"Don't you think you should have done something by now?" Miranda asked with her arms folded.527Please respect copyright.PENANABM8gjSz2Om
"What do you mean, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked. 527Please respect copyright.PENANADyk9Y2Ej6A
"I mean, a week has passed and you haven't reported those people for the damages they caused in the bar that day."527Please respect copyright.PENANA6JQSSiu5ly
"Why do you bring up that argument every time, woman!" Mr Walters looked pretty upset.527Please respect copyright.PENANAzABRk0O58o
"Because, they almost left you for dead and the place was in a mess. Someone has to pay for the damages you know."527Please respect copyright.PENANAzmwC181K9z
"Look, Miranda, I admit,527Please respect copyright.PENANADwIjg92blh
those people really trashed up the place, but I couldn't report them. 527Please respect copyright.PENANA6wpVDuZQZ7
As far as I know, Carly also lost her mother. Now imagine this, your 527Please respect copyright.PENANAWKeUobaHHP
sister gets into an accident and then your mother dies on the same day. 527Please respect copyright.PENANAb4nWoKXDyK
Won't that be too much too handle?"527Please respect copyright.PENANAqsVskxhXYW
Miranda tapped her foot 527Please respect copyright.PENANAg1o8080qbh
as she stared down at her boss who sat behind his office desk looking up527Please respect copyright.PENANAMzASjlzwCz
at her. He had a few bruises on his face and a slight bump at the back 527Please respect copyright.PENANAqWtGn5ELb3
of his head. All in all, he still looked okay.527Please respect copyright.PENANAeWyponlK2i
"You might have a point though," said Miranda, "but I still think you should have reported them."527Please respect copyright.PENANAjbUwNSHGM2
"You know I couldn't 527Please respect copyright.PENANADgAct50u2Z
report to the police. If they got to search this place, they might find 527Please respect copyright.PENANAJr9ZFFdgCH
out what dirty business goes on and we would have been in big trouble. I527Please respect copyright.PENANAvqjRfC7xc0
can't risk losing my business. We all benefit from it."527Please respect copyright.PENANAGpwA6K0Uap
"I see your point there. So, those guys are just going to get away with it, huh?" Miranda asked.527Please respect copyright.PENANASmnCS3q1V6
"No, let things cool 527Please respect copyright.PENANAL8RfYovBn0
down for a little while longer. Once Carly's sister gets better, then I 527Please respect copyright.PENANA6V7cX2UY66
will be able to do what I do best. Nobody trashes up my place and gets 527Please respect copyright.PENANAbYZEiY6aUF
away with it that easily."527Please respect copyright.PENANA4BEk6ppCmW
Miranda smiled. "Now that's what I wanted to hear."527Please respect copyright.PENANA1wboyHAp17
***527Please respect copyright.PENANATqrvF8MIVF
"You didn't tell him, did you?"527Please respect copyright.PENANA5vQwWhsjEy
Angel527Please respect copyright.PENANACisHRM10dg
stared at Eric and Carly who stood at the edge of the bed looking at 527Please respect copyright.PENANAl269S2Ppe7
her with a kind of expression Angel couldn't quite put together. Angel 527Please respect copyright.PENANAaYSDUCHxk0
raised an eyebrow as she waited for an answer.527Please respect copyright.PENANAjnAYujVy27
"Well... we.... ahh...," Carly couldn't even find the right words.527Please respect copyright.PENANAVk3CU9um67
"With the look on your faces, it's quite clear that Mr McDonell doesn't know the whole truth," said Angel. 527Please respect copyright.PENANA53WJwLFGf3
"It's true, Angel," said Eric. "No one knows the whole truth apart from the four of us."527Please respect copyright.PENANANC0IhIRVbk
"You guys are unbelievable! Just because I couldn't talk for a whole week, you decided to twist the whole story around?"527Please respect copyright.PENANARcFIPXeAwh
"We're sorry, Angel," said Carly, "we just didn't want to make things complicated."527Please respect copyright.PENANAWgwj27RCF7
"Make things complicated! Carly, you just made everything worse!"527Please respect copyright.PENANAwzSKB2H08O
Angel's527Please respect copyright.PENANAxkGZorACf0
anger was rising to the surface and she knew she was going to burst any527Please respect copyright.PENANAsccWd28XNi
