The sad gloomy day had 526Please respect copyright.PENANAbe2i4Qw1Ra
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 526Please respect copyright.PENANAiBmXmy0AwK
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 526Please respect copyright.PENANAk4lWGvK6nq
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 526Please respect copyright.PENANAXfanG12h0N
Angel couldn't help but 526Please respect copyright.PENANA2Q0bDLI7v7
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 526Please respect copyright.PENANAj3YsGqix1d
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 526Please respect copyright.PENANAvJ9vOJlFlD
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 526Please respect copyright.PENANAOwRuagfJDr
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 526Please respect copyright.PENANAzmDwG3dOqn
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.526Please respect copyright.PENANAYSDaOwrHrJ
As Angel sat on the 526Please respect copyright.PENANAMPd5XhsZno
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 526Please respect copyright.PENANA1pO0PwBFRC
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in526Please respect copyright.PENANAlLV11ZMICb
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 526Please respect copyright.PENANAgOrePXINye
appeared across her face.526Please respect copyright.PENANAkYx7hRc4i0
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.526Please respect copyright.PENANALP3RGdHjXm
"I know I'm supposed to 526Please respect copyright.PENANAlAho9lcP2Y
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when526Please respect copyright.PENANAgeM2zHISgB
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 526Please respect copyright.PENANAc2B0cp1skU
isn't here anymore."526Please respect copyright.PENANARJOKP8evCp
Eric squatted beside the526Please respect copyright.PENANAtCHyYPdPz2
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 526Please respect copyright.PENANAJOb5G70zOF
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 526Please respect copyright.PENANASVyi4u4aqx
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped526Please respect copyright.PENANAZAEZt0Z5Ur
a little at his touch. 526Please respect copyright.PENANA4i3bc0quMD
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."526Please respect copyright.PENANAViyfxSFJ7Y
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 526Please respect copyright.PENANA1pwzXuKpgR
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a526Please respect copyright.PENANAYrz7gUzyJQ
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 526Please respect copyright.PENANAwtRnOMuZNm
past week."526Please respect copyright.PENANANAmCyiUkdo
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."526Please respect copyright.PENANA1N9ePXRbLi
Angel forgot about the 526Please respect copyright.PENANAsMYF5lLHeF
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 526Please respect copyright.PENANAjcswgFyuLO
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide526Please respect copyright.PENANALTAGAJcHiS
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.526Please respect copyright.PENANAumgWvg9S8J
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."526Please respect copyright.PENANAOPQNgul8oZ
"You're crazy, Eric."526Please respect copyright.PENANAkBv1xtvJ18
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."526Please respect copyright.PENANAF6Et8dceE4
Angel didn't say 526Please respect copyright.PENANA1HSY5msgrK
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 526Please respect copyright.PENANAlOiaCjFZIk
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear526Please respect copyright.PENANALmvxlCilOI
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 526Please respect copyright.PENANAobrrK49eaX
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 526Please respect copyright.PENANAANnQLrQDlP
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 526Please respect copyright.PENANAw6wfKMfpl1
the floor.526Please respect copyright.PENANAABhVJGH7Ay
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"526Please respect copyright.PENANAOwMtK76cBg
Angel didn't say 526Please respect copyright.PENANA9npmPvkgVb
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 526Please respect copyright.PENANAKcmksnTjwL
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel526Please respect copyright.PENANAgFsgTbLwhg
out of the room. 526Please respect copyright.PENANAJnFxtBwRhf
They went out of the 526Please respect copyright.PENANAgKfVTT302N
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 526Please respect copyright.PENANAVRdOvaxw80
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass526Please respect copyright.PENANAA31wTranKe
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 526Please respect copyright.PENANAygCVYB9JGm
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 526Please respect copyright.PENANA9ENHHBdoLE
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those526Please respect copyright.PENANAfEWL5xP941
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 526Please respect copyright.PENANA7vWF7T55bD
Cold prickling air 526Please respect copyright.PENANAqghJGMxSJZ
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 526Please respect copyright.PENANAG3ypUrThEr
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 526Please respect copyright.PENANA7pQW1TzW8e
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.526Please respect copyright.PENANA0VZtttVhgl
Two black SUVs stood 526Please respect copyright.PENANAB3BqiXBVYS
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 526Please respect copyright.PENANAvlNA8Pm8zT
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 526Please respect copyright.PENANAUScrxZuIQ8
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 526Please respect copyright.PENANAcglk7yYGRV
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 526Please respect copyright.PENANA6JaeviIvsn
out of the hospital premises. 526Please respect copyright.PENANAeF69843lwI
"We will first go for 526Please respect copyright.PENANA9kriz5U02G
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 526Please respect copyright.PENANAW2dVUjK8F8
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."526Please respect copyright.PENANAveIRWcAb0Q
Angel looked out of the 526Please respect copyright.PENANAx2tq3FZRUx
