"Don't you think you should have done something by now?" Miranda asked with her arms folded.977Please respect copyright.PENANAXzEzBlA3A3
"What do you mean, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked. 977Please respect copyright.PENANAIDeuiE3gtc
"I mean, a week has passed and you haven't reported those people for the damages they caused in the bar that day."977Please respect copyright.PENANASR3F6HOOZb
"Why do you bring up that argument every time, woman!" Mr Walters looked pretty upset.977Please respect copyright.PENANAbYm2Vxyw7J
"Because, they almost left you for dead and the place was in a mess. Someone has to pay for the damages you know."977Please respect copyright.PENANAJrj2Y6dZHi
"Look, Miranda, I admit,977Please respect copyright.PENANAYIAX14qBRv
those people really trashed up the place, but I couldn't report them. 977Please respect copyright.PENANATAeJJGjFnH
As far as I know, Carly also lost her mother. Now imagine this, your 977Please respect copyright.PENANAdvCLObepNv
sister gets into an accident and then your mother dies on the same day. 977Please respect copyright.PENANAGCKbw1LMEC
Won't that be too much too handle?"977Please respect copyright.PENANAaKYwy3Sh0n
Miranda tapped her foot 977Please respect copyright.PENANAOzET79hLyB
as she stared down at her boss who sat behind his office desk looking up977Please respect copyright.PENANAwU72mM2pHL
at her. He had a few bruises on his face and a slight bump at the back 977Please respect copyright.PENANA4LZoPD2ort
of his head. All in all, he still looked okay.977Please respect copyright.PENANA7GVhrghfgm
"You might have a point though," said Miranda, "but I still think you should have reported them."977Please respect copyright.PENANAiWnq2FPnoQ
"You know I couldn't 977Please respect copyright.PENANARyNZnXk1Aj
report to the police. If they got to search this place, they might find 977Please respect copyright.PENANAR3cWPEl9sm
out what dirty business goes on and we would have been in big trouble. I977Please respect copyright.PENANAiFnIco1g0p
can't risk losing my business. We all benefit from it."977Please respect copyright.PENANAa9TS8YtBVn
"I see your point there. So, those guys are just going to get away with it, huh?" Miranda asked.977Please respect copyright.PENANAJGndt4erCS
"No, let things cool 977Please respect copyright.PENANAIqXqsMJubw
down for a little while longer. Once Carly's sister gets better, then I 977Please respect copyright.PENANAKniUMQyiJB
will be able to do what I do best. Nobody trashes up my place and gets 977Please respect copyright.PENANAVB9VjvMPGe
away with it that easily."977Please respect copyright.PENANAA1WRwycUtZ
Miranda smiled. "Now that's what I wanted to hear."977Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3Br9E3niS
***977Please respect copyright.PENANAAGXRtDzwD1
"You didn't tell him, did you?"977Please respect copyright.PENANAQeMrFd0nA0
Angel977Please respect copyright.PENANAMQoFAusYgq
stared at Eric and Carly who stood at the edge of the bed looking at 977Please respect copyright.PENANAJoCUDy2t4A
her with a kind of expression Angel couldn't quite put together. Angel 977Please respect copyright.PENANAwF9gcKcBqm
raised an eyebrow as she waited for an answer.977Please respect copyright.PENANA15pg47eJOl
"Well... we.... ahh...," Carly couldn't even find the right words.977Please respect copyright.PENANA4WaUMTRXRQ
"With the look on your faces, it's quite clear that Mr McDonell doesn't know the whole truth," said Angel. 977Please respect copyright.PENANABX2PgK3QxI
"It's true, Angel," said Eric. "No one knows the whole truth apart from the four of us."977Please respect copyright.PENANA3n5h1hRpYR
"You guys are unbelievable! Just because I couldn't talk for a whole week, you decided to twist the whole story around?"977Please respect copyright.PENANAHLhpI6dMmy
"We're sorry, Angel," said Carly, "we just didn't want to make things complicated."977Please respect copyright.PENANAlgOwgWhuNs
"Make things complicated! Carly, you just made everything worse!"977Please respect copyright.PENANAygETgvGKCW
Angel's977Please respect copyright.PENANAV8Enke1UXW
anger was rising to the surface and she knew she was going to burst any977Please respect copyright.PENANACJTYbWwqXC