moment. Things now looked messy, and Angel felt it was all her fault. 527Please respect copyright.PENANAD77g3bcanz
She could have avoided all this, but it looked like things went out of 527Please respect copyright.PENANAgawuyacqLm
hand.527Please respect copyright.PENANAwXq7PDiQcw
"So, even when giving a police report, you all lied?" Angel asked.527Please respect copyright.PENANAKgUTeqMi8i
"We all agreed to it," said Eric, "no one was to know the real reason as to why Leo was never there at the wedding."527Please respect copyright.PENANAMnsOFZyLo0
"And you used my accident as an escape plan, then?" Angel's face was heating up.527Please respect copyright.PENANAbR3Bxakx0w
"We just had to do it, Angel," said Eric. "If we didn't, we were going to be in a lot of trouble."527Please respect copyright.PENANAb3aoCTLtx2
"In trouble with who? I want to know because you're already in trouble with me."527Please respect copyright.PENANAyDcQwjthco
"Please, don't ask," said Eric, "you look like you're going to burst any moment and you need to rest."527Please respect copyright.PENANApccM8KAiW7
"I'll only rest until you try to fix this mess."527Please respect copyright.PENANA2UVp8nKX9m
"What's527Please respect copyright.PENANAws0kzWZlZY
done is done, Angel," said Carly, "everyone thinks Eric and Leo just 527Please respect copyright.PENANARqTvD2Y9CN
went out for a ride and then you got hit by accident. If you tell the 527Please respect copyright.PENANAMtVqSN4ar2
truth, Leo might just end up in prison because they might think you 527Please respect copyright.PENANAoPuBJ4k8T2
being hit was intentional."527Please respect copyright.PENANAiNmdvR25wM
"As527Please respect copyright.PENANA3K6gVF7W4L
much as Leo had done most of the damage," said Angel, rolling her eyes,527Please respect copyright.PENANAjJ5KUnAsmo
"I'm not that cruel to let him rot in prison. I might as well have 527Please respect copyright.PENANAUjhW2Sv3Uq
dropped the charges."527Please respect copyright.PENANAOIsvPhMhLI
"But the damage is already done," said Eric, "we can't tell the truth. We could all be in big trouble."527Please respect copyright.PENANASvFRZKApD3
"And527Please respect copyright.PENANAMzRoc2v4Mr
imagine what Mr McDonell would have thought if he knew I once worked as527Please respect copyright.PENANAP4SPi3tQQd
a prostitute," said Carly, "he wouldn't have even offered to help us."527Please respect copyright.PENANAOW4Q7kRYEb
"No,"527Please respect copyright.PENANAtdzPhJ7Etk
said Angel, "I think you're wrong on that. If he truly was a good 527Please respect copyright.PENANAWIFXCh1egH
friend of our late mother, he still would have helped us."527Please respect copyright.PENANAPT7bf3RPlD
"Now that you have brought up my uncle in all this," Eric intervened quickly, "will you accept his proposal?"527Please respect copyright.PENANA75OfDPGUHZ
Before527Please respect copyright.PENANAVHbrKm3Mvx
Mr McDonell had left, he had asked Angel if she and Carly could move 527Please respect copyright.PENANA9r0MSv07CV
into his house and stay with the family. Angel said she would think 527Please respect copyright.PENANAO02kjeJbY5
about it and she had asked how her mother had died so suddenly on that 527Please respect copyright.PENANAt9I12Gto8d
fateful day. 527Please respect copyright.PENANATIXV4y9aV4
As527Please respect copyright.PENANAHwlFCn5UZm
Mr McDonell explained the events, to Angel, it was quite clear that Mr 527Please respect copyright.PENANANOEAp4Nssv
McDonell didn't know the real reason why Leo wasn't at the wedding. 527Please respect copyright.PENANAOYOtB7UkOZ
Because he did say that he had called home and was told that Leo and 527Please respect copyright.PENANAuNvHv3h9yH
Eric were gone. And a few moments after calling Angel, the accident 527Please respect copyright.PENANAoz5Xor9yjE
occurred. Besides, he didn't pose any question as to why Angel and Carly527Please respect copyright.PENANAfcL4jquYJ5
were along that street that day in the first place. It seemed to 527Please respect copyright.PENANARS0m1JUNuO
everyone, that all that occurred was nothing but a coincidence.527Please respect copyright.PENANAQSBqOdIDgm
"I have already made up my mind," said Angel, "I think Carly and I shouldn't move in to your house."527Please respect copyright.PENANAgmpfXx8oik
