"Don't you think you should have done something by now?" Miranda asked with her arms folded.569Please respect copyright.PENANAhBJpaK0VaV
"What do you mean, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked. 569Please respect copyright.PENANANJRHYlKwgE
"I mean, a week has passed and you haven't reported those people for the damages they caused in the bar that day."569Please respect copyright.PENANAmZrCTh3TUM
"Why do you bring up that argument every time, woman!" Mr Walters looked pretty upset.569Please respect copyright.PENANAS3G7xeVlHk
"Because, they almost left you for dead and the place was in a mess. Someone has to pay for the damages you know."569Please respect copyright.PENANA5zA2mKvstw
"Look, Miranda, I admit,569Please respect copyright.PENANAQr9Tc4FghK
those people really trashed up the place, but I couldn't report them. 569Please respect copyright.PENANA5k6Pqf083o
As far as I know, Carly also lost her mother. Now imagine this, your 569Please respect copyright.PENANA7OGKs8fBRU
sister gets into an accident and then your mother dies on the same day. 569Please respect copyright.PENANA8KWvH8v8vS
Won't that be too much too handle?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAPPeFy5xETa
Miranda tapped her foot 569Please respect copyright.PENANAFsc8ginh3m
as she stared down at her boss who sat behind his office desk looking up569Please respect copyright.PENANAvxl9BA0elh
at her. He had a few bruises on his face and a slight bump at the back 569Please respect copyright.PENANA2jJxcoALji
of his head. All in all, he still looked okay.569Please respect copyright.PENANAsNfRjM0ytC
"You might have a point though," said Miranda, "but I still think you should have reported them."569Please respect copyright.PENANANwzdYeytNX
"You know I couldn't 569Please respect copyright.PENANAr6QsDvjsQD
report to the police. If they got to search this place, they might find 569Please respect copyright.PENANAtFAoq3Dh3H
out what dirty business goes on and we would have been in big trouble. I569Please respect copyright.PENANA1Y1y4f5g5Y
can't risk losing my business. We all benefit from it."569Please respect copyright.PENANAfTktfPX1pa
"I see your point there. So, those guys are just going to get away with it, huh?" Miranda asked.569Please respect copyright.PENANAkTRwapVOpO
"No, let things cool 569Please respect copyright.PENANAl1qZQuyRRO
down for a little while longer. Once Carly's sister gets better, then I 569Please respect copyright.PENANA7VFrEECiFm
will be able to do what I do best. Nobody trashes up my place and gets 569Please respect copyright.PENANACt9dxgdNZk
away with it that easily."569Please respect copyright.PENANAWWsrHV5FC1
Miranda smiled. "Now that's what I wanted to hear."569Please respect copyright.PENANA1nlVYB9JyP
***569Please respect copyright.PENANAaiVoSnBSH7
"You didn't tell him, did you?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAGFe4KR42zs
Angel569Please respect copyright.PENANAgkj2ad0rBS
stared at Eric and Carly who stood at the edge of the bed looking at 569Please respect copyright.PENANAlnZwePPVyM
her with a kind of expression Angel couldn't quite put together. Angel 569Please respect copyright.PENANAOffrIRpvyt
raised an eyebrow as she waited for an answer.569Please respect copyright.PENANAxgAGV6MdYf
"Well... we.... ahh...," Carly couldn't even find the right words.569Please respect copyright.PENANATsuU5pGzgc
"With the look on your faces, it's quite clear that Mr McDonell doesn't know the whole truth," said Angel. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAQeCBmWrWWK
"It's true, Angel," said Eric. "No one knows the whole truth apart from the four of us."569Please respect copyright.PENANARj0XNn5dhN
"You guys are unbelievable! Just because I couldn't talk for a whole week, you decided to twist the whole story around?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAfTkD40ABek
"We're sorry, Angel," said Carly, "we just didn't want to make things complicated."569Please respect copyright.PENANA9H2ZLuh744
"Make things complicated! Carly, you just made everything worse!"569Please respect copyright.PENANA1YSTak2snw
Angel's569Please respect copyright.PENANAUbw7HOWQkn
anger was rising to the surface and she knew she was going to burst any569Please respect copyright.PENANAeaPwCCIT1z
