Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡns5a04VqQE
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHfqDohsgt
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZXQdnwoGX
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTwGCTvkSC
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmZveNByFe
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJflhueMPq
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwSy2mFSCz
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwEnwM09Ga
boss a call.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFewEeok9U
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYM68dzIYw
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eROqrZilA
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0a1VTtMciY
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPCtzneVxa
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3wKz8VXwV
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGnah7TLmK
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIaMO0M8z5
looked really tired and restless.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SAuHdX4Wz
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT92tzj7aAx
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmmouoMAHF
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0C59dq59N
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6beF11BhY
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwF0MqZJwc
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DSPANzNuM
huge loss.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9Lt2O3UZL
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuc1aQ6fwc
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhI9K65snd
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1cYRT1Si6
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZKMisFOTT
"What are you planning to do?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaY7SzOz67x
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xmKtzYqrR
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CRn9U0eji
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CBM1qYhDd
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9xGN2Zdmd
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01rs9awHe9
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8okr6hXKV
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM59VRPCzhZ
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNwHBlqBdW
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsxpUaWrtE
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWeof9bp9C
vacant space weren't as good as her.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEVovERQ1o
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LbaJOdceM
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoMxIiTwJH
lucky charm.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVi0BjUSm9O
And he needed her back real bad.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIFbrFIYLp
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnngp8gbrzs
"I have a job for you."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfULI9HeTsQ
***958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhY188fjdFB
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5nl2XgRa2
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPqKDTzoHS
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZO7F8Yfy0
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKiPveqSau
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkx1sZJglxn
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHsRAjgPCe
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3ydtG8JIy
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbReZL4MM3x
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1DYqPEXWB
serious.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJLWCgdRrM
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjG4utRDU1d
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTcJ9YTFwK
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaamK5Uy3XJ
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4C6kQkluE
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWo5yqysYtO
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIQTsksDJE
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVr5MQNtdJp
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dEvlyLk5W
between the two of you considering what happened."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRlB3Fk72i
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6nnwbxW1l
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQM41jlnsH
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauAuij7A01
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFANG7uLeO0
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhp5HiOol6f
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuH8cA6Df4
"And you never apologised for it," said 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpyob7eYD0
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4J3bEWx3I
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzVQU8xlHk
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZjKmhYEHm
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8o3fqKYac0
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KT0eFbjMP
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lki1rTOgr
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkp28YYSa3Y
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2YpqFenla
for what happened to her.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9U4BvFOAMz
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tzq7NJ7M0
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVBylOGKvh
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNkgbM0P8k
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCV7qhP6ZSj
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshygdmG12X
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmh5MfwUjq
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJ2pKS05xR
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDfVuUmARc
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNAGzMjhXE
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtUC95o4uR
back at the club.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLKnL1WRUh
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2yThb3MAd
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeWjKsYXCL
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDLAxcIvqM
sisters completely.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bp0JzYbQC
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYizOYfDyv
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2H8gkSa4U
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekZROx2ZGU
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuL2WE5XXl
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodsgzIYcvY
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyi62z07qVp
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCbvMvl9iV
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVdKwOi1Po
club, not him.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Akeg97xoH
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqExRVwUgYe
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7rbIMHqDq
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpatqfSzwC
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bLU4QyaRM
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfpusXIkMR
at each other yet, have you?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1diDJQK148
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7db3N2kGm
"No," they answered at the same time.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgt3oXBwK1
"Great. That's good to know."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakwlWr8xUx
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZ2o0e2gur
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdLRuMgYdR
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzanL0CU8qB
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eMPSsFGlr
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihgGZfuLbj
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmz1MOVN69I
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96Djy8ApYU
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RCMKocofb
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupRR3JmMTF
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12UrDB2FVN
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWsssgiT7b
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGCdladdMZ
long."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8jxs7FTYY
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpEpqudw1x
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XPfjpEz81
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxp4fQgF7A
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJSanvPXHY
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yMeNlCK2L
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKYPPK072L
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IjZpZPaE2
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRio2YMaiG4
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nhnXikXJG
Not like this. Something was wrong.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCF494TJCCn
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnayADqKd3
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDwawo4yKJ
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9sTVR5SRq
embarrassed?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJ8reuNppS
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxiwLXLkF0
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZIlNsKoPb
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg76uEyTljo
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJsschnWk6
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Yv3188ZXH
today?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LXu1jbQSs