Carly and Eric gave Angel horrifying looks. Carly came to sit close to her sister on the edge of the bed.527Please respect copyright.PENANASGfQdK6CA3
"What? But Angel...."527Please respect copyright.PENANAWZywyUaQG4
"But527Please respect copyright.PENANAxvDJD1GOjS
nothing, Carly," said Angel. "I don't think it's a good idea. As much 527Please respect copyright.PENANAYOhoiN77F1
as Mr McDonell is trying to help us out, living in his house doesn't 527Please respect copyright.PENANAadoVD7ndoc
seem right."527Please respect copyright.PENANATqj3TY1S1A
"Oh, really then? Is it that or are you saying that because you don't want to ever see Leo within your sight?"527Please respect copyright.PENANAtFc9LfmHfi
Angel didn't say anything for a second as she stared at her sister, trying to figure out the right words to use. 527Please respect copyright.PENANATd71efblQT
"Its527Please respect copyright.PENANAMXcuwBOsM2
not like that," said Angel. "I don't think its right after all that's 527Please respect copyright.PENANATK50z4Zwmm
happened. If we live in their house it would feel completely weird. Just527Please respect copyright.PENANAcT2hI80xXN
so you know, Leo and Eric aren't strangers to you and I anymore."527Please respect copyright.PENANAaSfpj1mTU4
"Angel, please think about it for one second," pleaded Carly.527Please respect copyright.PENANAtuBkILsMUU
"And why are you insisting? It's not like we have a house of our own. Or do you just want to be close to Leo?"527Please respect copyright.PENANAhWxcz6cDfW
Carly527Please respect copyright.PENANAmurLxJxZET
looked baffled and Eric just stood there without saying a word. Angel 527Please respect copyright.PENANAaZNtbT9Th4
noticed the blush come across her sister's cheeks and Angel felt like 527Please respect copyright.PENANAp4Nix5QklI
slapping it off her face.527Please respect copyright.PENANAvkK4SHYkEB
"Aren't you going to say anything? I already gave my reason," said Angel. "Now you tell me yours."527Please respect copyright.PENANADPvT3fsHh6
Carly looked the other way and Eric stared down at his feet. Angel looked at Carly and then at Eric, and then back again.527Please respect copyright.PENANAsed8QLvrjB
"Your silence tells me there is more to all this," said Angel, with an eyebrow raised. "Do the two of you still meet?"527Please respect copyright.PENANAKkxink6rQC
Carly527Please respect copyright.PENANAhCnUKHtejl
played around with her fingers and Angel noticed. Carly had always done527Please respect copyright.PENANAdjk4R4KdWo
that whenever she was nervous and was trying to hide the truth.527Please respect copyright.PENANAakTh6GSgTi
Angel let out a sigh and sunk down deeper into the bed covers.527Please respect copyright.PENANAc5CQouHYiX
"I think I don't have to say much since you already gave me your answer. I think I'll just rest now," Angel yawned.527Please respect copyright.PENANAb1kmkrXW7y
"Angel, will you just-" 527Please respect copyright.PENANAONx6P5nNw8
"Listen527Please respect copyright.PENANADiux80GM4u
to you?"Angel finished the sentenced. "I'm tired of listening. Eric's 527Please respect copyright.PENANAr0Ap75KhyW
right. I need some rest. So, may you please leave?"527Please respect copyright.PENANA96uX8Fc5Qr
Carly527Please respect copyright.PENANAjvNQGxIGeo
looked at her sister, but Angel turned her face the other way and 527Please respect copyright.PENANAhYLjcOrY9J
closed her eyes. Before Carly could protest, Leo came closer to her and 527Please respect copyright.PENANAwttYW1j8vN
held her shoulder.527Please respect copyright.PENANAP7HaCHCEzJ
"I think we should leave," said Eric, "I think she's had enough to handle for one day. Let's go."527Please respect copyright.PENANA9SqGY2RGEY
Carly527Please respect copyright.PENANAgKMrSe6jyo
didn't say a thing as she nodded her head. She slowly got up from the 527Please respect copyright.PENANAjuw1PTaV2K
bed and went out of the room with Eric behind her who closed the door.527Please respect copyright.PENANAcPSekBoPEu
After527Please respect copyright.PENANAM1JblLGVWI
Carly and Eric had left, Angel's eyes flew back open and only herself 527Please respect copyright.PENANATDtuut8JAb
knew how much rage was stirring inside her. All she needed was rest and 527Please respect copyright.PENANAfMA2ZgnhRM
