"Don't you think you should have done something by now?" Miranda asked with her arms folded.559Please respect copyright.PENANA2GKuuhAXqd
"What do you mean, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAEXhMDvbvjO
"I mean, a week has passed and you haven't reported those people for the damages they caused in the bar that day."559Please respect copyright.PENANAAj4lA9bh48
"Why do you bring up that argument every time, woman!" Mr Walters looked pretty upset.559Please respect copyright.PENANADmrSFnB06f
"Because, they almost left you for dead and the place was in a mess. Someone has to pay for the damages you know."559Please respect copyright.PENANAP2pDR96x33
"Look, Miranda, I admit,559Please respect copyright.PENANAC7GZa1sglT
those people really trashed up the place, but I couldn't report them. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAvIVos9ruKd
As far as I know, Carly also lost her mother. Now imagine this, your 559Please respect copyright.PENANAaQfSb91rkH
sister gets into an accident and then your mother dies on the same day. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAyvgGvCURcL
Won't that be too much too handle?"559Please respect copyright.PENANA3p6VQzFC4t
Miranda tapped her foot 559Please respect copyright.PENANAblNx6PgQhI
as she stared down at her boss who sat behind his office desk looking up559Please respect copyright.PENANAzzlCnyTuKY
at her. He had a few bruises on his face and a slight bump at the back 559Please respect copyright.PENANAOBeyS8yjih
of his head. All in all, he still looked okay.559Please respect copyright.PENANAyOVI5iKoSP
"You might have a point though," said Miranda, "but I still think you should have reported them."559Please respect copyright.PENANAx7NekCNwkQ
"You know I couldn't 559Please respect copyright.PENANASjTB12a0aT
report to the police. If they got to search this place, they might find 559Please respect copyright.PENANAFDQnzNC3DB
out what dirty business goes on and we would have been in big trouble. I559Please respect copyright.PENANAjhJre7LkwA
can't risk losing my business. We all benefit from it."559Please respect copyright.PENANATX4fqWyoWY
"I see your point there. So, those guys are just going to get away with it, huh?" Miranda asked.559Please respect copyright.PENANAgWf7gkZEHT
"No, let things cool 559Please respect copyright.PENANA2PDEpTKeH7
down for a little while longer. Once Carly's sister gets better, then I 559Please respect copyright.PENANAxlJJ2bYI2o
will be able to do what I do best. Nobody trashes up my place and gets 559Please respect copyright.PENANATd0Vx72fKB
away with it that easily."559Please respect copyright.PENANAKbSr1Hit1R
Miranda smiled. "Now that's what I wanted to hear."559Please respect copyright.PENANAdevxrBduu2
***559Please respect copyright.PENANASVBHR5c7xJ
"You didn't tell him, did you?"559Please respect copyright.PENANA38yWK4LJ54
Angel559Please respect copyright.PENANAXrkQLEBbKP
stared at Eric and Carly who stood at the edge of the bed looking at 559Please respect copyright.PENANAZWgdKiAecT
her with a kind of expression Angel couldn't quite put together. Angel 559Please respect copyright.PENANARYWiWXQHYz
raised an eyebrow as she waited for an answer.559Please respect copyright.PENANARxq64ZNcDr
"Well... we.... ahh...," Carly couldn't even find the right words.559Please respect copyright.PENANAshYizIy7GV
"With the look on your faces, it's quite clear that Mr McDonell doesn't know the whole truth," said Angel. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAAkHk91EaoV
"It's true, Angel," said Eric. "No one knows the whole truth apart from the four of us."559Please respect copyright.PENANAYlObtYMg9M
"You guys are unbelievable! Just because I couldn't talk for a whole week, you decided to twist the whole story around?"559Please respect copyright.PENANAcLCZ7DpegM
"We're sorry, Angel," said Carly, "we just didn't want to make things complicated."559Please respect copyright.PENANAiesQCtOEXA
"Make things complicated! Carly, you just made everything worse!"559Please respect copyright.PENANAsCLX0KDJDa
Angel's559Please respect copyright.PENANAUx1IlrvjSZ
anger was rising to the surface and she knew she was going to burst any559Please respect copyright.PENANA3N58bRuRXd
