Angel's eyes flew 544Please respect copyright.PENANApR46iyixUV
open as she felt something warm and soft touch her face. Everything 544Please respect copyright.PENANAUCdoGoDjxf
around her seemed a little hazy and bright as her eyes slowly adjusted 544Please respect copyright.PENANAHKELqUvEk4
to the light. She could see a figure looking down at her and Angel had 544Please respect copyright.PENANAt5b9boYkd8
to shade her eyes to see the person's face clearly. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAEZDqxes4Ul
"Hello, my sweetheart," came the voice of the person looking down at her.544Please respect copyright.PENANA8pQ4zZVfD1
Angel quickly stood 544Please respect copyright.PENANAZsfErVblWp
up from the floor she was lying on and faced the person in front of her.544Please respect copyright.PENANAMt3RT5EJDz
The sound of the person's voice was so familiar now that Angel felt 544Please respect copyright.PENANAC3SGF1NCJg
dumb not to have realised it sooner.544Please respect copyright.PENANAFl39oiTSie
"Mum, is that you?" Angel asked.544Please respect copyright.PENANAxVWzBBMnFO
"Of course, its me, my lovely Angel," her mother replied as she touched Angel's cheek with her soft hand.544Please respect copyright.PENANAvmdtO7F0WQ
Angel closed her eyes544Please respect copyright.PENANAhCX2m85QHi
at the touch of her mother's hand and felt like lingering on it for a 544Please respect copyright.PENANA5TicHSMTQa
life time. She opened her eyes and her mother smiled at her.544Please respect copyright.PENANAzBpUxwTCpZ
"I thought you were dead," said Angel. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAVGID8Yclpb
"Honey, I know it will be difficult to tell you this, but sadly, I'm not where you're right now."544Please respect copyright.PENANAiaYZDnoCdx
"What do you mean?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAMi2zWlXXCl
"I'm long gone from earth, Angel. I'm simply no more."544Please respect copyright.PENANABEFVoLr5Er
"But why did you leave me?" Angel asked with tears in her eyes. "Things have gone horribly wrong and this is the time to leave?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAFLI6f10BbW
"I'm sorry I can't answer that, my dear. I wish I could. I know you're heartbroken over everything thats happened to you."544Please respect copyright.PENANAjRvB8Vnu89
"Carly, she's really disappointed me, mum," said Angel as she wiped the tears falling from her eyes.544Please respect copyright.PENANApWvgrgpNC2
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about."544Please respect copyright.PENANAVnrQ9P1P0k
"If it means forgiving her I'm not going to do it. That will take a life time."544Please respect copyright.PENANAnJoL8nzf59
"I know you don't mean that, Angel. As much as she has done wrong, nothing is going to change the fact that you're sisters."544Please respect copyright.PENANASIBut5f2Rn
"I bet you're going to remind me of my promise, aren't you?"544Please respect copyright.PENANA4Dden9xuIC
Angel's mother gave 544Please respect copyright.PENANANEXCXCmlVz
her daughter a bright smile while she stroked her cheek. "Of course, I 544Please respect copyright.PENANAnqLS3v5UgD
was going to remind you of just that. I know that now that I'm no longer544Please respect copyright.PENANAqa4UVglIqu
around, its going to be difficult for you. Your life will get even more544Please respect copyright.PENANAafDO6NjKIf
complicated after all this, but just know that I'm always there when 544Please respect copyright.PENANAtErvnvqfuv
you need me. And the most important thing, always take care of your 544Please respect copyright.PENANABtuw49iXag
sister no matter what she does. And that you always try to fix things even when it seems impossible to do so."544Please respect copyright.PENANA4HNAPTIArX
"You know I already gave you my word."544Please respect copyright.PENANARIhFr4WVBw
"And I know that 544Please respect copyright.PENANA0BPypJgx0D
you'll keep it. I know you might try to tear your sister to shreds, but 544Please respect copyright.PENANApDnlRtHDgf
please try to be patient with her, okay?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAF9fbSVP8zh
