Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tJNk8pzc2
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT66iKDyBZn
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEc9v0IP1Z
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡengnhC1KHk
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1D6uqRh6x
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3iPHp6I7z
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jmggTOM6K
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7A8UgfY8l6
boss a call.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmvNg4fbqt
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOW95mGfEQ
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCINy1msDc
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9X6uwmVyF
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfGeqWJRM4
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2GnopqQOG
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcBp2RuB8r
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FQEAKsUuL
looked really tired and restless.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgztfzhOaXv
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CXJ0hGlXp
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVcGmWKBre
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkh2D3GCHTt
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSiGXSn36H
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuWPQ8LlKp
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwSz08yLCj
huge loss.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFG3ojTmTb
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukeWg1GpZy
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUziDC5Qp40
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsQNrGpxnS
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyS3fqWVi6R
"What are you planning to do?"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1L0JPbT8G
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFAzQuGmKC
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmciEJ1ksq
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGGzKsnXRn
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LzuDgSU3z
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzCn5CTamM
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyP0jO4dpvN
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcDOcb9uda
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamnpFDtTTn
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHevwKDUQC
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2AifrNyBa
vacant space weren't as good as her.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiAYPMEge1
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHascCj6yHE
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTOJu0MTYu
lucky charm.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOX4fBEyWa
And he needed her back real bad.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFimK2Amiv
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2wn5phsGi
"I have a job for you."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcf06IbFl0
***970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpj1SqBVUq
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdVJChKGh5
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcj1Zqkrznd
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2yUecDSU1
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmRRxYvSPM
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtT894JKCmy
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfgfxi0sUU
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr16vLj3TVe
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdo89I17TO
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtnXFUriLr
serious.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DipHagwNl
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDlDH6KRSK
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8viVsmL2mt
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOWTwzBvRW
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRR0j05Xk0E
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQI40tyIT9
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpetllVi4P
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJ9lWfTQ3K
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0s7cwFKym
between the two of you considering what happened."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuUhZsqfQp
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzlh1MmTnz
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBt8v4uILNP
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpGPSyr61e
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5Ndn2b8uD
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Hu3pLei1t
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSs5dzXvpyv
"And you never apologised for it," said 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmRSvbpBVG
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNYoorPLgP
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviFk2sIao7
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9A2iO7vEM
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFamnCgTPDi
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdHWS57K4h
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CnMmozXxl
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzcmE2uUJZ
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuz2Jk4W2Ui
for what happened to her.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFt4Xdvy7PM
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHztFcXSx4
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFD2nLtUxd
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvq5pXpXCG
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZFnskV5NB
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe75K6DXXTv
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEgMZwwNrC
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5c5mTstcq
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTh4HOtzAZO
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaup1k98K8j
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pDv2EtVB4
back at the club.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQm7F8kXOmh
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eWTffaKGk
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUrXckiyiN
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYIe74Kaq9
sisters completely.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbnwJrKt7t
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLsHguk5vg
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASALs3o5Eq
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbhinZdn2Q
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkOOua2VId
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AMDoC3JMb
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSL0HH67WY
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VYUrQzgTj
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9J9no097y
club, not him.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tAQbG1sdC
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypThtSn6Oq
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnB4tguxs5W
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabeNi1u8uP
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6o3DB3uHT
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1s3dj0Wyka
at each other yet, have you?"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHYUpxkLaQ
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFzCqIX4MH
"No," they answered at the same time.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslQh5lm2cY
"Great. That's good to know."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpF4tu24Qa4
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrcX2jbqsd
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgKdSJ24XY
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6dAnHa2YE
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIYBPvDwdX
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgSCLxDfJx
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHzyzkmb0N
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1dcTDyRJN
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXgQtrRxta
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8yFShWjVJ
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMS6YOfEfq8
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TFwITv5ep
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZgHMP44Kv
long."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7GPCldTRd
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvuTlFDCQA
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWPJHJJ4d6
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTemK3Jri4A
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SxDGMp7ge
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQDppqHxsV
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLt5oPvslB
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejQKgCnC6i
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQt8rcQfXi
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4GbXK8jAE
Not like this. Something was wrong.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDIbZ6rE8L
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ311EqIYccC
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9swSTa07w9
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuy8aRQW4Q
embarrassed?"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRstH0vi7Z
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXyaCtin78
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNhH8XI24a
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoo4XKEM6V
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbefwTMgfr
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSvQyuktrL
today?"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmACFANER0
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvspGem6d3W