moment. Things now looked messy, and Angel felt it was all her fault. 977Please respect copyright.PENANAFI29SMl8CD
She could have avoided all this, but it looked like things went out of 977Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZKo7ompIN
hand.977Please respect copyright.PENANAzFCY0bkJGJ
"So, even when giving a police report, you all lied?" Angel asked.977Please respect copyright.PENANA4HCwWfwQpu
"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."977Please respect copyright.PENANAzljir4yV52
"And you used my accident as an escape plan, then?" Angel's face was heating up.977Please respect copyright.PENANAZrDoJ64SPL
"We just had to do it, Angel," said Eric. "If we didn't, we were going to be in a lot of trouble."977Please respect copyright.PENANAClTmE9rEJJ
"In trouble with who? I want to know because you're already in trouble with me."977Please respect copyright.PENANADVnS6mtAJh
"Please, don't ask," said Eric, "you look like you're going to burst any moment and you need to rest."977Please respect copyright.PENANAQcd29cJU3x
"I'll only rest until you try to fix this mess."977Please respect copyright.PENANA4d3p5zOgtl
"What's977Please respect copyright.PENANAb41yI47fOr
done is done, Angel," said Carly, "everyone thinks Eric and Leo just 977Please respect copyright.PENANAyWkVBbJz75
went out for a ride and then you got hit by accident. If you tell the 977Please respect copyright.PENANAJyT7iImI0K
truth, Leo might just end up in prison because they might think you 977Please respect copyright.PENANAdO1L0EsEP2
being hit was intentional."977Please respect copyright.PENANArPY9MEVR6F
"As977Please respect copyright.PENANA2LPeKMxZm8
much as Leo had done most of the damage," said Angel, rolling her eyes,977Please respect copyright.PENANAFf8VX6OrD4
"I'm not that cruel to let him rot in prison. I might as well have 977Please respect copyright.PENANAL9XVhLyxcz
dropped the charges."977Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ko7GcF1CH
"But the damage is already done," said Eric, "we can't tell the truth. We could all be in big trouble."977Please respect copyright.PENANAT9zKy5SXJ9
"And977Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2ALQldCsF
imagine what Mr McDonell would have thought if he knew I once worked as977Please respect copyright.PENANA96JUWKhnPi
a prostitute," said Carly, "he wouldn't have even offered to help us."977Please respect copyright.PENANAl8V6rpNVEY
"No,"977Please respect copyright.PENANALlwwMonMBe
said Angel, "I think you're wrong on that. If he truly was a good 977Please respect copyright.PENANA0o9ZKaIOvg
friend of our late mother, he still would have helped us."977Please respect copyright.PENANAuNIWwwA0T4
"Now that you have brought up my uncle in all this," Eric intervened quickly, "will you accept his proposal?"977Please respect copyright.PENANA0usjH3Bpnt
Before977Please respect copyright.PENANAWlJuD0Dbj7
Mr McDonell had left, he had asked Angel if she and Carly could move 977Please respect copyright.PENANAkXvvU42PLa
into his house and stay with the family. Angel said she would think 977Please respect copyright.PENANA2U4L9YgJ9E
about it and she had asked how her mother had died so suddenly on that 977Please respect copyright.PENANAv0ta2beTOg
fateful day. 977Please respect copyright.PENANAWoUGyFPiuY
As977Please respect copyright.PENANAv48glJVJ75
Mr McDonell explained the events, to Angel, it was quite clear that Mr 977Please respect copyright.PENANA7BP6fcPgsY
McDonell didn't know the real reason why Leo wasn't at the wedding. 977Please respect copyright.PENANA91qEHrafkf
Because he did say that he had called home and was told that Leo and 977Please respect copyright.PENANAwuHSqPcn6F
Eric were gone. And a few moments after calling Angel, the accident 977Please respect copyright.PENANAZxuWZWhQQk
occurred. Besides, he didn't pose any question as to why Angel and Carly977Please respect copyright.PENANA6WHviFGOp1
were along that street that day in the first place. It seemed to 977Please respect copyright.PENANAUdfQx2V58w
everyone, that all that occurred was nothing but a coincidence.977Please respect copyright.PENANAzuLvW3PptK