Before Angel could reply, she noticed that her mother had stood further away from her towards something bright.544Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZJuDgXumm
"I have to go now, just remember that I love you, Angel and your sister too," said her mother.544Please respect copyright.PENANAxfxw1vKpKP
"Mum, wait, don't 544Please respect copyright.PENANA1VqqjMGKsL
go," said Angel as she started to run towards her mother. Her mother 544Please respect copyright.PENANAd4dZpuugQx
didn't move from where she stood and Angel felt the distance widen. She 544Please respect copyright.PENANAjb3LdYdpVp
tried running as fast as she could, but that just made the distance 544Please respect copyright.PENANAgCch1ixJ0N
between them even bigger.544Please respect copyright.PENANAMuVRBWsZZr
And then all of the 544Please respect copyright.PENANA2WJHDCKGNv
sudden, darkness begun to swallow everything around and the smile on her544Please respect copyright.PENANAPianZcIgE4
mother's face was the last thing Angel saw.544Please respect copyright.PENANABw7S1Sfc1w
***544Please respect copyright.PENANAQE89NNDBi9
It544Please respect copyright.PENANAefpjZJpzzA
felt like drowning as Angel took in air through her nostrils, filling 544Please respect copyright.PENANAEC8NFj66O6
up her painful lungs. A sudden pain and heaviness quickly descended on 544Please respect copyright.PENANACxe4DoG1Pi
her body and she might have heard herself wince in pain. Her eyes felt 544Please respect copyright.PENANAvUCCihZ5dF
too heavy to open, but she did her best to do so anyway. She could tell 544Please respect copyright.PENANAaoOYp42Eqn
as she opened her eyes and her vision cleared, that she was staring at a544Please respect copyright.PENANA6pZEetXGD0
ceiling. The sound of a beeping machine was the first thing she heard 544Please respect copyright.PENANATxeYirMAsj
and when she tried to turn her neck, she realised she couldn't move and 544Please respect copyright.PENANAY4qICU9jsp
her body ached all over. Her eyes rolled around, but all she could see 544Please respect copyright.PENANAtMsWf442YF
was the ceiling above her.544Please respect copyright.PENANAG8a1K6H91u
Angel's544Please respect copyright.PENANACm5mc4qePr
heart started to beat aimlessly as she realised she couldn't move at 544Please respect copyright.PENANA0kmU8mCKSO
all. She felt quite scared thinking she was all alone until she heard 544Please respect copyright.PENANAmgO07PxN46
her sister's voice.544Please respect copyright.PENANAAmbJ04oYKe
"Angel? Oh my gosh, she's alive!" 544Please respect copyright.PENANAElEKHWJBzm
Angel544Please respect copyright.PENANAv7sDufihzP
felt like breathing out a sigh of relief, but she knew it was going to 544Please respect copyright.PENANAy0DxPA0Wv5
be painful. She noticed the face mask on her face and wanted to remove 544Please respect copyright.PENANA5yUMhsq313
it. She could feel her fingers, but lifting her whole hand was going to 544Please respect copyright.PENANA580akoXDLS
be a painful process. Her body felt heavy as it already was.544Please respect copyright.PENANAgoecrYIHPD
"Please,544Please respect copyright.PENANAul1E89PtqR
call the doctor! My sister is alive!" Carly seemed to be calling out to544Please respect copyright.PENANA4KXEXBQl6G
someone in the room and a male voice grabbed Angel's attention.544Please respect copyright.PENANAN2Gi1KuZOZ
"I'm544Please respect copyright.PENANAlRzwv2a2e0
going, I'm going." Quick footsteps were heard and faded away. Angel 544Please respect copyright.PENANAVSR3Llb0AN
could tell that the voice sounded very familiar but she couldn't process544Please respect copyright.PENANAkvpO0HNC9O
everything at the moment.544Please respect copyright.PENANATPYUeEcJ2N
Carly's544Please respect copyright.PENANAsr4GXTL3lg
face came into view as she looked down at Angel. Angel could tell that 544Please respect copyright.PENANAneyeuPDN0s
her sister had been crying. Her puffy red eyes and stuffy red nose 544Please respect copyright.PENANAEbRCwcu4uE
showed it all. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAs3h8tAnMvd
"I544Please respect copyright.PENANArfgwagrQY0
