Stuck In A K-Pop World: Hitting With A Big Bang (A Black Kitty Series, Book 1) - Chapter 23: Swapped

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Waking up this Monday 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBV1W4TIwe
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iuIhO46I7
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGN8LdhdPj
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEWR9BKxlO
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iZb5RQKH4
myself to be.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjEgd4DiKK

I couldn't stop 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1nsQOrnFR
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkp3KPipCeC
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfV2uBXvPSs
feel that something was wrong.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlQJSPiSKV

Could they have known 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosKuUmJagF
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYXuzjRdQZ
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPs54WSR8d
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQY4hwTE314
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeMoz0bZd0
just had our usual conversation.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGf1n3pe6t

I brushed off all those 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsAGZGGFvp
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLz40JRcIAn
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmK2f5g61r8
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2rOIA2RU9
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOzK2cTwIw

But now that she wasn't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlghx5rycZM
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnDU9Ofqgl
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡern182Imlp
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfLxVcn4R4
woken up early before the alarm rang.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsq4ZBLSg8S

I sat up on my bed and 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNDWFhnSWv
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9NbeEVlKY
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlc3oE5jYH
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLloiBq8yDK
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsO0ayR1CCt

After seeing her with 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWkpFdP4Eo
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTooy7P7KT
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlFjhqKXtp
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHcNamTyKZ
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2x7UFVI7Ii
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9LCE1Syfz
day. That left me devastated.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeuPZV2r42

I couldn't stop looking 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKw2nkEHu9U
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEwp90pBnw
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyS4YR3ukV
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4SlvaYezK
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5uFyOgXFk
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkMQ7BcO8L
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGckul6JGd

That sent me boiling to a909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmNtFrcUyd
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1oIcSYF8U
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBAjmrLNy2
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmmLHzlVBD

Christine had told me to909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkgoiPbYx2
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5eXvKqltT
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFnkTj1ynO
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qhADtK6Gm
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzM76WGzhYX
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5FhfOC0EJ
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYnThI3pXy

And now, I had to face 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRH8sQiQkN
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtoRiFAhcD
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMy8aw7rZT
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhW2T8b29EE
was still so upset.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJCB5Ku0gp

I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XfG0KmM8u

After I was done, I 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPjEhf9vDS
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVnpSTF3up
others at the dining table for breakfast.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSHfYoZwJG

I found them already 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPR24zPuw6
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtuTHCg4Qk
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5HdmhdDaj

I felt a little awkward 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5SrKS2z29
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBFbM28sV4
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGiCynfanX
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLwuGp9X3O
that also felt weird.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MHI1AmlIf

I know that she and I 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMkSubDucA
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rjcNulbOq
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHddWIhkUq
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZrjrbL5u9
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2IlVLZSQx
like something was wrong.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uDE6qXWAj

I poured myself a cup of909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptm3nUxF8Q
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRVkOZJbUC
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOX578Ledn

"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtxVMZUgFf

My heart almost skipped a909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6w6c85sI1
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCB5EHrRxwR
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kCbRBxFUr
too far. I was over here! Hello!909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYI6HEl2b2

"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDsKM9cPPv

"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiqKA3RX5q

"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGlBQzyt6M

"I have no doubt about it."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEA3iUfxQR

"But I don't see why you909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnXSKtDRyN
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZy8xY2PZ6E
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKd0cgBZD1r

"One thing about fans is909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66Gr0nPgPJ
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjZkrXYCFD
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNvSupH3cD

"I know," said Lee. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSFEnR2EnT
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOP7ESsJHGx
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOTT5yoYGS
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9cq3TEdM9

"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOG5zPgYZYJ

"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0QJ1JyDGD

"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1EuWAxJEL

"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBeis6g78j

"Aye, aye," said Daniel.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YOkTp5uAI

"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduJLU1Q0qB

"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMM90o6iZaF

"You're just too quiet, that's all."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTznJNinKFH

"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zjhCJON7p

I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRJHReeltt

"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3SyMbKG1g

I stuck my tongue out at909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqoWyz63RP
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhRJoAAglL
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxhTqO0WZy
still wasn't looking in my direction.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUgMCesGzP

Soon after breakfast, we909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6SD9NXgqK
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98ByyALA7Q
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASKHImDNJ7
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLgxGiw4hv
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjJ9Pi35Zi
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQnUpln7IM
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGl3TQTPkv
she would.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnHUR9McyM

We arrived at YG and we 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaNbqvh0ao
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09Bk9YuWV9
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuctKUP8zTp
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWgOQD3C1t

When everyone was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7KU9PcA3l
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCHemtcJZV
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXoSjJer9w
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslYqL3ltM1
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUjRXBqYgT

He not responding to me 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmyOUqTPdV
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIz4uL6pK5
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFOucy9Qhq
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1e0411nXj
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnYDV9PI8t
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpPQvqH8hl
looked away instead.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp2oZxd0Is

We went straight to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63lVnF6f0u
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUIWGzZtW3
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC0Fh1Xrz4
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvE6g9mmwW
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5MsaM5uYS
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEf0htbI9M

During pratice, I 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWce9rnoxM
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FSOQn71pO
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8Ufmd7dXV
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIR0CYVQHQ

G-Dragon wasn't the only909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWDDewbbq9
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZedAXaDXb
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikI3iPRXOs
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Vzo6DkFCb
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfuLp0KL7B
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBDAG11YRZ

As her best friend, I 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHo863bHbQ
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRhk3NECHO
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VHvaOZBP3
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2WONe5YTj
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9c39ZnxRol

She is also smart, 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4B5AbS2U0
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32St4EqEFx
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpMuy6PZyU
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPa37iIue3
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpLNchtIYh

Sam has a lot of good 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvMvjqtTkQ
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6tFHbztE0
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mw0ra4Hkz
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZvjsCEVMv
want to hurt anyone around her.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvJ5Nm2s98

Realising this made me 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDfGsdOhzM
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihtTlYbpZb
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4JOoF9wHU
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1XSNzBcO8
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNHBRQ3pQR
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9teHV60URR
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSj7tvD8L7H
realise it till now.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3gP5Q4p84

"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMHrnzkoA5

"Zoey, you aren't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMChZ2swtMr
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQBXT2mGnW
second time you have made the same mistake."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYL3cNNFNE

"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtH1IBG2r9P

"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxusiSHlVS

It was lunch the time we909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69xKrFiMDD
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3g9ZL6cfOL
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuPI4etqxN
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkOFG5xwdI
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayqDy2IE7I
they were all laughing.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKBjfm8fKw

"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz32y6y8J1R

"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexNqid3oLX

"Still not talking to Sam?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5t5GbYP4c

"Nope."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCrKXEIhtp

TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3upXT6M7zq

"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8G22oWfH5

"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvBurwt6ve

"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnk58myWbOS

"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbFE9kvj1X

"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aH9tZgpWy

"I know. But you aren't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4648Bk7BKk
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0czSmP6LN2
You would be chit chatting like you always do."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KlAuyXAwJ

"What if I just want to be alone for today?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3XEU3ZXwF

"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDEFB0qgzF

I frowned. "Why?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecoAX0wEpb

"Because you look miserable."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAve5U6dMK3

I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3Muqx3Pzd

"Miserable!"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZECPlx11so

"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VU0NzOrUL

I thought for a moment 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvA0OOb3bh
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAa41h1DtH
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFihBJpRfq
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfFWTwIR0z
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaX8pWSLz4

Seeing all this in front909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQcr2soiJ9
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWFGraNxgk
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbY99MSk4C
Until TOP came to talk to me.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQeEGtqtkR

"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIo9X1f2XGJ

"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdh4BFVexp

"I don't know," I said 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHNph9qpzx
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡathbweg8Qm
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqabKqdTcWs

I told TOP what happened in the morning and how it felt weird that Sam didn't say a word to me nor even looked at me.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyQyfeXoPX

"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNq6RSXveA

"Then why don't you talk to her?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkNZE4xkEZ

"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4CpRC86YH

"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0yj77LpiV

"I know."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgpbcr0lbB

"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDahecmmNx

"I'll think about it."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRxFo5OqMw