"I have already made up my mind," said Angel, "I think Carly and I shouldn't move in to your house."977Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9qJ7N27sg
Carly and Eric gave Angel horrifying looks. Carly came to sit close to her sister on the edge of the bed.977Please respect copyright.PENANA51F3mYnDEu
"What? But Angel...."977Please respect copyright.PENANAK9x4FPXU6J
"But977Please respect copyright.PENANA8wO5yXdPbw
nothing, Carly," said Angel. "I don't think it's a good idea. As much 977Please respect copyright.PENANATCh1HpUPaS
as Mr McDonell is trying to help us out, living in his house doesn't 977Please respect copyright.PENANAq0D6uteHTJ
seem right."977Please respect copyright.PENANAflB78Uk6UV
"Oh, really then? Is it that or are you saying that because you don't want to ever see Leo within your sight?"977Please respect copyright.PENANA0Nj9WPY4Wa
Angel didn't say anything for a second as she stared at her sister, trying to figure out the right words to use. 977Please respect copyright.PENANAdZoIPvpDJy
"Its977Please respect copyright.PENANAgON8VEOHqJ
not like that," said Angel. "I don't think its right after all that's 977Please respect copyright.PENANAKwgavcL41c
happened. If we live in their house it would feel completely weird. Just977Please respect copyright.PENANAq4GoHFmjjj
so you know, Leo and Eric aren't strangers to you and I anymore."977Please respect copyright.PENANA8KTQKcC0at
"Angel, please think about it for one second," pleaded Carly.977Please respect copyright.PENANAyPPmspWhla
"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?"977Please respect copyright.PENANA5tA1aUXZhG
Carly977Please respect copyright.PENANAfWxiEfXnKD
looked baffled and Eric just stood there without saying a word. Angel 977Please respect copyright.PENANA9zQ6hGAMk5
noticed the blush come across her sister's cheeks and Angel felt like 977Please respect copyright.PENANAUerzUZe6xn
slapping it off her face.977Please respect copyright.PENANA6skpGy4UWs
"Aren't you going to say anything? I already gave my reason," said Angel. "Now you tell me yours."977Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1aUPFG8Qz
Carly looked the other way and Eric stared down at his feet. Angel looked at Carly and then at Eric, and then back again.977Please respect copyright.PENANAyqGfPDWTPq
"Your silence tells me there is more to all this," said Angel, with an eyebrow raised. "Do the two of you still meet?"977Please respect copyright.PENANATJ51mZ0k2h
Carly977Please respect copyright.PENANAiQbQM2hbU0
played around with her fingers and Angel noticed. Carly had always done977Please respect copyright.PENANAVEGD5FtwxR
that whenever she was nervous and was trying to hide the truth.977Please respect copyright.PENANAIhhAj8VMeZ
Angel let out a sigh and sunk down deeper into the bed covers.977Please respect copyright.PENANAVY3bbFDRiA
"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.977Please respect copyright.PENANAQVapNqgv1J
"Angel, will you just-" 977Please respect copyright.PENANARf5mVEnbiP
"Listen977Please respect copyright.PENANAWtfRpYkK7F
to you?"Angel finished the sentenced. "I'm tired of listening. Eric's 977Please respect copyright.PENANAgX6mkL89YT
right. I need some rest. So, may you please leave?"977Please respect copyright.PENANAVdB2qXWbxj
Carly977Please respect copyright.PENANAvuzaFLPq7g
looked at her sister, but Angel turned her face the other way and 977Please respect copyright.PENANAHYXd7mL69i
closed her eyes. Before Carly could protest, Leo came closer to her and 977Please respect copyright.PENANAAkI8cUT2pz
held her shoulder.977Please respect copyright.PENANAI9Y9uGPqC4
"I think we should leave," said Eric, "I think she's had enough to handle for one day. Let's go."977Please respect copyright.PENANAycgIaODAgm
Carly977Please respect copyright.PENANAZZv0v6xHWW
didn't say a thing as she nodded her head. She slowly got up from the 977Please respect copyright.PENANA2xbVMd2iHg
bed and went out of the room with Eric behind her who closed the door.977Please respect copyright.PENANAAQIKmvA0no
After977Please respect copyright.PENANANyL83Cp1xq
Carly and Eric had left, Angel's eyes flew back open and only herself 977Please respect copyright.PENANAO4zjBh2rS5