moment. Things now looked messy, and Angel felt it was all her fault. 569Please respect copyright.PENANA2KEFOs817l
She could have avoided all this, but it looked like things went out of 569Please respect copyright.PENANATri0tkMKz6
hand.569Please respect copyright.PENANAS3BKhdDlBX
"So, even when giving a police report, you all lied?" Angel asked.569Please respect copyright.PENANAdR0oXbjFyk
"We all agreed to it," said Eric, "no one was to know the real reason as to why Leo was never there at the wedding."569Please respect copyright.PENANAdDdSRSFJae
"And you used my accident as an escape plan, then?" Angel's face was heating up.569Please respect copyright.PENANAXB9PjtmRtp
"We just had to do it, Angel," said Eric. "If we didn't, we were going to be in a lot of trouble."569Please respect copyright.PENANAeg2FyjIC3G
"In trouble with who? I want to know because you're already in trouble with me."569Please respect copyright.PENANAD15a0JqAyH
"Please, don't ask," said Eric, "you look like you're going to burst any moment and you need to rest."569Please respect copyright.PENANAmk1ySV4x56
"I'll only rest until you try to fix this mess."569Please respect copyright.PENANAbNDENig226
"What's569Please respect copyright.PENANA3xEKydcHJY
done is done, Angel," said Carly, "everyone thinks Eric and Leo just 569Please respect copyright.PENANA1EFagzCfbv
went out for a ride and then you got hit by accident. If you tell the 569Please respect copyright.PENANA9g72vUOMcV
truth, Leo might just end up in prison because they might think you 569Please respect copyright.PENANAKFx0P4697w
being hit was intentional."569Please respect copyright.PENANA9dddqtVlFX
"As569Please respect copyright.PENANAo7zfGPe697
much as Leo had done most of the damage," said Angel, rolling her eyes,569Please respect copyright.PENANA8rRHJvgrh0
"I'm not that cruel to let him rot in prison. I might as well have 569Please respect copyright.PENANAsoP4QS3VXy
dropped the charges."569Please respect copyright.PENANADkRrJcLFl2
"But the damage is already done," said Eric, "we can't tell the truth. We could all be in big trouble."569Please respect copyright.PENANA46rnz0rK0B
"And569Please respect copyright.PENANAPTRAGJHhXA
imagine what Mr McDonell would have thought if he knew I once worked as569Please respect copyright.PENANArFkKLtkV55
a prostitute," said Carly, "he wouldn't have even offered to help us."569Please respect copyright.PENANAnzlp86wf4N
"No,"569Please respect copyright.PENANAaMqDl3lzSc
said Angel, "I think you're wrong on that. If he truly was a good 569Please respect copyright.PENANABUuslRoKUF
friend of our late mother, he still would have helped us."569Please respect copyright.PENANASqpfNSYtId
"Now that you have brought up my uncle in all this," Eric intervened quickly, "will you accept his proposal?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAlqN0LWUQVb
Before569Please respect copyright.PENANAonOA5iKh19
Mr McDonell had left, he had asked Angel if she and Carly could move 569Please respect copyright.PENANAHDtSiz8Tgr
into his house and stay with the family. Angel said she would think 569Please respect copyright.PENANAFGCadXvBHf
about it and she had asked how her mother had died so suddenly on that 569Please respect copyright.PENANA2qEqcuzViO
fateful day. 569Please respect copyright.PENANA39lp3S854K
As569Please respect copyright.PENANAoU6P0v6qjZ
Mr McDonell explained the events, to Angel, it was quite clear that Mr 569Please respect copyright.PENANApTqEWze4dK
McDonell didn't know the real reason why Leo wasn't at the wedding. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAO4nUxicP67
Because he did say that he had called home and was told that Leo and 569Please respect copyright.PENANATqzlvDcZya
Eric were gone. And a few moments after calling Angel, the accident 569Please respect copyright.PENANAIBABmwAOJs
occurred. Besides, he didn't pose any question as to why Angel and Carly569Please respect copyright.PENANAPS2TK9ZtCh
were along that street that day in the first place. It seemed to 569Please respect copyright.PENANAkpAMK14YhQ
everyone, that all that occurred was nothing but a coincidence.569Please respect copyright.PENANAKRUpcayX0e
"I have already made up my mind," said Angel, "I think Carly and I shouldn't move in to your house."569Please respect copyright.PENANA7dyflE4z2t
