"Don't you think you should have done something by now?" Miranda asked with her arms folded.568Please respect copyright.PENANAavf4L5oTZy
"What do you mean, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked. 568Please respect copyright.PENANAXCY4aXENtC
"I mean, a week has passed and you haven't reported those people for the damages they caused in the bar that day."568Please respect copyright.PENANAT6Ealozj0e
"Why do you bring up that argument every time, woman!" Mr Walters looked pretty upset.568Please respect copyright.PENANAw0cs08ueqj
"Because, they almost left you for dead and the place was in a mess. Someone has to pay for the damages you know."568Please respect copyright.PENANAEw43ONje8W
"Look, Miranda, I admit,568Please respect copyright.PENANAwMswoKFImF
those people really trashed up the place, but I couldn't report them. 568Please respect copyright.PENANAZrqCi8IdVs
As far as I know, Carly also lost her mother. Now imagine this, your 568Please respect copyright.PENANAQUf4FK9s3y
sister gets into an accident and then your mother dies on the same day. 568Please respect copyright.PENANA5jVYtBUFkM
Won't that be too much too handle?"568Please respect copyright.PENANAQupkx8YQz6
Miranda tapped her foot 568Please respect copyright.PENANAOsQVbhCjAX
as she stared down at her boss who sat behind his office desk looking up568Please respect copyright.PENANAy4Vuz9Olme
at her. He had a few bruises on his face and a slight bump at the back 568Please respect copyright.PENANANKb8SxgegW
of his head. All in all, he still looked okay.568Please respect copyright.PENANAV9f7nj4c4F
"You might have a point though," said Miranda, "but I still think you should have reported them."568Please respect copyright.PENANAMujHQacokr
"You know I couldn't 568Please respect copyright.PENANAmVWAq7yfPV
report to the police. If they got to search this place, they might find 568Please respect copyright.PENANAP0F4uRKLtO
out what dirty business goes on and we would have been in big trouble. I568Please respect copyright.PENANAHNkea2bgvN
can't risk losing my business. We all benefit from it."568Please respect copyright.PENANAXZoPST1Ani
"I see your point there. So, those guys are just going to get away with it, huh?" Miranda asked.568Please respect copyright.PENANAB2CdCRXs12
"No, let things cool 568Please respect copyright.PENANACu7fNQJu2v
down for a little while longer. Once Carly's sister gets better, then I 568Please respect copyright.PENANA235kQwAW3T
will be able to do what I do best. Nobody trashes up my place and gets 568Please respect copyright.PENANAWi1iDYAH2T
away with it that easily."568Please respect copyright.PENANAMopxnhTprS
Miranda smiled. "Now that's what I wanted to hear."568Please respect copyright.PENANAYJSesAOi5h
***568Please respect copyright.PENANAIjmeg00ptc
"You didn't tell him, did you?"568Please respect copyright.PENANAmXOAKSjo63
Angel568Please respect copyright.PENANAE3AKX4X6B9
stared at Eric and Carly who stood at the edge of the bed looking at 568Please respect copyright.PENANARFPMYLnNu2
her with a kind of expression Angel couldn't quite put together. Angel 568Please respect copyright.PENANAheBYJsgkH4
raised an eyebrow as she waited for an answer.568Please respect copyright.PENANALQ9wCJGjfB
"Well... we.... ahh...," Carly couldn't even find the right words.568Please respect copyright.PENANA2Zf6E5oB43
"With the look on your faces, it's quite clear that Mr McDonell doesn't know the whole truth," said Angel. 568Please respect copyright.PENANAc0nHVdDGFV
"It's true, Angel," said Eric. "No one knows the whole truth apart from the four of us."568Please respect copyright.PENANAlAaPfmXXM2
"You guys are unbelievable! Just because I couldn't talk for a whole week, you decided to twist the whole story around?"568Please respect copyright.PENANAX8G0eZQvGm
"We're sorry, Angel," said Carly, "we just didn't want to make things complicated."568Please respect copyright.PENANAoUFqIrDh2E
"Make things complicated! Carly, you just made everything worse!"568Please respect copyright.PENANA5U0VDEpjqe
Angel's568Please respect copyright.PENANAI7tfpf9V7Z
anger was rising to the surface and she knew she was going to burst any568Please respect copyright.PENANAXbph1N9l6A
