Leo gave out a sigh of 500Please respect copyright.PENANA90VsxGvK1J
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 500Please respect copyright.PENANAal0tU5NfY9
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never500Please respect copyright.PENANALb73FrmaSe
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had500Please respect copyright.PENANAUzArcRiKdP
expected. 500Please respect copyright.PENANAJvTpsP99jh
When Leo had told her 500Please respect copyright.PENANAC9BP0DhVtF
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 500Please respect copyright.PENANAGzvcduGMUW
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 500Please respect copyright.PENANAVV6Gjrl4YH
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 500Please respect copyright.PENANAM6LBXc9Tdl
"What happened Leo? Why did you say that? Did I do something wrong to change your mind all of the sudden? Tell me, Leo!" Kim had asked, at a point where tears almost dropped down her cheeks.500Please respect copyright.PENANAquRTATThCJ
Leo couldn't tell Kim 500Please respect copyright.PENANAKEeZ4jKrCR
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 500Please respect copyright.PENANAUHrhttPnVy
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 500Please respect copyright.PENANAmrvcDNFZl5
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 500Please respect copyright.PENANAAxJrfyvcIT
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 500Please respect copyright.PENANA3qLysAg4ZN
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 500Please respect copyright.PENANAdHRG1uskvj
believe him at all.500Please respect copyright.PENANAulxQ2RODeN
"Tell me now, Leo! 500Please respect copyright.PENANAbwuFLVCPUu
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 500Please respect copyright.PENANA0jEhwQPwje
coming from you. I want to know what you're hiding from me, right now!" Kim had looked like punching Leo on the face when she said all that.500Please respect copyright.PENANAqybbTamqPu
"What do you want me to tell you?" Leo had asked Kim, trying to sound as convincing as he possibly could. "I have thought a lot these past days and I don't feel we can continue with all this."500Please respect copyright.PENANATe6tmBxVEX
"What! You're still 500Please respect copyright.PENANAFxghaFja57
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 500Please respect copyright.PENANA1sBVyrsWeW
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in500Please respect copyright.PENANAZhsdZ8yX3H
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 500Please respect copyright.PENANAdyMI9LauCW
anymore?"500Please respect copyright.PENANANGy3OwBAz1
"It isn't like that. We can still be friends and nothing more." Leo had suggested, but Kim still hadn't taken it lightly as she shook her head.500Please respect copyright.PENANAH2xcZVL3ga
"There is someone 500Please respect copyright.PENANAI41JTtgHUJ
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 500Please respect copyright.PENANAK2fmjCBtiK
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 500Please respect copyright.PENANAJJaUeWfeom
Leo!"500Please respect copyright.PENANA4E3uoFidQU
Leo had been frustrated 500Please respect copyright.PENANAngi2j1VRaV
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 500Please respect copyright.PENANA7eXS96WKvw
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 500Please respect copyright.PENANAD51NByYTTx
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 500Please respect copyright.PENANAXgPboOHjyw
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 500Please respect copyright.PENANAneI8hAdjFc
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 500Please respect copyright.PENANAKi4Cvg5Nyi
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 500Please respect copyright.PENANAldG7dkJKGy
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 500Please respect copyright.PENANA9PPKf2wRq4
"I'll find out the 500Please respect copyright.PENANARhXWduAYAP
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 500Please respect copyright.PENANAuOoiogXWBx
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 500Please respect copyright.PENANAEwLEFTSi2d
lying to me!"500Please respect copyright.PENANAUmr7sRsciL
For a moment, her threat500Please respect copyright.PENANA5vDCkOPqzh
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 500Please respect copyright.PENANAAMx5bDoUoZ
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 500Please respect copyright.PENANAwEXeBey5SQ
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 500Please respect copyright.PENANAzsnmAwlgPI
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really500Please respect copyright.PENANA4c43mbzQ6H
genuine or not.500Please respect copyright.PENANAkdtRJ8Ax49
He was about to ascend 500Please respect copyright.PENANAErC17me8o3
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 500Please respect copyright.PENANA5f0sZXtauN
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 500Please respect copyright.PENANAWCiqrDsi38
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 500Please respect copyright.PENANASDXxWoCDqC
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 500Please respect copyright.PENANAFaaTf27V41
thanking Leo for getting the door.500Please respect copyright.PENANAnXe5GLKXUW
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"500Please respect copyright.PENANABX7L0bm7J1
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 500Please respect copyright.PENANAzf8dB1b4Jv
"That's good, Leo," said Mrs McDonell, looking at her son with a smile. "So, tell us. When will be the date of the wedding?"500Please respect copyright.PENANAGqQmbIwzav
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."500Please respect copyright.PENANAjvIndhMYaK
Diana and Mrs McDonell 500Please respect copyright.PENANAEF75woQ2x7
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 500Please respect copyright.PENANAm5KKFQDFgk
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 500Please respect copyright.PENANAkPgs6r6yNZ
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.500Please respect copyright.PENANANkzAEyHsjX
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 500Please respect copyright.PENANAwPYRsuIHGh
