Leo gave out a sigh of 491Please respect copyright.PENANAD1aqqmlUlU
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 491Please respect copyright.PENANADIKX3MpzZk
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never491Please respect copyright.PENANAqGMetNwYtL
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had491Please respect copyright.PENANAqTuXyrhefS
expected. 491Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZlAkMqq7L
When Leo had told her 491Please respect copyright.PENANA6d5TYRMlm6
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 491Please respect copyright.PENANA4x0ZGSASy7
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 491Please respect copyright.PENANAwrT3I9IJsM
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 491Please respect copyright.PENANA9qWyZAg92S
"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.491Please respect copyright.PENANA5NRI51XGxs
Leo couldn't tell Kim 491Please respect copyright.PENANAPOMrFFrF2O
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 491Please respect copyright.PENANA4mZUmd4aE3
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 491Please respect copyright.PENANAveOHcxR8h2
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 491Please respect copyright.PENANA8HVzMe0fpC
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 491Please respect copyright.PENANAC1mPJ5YWtZ
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 491Please respect copyright.PENANA6ko6wJd8wT
believe him at all.491Please respect copyright.PENANAPpJWta6pNc
"Tell me now, Leo! 491Please respect copyright.PENANAMkEYZKlX1q
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 491Please respect copyright.PENANAWt21C4Y4W2
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.491Please respect copyright.PENANA7dA9GuyWeC
"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."491Please respect copyright.PENANABDEIIYicub
"What! You're still 491Please respect copyright.PENANAWtQdcFn2Og
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 491Please respect copyright.PENANAZpaOhH1SKz
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in491Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7Dt7xBMxQ
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 491Please respect copyright.PENANAWywuOljlcp
anymore?"491Please respect copyright.PENANAkBFDFk9DaA
"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.491Please respect copyright.PENANA1sm9W1fQaW
"There is someone 491Please respect copyright.PENANAm6lr9ufljE
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 491Please respect copyright.PENANALQSPtUWhBj
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 491Please respect copyright.PENANAE4mh7YQES9
Leo!"491Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5u5f8uOAh
Leo had been frustrated 491Please respect copyright.PENANApZGUNNPCDL
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 491Please respect copyright.PENANAHAhNCKBoD5
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 491Please respect copyright.PENANADPg8nXTPws
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 491Please respect copyright.PENANAZAPP29upUN
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 491Please respect copyright.PENANAZwnOQ1zx5Y
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 491Please respect copyright.PENANApIBjWyHKk2
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 491Please respect copyright.PENANAZBk3To0xTz
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 491Please respect copyright.PENANATHrx3Y8i5M
"I'll find out the 491Please respect copyright.PENANAq3vi0gpYST
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 491Please respect copyright.PENANAscR7dixz9A
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 491Please respect copyright.PENANAai7hfXyqWV
lying to me!"491Please respect copyright.PENANAcovJVUyfJW
For a moment, her threat491Please respect copyright.PENANAsoZ5qz0D64
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 491Please respect copyright.PENANAF4UkK0U1nu
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 491Please respect copyright.PENANAucalseKKu5
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 491Please respect copyright.PENANAIuG2skZYJm
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really491Please respect copyright.PENANAMzDmtv5Le8
genuine or not.491Please respect copyright.PENANAwYzpJABcVo
He was about to ascend 491Please respect copyright.PENANAA9S6PEHvqQ
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 491Please respect copyright.PENANAPAEz02oWqU
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 491Please respect copyright.PENANAxC4TmSrTbp
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 491Please respect copyright.PENANA8v0GzV3zZT
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 491Please respect copyright.PENANAkReW7NWs9m
thanking Leo for getting the door.491Please respect copyright.PENANArEJdOeE9vM
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"491Please respect copyright.PENANAgT2z8hY4IZ
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 491Please respect copyright.PENANATsZkp9pWJs
"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?"491Please respect copyright.PENANA65tuBacqXJ
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."491Please respect copyright.PENANAeLL2Gpoga8
Diana and Mrs McDonell 491Please respect copyright.PENANAtTlb251YpX
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 491Please respect copyright.PENANAhDwBap4JaP
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 491Please respect copyright.PENANAboWLow9KHd
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.491Please respect copyright.PENANAMouJpU9Ic0
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 491Please respect copyright.PENANA0W4z5BNrpT
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."491Please respect copyright.PENANA3MszIjcgI0
"But.....but, you two 491Please respect copyright.PENANA52r6nScRH6
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how491Please respect copyright.PENANAREdulHiEXH
