The sad gloomy day had 502Please respect copyright.PENANAGHbyGS9S3O
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 502Please respect copyright.PENANASxc2lU7B7y
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 502Please respect copyright.PENANAi8wW7uARNH
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 502Please respect copyright.PENANAtvkkjhF8pP
Angel couldn't help but 502Please respect copyright.PENANAfsBTro3EOL
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 502Please respect copyright.PENANA7ow19WHKtw
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 502Please respect copyright.PENANAsgB0p0iBq2
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 502Please respect copyright.PENANAYpRF6Ad53E
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 502Please respect copyright.PENANArZhu8strGR
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.502Please respect copyright.PENANAriZTaRbfvY
As Angel sat on the 502Please respect copyright.PENANASDHqGpc88U
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 502Please respect copyright.PENANAa0pForCNNu
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in502Please respect copyright.PENANAtaopuiqJAR
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 502Please respect copyright.PENANAVRn6eOs0Ir
appeared across her face.502Please respect copyright.PENANA9NkBRC1sDC
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.502Please respect copyright.PENANAcvRhcjirTq
"I know I'm supposed to 502Please respect copyright.PENANAAHMlrkpyff
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when502Please respect copyright.PENANAde298NAyFd
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 502Please respect copyright.PENANAnK4Jo8oDZl
isn't here anymore."502Please respect copyright.PENANA7N2QS85ghg
Eric squatted beside the502Please respect copyright.PENANAEawGQ01Fo2
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 502Please respect copyright.PENANAXFnw4o0YCa
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 502Please respect copyright.PENANAsbmhXz3ONq
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped502Please respect copyright.PENANAMeQTMiKKRN
a little at his touch. 502Please respect copyright.PENANAZXZSemWJjX
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."502Please respect copyright.PENANA64AK9WyUys
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 502Please respect copyright.PENANAYwglGUaBia
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a502Please respect copyright.PENANAY2VFG2ZteQ
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 502Please respect copyright.PENANAhXrxWdiKmP
past week."502Please respect copyright.PENANAX65TWlDOUw
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."502Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6G14HIjTz
Angel forgot about the 502Please respect copyright.PENANAk4bY9oTw1V
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 502Please respect copyright.PENANAY6bWaXPpWO
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide502Please respect copyright.PENANAnKXMZBAG7g
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.502Please respect copyright.PENANAX1ihvaiEFS
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."502Please respect copyright.PENANAA3u3pxAP6r
"You're crazy, Eric."502Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9yR3UYkIK
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."502Please respect copyright.PENANAh7gNdwF5B4
Angel didn't say 502Please respect copyright.PENANATjz03pRTKj
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 502Please respect copyright.PENANAsmIUvmXmLM
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear502Please respect copyright.PENANAn6RWSULMD2
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 502Please respect copyright.PENANAdQR6QSy0ip
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 502Please respect copyright.PENANA1lnrugwonZ
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 502Please respect copyright.PENANAcV7hzwvcRM
the floor.502Please respect copyright.PENANA2z08YpmWfJ
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"502Please respect copyright.PENANAk8oJKKCnx6
Angel didn't say 502Please respect copyright.PENANA0aXgs2ZwUL
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 502Please respect copyright.PENANA90hTyFFGQg
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel502Please respect copyright.PENANAQSPwfZ8XvQ
out of the room. 502Please respect copyright.PENANA2O6ItaqnLc
They went out of the 502Please respect copyright.PENANAorCBvTlCC1
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 502Please respect copyright.PENANAKR8q7XPhv7
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass502Please respect copyright.PENANAMy088ZcWVJ
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 502Please respect copyright.PENANAEqeEum9UnL
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 502Please respect copyright.PENANASLKXOLcZ8H
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those502Please respect copyright.PENANAdgtEXfGz4m
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 502Please respect copyright.PENANAzSOnqcaj9P
Cold prickling air 502Please respect copyright.PENANAl6H3ZVETMq
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 502Please respect copyright.PENANAqpdnFa9q2E
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 502Please respect copyright.PENANA7dAydnRcEo
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.502Please respect copyright.PENANAh9vfyCAeKU
Two black SUVs stood 502Please respect copyright.PENANAlgoEN8M8g9
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 502Please respect copyright.PENANA6yIEOuL4pq
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 502Please respect copyright.PENANAafWlBKGZ5i
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 502Please respect copyright.PENANAP3FGmTWUiQ
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 502Please respect copyright.PENANAs7jEOoFdXW
out of the hospital premises. 502Please respect copyright.PENANANWrl4B6hxr
"We will first go for 502Please respect copyright.PENANAGhWGKkfKjj
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 502Please respect copyright.PENANAwIXH3D700G
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."502Please respect copyright.PENANAERR2O5ENif
Angel looked out of the 502Please respect copyright.PENANAmIrZLKwAPD