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."500Please respect copyright.PENANAqfuQsSPlV2
"But.....but, you two 500Please respect copyright.PENANAbN7jTLlDzf
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how500Please respect copyright.PENANAJ30zqMDnVb
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"500Please respect copyright.PENANAlApqGQ33IS
"No, I broke up with her. Sorry, if it hurts you, mum, but this is my life and I thought it was best for the both us."500Please respect copyright.PENANA95MZ3bfdXy
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 500Please respect copyright.PENANAhKgVg2Wp02
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 500Please respect copyright.PENANArn9BUfplE5
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 500Please respect copyright.PENANABTE9ebFs0v
tell me it's not true, Diana."500Please respect copyright.PENANAw4TXbbRkra
"I'm afraid it is," said500Please respect copyright.PENANA04uxRd9yRJ
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 500Please respect copyright.PENANALJF0uJXPj6
the moment. You need to calm down."500Please respect copyright.PENANAwBlzkR2TWq
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"500Please respect copyright.PENANAjViosMn9JE
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"500Please respect copyright.PENANAILy694tVv1
When Leo tried to leave 500Please respect copyright.PENANAhdaxmrzpXm
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 500Please respect copyright.PENANAFTHwUraxTl
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 500Please respect copyright.PENANAGOPhSvjP2i
"You're not going any 500Please respect copyright.PENANALWBHAEHJ4H
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 500Please respect copyright.PENANA9tGnM3K4hI
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"500Please respect copyright.PENANA1TmzMPZN6H
"I don't have to explain500Please respect copyright.PENANAygaez0ZjYI
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 500Please respect copyright.PENANA4pWoD8ZVUF
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."500Please respect copyright.PENANArYAz6Vhlou
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"500Please respect copyright.PENANAXdKyWI6SQs
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."500Please respect copyright.PENANAOGQCWDwCi8
Leo quickly got away 500Please respect copyright.PENANAjffBuiJFMN
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 500Please respect copyright.PENANAwwGPTDO1ql
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 500Please respect copyright.PENANAW0jrR1RuSJ
him.500Please respect copyright.PENANANY8YmyiutQ
"Leo! Leo! Get back here right now!" Mrs McDonell called out to her son. "If you don't I swear you will not like me one bit!"500Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0qRNBqVnZ
Leo rolled his eyes as 500Please respect copyright.PENANAuGO6MeZq1l
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and500Please respect copyright.PENANAVo5zAcYeyb
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 500Please respect copyright.PENANAkT00nArkpQ
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 500Please respect copyright.PENANA4ynf3ZSlqz
***500Please respect copyright.PENANAKHxIAqj2pe
The500Please respect copyright.PENANA7lDedV1fnq
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 500Please respect copyright.PENANAexP77u6cen
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been500Please respect copyright.PENANASFqRfYfBv7
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 500Please respect copyright.PENANAqyd0HZEQSg
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother500Please respect copyright.PENANACeaLAISfTC
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.500Please respect copyright.PENANAoNO1n6dD1E
Carly500Please respect copyright.PENANA9czjsYWSIb
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with500Please respect copyright.PENANAwvCmiUc5hd
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full500Please respect copyright.PENANA3n2ivXvWs9
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother500Please respect copyright.PENANALFtO2fQF5F
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 500Please respect copyright.PENANAnsF4GAbvB3
Angel500Please respect copyright.PENANATiYAEVRKtE
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 500Please respect copyright.PENANASTyh9us2zN
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 500Please respect copyright.PENANA3QP5DAJi1c
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 500Please respect copyright.PENANA5SyWj0IhwF
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 500Please respect copyright.PENANAIu5RWeoQdE
still recovering.500Please respect copyright.PENANADsq2qsWntw
Right500Please respect copyright.PENANAG30uRBPEXe
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 500Please respect copyright.PENANAdBOOVEdwaG
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk500Please respect copyright.PENANARfzCEq4oet
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.500Please respect copyright.PENANA9TZWHvmoeG
As500Please respect copyright.PENANAf1wi82drbx
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 500Please respect copyright.PENANA1rzewF19Y7
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and500Please respect copyright.PENANARantKPbCKk
he had a sad look on his face as well.500Please respect copyright.PENANAIOhMpEs8Cg
"I500Please respect copyright.PENANAFJ52gCR86Y
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 500Please respect copyright.PENANA2cZlYRN75q
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."500Please respect copyright.PENANAwxL497liD1
"Don't500Please respect copyright.PENANAT5Ezugsmkm
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 500Please respect copyright.PENANAbia65LF0T2
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."500Please respect copyright.PENANAFQLhRb6gzv
"Don't worry about it. I will make sure to work everything out. I did promise your mother that I will help you out in anyway."500Please respect copyright.PENANA36iFCcMDZc
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."500Please respect copyright.PENANA0h5htiq2RF
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."500Please respect copyright.PENANA99ZuzQhvEF