Carly and Eric gave Angel horrifying looks. Carly came to sit close to her sister on the edge of the bed.569Please respect copyright.PENANAh0ODTtCmj2
"What? But Angel...."569Please respect copyright.PENANAM9P1SoFvg0
"But569Please respect copyright.PENANAKs4t9KP8c9
nothing, Carly," said Angel. "I don't think it's a good idea. As much 569Please respect copyright.PENANAfINwYmQShQ
as Mr McDonell is trying to help us out, living in his house doesn't 569Please respect copyright.PENANAXSSYPXiIAm
seem right."569Please respect copyright.PENANArC9OVb60AK
"Oh, really then? Is it that or are you saying that because you don't want to ever see Leo within your sight?"569Please respect copyright.PENANARo7mYXMG0T
Angel didn't say anything for a second as she stared at her sister, trying to figure out the right words to use. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAY7eDuieQGS
"Its569Please respect copyright.PENANAPKNi8AoI7c
not like that," said Angel. "I don't think its right after all that's 569Please respect copyright.PENANAKZRInWlLjR
happened. If we live in their house it would feel completely weird. Just569Please respect copyright.PENANAueML29r5K5
so you know, Leo and Eric aren't strangers to you and I anymore."569Please respect copyright.PENANAC5EBYpXcui
"Angel, please think about it for one second," pleaded Carly.569Please respect copyright.PENANAvNIsr8fSmq
"And why are you insisting? It's not like we have a house of our own. Or do you just want to be close to Leo?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAEAQzFCPN3K
Carly569Please respect copyright.PENANAGauKtEKanF
looked baffled and Eric just stood there without saying a word. Angel 569Please respect copyright.PENANARRtXWy2ULw
noticed the blush come across her sister's cheeks and Angel felt like 569Please respect copyright.PENANAl1WTjrPBQ1
slapping it off her face.569Please respect copyright.PENANAJygJBh6cDk
"Aren't you going to say anything? I already gave my reason," said Angel. "Now you tell me yours."569Please respect copyright.PENANAMnQ8XaWv60
Carly looked the other way and Eric stared down at his feet. Angel looked at Carly and then at Eric, and then back again.569Please respect copyright.PENANAxutLjNshtf
"Your silence tells me there is more to all this," said Angel, with an eyebrow raised. "Do the two of you still meet?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAHiE0hIKhxR
Carly569Please respect copyright.PENANAKLNk3R8Cuc
played around with her fingers and Angel noticed. Carly had always done569Please respect copyright.PENANA7k0Ke0eIeD
that whenever she was nervous and was trying to hide the truth.569Please respect copyright.PENANAmVsj2LRojH
Angel let out a sigh and sunk down deeper into the bed covers.569Please respect copyright.PENANAEo42sGFdY8
"I think I don't have to say much since you already gave me your answer. I think I'll just rest now," Angel yawned.569Please respect copyright.PENANA3UyzPreTm8
"Angel, will you just-" 569Please respect copyright.PENANA0NRDPFfgQd
"Listen569Please respect copyright.PENANARW92LUlFey
to you?"Angel finished the sentenced. "I'm tired of listening. Eric's 569Please respect copyright.PENANA58pD1acSZC
right. I need some rest. So, may you please leave?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAiIn8iabWW0
Carly569Please respect copyright.PENANAaukfs6iy5T
looked at her sister, but Angel turned her face the other way and 569Please respect copyright.PENANA7a51ftTyL8
closed her eyes. Before Carly could protest, Leo came closer to her and 569Please respect copyright.PENANAq2BaqQmJoo
held her shoulder.569Please respect copyright.PENANABynUrHd4JL
"I think we should leave," said Eric, "I think she's had enough to handle for one day. Let's go."569Please respect copyright.PENANAf38WbOv2YZ
Carly569Please respect copyright.PENANA94fp7U33jJ
didn't say a thing as she nodded her head. She slowly got up from the 569Please respect copyright.PENANAdYDYSd6295
bed and went out of the room with Eric behind her who closed the door.569Please respect copyright.PENANAnaImt2069j
After569Please respect copyright.PENANAPY5MLryF6Z
Carly and Eric had left, Angel's eyes flew back open and only herself 569Please respect copyright.PENANA8vF11Du7uz
knew how much rage was stirring inside her. All she needed was rest and 569Please respect copyright.PENANAh2z4OGfhR3
