Leo gave out a sigh of 501Please respect copyright.PENANAG1oHUAWSIj
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 501Please respect copyright.PENANAG1vqT6b8G1
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never501Please respect copyright.PENANABbMhk5ZSvB
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had501Please respect copyright.PENANAwf8yy3jV4O
expected. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAq2y4dpSMuS
When Leo had told her 501Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3L4tnoHK5
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAtLA4zVDyRK
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 501Please respect copyright.PENANA3jH1aFQmgC
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAmXdhoLVsYM
"What happened Leo? Why did you say that? Did I do something wrong to change your mind all of the sudden? Tell me, Leo!" Kim had asked, at a point where tears almost dropped down her cheeks.501Please respect copyright.PENANAHXQ7VoeAxx
Leo couldn't tell Kim 501Please respect copyright.PENANA0o5L95hPDS
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 501Please respect copyright.PENANAFVRDWNLWf0
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 501Please respect copyright.PENANAUxLSr2D52G
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 501Please respect copyright.PENANAs51qMj9JF1
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 501Please respect copyright.PENANAQMEpiySe6v
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 501Please respect copyright.PENANAiGYR16IgDo
believe him at all.501Please respect copyright.PENANAo3i4kDuFTD
"Tell me now, Leo! 501Please respect copyright.PENANAmaUPPi8re4
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 501Please respect copyright.PENANAWrf7xLBueB
coming from you. I want to know what you're hiding from me, right now!" Kim had looked like punching Leo on the face when she said all that.501Please respect copyright.PENANA0i2MaBcMZJ
"What do you want me to tell you?" Leo had asked Kim, trying to sound as convincing as he possibly could. "I have thought a lot these past days and I don't feel we can continue with all this."501Please respect copyright.PENANAOv0K0qtzBa
"What! You're still 501Please respect copyright.PENANApNjcKn1sTJ
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 501Please respect copyright.PENANAKMKm3POa4q
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in501Please respect copyright.PENANAR8BueQxh2I
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 501Please respect copyright.PENANA8iTlATSzkb
anymore?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAhmM3wUnqxI
"It isn't like that. We can still be friends and nothing more." Leo had suggested, but Kim still hadn't taken it lightly as she shook her head.501Please respect copyright.PENANAnQdy1YnT6a
"There is someone 501Please respect copyright.PENANAhvU4dqCsN4
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 501Please respect copyright.PENANA1HN3Jcqoh1
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 501Please respect copyright.PENANAhrfO8NMC6F
Leo!"501Please respect copyright.PENANAmgatIyyAh0
Leo had been frustrated 501Please respect copyright.PENANAxkdiuLOPN2
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 501Please respect copyright.PENANAvUVmeQbx0O
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 501Please respect copyright.PENANAFrVS7BNk18
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 501Please respect copyright.PENANAfB5ttudUd3
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 501Please respect copyright.PENANAsERZ1lrSp8
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 501Please respect copyright.PENANANVSu63u8Ze
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 501Please respect copyright.PENANAhJA1h69SyY
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAn5Tqf1V8Sc
"I'll find out the 501Please respect copyright.PENANAah9GpnOqzw
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 501Please respect copyright.PENANAIFw8zOqmNr
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 501Please respect copyright.PENANAtP1eGipdQ2
lying to me!"501Please respect copyright.PENANAn6au0A2Lnk
For a moment, her threat501Please respect copyright.PENANA3K2BieOVh4
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 501Please respect copyright.PENANAh7JcJmxnRN
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 501Please respect copyright.PENANAeG0f5UCRgb
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 501Please respect copyright.PENANABuRG01Rkr3
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really501Please respect copyright.PENANAqTJ45uyICE
genuine or not.501Please respect copyright.PENANAyuzFAQ1Tef
He was about to ascend 501Please respect copyright.PENANADhFpPv5XN9
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 501Please respect copyright.PENANADYUQMqpA6R
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 501Please respect copyright.PENANAKGn7WBwX3o
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 501Please respect copyright.PENANAb6miUyn6Jr
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 501Please respect copyright.PENANACTz1WxoMJl
thanking Leo for getting the door.501Please respect copyright.PENANAR9FkIbiYrQ
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"501Please respect copyright.PENANACwwLySTqY5
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 501Please respect copyright.PENANA1TN7lKr2MQ
"That's good, Leo," said Mrs McDonell, looking at her son with a smile. "So, tell us. When will be the date of the wedding?"501Please respect copyright.PENANA3cjwxAKbLb
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."501Please respect copyright.PENANASYYyKMOBKF
Diana and Mrs McDonell 501Please respect copyright.PENANAu88dkOBBxt
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 501Please respect copyright.PENANAaRDE7zR2JL
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 501Please respect copyright.PENANALhxFJB9Wb3
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.501Please respect copyright.PENANAdHOoJwEIbc
