Leo was exhausted as he 483Please respect copyright.PENANAtQzkB3tkWh
climbed down the stairs of the office building and went in to the car 483Please respect copyright.PENANAeUbwiwcN3f
that the chauffeur had held the door open for him. He sat beside his 483Please respect copyright.PENANARLEK8jepkT
cousin, Eric, who was busy looking at his phone.483Please respect copyright.PENANAHaSyPaWXW5
"I am so beat," said Leo as he unbuttoned the first button at his neck just to let the air in.483Please respect copyright.PENANA7HHERrdHTs
"Ya, today was exhausting," said Eric, who didn't seem to be paying much attention to his cousin.483Please respect copyright.PENANACzpv6J2LqH
"I hope you aren't looking at women on that phone of yours," said Leo as he looked at Eric.483Please respect copyright.PENANAHj9ggVG0Kz
Eric turned to look at Leo. "And why would I be looking at other women?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAz5j66guSxi
"Because that's what playboys like you do."483Please respect copyright.PENANApWmpQhczFn
Eric rolled his eyes as the chauffeur was now in the driver's seat and started the car.483Please respect copyright.PENANAVBow90au3l
"I'm not looking at women on my phone, dear cousin," said Eric. "I'm simply trying to look for something."483Please respect copyright.PENANAKjOgg1sqqm
"For what?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAoCtaPlwu8f
"Why do you care? If I tell you, you will get angry."483Please respect copyright.PENANA8fchTi1bYr
Leo shook his head. "Okay, don't tell me. I don't want to know anyway."483Please respect copyright.PENANAUlSTNjt1Cr
Eric smiled without looking at his cousin. He really liked to trouble Leo for no apparent reason.483Please respect copyright.PENANAoP6CO6YJef
Leo looked out of the 483Please respect copyright.PENANAi8gFKpKTMm
car window and into the dark evening sky. It was hard to notice the sky 483Please respect copyright.PENANA7hUV22D6Rc
at night nowadays. Not when you're in a car and the streets you're 483Please respect copyright.PENANA4vvlrMQIco
driving through are filled with magnificent tall buildings and 483Please respect copyright.PENANAqpdovdR0wl
skyscrapers. The place wasn't lit up with lights from the stars but 483Please respect copyright.PENANAwfrIPdOgF8
rather the lights from the street lamps and buildings. But this was New 483Please respect copyright.PENANAHirJ5WKIPw
York after all. Why wouldn't the place be lit up by bright lights?483Please respect copyright.PENANAzrHB1tG0qW
Leo turned to look at 483Please respect copyright.PENANAe7dgNA0yPX
Eric after realising that staring out in the street was boring. He 483Please respect copyright.PENANA8xDXuuqH0h
passed through the same street everyday and obviously saw the same 483Please respect copyright.PENANAPB7dOACKmd
people walking down the street, not like he knew everyone's faces. He 483Please respect copyright.PENANAKBavIfkESz
couldn't wait to get home and sit at the balcony where he could stare up483Please respect copyright.PENANAbuybWxdNh6
the stars to pass time.483Please respect copyright.PENANAkKSwu7AzkT
"What are you looking at?" Leo asked. He had no choice but to ask.483Please respect copyright.PENANA6uqUjmUmOt
Eric looked at him with an eyebrow raised. "Oh, now you're interested."483Please respect copyright.PENANA708qI9XDcO
"I don't like it when you're quiet. You're usually the one who talks a lot."483Please respect copyright.PENANAHEgXMKhOPu
"And you love it." Eric gave Leo a mocking smile. "You simply can't live without me."483Please respect copyright.PENANAIGJ88MZ1z9
Leo rolled his eyes feeling irritated. "Do I have to repeat myself or what?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAkKbmFQvFRr
"I know you don't like 483Please respect copyright.PENANAhtIeTVGaid
repeating yourself so I'll tell you to spare your head that looks like 483Please respect copyright.PENANA6dwmbcKDQa
it's about to blow up. I'm looking for a gift."483Please respect copyright.PENANAki8ynRBfGo
"For your mum? But her birthday isn't anytime soon, is it?"483Please respect copyright.PENANA6eiF5IVAuy
"Don't worry. I'm looking for a gift for someone special."483Please respect copyright.PENANAn5GLyEOtTD
Leo rolled his eyes. "Don't tell me it's for the Lady Supreme."483Please respect copyright.PENANAMX1kfcxCef
"Who else could I be referring to?" Eric gave Leo a smile.483Please respect copyright.PENANA8ajBDaGjfU
"I'm sorry I asked."483Please respect copyright.PENANAwJK2X845U8
"Don't be. Maybe you can help me with picking out something for her."483Please respect copyright.PENANAuwW7wlplgM
"No freaking way. Why should I? I would rather get a gift for Carly instead."483Please respect copyright.PENANAbjJy7mDLF7
"Ya, we all know why." Eric went back to looking at his phone.483Please respect copyright.PENANAkR9zOnVERT
Leo went back to looking at the window. "She seems to be taking up much of your mind these days. That's not good."483Please respect copyright.PENANAUgZyUCHsvV
Eric turned to look at Leo with his eyebrow raised. "Why do you say that?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAvCs16dv4jf
"I've noticed. You aren't yourself is all I'm saying."483Please respect copyright.PENANAl1K3zCMgOy
"It's called love, bro......well, I think. I'm not too sure."483Please respect copyright.PENANAGNngAP5gyL
"I guess you are."483Please respect copyright.PENANAcW7QzJ4rs5
"And don't you feel the 483Please respect copyright.PENANAtAu3KYiGly
same way for Carly? Lovestruck, I mean. She's also supposed to be taking483Please respect copyright.PENANAA06oPPHHVJ
up your mind each and every time too."483Please respect copyright.PENANAKIA03UQAQ3
Leo thought of what his 483Please respect copyright.PENANAy3NJKwqH5S
cousin said and didn't know whether to answer him or not. He's been 483Please respect copyright.PENANAgoBENDbp9S
pretty busy this past week, trying to settle on a deal with some 483Please respect copyright.PENANAwfXok4J3yj
important clients. So his mind was pretty much busy. It's not that Carly483Please respect copyright.PENANAZnQvVtY3Cd
didn't occupy his mind. When he had free time, he would think about 483Please respect copyright.PENANA8jtkrl80AB
Carly all day long.483Please respect copyright.PENANA2VpMFlxSsI
But things weren't that 483Please respect copyright.PENANANvrWuL9k7t
way now. Not when he knew that from now onwards he would be heading back483Please respect copyright.PENANATR4Egy4mN3
home everyday not only to find Carly, but Angel as well.483Please respect copyright.PENANA6kem0rgYzL
He groaned at the 483Please respect copyright.PENANAUwEL0vT2s6
thought of that. If he wasn't irritated of the thought of Angel, then he483Please respect copyright.PENANAYw4PxM6FUm