moment. Things now looked messy, and Angel felt it was all her fault. 559Please respect copyright.PENANA2sMniZ5WE0
She could have avoided all this, but it looked like things went out of 559Please respect copyright.PENANA2VgygjJ9Eb
hand.559Please respect copyright.PENANAjKNZR9Zz9z
"So, even when giving a police report, you all lied?" Angel asked.559Please respect copyright.PENANADRuQZUcJTo
"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."559Please respect copyright.PENANAEcb7xV3wBE
"And you used my accident as an escape plan, then?" Angel's face was heating up.559Please respect copyright.PENANAXBK0FD1vIS
"We just had to do it, Angel," said Eric. "If we didn't, we were going to be in a lot of trouble."559Please respect copyright.PENANAz9PApZ14xq
"In trouble with who? I want to know because you're already in trouble with me."559Please respect copyright.PENANAXMT6G4aAVN
"Please, don't ask," said Eric, "you look like you're going to burst any moment and you need to rest."559Please respect copyright.PENANAY3dDGkuhvE
"I'll only rest until you try to fix this mess."559Please respect copyright.PENANAEPAnvmuIyB
"What's559Please respect copyright.PENANA9eYcDrx4m4
done is done, Angel," said Carly, "everyone thinks Eric and Leo just 559Please respect copyright.PENANAx68VKQ1bjU
went out for a ride and then you got hit by accident. If you tell the 559Please respect copyright.PENANA2Voxeny4pB
truth, Leo might just end up in prison because they might think you 559Please respect copyright.PENANA5e5uRyBxr7
being hit was intentional."559Please respect copyright.PENANAIxduD7FhRq
"As559Please respect copyright.PENANAf33GK2RYJw
much as Leo had done most of the damage," said Angel, rolling her eyes,559Please respect copyright.PENANAQF8gTpbmDh
"I'm not that cruel to let him rot in prison. I might as well have 559Please respect copyright.PENANAui7p3Y45Dm
dropped the charges."559Please respect copyright.PENANA257mz9Li2X
"But the damage is already done," said Eric, "we can't tell the truth. We could all be in big trouble."559Please respect copyright.PENANA2X7RJaNlPV
"And559Please respect copyright.PENANAyDnX97n1PH
imagine what Mr McDonell would have thought if he knew I once worked as559Please respect copyright.PENANAgI2z9SHFoJ
a prostitute," said Carly, "he wouldn't have even offered to help us."559Please respect copyright.PENANAbAqmbrwg8e
"No,"559Please respect copyright.PENANAXTP9I0tvbD
said Angel, "I think you're wrong on that. If he truly was a good 559Please respect copyright.PENANApclcxMEqtA
friend of our late mother, he still would have helped us."559Please respect copyright.PENANAwibvbBhfBZ
"Now that you have brought up my uncle in all this," Eric intervened quickly, "will you accept his proposal?"559Please respect copyright.PENANA5lROpUAA5m
Before559Please respect copyright.PENANAK2zbAsk5Wz
Mr McDonell had left, he had asked Angel if she and Carly could move 559Please respect copyright.PENANA9DFogixjBw
into his house and stay with the family. Angel said she would think 559Please respect copyright.PENANAFGxLIe6Zff
about it and she had asked how her mother had died so suddenly on that 559Please respect copyright.PENANANANZeoOmp3
fateful day. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAcdAN3JDJrp
As559Please respect copyright.PENANAOgWm0e0f1b
Mr McDonell explained the events, to Angel, it was quite clear that Mr 559Please respect copyright.PENANAbov0qESM9E
McDonell didn't know the real reason why Leo wasn't at the wedding. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAlgaiJRjY1z
Because he did say that he had called home and was told that Leo and 559Please respect copyright.PENANA7vb2E53Wk7
Eric were gone. And a few moments after calling Angel, the accident 559Please respect copyright.PENANA6CH0rIx35f
occurred. Besides, he didn't pose any question as to why Angel and Carly559Please respect copyright.PENANAOF6oeW3y2g
were along that street that day in the first place. It seemed to 559Please respect copyright.PENANAHHf48I7dTq
everyone, that all that occurred was nothing but a coincidence.559Please respect copyright.PENANA3gFGkFBqFm