to get better soon. And maybe, just maybe, she would give Leo a piece of569Please respect copyright.PENANARD4hGa5cNk
her fist.569Please respect copyright.PENANAbcbQMT8d1T
***569Please respect copyright.PENANA0L8xY7XYAD
Leo569Please respect copyright.PENANAlfOLuBojWC
stared at his watch as he waited in the packing lot. His car was packed569Please respect copyright.PENANAVA9z1f64x3
in between two ambulances and he had a clear view of the entrance of 569Please respect copyright.PENANAD8betLMKpv
the hospital. He saw Carly escort Eric to his car. Eric got into his car569Please respect copyright.PENANAamCan7zHbe
and drove off. And Carly stood there until Eric's car was out of sight.569Please respect copyright.PENANAz1HaxYPaGt
Carly rushed over to where Leo had packed the car. Leo unlocked the car569Please respect copyright.PENANAx8AqhQzYaz
door and Carly quickly went in the car.569Please respect copyright.PENANAUZwqhuLYLa
"Hey, how are you?" Leo asked. 569Please respect copyright.PENANA3Guv8vGyFe
"Angel's mad," said Carly with a sulking look on her face, "how would I feel?"569Please respect copyright.PENANATwmex44Jat
"What happened?" Leo asked as he rolled his eyes.569Please respect copyright.PENANAxaZT8L5uWc
"Apparently,569Please respect copyright.PENANAVMUbY8OAG2
she's so smart enough that she figured out that your family doesn't 569Please respect copyright.PENANAiKbRVhskxc
know the real reason why you weren't at the wedding that day. And she 569Please respect copyright.PENANADvF59JyI7s
has a hunch that the two of us are still seeing each other."569Please respect copyright.PENANAmqWklYdGgA
"And she is mad just because of one little lie? Your sister is way too serious with such things."569Please respect copyright.PENANA2YIuOWRGT2
"To my sister, this lie might just complicate things. And she feels hurt because we used her accident as an escape plan."569Please respect copyright.PENANAuDQdkgUdsF
Carly569Please respect copyright.PENANAk2zL7sYet3
paused for a while as she leaned into the car seat and breathed out 569Please respect copyright.PENANA7AMAcEZz0u
deeply. There was silence for a while as Carly stared up at the car 569Please respect copyright.PENANAIdBxyq1ZnK
ceiling.569Please respect copyright.PENANABxgZsFQXp3
"Somehow, I think she's right," said Carly. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAmIzzGfyrwU
"Right about what?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAa3jrET2FzZ
"The lie we just created. It might affect all of us in the future."569Please respect copyright.PENANARJseYVSljx
Leo looked straight at Carly with an eyebrow raised.569Please respect copyright.PENANAs1DDnuQP5a
"Don't tell me you're supporting your sister on this."569Please respect copyright.PENANAnGPK1leWPu
"I don't support it, but she did raise a good point. Later on, the truth will eventually come to light and it won't be pretty."569Please respect copyright.PENANAQrrlsg0NHn
Leo569Please respect copyright.PENANAZUnMI6qinS
put his hand on Carly's shoulder. "No. Thats not going to happen. I'll 569Please respect copyright.PENANAdKb18h8Tww
be the one to make sure that the truth isn't revealed to anyone."569Please respect copyright.PENANADAR2iqIWnJ
"Thanks, Leo," said Carly as she gave him a smile.569Please respect copyright.PENANAU8SevnhnuX
"So, I was told my dad came here. What was it about?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAfizAl1HneH
"He asked us if it was necessary for Angel and I to move in and stay with you guys," said Carly in a low voice.569Please respect copyright.PENANAz3xFTiq0zg
"Wait, what?" Leo looked completely confused. "But why come and live with my family?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAF342oBly1s
"He's569Please respect copyright.PENANAWIfMerakdA
trying to keep a promise he made to my mother. Maybe he thought us 569Please respect copyright.PENANAOkfnIwIfUZ
coming to live with your family was a good idea. He's just trying to 569Please respect copyright.PENANAsrR9ChP9ui
help us out."569Please respect copyright.PENANACiDMAX3SZJ
Leo569Please respect copyright.PENANAVkkdVIO0T4
didn't say anything as he tried to process what Carly had told him. For569Please respect copyright.PENANAUyaRNXtmNx