didn't know what he was feeling. She was going to cause problems. Not 483Please respect copyright.PENANAbidLORB1aJ
only for him, but Carly too.483Please respect copyright.PENANAUiWioqPP55
"You know, you've to be careful about who you think about," said Eric, bringing Leo back down to earth.483Please respect copyright.PENANAy9ADjjTPhS
"Why do you say that?" Leo asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANACUKO4o3qw1
"I could tell you were thinking about Angel just now." Eric chuckled.483Please respect copyright.PENANAE0T1sIkLlr
"No, I wasn't." Leo shook his head.483Please respect copyright.PENANA4CHfuP1Iga
"Yes, you were. That 483Please respect copyright.PENANAem9Su3nnfF
look on your face says it all. You look irritated. Still thinking about 483Please respect copyright.PENANAxrirRKZ8dz
how Angel took the upper hand on you today?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAvvOmybBtNv
"You're just saying things. Now I preferred you kept quiet while looking for a gift for her."483Please respect copyright.PENANAXG43kK4CoB
"You know I'm right. You483Please respect copyright.PENANAbVVMiY6nfI
should be lucky she and you aren't workmates. You could bring the whole483Please respect copyright.PENANAaYCZwtFwPU
office down in flames in just a day."483Please respect copyright.PENANAPABvyav6yt
Leo gulped as he 483Please respect copyright.PENANAZOishhRXCS
remembered what his grandmother said about Angel coming to work for 483Please respect copyright.PENANAAA39EtL8mC
them. He had to try and convince her much more than he had to.483Please respect copyright.PENANAf9pFkykBIe
"It's good we aren't," said Leo.483Please respect copyright.PENANAqZAkZzKJQc
The car soon arrived at it's destination parking in front of the mansion. Leo and Eric walked out of the car.483Please respect copyright.PENANAWA4mcGH3Od
"I am so tired," said Leo.483Please respect copyright.PENANAc78TT5KuPF
"You're tired like you're a child coming back from school," said Eric.483Please respect copyright.PENANAtki5a03lgi
"Don't mind me." The two483Please respect copyright.PENANA1J058CT0Fp
cousins walked down the stone footpath that led to the front door. 483Please respect copyright.PENANAyltVRT2oAo
"That shows I work way harder than you do."483Please respect copyright.PENANA9OJJE49ey9
"Let's not compete. It's483Please respect copyright.PENANAvX3AOReuVb
not like you're a construction worker or something though you happen to483Please respect copyright.PENANAHJO0A5jAnW
run the business. You're just simply the man behind the chair who 483Please respect copyright.PENANAmZHm9U8G7l
controls what's going on."483Please respect copyright.PENANAVb0iydfl5t
Leo rolled his eyes at Eric and almost burst out laughing. You can never be bored with him.483Please respect copyright.PENANAsUl26jMWCw
As they arrived at the 483Please respect copyright.PENANA7X3UToHWV5
doorstep, Leo was about to ring the doorbell when the door flew open and483Please respect copyright.PENANAVBoJnTKusj
there behind the door was his mother.483Please respect copyright.PENANAErjdrDTW4p
"Hello," said Mrs McDonell. "I'm glad you're here."483Please respect copyright.PENANAts7ncROvSb
"Hi, aunt," said Eric when he realised that Leo wasn't going to greet her.483Please respect copyright.PENANAfV7vwWUBVC
"Why don't you two freshen up and we will have supper ready. We're having a guest over."483Please respect copyright.PENANA7MoheIqvlk
"That's nice," said Eric as Leo passed his mother and entered the foyer.483Please respect copyright.PENANAFeqFS4tFkJ
"Yes, so you all better 483Please respect copyright.PENANA6nMH9jVMqy
get ready." Mrs McDonell sounded excited as she closed the door behind 483Please respect copyright.PENANAGaAlJu5UOH
Eric and soon left for the kitchen.483Please respect copyright.PENANAbWNkwfdQLw
"She sounds so excited, have you noticed?" Leo asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANA3BovaRzXwK
"Isn't she always excited?" Eric asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANAAduJ2MPS0o
Leo chuckled. "You should rather be sarcastic than funny."483Please respect copyright.PENANAN7PMWFb55E
"I know. Before I go up to my room, let me go say hi to grandma. And Angel."483Please respect copyright.PENANA4lNxSg27xc
Eric ran off to the 483Please respect copyright.PENANA51Pje4gERO
other side of the foyer leading to the hall where Angel and Amanda's 483Please respect copyright.PENANA223d16xpDs
room were. Leo couldn't help but think Eric was acting childish.483Please respect copyright.PENANA5dOFCovmRH
Just as he was about to 483Please respect copyright.PENANALvtn8fTFej
walk up to his room, there was Carly, at the top of the stairs looking 483Please respect copyright.PENANAOQNJkbOmdx
down at him. He paused for a minute as he looked at her.483Please respect copyright.PENANAyNoGn7TYlb
"Wow," he said in awe.483Please respect copyright.PENANAxAsoiKJUXD
Carly smiled. "You like?" she asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANAuLJPAsVdEI
Leo bit his lip. "Definitely. Why wouldn't I?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAP4oehf58sw
Carly wore a lovely black flared sleeveless dress that reached almost way above her knees. She also wore matching high heels.483Please respect copyright.PENANA9Syw08gf07
"Are you going somewhere?" Leo asked as she slowly made her way down the stairs. "I've to say, you look lovely."483Please respect copyright.PENANANRDltHYZ5X
"Thank you," said Carly 483Please respect copyright.PENANA9FgaI6Kzge
with her lovely red painted lips raised up into a smile. "I'm not going 483Please respect copyright.PENANA9bpPKqoUaZ
anywhere." She slowly continued her way down the stairs.483Please respect copyright.PENANAYH82mW3mM8
"Then what's the occasion?" Leo couldn't take his eyes off of her.483Please respect copyright.PENANAwIm6gDIQ89
Carly stood on the last step, close to Leo. The two looked at each other with so much intent.483Please respect copyright.PENANAdtRWSNS4C6
"Hasn't your mother told you?" Carly asked. This time she gave him a questioning look.483Please respect copyright.PENANAJfrQX09JKp
"Told me what?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAwelUgP9Knk
"Well, you two have no shame," said Angel who appeared in the foyer.483Please respect copyright.PENANAJvzfpj7ljo
Carly almost jumped by 483Please respect copyright.PENANAXLwIG5kAst
her voice, thinking that it was Leo's mother. She relaxed when she 483Please respect copyright.PENANAStwJ6nusJZ
realised that it was only Angel. Leo, however, didn't seem frightened at483Please respect copyright.PENANAGuL7SpqIFW
all.483Please respect copyright.PENANA95tGVK2boo