thought I lost you, Angel," said Carly, "when your heart stopped 544Please respect copyright.PENANARmtgiHanSQ
beating, I thought you were gone forever. I don't want to lose you too."544Please respect copyright.PENANAclU2P1DQzb
Angel544Please respect copyright.PENANAd1RNAQ2S79
noticed the black shirt Carly was wearing and her eyes stung with tears544Please respect copyright.PENANAt9jr8IbNvm
as she remembered that her mother had passed on. Her heart felt heavy 544Please respect copyright.PENANA7k7w64TQkM
with remorse and her body ached even more.544Please respect copyright.PENANAiT7BVYNsYE
"I'm544Please respect copyright.PENANAAftpaKtnte
so sorry, Angel," said Carly as tears sreamed down her face. "I feel 544Please respect copyright.PENANAlepBPaVNS9
most of this is all my fault and I know I let you down. Please forgive 544Please respect copyright.PENANAk5OFICl4o3
me. And I also hope that wherever mum is, that she will also be able to 544Please respect copyright.PENANAfrRFRFNdN9
forgive me too."544Please respect copyright.PENANApXqGivanTQ
A544Please respect copyright.PENANA8YQyalJYP7
tear streamed down Angel's cheek as she continued to stare up at her 544Please respect copyright.PENANAXtpncffNMY
sister. She wanted to comfort her sister, but she was still mad at Carly544Please respect copyright.PENANAmWx0bvkZY2
and she didn't feel like speaking at the moment. Soon she heard quick 544Please respect copyright.PENANAh3Jf6QsdOt
footsteps. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAK9WlpUAMRo
"Doctor, my sister is okay," said Carly as she turned to address the doctor.544Please respect copyright.PENANAAQ71vwpRqa
"Well,544Please respect copyright.PENANA7WoYsdTOmp
isn't that a miracle?" the doctor said, "looks like your sister fought 544Please respect copyright.PENANAva82n32Lmo
with death and won. I also thought she was gone the time we tried to 544Please respect copyright.PENANAPlmf2MMLWB
revive her."544Please respect copyright.PENANAY3ucD70gQb
"Well, Angel is as tough as I thought," came the male voice again which Angel still couldn't recognise. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4CqZpvLlZ
"I think you two better leave while we take some tests," said the doctor, "don't you worry."544Please respect copyright.PENANAUcnhBUT0G3
Carly looked down at her544Please respect copyright.PENANADM7EZW5t4q
sister, tears still rolling down her cheeks. "I'm glad you're back, 544Please respect copyright.PENANAaPfMctc6dw
Angel. I don't know what I would've have done without you."544Please respect copyright.PENANARYovgjiHIU
"And so as I," came the male voice.544Please respect copyright.PENANAuRtsNZ3plZ
Eric soon appeared 544Please respect copyright.PENANAvnRRFGlLVJ
within Angel's sights and he had a sad smile on his face. Angel's eyes 544Please respect copyright.PENANADjLmR7acUL
widen at the sight of his cute sad face. She felt like smiling at him, 544Please respect copyright.PENANARr9plQ2lEe
but a sudden wince of pain came out of her mouth. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAJTkBXkQ4me
"Angel, are you feeling hurt?" Carly asked looking worried. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAFxpJ1oGUjy
"You don't worry, she's 544Please respect copyright.PENANASYzgdOEzd9
in pain, but that will wear off as soon as she takes her medication," 544Please respect copyright.PENANAFIL0GfoNNz
said the doctor, "I suggest you leave while she takes her rest."544Please respect copyright.PENANAU7mnQb2Kw2
"Let's go, Carly, the doctor's right," said Eric, "we will come see her later on when she feels better."544Please respect copyright.PENANAKgvrjC3U7J
"Okay, let's go," said Carly. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAnYI5ktn4y9
Carly and Eric looked at544Please respect copyright.PENANAxbVK3yRrQh
Angel one last time. As the two left the room, the doctor appeared 544Please respect copyright.PENANAhsud0wzpab
beside Angel with a bright warm smile on his face.544Please respect copyright.PENANAZ00JLaXlVf
"It's good to see you 544Please respect copyright.PENANA8fOJ6U6X0c
alive, Angel," said the doctor, "now, I'll give you a little sedative to544Please respect copyright.PENANAswBjbOZ2T2
