The sad gloomy day had 512Please respect copyright.PENANApgjpHQzHZz
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 512Please respect copyright.PENANA4XVoZJaxpV
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 512Please respect copyright.PENANAVvbjADDmko
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 512Please respect copyright.PENANA4XmK81Tgos
Angel couldn't help but 512Please respect copyright.PENANAgTxATcnwZK
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 512Please respect copyright.PENANAJV7T0w01Wd
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 512Please respect copyright.PENANAbJrrbp1h1s
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 512Please respect copyright.PENANAF5Jw5u0SXD
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 512Please respect copyright.PENANA7BdodeoZzT
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.512Please respect copyright.PENANAO9xWkDigIO
As Angel sat on the 512Please respect copyright.PENANAOMNHerrMKf
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 512Please respect copyright.PENANAuUzDmoYhhc
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in512Please respect copyright.PENANA63sHnqckoV
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 512Please respect copyright.PENANAhOISjbNNoU
appeared across her face.512Please respect copyright.PENANAoSE3TwSmUT
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.512Please respect copyright.PENANAMUgeVqskEF
"I know I'm supposed to 512Please respect copyright.PENANAWg1fE92xGg
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when512Please respect copyright.PENANACfE8hsGxR1
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 512Please respect copyright.PENANACDQaTCpKK2
isn't here anymore."512Please respect copyright.PENANAWQhduplbGM
Eric squatted beside the512Please respect copyright.PENANAPBqS7BiySJ
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 512Please respect copyright.PENANAPME59BiKJ0
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 512Please respect copyright.PENANAyBESMJ56U9
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped512Please respect copyright.PENANAWpcYoGRuOs
a little at his touch. 512Please respect copyright.PENANAIph90kl81a
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."512Please respect copyright.PENANAB7PGtNvFjH
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 512Please respect copyright.PENANAB2tXI9uH3V
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a512Please respect copyright.PENANAa6WTG0UC0V
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 512Please respect copyright.PENANAoN2E7UQOYH
past week."512Please respect copyright.PENANAkmi5C3GtS9
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."512Please respect copyright.PENANAzwoUYXQWi7
Angel forgot about the 512Please respect copyright.PENANAaEneyiHFiq
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 512Please respect copyright.PENANAMLTtmRmSHB
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide512Please respect copyright.PENANA5M5kvlc3Qx
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.512Please respect copyright.PENANAmoMiQMQUzt
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."512Please respect copyright.PENANA5TuqcefjKC
"You're crazy, Eric."512Please respect copyright.PENANARnGGus1g4f
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."512Please respect copyright.PENANAPj3IDcDxCh
Angel didn't say 512Please respect copyright.PENANAmUPkwDEjs9
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 512Please respect copyright.PENANA5c5FXUyR4Y
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear512Please respect copyright.PENANABaHKMldLy7
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 512Please respect copyright.PENANA1adOzvbjh2
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 512Please respect copyright.PENANAxDaPycH22z
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 512Please respect copyright.PENANAO6zwCDMQhh
the floor.512Please respect copyright.PENANAW476U9Cuj8
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"512Please respect copyright.PENANA2aIUo6hPvQ
Angel didn't say 512Please respect copyright.PENANAMFSZGfCsPr
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 512Please respect copyright.PENANAGWek7hHtBL
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel512Please respect copyright.PENANAwtVz2KT4Ky
out of the room. 512Please respect copyright.PENANAMqKEfrqQSI
They went out of the 512Please respect copyright.PENANAvM2JdUW4ve
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 512Please respect copyright.PENANAqNpxbBqWuf
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass512Please respect copyright.PENANASysjc9I1Ez
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 512Please respect copyright.PENANAUBO29vWqF8
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 512Please respect copyright.PENANA7eemhJC7Ei
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those512Please respect copyright.PENANAUXWj1FdLLC
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 512Please respect copyright.PENANAvojqQpaCAp
Cold prickling air 512Please respect copyright.PENANABEeJ48dQZB
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 512Please respect copyright.PENANAwOw8BJj54W
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 512Please respect copyright.PENANAp46UPdWggH
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.512Please respect copyright.PENANA8guyyGtzKo
Two black SUVs stood 512Please respect copyright.PENANAG1K01LWhUE
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 512Please respect copyright.PENANAZsUQpHQ4dA
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 512Please respect copyright.PENANA9X2TVKgzbE
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 512Please respect copyright.PENANAxynP7UnNi7
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 512Please respect copyright.PENANAGu6FBZrUGY
out of the hospital premises. 512Please respect copyright.PENANAH1UawM75FZ
"We will first go for 512Please respect copyright.PENANAo14gGAYD5r
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 512Please respect copyright.PENANADfIdFHVwXW
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."512Please respect copyright.PENANACmamrMdN74
Angel looked out of the 512Please respect copyright.PENANAqhuXVOJvWB