"You almost scared me to death," said Carly.483Please respect copyright.PENANAF0QEiOvpaW
"I should be doing that more often," said Angel. She had come in from the living room in her wheelchair.483Please respect copyright.PENANAIoKjMpc4Pu
"You know this is also my house, right?" Leo asked as he looked at Angel. "So you better take back what you said."483Please respect copyright.PENANAlnUHEqcMz1
"Why should I?" Angel 483Please respect copyright.PENANAaNCIBjJVuR
shrugged her shoulders. "If you two don't want anyone else finding out 483Please respect copyright.PENANAOgTUT5POUd
about your relationship, then you shouldn't be seen so close to each 483Please respect copyright.PENANA2Sp490AiyE
other, don't you think?"483Please respect copyright.PENANA2tfcustxeg
The two lovebirds didn't know what to say, and they didn't have to because Eric soon appeared into the foyer.483Please respect copyright.PENANAwKBlOJkFS1
"Angel, I was looking for you," said Eric excitedly as he ran to hug her.483Please respect copyright.PENANAKfAxrJPDgR
"Hi, Eric," said Angel giving him a smile.483Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7DeWtKez6
"Wow, Carly, you look really nice," said Eric as he looked at her. "Did you go shopping today?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAq3lJiel53H
"I went shopping with your mum," Carly replied as she blushed.483Please respect copyright.PENANApZjmvYlPNV
"You look really pretty." Eric smiled at her.483Please respect copyright.PENANAl7oPkkFLHk
"Thank you, Eric."483Please respect copyright.PENANAzvK5z8US32
"I was just asking her 483Please respect copyright.PENANAkwEirvmzBN
what the special occasion is for her to be dressed like this," said Leo.483Please respect copyright.PENANAH6m9Iy4QgK
"And she told me that we will be having a guest over."483Please respect copyright.PENANABFAflEMVuI
"Oh, really?" Eric asked. "Aunt wasn't joking then? Who is it?"483Please respect copyright.PENANApE9ygdAIPq
"Well, you won't believe this if we tell you but..." Carly was soon interrupted.483Please respect copyright.PENANAKLABAOLLSX
"Leo," said Amanda as 483Please respect copyright.PENANAAX06B8KeVY
she came into the foyer. "I was wondering why you didn't come to see me 483Please respect copyright.PENANAtYBdxOu2Ez
like your cousin did. Well, now I see why."483Please respect copyright.PENANABVTTlYglEe
Leo turned to look at his grandma and went over to hug her.483Please respect copyright.PENANA53XWcNhJr1
"How are you, granny?" Leo asked after hugging her.483Please respect copyright.PENANA6VuGOfXQQ3
"Never better," Amanda replied with a smile. "I see you four are all trying to get along. That's nice."483Please respect copyright.PENANAbfNb8443DZ
"Yes, we are," said Eric.483Please respect copyright.PENANAgMOQG3uv6h
"Good. Well, you two men483Please respect copyright.PENANAPH8WMd7jUN
better get yourself ready for supper. Your mother will be furious if 483Please respect copyright.PENANAssVWz9DYx6
you don't since she's having a guest over."483Please respect copyright.PENANAUWBJ4FAqSY
"Who could it be, granny?" Eric asked. "Carly was just about to tell us when you came in."483Please respect copyright.PENANAoO8fQnsSeh
"Let's not ruin the surprise. Go, go now. You've to get ready."483Please respect copyright.PENANACg87kyJSCL
Leo and Eric didn't say 483Please respect copyright.PENANAqx4AsN1ch8
anything as they quickly obliged to their grandmother's request and went483Please respect copyright.PENANAlmEdHnDWYq
up the stairs. When the two were out of earshot, Amanda turned to look 483Please respect copyright.PENANA4tpLGwOfYx
at Carly.483Please respect copyright.PENANAiHgbniVWn3
"I know what you're thinking," said Carly as she looked at Amanda. "I wasn't going to say anything about Kim."483Please respect copyright.PENANAPF2pNcO6PQ
Amanda gave her a smile.483Please respect copyright.PENANAggooGJMX5E
"I know. But you had to be careful. If you did tell Leo Kim was coming 483Please respect copyright.PENANAlO8FhO6agK
over, he was going to walk straight out that door."483Please respect copyright.PENANAu3NKNdcrjA
"I know." Carly couldn't help but blush.483Please respect copyright.PENANAS4AnertwXa
"I hope all goes well tonight," said Angel. "I've a feeling this isn't going to end pretty."483Please respect copyright.PENANAs8NruUNbVR
"Me too," said Amanda.483Please respect copyright.PENANAC8am8xt29c
There was a knock at the door and Carly quickly dropped to the bottom of the stairs to open it. Mr McDonell soon stepped in.483Please respect copyright.PENANA2dwKxMrA5Q
"Evening, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "May I say, you look lovely tonight."483Please respect copyright.PENANA5crxgsxoRp
"Thank you," said Carly as she closed the door behind him.483Please respect copyright.PENANAbqe9gQyagi
"Evening mother, evening Angel."483Please respect copyright.PENANAdTroihGtr4
Both Amanda and Angel greeted him at the same time.483Please respect copyright.PENANAXWVKN7xHpo
"May I have a word with you in the study?" Amanda asked her son.483Please respect copyright.PENANAzcjYCw4iuS
"Right now? Is it really that urgent?" Mr McDonell asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANA6nfWxHEOnc
"Yes and it can't wait."483Please respect copyright.PENANAlkFyjB9ho4
Amanda already started her way back down the hall she came from but 483Please respect copyright.PENANACb3NBpVu6B
this time heading to the study. Mr McDonell had no choice but to follow.483Please respect copyright.PENANAWTXtiehF09
"Could it be that she wants to talk about his wife bringing Kim here?" Carly asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANAQWl4ptVu03
Angel looked at her 483Please respect copyright.PENANAATx3j36cCA
sister. "I wouldn't dwell on that thought if I were you," she replied. 483Please respect copyright.PENANARbyHS5Kr1h
Angel didn't have to think twice about what the two would be talking 483Please respect copyright.PENANA3CWuT8KrxP
about.483Please respect copyright.PENANAPjS29JQSPF
In an hour's time, 483Please respect copyright.PENANAY7Dqncl3bU
dinner was close to being set on the table. Carly and Angel were in the 483Please respect copyright.PENANAy4m3NmUBo6
living room watching the 8 o'clock news. The house help soon started 483Please respect copyright.PENANA2AYx9RTVJG
bringing out dishes of different cuisines from the kitchen and into the 483Please respect copyright.PENANAW4xWDK3vwx
dining room.483Please respect copyright.PENANA2CIaFXLHkf
"To be honest, Angel, I feel really nervous," said Carly feeling uncomfortable on the couch.483Please respect copyright.PENANAaM3cy8MDEn
"If you're worried about Kim, please don't show it," said Angel.483Please respect copyright.PENANAj5DDx5ClM2