ease the pain and you can have enough rest."544Please respect copyright.PENANAiUIvQzimgH
Angel saw the doctor 544Please respect copyright.PENANAtCpRNzU6XE
inject some liquid into her IV and she quickly felt the effects of the 544Please respect copyright.PENANArHs45B86V5
sedative taking over. Her eyes peacefully closed as she realised that 544Please respect copyright.PENANAfQ0d8WLpEc
rest was exactly what she needed.544Please respect copyright.PENANAarZeZabOmg
***544Please respect copyright.PENANAzjPtfKxx5e
A544Please respect copyright.PENANAhPt9zkuw0g
week had passed and Angel was recovering slowly. It seemed like 544Please respect copyright.PENANAo7k5nVFHLT
forever, but Angel was patient enough to wait until her body mended 544Please respect copyright.PENANAIMkmLxACLu
itself. Carly was always there everyday to watch over and take care of 544Please respect copyright.PENANAgErX1pjCtP
her. Even Eric also did the same, surprisingly. And that made Angel 544Please respect copyright.PENANANKhQKUtX0K
wonder why he would be so interested in her well being.544Please respect copyright.PENANAt1aiOuiRy0
As544Please respect copyright.PENANAkaqOWqxjOl
the week passed on, Angel had quickly recovered from her mother's 544Please respect copyright.PENANADr57TCq2xs
death. It didn't really have a mental effect as she thought it would 544Please respect copyright.PENANA96KWpJcCJs
have. But she pulled through anyway. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAoaD0GkzPGl
Apparently, one thing seemed to bother Carly, Eric, the doctor and nurses who took care of Angel.544Please respect copyright.PENANAENmhT5A4ux
Angel had never altered a word since she gained consciousness. 544Please respect copyright.PENANA9oYKlKIxxj
Carly544Please respect copyright.PENANA2pL9R6dF3U
had once asked the doctor this and wondered if their mother's death had544Please respect copyright.PENANA0k3YbVaqvy
anything to do with it or maybe her vocal cords had a problem. But 544Please respect copyright.PENANAGAeTJJG6Ou
sadly, the doctor had no answer because he recently had a check up on 544Please respect copyright.PENANAy6KZJ6owhE
Angel's vocal cords and everything seemed perfectly normal. All she did 544Please respect copyright.PENANANETTdDCpAn
was nod or shake her head if they ever asked a question, but she 544Please respect copyright.PENANAegUPDkHQ5X
wouldn't say anything. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAjPTkeJwpGg
Even544Please respect copyright.PENANAVdmXPM2JKi
after the third day after Angel gained consciousness, the police 544Please respect copyright.PENANAJudhq6RTMs
decided to take a police statement from her, but everything went to no 544Please respect copyright.PENANATMKU1wKPoN
avail. Even Angel's workmates would come now and then to see how she was544Please respect copyright.PENANABeMLl4LFTk
doing and her boss, Mark Dean, came to see her as well. But still, 544Please respect copyright.PENANAVbz3Es8zZ0
Angel kept her mouth shut.544Please respect copyright.PENANAd9FzppY9Yd
On544Please respect copyright.PENANADpFVZMumcW
Saturday, Carly was around, taking care of Angel. It was lunch time and544Please respect copyright.PENANAjjgwWlgcqV
Carly was feeding her sister. Angel was now able to sit up in bed even 544Please respect copyright.PENANAUNuwXQq8WF
though her body still ached like hell. She still had a bandage wrapped 544Please respect copyright.PENANA7wptBub3Xh
around her forehead because of a deep scar, her left arm was still 544Please respect copyright.PENANAamPZuqzfBC
broken and it was heavily bandaged. Her neck had healed drastically over544Please respect copyright.PENANAknNVSFv4kU
a few days and her legs were doing okay, but they ached a little 544Please respect copyright.PENANANHSZGZtdtx
sometimes.544Please respect copyright.PENANABOnXx5oMyL
As544Please respect copyright.PENANAyMU1IBUSwo
Carly fed Angel another spoon of chicken soup, the door suddenly flew 544Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9vcyYWv8z
open and Eric came in with a bouquet of roses and a basket of friut.544Please respect copyright.PENANAHJCFtdWQ6i
"Hello, there," said Eric.544Please respect copyright.PENANAbkOXIJViOt