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"491Please respect copyright.PENANAf2bbyqNmhf
"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."491Please respect copyright.PENANArVZCYYFTjU
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 491Please respect copyright.PENANAQGsDx6eLmX
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 491Please respect copyright.PENANALN6Yw3oReT
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 491Please respect copyright.PENANA8ABE1ZvMjO
tell me it's not true, Diana."491Please respect copyright.PENANAoezVkZ5hZj
"I'm afraid it is," said491Please respect copyright.PENANAv2BGPdUic8
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 491Please respect copyright.PENANAzbbQaiU2zW
the moment. You need to calm down."491Please respect copyright.PENANACiT8VIHm7A
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"491Please respect copyright.PENANAsiQliqfcw1
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"491Please respect copyright.PENANAMOcc8yaJGF
When Leo tried to leave 491Please respect copyright.PENANAd9jkJGxyqX
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 491Please respect copyright.PENANAA2ZM4D3CAs
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAGC78n4BZei
"You're not going any 491Please respect copyright.PENANAv3FtSfdYwY
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 491Please respect copyright.PENANAOAis6tAa8x
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"491Please respect copyright.PENANABCGgKvE51e
"I don't have to explain491Please respect copyright.PENANAyFy34Mkt2C
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 491Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3tdC4Gpeb
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."491Please respect copyright.PENANAFQKuefZCXq
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"491Please respect copyright.PENANAptS6JBdhQd
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."491Please respect copyright.PENANAcBhV3anD4W
Leo quickly got away 491Please respect copyright.PENANAroZ4kaIwPZ
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 491Please respect copyright.PENANA37HFF1DhBa
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 491Please respect copyright.PENANAUjOnRwV5pC
him.491Please respect copyright.PENANADE1uKdc7fY
"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!"491Please respect copyright.PENANA4YkkHErPzq
Leo rolled his eyes as 491Please respect copyright.PENANAke6PyEtNVx
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and491Please respect copyright.PENANA5xyBXyrVjI
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 491Please respect copyright.PENANA0aZjHiR0Ov
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 491Please respect copyright.PENANA4e1m87CqSW
***491Please respect copyright.PENANAf4dMTjCltC
The491Please respect copyright.PENANA1zEFXaepSj
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 491Please respect copyright.PENANAnAXGAFwSmV
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been491Please respect copyright.PENANAxoxkYSY0g8
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 491Please respect copyright.PENANA3ucHlJujD9
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother491Please respect copyright.PENANAJfoRx6JMyZ
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.491Please respect copyright.PENANASrwQshKIvo
Carly491Please respect copyright.PENANAW2cDiKFeji
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with491Please respect copyright.PENANANFWhYxUtYm
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full491Please respect copyright.PENANAOAiXiSspoA
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother491Please respect copyright.PENANAwn3dIHnWK6
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 491Please respect copyright.PENANA7X2Yc2CFtI
Angel491Please respect copyright.PENANAOsq7Yyugce
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAPEqTO4Au33
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 491Please respect copyright.PENANAU1JoaNGpOl
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 491Please respect copyright.PENANAbvdTTaByiG
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 491Please respect copyright.PENANAamyDDk1DDB
still recovering.491Please respect copyright.PENANAUsQTmil7wu
Right491Please respect copyright.PENANAcVrOp6g79M
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 491Please respect copyright.PENANAi8WuBBy0hZ
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk491Please respect copyright.PENANAyldqSJeYdm
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.491Please respect copyright.PENANAzz62dbXc1E
As491Please respect copyright.PENANAqHelcaYBMl
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 491Please respect copyright.PENANACbvVCK5odt
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and491Please respect copyright.PENANAxT2UBOrrdU
he had a sad look on his face as well.491Please respect copyright.PENANA5EdqI44jtV
"I491Please respect copyright.PENANAP2Vd6ISi67
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 491Please respect copyright.PENANAkKv1rFzU9J
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."491Please respect copyright.PENANAxZ8Zdi4Jk1
"Don't491Please respect copyright.PENANAcXdFrqrN0y
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 491Please respect copyright.PENANAilWcfOeqnu
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."491Please respect copyright.PENANAjOpr9x3OOm
"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."491Please respect copyright.PENANA83pBWmQ2Mb
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."491Please respect copyright.PENANAuSOK8MQ6A7
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."491Please respect copyright.PENANAqUfcA4wMxc
Carly491Please respect copyright.PENANATgSFFLOggH
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 491Please respect copyright.PENANANzcM2EpnV4