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 502Please respect copyright.PENANAC6HbNwbJMn
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 502Please respect copyright.PENANAU6VdXboWYG
looking at her.502Please respect copyright.PENANAKwqTjrC3zX
"Don't worry, you will 502Please respect copyright.PENANADmdmVQUNeO
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 502Please respect copyright.PENANAOZSlv1tal9
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."502Please respect copyright.PENANAbLGmisOQNF
Angel closed her eyes 502Please respect copyright.PENANABpdxhNosF4
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 502Please respect copyright.PENANA8nD0ZLQp2g
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 502Please respect copyright.PENANAGKYcccQ3pQ
Angel slowly opened her 502Please respect copyright.PENANA7JkBNZIcn7
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 502Please respect copyright.PENANAC3tzIgoPdZ
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 502Please respect copyright.PENANAn50az84hQh
heart ache and beat faster. 502Please respect copyright.PENANAfn2tDyLl0X
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 502Please respect copyright.PENANAzy3gB557Ee
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 502Please respect copyright.PENANAn5vwikidME
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."502Please respect copyright.PENANAPKgnskFoze
Angel felt Carly put her502Please respect copyright.PENANAS24L6A94jR
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her502Please respect copyright.PENANAeDWnzhCDVK
hand away. But Carly grasped it.502Please respect copyright.PENANAWBJJNVhpyF
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."502Please respect copyright.PENANASVk4lM2grQ
The black SUV came to a 502Please respect copyright.PENANA04ERgCJUkK
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother502Please respect copyright.PENANAW4kudyKvSZ
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 502Please respect copyright.PENANAunpkZEOLSG
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 502Please respect copyright.PENANASTpJwYpZJK
Eric opened the door. 502Please respect copyright.PENANAsv8Zs77iMY
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."502Please respect copyright.PENANAloonLpkHwA
Eric had set the 502Please respect copyright.PENANA5o2vFcn0MI
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 502Please respect copyright.PENANApAW0k0d5Vp
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 502Please respect copyright.PENANAJjuQ35R14k
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 502Please respect copyright.PENANAdSNsahTLpO
them. 502Please respect copyright.PENANAMRoVWhif4r
Angel502Please respect copyright.PENANARIUfIewQ7f
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when502Please respect copyright.PENANANImU7Lw2kE
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.502Please respect copyright.PENANAoPzG17wtzI
***502Please respect copyright.PENANAeCN591NUFI
Leo502Please respect copyright.PENANAx18UOnbzk3
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 502Please respect copyright.PENANACCShDAB7h1
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 502Please respect copyright.PENANA3kuC3dV09U
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 502Please respect copyright.PENANARXVwySOLzr
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 502Please respect copyright.PENANAeeJs0RbGuk
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he502Please respect copyright.PENANAyGHZ4HY7Ol
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.502Please respect copyright.PENANAfDuDCpdWkv
Kim502Please respect copyright.PENANAq40xtkA1lt
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 502Please respect copyright.PENANAiPrhh15eXK
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 502Please respect copyright.PENANAFc1a4JwVsV
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 502Please respect copyright.PENANA1luzEVLJgw
arms.502Please respect copyright.PENANAiwRQPT4RNT
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."502Please respect copyright.PENANAacbv04f2rT
Leo502Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4a0PFwS1i
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 502Please respect copyright.PENANARLYLeYszzB
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 502Please respect copyright.PENANAIyCIUTdUTF
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 502Please respect copyright.PENANAnKbUYbUc8N
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 502Please respect copyright.PENANAmQyVAaWcFd
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 502Please respect copyright.PENANAqDOtAOcP9b
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.502Please respect copyright.PENANAn5l8m144Qh
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"502Please respect copyright.PENANAUuX93IuUMm
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."502Please respect copyright.PENANALl3BHNDXo3
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"502Please respect copyright.PENANAir5fXKR6U8
Leo502Please respect copyright.PENANA6nRPc40Q3K
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 502Please respect copyright.PENANA1XBetAGzcc
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 502Please respect copyright.PENANAeK98Ys0Xim
it's time I come out clean."502Please respect copyright.PENANAqKTZiYjMkO
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"502Please respect copyright.PENANAIqwLxJWyOW
This502Please respect copyright.PENANAiKML7gkzrM
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 502Please respect copyright.PENANASWu7RZBGa3
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 502Please respect copyright.PENANAF7JGwlUIlm
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 502Please respect copyright.PENANArLaLPUKvs6
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.502Please respect copyright.PENANAdQ5wr2WbrQ
"The502Please respect copyright.PENANAwzUhpfTnrF
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot502Please respect copyright.PENANABN0FyEAQCb
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 502Please respect copyright.PENANAbDwPerjpNN
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want502Please respect copyright.PENANAp5brJJ7OxN