"I have already made up my mind," said Angel, "I think Carly and I shouldn't move in to your house."559Please respect copyright.PENANADCS6b5HAOK
Carly and Eric gave Angel horrifying looks. Carly came to sit close to her sister on the edge of the bed.559Please respect copyright.PENANA1azM93Sz2p
"What? But Angel...."559Please respect copyright.PENANAuCdwuyYYSU
"But559Please respect copyright.PENANA2M22Ms93Fu
nothing, Carly," said Angel. "I don't think it's a good idea. As much 559Please respect copyright.PENANAdFN7aZiYO5
as Mr McDonell is trying to help us out, living in his house doesn't 559Please respect copyright.PENANAsbqqPzBD8T
seem right."559Please respect copyright.PENANAHrNObAQ6j4
"Oh, really then? Is it that or are you saying that because you don't want to ever see Leo within your sight?"559Please respect copyright.PENANA5FU5qDVgwS
Angel didn't say anything for a second as she stared at her sister, trying to figure out the right words to use. 559Please respect copyright.PENANA82IlHN6y9q
"Its559Please respect copyright.PENANAIEPYHAEM5V
not like that," said Angel. "I don't think its right after all that's 559Please respect copyright.PENANAHy2pw45DbM
happened. If we live in their house it would feel completely weird. Just559Please respect copyright.PENANA8UhaATMtrz
so you know, Leo and Eric aren't strangers to you and I anymore."559Please respect copyright.PENANASNvJuVOc0D
"Angel, please think about it for one second," pleaded Carly.559Please respect copyright.PENANAeQ8RovWCKr
"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?"559Please respect copyright.PENANAuCKPCSC5cM
Carly559Please respect copyright.PENANAc3KcgIiCt5
looked baffled and Eric just stood there without saying a word. Angel 559Please respect copyright.PENANAa2FSmFMUOq
noticed the blush come across her sister's cheeks and Angel felt like 559Please respect copyright.PENANAjs0CSnZCDE
slapping it off her face.559Please respect copyright.PENANAMprlEiXSkx
"Aren't you going to say anything? I already gave my reason," said Angel. "Now you tell me yours."559Please respect copyright.PENANACAimx9hSR1
Carly looked the other way and Eric stared down at his feet. Angel looked at Carly and then at Eric, and then back again.559Please respect copyright.PENANANdTX6H95g8
"Your silence tells me there is more to all this," said Angel, with an eyebrow raised. "Do the two of you still meet?"559Please respect copyright.PENANAvleplPrSRk
Carly559Please respect copyright.PENANAPNRjMCxapR
played around with her fingers and Angel noticed. Carly had always done559Please respect copyright.PENANAZt20pc4S2e
that whenever she was nervous and was trying to hide the truth.559Please respect copyright.PENANAjf2bD39SZe
Angel let out a sigh and sunk down deeper into the bed covers.559Please respect copyright.PENANAwLhk16jktq
"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.559Please respect copyright.PENANAYnFVLaJYNr
"Angel, will you just-" 559Please respect copyright.PENANA9udkR7ipT7
"Listen559Please respect copyright.PENANAuIkDHWyxvX
to you?"Angel finished the sentenced. "I'm tired of listening. Eric's 559Please respect copyright.PENANAotbioSZeIr
right. I need some rest. So, may you please leave?"559Please respect copyright.PENANA4A4gcvsrmG
Carly559Please respect copyright.PENANAnBhr2m1drd
looked at her sister, but Angel turned her face the other way and 559Please respect copyright.PENANAI58fwScIwJ
closed her eyes. Before Carly could protest, Leo came closer to her and 559Please respect copyright.PENANA3yVgBGTWbJ
held her shoulder.559Please respect copyright.PENANAy8CNkZZYCo
"I think we should leave," said Eric, "I think she's had enough to handle for one day. Let's go."559Please respect copyright.PENANAcDkHO5vRNs
Carly559Please respect copyright.PENANAm7IWcn9F2n
didn't say a thing as she nodded her head. She slowly got up from the 559Please respect copyright.PENANAbsCYyafyGH
bed and went out of the room with Eric behind her who closed the door.559Please respect copyright.PENANArHsmCEZbFA
After559Please respect copyright.PENANAE0vUj6ruq5
Carly and Eric had left, Angel's eyes flew back open and only herself 559Please respect copyright.PENANAHRuSfdNSVg