moment. Things now looked messy, and Angel felt it was all her fault. 568Please respect copyright.PENANARi7d30SXEV
She could have avoided all this, but it looked like things went out of 568Please respect copyright.PENANALMciJgnjvT
hand.568Please respect copyright.PENANAxHcnmP8imV
"So, even when giving a police report, you all lied?" Angel asked.568Please respect copyright.PENANAfR1V9g8h6R
"We all agreed to it," said Eric, "no one was to know the real reason as to why Leo was never there at the wedding."568Please respect copyright.PENANABPXo1glJ3M
"And you used my accident as an escape plan, then?" Angel's face was heating up.568Please respect copyright.PENANALQ6ZakIn5V
"We just had to do it, Angel," said Eric. "If we didn't, we were going to be in a lot of trouble."568Please respect copyright.PENANAPbGiptQf5P
"In trouble with who? I want to know because you're already in trouble with me."568Please respect copyright.PENANAPRUmDnPz9T
"Please, don't ask," said Eric, "you look like you're going to burst any moment and you need to rest."568Please respect copyright.PENANAMW5b2KJAdS
"I'll only rest until you try to fix this mess."568Please respect copyright.PENANAQuA2XSKzvl
"What's568Please respect copyright.PENANAFEHKAIma0l
done is done, Angel," said Carly, "everyone thinks Eric and Leo just 568Please respect copyright.PENANAtMcdSskOKh
went out for a ride and then you got hit by accident. If you tell the 568Please respect copyright.PENANAdQlcHUEXpQ
truth, Leo might just end up in prison because they might think you 568Please respect copyright.PENANACiQAkkeSNH
being hit was intentional."568Please respect copyright.PENANAtFBuKAMeDp
"As568Please respect copyright.PENANA0UKn481WMH
much as Leo had done most of the damage," said Angel, rolling her eyes,568Please respect copyright.PENANA40bL2fn1oZ
"I'm not that cruel to let him rot in prison. I might as well have 568Please respect copyright.PENANA90R56OE2Lu
dropped the charges."568Please respect copyright.PENANA8gXuLkQzqB
"But the damage is already done," said Eric, "we can't tell the truth. We could all be in big trouble."568Please respect copyright.PENANANQLZipDLSu
"And568Please respect copyright.PENANAahlhRAQ2hC
imagine what Mr McDonell would have thought if he knew I once worked as568Please respect copyright.PENANALosnRnIgsN
a prostitute," said Carly, "he wouldn't have even offered to help us."568Please respect copyright.PENANAyHO69Uta89
"No,"568Please respect copyright.PENANACOLwI2csBo
said Angel, "I think you're wrong on that. If he truly was a good 568Please respect copyright.PENANACTAmT5B4Mc
friend of our late mother, he still would have helped us."568Please respect copyright.PENANAGtSsD1ZNd0
"Now that you have brought up my uncle in all this," Eric intervened quickly, "will you accept his proposal?"568Please respect copyright.PENANAXkZw6Pfrse
Before568Please respect copyright.PENANAxtZa65Bz3y
Mr McDonell had left, he had asked Angel if she and Carly could move 568Please respect copyright.PENANACZ952sRom2
into his house and stay with the family. Angel said she would think 568Please respect copyright.PENANA23x1VrGjeI
about it and she had asked how her mother had died so suddenly on that 568Please respect copyright.PENANA2GZLH4reIY
fateful day. 568Please respect copyright.PENANArKClXgKVH0
As568Please respect copyright.PENANAtwp9L3XyZH
Mr McDonell explained the events, to Angel, it was quite clear that Mr 568Please respect copyright.PENANAly456MLFKi
McDonell didn't know the real reason why Leo wasn't at the wedding. 568Please respect copyright.PENANAAF4571cszf
Because he did say that he had called home and was told that Leo and 568Please respect copyright.PENANADeUHq7RSEP
Eric were gone. And a few moments after calling Angel, the accident 568Please respect copyright.PENANA1WnOnUtckT
occurred. Besides, he didn't pose any question as to why Angel and Carly568Please respect copyright.PENANA51it8EDDYR
were along that street that day in the first place. It seemed to 568Please respect copyright.PENANAqIQLrqn6uP
everyone, that all that occurred was nothing but a coincidence.568Please respect copyright.PENANATuTepDLcpW
"I have already made up my mind," said Angel, "I think Carly and I shouldn't move in to your house."568Please respect copyright.PENANAYY4HAijQ72