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 526Please respect copyright.PENANAoOoPtIBy9l
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 526Please respect copyright.PENANAMdXdbzUU4k
looking at her.526Please respect copyright.PENANAnHwoJyawUk
"Don't worry, you will 526Please respect copyright.PENANANKbq60cEwP
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 526Please respect copyright.PENANAmM4iFv3p68
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."526Please respect copyright.PENANA3jZnhBO4WE
Angel closed her eyes 526Please respect copyright.PENANAwAH5GlvEuB
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 526Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9SVJMaH9I
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 526Please respect copyright.PENANAolmtjrqiYL
Angel slowly opened her 526Please respect copyright.PENANABfNRuBOES9
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 526Please respect copyright.PENANATOFIaehHR9
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 526Please respect copyright.PENANAzKMcX3sFwU
heart ache and beat faster. 526Please respect copyright.PENANApwYJTXuNlr
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 526Please respect copyright.PENANAD3L3WyGqtJ
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 526Please respect copyright.PENANAgaxuqhpJqf
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."526Please respect copyright.PENANAkPD0XWg9ls
Angel felt Carly put her526Please respect copyright.PENANAiCBdDCMNe7
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her526Please respect copyright.PENANA7Hr7NSeCW1
hand away. But Carly grasped it.526Please respect copyright.PENANACv9y7BwOmy
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."526Please respect copyright.PENANAQN3S8QxY7v
The black SUV came to a 526Please respect copyright.PENANAZMxXDPRv0Z
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother526Please respect copyright.PENANAZDSM8hWpQZ
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 526Please respect copyright.PENANAsqCbUSrx1l
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 526Please respect copyright.PENANAhtz4yFq0Nc
Eric opened the door. 526Please respect copyright.PENANAgBXYQnTcgV
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."526Please respect copyright.PENANA6jNwanR7eA
Eric had set the 526Please respect copyright.PENANA0HMDBxJv49
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 526Please respect copyright.PENANA1bQ429RJJi
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 526Please respect copyright.PENANAJc3WSQmXga
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 526Please respect copyright.PENANA8IQwVUs9le
them. 526Please respect copyright.PENANA1bjgvO6JUX
Angel526Please respect copyright.PENANAEZ7pJpVKOO
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when526Please respect copyright.PENANAoEHcu9iDNY
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.526Please respect copyright.PENANAtTXIYttHFu
***526Please respect copyright.PENANANoqqbSkkmp
Leo526Please respect copyright.PENANA6oOZ90hJyV
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 526Please respect copyright.PENANA1UpOM0QalS
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 526Please respect copyright.PENANAaLQNRC3vt3
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 526Please respect copyright.PENANA4skkl0XqT9
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 526Please respect copyright.PENANA0sFLOj6sYo
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he526Please respect copyright.PENANALv1T5vyF86
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.526Please respect copyright.PENANAS056Cd95Pc
Kim526Please respect copyright.PENANAwwFUbULHIa
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 526Please respect copyright.PENANAzUy8AGMPbb
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 526Please respect copyright.PENANA8J712OYeWJ
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 526Please respect copyright.PENANA1YqNoQNIhg
arms.526Please respect copyright.PENANA6WDrv3Q1jr
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."526Please respect copyright.PENANAC9GhD46upZ
Leo526Please respect copyright.PENANAkPS6Y3tx1n
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 526Please respect copyright.PENANAEvs58paoYE
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 526Please respect copyright.PENANA3pEeSlYTCs
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 526Please respect copyright.PENANArcYVpoZV6S
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 526Please respect copyright.PENANAh82SsVl1ew
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 526Please respect copyright.PENANAEKiJCM30zw
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.526Please respect copyright.PENANAgBbapXJxxu
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"526Please respect copyright.PENANAQPWFcAe9Zl
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."526Please respect copyright.PENANA2pDEg56G92
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"526Please respect copyright.PENANAKv4VYA7QdI
Leo526Please respect copyright.PENANABr5ooehj8D
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 526Please respect copyright.PENANAE8CWJgo5wg
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 526Please respect copyright.PENANAaSNsYlPziB
it's time I come out clean."526Please respect copyright.PENANA8R0VvOf4bg
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"526Please respect copyright.PENANArbRpgLSOiu
This526Please respect copyright.PENANA9yJa0tqAB6
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 526Please respect copyright.PENANAi66ZkSPDa3
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 526Please respect copyright.PENANAGfz0cYie99
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 526Please respect copyright.PENANAK6quRWTD15
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.526Please respect copyright.PENANARrTemrjvch
"The526Please respect copyright.PENANAUDbsnZBpMq
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot526Please respect copyright.PENANAvaCcRy7FK1
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 526Please respect copyright.PENANAR6kIMlpbNw
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want526Please respect copyright.PENANADmUxKJVIcj