to get better soon. And maybe, just maybe, she would give Leo a piece of527Please respect copyright.PENANAPpwwoIcgIU
her fist.527Please respect copyright.PENANADdkuOMDyG1
***527Please respect copyright.PENANAiAeFAoODKI
Leo527Please respect copyright.PENANAwroKin3cDF
stared at his watch as he waited in the packing lot. His car was packed527Please respect copyright.PENANAppIeOEPBDW
in between two ambulances and he had a clear view of the entrance of 527Please respect copyright.PENANAvrutw6nvz4
the hospital. He saw Carly escort Eric to his car. Eric got into his car527Please respect copyright.PENANAcDHfeP88Z0
and drove off. And Carly stood there until Eric's car was out of sight.527Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5kCIK66Jb
Carly rushed over to where Leo had packed the car. Leo unlocked the car527Please respect copyright.PENANAzXl3JjgBNJ
door and Carly quickly went in the car.527Please respect copyright.PENANAzDg2N6DVTV
"Hey, how are you?" Leo asked. 527Please respect copyright.PENANAfroxJfQDMk
"Angel's mad," said Carly with a sulking look on her face, "how would I feel?"527Please respect copyright.PENANAOtkLW8OkT7
"What happened?" Leo asked as he rolled his eyes.527Please respect copyright.PENANAlL5Va02jfr
"Apparently,527Please respect copyright.PENANAbzMPo7ykvy
she's so smart enough that she figured out that your family doesn't 527Please respect copyright.PENANAPwM0Y8nilC
know the real reason why you weren't at the wedding that day. And she 527Please respect copyright.PENANApxPgDJKK6E
has a hunch that the two of us are still seeing each other."527Please respect copyright.PENANABL5dIXnWlO
"And she is mad just because of one little lie? Your sister is way too serious with such things."527Please respect copyright.PENANAmdmcpMyrdn
"To my sister, this lie might just complicate things. And she feels hurt because we used her accident as an escape plan."527Please respect copyright.PENANAsjGogHlmEr
Carly527Please respect copyright.PENANAU0Jqpg5SyQ
paused for a while as she leaned into the car seat and breathed out 527Please respect copyright.PENANA8hoA2eYvGc
deeply. There was silence for a while as Carly stared up at the car 527Please respect copyright.PENANAEV3flP59S9
ceiling.527Please respect copyright.PENANArY63PWBnV6
"Somehow, I think she's right," said Carly. 527Please respect copyright.PENANAEiE1wFlSBO
"Right about what?"527Please respect copyright.PENANAzLIHQ6uraI
"The lie we just created. It might affect all of us in the future."527Please respect copyright.PENANA50LcvHVoci
Leo looked straight at Carly with an eyebrow raised.527Please respect copyright.PENANAjjzjIiKl9a
"Don't tell me you're supporting your sister on this."527Please respect copyright.PENANAi26yFHTkDS
"I don't support it, but she did raise a good point. Later on, the truth will eventually come to light and it won't be pretty."527Please respect copyright.PENANA7Lkrlp04pp
Leo527Please respect copyright.PENANAqofxibCjhV
put his hand on Carly's shoulder. "No. Thats not going to happen. I'll 527Please respect copyright.PENANAyDEFvhw9l4
be the one to make sure that the truth isn't revealed to anyone."527Please respect copyright.PENANAX5VC1iywYZ
"Thanks, Leo," said Carly as she gave him a smile.527Please respect copyright.PENANAQaAeck1gr2
"So, I was told my dad came here. What was it about?"527Please respect copyright.PENANAYJKMrtG93R
"He asked us if it was necessary for Angel and I to move in and stay with you guys," said Carly in a low voice.527Please respect copyright.PENANAZWmH0iLGhA
"Wait, what?" Leo looked completely confused. "But why come and live with my family?"527Please respect copyright.PENANANLN0in2avf
"He's527Please respect copyright.PENANA0nsbgUArO8
trying to keep a promise he made to my mother. Maybe he thought us 527Please respect copyright.PENANAwsOyEMSbxk
coming to live with your family was a good idea. He's just trying to 527Please respect copyright.PENANAj2ObdCVuE6
help us out."527Please respect copyright.PENANA2m3VrnhwWM
Leo527Please respect copyright.PENANAvEYxrpccKd
didn't say anything as he tried to process what Carly had told him. For527Please respect copyright.PENANAoqdooJ9DXy