"I'm not going to."483Please respect copyright.PENANAnwy4u5MWrd
"Well, you better change that facial expression. Because it completely shows."483Please respect copyright.PENANA9MCD8IJ11C
"Really?" Carly asked as she touched her face thinking that it would help change her expression.483Please respect copyright.PENANA8SzRfhNImj
Angel shook her head and smiled as she went on to stare at the TV. She hadn't messed around with Carly like that in a long time.483Please respect copyright.PENANAQWG1UTUAYH
Oliver soon appeared in the living room and came to sit right next to Carly.483Please respect copyright.PENANAwslTuhzxU0
"Hey, Oliver," said Angel. "Are you done with your homework?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAeRRUDjkp01
"Homework, seriously, on a Friday?" Oliver looked at Angel with a surprised look on his face.483Please respect copyright.PENANASUQBYXbHN8
"What's wrong with doing483Please respect copyright.PENANAFnC69RNLbk
your homework on a Friday? You might have the whole weekend, but you 483Please respect copyright.PENANACUitmDM9T4
won't do your homework because you will be out having fun. And then you 483Please respect copyright.PENANA9T5JlgGGHZ
will end up doing your homework on a Sunday evening."483Please respect copyright.PENANAu1G8eqKuFJ
"I know what you mean. But it's so hard to do my homework on a Friday because everyone is so busy."483Please respect copyright.PENANAc6XF6jY9Wt
"That, little man, is so483Please respect copyright.PENANAw4wdQH8nXb
not true," said Eric as he came into the living room. He had taken a 483Please respect copyright.PENANAWZtP2aJWhx
shower and changed his clothes for the evening. "I always have free time483Please respect copyright.PENANAtLGFSpjoGw
for you on a Friday."483Please respect copyright.PENANAtapnAyTsHm
"Come on, Eric," said Angel. "Let the little man, speak. He might be telling the truth."483Please respect copyright.PENANAnpRG8xy2Ue
"Please don't take his 483Please respect copyright.PENANAnR1wBooQkd
side, Angel." Eric came to stand right behind Angel on her wheelchair. 483Please respect copyright.PENANAqf0c7Lmp0W
"The guy isn't as innocent as you think."483Please respect copyright.PENANA7RaSqodMFH
"Okay, let me finish talking to him about his homework first. Then you can air out all your views about him."483Please respect copyright.PENANA32A2qAJSfK
"Don't listen to a word he says about me," said Oliver, pointing at his brother.483Please respect copyright.PENANA4GbVcZT7C0
"Okay, okay, you two," 483Please respect copyright.PENANAKVvSSJ9rk0
said Angel trying to calm the two brothers down. "Now, Oliver, I think 483Please respect copyright.PENANA1H6KiLrqgg
it's best you work on your homework on a Friday so that you don't have 483Please respect copyright.PENANAErB8CDLZ32
to struggle so much on Sunday."483Please respect copyright.PENANArlbk0q2Obu
"Will you help me then?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAJhM2JEi6yN
Angel gave him a smile. "After dinner."483Please respect copyright.PENANAl1cWE9UOj9
"Then we can watch a Friday night movie in the home movie theatre. How does that sound?" Eric asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANAcoRhCKGTZ3
"You guys have your own home movie theatre?" Carly asked looking at Eric.483Please respect copyright.PENANAWINfq8pyas
"Ya," Oliver answered 483Please respect copyright.PENANASUnmRNLisw
excitedly. "My brother, Leo and I usually have a movie night on Fridays.483Please respect copyright.PENANAqRWTHqfmmy
Would you ladies like to join us?"483Please respect copyright.PENANA4Xt4viCu5y
"Oooh, charming," said Carly. "Of course we would, wouldn't we, Angel?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAQNSmYwQRU1
"Definitely," Angel replied. "But after he does his homework."483Please respect copyright.PENANA5JianPAgD2
"Deal," said Oliver as he gave Angel a smile.483Please respect copyright.PENANAIGRYjFJcGY
"Is everyone here?" Mrs McDonell called out as she appeared into the living room, coming in from the foyer.483Please respect copyright.PENANAXz0HxvZOvB
"What do you mean, aunt?" Eric asked. "Everyone is around."483Please respect copyright.PENANABf94T2GDK7
"And what about your uncle, has he arrived?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAq1tdEMfh9e
"Yes, he arrived some minutes ago," Angel replied.483Please respect copyright.PENANATIZrLFP74W
"And where is he?" Mrs McDonell asked giving Angel a glare.483Please respect copyright.PENANAupeuYuHAzP
"He went to the study with Amanda. She insisted that they go and have a talk."483Please respect copyright.PENANAQaI2wpHvNT
Mrs McDonald raised an 483Please respect copyright.PENANA02b5hFAZpi
eyebrow thinking over what Angel had just said. Angel could tell that 483Please respect copyright.PENANAUGJzbGeszD
Mrs McDonell was thinking twice , obviously wondering if Amanda was 483Please respect copyright.PENANA6PhmYjXfMl
talking to her son about his wife.483Please respect copyright.PENANAR1kWGRNS6Y
"Are we going to have supper now?" came Eric's mother coming from behind Mrs McDonell. "I'm starving here."483Please respect copyright.PENANAgLQfGWnIyl
"Same here, mum," said Oliver. "And the food smells delicious from here."483Please respect copyright.PENANAsoLq3yZ1dk
"Don't worry, our guest will be here soon and then we can have our supper," said Mrs McDonell.483Please respect copyright.PENANAoqp0o3w6RW
"I wonder who it is," said Eric. "Because the way I see it, it must be someone important."483Please respect copyright.PENANAYU8KFcC22e
Angel looked up at Eric 483Please respect copyright.PENANArvCoefiNY1
and she was glad that he wasn't looking down at her. She had that 483Please respect copyright.PENANAbJM3Q9vT0m
worried look on her face because she knew that their guest was someone 483Please respect copyright.PENANA8vv3okAWDO
Eric and especially Leo weren't in good terms with at the moment.483Please respect copyright.PENANAMir796sdzA
They soon heard a sound of a vehicle and the sound of tires on the asphalt outside. Could that be their visitor?483Please respect copyright.PENANARymclAlEAC
"Ah, she's here," said Mrs McDonell excitedly as she went for the front door. Diana quickly went to join her.483Please respect copyright.PENANAi5GPgKE0zA
"It's a she?" Eric asked. "I hope it's not one of those old famous ladies."483Please respect copyright.PENANAB0zLYn2nVP
Angel rolled her eyes. "You wouldn't like it if was anyone younger," she thought to herself.483Please respect copyright.PENANA3EuYIqT52F
"I wonder why aunt is so excited," said Oliver. "This must be one very important person."483Please respect copyright.PENANAfmK4QFKqSg