"Oh, hi, Eric," said Carly and Angel just gave him a half smile.544Please respect copyright.PENANALqKvnuBWX7
"Well,544Please respect copyright.PENANA3ffFyhbwxx
I see that you're doing better today, Angel," said Eric as he placed 544Please respect copyright.PENANAoWh3EbqpZv
the roses on top of the drawer next to her bedside together with the 544Please respect copyright.PENANA7ljTycdjk9
basket of fruits.544Please respect copyright.PENANAJyPMbbtH9o
"Wow, aren't those like the third bouquet of flowers you sent her this week?" Carly asked.544Please respect copyright.PENANAvyQ6Nv8sod
"Maybe, I don't really count anyway."544Please respect copyright.PENANA36Ea1L19Dv
"Awww! You see, Angel, looks like you have someone crushing on you. What do you have to say about that?"544Please respect copyright.PENANA7WGXZz2tEr
Angel's smile widen a little, but she still didn't say anything.544Please respect copyright.PENANAfsT4d4EI6j
"Um.. Carly, he's here and he wants to speak to you," said Eric.544Please respect copyright.PENANAIGchQh5fWk
Angel raised an eyebrow. Something fishy was going on and she didn't like it. Who are they talking about? she wondered.544Please respect copyright.PENANA4fUvYI2R5Z
Carly looked at Angel and then at Eric. She gave the bowl of soup to Eric. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAJr4M253vOI
"I'll be right back," said Carly544Please respect copyright.PENANAvRRWF4WP1j
Eric544Please respect copyright.PENANAMMlJyHtm1i
looked up at Angel as Carly left the room. Angel looked at him giving 544Please respect copyright.PENANAFRPkupDJ9i
him a face indicating that he should tell her what was going on.544Please respect copyright.PENANAuzn5Nr3qrU
"I544Please respect copyright.PENANA7lH7DzSAN1
know that look on your face, Angel," said Eric as he sat on the edge of544Please respect copyright.PENANAaN62vjjnmr
the hospital bed to feed her. "You want to know what's going on, 544Please respect copyright.PENANASAaDYqfvpd
right?"544Please respect copyright.PENANA2AGRLbUDzu
Angel nodded.544Please respect copyright.PENANAewMLVCHoSl
Eric544Please respect copyright.PENANA1JHjyO4MkW
shook his head. "I can't tell you all that at the moment. It's best if 544Please respect copyright.PENANAgARCNfMYsJ
Carly does. It has something to do with your mother."544Please respect copyright.PENANAKxFJuEhlAr
Angel544Please respect copyright.PENANAY2pTWV71Pm
now started to think of the worst. What was it now? Did her mother have544Please respect copyright.PENANAFItfZIqjzk
debts she failed to pay before she died or was it something far much 544Please respect copyright.PENANAGtC0Ex6wGv
worse?544Please respect copyright.PENANAnzlqtgbVBh
"But544Please respect copyright.PENANATgcpfjFkoy
you don't worry about anything. Carly told me that you'll find out 544Please respect copyright.PENANArkjJxPx8ML
what's going on," said Eric as he lifted the spoon towards Angel's 544Please respect copyright.PENANAa5MZeQqYJO
mouth.544Please respect copyright.PENANAUw27ZhB5RY
"Now, open wide. You need to finish your lunch, okay?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAv1N2HaOc9M
Angel did as she was told and Eric put the spoon in her mouth. 544Please respect copyright.PENANA4018GjRUWv
"That's544Please respect copyright.PENANAGWjZ0HKyA0
a good girl. I might just give you some special dessert at the end of 544Please respect copyright.PENANAnktonVDIkI
all this. What do you think about that?" Eric asked as he wiggled his 544Please respect copyright.PENANA3056i2GTcZ
eyebrows. 544Please respect copyright.PENANA7j4oMuIyjP
"And will that dessert be your lips? Because if it is, I'll gladly slap your cheek."544Please respect copyright.PENANApXQbNOKnBg
Eric544Please respect copyright.PENANAe76df6SUL3
stared at Angel with his mouth agape. She finally spoke. He didn't know544Please respect copyright.PENANAIv0yq9CArn
whether to hug her or kiss her for her to slap him and see if he was 544Please respect copyright.PENANA8oKJNVamLK
dreaming.544Please respect copyright.PENANAWLClKpdaiY
"You... talked!" Eric almost exclaimed, but Angel covered his mouth with her good right hand.544Please respect copyright.PENANAnkqidGQGLi