a moment he stared out of the car window, deep in thought.527Please respect copyright.PENANAnkGU2YXIgi
"Whats wrong, Leo?" Carly asked. "Don't you think it's a good idea or you don't agree to it?"527Please respect copyright.PENANAlkKH0lR2KQ
Leo turned his head to look back at Carly who was staring back at him waiting for an answer. 527Please respect copyright.PENANA9xGJ1zDCcF
"I....," Leo hesistated, "I don't think it's a good idea."527Please respect copyright.PENANAmxeFwGVv0l
Carly was dumbstruck. For a moment she shook her head and gave a little laugh.527Please respect copyright.PENANADDXEFSQhmV
"OMG," said Carly, "do you know what, that's exactly what Angel said as well."527Please respect copyright.PENANAtsqLXcp3J8
Leo didn't say anything as Carly continued laughing. Leo raised an eyebrow. 527Please respect copyright.PENANAQtbgahl4Eq
"And why the heck are you laughing if your sister didn't agree to it?"527Please respect copyright.PENANAnN1nqvrysV
"I just realised that I'm so dumb not to have realised this sooner," said Carly in between laughs.527Please respect copyright.PENANA4vhFT6x9L3
Leo shrugged his shoulders. "And whats that?"527Please respect copyright.PENANAqY0IKPtRoN
"You and my sister still hate each other."527Please respect copyright.PENANADloKch1r0h
There was silence in the car as the two stared at each other. And then all of the sudden, Carly burst out laughing again. 527Please respect copyright.PENANAcjZZRpxjyP
"It's not funny, Carly," said Leo, looking serious.527Please respect copyright.PENANAeKl3e7NdhY
"But527Please respect copyright.PENANAa2DUTrcSMc
it is. Even if my sister doesn't show it, she still hates you. And that527Please respect copyright.PENANA3ABi5shrr6
look in your eyes when I told you about us living with your family, was527Please respect copyright.PENANAFSvUlpSaJl
so clear. If the two of you ever got to meet, you would be two angry 527Please respect copyright.PENANAkrWBRN3old
wild cats trying to tear each other apart."527Please respect copyright.PENANAuaY7JkAk3I
"That's not true. I don't hate your sister," Leo protested.527Please respect copyright.PENANAIpEOcdhnks
"Then why do you think its inappropriate that Angel and I come live with your family?"527Please respect copyright.PENANAT431NJYll4
"Because it would feel completely weird."527Please respect copyright.PENANAfiB3ZNi08A
"Is it just me or are you and my sister getting the same scripts from the same book? She also said that."527Please respect copyright.PENANAPo5VygiV3x
"Don't say that, Carly."527Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4EuG5gppU
"Then527Please respect copyright.PENANAsqpIUXnKmr
what should I say? You're acting like a total bum just like my sister. 527Please respect copyright.PENANAsjFZlpHrF4
And you say that my sister is serious, now look who is serious now!"527Please respect copyright.PENANAyKY80PmFX6
Leo became frustrated and didn't say anything else. He looked at Carly and he felt so stressed out.527Please respect copyright.PENANAKSnU14bfs6
"It527Please respect copyright.PENANAt9ridH2D58
wouldn't be a bad idea if you came and stayed with us. But your sister 527Please respect copyright.PENANA6mWDLPTWE8
might just get in the way of things. And besides, my family has no idea 527Please respect copyright.PENANAX1OFwQ3Tg7
that we all know each other already. So playing pretend, is going to be 527Please respect copyright.PENANAYlJISTNfeE
difficult."527Please respect copyright.PENANABrEMe8VmKq
"Ya,527Please respect copyright.PENANAbTKAEFoxZI
I know, Leo," said Carly as she placed her hand on Leo's knee. "That's 527Please respect copyright.PENANA4vAw1jR2J6
what my sister is afraid of. Playing pretend won't be easy."527Please respect copyright.PENANA9593vClTNy
Leo smiled a little. "Don't worry everything is going to be alright."527Please respect copyright.PENANA4mf7fUIzhy
Carly smiled back and gave Leo a peck on the cheek. Carly hugged him and Leo also put his arm around her. 527Please respect copyright.PENANAV9TxOR2xHb
As527Please respect copyright.PENANAr9Hk6uvfZq
they stayed like that for a while, Leo couldn't help but wonder what 527Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6UMtIDhqz
would happen if Angel ever did agree to live with the McDonell family.