"Maybe in her life, yes," said Carly.483Please respect copyright.PENANAegNXvmOELm
"I have to see this for myself," said Eric.483Please respect copyright.PENANALYoso1KeVO
Before he could even head out of the living room, he stopped as he looked into the foyer. He was shocked for words.483Please respect copyright.PENANAIA6AVGspQO
"Eric, are you okay?" 483Please respect copyright.PENANARc2cpSfeTy
Oliver asked as he noticed his brother stand still like a statue. He 483Please respect copyright.PENANA37bsywi2BA
soon turned towards what his brother was looking at and he too remained 483Please respect copyright.PENANA70oAuXIu7k
shocked.483Please respect copyright.PENANANR0mlo4gKe
The two sisters knew the483Please respect copyright.PENANAjXQl39UEpV
worst had finally come. They both turned to the foyer and there in 483Please respect copyright.PENANAd0mkekCUz4
lovely short purple dress was the most beautiful looking lady they had 483Please respect copyright.PENANAxXEL2AXwoD
ever seen.483Please respect copyright.PENANAXTae49R8H3
Kim stepped in to the 483Please respect copyright.PENANAJvtojJIpjz
living room with Mrs McDonell who had a huge grin on her face. It was 483Please respect copyright.PENANA9nS9BWiawB
obvious that her plan of getting Kim into the house with Leo still 483Please respect copyright.PENANAlApPyrBtGe
around, worked. Diana remained behind in the foyer with a scared and yet483Please respect copyright.PENANAXiFSIgCwSJ
surprised look on her face. She soon left the foyer, heading upstairs.483Please respect copyright.PENANAUhsZxTpZNs
"Look who is here to see us after such a long time," said Mrs McDonell. She couldn't be any more happier.483Please respect copyright.PENANAoYD3yVof32
"Hi, Eric," said Kim as she gave him a dreamy look and a charming smile. "How have you been?"483Please respect copyright.PENANA4MoiLlbcaJ
Eric cleared his throat then said, "I'm great. It's been a long time, Kim."483Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ek7Y1LxVP
"It really has. It's good to be back here. Hey, Oliver, how are you?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAYTpBHRygoo
"I'm fine, thanks," said483Please respect copyright.PENANAPPnLkGTByF
Oliver and he quickly went to looking at the TV screen as though 483Please respect copyright.PENANAq0dPM5t1wE
something had captured his eye when it was only just the eight o'clock 483Please respect copyright.PENANACBdn3laV0v
news.483Please respect copyright.PENANAnpeo1NzRUT
"Before I forget my manners, let me introduce to the Barclay sisters, Angel and Carly," said Mrs McDonell.483Please respect copyright.PENANAjOFmVnXeHS
Carly stood up from her seat and walked over to Kim with a smile on her face.483Please respect copyright.PENANAfHX53kIcwF
"I'm Carly," she said as she stuck out her hand. "Nice to meet you."483Please respect copyright.PENANAot44qM2Mxk
"The pleasure is mine," said Kim as she shook Carly's hand.483Please respect copyright.PENANALbQ6frjK4D
Angel and Eric couldn't help but look at each other when the two shook hands. Kim had no idea what she was in for.483Please respect copyright.PENANA0x40lOrR9V
"And this is my older sister, Angel," said Carly introducing her sister to Kim.483Please respect copyright.PENANACCuOyw9gMC
"Nice to meet you, Angel," said Kim giving Angel a smile.483Please respect copyright.PENANAPZJvCPGZD4
"Nice to meet you too," Angel replied.483Please respect copyright.PENANAHGCPYVm9hm
"Where is Leo?" Kim asked as she turned to look at Mrs McDonell.483Please respect copyright.PENANAWvMH8PGzT4
"He's just freshening 483Please respect copyright.PENANAfYKtiwfVeb
up," said Mrs McDonell. "He will be down here shortly. Why don't you 483Please respect copyright.PENANAsGCSO0O1MT
take a seat while I go and tell the rest that you're here."483Please respect copyright.PENANA0Rtikg1Jvy
"There's simply no need 483Please respect copyright.PENANADUGNaS8oNC
for that, Bertha," said Mr McDonell as he came into the foyer with 483Please respect copyright.PENANADvGpVVbAXA
Amanda, pushing her wheelchair. "We are already here."483Please respect copyright.PENANA7zUqacsim2
"Aren't you excited that Kim is here?" Mrs McDonell smiled at her husband.483Please respect copyright.PENANA5sEnyeOcz7
Mr McDonell looked caught in between answering her or not. He quickly turned to look at Kim to greet her.483Please respect copyright.PENANAmLbxxc9tqs
"How are you, Kim?" he asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANAcJmnTjgzZe
"I'm good. It's really nice to see you again. Hi, Amanda, how are you?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAxik0lweTEA
Amanda put up the kindest smile. "I'm great and how are you?"483Please respect copyright.PENANA594KL5fgWy
"Never better."483Please respect copyright.PENANADAyEvjkfyy
"You take a seat. I'll go and call Leo," said Mrs McDonell.483Please respect copyright.PENANAquFZwXVERF
"Let me freshen up real quick," said Mr McDonell and he quickly turned around to leave.483Please respect copyright.PENANAyKdMzz1oxO
Kim went over to the couch and took a seat. She sat on the couch close to where Angel sat on her wheelchair.483Please respect copyright.PENANAe54Rh0UU7J
Mrs and Mr McDonell left483Please respect copyright.PENANA5Z5Qdx9Lbm
the living room. For a moment, everything felt a little awkward, now 483Please respect copyright.PENANAayQU0CgGY1
that Kim was here. Eric scratched the back of his head as he came to 483Please respect copyright.PENANAXOBAeeOC59
settle down on the couch with his little brother. Carly came to join the483Please respect copyright.PENANAKJpYuuEGsE
two and Amanda rolled herself over and settled right next to Angel.483Please respect copyright.PENANAcvOyRepygH
For a moment, there was 483Please respect copyright.PENANARpfchtlSs4
silence as most people in the living room fixed their eyes on the TV 483Please respect copyright.PENANAozXoq8xWMt
screen, except for Kim who kept looking at each and everyone of them 483Please respect copyright.PENANAvyh1USEhOI
present, trying to see who she could start a conversation with.483Please respect copyright.PENANAkKcaCwSFi7
"I haven't seen you in a while, Eric," said Kim. Eric looked at her.483Please respect copyright.PENANA3ftSRXFOqh
"Ya, we kind of fell out after all that had happened," said Eric.483Please respect copyright.PENANA5bOt4AoaSu
"I know. It's pretty much normal on your part. I was a little surprised with Leo though."483Please respect copyright.PENANAuXnOC37EFP
Everyone all turned their heads at Kim, including little Oliver. They all waited for her to continue with what she had to say.483Please respect copyright.PENANAAEY47HTmQq
"I know about the 483Please respect copyright.PENANAOc0fFV8BQ4
