Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBHEV9xV8a
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJvE5ine9K
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFUKLSEJbv
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFidX4ir1K
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPyzXXnNqf
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGqtuxHTBO
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qJUdUOWtO
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5TG9raxZc
boss a call.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHmfWZ8uyb
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtyTjeiJhq
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzovaBW0tM
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyajwo3xJn
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEaD7q55Op
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa89AAJA0Ey
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCl49gPDIWa
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqR86nfY8te
looked really tired and restless.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWjsi3xYzt
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyLGWLYtdx
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJyXTJH8vz
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTLxEq1Wro
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8ejYR5Fzg
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrLQU14X02
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8RIHcrvWj
huge loss.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8adviLZj5z
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpFaBL6Fzh
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9RYKZWWZn
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRhlLQ5buw
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWENYoK2gs
"What are you planning to do?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgf1xjdldnq
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasAW6PtSfW
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbgKlhL8Y6
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXBw273Tzj
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWb68NGAfr
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVg0uWk2rvU
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEL6LcX2ue
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaMrZiEdCw
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplkTswFdYC
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWrrV5qqAT
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1sMvi3D8E
vacant space weren't as good as her.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOor4BeAXk
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshrjgLz2lb
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgaszJ1v6f
lucky charm.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HRn2Z0uCj
And he needed her back real bad.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JmPv29Vlu
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.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcMllZ2df8
"I have a job for you."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqljNU74sSn
***982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUF15zjGxv
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3W9yhL7Jo
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UWiOB4snA
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUijlyG6TS
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dykPFFlmn
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRep46qX3w
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3lo9CLjgE
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYAdznAXov
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDRcZnIi1v
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5RT9EBbWH
serious.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8YxjO6kJe
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuiEaX3FCd
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3KJ4O6Bh5
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSv2JxjxNF
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRbABMjv9q
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9MYcmZSI4
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KB1hJ6zyR
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKa9XuRQ2X
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67DtiMW4Iy
between the two of you considering what happened."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshbn2DQHQu
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLZfgQOTLG
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3pQqjJStj
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofJTvJegqk
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJECmJ0W26
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYmpDKcvO0
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQGsuLfxYZ
"And you never apologised for it," said 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9bdL5EbwX
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYDOtndwW0
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgdXlyTTIj
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9iTTqsOd1
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQ5GmxqAg9
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vtvynZjgQ
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUarih1Ar9
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQl6q84ND3e
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EKINcNETI
for what happened to her.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3oFsWa9oP
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DoPdBv6yq
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsym9EO4WY
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFyeaiGGHI
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sCad2wYkK
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwxnaTK2mM
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4nHVOhFX4
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VOb0sduwn
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgEJnFtFyu
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8O84Pz3qW7
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpoF7nIESe
back at the club.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqltQpy9jHA
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bepGnSQxu
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgsq0ZDuUc
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmrJohmw6O
sisters completely.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTf7GsWtdmG
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkQslVEASI
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEKaZMeV04
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GMEQweD6m
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpiXQBEdqX
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l5A7AMsla
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA948FO2RVt
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uB68fLCAj
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpq6NU36Id
club, not him.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlr4sJdX3QA
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOpBT9tYpP
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAYTFYbwdK
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadfDYER8Sc
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxeKLqE5TE
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5ZmQ1vZPl
at each other yet, have you?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqvmjIsOjo
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiev4AWyWPK
"No," they answered at the same time.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrom2DWgPzV
"Great. That's good to know."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrvybcbltc
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbhnKosCwY
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDs1wnFWEx
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHjvPOd1yQ
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vB6RW7nDV
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDYOC8phei
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiBeoNjCJe
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtds7fhYyEV
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3MT2HVYbV
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmOVcCGiYJ
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuymGUkrIZ
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IMp6Ao5b1
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxuPAKer6v
long."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9n850R4Pt
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIMFBuvaAL
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlEpIwElya
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkFzgOKclU
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aYyOJkpmk
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXchml16QG
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2QSQnQqUI
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzTJlTjmDh
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4V2sOWFwKS
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVswGrCcrHc
Not like this. Something was wrong.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImHOwam8S1
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp31YNcL3kz
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ARDehGdht
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6CnX872Iy
embarrassed?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSZtiAoK6e
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6eyf5dy8B
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQXtRCxTC6
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqLAzghFJJ
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBf4JtXRjKd
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPn7dHEMYSH
today?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0ULb40PZh
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSwzqlKaXB
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfwpplgTbG
you want."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLQmQVHWPS
"It worked for you, didn't it?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBeHSQhB87
"What do you mean?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmYMcLFurm
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSI14UXu4Gm
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwy08ekorQ
sister."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiLI1mPZv0
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7kYMsokNA
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGdzGUmHUS
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QcIW82Grf
"I'm just speaking the truth."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUkrDS0WJc
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaNRclrU81
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ987D6vCDhk
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyInYs6eqx
"I was protecting my sister."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKdBo5ztDf
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiys87qDKF9
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6JJHqynKB
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7jK4FtVwK
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVv9PEtnAD
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWTMQD0OWB
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRHMGqh2IK
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4G7LN8rDbt
betray you like Carly betrayed me."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HOyZcek9z
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1SLlIT506
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4B8S1mzzl
crystal glass.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRXmFXnw5Z
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLit2I8GQ5I
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOqF4nwx3u
in this situation right now."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡII8VzPswQu
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJWK9s5IZQ
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iF5m6U9Hp
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjy7Gkd1uc
actions.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkf7OXEqZS2
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNwlRykBQI
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5chAG9yik
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAOnjEKGwX
near Carly."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhDMMxWxxR
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYNcisSKAf
"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......"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDuRpEoBKY
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtXp8WWqSz
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kmEDYW8iG
Carly, she would be insulting herself.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUyPAId0Jr
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsYi89OPDt
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yz5gyMNsG
"That would never happen."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqLWxSIel4
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0eNoYlH92
"A fool in love, yes."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8NRI2zYFk
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPPwaWXX1I
"Why? Because you don't like me?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk17nIn1pNE
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2IT1cKynd
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwvOk1yDAW
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57cCDAc7qW
and my accident that she would ever change."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybaB1VzLMO
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mScPnUUlk
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIa5OnVbEYf
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdbEQ0PQ4b
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5No5eFUw2
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6PSjpbiVE
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEezi2FL0k
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7JIIyMhzh
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATCWEjg4wy
puzzled.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsC43ByiOy
***982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOShcQMNfI0
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMH6IDkrHTH
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbD6MtOVfl
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6ch2r6ElG
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJI3lffLhx
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0iU2lR4lL
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHuoQKtDVF
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvr8CgLMbf
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76rkVRasbX
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdvdQEr2yN
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡln8o5Rp5Z0
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMa7R0OsOaF
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9htJ3MbDCv
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITbg9l08sg
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcAnHU5lfr
McDonell should be.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDTZO0Zzsz
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcXnvzYwcQ
"Our family has been successfully with the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWr01kYEfZE
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpQZSlmMKG
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wzvceYC4l
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh99D48hqUO
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnEEYpqhqZ
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAtnbSqL9Z
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmV8AKv3Ua
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWoF1D7C4G
especially from my brother. He is so kind."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4V06ZM6Gsm
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDe4YXoaXm
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwNP2yhE14
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOdKpRswou
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡov4RQmMOD3
model.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSloDAIl7e
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡro7ttFn0ZT
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUcn5eQ9Fo
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXs6dGnGJc
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcrGSi7eNs
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkrymuDwcT
the financial state her family was in.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEALtou9SY
But now that she was with the McDonell 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1fxtsKeA9
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvUGnIMsl7
she has always wanted.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHp5MIzRTsW
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHlZaoVDrP
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkz4zhQ4eZw
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vA0CZeFW4
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjubr2nvbFI
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwc86uJ246
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXz9xoEGfea
"That would be awesome."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8TFZ9Xtqs
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61zKQDGE0w
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMwyjS86v9
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4n00LjR9nH
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡideeIR5Ipb
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkztVGRMCNv
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMcMgoiKcP
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcr5lAOZcJq
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarxco09F2X
Miranda.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZpfCFtXjn
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJowiilH6h
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO52xuIgIBt
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMnMyRkgez
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyo2fo7Qjb
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtWnOG87kK
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7jigrZDkB
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡth0Xorw8iO
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0Wyy7Gbif
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvMzbnB1NG
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFawvwn3k8
she never ever discussed her life with them.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJLCAcO2bu
Could it be Miranda?982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRoXdLrE8J
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJHxQVWmQx
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLfhKtq6Xb
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3yvp97xtd
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMQqQZp5wG
And now she was calling Carly after all this982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMo0o6J5wVB
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVd9SKZJ8N
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QV0SKgGRi
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnumotgoRff
betrayal.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPgLwf88vC
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwK5srgQyT
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCn9KOd6eU
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEhm18i3P4
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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and then Add to home screen.