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 512Please respect copyright.PENANARE39X2Rj6D
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 512Please respect copyright.PENANAS7rmrOEMdE
looking at her.512Please respect copyright.PENANATraE4MafNh
"Don't worry, you will 512Please respect copyright.PENANAg842FV5SWk
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 512Please respect copyright.PENANA9ynmDpVWui
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."512Please respect copyright.PENANAbP5cqngBtn
Angel closed her eyes 512Please respect copyright.PENANA2YIIlbCH6Y
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 512Please respect copyright.PENANAk8FOk9AUKZ
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 512Please respect copyright.PENANAeTDRwfqF4G
Angel slowly opened her 512Please respect copyright.PENANAfLTA7ov6SO
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 512Please respect copyright.PENANALN1MgnmRXt
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 512Please respect copyright.PENANAzkV7oKy9tG
heart ache and beat faster. 512Please respect copyright.PENANA12Y9GnuJJE
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 512Please respect copyright.PENANAHL1s4YLYJr
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 512Please respect copyright.PENANAZcXjkGXIcw
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."512Please respect copyright.PENANAQN0iyMgoh1
Angel felt Carly put her512Please respect copyright.PENANA8sJpmW6CvT
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her512Please respect copyright.PENANA1UEHYUDLVs
hand away. But Carly grasped it.512Please respect copyright.PENANAv4AviDWz1e
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."512Please respect copyright.PENANAbdoEMz2Uyz
The black SUV came to a 512Please respect copyright.PENANAQpZi49Lq8L
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother512Please respect copyright.PENANAw23hZqJHd0
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 512Please respect copyright.PENANAohBlqbyQOu
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 512Please respect copyright.PENANAgVi4wuosqo
Eric opened the door. 512Please respect copyright.PENANAeR6KoSn9n2
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."512Please respect copyright.PENANAv5MYVWNgMT
Eric had set the 512Please respect copyright.PENANALdNz2AF4oX
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 512Please respect copyright.PENANAqR2rTibSoM
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 512Please respect copyright.PENANAymObwVnbbn
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 512Please respect copyright.PENANAsowwCTrjlz
them. 512Please respect copyright.PENANAwUs4oikqWA
Angel512Please respect copyright.PENANAY4wCqAS3E9
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when512Please respect copyright.PENANAgKlF4Sgb3K
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.512Please respect copyright.PENANAo2oYXzNW3H
***512Please respect copyright.PENANAik7fie0GBB
Leo512Please respect copyright.PENANA0wCFTsYc9V
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 512Please respect copyright.PENANAaJY3iGDR2R
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 512Please respect copyright.PENANArC40d9UYL3
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 512Please respect copyright.PENANAcaPE3REYwn
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 512Please respect copyright.PENANAhHPmlctOFa
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he512Please respect copyright.PENANAYGK9OSs66Q
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.512Please respect copyright.PENANAPSVXKohPVN
Kim512Please respect copyright.PENANAHpQGxYoIiw
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 512Please respect copyright.PENANAIDjnxbcS0j
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 512Please respect copyright.PENANAHmnCQRfMC1
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 512Please respect copyright.PENANAEfFmNckN7A
arms.512Please respect copyright.PENANAIilER8RGH5
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."512Please respect copyright.PENANAUvqc8J1qG3
Leo512Please respect copyright.PENANAgiBIukIwHx
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 512Please respect copyright.PENANA9XwWaBevP5
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 512Please respect copyright.PENANA8Y6qPt6boN
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 512Please respect copyright.PENANAcuJnYEDVmG
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 512Please respect copyright.PENANA7gIiqxRrGm
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 512Please respect copyright.PENANAJkpj36uCLI
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.512Please respect copyright.PENANARoS4BpKSRA
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"512Please respect copyright.PENANAMbkgbsOhQK
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."512Please respect copyright.PENANATx0tB1D0Hx
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"512Please respect copyright.PENANAKgZGsaYaNF
Leo512Please respect copyright.PENANAUMXdWqk9fA
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 512Please respect copyright.PENANAefyYN0JGdp
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 512Please respect copyright.PENANAOl6KsyarB7
it's time I come out clean."512Please respect copyright.PENANA1VBM8vG1PJ
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"512Please respect copyright.PENANAdL96oX7muO
This512Please respect copyright.PENANAc2v7jXgxCJ
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 512Please respect copyright.PENANApMCwnJQYxy
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 512Please respect copyright.PENANAn5gZXw4Qbu
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 512Please respect copyright.PENANA31kPhWLN8c
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.512Please respect copyright.PENANA0kUe8TPWVw
"The512Please respect copyright.PENANA5YL5OTZEnA
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot512Please respect copyright.PENANAidsh4iIjPY
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 512Please respect copyright.PENANAL75H8JNYhU
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want512Please respect copyright.PENANACtT9IY13Ih
