Stuck In A K-Pop World: Hitting With A Big Bang (A Black Kitty Series, Book 1) - Chapter 23: Swapped

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Waking up this Monday 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1PVF6BsWH
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CvBCOwgAq
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9sAjBZpvx
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ltuVymOON
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vXhHLwxko
myself to be.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFjDtxUswX

I couldn't stop 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBDf4K9qWh
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkH8SGGENt
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnV36x06nwL
feel that something was wrong.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HROiPEG7Z

Could they have known 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RxhesXVac
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPT5YxKQoE
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdR1ElRSTiw
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAaJZEavo5
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDM8zxwUAw
just had our usual conversation.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefJaWh6LU1

I brushed off all those 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5Y0ISsC3g
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ergWXpPcx
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk37pYOcjMa
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGiyRI6hiQ
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PdYk0nw9w

But now that she wasn't 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRccuZYVib
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZc4PeBIdr
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHnfIAaCO1
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkEq3iPKUC
woken up early before the alarm rang.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdISeyHl2m

I sat up on my bed and 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWfr6k3pWF
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FNTcTc3Zk
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQXFiEQoQo
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrcABFyM8d
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHdQiHvOI0

After seeing her with 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLPMVEtxVa
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRb0t7jgUom
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0g7IIVxld
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE59K34zbM
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhFgEz1cCE
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHQMAoslBJ
day. That left me devastated.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYSczR0fpB

I couldn't stop looking 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmP3HNMNzWs
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2h9XZWyjs
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4WbNKPpdT
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEiJkPCcmO
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEUWAQLA1R
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlF1peNfR5F
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoO2cGsjy41

That sent me boiling to a991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohS68v5X1e
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzThQw5KAc
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnFUykST24
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kTAXa3W04

Christine had told me to991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OeAwjV3K9
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjp9ICv28A
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZdIlf7hEc
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjO2C5D9M29
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2CbwAIUzB
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeVDo44b1d
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOt28fmg9aV

And now, I had to face 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQO0ZYOntkS
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9G3Q50uCg
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DODvevb9s
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnboe3Fcqf
was still so upset.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwz9TbcHom3

I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwzyZQQprN

After I was done, I 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsYkUZ6QOl
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYU4w5kkZT
others at the dining table for breakfast.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj52RJLTos

I found them already 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgbHDiAL7b
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDB58uLqa0
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxznMVtG4x

I felt a little awkward 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAh2dKZEyyA
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgWw3PtFil
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfw23aPXPsS
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0tDzRXIIk
that also felt weird.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuIQXph81T

I know that she and I 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡed2KEkuZP4
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfhAf7UTgR
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7utTBlqkxS
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHceHORliU
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmspsV2c0Y
like something was wrong.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUKn5rmDta

I poured myself a cup of991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL19a7kIaBD
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdMSEzUUKZ
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJ3vcWYMrL

"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xO1XeOWJe

My heart almost skipped a991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIKhnWI51y
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GdONRxS0p
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7SO29w7L9
too far. I was over here! Hello!991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaeHxlc35T

"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAyNFwt1U7

"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxa3csktWX

"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTbUM15A1J

"I have no doubt about it."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpkN6B11cN

"But I don't see why you991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstxAxzelmo
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLN72W0DHCI
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpf33vAntA

"One thing about fans is991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf0MnEMZ0Z
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1h73BDRKP
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlBqMJ8E4V

"I know," said Lee. 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHBRLOpX9F
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9d9R1sgxx
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQdGr81LOd
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDW7TsykhWE

"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPiQ9f7YI8

"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU49bmUHpaS

"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriqoty441p

"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENFVlVme51

"Aye, aye," said Daniel.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ue9MJhMJ5

"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7VYjlgjBY

"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkCHnbExkq

"You're just too quiet, that's all."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXyuhNCH7f

"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1bUookqNs

I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIvyxxeGvQ

"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvL450mWyjQ

I stuck my tongue out at991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIdat1Jcjg
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB23f8BzEHz
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJuhCeG2pj
still wasn't looking in my direction.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQ1eagfwsm