"I don't want Carly to find out, keep your voice down," said Angel quietly.544Please respect copyright.PENANAQZQdyDbwm5
"Don't worry, Carly is in the lobby. But why have you been quiet all this time, Angel? You had all of us worried."544Please respect copyright.PENANAv4Rvdw0FGQ
"I544Please respect copyright.PENANA9WuCJMvlGG
know," Angel leaned her back onto the soft pillows behind her, "I just 544Please respect copyright.PENANAurj3diyXcL
didn't feel like talking and all. After all that had happened, being 544Please respect copyright.PENANAdKd13PGtwE
quiet was the only way to keep calm."544Please respect copyright.PENANAFu6QAb1xv4
"But you should have said something to someone. If not Carly or I, at least the doctor."544Please respect copyright.PENANAnAqF1LY7nQ
Angel looked at Eric and held his hand. "Thank you, Eric."544Please respect copyright.PENANAoWrRjs69ac
"Thanks, for what?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAPg3HJWaq5O
"For544Please respect copyright.PENANAfbXijJ4Lf3
being there even if we barely know each other," said Angel with a sad 544Please respect copyright.PENANAH5qZ3Q8xzt
smile on her face. "You kept my sister company even though I never said a544Please respect copyright.PENANALBiaKm3RXY
word to her. I just didn't want to leash out my anger on her."544Please respect copyright.PENANAkvSDF1XRai
"Its nothing, Angel. When I said I was glad to meet you back at the bar, I truly meant it."544Please respect copyright.PENANARvlCf7W17J
Angel544Please respect copyright.PENANAo9eBKa2RJ9
smiled and then something quickly came to mind. Images of what had 544Please respect copyright.PENANAAKdTAYqUvw
happened last week at the day of the accident came back. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAge52sMoLpn
"Hey, are you okay?" Eric asked. "You looked pale for a second."544Please respect copyright.PENANAD4KFL0GUrj
"The....544Please respect copyright.PENANAakSvosrubH
the day, I had the accident," started Angel, "what really happened? 544Please respect copyright.PENANAk17dYzUZxQ
Because all I remember is the phone call of someone telling me about my 544Please respect copyright.PENANAsO6ndylVJ6
mother's death and then nothing."544Please respect copyright.PENANAyQBo6cUq2x
"You don't really remember a car hitting you on that day?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAusMqhNWR0M
"I544Please respect copyright.PENANAPP96V16LcC
know a car hit me, but who was driving the car? I want to know. I was 544Please respect copyright.PENANAVyze5mRYH6
hoping you and Carly would bring up the topic these past few days, but 544Please respect copyright.PENANAbsQgfBHhom
you didn't. When the police came, I knew I wasn't going to say much 544Please respect copyright.PENANALSKsqRu4Z7
because I don't know anything. Now you tell me, was it a hit and run or 544Please respect copyright.PENANAUcgTLUfLIv
do you know who did it?"544Please respect copyright.PENANA2yuHztFbnD
Eric looked the other way for a moment. "No, Angel. It wasn't a hit and run."544Please respect copyright.PENANAldRuo5c3hN
"Then will you tell me?" Angel asked. "Why do you look like that? Is there something I should know?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAsNGIt4thyO
"Remember, the guy who was with your sister at the bar that day?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAJqxx6CWkTZ
"Ya, I remember the jerk. Why?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAfyXOiPkQQT
"That person who just called a jerk, is none other than my cousin, Leo."544Please respect copyright.PENANAqcpVz1tPGo
"Oh," Angel paused for a second. "I didn't know. Sorry about that."544Please respect copyright.PENANAFHQfJ5aRNQ
"No,544Please respect copyright.PENANAmXhubvnyLN
he's a jerk, that's for sure. On that day he was supposed to get 544Please respect copyright.PENANAqIlqNR0IXi
married. But he left the wedding and came by the bar looking for 544Please respect copyright.PENANAaRwbT5npda
Carly."544Please respect copyright.PENANAPYxhYUafkE
"A jerk indeed. Why did he come there anyway?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAsJAT0RnanV
