The sad gloomy day had 536Please respect copyright.PENANA449sfhHE7W
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 536Please respect copyright.PENANAEHxMAOk8GR
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 536Please respect copyright.PENANAbzv1fijhzY
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 536Please respect copyright.PENANA11TbJF31Sh
Angel couldn't help but 536Please respect copyright.PENANAZBaPezp0j6
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 536Please respect copyright.PENANA2aiN5pWulU
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 536Please respect copyright.PENANAjv6iLvvCBb
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 536Please respect copyright.PENANAygHfi6oJIq
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 536Please respect copyright.PENANArFrLLw4rQI
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.536Please respect copyright.PENANAVWhzBDg83X
As Angel sat on the 536Please respect copyright.PENANABn6iII4R9y
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 536Please respect copyright.PENANAzUZgrbxrA8
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in536Please respect copyright.PENANAfqg4ikpQLw
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 536Please respect copyright.PENANAp40WzUQkJv
appeared across her face.536Please respect copyright.PENANAC9E6PRAfTg
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.536Please respect copyright.PENANA01S6Vr1XK5
"I know I'm supposed to 536Please respect copyright.PENANAoRGwq2sdpz
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when536Please respect copyright.PENANARzS14JxkHI
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 536Please respect copyright.PENANAqiOvDm8Nqw
isn't here anymore."536Please respect copyright.PENANAgqCneEYgw6
Eric squatted beside the536Please respect copyright.PENANAHpqfclfqpq
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 536Please respect copyright.PENANAR6Bl61deqi
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 536Please respect copyright.PENANAIrZtqx8gIt
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped536Please respect copyright.PENANAUKSixWB08q
a little at his touch. 536Please respect copyright.PENANAGvCurwuoqI
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."536Please respect copyright.PENANAgAn2lXsGJG
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 536Please respect copyright.PENANAFpQVjj8242
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a536Please respect copyright.PENANA1RKXvqeZKm
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 536Please respect copyright.PENANAYy3xnWEuh6
past week."536Please respect copyright.PENANAk5FhiXfbKc
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."536Please respect copyright.PENANAcQ4Z1UZvhp
Angel forgot about the 536Please respect copyright.PENANAjZ0u5MMeD3
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 536Please respect copyright.PENANA46MSUgFaMJ
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide536Please respect copyright.PENANA4UIdVFjRev
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.536Please respect copyright.PENANALb5HNHuP7E
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."536Please respect copyright.PENANAE80C8u60du
"You're crazy, Eric."536Please respect copyright.PENANATKaRdwEpCU
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."536Please respect copyright.PENANAw1bIn5UxOh
Angel didn't say 536Please respect copyright.PENANAJpY2PpGTTC
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 536Please respect copyright.PENANA6GtYA4jvSf
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear536Please respect copyright.PENANA5QbEAjB2SR
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 536Please respect copyright.PENANAFQapK7Jbtz
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 536Please respect copyright.PENANAioZcoAViNt
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 536Please respect copyright.PENANAlR7tg3hQMF
the floor.536Please respect copyright.PENANAGEDOW8yqPH
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"536Please respect copyright.PENANAv82Bqd6TpX
Angel didn't say 536Please respect copyright.PENANAWVOgxeXqAB
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 536Please respect copyright.PENANATctFugSizH
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel536Please respect copyright.PENANAwN7a9SDf5u
out of the room. 536Please respect copyright.PENANAV2ADxc7iBR
They went out of the 536Please respect copyright.PENANAXNvRdaNnrf
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 536Please respect copyright.PENANAJB9IGFCF1o
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass536Please respect copyright.PENANA2D9LNti5mD
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 536Please respect copyright.PENANAmw1IqymWyc
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 536Please respect copyright.PENANA7aDQvz1C1R
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those536Please respect copyright.PENANA3IwrGgJCzY
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 536Please respect copyright.PENANAfysV1xz5nj
Cold prickling air 536Please respect copyright.PENANA8HwlLAVQzT
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 536Please respect copyright.PENANAPONSvezgYY
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 536Please respect copyright.PENANAsRZHBqzmKK
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.536Please respect copyright.PENANABk8rPEGiLT
Two black SUVs stood 536Please respect copyright.PENANAAM7iAHMR0k
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 536Please respect copyright.PENANAdteeJM6RAm
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 536Please respect copyright.PENANAHDdJSSIaXy
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 536Please respect copyright.PENANAGmRrWKsEm1
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 536Please respect copyright.PENANA5mzNPcuGuh
out of the hospital premises. 536Please respect copyright.PENANAhWh0lKr9XW
"We will first go for 536Please respect copyright.PENANAAJbFxicUad
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 536Please respect copyright.PENANANDrYDxonYb
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."536Please respect copyright.PENANA9gQo8QbQvF
Angel looked out of the 536Please respect copyright.PENANAX84ptSmM6L