Soon after breakfast, we991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmNcQEoKki
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwNn6Euz7z
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nmEyK3ZrE
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCE3apPP68q
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNPQqfAY0N
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOTOko4QHz
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1wFfEwo7Y
she would.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTwQMURYA8

We arrived at YG and we 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpxEWIO3NX
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09TAIJtxUa
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxdtfhA6cU
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1cdnHf0wi

When everyone was 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gaDWzrFs0
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVdz1BU1g8
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKKvULkeTK
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWL2slzYc2
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiE2BD9nap

He not responding to me 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXblHxe69Q
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvUtwzxVfb
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxp8RyUiRfb
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJ4O7MY5ey
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSOba4FNwG
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnmUGuuKly
looked away instead.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTWwlCAYg5

We went straight to 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VGNDBH4UI
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZ2RgiZV84
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocAP03e9r9
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbTjrZ70zW
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wLpusmiqM
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6kqkNfvwv

During pratice, I 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuP5nwYEQf7
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmqybuXx2F
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ97Nc7aGOX
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytzS6tcmEs

G-Dragon wasn't the only991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPaH7FIBg8
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1F5Loxl78i
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDPOtFPyn8
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQlQeXB2cx
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxuDq87lcv
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJipVZWxaZB

As her best friend, I 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtgTIV07nU
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uUunoCyQm
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROKNMiY7E4
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpm5xdovCJC
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwJTwKYysL

She is also smart, 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnw87HYCUM
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZj6cPMmjrb
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQkpS7XHZi
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPtwYdNOb6
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMKPdfmSf7

Sam has a lot of good 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IEJkLGoo1
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYL1rSuQj1w
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgnCCvLXUC
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IUIbW1Aqk
want to hurt anyone around her.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6D9O8UgPjN

Realising this made me 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJ1vyLFE8X
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYDovksqa9
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxhEmMH8Bh
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeupRrgUCH6
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp59oYcdqNO
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiDvN9QnO6
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXm13qydee
realise it till now.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0D6wVrZA8

"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEb4ERZdch

"Zoey, you aren't 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ740KN2xWDD
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIdrYGvSmX
second time you have made the same mistake."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOynEDFvg2

"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeHUWK8Cmg

"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiaYNDYqFB

It was lunch the time we991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwy7oZ8HEcv
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNJib9DgDp
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lcDtr8prF
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntI761PclQ
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO0vsapQ8r
they were all laughing.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrRLtqMBLw

"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae5U5Iph6h

"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqKny1Nxx5

"Still not talking to Sam?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05kfsIUs3p

"Nope."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsF07SnMq7y

TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgt4vhkHwyl

"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoM4LlUd45

"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Zs8kG8Ugj

"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHWXRB9Hi2

"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡef1x7rQRzF

"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIxTKh3JxZ

"I know. But you aren't 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMTKbeCmx9
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyrrCGui17
You would be chit chatting like you always do."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTK1ZWoBrHE

"What if I just want to be alone for today?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxc8994Xvp

"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMTTGOXAfy

I frowned. "Why?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqUBBOTN27

"Because you look miserable."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYeAev7T9B

I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlfFjWuiYb

"Miserable!"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qAaAIWi6u

"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppRbAmchOa

I thought for a moment 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8iZpp0Nk4
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyJ8NN4CVn
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaq9A1ySgf
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7ke05lz6R
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJihalk5Os

Seeing all this in front991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUqZsTNveb
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoShSN9fWhW
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKO326fxC5
Until TOP came to talk to me.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlOUa2bbqY

"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DQympY3bM

"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OOQ3btcN2

"I don't know," I said 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpX5XGmmLu6
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbFZ9y69kH
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7XolNnKeg

I told TOP what happened in the morning and how it felt weird that Sam didn't say a word to me nor even looked at me.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeZnc0HZQu

"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDu6jx6LXMA

"Then why don't you talk to her?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IT5b9HC6g

"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxS4zvF2Tu0

"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2j2BPvbz43

"I know."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27eUOox2Eq

"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqOlYfiktH

"I'll think about it."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeDONPhRBX

"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS85f0FUzEA

Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mY5qUBCcv

"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJWSZadAvW

"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOZkUGFU1w

The three of us went out991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOreEoX2gU
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QEUFUq95m
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmMgIXqDEt

As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFLNw2JOhB

"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAaL3oX1L3

"Chill, you just ordered991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqZ8soC965
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZnIrdR6r8
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVv1CVXHzZ

"But I'm so hungry."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyK4lfMJu0

"Trust me, you aren't 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtg5Ldnkul0
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyV1dL5NKfa
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHf50DjVpf0
have."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jozEfwMZb

"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUN3IHtMrB

"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWqBtdPjij

"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sZh0ddxcY

"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSx6UEuqew

"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FS9WfYSKb

I didn't say anything as991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZuD8s80Zx
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktFHC9Di08
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUpeuXNhBJ
calling.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMi0YH8B7J

"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZ8jfsWtau

"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHF60B3HLY

"Okay, well you better answer that call."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3la6zeSvpp

I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzksaVGCyKT

"Hello," I answered.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmICQFMaDc

"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYzPpnjct1

"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWdUEB5TrC

"We have to meet today, ASAP."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLFrNFUNVd

"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAJ579P5m8

"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOniyAQEYaj

I knew Jehan was going 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflykznOwGN
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjK4iQZ4HzH
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RNjo8CA2S
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRo5hw8MI3
was upstairs in the dance studio.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQm6FWatGrV

"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizgi281H8p

"I'm coming to YG to get it."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS167xGw9yx

"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUm2V6ae8L2

"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHeE6SBhcc

"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEptXjuQyC

He cut the call and I 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoA3zQKqLD
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PBeomAQUH
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJOha9KNl6
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4B5pm1tJH
him they would start to ask questions.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lQ2pyPxC5

"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzcfNIaM4C

I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LNvs0wEPb

"What?" I asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQtb6OkKz7

"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhv9bsAn3U

"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenba0FIUSJ

"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspZ6GC3r82

"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKa1k9k1bX

"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4y8ERCyzon

"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡao3L3hb6Th

"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6RG2j5DRg

Dang it! I was cornered 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPSflC7CSD
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sdyZ2BVrI
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3e114BB04S
light no matter how much you try to hide it.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxN2lk0eNy

"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEuPy0ruVn

I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV885bWOnX0

"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5K9gZakmI

We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC98CgND8C

I told them everything 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrZQcsixZM
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0KRIpnGqL
said a word until I finished the whole story.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiTtuwYxXX

"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJ4bTXh1Yc

"Just you two," I answered.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWieTpPksF1

"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ryhvXg0LO

"Surprising, right?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdC4UmKkAj

"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rsF7EQgSV

"We should involve the police," said TOP.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIFY8SGi13

"No! We can't!"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy91NBXtff1

"Why?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbLB32wvcr

"You know word goes out 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoraNdWFHtb
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPHhEisVf1
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQ9cSwt7Ny

"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7zqGHc2TW

"He assured me that this991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsjkavt5jn
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOz6okoYLVG
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5HjuRUzf3

"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcks62x8FE

The three of us turned 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyrEBKE4JP
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReqpm9X8Ju
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgodNrvDax

"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZV6PkMRnIj

"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBM0DLJ2wB

"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpQOje9esV

"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8811sqzCe

"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwisKHNHLcX

"Random stuff involving a991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinqgCDLEih
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHiSQaUqe8
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDWwcBPMc8
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQNEkpoNeU
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIDMXCbSZQ

I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnCT2iDBQc

"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcWuI0fvH8

"Okay, I won't."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCV4ybiGy1z

"Sit down."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWvrx7t3q4

Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvo3EkN1Y0y

"I got myself into trouble," I started.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJDqhVp3QL

"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdUr7VJfrm

"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIH8Z6mMJb

Christine's face soon 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZx5Bh9DQM
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6PIF3aVbM
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PZebPnCqo

"What!"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nqJRGmgCn

TOP quickly covered up 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8N9XHMD9bl
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepAJA6LsMw
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcu23ncBub
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaLzmY559m

"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoSNgqo3Hn

"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnC1HBW065

"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0RT2InzoX

"Of course I'm mad!" 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6m4YvAqOt
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgrsMHlNQy
but this by far is the worst one of them all."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjxJqacQ3F