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."526Please respect copyright.PENANAP4rjuVYJ9x
"I526Please respect copyright.PENANAAEGAxdYpsm
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 526Please respect copyright.PENANAsdW1yEuTJb
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"526Please respect copyright.PENANAgwXl5RO9lq
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.526Please respect copyright.PENANA3gzWymj3bE
"What526Please respect copyright.PENANAHrJDls2eBY
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 526Please respect copyright.PENANASApwQsEDqd
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"526Please respect copyright.PENANA26kvDCVZcP
Leo526Please respect copyright.PENANAriCKQnc4W8
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 526Please respect copyright.PENANAU9aSmar13Z
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 526Please respect copyright.PENANAOSofXN2TXD
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 526Please respect copyright.PENANAU9vnxSe2dR
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 526Please respect copyright.PENANACIcevxZxF2
would react.526Please respect copyright.PENANAArYUwPKWkT
"After526Please respect copyright.PENANAcFQevnSn1y
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 526Please respect copyright.PENANA1JSFlGGM5l
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."526Please respect copyright.PENANASOVLi7LvPb
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.526Please respect copyright.PENANAV3jpUfs4JW
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."526Please respect copyright.PENANA0ulRfMPKE6
***526Please respect copyright.PENANAAdzaNffk2P
Angel526Please respect copyright.PENANACKlb1x7Axz
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that526Please respect copyright.PENANA1J1XOn9CoY
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother526Please respect copyright.PENANA8bedjWEb7I
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 526Please respect copyright.PENANAMzoWxkMB88
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 526Please respect copyright.PENANA4H7qB24V9B
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 526Please respect copyright.PENANAaHLir03ib5
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 526Please respect copyright.PENANAbbnOrnwHOz
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 526Please respect copyright.PENANATqbsV2ITHK
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.526Please respect copyright.PENANAV71WEQPLNZ
After526Please respect copyright.PENANAp0G60d55j3
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 526Please respect copyright.PENANAekUWFcQCLZ
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 526Please respect copyright.PENANACPD69100PC
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 526Please respect copyright.PENANAIz5F96SGhc
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was526Please respect copyright.PENANAJpkusnXvBF
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 526Please respect copyright.PENANAFcBsnbrNe9
world. 526Please respect copyright.PENANAiuh0ainKmc
After526Please respect copyright.PENANAvUGx2zxUHd
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 526Please respect copyright.PENANA8Hlnax5IPu
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 526Please respect copyright.PENANAKTgqzKdRdm
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 526Please respect copyright.PENANABEC4o9oJ1e
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."526Please respect copyright.PENANAoYisebIUgT
"It's526Please respect copyright.PENANAzXMGXi6ZCl
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 526Please respect copyright.PENANAMRevHyQLbR
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like526Please respect copyright.PENANAqDswEZrt5H
you."526Please respect copyright.PENANA0oK2wudTRE
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."526Please respect copyright.PENANAxcCAYMDcWM
"No,526Please respect copyright.PENANAVeVq3kmJNJ
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 526Please respect copyright.PENANAEeY9pLzBkI
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to526Please respect copyright.PENANAlYiJjug3d9
live with us, it will be great."526Please respect copyright.PENANAin5Uuo3pxk
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 526Please respect copyright.PENANAGt5FFZqQQx
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.526Please respect copyright.PENANAeau0EU79Zv
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"526Please respect copyright.PENANAAOC5lvpvHR
"I decided that it won't be appropriate for my sister and I to come and live with you. We can take care of ourselves."526Please respect copyright.PENANA4vXlfTq21o
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.526Please respect copyright.PENANAmq4eflK4gd
Angel couldn't help but 526Please respect copyright.PENANAC5b74CIEv4
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 526Please respect copyright.PENANAvnFMiT8NTc
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 526Please respect copyright.PENANANKVOooLcfX
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't526Please respect copyright.PENANACcRRNiJQP8
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 526Please respect copyright.PENANAqnD8GDQC0E
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.526Please respect copyright.PENANA7dBSUlIl76
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."526Please respect copyright.PENANAgGrfAv2M0E
Angel now shifted in her526Please respect copyright.PENANAzSmJVD0iUV
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 526Please respect copyright.PENANA8jAlDl0ua1
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 526Please respect copyright.PENANAku5DXRaMNo
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 526Please respect copyright.PENANA7M3z86Ax4k
hidden?526Please respect copyright.PENANAECGkDiFTkx
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"526Please respect copyright.PENANAzGBF9gESJB
Angel demanded. 526Please respect copyright.PENANAh6ITke0kbM
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."526Please respect copyright.PENANATxKVOJZxUj
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 526Please respect copyright.PENANAf7CIoOqxAt
"What?!"
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