The sad gloomy day had 604Please respect copyright.PENANA36msgpq1sC
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 604Please respect copyright.PENANA2Sa5Zw6zI1
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 604Please respect copyright.PENANAeEuBYVKO61
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 604Please respect copyright.PENANA6gqVQTRcjX
Angel couldn't help but 604Please respect copyright.PENANAhif3GoUOue
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 604Please respect copyright.PENANAxo8KyzooKJ
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 604Please respect copyright.PENANAvAqr7dhFzT
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 604Please respect copyright.PENANAKl3MUk0DGK
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 604Please respect copyright.PENANAnHHWf5PYqH
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.604Please respect copyright.PENANARa7s0UpmfL
As Angel sat on the 604Please respect copyright.PENANAp2mGV3kH9j
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 604Please respect copyright.PENANAktrKSwsNgz
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in604Please respect copyright.PENANAE9qgOGtfS9
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 604Please respect copyright.PENANAYtzmFOvNiz
appeared across her face.604Please respect copyright.PENANApX4vINxCLq
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.604Please respect copyright.PENANAb9DRZGTRjb
"I know I'm supposed to 604Please respect copyright.PENANA8VLJmINwJC
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when604Please respect copyright.PENANAb2eDuec6w5
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 604Please respect copyright.PENANAzYL6qPi4Jy
isn't here anymore."604Please respect copyright.PENANAqXmY4gYDsP
Eric squatted beside the604Please respect copyright.PENANAw8BxId5Tcm
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 604Please respect copyright.PENANACDuLUB6kYD
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 604Please respect copyright.PENANA33XJgbQrTM
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped604Please respect copyright.PENANAsHbkg1skN8
a little at his touch. 604Please respect copyright.PENANADQAbMnI6yO
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."604Please respect copyright.PENANA4zULdSSlBY
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 604Please respect copyright.PENANATHgMeuglC7
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a604Please respect copyright.PENANAypqbhtwGEI
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 604Please respect copyright.PENANANknHSgVY0S
past week."604Please respect copyright.PENANArz1X2MdeoC
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."604Please respect copyright.PENANA2t66pp6ZJW
Angel forgot about the 604Please respect copyright.PENANA9zmmmsPoyd
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 604Please respect copyright.PENANABlBgIQ61s9
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide604Please respect copyright.PENANAbP5oQ0MMcz
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.604Please respect copyright.PENANAvId4p1KNk7
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."604Please respect copyright.PENANAuNrXIOKihx
"You're crazy, Eric."604Please respect copyright.PENANAe8tGaWC18Z
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."604Please respect copyright.PENANAKwgKtPQVHI
Angel didn't say 604Please respect copyright.PENANAcenUME8S90
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 604Please respect copyright.PENANARSPWbnAhum
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear604Please respect copyright.PENANA246IrvMlho
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 604Please respect copyright.PENANAEI6ryBTNjN
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 604Please respect copyright.PENANAgl0JdbLrmj
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 604Please respect copyright.PENANAWnozwBiW8m
the floor.604Please respect copyright.PENANAon5IUYiUe7
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"604Please respect copyright.PENANAyoGgxHMtPS
Angel didn't say 604Please respect copyright.PENANAUXcELCUAoh
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 604Please respect copyright.PENANAke89lobGwp
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel604Please respect copyright.PENANAxZKioMGkuV
out of the room. 604Please respect copyright.PENANA4mn37Ey53O
They went out of the 604Please respect copyright.PENANANuoW6vo9Cx
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 604Please respect copyright.PENANAGQamMG5vKA
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass604Please respect copyright.PENANAPJOx2yO636
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 604Please respect copyright.PENANA7TrwTagYIo
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 604Please respect copyright.PENANATCVfsKV7T6
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those604Please respect copyright.PENANAErzzI2Dbz9
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAbhzla51Oef
Cold prickling air 604Please respect copyright.PENANA6hnaosmLO1
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 604Please respect copyright.PENANAVrpJHnbGjp
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 604Please respect copyright.PENANAtXRtzEdzy5
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.604Please respect copyright.PENANAnF07qPBlxi
Two black SUVs stood 604Please respect copyright.PENANA55T5OwZ61E
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 604Please respect copyright.PENANAfZQ80LAbiS
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 604Please respect copyright.PENANAnKheaHFDh9
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 604Please respect copyright.PENANAC9qvv7Ldcr
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 604Please respect copyright.PENANAhASt6wZvzK
out of the hospital premises. 604Please respect copyright.PENANA5mLRzyDXeJ
"We will first go for 604Please respect copyright.PENANAGfPu1RFsW4
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 604Please respect copyright.PENANAQZYaPx742W
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."604Please respect copyright.PENANAXodEECJtrh
Angel looked out of the 604Please respect copyright.PENANA2nAYoj0tbm