"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2KunOEePh

"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQKcY3f1Ni

"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlOnP9cCDE

"Ya, I remember. What about him?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LmeFO6uk9

"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcB4VazFELV

"WHAT!"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYVvN5yICG

"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxqO6g4Csu

"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYoSOpIACL

"And the one I met at the café," I said.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvY4SgU3Px

"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkKi7T5sdQ

"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGaxA30Kam

"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aBqblXEJS

"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuN2NJ3JEtV

"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZiPTWxzm5

"Ya," I said. "I planned991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhY6IAqqVdc
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjmR1XLkRJ
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOPv9YkKVX

"So you're the one who 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9hR8WstiI
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡli1xUwICuA
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXozNROp4s
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcNXHWa1g0
out with Seungri."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptOAE0l9qe

"I lied."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7I1mrvF2MC

Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9Aqe3r3BW

"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbWmHACNeu

"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMQsPxK2Oi

"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPna0p0JDB

"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCmWh3X1X1

"I know. Now he wants the teddy bear back today. And I don't know what to do. He wanted to come here and get the teddy himself."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEl3kLm87q

"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBs0tBecx2

"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwYuEhacWD

"Now where is she going to meet him now? She has to take that teddy bear away or else it could land us into more trouble."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfGzIwnWXm

"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmY5QkRhjGb

"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0wLw1lrvB

"But where?" I asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYAoVQQWVX

"Tell him you will meet at the café. The one you had met him in last time. TOP and I will take you there," said Seungri.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYa57gEgKGG

"I'm also coming with you," said Christine. "And don't refuse." She pointed her finger at me when I opened my mouth to object.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkBL5Ff7PB

"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhepmsL7M6A

"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeETVeQn0n

I took my phone out and 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcBPZReRzj
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsm6k0PsDy
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtKHwbf3KB

"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0UI4McoyG

"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFDQAfBOSs

Seungri had ordered ten 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHGQ8bm22r
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTR3q5LjTWl
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqJZtsrZ8S
favourite.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUFyWqMCRM

We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdygeaWzD04

"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywOMlrx7Dq

"I'll be ready for 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PjakL6hj9
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxLBWDtSzV
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxM8oLVMzn

"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSks4BSuNjb

"And G-Dragon," TOP added.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfZ7JKO5a1

"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZftPkY8vd

"Well, someone has to," said Christine.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxT7X8aO4J

"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdxaujycV6

"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQ7hhbBZt2

We found ourselves back 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFxYwz8IrR
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5h0rNwl264
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGamb9gMCj
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiWenkkv7D
paranoid?991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7UdZa3syd

Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxNTacCpbw

"What?" I asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VxSIme5iP

"You were frowning," Christine answered.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEx0iaIU2BJ

"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IaMoayDt5

"Says the person who 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikY9koIBZi
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0WY0EIIU0
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNKliUpy6o
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarrmuwLwIj

Soon after lunch, we 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlNftJprAn
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAAgUN0qPZ
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSJz8UTIuj
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXK7NQZ79SZ
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5p24ccqosN
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkajuRNWopQ
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXgJk4ZlAg

At some point in the 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3kBUXlKNI
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjwpEgCldI
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6VaerX75A
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNmRaey8mU
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEtMhxlMvc
back to practising until we could pratice no more.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhmu7vdifb

It was five and the sun 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4d9ERA9L7
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVSZ46ihWm
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBXRJK3nCj
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAczjK5Q9v
side of me. We were all pretty tired.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvH6PE8ALyD

The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AbSV5tDYP

While I was resting and 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYghhQ3hYO
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNhEXwbJvR
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNp4qsSNJM
look on my face.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6w1oNLlTN

"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSj8WuDis6

"Go? Go where?" I asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMihXpk2aMt

Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrJPsMa2cJ

"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBysmPpGir5

"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIcBB4d6oT

It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBQOZWXjJ5

"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLCOqzaqvk

"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFElbnkpQEt

"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJzj9PsaWS

"I want to follow too," said Daniel.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyJytPWmRj

"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6yB2LMzqA

I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFugLRfopx9

"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwhWaLW5Bw

"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcUiogXhf0

"Ya, me too," said Mike.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7gmzNCfYI