knew how much rage was stirring inside her. All she needed was rest and 559Please respect copyright.PENANAXaDzeZQhp3
to get better soon. And maybe, just maybe, she would give Leo a piece of559Please respect copyright.PENANAB7WilplwqM
her fist.559Please respect copyright.PENANAyr5HBHMZSZ
***559Please respect copyright.PENANA0fjrIss0fH
Leo559Please respect copyright.PENANAKNI8yPZpd2
stared at his watch as he waited in the packing lot. His car was packed559Please respect copyright.PENANALAI6yeznEA
in between two ambulances and he had a clear view of the entrance of 559Please respect copyright.PENANABCrYqzchkJ
the hospital. He saw Carly escort Eric to his car. Eric got into his car559Please respect copyright.PENANAusPJuqapME
and drove off. And Carly stood there until Eric's car was out of sight.559Please respect copyright.PENANAMNNgwdShOw
Carly rushed over to where Leo had packed the car. Leo unlocked the car559Please respect copyright.PENANAYpRJGga5VW
door and Carly quickly went in the car.559Please respect copyright.PENANA7cjohlJEhv
"Hey, how are you?" Leo asked. 559Please respect copyright.PENANA3qFfGNRJ1T
"Angel's mad," said Carly with a sulking look on her face, "how would I feel?"559Please respect copyright.PENANANhN1PnpVGc
"What happened?" Leo asked as he rolled his eyes.559Please respect copyright.PENANAVOopVlRgkK
"Apparently,559Please respect copyright.PENANA7y3NuwocqS
she's so smart enough that she figured out that your family doesn't 559Please respect copyright.PENANA89LTNe5vK1
know the real reason why you weren't at the wedding that day. And she 559Please respect copyright.PENANAZhySa5r729
has a hunch that the two of us are still seeing each other."559Please respect copyright.PENANADzUCsYV9rK
"And she is mad just because of one little lie? Your sister is way too serious with such things."559Please respect copyright.PENANAxqEvDARZd5
"To my sister, this lie might just complicate things. And she feels hurt because we used her accident as an escape plan."559Please respect copyright.PENANAifVCIfEu0m
Carly559Please respect copyright.PENANAkesPFKp4xb
paused for a while as she leaned into the car seat and breathed out 559Please respect copyright.PENANAZhCZexIBnI
deeply. There was silence for a while as Carly stared up at the car 559Please respect copyright.PENANAOcwTiv8TMY
ceiling.559Please respect copyright.PENANAdTMJXEeULk
"Somehow, I think she's right," said Carly. 559Please respect copyright.PENANA9Wllj26SOL
"Right about what?"559Please respect copyright.PENANAP8tM5PXp6i
"The lie we just created. It might affect all of us in the future."559Please respect copyright.PENANA7rb1j8lnbu
Leo looked straight at Carly with an eyebrow raised.559Please respect copyright.PENANA1bbWthOY7O
"Don't tell me you're supporting your sister on this."559Please respect copyright.PENANAKhwyDpWTPA
"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."559Please respect copyright.PENANAzRHJoT9a7m
Leo559Please respect copyright.PENANAsEV7Pc5Yxq
put his hand on Carly's shoulder. "No. Thats not going to happen. I'll 559Please respect copyright.PENANA3QTN7cOiYQ
be the one to make sure that the truth isn't revealed to anyone."559Please respect copyright.PENANAkuBdmBuUcn
"Thanks, Leo," said Carly as she gave him a smile.559Please respect copyright.PENANAUBlQ10DFwM
"So, I was told my dad came here. What was it about?"559Please respect copyright.PENANAh2UPyESqfu
"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.559Please respect copyright.PENANA0AKivXDSLo
"Wait, what?" Leo looked completely confused. "But why come and live with my family?"559Please respect copyright.PENANAJyGeIFyFmw
"He's559Please respect copyright.PENANAhyWCwZvF0z
trying to keep a promise he made to my mother. Maybe he thought us 559Please respect copyright.PENANA82nsuEg6L3
coming to live with your family was a good idea. He's just trying to 559Please respect copyright.PENANAiP9GKY5kuf
help us out."559Please respect copyright.PENANAeTMR4W06kA
Leo559Please respect copyright.PENANAcrVC4VG1A6
didn't say anything as he tried to process what Carly had told him. For559Please respect copyright.PENANA2HZKCRywVS
a moment he stared out of the car window, deep in thought.559Please respect copyright.PENANARGXfFhokuf