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 604Please respect copyright.PENANAs37ACjYNcm
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 604Please respect copyright.PENANAbdQe8OaNBo
looking at her.604Please respect copyright.PENANANnZVFK1HUW
"Don't worry, you will 604Please respect copyright.PENANAfXI2ynPwol
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 604Please respect copyright.PENANA1MWdcJK7Ja
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."604Please respect copyright.PENANA0AJWSO2tU7
Angel closed her eyes 604Please respect copyright.PENANAnpk84rtXTa
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 604Please respect copyright.PENANA4PyXfBPoy0
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAmT1vbETWXV
Angel slowly opened her 604Please respect copyright.PENANAoVsjrj3yXN
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 604Please respect copyright.PENANA2w6hEI2oAR
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 604Please respect copyright.PENANAkuEK7KIS6x
heart ache and beat faster. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAPBHU7ULwZo
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 604Please respect copyright.PENANA7JLXvoFleW
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 604Please respect copyright.PENANAHkEX3tqfGW
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."604Please respect copyright.PENANAi9UPgf1SLy
Angel felt Carly put her604Please respect copyright.PENANAGoa7o60605
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her604Please respect copyright.PENANAlyrifA3zlk
hand away. But Carly grasped it.604Please respect copyright.PENANAnCxz6K267T
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."604Please respect copyright.PENANA7MZqXR9kPM
The black SUV came to a 604Please respect copyright.PENANAkXqTm2MnRm
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother604Please respect copyright.PENANA0Mtdc8I8uI
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 604Please respect copyright.PENANA7NcYBtO2EG
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 604Please respect copyright.PENANAbz1kmslOQD
Eric opened the door. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAfQqhGe1yfU
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."604Please respect copyright.PENANAY8P7K7E12o
Eric had set the 604Please respect copyright.PENANAwJwULUfpf5
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 604Please respect copyright.PENANAkLJ8T9irV7
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 604Please respect copyright.PENANAz3eCJ1ITxv
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 604Please respect copyright.PENANAhBOpSZy7Qo
them. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAC6R9jkEipc
Angel604Please respect copyright.PENANAk54mjgkImK
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when604Please respect copyright.PENANAoe5nxMPuKx
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.604Please respect copyright.PENANAPdFtIPF4a6
***604Please respect copyright.PENANAoMtLZGzBdl
Leo604Please respect copyright.PENANAozqbGURQGn
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 604Please respect copyright.PENANAicGdLgTOfD
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 604Please respect copyright.PENANAhenAvcF1ON
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 604Please respect copyright.PENANAbSOKPGBwFN
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 604Please respect copyright.PENANAwJhml0uMeD
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he604Please respect copyright.PENANANyucnC99De
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.604Please respect copyright.PENANA9WWLSq657V
Kim604Please respect copyright.PENANAgzJEroWQjv
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 604Please respect copyright.PENANABysZ7umlHi
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 604Please respect copyright.PENANAe5SSGh6MN8
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 604Please respect copyright.PENANAJa6F4ohsHo
arms.604Please respect copyright.PENANAsup5iSGCdA
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."604Please respect copyright.PENANAz8ze8kGA9s
Leo604Please respect copyright.PENANAYLI0t8P0BB
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 604Please respect copyright.PENANA1z70BprQcm
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 604Please respect copyright.PENANATWDf7THS3e
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 604Please respect copyright.PENANAQnXjyL5ya1
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 604Please respect copyright.PENANA7n4GNi64nD
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 604Please respect copyright.PENANANiSDo5tD8x
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.604Please respect copyright.PENANAIa7Ig8sfGN
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"604Please respect copyright.PENANAPJ2MUyeDUt
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."604Please respect copyright.PENANARvFqG7iQoM
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"604Please respect copyright.PENANAg1gRoyNZQN
Leo604Please respect copyright.PENANAWZmwmiqkQO
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 604Please respect copyright.PENANAKME8eyRojo
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 604Please respect copyright.PENANAq01sVHHaVj
it's time I come out clean."604Please respect copyright.PENANAnvwLkpSCGJ
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"604Please respect copyright.PENANAcopaaMiJYA
This604Please respect copyright.PENANAexChYgsv3U
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 604Please respect copyright.PENANAPlmduwc2YQ
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 604Please respect copyright.PENANA7h4EiY39qp
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 604Please respect copyright.PENANAMUfzm90C2q
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.604Please respect copyright.PENANAMvz3TjpjCi
"The604Please respect copyright.PENANAaOLv0sQjCt
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot604Please respect copyright.PENANALtGgKOnuAB
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 604Please respect copyright.PENANAyIAM8mgX7s
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want604Please respect copyright.PENANAZbN8CVlK0d