Carly500Please respect copyright.PENANAWDTttmJb96
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 500Please respect copyright.PENANA4UKRQ7x2ly
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had500Please respect copyright.PENANAsWsuNIUBfr
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 500Please respect copyright.PENANAU406n69TpF
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 500Please respect copyright.PENANAoIcSAsGeA5
eyes.500Please respect copyright.PENANA1Oyvk7Pg9d
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"500Please respect copyright.PENANAResyCU4D9U
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."500Please respect copyright.PENANASWK26xeTK9
"Yes,500Please respect copyright.PENANAGbo9MU0L65
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 500Please respect copyright.PENANAZqQNZUoPIv
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 500Please respect copyright.PENANAFJE3szGtX0
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."500Please respect copyright.PENANA6ew4LU1zQV
"Okay, lets go."500Please respect copyright.PENANA86sWkp6EXF
Carly500Please respect copyright.PENANApYGFIhhK0G
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 500Please respect copyright.PENANAnPJQNMQbJ2
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at500Please respect copyright.PENANAwSucD2vLOK
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 500Please respect copyright.PENANAo7MkoTH5oQ
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.500Please respect copyright.PENANAUMcAFwtJbn
***500Please respect copyright.PENANACa5hE1pGBK
"I500Please respect copyright.PENANASOaSTKfWss
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 500Please respect copyright.PENANA5gkao7Awsy
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 500Please respect copyright.PENANAw9YbFC4aRw
her in the car. 500Please respect copyright.PENANA69dWxQM51z
Angel,500Please respect copyright.PENANAuOlt3aI7nz
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 500Please respect copyright.PENANATQSxWxPKdt
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 500Please respect copyright.PENANAUj0jAVjNpH
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.500Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7PJYD9WHo
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."500Please respect copyright.PENANA69a83W19qy
"Very500Please respect copyright.PENANAcp2ttKG0GK
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to500Please respect copyright.PENANA8V2PvQiBkG
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if500Please respect copyright.PENANAY2R6Ew05Kq
I have to."500Please respect copyright.PENANA3SOthT9UEU
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."500Please respect copyright.PENANA8f1dkNmwJw
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 500Please respect copyright.PENANAXT1kqkdYPs
"Don't500Please respect copyright.PENANAQUTMwkB0aX
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough500Please respect copyright.PENANAIQbgwySlCD
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 500Please respect copyright.PENANA9e5sMxflgQ
right, grandma?"500Please respect copyright.PENANAiqbCzBkPIg
Amanda500Please respect copyright.PENANAiTpNnigLbY
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 500Please respect copyright.PENANAzJf2OtyvCV
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 500Please respect copyright.PENANAFlQDdZUF7Z
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 500Please respect copyright.PENANA92KcYLK3da
you."500Please respect copyright.PENANAf0VvjywmJM
Eric500Please respect copyright.PENANAjf4ZB35qJ2
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 500Please respect copyright.PENANALGORX1qb1S
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 500Please respect copyright.PENANAY2W3B6vxmo
why.500Please respect copyright.PENANAgIeMhjla1V
"What?500Please respect copyright.PENANA5RGOMd8dzJ
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at500Please respect copyright.PENANAG91AnhULYG
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"500Please respect copyright.PENANA8g6gfKPM2S
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"500Please respect copyright.PENANANojJraji4P
"He500Please respect copyright.PENANADWPDhUNR5c
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 500Please respect copyright.PENANAWclnPijC5n
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 500Please respect copyright.PENANA6bNkE1goYs
you get to know him."500Please respect copyright.PENANABwBy57qbXf
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.500Please respect copyright.PENANA5t3tAD183G
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.500Please respect copyright.PENANAfQaQqG4ykG
"Oh, no. Nothing."500Please respect copyright.PENANA7Pa5LKAV43
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."500Please respect copyright.PENANA9pIhizML7B
All500Please respect copyright.PENANAlDMkBRkxjd
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 500Please respect copyright.PENANAzzbmgyKqfh
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 500Please respect copyright.PENANA7c9cx1AzEi
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 500Please respect copyright.PENANATQa88nADzY
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had500Please respect copyright.PENANA8Vj6Al9ueo
never seen such a house ever in her life.500Please respect copyright.PENANAFO1IGiFis4
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"500Please respect copyright.PENANAOeZHD0C693
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.500Please respect copyright.PENANAKMkyigLnm6
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"500Please respect copyright.PENANAEm6LR1sAh0
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.500Please respect copyright.PENANA7B5GudhOOf
Angel500Please respect copyright.PENANAnuW1GuiRRB
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what500Please respect copyright.PENANABVd1UFid0d
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.500Please respect copyright.PENANAW6toOIeeQp
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 500Please respect copyright.PENANAQzXv0aGdid
would begin anytime soon.