accident, Angel," Kim continued. "And on behalf of Leo, I apologise 483Please respect copyright.PENANA5Ul6WSlAvh
since I didn't get the chance to when it all happened. I didn't even 483Please respect copyright.PENANA0iG9aaS8qp
know you were staying with the McDonells until I was told by Leo's mum."483Please respect copyright.PENANAfRWqMzlGvf
Angel said, "all that 483Please respect copyright.PENANABmKvP6ieeS
was nothing but an accident. I've moved on. If I really wanted to, I 483Please respect copyright.PENANAsvohxxb5Dh
would have sued Leo, but I know how pointless all that would have been."483Please respect copyright.PENANAKxDb8vH41M
Carly looked at her 483Please respect copyright.PENANAO1tI2AkbCU
sister, wondering why she said that last bit of suing Leo. All this 483Please respect copyright.PENANAQPeOOXSBfB
looked really confusing to her. It felt like someone was trying to play 483Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4ojMY2unG
the other here, or was Carly simply imagining things?483Please respect copyright.PENANAkhMbvl4wB1
"But I still can't seem to put one thing together though," said Kim as she looked up at the ceiling.483Please respect copyright.PENANAxkwv0KdoVw
Eric, Angel and Carly 483Please respect copyright.PENANAcqprkl76zc
all held their breaths. What was she going to say now? Was she going to 483Please respect copyright.PENANAOPM9Ozklev
link the Barclay sisters to Leo's decision of calling off their 483Please respect copyright.PENANAeSuu9Hkh6I
engagement?483Please respect copyright.PENANAEie6yM9mnd
"I wonder why you and 483Please respect copyright.PENANARUWeHVdQag
Leo went out that day, Eric," said Kim as she went back to looking at 483Please respect copyright.PENANAfDF0u5vgyk
him. "What were you possibly doing anyway?"483Please respect copyright.PENANA2GFLFMvCEN
Oliver gave his brother a funny look.483Please respect copyright.PENANAaw7UkhYIS7
"He wanted to go out for fresh air and we did," Eric replied. "We didn't know the accident would happen."483Please respect copyright.PENANAS9FR3Z1A1Q
"All that was 483Please respect copyright.PENANA50jVxQQeNH
unpredictable, dear," said Amanda. "I don't know why you're bringing all483Please respect copyright.PENANAYJPPyLBPQn
this up again when it has gone and passed. If you're trying to figure 483Please respect copyright.PENANAizL8fL0Tjy
out why Leo left you, it's best you ask him yourself."483Please respect copyright.PENANAPonkjEdbAZ
"You know I tried that, Amanda," said Kim. "And just like always, he never gave me a straight up answer."483Please respect copyright.PENANABqy3BeFN7k
Amanda gave Kim a mocking smile. "Well, that's definitely like Leo, alright."483Please respect copyright.PENANABOst2FaXEM
Kim could tell that Amanda was just making fun of her. So she went back to looking at Eric.483Please respect copyright.PENANAcf7lFo4T52
"So, how is work?" Kim asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANAh2RuXtFbWL
"Work is fine and tiring as usual," Eric answered.483Please respect copyright.PENANA6nfMHya8Nm
"That's good to hear." Kim went on to look at the stairs. "I wonder what's keeping the others so long."483Please respect copyright.PENANAcgRH0HFid5
As soon as she said 483Please respect copyright.PENANA9OLvyZHltV
those words, footsteps were heard coming down the stairs. And just by 483Please respect copyright.PENANALInStPOzmZ
the sound, you could tell that they weren't happy steps.483Please respect copyright.PENANAtl9CngsmKZ
"Leo, wait a minute," Diana called out to him by the stairs.483Please respect copyright.PENANAM36PI8c3eQ
Leo had already reached the bottom stair and went straight to the living room.483Please respect copyright.PENANAuhvkmWaoRD
"What's going on here?" Leo asked as soon as he appeared in the living room.483Please respect copyright.PENANAbollCfi9cB
Amanda winced. Eric 483Please respect copyright.PENANARNpXr5WFQj
couldn't help but scratch his head. Carly looked the other way as she 483Please respect copyright.PENANAsldcJaBc0B
played with her hair. Oliver didn't face Leo's direction, as though he 483Please respect copyright.PENANAhrs22tBWbl
was avoiding watching a bad scene of a horror movie. Angel however, 483Please respect copyright.PENANAaWG8oBcU6C
looked on waiting to see how all this would play out.483Please respect copyright.PENANAdZ9eGhmP9Z
Kim slowly stood up from the couch. "Leo, how are you?" she greeted.483Please respect copyright.PENANAUBkvUeIQIB
There was silence in the room except from Diana's footsteps as she came down the stairs and in to the living room.483Please respect copyright.PENANA9UDNraVGvr
"I was fine the time I came home," he answered. "And now I'm not."483Please respect copyright.PENANAR6W9KeJMDF
"Leo, calm down, 483Please respect copyright.PENANAOb2Kl8nHxT
please," Diana strongly insisted as she held his shoulder. "Your mum 483Please respect copyright.PENANAwnffRg0uOf
isn't going to like the way you're talking to her."483Please respect copyright.PENANAWew6uaIt5v
"She invited her here, did she?" Leo turned to look at his aunt.483Please respect copyright.PENANAIwIqzC4mst
Diana shrugged her shoulders. "She never told me anything. But I'm guessing by her happy mood, she obviously did."483Please respect copyright.PENANAnbyjl4l3wQ
Leo turned to look at Kim. "Did mum ask you to come here?" he asked her.483Please respect copyright.PENANAyTY8mRntMo
"She did," Kim answered. "But all this was only so that I could see the family after such a long time."483Please respect copyright.PENANAHeL5Wfyl0o
Everyone had a puzzled 483Please respect copyright.PENANADk4NDFvvw5
look on their face as they turned to look at Kim, except Leo. It was 483Please respect copyright.PENANAeC1Sor94fO
clear with the way she spoke to them before Leo came in that she was 483Please respect copyright.PENANAtHwn4ImJ6S
here just to get a chance to see and talk to Leo. No one objected to 483Please respect copyright.PENANABvXVGsqRyM
what she said. She and Leo were having a conversation and no one felt 483Please respect copyright.PENANAIdA0n7Wfgf
like butting in because you were only going to get burnt.483Please respect copyright.PENANAmJSZKX8Kdl
"I don't believe you," said Leo. "Grandma, did you know she was coming here?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAGY7vu42wph
Amanda looked up at Leo.483Please respect copyright.PENANAryos13dxIF
"I knew, she answered. "But your mum told me not to tell you because 483Please respect copyright.PENANADPnZbpTlmW
you would freak out the way you're doing right now."483Please respect copyright.PENANATGv6mSq0QM
"She knew you would run, that's why," said Diana. "That's definitely what your mother would do."483Please respect copyright.PENANANHftaIXT2N