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 536Please respect copyright.PENANAjkS5hnVLRU
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 536Please respect copyright.PENANAlRIo4YWl7V
looking at her.536Please respect copyright.PENANAGQCD1WIlTR
"Don't worry, you will 536Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0xHaO05Ka
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 536Please respect copyright.PENANAGu5owNp6Gi
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."536Please respect copyright.PENANAw4yi6x6RjP
Angel closed her eyes 536Please respect copyright.PENANAjWgUPbpOhT
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 536Please respect copyright.PENANAh9XxxqRFLZ
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 536Please respect copyright.PENANAtBfR66AWOu
Angel slowly opened her 536Please respect copyright.PENANAqgfZLGnaav
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 536Please respect copyright.PENANADcrzRC9Btl
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 536Please respect copyright.PENANAArvU1XZ9el
heart ache and beat faster. 536Please respect copyright.PENANAmUyVB3tE7z
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 536Please respect copyright.PENANAE6GoINcG6q
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 536Please respect copyright.PENANA9OJFhCi7xJ
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."536Please respect copyright.PENANAKyKt8s2oKK
Angel felt Carly put her536Please respect copyright.PENANApuyfObgCZE
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her536Please respect copyright.PENANAChsczhKFTD
hand away. But Carly grasped it.536Please respect copyright.PENANAjaDd4i1hUg
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."536Please respect copyright.PENANAyOnl5B2lLY
The black SUV came to a 536Please respect copyright.PENANAEyvkwfJBjY
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother536Please respect copyright.PENANAFq1hgG46ml
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 536Please respect copyright.PENANAHeCKJFuE7g
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 536Please respect copyright.PENANANg7TRcNMEf
Eric opened the door. 536Please respect copyright.PENANA7SzMiMRxxL
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."536Please respect copyright.PENANAdVpjFczzpi
Eric had set the 536Please respect copyright.PENANAe4xWZ2caRA
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 536Please respect copyright.PENANAgNiUHs7GPL
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 536Please respect copyright.PENANAY5Adw2ZFVQ
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 536Please respect copyright.PENANALPorXTImi5
them. 536Please respect copyright.PENANA7RvC4bmoZt
Angel536Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZreOFCSop
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when536Please respect copyright.PENANAsNYTioexsx
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.536Please respect copyright.PENANA8zs4gpxMdD
***536Please respect copyright.PENANAMdmCNDpVzq
Leo536Please respect copyright.PENANANW5a85t21T
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 536Please respect copyright.PENANA5WIywDGcB4
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 536Please respect copyright.PENANATmtdHGc3pm
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 536Please respect copyright.PENANAyuLdLhRlQC
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 536Please respect copyright.PENANA346ls5M46N
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he536Please respect copyright.PENANAF6XdvwX2XA
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.536Please respect copyright.PENANAE2rREJUL7k
Kim536Please respect copyright.PENANA44em7p7GnU
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 536Please respect copyright.PENANAyWY4DDJmYe
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 536Please respect copyright.PENANAXRCsbTauwX
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 536Please respect copyright.PENANA58OGIBm7FS
arms.536Please respect copyright.PENANAgPFUETEx8H
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."536Please respect copyright.PENANAFgWJrBnRUz
Leo536Please respect copyright.PENANAoRwfrjsafu
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 536Please respect copyright.PENANAlq1CeCME5U
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 536Please respect copyright.PENANAR307rAt3VY
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 536Please respect copyright.PENANAlbqdq9cT2X
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 536Please respect copyright.PENANA14yEGsoMpC
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 536Please respect copyright.PENANABtHSXgIgwK
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.536Please respect copyright.PENANAneBBa2lT0z
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"536Please respect copyright.PENANAqTEKQg6gUC
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."536Please respect copyright.PENANAHo8uqF6TQ7
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"536Please respect copyright.PENANANFuyZTccwy
Leo536Please respect copyright.PENANAT7yDLuJzVD
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 536Please respect copyright.PENANAiO06pmOlqh
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 536Please respect copyright.PENANAcFzMrhAMcU
it's time I come out clean."536Please respect copyright.PENANATNj5oHfUak
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"536Please respect copyright.PENANAks5MVXCJfB
This536Please respect copyright.PENANAf9eO66QvO8
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 536Please respect copyright.PENANAlyRKXUnDtE
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 536Please respect copyright.PENANAQSa3neJqNL
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 536Please respect copyright.PENANAu1djfZYnWe
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.536Please respect copyright.PENANAymouxfkdNm
"The536Please respect copyright.PENANAuEElXrYf7M
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot536Please respect copyright.PENANAApwLsnajiM
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 536Please respect copyright.PENANAhi4Uj32ogM
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want536Please respect copyright.PENANAzcQQ07Gd8B