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had491Please respect copyright.PENANAhZL92mJXX3
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 491Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3vT1o5CN9
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 491Please respect copyright.PENANAsWFNgPQXH8
eyes.491Please respect copyright.PENANAdIaJrqGd8X
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"491Please respect copyright.PENANAgmo3XPFs8y
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."491Please respect copyright.PENANAbM9Xt1nFMp
"Yes,491Please respect copyright.PENANAq4j5XSo9kz
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 491Please respect copyright.PENANAFvfIfvzlrR
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 491Please respect copyright.PENANALUBASEYTKF
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."491Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZTiZRvt04
"Okay, lets go."491Please respect copyright.PENANAcSg3PzAqtp
Carly491Please respect copyright.PENANAW1KBom1gk5
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 491Please respect copyright.PENANAax7TdyiBn5
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at491Please respect copyright.PENANACvrbDkddAm
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 491Please respect copyright.PENANA5LyARjAQ5g
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.491Please respect copyright.PENANAUZHlFvMgns
***491Please respect copyright.PENANA49p1t1WHzx
"I491Please respect copyright.PENANAXLNzLIWN4T
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 491Please respect copyright.PENANAsD9Fx7Jlb7
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 491Please respect copyright.PENANAHtDWGixOJP
her in the car. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAMlHgBmizJ2
Angel,491Please respect copyright.PENANAilxpcAC366
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 491Please respect copyright.PENANA4gs2kuHbwq
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 491Please respect copyright.PENANAcmh0qGbx8k
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.491Please respect copyright.PENANAik00TP1lVu
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."491Please respect copyright.PENANAIW5tKEihbi
"Very491Please respect copyright.PENANA0BLF5ob4ii
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to491Please respect copyright.PENANA4AL8yOmLin
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if491Please respect copyright.PENANATWLJZDjZyY
I have to."491Please respect copyright.PENANA7i8kN7bQyU
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."491Please respect copyright.PENANAYLZMRX4Au2
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAo6Wpi6P5Ys
"Don't491Please respect copyright.PENANADXR8LKtR4R
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough491Please respect copyright.PENANAuBed9tZbRe
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 491Please respect copyright.PENANAZAyOI55B9m
right, grandma?"491Please respect copyright.PENANAssIVSYJbaE
Amanda491Please respect copyright.PENANAtPcH57rhNM
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 491Please respect copyright.PENANA8w8lVAKOXW
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 491Please respect copyright.PENANAOHwcVofQMc
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 491Please respect copyright.PENANA71DcFZuExA
you."491Please respect copyright.PENANAteovUyDRzJ
Eric491Please respect copyright.PENANAetmvLkQwCN
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 491Please respect copyright.PENANAZ00hJzoSJ5
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 491Please respect copyright.PENANAQtN1LsOTQn
why.491Please respect copyright.PENANAzVmbaSHX4y
"What?491Please respect copyright.PENANA41L4S0i7WT
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at491Please respect copyright.PENANAwQ9i4owtCj
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"491Please respect copyright.PENANAa05AOMLV8u
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"491Please respect copyright.PENANALiR8JrgRQJ
"He491Please respect copyright.PENANANBBt5LCQXu
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 491Please respect copyright.PENANA0EkLft7P9U
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 491Please respect copyright.PENANAHJnwKMXAhK
you get to know him."491Please respect copyright.PENANAbCU7y1OJtL
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.491Please respect copyright.PENANAUCvvYw3kiX
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.491Please respect copyright.PENANArbAlbxER3m
"Oh, no. Nothing."491Please respect copyright.PENANAfB9EBeEjtw
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."491Please respect copyright.PENANAqv3fZBDkle
All491Please respect copyright.PENANAXXqGtIkZRm
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 491Please respect copyright.PENANA3z7hAYRpmy
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 491Please respect copyright.PENANAwgkO99V1pe
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 491Please respect copyright.PENANA5a6UJiOpUE
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had491Please respect copyright.PENANAynzMS5bDvx
never seen such a house ever in her life.491Please respect copyright.PENANApG91Ye7rCW
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"491Please respect copyright.PENANAabDc7Yqer6
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.491Please respect copyright.PENANAU46HjE1HXA
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"491Please respect copyright.PENANAIKwIYwpJRe
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.491Please respect copyright.PENANAOXaEOgUoba
Angel491Please respect copyright.PENANAwlstHG8gs8
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what491Please respect copyright.PENANAkJWfWwvlVE
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.491Please respect copyright.PENANAfmy2u7P1EY
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 491Please respect copyright.PENANAaMltzOMGZL
would begin anytime soon.