Leo rolled his eyes and looked irritated. "Where is she?" he asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANA1txZ9qg2EB
"She will be down shortly," said Amanda, who had a worried look on his face.483Please respect copyright.PENANA7DFy52GWtb
"I need her here right now."483Please respect copyright.PENANAlxjWe5JDJS
"Leo, I think you need to sit down," said Eric as he stood up from the chair and came to stand right next to his cousin.483Please respect copyright.PENANAmx5kqNedUf
"There's no need." Leo looked calm and cool, but you could tell from his voice that he was really on edge.483Please respect copyright.PENANAArFLsFyEB0
Mr McDonell soon came down the stairs and when he came in the living room, he felt the tension in the air.483Please respect copyright.PENANAQYwmQ2KORy
"Did I miss something here?" Mr McDonell asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANAFnhhTrYZ5u
"You came just in time," said Amanda. "Leo is not happy."483Please respect copyright.PENANA1TR32j5cyc
Mr McDonell only shook his head and approached his son from behind.483Please respect copyright.PENANAMaMNNf2C7x
"Leo, can we talk?" Mr McDonell asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANAFiTRrM1fOB
"Why should we?" Leo asked as he looked at his father.483Please respect copyright.PENANAyXHx89ENHy
"Let's go," Mr McDonell insisted. "It will do you some good. Before your mother comes here."483Please respect copyright.PENANA3tKBaCMcWn
Leo nodded his head and 483Please respect copyright.PENANANuYdx5SNEq
followed his father out of the living room heading to the study. Just as483Please respect copyright.PENANADxWmKE7jcC
they disappeared down the other end of the hall, Mrs McDonell came down483Please respect copyright.PENANAedj1C88xsG
the stairs and went in the living room.483Please respect copyright.PENANA83rLouz4Fe
"No sign of Leo yet?" Mrs McDonell asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANA4DBB6ge8Lb
"If you looked around the room more carefully, you would see the burning imprint of where he stood on the carpet," said Amanda.483Please respect copyright.PENANArBGKD0Cls5
Mrs McDonell sighed. "Amanda, please stop talking in riddles," she said. "Was he here or not?"483Please respect copyright.PENANA71dYonjrlx
"He was and he wasn't happy," said Eric.483Please respect copyright.PENANAFCh7vuZwzj
"Did he leave?" Mrs McDonell looked worried.483Please respect copyright.PENANAfJ7xNLL3VI
"If you mean the house, no," said Diana. "He followed his father to the study."483Please respect copyright.PENANAhU4StRD3h9
Mrs McDonell turned around heading for the study.483Please respect copyright.PENANA25nehlQSOq
"I think I should leave," said Kim. "It really shows that Leo isn't happy to see me."483Please respect copyright.PENANAIFIPT0oOJd
"Oh, no, please, stay," 483Please respect copyright.PENANAfQAu6Vvxtv
said Amanda, yet she didn't sound sympathetic about it. It almost 483Please respect copyright.PENANAXxZCcnpyAq
sounded like she was making fun of her.483Please respect copyright.PENANAQPbUIvDxKb
"Oh, no, I'm good. I shouldn't have agreed to come here in the first place."483Please respect copyright.PENANAoq9SKImKJf
"No, don't leave yet," 483Please respect copyright.PENANAyaB8QCRGEm
said Diana. "You're Bertha's guest and she isn't going to be happy if 483Please respect copyright.PENANA3rvtPr72gG
you leave. Come with me to the patio, you need a little bit of air."483Please respect copyright.PENANAHIjLRxUXNc
"Yes, I guess so."483Please respect copyright.PENANAQHcw6Vcjed
Kim joined Diana and the two left for the patio.483Please respect copyright.PENANAr1V4MCTzdu
"I knew this was going to happen," said Amanda.483Please respect copyright.PENANAL7BX7Qc9IA
"I would blame Leo for this," said Angel. "He's supposed to act mature. Not like a child."483Please respect copyright.PENANAHJBhNQ5Pn3
"I behave more maturely than he does," said Oliver.483Please respect copyright.PENANAWXHF8qH3x9
"I know you do." Angel smiled at the young boy.483Please respect copyright.PENANAuE8HiY3To5
"I agree with you, 483Please respect copyright.PENANAbK1lkqyobu
Angel," said Eric. "I know he broke up their engagement, but it doesn't 483Please respect copyright.PENANA30zMGkMDss
mean he has to treat her that way as though she has done something 483Please respect copyright.PENANABz6Q1O73Y5
wrong."483Please respect copyright.PENANAh7AG9UY8qH
"I kind of feel bad for her," said Carly.483Please respect copyright.PENANAQXP0LjdDbG
"Leo has always been 483Please respect copyright.PENANAW16pAf7ef6
like a child," said Amanda. "And I hate to admit, though I don't like 483Please respect copyright.PENANAMRlW3sBnKJ
Kim very much, what Leo is doing to her is awful."483Please respect copyright.PENANAY8uWfG7p9y
"It's not anything new that you don't like her, granny," said Eric.483Please respect copyright.PENANAcPH6HQxbfF
"I know. But Bertha also483Please respect copyright.PENANAVAKhb1k69q
did the wrong thing here. She knows Leo's actions towards Kim would be 483Please respect copyright.PENANAR5Bf1ZXQIw
brutal but she still wanted Kim to come here. She obviously wants them 483Please respect copyright.PENANA2HTItNE9cf
to get back together."483Please respect copyright.PENANAdlvM7V1MzK
"There's no doubt about 483Please respect copyright.PENANAmVCtIKt8N1
that," said Angel. "But Leo should be more of a gentleman. He shouldn't 483Please respect copyright.PENANATToCjzbV24
treat her that way. Now I wonder how he broke up with her. Must have 483Please respect copyright.PENANADsPnIcqD9R
been terrible."483Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ce58mWREx
"You should tell him that," said Eric as he smiled at Angel. "Maybe he will listen to you."483Please respect copyright.PENANAt0vtyRElei
"He's a gentleman when 483Please respect copyright.PENANAA2zWNWoL5i
he wants to be. But towards Kim, I don't know why he acts like that. He 483Please respect copyright.PENANAIRyNc8NfwU
loved her once, you know," said Amanda.483Please respect copyright.PENANA9CZPavvSet
"Like madly in love with her?" Carly asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANANZmoiFFSpM
"Maybe during their 483Please respect copyright.PENANAbdwtmawbFP
first years of their relationship. But I never approved of her then, and483Please respect copyright.PENANAqynZKB9ilJ
if they were ever to get back, I still wouldn't."483Please respect copyright.PENANAce5pqYLSea
"Are they going to get back soon?" Oliver asked as he looked down the hall. "I'm hungry."483Please respect copyright.PENANASLceTJ7ejr
"Why don't you get a 483Please respect copyright.PENANAhaCB6817FC
