Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoQ8OF0CAO
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyen46nVGuO
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrzkwkzdiN
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViNBXyTpTc
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVwKlzbRvU
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRisNoV4VyT
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACvZfCP5mF
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSmVvCwb5U
boss a call.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmE5xUyogfe
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UaN9QkkAX
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuxntjoeCH
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmEpM2OAbD
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdSEhokZrg
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgowNpDQLC
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCob1NbBJSL
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlJZLZ96DE
looked really tired and restless.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7H1fhjHUiF
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5BcVidDfo
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzSu3fNCkE
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36PvTSt8Wp
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLxa5OokF7
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAIrl0r3fk
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlxv4wNMXd
huge loss.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yBNwhPeBB
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtx8CKQiiwA
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiID4MXPZTa
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeNRkTWNGU
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuv6zdH4rh
"What are you planning to do?"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHTll8kCw2
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHr0ZAi7OOJ
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoCfcw2Kpt
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQOo9rgfAH
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXyXq8wa8D
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfaMaeKnWO
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgibKOGqNw
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWW5i3g2Dn
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAigAVfoVXc
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBSuJEsCm7
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumTwXCPSj0
vacant space weren't as good as her.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYjzAnVROD
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFedxeBgI1R
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyufwJ0ENmB
lucky charm.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcH2Cvkpbz0
And he needed her back real bad.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Tl2OAvj4U
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.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhUWeKX0i6
"I have a job for you."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XsIVXrhjx
***980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUenyOX6ilC
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVHp4hdWFJ
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJ6reVX3O3
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTz0v99y8m
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ziTaFO4Ka
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvr84V8iYTD
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuruxCzGv2S
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZ5Pk1l6Bv
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qNkkVclpK
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEQytNWgRw
serious.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigdx58pPC4
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DtnYW7Aan
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPve7UeUHWc
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEqtqAmTpT
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4m7jljclFu
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSnwuK7nJE
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8KwblCkSH
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDX29K8jivB
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbc2aSNyFv
between the two of you considering what happened."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQg7hHbNik
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtaYAstalC
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4XTqsl2Q7
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqI7AJJFMe7
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYy1RKNpD3
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGctpjuC9Kz
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFBlV05uAC
"And you never apologised for it," said 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01UPa8J8iv
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFOLEi24J6
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzIpD5VP9L
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSMr5JrM5I
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvk3XJB2vN0
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYvl1IgXMM
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tK9aLbAwH
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3P8DMGyBKF
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUeTGdjk84E
for what happened to her.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrSBwDS1b5
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4VHC8ILZM
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1dTXvPXK5
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNW7MBJ7eo4
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbDN6qLPTN
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJWlAWCvB4
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qgIFqEAcc
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHEezzOsf9
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6UJ309AH1
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLfUxea2k6
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOf7DfwN3w
back at the club.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3GHwhDg3T
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrkdqO7DgS
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIgwNbd8zM
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLYo1nuTqh
sisters completely.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfO1rnIKs7
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrYjVbKDiw
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdE1S3rFIx
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSpYj8Df4k
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5NuJ2WwbE
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO45oJChRjf
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlM0hs2S4I
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vZRF8gUrE
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkygjJXCCzB
club, not him.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryW8WjZ3Gy
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHnPg1NJ7n
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TieIjYYha
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YHNqERLIQ
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVLMre4XPO
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2vkCOS0s0
at each other yet, have you?"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzryZJ6L5YY
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05mWJ2gvhz
"No," they answered at the same time.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86IVq5DW3m
"Great. That's good to know."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmtZe3s8oK
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOE6xjiQMdO
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KZJQqip9s
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIr2enbdiGQ
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyC7szXIWEG
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9kjWmCGlo
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTURMTrPGpz
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfuP6xqQoz
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjj40gO9MT
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYXTpb7qFm
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyASS0L5qx
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGDiMxCMyj
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHkyMcBtRE
long."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHPlGbbATd
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZ8DjAKgLb
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqJiX2mUJ7
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7A2lJ6nQ2
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8eLjANlPS
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQphouyZRy
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWXd2bNbZg
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuIeV00OUP
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqupIDYdIF
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqQalNswJy
Not like this. Something was wrong.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKqC29akQ4
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzkk5dZG1U
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJ2pxLeITE
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzd6yiHWCg
embarrassed?"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWjbjf4Thr
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEw30xrf89
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NMvteZzTo
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfPPObhNgm
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmlYIItgFT
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGsDyOoNUX
today?"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aDzsDKy0D