"Why don't you want 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSE0hHnZsK
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXieIWDY8JY
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sQvXgqaAO
not to follow."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqyFkn6zj6

I wanted to protest and 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcBhLMtnVA
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMNRd4ydhJ
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMNX1dmYkX
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3ZMDX12Xi

"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtngt0OPPF

Dang it!991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCbmakhJn4

"Okay, you'll find me back at the hotel. I'll tell Collins that you had to go out," said Sam to the others, giving them a smile.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65TUu93KOx

"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBulmq1vg3

"Thanks, that's nice of 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOAm0POPk0
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCHXpKOiLz
the others. "Have fun you, guys."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJZJCyp5Iu

Sam and Daesung left the991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9o2mLxuBs6
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjFoFF0dIS
myself that the two also made a nice pair.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJEUnPxTXf

"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLwAgBmBTL

"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVjPwmaHLz

"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4v6zzpkhXN

Christine stood up from 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGqduilM4J
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuBjjhGqjw
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0xsTtg3Dr

I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGqOVXVDfX

"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLk9oLxzdWf

"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUI4yh5B6e

"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPKkgzl8v2

Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvlRBuJc8M

I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTiksaTE99

"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5A7qaqsTn

"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUurAAxIev

TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTg5z58SarH

"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqjIe9LQr6

"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmo1fjN3qxX

"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5WYLFpGe7

"I know," said Christine.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJ4zAgGd3K

"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZpw4jm6E2

"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9OZKjYS4C

"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6fZ7o5X14

"So that she can judge me? No way."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDJfJr6DbS

"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSJl6RsBmU

"Don't try to convince 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7R4nk9lUL4
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxFeCNu1W7
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPsmq02anr
like she could hit me with a hammer.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCpEADiQHC

"Okay, let's go," said TOP.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADr4jVzDtM

I got up from the floor 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3C8rFzpcN
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqbCxoTsCz
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDDQYgJZnd
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdwg9LHuPG
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeZG01oIwa

The cars soon left the 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDg02CyJJHa
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnwsyTPMJ4
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapwEAoVsF1
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOxPfPSH7g

"Can you you please stop991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkbYsWCcZC
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMo7BxE710
the teddy and lose it in the car."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pJsg1NTvb

"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIr9mVgegq

"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqYmkhOKix

I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcvXcr8uwI

"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OntqMcQu3

"I just want to get this over with."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegIAwPUBPc

We were soon packed 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDja2f1pMCQ
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEM9uURF01A
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKn5WcrXH6
turned to look at her.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfZ9k1BCBN

"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkbhgKmfR6

"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rcDMVAVWL

Seungri also turned to 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoN1XQ2Y3fF
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatZpJuSTTH
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEEXkTUN4w
chest and I wished Sam was here too.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTEyF3IMfl

I soon got out of the 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsl1mR5n3t
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXGMCRIRcd
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZOil5C9if
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YaFRTD3KP

Before I could find my 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwj0uO13bOf
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUR3e6MBpM1
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKJOwLX9Hh
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGKjOHqnqL

I quickly went in the 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpcWytuPlZ
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvrUkgFklo
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0n5G0r7zV
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHsgp3uqI7

I slowly approached the 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XuHqwmghN
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXj9j8icV4
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLCy6uX3ib
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9jDdSn67l
hesitate to end my life right here.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NgM4yqBcj

"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMyzny7KyI

"I was practising today," I answered.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cyb5ZhjoP

"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9VkJ61VFd

"Thanks," I frowned at 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5pMrWx9ba
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡau651QRjQI
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vn8uYfnAj

Jehan smirked. "Certainly."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJJ9RunFRS

I quickly reached out 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aGCKR3Bya
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj85C59UO8g
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRqMEx4Z4D

"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlh2bGVwps

"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6T0QtSDRN0

"What now?" I complained.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOz4OmdgV3F

"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bd2qraiwH

"What do you think? That991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2gBK6n8gS
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipFGfUVjDd
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusyUmWFeOy
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKMVYIzJmJ
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVs11eM3ZB

Jehan raised an eyebrow 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tKtYiJig4
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmb4pd527uz
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpLXrVEHl3
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTlIo8363c