knew how much rage was stirring inside her. All she needed was rest and 977Please respect copyright.PENANANQjryIma6u
to get better soon. And maybe, just maybe, she would give Leo a piece of977Please respect copyright.PENANAjluJPhUrSA
her fist.977Please respect copyright.PENANAXvybLlrikB
***977Please respect copyright.PENANAKYD4Z6PxEB
Leo977Please respect copyright.PENANA851qbOcJtw
stared at his watch as he waited in the packing lot. His car was packed977Please respect copyright.PENANA4eAyddAal9
in between two ambulances and he had a clear view of the entrance of 977Please respect copyright.PENANAbX990ZtCPw
the hospital. He saw Carly escort Eric to his car. Eric got into his car977Please respect copyright.PENANAQUGRKQOVUq
and drove off. And Carly stood there until Eric's car was out of sight.977Please respect copyright.PENANASR1dwHHFqM
Carly rushed over to where Leo had packed the car. Leo unlocked the car977Please respect copyright.PENANAew27ZIM2e9
door and Carly quickly went in the car.977Please respect copyright.PENANA4kB0b3zfGf
"Hey, how are you?" Leo asked. 977Please respect copyright.PENANAlUGJOcHKdh
"Angel's mad," said Carly with a sulking look on her face, "how would I feel?"977Please respect copyright.PENANAzgehiXxMy1
"What happened?" Leo asked as he rolled his eyes.977Please respect copyright.PENANAkVQsXzjhow
"Apparently,977Please respect copyright.PENANAvHG2WRXjO7
she's so smart enough that she figured out that your family doesn't 977Please respect copyright.PENANAFMrWHHSetw
know the real reason why you weren't at the wedding that day. And she 977Please respect copyright.PENANA5PUtwzfslL
has a hunch that the two of us are still seeing each other."977Please respect copyright.PENANAOneqCgcTBI
"And she is mad just because of one little lie? Your sister is way too serious with such things."977Please respect copyright.PENANAXMDe2pVcIx
"To my sister, this lie might just complicate things. And she feels hurt because we used her accident as an escape plan."977Please respect copyright.PENANAXIc5kzvprV
Carly977Please respect copyright.PENANAeZomUGNPYk
paused for a while as she leaned into the car seat and breathed out 977Please respect copyright.PENANALqek5xlOff
deeply. There was silence for a while as Carly stared up at the car 977Please respect copyright.PENANAN4tvXfKhHr
ceiling.977Please respect copyright.PENANA43MXO2IRdG
"Somehow, I think she's right," said Carly. 977Please respect copyright.PENANArHPl6SD6sF
"Right about what?"977Please respect copyright.PENANAeQMeuSbYvk
"The lie we just created. It might affect all of us in the future."977Please respect copyright.PENANA0dMSpzKj7G
Leo looked straight at Carly with an eyebrow raised.977Please respect copyright.PENANAyTq81HrES2
"Don't tell me you're supporting your sister on this."977Please respect copyright.PENANAFZf3klOrzv
"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."977Please respect copyright.PENANADqOkGhxFhv
Leo977Please respect copyright.PENANA0eNswzf9M6
put his hand on Carly's shoulder. "No. Thats not going to happen. I'll 977Please respect copyright.PENANAct5IfhstNn
be the one to make sure that the truth isn't revealed to anyone."977Please respect copyright.PENANA4QHyvpIXlD
"Thanks, Leo," said Carly as she gave him a smile.977Please respect copyright.PENANAO87CwsuEAA
"So, I was told my dad came here. What was it about?"977Please respect copyright.PENANAqC4faUsaKS
"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.977Please respect copyright.PENANAOTFqZiAWAC
"Wait, what?" Leo looked completely confused. "But why come and live with my family?"977Please respect copyright.PENANA82zefzmrF9
"He's977Please respect copyright.PENANA0zIjcfJGDc
trying to keep a promise he made to my mother. Maybe he thought us 977Please respect copyright.PENANAWCxi589exc
coming to live with your family was a good idea. He's just trying to 977Please respect copyright.PENANA6366a3IhmQ
help us out."977Please respect copyright.PENANA86batzCgvw
Leo977Please respect copyright.PENANATAO9CN9dhy
didn't say anything as he tried to process what Carly had told him. For977Please respect copyright.PENANAXTO2giGkIw