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIzuxJuZ3f
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdw0BDc80c
you want."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0ERnXJmoa
"It worked for you, didn't it?"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxbqpaN6Jq
"What do you mean?"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLF0g2Vi7zt
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0QIVtRlSw
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCYBK9PXu8
sister."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHJ7gb9PhY
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5MMa2KNtP
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvtnTP7bkg
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyZEo8MKko
"I'm just speaking the truth."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveps4Gstt3
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYioqathye
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXalcMeO2EO
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyTXvWEphS
"I was protecting my sister."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWOcchlAxR
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wjiJHysuF
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UXUoelSlp
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDtYkCJEQY
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPg7P4Kw2WA
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzqlBOdIbr
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGJYYJUeIw
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKhgNPPvhP
betray you like Carly betrayed me."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrC7hcw0cN
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLhamdttim
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzMlTNTKFW
crystal glass.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjMZRiZXNX
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSTYfdpDtl
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AemQI0cPY
in this situation right now."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17UTP2yxd0
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwK703VoCxf
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYdnBVURSR
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5uGeTAfmI
actions.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dCvrBPd9f
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntpxtgvVLH
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCwuzQ5DRY
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTbLswx4aq
near Carly."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVmM9gGESA
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysAZl7pjXj
"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......"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtpjnoKVJb
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYt2s4f226
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XUsZ8m1cu
Carly, she would be insulting herself.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAoVUoZjCm
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmiVA1pU59
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1Hf2IXHSS
"That would never happen."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtpumwBeu0
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByjCCUFKzD
"A fool in love, yes."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuECet89dB
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1cqkHu5gh
"Why? Because you don't like me?"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcU6qvMklUM
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxqLPceB3o
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAyLheYJfi
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQA6dVY8le
and my accident that she would ever change."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1CBJW3jP8
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcysCCUvsD
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUnTUQG70W
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BOM9FJCLm
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnq2LUSeigR
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JlMG1lSHA
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKVN2KLVcO
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKABi6WtPs
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbpXGoBL0N
puzzled.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKbS0ZQQSu
***980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ojisWpuxf
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDu1Cp3zgak
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7NAG0aPAD
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihNC6WnPfT
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fO4XXd0dP
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7J7ySitsee
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHXrOejtXu
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyg9BOMC8U9
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0PJqrI2te
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLI5pBhgmm
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOacwYhKFve
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPEqa6wD77
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EW2jH3SHM
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrv2K56ScY
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UTk7NITPL
McDonell should be.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSs5G6voL0
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHd3IWPSyCo
"Our family has been successfully with the 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNBX7vK6pq
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEwUqw0OIU
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOvcVN6LW7
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFU6oNOJsKI
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfmpf3zpMo
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8HemMrC4r
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLWTtcGOg7
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXDVSYNAJt
especially from my brother. He is so kind."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6W7YXquRzW
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBibnMFBCLG
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0HMQL2MvY
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMJ5Huz2Ed
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2kL4IJszu
model.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQ5PzXe7yB
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNhnlB3Tl5
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPO9h1upCG
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqDBVTUppe
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrz8kKkzT2
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYyZWzSw1e
the financial state her family was in.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcL4zVgU1j
But now that she was with the McDonell 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNPw7J4TLo
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TSIvCfHH4
she has always wanted.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMK0fucEJt
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajmRDdVN0C
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEZHDYYSdB
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8azJDREWnX
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAS9jRWMp24
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU31V6YjjM2
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCTVpJ3ROk
"That would be awesome."980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmaHWN0BcD
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY94WCUtQQp
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVq5VOK3cSH
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWT5qQvqSN3
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22CxDCYEmB
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHqAYYGcif
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqL8niwjqJ
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdJuE4WYtD
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFU9mxqa2b
Miranda.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TxVYoOeol
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFcAyrzCQY
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTt7mgCmLZv
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaGA7prOwU
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppT6MCyNgX
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8K7LNeSyH5
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxiEtLqRY2
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGoCcboPJ3
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgy2P77UK7N
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgfjZT2S7r
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0PCZkhUB0
she never ever discussed her life with them.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0Uw5Jkczl
Could it be Miranda?980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AvD5gjR24
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghFI6OHFQT
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaB0NXLCof
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqolgLQlDwn
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvj2HK5oeJz
And now she was calling Carly after all this980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8gckJRNsU
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEl0692V3y
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5ViWrKK31
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETJBRUfZII
betrayal.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vkcEEJ6lz
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejzvQGxim1
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCP3uSQy8b
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyDLAbzP4O
"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.