"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8akc3EUoIB

"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oNXWSli0L

I went back to looking 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEcqKEMS2W
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcOxcCVwbB
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGGtDcJ5Zw
surprise me that he carried that thing around.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uNLvFhMzs

Jehan slowly laid the 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjVQcaF0tA
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFCC0ldz8j
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSama78BeL
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJePsm6jgs1
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqPcf9QTlZ
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpRuhgOuXx
the teddy bear.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIzsZG0vBT

Wait. I frowned. This 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3uMhrcNOS
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOx1ownrLY9
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntD7bYzgZA
diamonds!991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyKbrdp8rO

I stared horrified at 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8n2GYX0ed
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrNJHbCI2A
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghIIxONFxT
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡma6rJusKaY

I looked up at Jehan and991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDzfVVsgwx
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RVosUNoTo
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAGmyEyItO
that, he was going to end up traumatised.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNl3coxgTgV

"Je-Jehan," I said 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqni6KQLsS
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zajGIgmqY
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnQCjIVksC
there."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGds2h1yQX5

Jean neither moved nor 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdQvA5hFSI
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9R6ys80G8
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fYlbk9aP6

But how could this be? 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfVZunY6AD
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8taP15bdh
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡky5acY0qst
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRWH4RNtwA

"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXFgBQet3T

"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcgLT1QVls

He banged his fists on 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcRQBAQTfs
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbe2bxmBez
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EP8p7x7l7
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDkniZZmBm

"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBjirqjgc3

"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL480unWL4U

"I don't know. I don't 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBzjUtamWo
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIUZJ7FK2n
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYE92E5LPd1

"How did the diamonds go missing?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vyCjTVpNO

"How am I supposed to 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNWa4EiFCe
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQaSzJGAga
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoW0hBdI56p

"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGEakIlF02

"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ui8dHmCnk

Jehan rubbed his 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgP2DLm2iDH
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsgMjgaxVD
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaqwG3vC46

"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYr0tRzyeOw

"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYz70v3HMUj

"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5wSYlb9jI

"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh73W6RZpfX

"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PxdoRhzzk

"I don't know."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYr15L37q6d

Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRGEJD3IgS

"Ummm," I looked down 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZ8iahI8Ww
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IVZFFKOUb
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QgNgYG6IV

"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4Kb2ucaeG

"I didn't have the teddy bear with me at the hotel the whole time," I said, looking at him fully in the eyes now.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQM3WPTWx1

"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOUrwdGzKY

"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqLsKOtoue

"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0mMp3BfAq
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXTuR3ssDg
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAklsDFhUKb

"I don't think so. Lee 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBw2VACDBR
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNqTADI9Qz
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArVQFLqIVU

"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNF8joK0RxH

"You're right. But if she did find out about us and all this diamond business, she wouldn't keep that to herself. I know Lee."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqQ99Ykv7Q

"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tdy1wzL9l

"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9IfOF2Jow

After I said that, Jehan991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNoyYmUIWS
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYc7soorA3
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxgohJXc8U
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArxh9ZZKGv
look on his face.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYZmWEtdEw

"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5kw9G0Y7D

"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUnjjl66Cy

"I remember one of my 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVs6TJ7q3N
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxRqHVvfhK
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zYbUqHDKw

"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeOHNUepzx

"Don't snap your fingers and be all happy about this," said Jehan, back to giving me that angry look. "I need that teddy, now!"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlrLbrCvzW

"Huh? I can't start 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvwZMlIN1a
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTY21xSSqP
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOuktTR7sN
that the bear is missing."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHS0vwxgdj0

"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAZCXd6f4t

"What do you mean?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYVT4gY8tc

"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCpG99eSb1

"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs5iooxwa6

"Now that, makes no 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrRzgq8UQz
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6k4yl85J57
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtis05Ks86v

"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdEpiiSJK2

"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHgQSRGS2S

"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCXO6OqUY9

"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LyECLENMm

I completely forgot that991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJromOWhhKo
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlwSBx6llB
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGxqGY44H2
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdruuCHzPC

"Okay. I'll see what I can do."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30iClDkZel