a moment he stared out of the car window, deep in thought.977Please respect copyright.PENANATjUzQPMpxd
"Whats wrong, Leo?" Carly asked. "Don't you think it's a good idea or you don't agree to it?"977Please respect copyright.PENANAMlPlW8WRRv
Leo turned his head to look back at Carly who was staring back at him waiting for an answer. 977Please respect copyright.PENANA4XdrOadjGh
"I....," Leo hesistated, "I don't think it's a good idea."977Please respect copyright.PENANANFyZQuE4pu
Carly was dumbstruck. For a moment she shook her head and gave a little laugh.977Please respect copyright.PENANA0iUq1wAu49
"OMG," said Carly, "do you know what, that's exactly what Angel said as well."977Please respect copyright.PENANAUUp0ozyIQF
Leo didn't say anything as Carly continued laughing. Leo raised an eyebrow. 977Please respect copyright.PENANASorJsCdVgP
"And why the heck are you laughing if your sister didn't agree to it?"977Please respect copyright.PENANAHUNHyU5eZF
"I just realised that I'm so dumb not to have realised this sooner," said Carly in between laughs.977Please respect copyright.PENANA30KukTMDWF
Leo shrugged his shoulders. "And whats that?"977Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZuJyJ0FsQ
"You and my sister still hate each other."977Please respect copyright.PENANAOspED1d2aD
There was silence in the car as the two stared at each other. And then all of the sudden, Carly burst out laughing again. 977Please respect copyright.PENANAttlLKdOGdM
"It's not funny, Carly," said Leo, looking serious.977Please respect copyright.PENANAqLHbFfBOOK
"But977Please respect copyright.PENANA4vgPGYPnoL
it is. Even if my sister doesn't show it, she still hates you. And that977Please respect copyright.PENANAXcHG0rt7Hu
look in your eyes when I told you about us living with your family, was977Please respect copyright.PENANAHUb7Urwt9y
so clear. If the two of you ever got to meet, you would be two angry 977Please respect copyright.PENANAaSDTPERrvy
wild cats trying to tear each other apart."977Please respect copyright.PENANAFpbNzuVNAB
"That's not true. I don't hate your sister," Leo protested.977Please respect copyright.PENANAhiyKX6wygu
"Then why do you think its inappropriate that Angel and I come live with your family?"977Please respect copyright.PENANAWpqDj1lINh
"Because it would feel completely weird."977Please respect copyright.PENANAVUTKRsX14Y
"Is it just me or are you and my sister getting the same scripts from the same book? She also said that."977Please respect copyright.PENANA7XsvKl2eGj
"Don't say that, Carly."977Please respect copyright.PENANAVNGxdDPRFv
"Then977Please respect copyright.PENANAbCSmoA94G0
what should I say? You're acting like a total bum just like my sister. 977Please respect copyright.PENANAQpCQgYIKfw
And you say that my sister is serious, now look who is serious now!"977Please respect copyright.PENANAZrBzLfwJlF
Leo became frustrated and didn't say anything else. He looked at Carly and he felt so stressed out.977Please respect copyright.PENANAKzwroOXIwH
"It977Please respect copyright.PENANA0XI0ACxzkW
wouldn't be a bad idea if you came and stayed with us. But your sister 977Please respect copyright.PENANABugCqNzDiK
might just get in the way of things. And besides, my family has no idea 977Please respect copyright.PENANA98K7QmZyA3
that we all know each other already. So playing pretend, is going to be 977Please respect copyright.PENANACKUtCbeYx2
difficult."977Please respect copyright.PENANA62MVIyNgNe
"Ya,977Please respect copyright.PENANAAnjqIJyRN5
I know, Leo," said Carly as she placed her hand on Leo's knee. "That's 977Please respect copyright.PENANAodKklIBkwZ
what my sister is afraid of. Playing pretend won't be easy."977Please respect copyright.PENANA1yTOyhZ8HS
Leo smiled a little. "Don't worry everything is going to be alright."977Please respect copyright.PENANArcHjDLsgcE
Carly smiled back and gave Leo a peck on the cheek. Carly hugged him and Leo also put his arm around her. 977Please respect copyright.PENANARnoqIIcQuv
As977Please respect copyright.PENANArTLtEWUjfY
they stayed like that for a while, Leo couldn't help but wonder what 977Please respect copyright.PENANACRIelEkEXU
would happen if Angel ever did agree to live with the McDonell family.