"Well, he changed his mind completely after the bachelor party to get married."544Please respect copyright.PENANA7xucwngGc5
"And he did all that just because of my sister? Ridiculous."544Please respect copyright.PENANAgAkLpMyWBJ
"Coming544Please respect copyright.PENANAXkZHZKKkuj
back to your accident," Eric now looked straight at Angel, "I'm afraid 544Please respect copyright.PENANAPAu9DnIggj
to tell you that he was the one who ran you over."544Please respect copyright.PENANA8TQLCxGPXh
Angel544Please respect copyright.PENANAUry0d8iWKg
didn't say anything. Eric expected her to burst in anger but she looked544Please respect copyright.PENANAlx0Iv0TOw6
calm. Even her response seemed to surprise Eric even more.544Please respect copyright.PENANALwpgvz0zST
"So, he almost kills me with his car and he hasn't come by just to apologise?" Angel asked calmly. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAhdNGHMWhaN
"I...544Please respect copyright.PENANA4aVR1sBAvr
well," Eric was lost for words. He expected Angel to shout and act 544Please respect copyright.PENANAyioY5p57yA
wild, but she didn't. "He still feels bad after everything."544Please respect copyright.PENANAqhZURv9upL
"He still feels bad or is he just too full of pride to apologise?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAUuQDEwZha5
"How do you know that?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAV0SXiY5TcK
"I spent five minutes in that office in the bar with your cousin, trust me, I know."544Please respect copyright.PENANA0vagHmeGFI
Eric544Please respect copyright.PENANARdbmUfJGqt
passed a hand through his hair and sighed. "On behalf of Leo, I simply 544Please respect copyright.PENANAZbxfSKHdBz
apologise. I'm also part of the reason why you're in this mess."544Please respect copyright.PENANA6HmiXqG6Y0
"It's nothing, Eric. I would prefer if Leo bought himself to do that, don't you think?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAFKj7nvqhK7
"You're right."544Please respect copyright.PENANAbY5nOdQQre
"I hope the person Carly has gone out to see by the lobby isn't him."544Please respect copyright.PENANAS4jkP2FVlI
"No, it isn't him. He wouldn't even dare come to this place," said Eric, "Carly is talking to my uncle, Leo's father."544Please respect copyright.PENANAzuqMCLrfzw
"But what is he doing here?" Angel asked.544Please respect copyright.PENANAzJeZHKtqBc
"I'm544Please respect copyright.PENANAM3K6dR53ZS
not the one supposed to be telling you this, but apparently, your 544Please respect copyright.PENANAv1OR8zr0Sh
mother and my uncle were good friends. The time your mother had fallen 544Please respect copyright.PENANAw2RHWI1ZF8
ill, he was there and took her to the hospital."544Please respect copyright.PENANAeY1ZNNCZ8Q
Angel544Please respect copyright.PENANACzCdkyh9ap
didn't say anything as she continued to look at Eric. The thought of 544Please respect copyright.PENANA6SE1bCCUwF
her mother during her dying moments made Angel's heart break. She 544Please respect copyright.PENANAtm1uiUzx9T
wondered how much pain her mother must have gone through.544Please respect copyright.PENANACEKvQAjE5r
"Since you weren't talking, he decided to talk to Carly over some things."544Please respect copyright.PENANAWE5KrL08y6
"What things?"544Please respect copyright.PENANA9Wm43fh0ZD
"I don't know," Eric shrugged his shoulders, "must be something about your mother."544Please respect copyright.PENANAiPmLgNVqWZ
Angel thought for a second. "Tell him to come in, I would like to speak with him."544Please respect copyright.PENANAULJz5LEsmW
"You're sure?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAwGLqFkgqkW
"Of course, please do so, Eric."544Please respect copyright.PENANAH7GeCzAhWb
Eric544Please respect copyright.PENANAkWIdFHwNbc
nodded and put her bowl of soup aside. He quickly rushed out of the 544Please respect copyright.PENANAkKKUpUhqVs
door and he soon came back with Carly and a tall good looking man. By 544Please respect copyright.PENANAq45epMmDBl
the look of his designer clothes, Angel could tell that he was one type 544Please respect copyright.PENANA2tjcblPIie
of a person living the good life.544Please respect copyright.PENANAPjLI0wv5tV