Jehan gave me a smile. 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUioxJ9kYw
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZNZAbYAu2
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5AP9U2Kl4

I nodded my head and 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5wW42eWUv
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDIgGjBKGH
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldjHTHItdD

"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpUcFpyD37

I sat there as I buried 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7Nhk8QtFE
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvj1M8Ru10
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgP4MUx3Jlt
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQTSO0mW4I
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFGNZiQwwr
drama that might just ruin my life?991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtWgwqoLTS

I hadn't noticed the bell of the café ringing because I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I looked up, there stood Christine.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxz522GtGy

"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5078VVmak

I could hear footsteps 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqX2Z1Swpd
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxdvHzNqcs
when they saw the look on my face.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiyQxF4765

Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmwlUHAJsF

"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9S9cTOmi7

"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBh7MGiESu

"No," I answered. "He didn't."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPpheUphPU

"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKpE7bfYK2

"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchEX3TIicD

Mike shook his head. "But who? We didn't know what that teddy bear had until now, so, it couldn't be anyone of us."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9f0hqhA8ia

"And what about Lee?" 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4DzoZCJfF
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPr8L5KtV3V
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvkezpb9wt
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SQxj9hosu
to."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cQmb2dy99

"This is bad," I said, 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmk4ueJLg4
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiT7Uw0h1ap
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCtB2iHmyG

"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYoJDGX0F8

"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nNyNC61qo

We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyKMUzNI0U

"Sam?" I wondered for a 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWd9PeOrwqi
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwG2p3P3wM
she have swapped it with the other one?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkMbVi4KzC

"Okay, wait," said TOP. 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQIZjcsfpi
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEOTcugXsP
what's really going on in the first place?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8irwS3xBF

"I doubt it," I said 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlXCjcgIrl
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNwBkmHFsM
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46IJOZ09fl
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkdBARK2kT

TOP and Seungri looked 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNDr2GTaLM
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMDNIdDQpG
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡug7ixPUM5K
it away.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbbJQvqDUQ

"I highly doubt it too,"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAxXIUOd3l
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0OsSGR56p
she would have asked us about it."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GIXG1PGX4

"That's true," said 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wTb4NCm7f
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwEakUqnxl
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNiJKPr0Z9

"And I checked out the 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZNrgoCsM7
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXdGNk9LwF
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlISLcUNGeK

"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDb1x3QWyi

"No, I highly doubt it,"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXihpKshK2
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KosKdt8k0
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwbOGVYQmv
said nothing about them entering a toy store."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJIOdtv044

"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntZowpsrW5

"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TGJuWfGJ2

"Collins?" Mike asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJh4ZqxSPp

"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNODf3Nfus

"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZRcERkrX2

"But who knows? Maybe he991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYAvocqCLP
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmG12PR1mad
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xN0V3e3TJ
times."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5tA09f4Y9

"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLWpXdo44j

"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJ9twxrIUu

"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7fLRV7E8J

Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ720Q1vX5S4

"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HxZhtEwH2

"He was the one who went991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xRb4Fe9tY
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NNoNK0moW
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOf7SQNDXDo
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEk1bCo0R4n
elevator."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJm3sxsFWrw

"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OLjsThxUo

"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGGbzS9o6N

"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡah2R4060NB

"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCQwgwWoKA

"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cbIDAu67k

"You're right," I said 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDV10OWv2k0
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KqdLqFboZ
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjtViEiGCk

"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jX3I3SpE1

We all walked out of the991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡui833zFQjV
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9JYPj5ltN
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZFw36QAab

While I was in the car 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGcygUWHy6
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUe6BaPV2V
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVWGggIAkY
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0odJ3LMWeS
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQAAqX2kNW
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEOKfJNLLt

If it isn't him, then 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkQ2yjDea9
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0xbEoRN4B
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExIpXCAW3e
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqG02WbEvRd
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtEjhpVbM0

What if I had the wrong 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2HkArm2ia
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UeYGvxnkc
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4C2mxlheot
place without any of us noticing in the first place?991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwVZ1IXURS

I hope I could be able 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCbt28B2FA
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWDLgogmHQ
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that991Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNpwQWBIAX
happen.

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Chapter 23: Swapped

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