Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0O7sOqgQI
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIDoAVjQT2
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPrM0hEOF5
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkEUhtpOYi
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0OL9Q42Td
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPjRQhAo0d
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQ32lhXhaq
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJBIIzBQz3
boss a call.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOjn10PoLq
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmon53SlzyV
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0YOEd1GKn
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDvuB2Zi8e
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJE8QjFfuB
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJILemlvk12
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKlkIHt5zF
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDRD6dG4kG
looked really tired and restless.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQG78cgawqi
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjr2ei23H29
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOjkuGSBXk
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkhjWGvMiy
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCujnwrSF8
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaATp8P2xa
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DCtmFJzFX
huge loss.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhy5VAeYDxz
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFMfomLFHd
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡac9rrnxoVD
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0R87zRVWR
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8IWhReorM
"What are you planning to do?"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHsUjOvwiD
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbvr62pBKo
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqcHvPst4Y
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfSDyfnoR0
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlbKnwb3WE
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVi0yJrSjl
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4oWWj59qR
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWC7oSfTGW
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQJVpIkNjZ
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEBO196aR9
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgeveRHoS8
vacant space weren't as good as her.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGx1TTVF58b
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0Bc5Q049V
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28hmb8aNLk
lucky charm.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0Sb5uTB1P
And he needed her back real bad.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yRblZbKRB
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0omd0IJfz
"I have a job for you."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDJKX1XRNh
***783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFhOnqrq4z
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPgmLrRig4
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9l2e6KqDD
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfWLTxS2HO
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iJ6RsMh3O
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ809LG81lBX
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAWdxZY5tD
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQW0SHnf4jT
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRZJ6hgQOi
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHRW9d48Dv
serious.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWyo8gSWz7
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7kcmobEun
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qJhJLWqP9
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGXltCyxKe
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxu5GDjVUv
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLV8Xgabvi
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AyAKLPnka
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqhrlmVpeU
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUO4EYSHZ3O
between the two of you considering what happened."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPROsFpSIg
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJeyy8wmID
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfPH858yew
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCsy2Dhkz1
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYhTG7Ns1D
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKRskyULOI
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW69LyjZIgm
"And you never apologised for it," said 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvT4O9wKzV
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhNtfSMsLi
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIdND5iY9l
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8Uc1zU3h9
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfKP4osRu5
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkyjhCpxET
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9LBlwUZ49
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX76gFsqnoX
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7T2alO8elo
for what happened to her.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdn0l7BtzxG
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTJk5167hc
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpq9uWRte14
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rWJPzs3ki
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Fq99hjQlq
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXR6BqJtCMf
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7KCBSiqOq
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFwev2uqla
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotroDdSNm2
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvd5mAfC8e6
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9qfcY0E6u
back at the club.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrrppfm4P1
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvwwUAPeeC
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbehJQdfXk
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXmRsLeZw3
sisters completely.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDswYBww0xw
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFwgTZbrBz
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uOwgulrM5
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSUuCGreZG
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41J2YK86Hu
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7TAu8o1kp
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhVMaEuf0N
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OTxfCjZnV
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbnO2nq6I7
club, not him.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvTzB2TvjH
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxOmr9nvpk
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4yzMGvVPV
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeFzzLzRJh
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxkLpApEf5
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXi8Pd8Hri
at each other yet, have you?"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0SWOyRVTN
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhp0pqSNXUV
"No," they answered at the same time.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXtgntOrr0
"Great. That's good to know."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIDheMwWdE
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhm6cdgIJkB
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNHQ3iZd68
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHh32a6vC8J
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsRZNp1Qa2
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mGVo2GAkc
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTTvrPrIUF
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IFvrZle74
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mnR9DGszT
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAX0GU7TPVC
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvUHlL12em
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6JvSL3qSB
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQxvDRTsZn
long."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWESkLK3Ce
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSVVKvh1t6
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhzyrw69vm
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJzp6YhqJz
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhmk45iF4h
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKYUMizQRi
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JPtKiYvUm
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvm2LAZ6gTZ
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGPBjgdDoz
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCF3dm0tSO
Not like this. Something was wrong.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Xk1p31y1Y
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn11m4iOOly
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS02R5JbSY2
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8McvGYgxJ2
embarrassed?"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRS8JwbYqR
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwZzLfguxb
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBtSKQ4dQs
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZt7Fv1F1S
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCp1ePgx2b
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnndedAESua
today?"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYK0lIfzNA