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMv572FOMub
you want."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Y2PryrN3u
"It worked for you, didn't it?"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMF9lxw8A9h
"What do you mean?"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowJFnhbi6m
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdb4XACXW0
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8gip3qe6l
sister."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pExBHU5So
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vy096WowK
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOBVSLFM5p
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAxDzEOVMj
"I'm just speaking the truth."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiw7ZreQxB
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPp1O1wLmR8
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3LbdEJmSm
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUF1RC5XGSj
"I was protecting my sister."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3ORi2ia9p
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoFXBvRmq9
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkBL9ZySH4
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4uvpA2w0n
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEZNU7vJwI
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdt11L94Gb
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0AVWTuuwH
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGSM4CPQLG
betray you like Carly betrayed me."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwmONpymZO
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogo47iF17k
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdapKNSnG7B
crystal glass.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrY6FqphwYw
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCKUPwffWG
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEII5pfh6o
in this situation right now."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUKH7ufAgJ
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Yvz3Q0QgV
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPWgeHmQ74
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzljWv8AxgF
actions.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DUg2o1hA1
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEgPKkIvE6
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnd4lMihUG
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9XeLAYaGT
near Carly."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbYpHAkYaR
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswJOSt7mvg
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwJ4BfajSY
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdu5Gpmb4V
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmn39SPWwRW
Carly, she would be insulting herself.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbxQfBaP2B
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5cXVZCqlh
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfKrKAKMyQ
"That would never happen."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAWQG7niIx
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkp1E1E4aZd
"A fool in love, yes."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzUgEpxokO
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMyUsJ7fMC
"Why? Because you don't like me?"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDt055th9GD
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlR8WBiDZ3
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcd7jvqCft
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyFWxAKSGI
and my accident that she would ever change."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMSwuhPhvV
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3YXbsgkRQ
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrEUXxHE8Q
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulncjenuXd
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1dN60rHdY
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0eBYX04jT
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRs2NzftT3
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LjRmViw3t
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6OBgaqwi3
puzzled.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIB4VINMFl
***970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaZosp8p34
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjAeiFWlyj
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8i87S9mnJC
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZfQnxZk4w
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52YcF0xmEK
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOmAUaS1RC
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKiWwbgcuZ
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHShzUcGVPF
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHW6g5FgGN
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSX87FfYKoZ
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjgkjlsR4W
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRekYFDamQ
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwgbUxHmwW
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxRTzRqxzI
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv18GS9zibn
McDonell should be.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcPhhbOoC0
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjia6ac2bi
"Our family has been successfully with the 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgL8CzQhTzv
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pmXVSWANN
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fteW03Jst
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbh6MDVlV2I
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWBNCYUVcD
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZlHhCHFBM
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTX26cx1xKF
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMihjgQFSIy
especially from my brother. He is so kind."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqt5XHhR5T9
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwB9sUB9JWd
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLAdtjWieN
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZxnOrRxDF
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KOUHcBTVZ
model.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKI0z2eMmv
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCFjFsIdik
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnHT1yPzlC
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmb7EmKtaTg
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxazjtRKmmS
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsbAJWpira
the financial state her family was in.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZAHdlQiRA
But now that she was with the McDonell 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAOAERDEyZ
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaF2iMKmJqb
she has always wanted.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOytrUn4vBw
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOrQQfAbpV
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTQSoW4vp9
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmdVLG0ZMv
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9tJBTMKXD
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdTHv7ZW4x
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AQ3ok6QWk
"That would be awesome."970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKwWIQJAuJ
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NLt5EUU4l
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zmvwhNy4Q
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JqtJ0kZyP
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYEpvLSGQx
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUrImimLdV
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVFgkC7uki
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMthMDqQq6
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKHJqFsxDS
Miranda.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlL8W8zpBTz
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFPBX3Atnn
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Bw4h6dIHW
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOW8CEFVEw
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9hRDkZdHO
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4Q0Rq6jPD
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzT9uWP1AK
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVkaZROZUQ
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGOHbxnpmD
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTzBkjRpdf
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9U5yY6wMAa
she never ever discussed her life with them.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyOubsoExL
Could it be Miranda?970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGpLvjSGLZ
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6FRHGnKM2
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbF5pByfoD
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgjuiHm1S3
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86H6WZQg3O
And now she was calling Carly after all this970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OJxXUODnE
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrb5FsTEhy
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIWTxWqSIl
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ATTFazmGi
betrayal.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlZAv5cSNh
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhL66MZAFHI
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOT04dIrAWz
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.970Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYZUXHGL4W
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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