"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUVECY0oyA

Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtR7wNZsTWC

"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSr06Qat2c

"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMgVJliYy5

The three of us went out909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNKTP4etUB
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyW0VyJB4e
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmwB2IiRTY

As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8Hur7cF88

"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYu4seTemC

"Chill, you just ordered909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoXTIPWuqa
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ok1gblxxh
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PHE617ZLN

"But I'm so hungry."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOirPKWlWH

"Trust me, you aren't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9hHj1MpD4
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfmjr57ADk
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCf2GeBioU
have."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6kyeUEPRA

"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwMkFAe6Q5

"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPRssLPwlJ

"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FdJ9pXb6N

"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4tl8q4wov

"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWFtaU1Doh

I didn't say anything as909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HDdu9yemo
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUC6LvrRSG7
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQuRACunog
calling.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHHUVqzWWp

"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgff15lraZz

"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuVE3DVtVx

"Okay, well you better answer that call."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4t8YoWBz6W

I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvrbNL4bMY

"Hello," I answered.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBgazTmYHf

"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RhDzYfRiG

"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyixoQmx4l

"We have to meet today, ASAP."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCS4PZMbz5

"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdEs8ppZaU

"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFu7syJ5tqS

I knew Jehan was going 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBfC4tHmNF
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6B7HfhOw5
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5t7Ot1ZV6
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDO7Dkwcub
was upstairs in the dance studio.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wOqJRIP4L

"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurw3doGYq0

"I'm coming to YG to get it."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwaoIldGWp

"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IJqmXNJWC

"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsw8KbKdXyi

"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLNDeNv7oh

He cut the call and I 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQZQ1V0yEt
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSpGaBhwLB
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTd7K3504iN
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dh8T1NLbP
him they would start to ask questions.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCl53HfpHd

"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7Cfm00xrs

I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdu9btaVZSQ

"What?" I asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gbpSIH5ik

"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4GmmPgwHK

"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlI9jHcYos

"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzH2oMtixWK

"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtMDolUtBZ

"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHAIfzuJzA

"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4repLMqBD

"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQB6nwHqU8

Dang it! I was cornered 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeahU0EqgI
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvM2dpVGCXT
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yumSoJpcJ
light no matter how much you try to hide it.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoVEorOrqK

"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvn6aYUZHN

I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVFUsddsIL

"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVpXvOfKQw

We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09NOM4YPWS

I told them everything 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8nZdFIRy9
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8KsqodIVr
said a word until I finished the whole story.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4clhRCctg

"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PgqYiO4YI

"Just you two," I answered.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn584ModAeP

"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmR4qZiE8h

"Surprising, right?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsv040HksG

"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcTfEPC3TP

"We should involve the police," said TOP.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxG5X7TikJ

"No! We can't!"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxWxQH1fj0

"Why?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgW7PvauirL

"You know word goes out 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIonOtoVaF
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Kq2Yb2j4g
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡay6jCo5gLG

"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghQAJ5JyLR

"He assured me that this909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYahb84kX5W
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTk81tljSC4
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXgUdlpMIT

"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BgQu3fNdV

The three of us turned 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMovg1Hk2h
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLy0u8Kk2os
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRL9LwLlHk

"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGVwZ4NtTG

"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMysI1VC52

"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMeGOWcgQT

"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9OHg2kdYD

"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuxL4YE4DQ

"Random stuff involving a909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNUagFTuRf
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡor2mQl5DSl
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHYH51zpbQ
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRDYd4vaT9
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmCIUr6NhT

I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AHEIrnqCM

"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjKy4nyX17

"Okay, I won't."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kcuOqIGXe

"Sit down."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGtSJ8wm4D

Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SxcePUvTP

"I got myself into trouble," I started.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDqrbAtKO5

"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIsq73xyuR

"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yXqcadpaE

Christine's face soon 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlf02wHJf2U
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuupgb4SAf
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsw2Vgowz1R

"What!"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12rG4q15vW

TOP quickly covered up 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHQn3JFneW
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5694ke5Bm5
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb20JqEjawD
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpEakgsDJb

"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GTiVuGFu5

"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuH9n1dNxE1

"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GdalYBlDy

"Of course I'm mad!" 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2whBt7fm9
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfXffiuovI
but this by far is the worst one of them all."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyaLmWpJ26