"Whats wrong, Leo?" Carly asked. "Don't you think it's a good idea or you don't agree to it?"559Please respect copyright.PENANAVwMhcvqHld
Leo turned his head to look back at Carly who was staring back at him waiting for an answer. 559Please respect copyright.PENANALIJful8Qkq
"I....," Leo hesistated, "I don't think it's a good idea."559Please respect copyright.PENANAE2NTFk12PH
Carly was dumbstruck. For a moment she shook her head and gave a little laugh.559Please respect copyright.PENANAhsz4x9Z8O1
"OMG," said Carly, "do you know what, that's exactly what Angel said as well."559Please respect copyright.PENANArOv1EUiWC3
Leo didn't say anything as Carly continued laughing. Leo raised an eyebrow. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAZOz40HSMW5
"And why the heck are you laughing if your sister didn't agree to it?"559Please respect copyright.PENANAS0A7wen1aZ
"I just realised that I'm so dumb not to have realised this sooner," said Carly in between laughs.559Please respect copyright.PENANA30J42zuLxx
Leo shrugged his shoulders. "And whats that?"559Please respect copyright.PENANAR6XEREN5LP
"You and my sister still hate each other."559Please respect copyright.PENANA2Imyv08vR3
There was silence in the car as the two stared at each other. And then all of the sudden, Carly burst out laughing again. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAockMCt5hVZ
"It's not funny, Carly," said Leo, looking serious.559Please respect copyright.PENANAVTjOCL1SMZ
"But559Please respect copyright.PENANA1TjpxGHnRS
it is. Even if my sister doesn't show it, she still hates you. And that559Please respect copyright.PENANAo6rfjWAvn7
look in your eyes when I told you about us living with your family, was559Please respect copyright.PENANAZLLhKyanH1
so clear. If the two of you ever got to meet, you would be two angry 559Please respect copyright.PENANAEVdKnLr6gL
wild cats trying to tear each other apart."559Please respect copyright.PENANAnsOsXULPjk
"That's not true. I don't hate your sister," Leo protested.559Please respect copyright.PENANAMqES6ijMJ5
"Then why do you think its inappropriate that Angel and I come live with your family?"559Please respect copyright.PENANA42nK63R3QM
"Because it would feel completely weird."559Please respect copyright.PENANAt1Z97dTXBb
"Is it just me or are you and my sister getting the same scripts from the same book? She also said that."559Please respect copyright.PENANAdCDpHalrSv
"Don't say that, Carly."559Please respect copyright.PENANAP6ULMVcoR4
"Then559Please respect copyright.PENANADgS6mIXjXB
what should I say? You're acting like a total bum just like my sister. 559Please respect copyright.PENANA8jB4GKrgk2
And you say that my sister is serious, now look who is serious now!"559Please respect copyright.PENANAQv0Ik9mH3n
Leo became frustrated and didn't say anything else. He looked at Carly and he felt so stressed out.559Please respect copyright.PENANAktYugUmFv3
"It559Please respect copyright.PENANAiFYnzpe6nb
wouldn't be a bad idea if you came and stayed with us. But your sister 559Please respect copyright.PENANAu0uu8rTvnT
might just get in the way of things. And besides, my family has no idea 559Please respect copyright.PENANAoUGEdXHUw9
that we all know each other already. So playing pretend, is going to be 559Please respect copyright.PENANAjSk4wX3yqW
difficult."559Please respect copyright.PENANA5sjxXx5EJL
"Ya,559Please respect copyright.PENANAmMdpeE4psK
I know, Leo," said Carly as she placed her hand on Leo's knee. "That's 559Please respect copyright.PENANAcNyn1rir9Y
what my sister is afraid of. Playing pretend won't be easy."559Please respect copyright.PENANA2UQlz6P2J4
Leo smiled a little. "Don't worry everything is going to be alright."559Please respect copyright.PENANA7AtyZUwqFn
Carly smiled back and gave Leo a peck on the cheek. Carly hugged him and Leo also put his arm around her. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAIuxQWHIfPm
As559Please respect copyright.PENANAtAKa0IWJme
they stayed like that for a while, Leo couldn't help but wonder what 559Please respect copyright.PENANAd9EX9NdEpU
would happen if Angel ever did agree to live with the McDonell family.