Carly and Eric gave Angel horrifying looks. Carly came to sit close to her sister on the edge of the bed.568Please respect copyright.PENANAV37xEduaOb
"What? But Angel...."568Please respect copyright.PENANAyxuAZcIYGk
"But568Please respect copyright.PENANA5JLts4sXES
nothing, Carly," said Angel. "I don't think it's a good idea. As much 568Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZmFlEJSax
as Mr McDonell is trying to help us out, living in his house doesn't 568Please respect copyright.PENANAPCrDkh9Kfw
seem right."568Please respect copyright.PENANANmX1sDTkKa
"Oh, really then? Is it that or are you saying that because you don't want to ever see Leo within your sight?"568Please respect copyright.PENANA1H5Ao6JXXl
Angel didn't say anything for a second as she stared at her sister, trying to figure out the right words to use. 568Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3rOyUURNy
"Its568Please respect copyright.PENANA63705iMlG2
not like that," said Angel. "I don't think its right after all that's 568Please respect copyright.PENANAMA7EnVgNYr
happened. If we live in their house it would feel completely weird. Just568Please respect copyright.PENANAomMYHMlt3C
so you know, Leo and Eric aren't strangers to you and I anymore."568Please respect copyright.PENANA4l1TYHgwUD
"Angel, please think about it for one second," pleaded Carly.568Please respect copyright.PENANAVGzN8HvqmK
"And why are you insisting? It's not like we have a house of our own. Or do you just want to be close to Leo?"568Please respect copyright.PENANAN6AGROTQBc
Carly568Please respect copyright.PENANA8NwmH8Bp56
looked baffled and Eric just stood there without saying a word. Angel 568Please respect copyright.PENANAMkd3P4IfVR
noticed the blush come across her sister's cheeks and Angel felt like 568Please respect copyright.PENANASetwJ2mNSo
slapping it off her face.568Please respect copyright.PENANAaJKnbyaGAS
"Aren't you going to say anything? I already gave my reason," said Angel. "Now you tell me yours."568Please respect copyright.PENANAVvsgC2muCD
Carly looked the other way and Eric stared down at his feet. Angel looked at Carly and then at Eric, and then back again.568Please respect copyright.PENANAjQdA80OpCj
"Your silence tells me there is more to all this," said Angel, with an eyebrow raised. "Do the two of you still meet?"568Please respect copyright.PENANAd8kSsn1k3R
Carly568Please respect copyright.PENANA5EOsWEnGUO
played around with her fingers and Angel noticed. Carly had always done568Please respect copyright.PENANAfDd6MicJNU
that whenever she was nervous and was trying to hide the truth.568Please respect copyright.PENANAgEvokLL3iZ
Angel let out a sigh and sunk down deeper into the bed covers.568Please respect copyright.PENANA5POvevEG90
"I think I don't have to say much since you already gave me your answer. I think I'll just rest now," Angel yawned.568Please respect copyright.PENANAXFZblpfZRz
"Angel, will you just-" 568Please respect copyright.PENANAN2ICFCxEVr
"Listen568Please respect copyright.PENANAu5VFTtnvwQ
to you?"Angel finished the sentenced. "I'm tired of listening. Eric's 568Please respect copyright.PENANANJ1FmwwIus
right. I need some rest. So, may you please leave?"568Please respect copyright.PENANA7Z0qIIzwWT
Carly568Please respect copyright.PENANAXDLI1K5BIj
looked at her sister, but Angel turned her face the other way and 568Please respect copyright.PENANA0EmdaSVtre
closed her eyes. Before Carly could protest, Leo came closer to her and 568Please respect copyright.PENANAx1vQG4sDDT
held her shoulder.568Please respect copyright.PENANAGA8j1h7J8K
"I think we should leave," said Eric, "I think she's had enough to handle for one day. Let's go."568Please respect copyright.PENANAPtU4x3pirH
Carly568Please respect copyright.PENANAvrnr0vb01X
didn't say a thing as she nodded her head. She slowly got up from the 568Please respect copyright.PENANAiqfwKCUSFp
bed and went out of the room with Eric behind her who closed the door.568Please respect copyright.PENANApbq8Bb8gss
After568Please respect copyright.PENANAIhnWPLKDci
Carly and Eric had left, Angel's eyes flew back open and only herself 568Please respect copyright.PENANAL4dX5tjk7Y