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."536Please respect copyright.PENANAzM9KlQJCs2
"I536Please respect copyright.PENANAjACogZdKwu
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 536Please respect copyright.PENANAK0oKtDs0ny
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"536Please respect copyright.PENANA5jyqIGd2GJ
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.536Please respect copyright.PENANAC5LhueILKS
"What536Please respect copyright.PENANAo0yyLQlLrk
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 536Please respect copyright.PENANARD9q1mQJoC
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"536Please respect copyright.PENANAncQob9AaLR
Leo536Please respect copyright.PENANAwbUbISmOoy
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 536Please respect copyright.PENANA7P1PoVFI0W
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 536Please respect copyright.PENANAdTFGapxpGi
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 536Please respect copyright.PENANAGOPSbjQVFe
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 536Please respect copyright.PENANAKsIJO0HxDd
would react.536Please respect copyright.PENANAMTyPL49jcO
"After536Please respect copyright.PENANAYZBpvJZgGa
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 536Please respect copyright.PENANAhFgXnFQi9d
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."536Please respect copyright.PENANAdZc8beEcN6
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.536Please respect copyright.PENANAHmDw7XZER5
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."536Please respect copyright.PENANAAkb5f9GbIb
***536Please respect copyright.PENANAH7XcMiAD53
Angel536Please respect copyright.PENANACb4SmsbzQR
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that536Please respect copyright.PENANAGKx4P0DrfX
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother536Please respect copyright.PENANAfiKOJz3qcc
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 536Please respect copyright.PENANAnPX31bv9oy
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 536Please respect copyright.PENANAmlqWIyu45X
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 536Please respect copyright.PENANA6bLTITGO15
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 536Please respect copyright.PENANArs4m1r7OcC
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 536Please respect copyright.PENANAa0Lf1V7ZSo
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.536Please respect copyright.PENANAdaJGGezCEk
After536Please respect copyright.PENANA7kCaWeJvMZ
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 536Please respect copyright.PENANALSg9DSwVLA
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 536Please respect copyright.PENANAGXjlKgTVaF
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 536Please respect copyright.PENANAvARCsQ4woY
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was536Please respect copyright.PENANAeqlf5xCbzN
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 536Please respect copyright.PENANA8YM2IbRkDw
world. 536Please respect copyright.PENANArlknXa0YCd
After536Please respect copyright.PENANAIvMW9R1lkr
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 536Please respect copyright.PENANA7kQ1ICvwxs
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 536Please respect copyright.PENANAllEsgR30rw
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 536Please respect copyright.PENANAYHb9GXe3mt
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."536Please respect copyright.PENANA1lhy9FeMvP
"It's536Please respect copyright.PENANALS5LTBUxgn
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 536Please respect copyright.PENANA04OXiFWhk8
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like536Please respect copyright.PENANAbrjvIiX1es
you."536Please respect copyright.PENANAGbzGc9Sg14
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."536Please respect copyright.PENANA4tzDKhRQVh
"No,536Please respect copyright.PENANAddlbTn6KSD
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 536Please respect copyright.PENANAigM4UelUR6
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to536Please respect copyright.PENANACgn5yesbXE
live with us, it will be great."536Please respect copyright.PENANADx1qUC7oCf
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 536Please respect copyright.PENANArUx3AnxyqL
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.536Please respect copyright.PENANArs02WctOC4
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"536Please respect copyright.PENANAKyR4drM5T5
"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."536Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZAOsvdlYj
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.536Please respect copyright.PENANApDaZFTUjsn
Angel couldn't help but 536Please respect copyright.PENANAeniMfZli7b
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 536Please respect copyright.PENANA2JgcqGPvkH
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 536Please respect copyright.PENANAHxCDUacYKp
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't536Please respect copyright.PENANAfZDimt2qNJ
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 536Please respect copyright.PENANAEXKvAhyX2L
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.536Please respect copyright.PENANAO4SJiDW24R
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."536Please respect copyright.PENANAfHL2yY1JSz
Angel now shifted in her536Please respect copyright.PENANAYZpjpxzjEG
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 536Please respect copyright.PENANAgv2fEFyjuo
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 536Please respect copyright.PENANAhv3H9WqCxH
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 536Please respect copyright.PENANAvAWlg4R3zb
hidden?536Please respect copyright.PENANAgXgE2wSsVm
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"536Please respect copyright.PENANAvQdOf9uLMV
Angel demanded. 536Please respect copyright.PENANA5yqEmfC84a
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."536Please respect copyright.PENANApJNxUtmzcs
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 536Please respect copyright.PENANATKsOj3nreb
"What?!"
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