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oowWrsRLB
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmNh4phxmJ
you want."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgEeDF3xve
"It worked for you, didn't it?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzXAPkY8Ib
"What do you mean?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNjuQXHL0L
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdS5odSoQh
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RWrwUFFTV
sister."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWg7DGlm15
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMpfbB7iY0
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BlFeeStKb
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nwRbd9Hr2
"I'm just speaking the truth."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlR6qzgfJ1z
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXOUBBIYMj
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJO7ihWSDLN
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFW0psLYGs
"I was protecting my sister."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTOzrS9mdX
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzWbkLA3Km
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZihZTnYJQ
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1AoaRMAAc
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJB53xl4l2
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsDqzRQS65
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vUPwuGFYe
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fDFjzO96M
betray you like Carly betrayed me."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswtZtWFOpx
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmhJiTAi0g
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTXDWImtEy
crystal glass.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmb6G04UZf
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yZKIay9nK
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctbsxFVtYH
in this situation right now."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIiMDUf4hJ
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EbAUMDBpy
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXCTVeLrDE
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeecrdw0Af
actions.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kbf5r0ty9
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSVBmNojc3
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSOnmULfnK
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCZnASV2WR
near Carly."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpciz2P8On5
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQfwFf3LOD
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJf0sgIihE
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmwGPfwm9H
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFyBrpb8fO
Carly, she would be insulting herself.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4vXn5vw2O
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0b0GPijKzM
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYS7ms9VaBp
"That would never happen."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmp44AWyk6P
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3CV60ngLP
"A fool in love, yes."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5sbKn3kcF
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yZQ7nySuT
"Why? Because you don't like me?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYkKMika5I
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAL4SuMCLL
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM222BpUb1r
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqgX63P0h1
and my accident that she would ever change."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtZRI3Adjg
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNd1dNAtsdB
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzyTwwSaaq
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL14hD6AdRo
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi87iC2iuSF
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqWq9qWEyR
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTtFTkENkS
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEO9AG2toI0
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZFQNEvpVO
puzzled.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPd1LPVdsYL
***958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TXY89hgBm
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaooMPPZr3
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5FefZMJkL
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciBtAs3yxS
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLo6kZ0wRb
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthCYSVr83g
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wTpnH9vhU
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYoKb8uZIO
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeadndnQx9
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxDJkk1VPe
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXF8xdzvwJA
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeKn0lAwkO
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeH8gzxaIu
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRonypVvXh
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQ4Ym5WHMw
McDonell should be.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPa9A3kBjlL
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbpw61KVuK
"Our family has been successfully with the 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1CiIzwA6n
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaaYJDcD2G
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiBuyC4Zj2
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyYBUCqz80
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzqtL3DVq4
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZExV1pqYGT
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVasH14Srz
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjTuyHeBZG
especially from my brother. He is so kind."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4epyBblUAe
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMXRmRzVlw
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhS2VpBkkSB
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡna3DWfOwHs
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09fwZmOtJw
model.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAMEblxYVS
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt02MGIpFID
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6ZpbvkeyY
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Gd7rHSpIk
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgS2XMGoZvp
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbWpR1aCZl
the financial state her family was in.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBHNJcFsBI
But now that she was with the McDonell 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFWWyLrQXE
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqQgDWiXf8
she has always wanted.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpExgopTWx
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyO507qHmt
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZO4LKOkv1D
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGpRDGznHc
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QJQBAELmM
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi93Jmj4OUL
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTcS4zubez
"That would be awesome."958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwtCdn7luJ
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dJIRtdylS
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHni2gzFqiU
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmTt7eQV94
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpX8Gb8XLN
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZY8bvEYc5r
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqzgEmr6sc
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKg52cifSa
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoQOM8qsa8
Miranda.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgTwwmtDZw
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuw9Hpm5eI
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcfS1VdN04
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3zct2MhN7
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvCsdmSfPc
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv68nMipCwb
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9vaZwrDmf
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3KegeszwE
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFAM6L7DyY
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjS8tTB6Cq
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUell1mP12
she never ever discussed her life with them.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13J9mEDJmi
Could it be Miranda?958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkS6IX7ulqU
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQtGYNV3OZ
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jgJqCYMQ8
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBAoZ3kueD
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gqIASLoLC
And now she was calling Carly after all this958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAk6zpUvqKP
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyurlNt9oWo
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ojUbufY8n
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4cLgT4QoE
betrayal.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrS1CmUb3kb
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1J4sXBhjXl
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEs29uRMPb3
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8qVJG0kRR
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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