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."604Please respect copyright.PENANAft97ogL67Y
"I604Please respect copyright.PENANA4ztEomGv5E
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 604Please respect copyright.PENANAkeuCUfCbzX
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"604Please respect copyright.PENANAovCkmTVigf
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.604Please respect copyright.PENANAcjC4umAKx4
"What604Please respect copyright.PENANAaPX8k5aDQl
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 604Please respect copyright.PENANA1edOSVae7m
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"604Please respect copyright.PENANA2UUTDRhbin
Leo604Please respect copyright.PENANAq7W34C6h8J
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 604Please respect copyright.PENANAgGiz9EDaDa
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 604Please respect copyright.PENANA4roXjATMvb
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 604Please respect copyright.PENANAgb2pyWdieQ
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 604Please respect copyright.PENANAbI3kFW1t6J
would react.604Please respect copyright.PENANAhDRcLU8Pw0
"After604Please respect copyright.PENANApJqfeiBfvE
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 604Please respect copyright.PENANAM401Yl5MH8
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."604Please respect copyright.PENANAFAoyM6qMVg
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.604Please respect copyright.PENANA9OErKJEAXK
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."604Please respect copyright.PENANAxuQyQUBBqa
***604Please respect copyright.PENANAtHEGwSf1Os
Angel604Please respect copyright.PENANA6pqeO6nYof
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that604Please respect copyright.PENANA5saEn9lCbM
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother604Please respect copyright.PENANAAd68yDJ5To
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 604Please respect copyright.PENANAaYTv1qC8PA
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 604Please respect copyright.PENANAhfwKkEPJuo
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAE0sCza78Mi
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 604Please respect copyright.PENANAr0RY6gEuS0
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 604Please respect copyright.PENANAZHHNsrS1Gn
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.604Please respect copyright.PENANARbpfzQyD1J
After604Please respect copyright.PENANAqwFZ8cPrQv
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 604Please respect copyright.PENANAieWEBi3RfP
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 604Please respect copyright.PENANAsLuczuCD9f
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 604Please respect copyright.PENANAzRYMWjQ8gC
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was604Please respect copyright.PENANA6UhuEgGJGq
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 604Please respect copyright.PENANAjER0dl6WFj
world. 604Please respect copyright.PENANA8y0606Qvhg
After604Please respect copyright.PENANAdRkpFh8Mk2
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 604Please respect copyright.PENANAWfWIBNaQ9w
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 604Please respect copyright.PENANAiRPiESJ8zN
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAsJwj2tDRiR
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."604Please respect copyright.PENANARwlEK6ADkf
"It's604Please respect copyright.PENANAHhEOw4kOlQ
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 604Please respect copyright.PENANAfeB2LdjmZM
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like604Please respect copyright.PENANA0NU9foeGWd
you."604Please respect copyright.PENANALni72ffeBu
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."604Please respect copyright.PENANAT6d5ciZBhP
"No,604Please respect copyright.PENANA3GJt1g8uOr
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 604Please respect copyright.PENANAeWq2z8bYLH
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to604Please respect copyright.PENANAkpBDnTCw7E
live with us, it will be great."604Please respect copyright.PENANAzCqqmUyCok
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 604Please respect copyright.PENANACQNHnFGeST
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.604Please respect copyright.PENANAXDqr5Vkpp0
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"604Please respect copyright.PENANA5rzXbuaIsF
"I decided that it won't be appropriate for my sister and I to come and live with you. We can take care of ourselves."604Please respect copyright.PENANAyDFQb1kKRM
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.604Please respect copyright.PENANAXoM7gpoKpR
Angel couldn't help but 604Please respect copyright.PENANAAvxKQVZEwA
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 604Please respect copyright.PENANAO0WtGQB8ik
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 604Please respect copyright.PENANAkjf6o4JHxp
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't604Please respect copyright.PENANAeicewQS0jS
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAH4LpPnYRES
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.604Please respect copyright.PENANAPntibSj6mB
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."604Please respect copyright.PENANAK01DIWPFQY
Angel now shifted in her604Please respect copyright.PENANAALT9fJ60ov
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 604Please respect copyright.PENANAlZwghhsVAq
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 604Please respect copyright.PENANAgrjDbfz0Ex
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 604Please respect copyright.PENANASibwjJz5Sc
hidden?604Please respect copyright.PENANA4zka89QL0T
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"604Please respect copyright.PENANA4dr4wiudQC
Angel demanded. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAH6bYerrlCY
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."604Please respect copyright.PENANAJNDx7rssj5
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAdT1YitwWLR
"What?!"
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