"Angel, Eric told me you can talk again," said Carly, "is that true?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAtZ43YT1zju
"Yes, it's true," replied Angel trying to put up a smile for her sister, but even her cheeks wouldn't twitch. 544Please respect copyright.PENANA5pYWqrat0w
"I'm544Please respect copyright.PENANAerV2Ca19Yk
so glad!" Carly ran over excitedly and hugged her sister. For a second 544Please respect copyright.PENANAyclYaikzD4
Angel wanted to revolt and push her away, but that would seem rude in 544Please respect copyright.PENANAUj3Btur06d
front of Eric and his uncle. And so she just had to put up with it.544Please respect copyright.PENANAmtKj3s4hYc
"I thought you were still mad at me and didn't want to talk to me anymore," said Carly, "I did say I was sorry."544Please respect copyright.PENANAl24W0KSyGm
"And I still feel like hitting you with a frying pan!" Angel544Please respect copyright.PENANAgkkpY3wni6
finally pulled out a smile even when she knew it was completely fake. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAzcF9uiZ8AU
Despite Carly taking care of her this past week, Angel still couldn't 544Please respect copyright.PENANA1Bw0vJo8mM
stand her sister after everything.544Please respect copyright.PENANAtSAMgDLusQ
"It's fine, Carly," said Angel, finding it a little hard to speak. "Don't say such things, okay? All that is over now."544Please respect copyright.PENANAFVFJ9bQqUl
"Sorry544Please respect copyright.PENANA9JxMPyahqz
to intervene on the little reunion," spoke Eric's uncle, "but I think 544Please respect copyright.PENANARrodGrvSK3
we have more important things to discuss regarding your mother, Angel."544Please respect copyright.PENANAyYdgsoAwXt
At544Please respect copyright.PENANAUdGed0Uygg
last, someone had to bring up that point and Angel felt like breathing 544Please respect copyright.PENANAiMzI7tu7Tc
out a sigh of relief. She didn't want to talk to Carly anymore. And she 544Please respect copyright.PENANAktkj4jmwaD
was starting to like this man already. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAHSlpvCoDIP
"Yes, Eric told me who you were and that you were good friends with my mother," said Angel.544Please respect copyright.PENANAzFAlnOhmFm
"Yes, Eric told you right," said Mr McDonell, "I came here to give my deepest condolences."544Please respect copyright.PENANAXNP46PWvdY
"Thank you."544Please respect copyright.PENANAyv6k6JWLFx
"I also came to apologise on behalf of my son, Leo. I know he hasn't been here to apologise, but please don't be too offended."544Please respect copyright.PENANAOX4RFrCuJm
"No, don't worry about it. You aren't the only one who has apologised on his behalf." Angel stared at Eric.544Please respect copyright.PENANA0eatGrwLSJ
"Well,544Please respect copyright.PENANA8k7EAFxbPa
putting that aside, I came to talk to you about the burial processions.544Please respect copyright.PENANA4FlpGKdc6F
We didn't want to go ahead with the burial until you fully recovered. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAa5iPrT1dos
And your mother, before she passed away, made me promise her something. 544Please respect copyright.PENANASaDoqOiwdX
And I hope that you'll agree to it. I already talked to Carly about it 544Please respect copyright.PENANAcfmCg7TmcU
and she agreed, but the final consent is yours to make."544Please respect copyright.PENANAA4gsxw3JKM
"I hope you agree to it,544Please respect copyright.PENANASSW89hMf6m
Angel," said Carly. That almost made Angel want to slap her mouth as 544Please respect copyright.PENANAQTwr7qcQDe
she stared at her sister who stared back with hopeful eyes.544Please respect copyright.PENANAZIml5R37pb
Angel turned to face Mr 544Please respect copyright.PENANAHx21NvYIYD
McDonell who was staring calmy at her. Eric stood right beside him and 544Please respect copyright.PENANAngM0dO6CDt
he too looked on eagerly, hoping that Angel would agree to what's 544Please respect copyright.PENANAfYiVt0Rbg7
coming.544Please respect copyright.PENANAFRDLFAJFoZ
"Okay, what is it my mother promised you to do?" Angel asked.
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