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."502Please respect copyright.PENANAchTF871kyt
"I502Please respect copyright.PENANABpH7snaRfR
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 502Please respect copyright.PENANAq4Cu9P1KMx
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"502Please respect copyright.PENANAYW8nJF7fTK
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.502Please respect copyright.PENANAEpN9EHKEPI
"What502Please respect copyright.PENANAlNrHRKY2fp
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 502Please respect copyright.PENANAHsBwwHBQmo
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"502Please respect copyright.PENANA6WiQqHY5fT
Leo502Please respect copyright.PENANAy9IHzEANba
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 502Please respect copyright.PENANA3xwfmzkTMG
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 502Please respect copyright.PENANAmTnoq5XO9B
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 502Please respect copyright.PENANA3Iok49qhWz
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 502Please respect copyright.PENANAntTbzmeb8b
would react.502Please respect copyright.PENANA5Yg3Jd4JX0
"After502Please respect copyright.PENANATy5jDfYir7
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 502Please respect copyright.PENANALotylFQxZq
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."502Please respect copyright.PENANA5ScHAzcvYO
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.502Please respect copyright.PENANAotw6gi7k6y
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."502Please respect copyright.PENANAnYuj29tqXD
***502Please respect copyright.PENANA5iKPKEi5Uu
Angel502Please respect copyright.PENANAPwVsRQ5ouW
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that502Please respect copyright.PENANALSsQAo3gS0
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother502Please respect copyright.PENANAIrdIacypZl
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 502Please respect copyright.PENANAUHJVbDnY1G
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 502Please respect copyright.PENANAyfNAubFljY
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 502Please respect copyright.PENANAHiWw4W7F2K
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 502Please respect copyright.PENANAzBhN1ug1F5
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 502Please respect copyright.PENANAwxZjevMTYw
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.502Please respect copyright.PENANA3BKFf3g6Fd
After502Please respect copyright.PENANAYrE3QSFG9Q
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 502Please respect copyright.PENANARQ5jewKiHn
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 502Please respect copyright.PENANApewRWWKolO
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 502Please respect copyright.PENANAw3v52fUJeg
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was502Please respect copyright.PENANAzXKfzjgTK3
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 502Please respect copyright.PENANA3k2fpvIMco
world. 502Please respect copyright.PENANApDslevJbdV
After502Please respect copyright.PENANAVgvq7YHhIA
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 502Please respect copyright.PENANAqp7BNu3uR8
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 502Please respect copyright.PENANAdC1vfdXyyx
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 502Please respect copyright.PENANA3JR49OR7uN
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."502Please respect copyright.PENANAoAKpI0NuSC
"It's502Please respect copyright.PENANAg8tPsDYnVd
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 502Please respect copyright.PENANAr4azMNO5dR
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like502Please respect copyright.PENANAnJ12HoDVxM
you."502Please respect copyright.PENANAGcp58hSTY7
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."502Please respect copyright.PENANAZt2Qhc8pHD
"No,502Please respect copyright.PENANAdbwoz08Q4E
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 502Please respect copyright.PENANAzC5WMEyTgh
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to502Please respect copyright.PENANAnb1Hif6OBE
live with us, it will be great."502Please respect copyright.PENANAuZWeogCsVl
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 502Please respect copyright.PENANA77opwfdg67
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.502Please respect copyright.PENANAyaxGh8O9us
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"502Please respect copyright.PENANAJRqgj7K6qL
"I decided that it won't be appropriate for my sister and I to come and live with you. We can take care of ourselves."502Please respect copyright.PENANAof2ospivIG
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.502Please respect copyright.PENANAhrDGYRqQrV
Angel couldn't help but 502Please respect copyright.PENANAlL0ompZZ9N
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 502Please respect copyright.PENANARoEEH9HGc1
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 502Please respect copyright.PENANASyUuEhXzh6
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't502Please respect copyright.PENANAWnbHtd9Vul
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 502Please respect copyright.PENANAQrpPXswTTn
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.502Please respect copyright.PENANAQArDAq7LBS
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."502Please respect copyright.PENANAZjeu9ERKYu
Angel now shifted in her502Please respect copyright.PENANAIvfOSVnmze
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 502Please respect copyright.PENANAGnfvuF1m1E
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 502Please respect copyright.PENANApxcs1MSuYn
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 502Please respect copyright.PENANA7S02c5trXw
hidden?502Please respect copyright.PENANASVuk5wrLqw
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"502Please respect copyright.PENANArFwrlWydAR
Angel demanded. 502Please respect copyright.PENANAIHWEPRqzcH
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."502Please respect copyright.PENANAsk6Wn8hVO2
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 502Please respect copyright.PENANAOmpeIFkmtv
"What?!"
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