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAbzGgMIIuMt
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."501Please respect copyright.PENANAES0xAUa9lb
"But.....but, you two 501Please respect copyright.PENANAG10Th8evuK
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how501Please respect copyright.PENANAVPFkyTqcOJ
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAvTqLaKROcs
"No, I broke up with her. Sorry, if it hurts you, mum, but this is my life and I thought it was best for the both us."501Please respect copyright.PENANA8i87C1Ivk7
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 501Please respect copyright.PENANAH4jmbUEFkS
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 501Please respect copyright.PENANAf3zYyjIens
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 501Please respect copyright.PENANA9G0ZB2oRyV
tell me it's not true, Diana."501Please respect copyright.PENANAEqITEGnHHq
"I'm afraid it is," said501Please respect copyright.PENANAY57Nhex5Yd
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 501Please respect copyright.PENANAbpRqdUSY9Y
the moment. You need to calm down."501Please respect copyright.PENANAsB3MIksqLu
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAo5uE4eV0QZ
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAKCa5bOKPrx
When Leo tried to leave 501Please respect copyright.PENANAT5OGqpifJQ
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 501Please respect copyright.PENANAWbwYRXG7IS
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAVaPNbjz97d
"You're not going any 501Please respect copyright.PENANA92ZyHWlQOD
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 501Please respect copyright.PENANAPCkLD12SMf
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"501Please respect copyright.PENANAiDSKs0XEx2
"I don't have to explain501Please respect copyright.PENANA1WTuWNK78O
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 501Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZMw0EIZhj
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."501Please respect copyright.PENANAprknBSSLD7
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAq64qAbZ4tc
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."501Please respect copyright.PENANATOWQY75vW4
Leo quickly got away 501Please respect copyright.PENANA2nFrW6oyDD
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 501Please respect copyright.PENANAIMtsioEoMd
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 501Please respect copyright.PENANAylILc7L0qj
him.501Please respect copyright.PENANA2QrAOOIjMQ
"Leo! Leo! Get back here right now!" Mrs McDonell called out to her son. "If you don't I swear you will not like me one bit!"501Please respect copyright.PENANAqUcphlIsoO
Leo rolled his eyes as 501Please respect copyright.PENANAxfhfr4ZaIF
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and501Please respect copyright.PENANAYByxCJoKWR
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 501Please respect copyright.PENANALzM5hOcmmE
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 501Please respect copyright.PENANA3tCxujFwCG
***501Please respect copyright.PENANAPngbnrgjOm
The501Please respect copyright.PENANAv9RcGq6NEg
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 501Please respect copyright.PENANAnx3yNv22nY
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been501Please respect copyright.PENANAB5iLD9bvBB
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 501Please respect copyright.PENANAPJHBwMnNmY
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother501Please respect copyright.PENANAD9bsLL9AS2
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.501Please respect copyright.PENANAjOYmOYAgKj
Carly501Please respect copyright.PENANA0qieRBDqEN
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with501Please respect copyright.PENANAD9UuET3fQt
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full501Please respect copyright.PENANAghLZXgwaeY
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother501Please respect copyright.PENANASDIsG56AIg
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAt1SxUlyVw9
Angel501Please respect copyright.PENANAK2Q9PB9KWE
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAQeWniDhfVd
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 501Please respect copyright.PENANAjNTFKzL9KC
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 501Please respect copyright.PENANAEJrOWiEKwJ
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 501Please respect copyright.PENANAoe7YBBnlGF
still recovering.501Please respect copyright.PENANA8b7m5aFCRn
Right501Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6BNT4rbWY
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 501Please respect copyright.PENANAMwnEtx1cGi
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk501Please respect copyright.PENANAw9Oib6HBkX
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.501Please respect copyright.PENANAvLApit6XRf
As501Please respect copyright.PENANAKwnaI9YQwK
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 501Please respect copyright.PENANA8DpxX3Hucj
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and501Please respect copyright.PENANAyU2p2JILlJ
he had a sad look on his face as well.501Please respect copyright.PENANA4KmgXCvshS
"I501Please respect copyright.PENANAl8SEeKC43N
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 501Please respect copyright.PENANAkhafidd5OE
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."501Please respect copyright.PENANAVdPY92iScT
"Don't501Please respect copyright.PENANAlQxfCRitHr
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 501Please respect copyright.PENANAIoE97lTStC
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."501Please respect copyright.PENANAec4Cj2pR6T
"Don't worry about it. I will make sure to work everything out. I did promise your mother that I will help you out in anyway."501Please respect copyright.PENANARXVg3EtmMW
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."501Please respect copyright.PENANAErRw25160h
