjd8fKnBXr
betray you like Carly betrayed me."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeqKiHXjTD
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbo3uQErzg
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM89C5YSR1g
crystal glass.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CzRyiL2XL
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xKjNPGPxo
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETyMHzqJal
in this situation right now."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQh22XIXoO
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyGFAeMYUp
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijcFuGUZAm
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6FbiJhNM8
actions.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZAIEbDFpZ
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hqi1IqO09
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJKktjUReR
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAldL2pqfv
near Carly."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3PBwyZFia
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqj8LEap5i7
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgHomL9IZW
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRE9bPxCbUM
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjkzmg09xJ
Carly, she would be insulting herself.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2B62JOb6Q
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwu4ZZwe0S4
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe97Ij1kTSb
"That would never happen."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5zGdPDlHt
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoy5StOWgpd
"A fool in love, yes."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMJ0ZFNitc
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBRGcWdKXH
"Why? Because you don't like me?"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFRLrpQzE8
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtAnHedS4k
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzX4OKfsG9
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDE7hBX1Av0
and my accident that she would ever change."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr73ir2QsMk
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pQzzZ1dHZ
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXl0dOJKIt
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPwYFjwSw3
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1ODy9fjUA
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5nAcrIUiM
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN08JgSwjvt
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yS6VCXaIT
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKsvwBUNeH
puzzled.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCvBvh03j0
***910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINoJ7FbF5H
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUlwRwvvXS
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdvtIY5Yiv
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqDOqoDxzv
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFydFocyMl
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOMRDocp78
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOh1OQdhuBZ
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81Pr2xpBh8
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYVGltH9p9
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSo4prXdWf
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGb0uD2668M
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGkDg0T0s2
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSn6Tz1z2W7
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwkC4Dncji
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8HBRJVqKU
McDonell should be.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDAvNJijyX
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEQRq2BMzM
"Our family has been successfully with the 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBKVEPY8xC
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXOPIObOyG
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdduB6D17M
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8K0JNjHL5y
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQaaqkBNBv
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHK4hHcWFnc
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyF8Fgxd7G2
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIP3WsANtna
especially from my brother. He is so kind."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdHs1PGwX6
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSYOf4dDt9
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCXoD21hNc
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswAnhD63Gn
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmLcIMuek7
model.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsUlT4zR05
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJgr1Tpqog
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuepZ5Bc9V
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJseL2Pl2t
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JvNQWdysL
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3i6f7ewyG
the financial state her family was in.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXRIUmQ9bF
But now that she was with the McDonell 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPBKj6e0CJ
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡip7o06Q2Do
she has always wanted.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyakShUyHR
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiqYkgmJxA
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFTDJ2p4Q9
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3OcNrH4NJ
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRN48djKc6f
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16K9HglW5h
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzXufCa6ip
"That would be awesome."910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlthRDLXCRP
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTpjkXLVog
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzh2DUQtAXE
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZ8vW1now1
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshA9KeVQpG
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbrfxT5rVZ
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyPOA1I6Mh
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoOrCaIc0K
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2uvTmOWfE
Miranda.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFUmw6yPLR
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzFAqOpQ7d
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFG5YF6NBU
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyIguyeteu
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47sZendFNo
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1O2RbR0zF
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR90awak0l
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIItsdKU1I4
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfITy7nVwli
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkmRi497eX
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6cr64WoOW
she never ever discussed her life with them.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CnN5MQ3S8
Could it be Miranda?910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaH4qJC2Df
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdu5cBnfpJ
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl44Zk6Ym6T
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wb3blDjlu
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cSi68oGps
And now she was calling Carly after all this910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYXUGo0VlU
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ewAP4ac0d
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyu2QUI2jQ
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Y5x70YVMa
betrayal.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUd4pSGyR1
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWm1iViLmm
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOq65dpCQO
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.910Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkDVpRjnS9
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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