little snack from the kitchen?" Amanda suggested. "You wouldn't want to 483Please respect copyright.PENANALQJUbACTrX
die in this ugly war full of big people problems." 483Please respect copyright.PENANAZPBLFDCmE6
While the others waited in the living room, there was a serious talk in the study room.483Please respect copyright.PENANAr8BpYeJ638
"I'm begging you, Leo, can you at least act mature for once?" Mr McDonell asked Leo.483Please respect copyright.PENANAAk5wecWPDT
"Why should I?" Leo asked as he folded his arms.483Please respect copyright.PENANAcGAIFo99L7
"Because she is my guest," Mrs McDonell answered. "That's why."483Please respect copyright.PENANAUo91VqjDxW
"I wonder why you even bought her here when you know she and I aren't on good terms with each other."483Please respect copyright.PENANA6He3xl6udW
"Why do you treat her like she did something wrong to you? This isn't the Leo I know."483Please respect copyright.PENANAuhGEi5dvZF
"Sorry, mum. She irritates me and I want nothing to do with her. She tends to be clinging and that's not what I want."483Please respect copyright.PENANAhmVGpued0E
"But you don't have to treat a lady like that, son," said Mr McDonell. "You need to talk things down with her like an adult."483Please respect copyright.PENANAbTewWRHsxB
"I did talk to her face 483Please respect copyright.PENANAPVKWpMYRDg
to face to break off our engagement, but she still kept on calling and 483Please respect copyright.PENANABnPFS6cRzE
calling afterwards," said Leo. "You see, that's being too clinging."483Please respect copyright.PENANAZyg4I3Q1UL
"And did you ever give a reasonable explanation as to why you wanted to break up?" Mr McDonell gave Leo a look. "Did you?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAdnBeViErL8
"I told her that it didn't feel right anymore to be together and that we had to break off our engagement."483Please respect copyright.PENANAlM7R0aClyy
"Well, that's not a 483Please respect copyright.PENANAGGnJS2SXjQ
clearcut answer to me," said Mrs McDonell. "There has to be a simple 483Please respect copyright.PENANAlHtstkS2pP
reason or else she wouldn't be calling you all the time."483Please respect copyright.PENANABEsQZqIHUf
"Mum, I have my reasons," said Leo sternly.483Please respect copyright.PENANADTxLmBlLve
"But it still doesn't 483Please respect copyright.PENANAkt6BiZ6sRg
add up and your mother is right," said Mr McDonell. "I never wanted to 483Please respect copyright.PENANAtLJ8s7hjN8
ask you why you broke up with Kim because I know you don't like to talk 483Please respect copyright.PENANApOdDLMneDI
about such things. But now I'm starting to wonder what's really going 483Please respect copyright.PENANAzFmqSNef8Z
on."483Please respect copyright.PENANAkY6eneeiS0
Leo felt cornered. His 483Please respect copyright.PENANA4ihy552hdn
parents were good at making him spit out the truth whenever they wanted 483Please respect copyright.PENANALYInpfFk1F
it. And he didn't feel ready to tell them that he fell in love with 483Please respect copyright.PENANA5XLbcW7Qnn
someone else.483Please respect copyright.PENANAlTPq1XXd4Z
"It's nothing," said Leo. "I just fell out and it didn't feel right any more."483Please respect copyright.PENANAErjop1lQHx
"Well, you fell out of it too quickly," said Mrs McDonell.483Please respect copyright.PENANAEdryFmZCyb
"Is that why you brought her here? To change my mind?"483Please respect copyright.PENANA2ISZJlRwej
"Leo, calm down," said Mr McDonell. "And you, Bertha, why didn't you tell me that you were inviting Kim over?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAgJCVGTkFGQ
"Don't tell me that you don't like her too," said Mrs McDonell almost looking disappointed.483Please respect copyright.PENANAUczjXn8F71
"I have always liked 483Please respect copyright.PENANAajGSSzr9M4
Kim. But why you didn't tell me about this is what I want to know. You 483Please respect copyright.PENANAmCiuc79ygI
knew that your son broke up with her and it hasn't even passed a good 483Please respect copyright.PENANASyInfp98nh
period of time for them to try and ease off the pain. And now, you just 483Please respect copyright.PENANAR0ETaAUzv3
opened up old wounds."483Please respect copyright.PENANAGhIeOh43YF
"I'm sorry, I should have told you but I wanted it to be a surprise."483Please respect copyright.PENANAaIBlrIUMuu
"A surprise or a way of getting her and I back together?" Leo asked.483Please respect copyright.PENANA7c8bELHOKI
"Bertha, stop," Mr 483Please respect copyright.PENANAmJioJm3xJO
McDonell raised his hand beside his wife could even speak. "You two are 483Please respect copyright.PENANArfL0OTGkR9
just going to argue like you always do and I'm not going to allow that. 483Please respect copyright.PENANAyEmS9Chuxm
Not when we have a guest in the house."483Please respect copyright.PENANAvDS9mjQJN9
"I'm glad you consider Kim our guest, hon," said Mrs McDonell sweetly.483Please respect copyright.PENANAddZAz4cINK
"That's because you 483Please respect copyright.PENANA1XGGqjDj97
bought her here and you left me no choice. Leo, I'm begging you, just 483Please respect copyright.PENANAsGz9HzJQx5
for this one night, let go of your anger or whatever it is you have 483Please respect copyright.PENANA47I98hxCWS
against Kim and have our dinner in peace. Can you do that for me?"483Please respect copyright.PENANAj8nxyemJ05
Leo looked at his 483Please respect copyright.PENANAnBkj64TrZS
father, then at his mother who gave him a look to go ahead with his 483Please respect copyright.PENANAacWLK8bSLo
father's suggestion. He furrowed his eyebrows at her showing how angry 483Please respect copyright.PENANAePAM3jiJek
he was. When he went back to looking at his father, he brought up his 483Please respect copyright.PENANAgh8IizsrHG
calm demeanour.483Please respect copyright.PENANAo8LLyKbVDn
"For you, dad, I will," said Leo.483Please respect copyright.PENANAYrnUbwhMvH
Mr McDonell blew out a 483Please respect copyright.PENANAiWklZrhiHS
sigh of relief. "Thank you, Leo. Though I do suggest you stop acting 483Please respect copyright.PENANAW22aqANBBy
like a child around her from now on."483Please respect copyright.PENANAmvoiEtIqHd
"I'll. In fact, I'll apologise to her right away."483Please respect copyright.PENANARj3sIa5waE
"That's so sweet of you, dear," said Mrs McDonell but Leo ignored her as he quickly left the room.483Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1AWvZlwje
"You know, you've never 483Please respect copyright.PENANAL3fTOLCn7p
been so good with surprises, Bertha," said Mr McDonell as he looked at 483Please respect copyright.PENANAerhLvvUyL9
his wife and slowly made his way out of the study.