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."501Please respect copyright.PENANARj5nQWGiSh
Carly501Please respect copyright.PENANAF0EFnTw8tJ
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 501Please respect copyright.PENANAANodKrztfL
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had501Please respect copyright.PENANAHSOSL5CH2f
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 501Please respect copyright.PENANA1CVpUjFDJ4
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 501Please respect copyright.PENANArQJUL90PtB
eyes.501Please respect copyright.PENANA6RcjmqDVq6
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAVpTnxDb5pH
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."501Please respect copyright.PENANAWm5sjvlJdE
"Yes,501Please respect copyright.PENANAJ55mQ1Tv0o
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 501Please respect copyright.PENANAZYF5FCSmXl
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 501Please respect copyright.PENANAy2FDhFUqYh
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."501Please respect copyright.PENANAgvJzkFEF6r
"Okay, lets go."501Please respect copyright.PENANAnBUfJ8sflb
Carly501Please respect copyright.PENANAacUmwYXFr6
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 501Please respect copyright.PENANAjMkWKaOUOj
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at501Please respect copyright.PENANAPX668pMTcB
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 501Please respect copyright.PENANA5uAM5IUhvy
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.501Please respect copyright.PENANAzgzzavsPAx
***501Please respect copyright.PENANA7bJrMjQmIO
"I501Please respect copyright.PENANA49QL8UR8rV
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 501Please respect copyright.PENANApVY1cE1zXd
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 501Please respect copyright.PENANAaARFAwcruO
her in the car. 501Please respect copyright.PENANADPLiFa6qEK
Angel,501Please respect copyright.PENANAnGBV8ql1a1
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 501Please respect copyright.PENANAR2FwCLirS3
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 501Please respect copyright.PENANAOwu6msoObo
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.501Please respect copyright.PENANAV2Hbt02joq
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."501Please respect copyright.PENANAjh1mWSDNXu
"Very501Please respect copyright.PENANArvxQ4OvlVP
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to501Please respect copyright.PENANAkLjERiclBI
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if501Please respect copyright.PENANAGY1VxGvuyB
I have to."501Please respect copyright.PENANAMMewaomycr
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."501Please respect copyright.PENANA6AhUYZ51n7
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAx6qyVvh5sg
"Don't501Please respect copyright.PENANAxGZzMEUbmT
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough501Please respect copyright.PENANAhWCwSSOswp
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 501Please respect copyright.PENANAXrJz3OjjtJ
right, grandma?"501Please respect copyright.PENANA4Le7KDTHCr
Amanda501Please respect copyright.PENANAXQ1XlpFWPX
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 501Please respect copyright.PENANAN0cFbH8wP4
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 501Please respect copyright.PENANAl8fGpv4iDb
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 501Please respect copyright.PENANAXFJ9xwktFZ
you."501Please respect copyright.PENANApeGzlrdght
Eric501Please respect copyright.PENANAkXbmnfDVC1
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 501Please respect copyright.PENANAKdCy7Ai6ig
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 501Please respect copyright.PENANAkJe1eq3J7P
why.501Please respect copyright.PENANALiQR8ZdANN
"What?501Please respect copyright.PENANARSm1rvI4Nz
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at501Please respect copyright.PENANAmTXlMPibEZ
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"501Please respect copyright.PENANABcotrs5Ysf
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAAU0EFhzOGY
"He501Please respect copyright.PENANA79uTXfIhRE
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 501Please respect copyright.PENANAdR7M2G9Lks
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 501Please respect copyright.PENANAdjYRsNi4FY
you get to know him."501Please respect copyright.PENANAyl3ddjKRAK
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.501Please respect copyright.PENANA8SEdKKlAjh
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.501Please respect copyright.PENANAYoD9vn9409
"Oh, no. Nothing."501Please respect copyright.PENANAB2B3K3UGSN
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."501Please respect copyright.PENANAfSjLZJ1Lb9
All501Please respect copyright.PENANAF5TWzty9At
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 501Please respect copyright.PENANA76S5NlnORX
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 501Please respect copyright.PENANAUqyj4VacHI
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 501Please respect copyright.PENANA0SwXVa5bVm
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had501Please respect copyright.PENANAwpBYbkuakw
never seen such a house ever in her life.501Please respect copyright.PENANAS1HZX8aFCX
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAD3EKVAyA9Y
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.501Please respect copyright.PENANACHY7l04DR9
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAMztygn7Xur
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.501Please respect copyright.PENANAyWbcWR58te
Angel501Please respect copyright.PENANAfkSvEoy2gg
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what501Please respect copyright.PENANApEVdwIkeyI
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.501Please respect copyright.PENANATYSPTGYmr3
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 501Please respect copyright.PENANA9bleVDpcbH
would begin anytime soon.