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlX7OIehCHW
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HAVAk3gZM
you want."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3nRRN9xTz
"It worked for you, didn't it?"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lE9hPDck4
"What do you mean?"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8jsnORPLf
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPnETLlSyz
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2g4B109KOr
sister."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZpA7YYcCf
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz75jVsvEj3
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzm9IhP7yA
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuKr1avcMy
"I'm just speaking the truth."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MNV7ZaX3g
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpDXwhPbgj
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbofrL9Oj3x
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbcwUizanV
"I was protecting my sister."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yH7epunCU
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy48rsFFNrR
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhelr4gTO0
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRLtnelL92
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEm34eTs4h
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBQxlNQ7sm
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIir2cME6l
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflLQW0ZYh7
betray you like Carly betrayed me."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBOOSoiVtL
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1ioMB9TN8
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAAwfzIkFu
crystal glass.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LgDYsMJkd
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgypcgxt5U5
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwYrk3LNiG
in this situation right now."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8lnzQbFLz
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiDycj6NsR
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bZIMIZ9uK
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Z2QLyISgM
actions.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyC400nbaU3
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfItD371rDB
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGyaPOAnAj
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yegUs6n1a
near Carly."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyMqpZtgc5
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87YBXLJgB2
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lPHtTL8P8
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPf8v22Te3X
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtByBnrITpj
Carly, she would be insulting herself.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8SchnPz2v
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjq0PG3twiv
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTh0SIsdM4
"That would never happen."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe43UOUpYVI
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINMpUrReSH
"A fool in love, yes."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJHazFpfHe
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWceK46jBHb
"Why? Because you don't like me?"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8ntqC7YNf
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKLcNfPxm9
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCB0TC0wip
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2GH2Iral5
and my accident that she would ever change."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8ndwWwGkV
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3E8sxms5sq
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4rNcbK0p6
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxd5Q1ImRpw
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4S2tSsyA6
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdGZJ6IUFV
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8V8WYayFwK
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszOtJAtrNY
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdEMEjI7sn
puzzled.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmmryCvtku
***783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OIC3fJSDL
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTXwugMlYq
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPFHdMFqKp
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiyGRTQLKA
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHLlQPZVGK
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhp5OQlhGT3
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyk2e2R3owf
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtT8ErSy9Y
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBy1Ob78gXl
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkee7SPeOA7
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbszakqp2p
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5n0ETzlPI
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhGRdyum8c
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0OmqxLIsF
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmORQYvAcpT
McDonell should be.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YXHiT7ZAd
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VoSh4EkEa
"Our family has been successfully with the 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPV7T5MiuBl
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CwuZgOc8P
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0pKda6bWo
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOeOLd5Bjj
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6T7oiAxCVI
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtx0RgCXFz
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5ghMkLkAB
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9bAYCzIXX
especially from my brother. He is so kind."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aPgOGz3k0
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1G1hkhXjA
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoVm6m1gcx
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIqVNNLK3z
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgbuwIRt9s
model.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CIOHRlGc2
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6X3y97ZiF
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFA7Wh25dCv
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAIhMKvkH8
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQfxB6y83j
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9Gk3kzxhk
the financial state her family was in.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEK5wUCtPXE
But now that she was with the McDonell 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpvIrcHBSB
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrwZlD46Qh
she has always wanted.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFtepTUIUa
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltTKh7UTtW
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHQxMBJyBv
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWTMSrBprk
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59xgnKOrK0
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EgZDnrrgk
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCzepV9JYn
"That would be awesome."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOR82zhiFLs
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3Fbc0KokV
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AyqUKaV50
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrHEucd5mB
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeThxUJ8TH
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OlvR6kSth
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynhca5Hccu
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3L4lrlowIH
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudc7OJjv8Z
Miranda.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0s7EmThcQ
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzX925ifrM7
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzMDLzXykt
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsIH1hBkiY
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddLzEUOCvb
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePk3flYHtm
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JJJ0xGyFm
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpblz50smE9
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8DpCohPq0
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeOZEcTww0
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcftJHL78Hw
she never ever discussed her life with them.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQO4KPi3Keo
Could it be Miranda?783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRdbb3YD65
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsycUjHNofr
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBf5NlflnJb
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l1hP9jQe3
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQnYAH8q9g
And now she was calling Carly after all this783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAcNXcQY35
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KzeNvipYB
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IVEF5nBE3
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VgnSoovxz
betrayal.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYGGIkovIV
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3bd4GyseN
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8E78jC0nEl
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt147PXY4q2
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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