knew how much rage was stirring inside her. All she needed was rest and 568Please respect copyright.PENANAEMf5SRXRPR
to get better soon. And maybe, just maybe, she would give Leo a piece of568Please respect copyright.PENANA6vh1qRUq4A
her fist.568Please respect copyright.PENANAahpBcGOfBk
***568Please respect copyright.PENANAejcnrwJdTl
Leo568Please respect copyright.PENANAstJOmbTDyi
stared at his watch as he waited in the packing lot. His car was packed568Please respect copyright.PENANAxtS4hCK3c5
in between two ambulances and he had a clear view of the entrance of 568Please respect copyright.PENANA4Q4OQjsK5P
the hospital. He saw Carly escort Eric to his car. Eric got into his car568Please respect copyright.PENANAsH67LKevr9
and drove off. And Carly stood there until Eric's car was out of sight.568Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5zVs7Ntbu
Carly rushed over to where Leo had packed the car. Leo unlocked the car568Please respect copyright.PENANA4wubMPBGAM
door and Carly quickly went in the car.568Please respect copyright.PENANALCdOsvOH5E
"Hey, how are you?" Leo asked. 568Please respect copyright.PENANAWYgvhCpoUz
"Angel's mad," said Carly with a sulking look on her face, "how would I feel?"568Please respect copyright.PENANAtQEwvMZ4LO
"What happened?" Leo asked as he rolled his eyes.568Please respect copyright.PENANAgInhXlvroH
"Apparently,568Please respect copyright.PENANA3gpdghaTcV
she's so smart enough that she figured out that your family doesn't 568Please respect copyright.PENANAN3XQdbBTFE
know the real reason why you weren't at the wedding that day. And she 568Please respect copyright.PENANAvMJiw8KPfK
has a hunch that the two of us are still seeing each other."568Please respect copyright.PENANA1HILPueJCN
"And she is mad just because of one little lie? Your sister is way too serious with such things."568Please respect copyright.PENANAOQjjvGwjFL
"To my sister, this lie might just complicate things. And she feels hurt because we used her accident as an escape plan."568Please respect copyright.PENANA0IU7A31AtW
Carly568Please respect copyright.PENANAkEepggLNcu
paused for a while as she leaned into the car seat and breathed out 568Please respect copyright.PENANA9UdrQNTqSZ
deeply. There was silence for a while as Carly stared up at the car 568Please respect copyright.PENANAqte3eWyClm
ceiling.568Please respect copyright.PENANASHy7hZ4tfy
"Somehow, I think she's right," said Carly. 568Please respect copyright.PENANAHHL26jNiiy
"Right about what?"568Please respect copyright.PENANAIdFF1axGrV
"The lie we just created. It might affect all of us in the future."568Please respect copyright.PENANAWI4hJx7Rkd
Leo looked straight at Carly with an eyebrow raised.568Please respect copyright.PENANAwXk9cvsrRk
"Don't tell me you're supporting your sister on this."568Please respect copyright.PENANAGLLi9WO3VE
"I don't support it, but she did raise a good point. Later on, the truth will eventually come to light and it won't be pretty."568Please respect copyright.PENANAKDabnMQAHL
Leo568Please respect copyright.PENANALhau2KxQuC
put his hand on Carly's shoulder. "No. Thats not going to happen. I'll 568Please respect copyright.PENANAi5FZ7FLJEP
be the one to make sure that the truth isn't revealed to anyone."568Please respect copyright.PENANAuyGBBQ793B
"Thanks, Leo," said Carly as she gave him a smile.568Please respect copyright.PENANAk9qNZaGbD5
"So, I was told my dad came here. What was it about?"568Please respect copyright.PENANAi51D9ZOjmT
"He asked us if it was necessary for Angel and I to move in and stay with you guys," said Carly in a low voice.568Please respect copyright.PENANA1eLqRwQUjm
"Wait, what?" Leo looked completely confused. "But why come and live with my family?"568Please respect copyright.PENANAB3IUmIkuBm
"He's568Please respect copyright.PENANA6t1QOKhU3I
trying to keep a promise he made to my mother. Maybe he thought us 568Please respect copyright.PENANA1lhm3qucdJ
coming to live with your family was a good idea. He's just trying to 568Please respect copyright.PENANAvrDiMIjKfT
help us out."568Please respect copyright.PENANAzHclltUbZp
Leo568Please respect copyright.PENANA71OFKgHZ9j
didn't say anything as he tried to process what Carly had told him. For568Please respect copyright.PENANAJwGQKwYjgi