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."512Please respect copyright.PENANAeMzZfy9iN0
"I512Please respect copyright.PENANAg4RtouIIJl
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 512Please respect copyright.PENANABKouauNd7F
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"512Please respect copyright.PENANAtJMEpoOAU5
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.512Please respect copyright.PENANAsJ8fIUqwv2
"What512Please respect copyright.PENANATukKGPLojF
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 512Please respect copyright.PENANAhuKV4XhruY
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"512Please respect copyright.PENANA9THNVs2zez
Leo512Please respect copyright.PENANAlOKNETwMAx
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 512Please respect copyright.PENANAW3l9QNYK9L
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 512Please respect copyright.PENANABKN8XNkOxm
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 512Please respect copyright.PENANAzGAkDiREeT
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 512Please respect copyright.PENANAHz9Ggj4Gri
would react.512Please respect copyright.PENANAjIlMi7sbgC
"After512Please respect copyright.PENANAQMeIu37EuR
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 512Please respect copyright.PENANAq3UXcN9DR1
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."512Please respect copyright.PENANA75KriLcMLh
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.512Please respect copyright.PENANAsNM0nJekOd
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."512Please respect copyright.PENANAl3dgFzizBN
***512Please respect copyright.PENANAhrPYrYdvpx
Angel512Please respect copyright.PENANAFl0ZxZdIGh
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that512Please respect copyright.PENANA3DSzV6YLH7
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother512Please respect copyright.PENANAsTbnNOCsbo
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 512Please respect copyright.PENANA6av7EAzaM5
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 512Please respect copyright.PENANA2t5b6LzZHc
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 512Please respect copyright.PENANA8mppSfxxeI
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 512Please respect copyright.PENANAJwbUPX2gcm
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 512Please respect copyright.PENANAitsaAtYX5p
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.512Please respect copyright.PENANAeT8mZfalVH
After512Please respect copyright.PENANARlGDmebNwU
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 512Please respect copyright.PENANAmZQb10USiZ
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 512Please respect copyright.PENANAL3mBshDUMg
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 512Please respect copyright.PENANANHKA8WDBnZ
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was512Please respect copyright.PENANAfU9cf1rWRP
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 512Please respect copyright.PENANAwlPC4lXyUQ
world. 512Please respect copyright.PENANAlwiK6EcEB1
After512Please respect copyright.PENANAGnCd5t1hVD
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 512Please respect copyright.PENANAqemBoFlk9N
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 512Please respect copyright.PENANAxMwANrm9FM
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 512Please respect copyright.PENANAoJ1HUBT7nE
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."512Please respect copyright.PENANAydgh7feOTI
"It's512Please respect copyright.PENANARGbpsVEMmh
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 512Please respect copyright.PENANAJx31Jgsp4n
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like512Please respect copyright.PENANAbq4rtP5r6m
you."512Please respect copyright.PENANAibvYZjbjFF
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."512Please respect copyright.PENANAWGjnYXhlp2
"No,512Please respect copyright.PENANAn6NjbClUHY
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 512Please respect copyright.PENANAxn8u6Ucsae
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to512Please respect copyright.PENANAGorF9zmVbj
live with us, it will be great."512Please respect copyright.PENANA61UaRtAFyT
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 512Please respect copyright.PENANApOrtRdcwUF
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.512Please respect copyright.PENANAv5KhKC6f8q
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"512Please respect copyright.PENANAStZ3ffgLNa
"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."512Please respect copyright.PENANAFSzaaxbpAz
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.512Please respect copyright.PENANA45IGk6mNlm
Angel couldn't help but 512Please respect copyright.PENANA19NJDt6E11
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 512Please respect copyright.PENANANhqRgx0yKU
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 512Please respect copyright.PENANAWMDIgAiTan
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't512Please respect copyright.PENANAPXewjMro0q
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 512Please respect copyright.PENANAi650gNbESn
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.512Please respect copyright.PENANAKtHTLmBsRs
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."512Please respect copyright.PENANAVqK0s7uCuO
Angel now shifted in her512Please respect copyright.PENANAEUC7sOpTGX
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 512Please respect copyright.PENANAkSoDoF4c4l
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 512Please respect copyright.PENANARcNtxivMKD
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 512Please respect copyright.PENANAD4W4n5T6Vs
hidden?512Please respect copyright.PENANAfA9ldahPPt
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"512Please respect copyright.PENANALIwJKSvxGR
Angel demanded. 512Please respect copyright.PENANAdyV2qbj5j6
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."512Please respect copyright.PENANAaXaSfUvGhp
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 512Please respect copyright.PENANAYSnUtlHmYD
"What?!"
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