a moment he stared out of the car window, deep in thought.569Please respect copyright.PENANAqsH9qScnfX
"Whats wrong, Leo?" Carly asked. "Don't you think it's a good idea or you don't agree to it?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAZSGBbWm0HA
Leo turned his head to look back at Carly who was staring back at him waiting for an answer. 569Please respect copyright.PENANADZD9indWmN
"I....," Leo hesistated, "I don't think it's a good idea."569Please respect copyright.PENANA6hVKxvAf7h
Carly was dumbstruck. For a moment she shook her head and gave a little laugh.569Please respect copyright.PENANAiXWWw4ZkA7
"OMG," said Carly, "do you know what, that's exactly what Angel said as well."569Please respect copyright.PENANA3VOPpsAU3P
Leo didn't say anything as Carly continued laughing. Leo raised an eyebrow. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAgbXWLE47A4
"And why the heck are you laughing if your sister didn't agree to it?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAvgwU6CLRF5
"I just realised that I'm so dumb not to have realised this sooner," said Carly in between laughs.569Please respect copyright.PENANAAdstgv33cH
Leo shrugged his shoulders. "And whats that?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAdDJBB5Ngwo
"You and my sister still hate each other."569Please respect copyright.PENANAypjqigHssn
There was silence in the car as the two stared at each other. And then all of the sudden, Carly burst out laughing again. 569Please respect copyright.PENANANEafi8Awe4
"It's not funny, Carly," said Leo, looking serious.569Please respect copyright.PENANAR9QFLErH08
"But569Please respect copyright.PENANAFqnx0Vu1Ib
it is. Even if my sister doesn't show it, she still hates you. And that569Please respect copyright.PENANAvUu2u3OTQV
look in your eyes when I told you about us living with your family, was569Please respect copyright.PENANAPPLIxLs0hl
so clear. If the two of you ever got to meet, you would be two angry 569Please respect copyright.PENANA7f0ByqGR8n
wild cats trying to tear each other apart."569Please respect copyright.PENANAW3vGMmCe3H
"That's not true. I don't hate your sister," Leo protested.569Please respect copyright.PENANA9z7N22u8bN
"Then why do you think its inappropriate that Angel and I come live with your family?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAZhlPrhZLZ7
"Because it would feel completely weird."569Please respect copyright.PENANAz7NYBlRDTe
"Is it just me or are you and my sister getting the same scripts from the same book? She also said that."569Please respect copyright.PENANAnlRKV38dEB
"Don't say that, Carly."569Please respect copyright.PENANAoP6e3ZCIkv
"Then569Please respect copyright.PENANAcGekXhk3Az
what should I say? You're acting like a total bum just like my sister. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAeUG9Y3Pp24
And you say that my sister is serious, now look who is serious now!"569Please respect copyright.PENANAYRZPYYALIn
Leo became frustrated and didn't say anything else. He looked at Carly and he felt so stressed out.569Please respect copyright.PENANAWHDdQwDgY2
"It569Please respect copyright.PENANAz5iJ6mctSt
wouldn't be a bad idea if you came and stayed with us. But your sister 569Please respect copyright.PENANAHdv4iCVbyd
might just get in the way of things. And besides, my family has no idea 569Please respect copyright.PENANAx86Z1lmU79
that we all know each other already. So playing pretend, is going to be 569Please respect copyright.PENANAKEmyqfNFbX
difficult."569Please respect copyright.PENANATJpQt3VKmQ
"Ya,569Please respect copyright.PENANAes0yGsutxx
I know, Leo," said Carly as she placed her hand on Leo's knee. "That's 569Please respect copyright.PENANAH3aXv7NHGJ
what my sister is afraid of. Playing pretend won't be easy."569Please respect copyright.PENANAskHBbd75AM
Leo smiled a little. "Don't worry everything is going to be alright."569Please respect copyright.PENANA4cCVEg7Vme
Carly smiled back and gave Leo a peck on the cheek. Carly hugged him and Leo also put his arm around her. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAWk5rrNkhOb
As569Please respect copyright.PENANAifXB6CXcBe
they stayed like that for a while, Leo couldn't help but wonder what 569Please respect copyright.PENANA4VD5lgltMt
would happen if Angel ever did agree to live with the McDonell family.