"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tAxS0qERW

"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTLORzfJAf

"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvOoHsAd73

"Ya, I remember. What about him?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DwXTmu9sP

"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTWbWgS5zs

"WHAT!"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIv9rHuvNi

"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡht2Mg52Whu

"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSzRem95y8

"And the one I met at the café," I said.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dFC4d92Pn

"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJ7CJti7iG

"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumoDGr6BzT

"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1F57M1eqN

"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCFDXbRJZK

"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKShRWr2NcB

"Ya," I said. "I planned909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtgp5EMwek
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdhDqUhrHn
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPk9nRYaKk

"So you're the one who 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflRxCYsSm3
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7t4fmHhaC
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2qOn6lJ1o
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoATOfx9OH
out with Seungri."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9atpXbB3GM

"I lied."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcYnn8kXeA

Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyweAwHADjp

"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5McolBuCn

"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMEDgjmeyh

"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoV5ZxUoLER

"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSfT6VHgW0

"I know. Now he wants the teddy bear back today. And I don't know what to do. He wanted to come here and get the teddy himself."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwKnyh2YmO

"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqZLdIehtf

"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkKGVqw3N7

"Now where is she going to meet him now? She has to take that teddy bear away or else it could land us into more trouble."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wNlsrhoLr

"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvAeTmufAA

"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMQywytTev

"But where?" I asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMEIVZrkAW

"Tell him you will meet at the café. The one you had met him in last time. TOP and I will take you there," said Seungri.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFIPHPKd6a

"I'm also coming with you," said Christine. "And don't refuse." She pointed her finger at me when I opened my mouth to object.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDAJYdjC1W

"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJ4iVD1EQz

"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySm9ehJhD5

I took my phone out and 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZXaF8YXYR
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWAvP0bS7K
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9I0Qy2U2Mq

"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf35ZEZ6X6E

"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOQnJlPDMG

Seungri had ordered ten 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiEGJXoOhh
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOXK8OpX9V
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGddCP7td49
favourite.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNgNpRI7ve

We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3Elgrbxva

"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbXcM4ULCH

"I'll be ready for 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13MqY7SBUu
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9d11B78jH
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWqTxl4nLm

"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoQeEgmeMr

"And G-Dragon," TOP added.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsq8erMfW3

"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjpZOmFNsg

"Well, someone has to," said Christine.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuTdWrxgvD

"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvshQedq1nD

"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYfGuaHq74

We found ourselves back 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdRI4dXn3e
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTJB0gGlKm
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMf2lkF9be
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGS1D3zCWX5
paranoid?909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwRF9SfCXJ

Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGL74i7KxBK

"What?" I asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO333Ymqfu0

"You were frowning," Christine answered.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSkK31RYLl

"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFx3KSexg0V

"Says the person who 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpjMS6AzIo
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxn4pF7jyU3
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdqETu76RC
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnGyt3vBY6

Soon after lunch, we 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0KVTxBLsR
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGBuvvLoTE
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YK3vyJzKe
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPV6XnjMrC
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgo6IYW0rxg
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnRteGMfnJ
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXauMrM4Y1r

At some point in the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1aXSnTbv7
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JIgbuJZVe
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡideDqhSuyP
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgSRKpd92j
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEHvQdCEOz
back to practising until we could pratice no more.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcsTLRWzVY

It was five and the sun 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiYTfiIybq
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3p8M27tKM
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwmhMYy475
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxoCrvR0qo
side of me. We were all pretty tired.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVcUAk4XEF

The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJQyuv3Rs5

While I was resting and 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbikdx8dCdZ
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNSCXwsJVm
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4gup7KQJF
look on my face.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGCxaNofFn

"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uuYZeRqOc

"Go? Go where?" I asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIEasBvy3M

Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZyulXUHKT

"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFLxCpuEYY

"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1ntSEEJRm

It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcv7GCNjQh2

"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CppQuoVTJ

"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaDVudNpGF

"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXccxALJVx0

"I want to follow too," said Daniel.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMjeYozBcn

"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSG0HC5qcoR

I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6zo192EUp

"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkUNCAlXyW

"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn3nvAuoeu

"Ya, me too," said Mike.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlavYlEGwp

"Why don't you want 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wAcPnidso
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3KRhqWfUo
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYM40trLu2e
not to follow."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVbB16TxSQ

I wanted to protest and 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0btLUkKuDI
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5NTW1dWD5
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbFzqaLNzQ
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkjzZCKZrM

"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPaiaaHXas

Dang it!909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17EeuL3EyF

"Okay, you'll find me back at the hotel. I'll tell Collins that you had to go out," said Sam to the others, giving them a smile.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajeXEaSP1i

"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4f74Vvgyer

"Thanks, that's nice of 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPDttViXVj
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRDp2os2uU
the others. "Have fun you, guys."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXuObbUIFf

Sam and Daesung left the909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCDIakXiLD
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡue6hjHuhIf
myself that the two also made a nice pair.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrRBOK0PC3

"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKH5S9XCRG6

"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgG2mV9lyI

"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnf8DHG3CEH

Christine stood up from 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJiwiTixoV
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6xMvElfmg
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNbqL4rrPG

I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznypxQ5IyD

"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6BqzFg1Ko

"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIqSwwJBok

"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZU8VoWKVKh

Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcirqGYXAi3

I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CAXprLJVB

"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpRUEko2xa

"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNpRqGoYA4

TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwyDrBfMhP

"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeGbaE16Li

"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRijrP5BqzR

"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphAFJcXUsH

"I know," said Christine.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3CaKAANW5

"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLXGYKcnIh

"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfKAbgZcOm

"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSVWS95gIz

"So that she can judge me? No way."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQ86IK54Zj

"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiD4LOYPvG

"Don't try to convince 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICupPmyfFq
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6eEWNgSDe
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneE4sxwFCE
like she could hit me with a hammer.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBTWFgAV4R

"Okay, let's go," said TOP.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpldur2jG69

I got up from the floor 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcmPaNjmKj
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3oMULhLjG
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8e7qWwJe0u
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDGv3ZxkMk
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7wT9tr30e

The cars soon left the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRyeBpXwnu
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRVCyAojND
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlRs7kgfbG
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFErOh4iZN

"Can you you please stop909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLcXrhWOjg
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ndy70cyP6
the teddy and lose it in the car."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkQK845eg9

"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZGsuUHttT

"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgptiS37Gk

I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqHig7FvO2

"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOTXrniTRe

"I just want to get this over with."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQa20Tt3FbQ

We were soon packed 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UTDV7skPt
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cdXYYTz1z
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoY17UaKQm
turned to look at her.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IUhh4Bcuc

"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxPnG1aS0C

"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIRjAHcUQa

Seungri also turned to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGeMP4BNTU
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93TirkMX3r
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0A2c351f6
chest and I wished Sam was here too.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNmX0lW8BG

I soon got out of the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Z0Z2WtFt0
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3DQYoSXPR
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtQTwES1gD
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42MCujQ3HN

Before I could find my 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXToR9FzPY
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WZiEi3eCg
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRXrwIFbCM
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJxptqrKLZ

I quickly went in the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4S3sNP3vol
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSXNTxtG6k
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4g4uhdGkD
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDadbsZJHY

I slowly approached the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLN80KZsmV
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzay5endOsU
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqgNouXw2s
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRETx1Zobd
hesitate to end my life right here.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIc2b9GfK8o

"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGef5nemE7

"I was practising today," I answered.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNcSIs0yBI

"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWc8sA1Vvq

"Thanks," I frowned at 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAhZQBxw9B
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaaOaK3CHk
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbO23lcvXl

Jehan smirked. "Certainly."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGTX3Lo77T

I quickly reached out 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedR4TzAFCJ
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPmeF3zD46
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2644vpVgJ

"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFT1oq95nO

"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7qUVJsLxs

"What now?" I complained.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99CgPEZHUn

"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBLXyeA9mN

"What do you think? That909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsHeShW4aB
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64IGrctSVb
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wVACovI4Q
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdn8LqWQa2u
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1J1KDJbiV

Jehan raised an eyebrow 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZoO7HgbNI
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0jMeSfIxH
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZwoMlRglZ
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWm5khxEeqZ