a moment he stared out of the car window, deep in thought.568Please respect copyright.PENANA9vTMMtWqfT
"Whats wrong, Leo?" Carly asked. "Don't you think it's a good idea or you don't agree to it?"568Please respect copyright.PENANAx4fNepGoTL
Leo turned his head to look back at Carly who was staring back at him waiting for an answer. 568Please respect copyright.PENANAThY3SP8s4U
"I....," Leo hesistated, "I don't think it's a good idea."568Please respect copyright.PENANAFAEoGTIOri
Carly was dumbstruck. For a moment she shook her head and gave a little laugh.568Please respect copyright.PENANA3leVhNPakn
"OMG," said Carly, "do you know what, that's exactly what Angel said as well."568Please respect copyright.PENANA4hQXJrC4so
Leo didn't say anything as Carly continued laughing. Leo raised an eyebrow. 568Please respect copyright.PENANAyGwbefBcRq
"And why the heck are you laughing if your sister didn't agree to it?"568Please respect copyright.PENANAjpZaG0MTLa
"I just realised that I'm so dumb not to have realised this sooner," said Carly in between laughs.568Please respect copyright.PENANAuE2QDAz4tG
Leo shrugged his shoulders. "And whats that?"568Please respect copyright.PENANABmniWSloWj
"You and my sister still hate each other."568Please respect copyright.PENANAlizURwLsZ3
There was silence in the car as the two stared at each other. And then all of the sudden, Carly burst out laughing again. 568Please respect copyright.PENANAN2zm6DQXVl
"It's not funny, Carly," said Leo, looking serious.568Please respect copyright.PENANAFLjjVadIuA
"But568Please respect copyright.PENANATL5Vz82yYA
it is. Even if my sister doesn't show it, she still hates you. And that568Please respect copyright.PENANAUxjsTOYxXQ
look in your eyes when I told you about us living with your family, was568Please respect copyright.PENANALzbiOfB4m6
so clear. If the two of you ever got to meet, you would be two angry 568Please respect copyright.PENANAt0EndPcEGA
wild cats trying to tear each other apart."568Please respect copyright.PENANAUKYnBN34e1
"That's not true. I don't hate your sister," Leo protested.568Please respect copyright.PENANARnZ1JgMt9r
"Then why do you think its inappropriate that Angel and I come live with your family?"568Please respect copyright.PENANA9H1Ar8ciD8
"Because it would feel completely weird."568Please respect copyright.PENANAV9hdMKeI67
"Is it just me or are you and my sister getting the same scripts from the same book? She also said that."568Please respect copyright.PENANANZON7FjPkR
"Don't say that, Carly."568Please respect copyright.PENANAm6SfzElGn1
"Then568Please respect copyright.PENANASaLBQQ9K3A
what should I say? You're acting like a total bum just like my sister. 568Please respect copyright.PENANAdCKyjwnN9j
And you say that my sister is serious, now look who is serious now!"568Please respect copyright.PENANAflj7RtXXYU
Leo became frustrated and didn't say anything else. He looked at Carly and he felt so stressed out.568Please respect copyright.PENANADSinwgBglp
"It568Please respect copyright.PENANA2m6AXWHyxc
wouldn't be a bad idea if you came and stayed with us. But your sister 568Please respect copyright.PENANAZdHBmH87VV
might just get in the way of things. And besides, my family has no idea 568Please respect copyright.PENANApial4E7VFZ
that we all know each other already. So playing pretend, is going to be 568Please respect copyright.PENANA9npKRgZ7cR
difficult."568Please respect copyright.PENANAqWY5nh0DEp
"Ya,568Please respect copyright.PENANAgdPdwvmWhx
I know, Leo," said Carly as she placed her hand on Leo's knee. "That's 568Please respect copyright.PENANAbGyY8aLkjB
what my sister is afraid of. Playing pretend won't be easy."568Please respect copyright.PENANARh3gnrUlFx
Leo smiled a little. "Don't worry everything is going to be alright."568Please respect copyright.PENANANvcZ9164uu
Carly smiled back and gave Leo a peck on the cheek. Carly hugged him and Leo also put his arm around her. 568Please respect copyright.PENANAswrYBklRQG
As568Please respect copyright.PENANALcsf5T60SF
they stayed like that for a while, Leo couldn't help but wonder what 568Please respect copyright.PENANAqNk2VGXwVL
would happen if Angel ever did agree to live with the McDonell family.