"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEszKtcFb3

"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQSwdic0MU

I went back to looking 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvAjEZUmGl
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwJ3mUUSLa
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxQbRkFIyN
surprise me that he carried that thing around.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OjE94xx6W

Jehan slowly laid the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCoaOapDBA
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOY5NoROcMH
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOQjQnRdwT
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRpYD3xxBd
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCilqeAxrF
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZPCveZueK
the teddy bear.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqD9ZCLhKDH

Wait. I frowned. This 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRd7fFUhX15
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KiYpPRweI
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQ2DVXxdJZ
diamonds!909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHH8MwTPTH

I stared horrified at 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3t98Gt0nt
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VlZpkFrzM
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYicY3Ifcf
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfpQLvoOyY

I looked up at Jehan and909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFB3TMzzmk
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4MKFv2dmU
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvifyezQwBd
that, he was going to end up traumatised.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNmGbz6rqO

"Je-Jehan," I said 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlUiQ9Fm0L
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk954kWmhYW
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAr5wAbNdiC
there."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxm1uDvTjMl

Jean neither moved nor 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdo1HVFITc
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80ubKvqpU5
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfZpQUiscI

But how could this be? 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQ92OztLP3
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDx2j079Zl
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohc9aSQumm
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYHGHIgBML

"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVo8P86STd

"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzoRrmNhP7

He banged his fists on 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nEphOccWR
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtQLmsBkPH
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0XGllX0wD
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB62qeGriQU

"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡON25i2a7Qt

"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJPCVWf5aW

"I don't know. I don't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOycUrEzJd
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVLae7jKls
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVYEGVFKMq

"How did the diamonds go missing?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7G40eFpMKH

"How am I supposed to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlx34uYTt74
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMGHncBTo6
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ907jrpFGlv

"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BoS8Sd8QR

"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVRnt4LpZw

Jehan rubbed his 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCOnppk1Qq
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2cLblWm7a
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBz91mXKpwK

"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVOhZicxaf

"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzKa0VrpNy

"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0h2uQmXok

"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6QgAx8LlH

"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHc1Fqey4A

"I don't know."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQg3Cy1G3U

Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZQS1QLAsl

"Ummm," I looked down 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL22rOfNRxo
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRSSAXG5Km
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmkHtniF4i

"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyrFeyDuvW

"I didn't have the teddy bear with me at the hotel the whole time," I said, looking at him fully in the eyes now.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYOdwdhR3X

"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzDHOaPlX2

"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwEsDdQW1U

"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9FEQ79ju2
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbFLL2W03t
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMdXysEpxj

"I don't think so. Lee 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyIfONagrv
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJOl2EYjZS
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7XvCVJLjF

"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZrjs8rnXh

"You're right. But if she did find out about us and all this diamond business, she wouldn't keep that to herself. I know Lee."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxazvld619Z

"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOtlJjCm5C

"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKnOUnTuBt

After I said that, Jehan909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkP8qrMvmCp
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpINGqW4Gus
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkyUOifadV
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLTTTzJSpB
look on his face.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvOI6EZrOv

"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqv80YreAlw

"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBuV0ty74y

"I remember one of my 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGi8vHFZwAe
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6Z8mYRlTS
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWaJllygVR

"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdhsp4K4dh

"Don't snap your fingers and be all happy about this," said Jehan, back to giving me that angry look. "I need that teddy, now!"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWOXWdD7nc

"Huh? I can't start 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnCQUsDFKK
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GSAoPCozH
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH797rgwSk5
that the bear is missing."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fCK6I4SXs

"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20tYpMV7FV

"What do you mean?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCECjEwVVD9

"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1NeuQHr87

"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1YyiyCP9Y

"Now that, makes no 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVq7vpCdXd
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEIfZJbow9
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9qxfYlQqj

"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFRo2QV3tk

"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPv9NbC5TN

"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF24ttxX4U7

"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EpmYqfk3E

I completely forgot that909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFcp1gtaAR
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRd7VhR9EQ
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDHXKwLlpd
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9X2UqBl7Hb

"Okay. I'll see what I can do."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdEDmHDDGW

Jehan gave me a smile. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgzbaeRGqF
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBg4LKYcC9U
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOykjin0U5C

I nodded my head and 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxWaUjUDFs
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAVRU1oQc7
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6MH5JUr6c

"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡre8IO7bGOQ

I sat there as I buried 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuKdXxQWZt
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSub95lf4Cr
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cu1JgRU1S
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wIdHfSgnB
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWS6MI8F6Lp
drama that might just ruin my life?909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidhks4AULk

I hadn't noticed the bell of the café ringing because I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I looked up, there stood Christine.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7AtqU7KrA

"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJ7Je33WF9

I could hear footsteps 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOdDFqXb4I
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijncmorXyT
when they saw the look on my face.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6BSJIVdyL

Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjkxbfxcKu

"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCgme92TXu

"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSS0xwXzJt

"No," I answered. "He didn't."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ588bbD5Njp

"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCOf2q0a1m

"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYts6Gzt1N

Mike shook his head. "But who? We didn't know what that teddy bear had until now, so, it couldn't be anyone of us."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ToZa3IFmM

"And what about Lee?" 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxscOmm6nw
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ024hotY6wl
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3sbYENV0r
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnp8Ve59a0
to."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtXOwKQqxn

"This is bad," I said, 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgZSJ5OR9s
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhJ6usNl2F
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWdTOgeqa3

"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFin836H0N

"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWsecTB7E0

We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITfIj5xff5

"Sam?" I wondered for a 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyICPaNTlNa
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaFHqpoHnG
she have swapped it with the other one?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTTZ4iJFRq

"Okay, wait," said TOP. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPA7oOhDbz
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3PkzNKTym
what's really going on in the first place?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8qGcIGaMM

"I doubt it," I said 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mGJSFW8Rg
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhxXgthVRs
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvaSw1TA7d
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYxY451ASA

TOP and Seungri looked 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEZp0HCD0X
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KeNVFdRyU
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlbKIah74B
it away.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgslm5GTT9

"I highly doubt it too,"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKaEa2Vwtz
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnZMFsvz58
she would have asked us about it."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeG7FSt11Wr

"That's true," said 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZpINWUJ2e
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjOmtokOI9
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ162mIZjg1I

"And I checked out the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WS1BbpW5n
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJZV45vgzw
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTSPRoPDgI

"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPk0041kLA5

"No, I highly doubt it,"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8PbHTcKvO
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoxAhitedq
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkZ01gE8rr
said nothing about them entering a toy store."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqnQDWfPHp

"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EifNTawhO

"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rDyekHCS3

"Collins?" Mike asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLcYvlBwtT

"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpskfkZeG1M

"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGGtW1Sfia

"But who knows? Maybe he909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1jSTzAKKP
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KOdaROGEP
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncxmJK2DjR
times."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONag7HagDR

"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjnRxs38uO

"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UKLtMAqLo

"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoIqUv5e7C

Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUA7PeE5qf

"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxrKDjyZF5

"He was the one who went909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrY2joWeuMX
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOOkzX5KEr
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKe55b7Try
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFstpCPGybR
elevator."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuPSzaqzXp

"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEcMjaOy8W

"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadt5bYWomr

"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSinMZu7Mo9

"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XWxbPRfhF

"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsb9iAcxyP4

"You're right," I said 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqxlmzbIi5
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0HDlAM4KZ
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDynfRWA8c

"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJfqMGnLG0

We all walked out of the909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptZqPTcZ4C
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ805Gxpn28z
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccKrvryDA4

While I was in the car 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoReSQzt23
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6atRlS02I
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsGoZxbLSE
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQo1n4RyxUW
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpG1GTAl84
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfNJueydNN

If it isn't him, then 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ629RExv52E
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBUkhG2OQA
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4N8y3ahJ3n
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVUNMuxI6X
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQsNxyhjgA

What if I had the wrong 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRsNvASHIw
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbBMC85ANd
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7AuSQDctT
place without any of us noticing in the first place?909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2J2G6EjJuv

I hope I could be able 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrd2gw4pwP
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZzrHIL6xD
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxyRTgWVsf
happen.

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Chapter 23: Swapped

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