Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0VYE7miXv
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPneVqkXI5k
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrqJQsZrI2
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MtzQM6ngW
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0H5zcXTd2
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgUu3fkpxP
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3g1GzKggK2
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iFTPI5EMC
boss a call.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsr202hgbWw
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7ttKYwMww
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpHbG7eStF
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2j6PkGy2P
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5ZyezAt92
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TsNHqHzcN
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRTRU8yQqh
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMORbp8plyL
looked really tired and restless.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudiMX85mkL
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8Zk2bc4nL
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfL6tvcy8oK
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvS7uyDWHP
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix0ZlnTYvg
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGjAjriqzt
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFyaxomPeU
huge loss.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2PJlvTKaG
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeaKqKqP1d
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiE5UXrwkZ
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV25Y5TVBVk
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8JFL29hOK
"What are you planning to do?"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwI2vo8MBxz
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKokGwXKaHn
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BT63cUeqY
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0nXi3nFxc
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EtWCrHZp2
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhqPZOTN0J
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCccgISW1sU
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUzpnLRzcj
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXhYZ6NIPq
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJ36MSsy2W
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdykJWkBPN
vacant space weren't as good as her.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdp0cGraDSh
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOzPt2674X
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpdwA4erNk
lucky charm.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX713s1qCuY
And he needed her back real bad.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lTPX1jrVr
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.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtv352RIgdT
"I have a job for you."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdxexWY9vE
***700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHTFMn4RoN
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKeZoau8eP
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCIz2kNcel
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpesQG8uwzQ
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9hrCiI8CR
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1urrnYOwEU
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5an8oSqbfa
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4imy5Mrtww
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWCm2tIntm
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNsdQgpnlO
serious.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1SXc3IsGl
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIDp2jnngY
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeKlUjaTi8
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLy53GgQAf
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3z4ROJ1yA
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGI42o0VsDg
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqXy2YNz8f
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPv7rNIjpT
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7yznHHNWp
between the two of you considering what happened."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygqy8YqdxP
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JMuvvLnbf
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hmZ06QdX1
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmXhfnnXQW
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbT0FqtdOru
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJywzMtCNh
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYov3hiljpo
"And you never apologised for it," said 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjFJH188MW
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZNxtehPsb
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDltbXW5VnJ
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp23jZuPL2n
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjRq2VlkUZ
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqw1b1T0xC
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeS91bFYcG
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsDmMCKctv
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rOYEnmASJ
for what happened to her.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mAC6JrOyy
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9wXO8FxLb
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2IIABLVF9
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbJPzqCbWm
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyapBkbdox
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThIFSRLsjF
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNOmk6X2YV
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLBfgQsN0w
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeZwlTxa4P
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPdaSxJmRD
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOxjcupTny
back at the club.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzszv9YIE1i
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrb3PrLGKBk
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoZAi6bedx
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZIhxoIn8Z
sisters completely.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpr2EiO22w9
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KuGIFxwC9
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzH8WRrKUO
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKItiFFmbQU
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HO4l6rOdP
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVc5RRH1dN
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dy6RFLTrc
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOx4hbDjd3E
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxpAzVkCiA
club, not him.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXLGuOCDPh
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwe9tOWfXy
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJq1r5mUehE
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWb2w3W770
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgiwfQIrme
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4E8HTD9RXp
at each other yet, have you?"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzwpLWkLcs
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDmB4esA0h
"No," they answered at the same time.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6E92R3QX2
"Great. That's good to know."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8HUYQjVxr
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMnQA8H3z8
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUAEdZaAjO
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8cpoOUJXe
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnluElIX9EI
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNddW36wK2
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLi7ZE0QJf
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTjip501Cg
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVF6YuU4pH3
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvjLsQCcrq
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8FVSRvM1J
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88w2imBDF7
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxoAYUhNWz
long."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡov4BgUpVmo
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlsWTYS3UA
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJzQKQ8KYM
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSa0K3MSpj
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBunppdxeQ5
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGsQug7Vh1
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4A4WBCwCa4
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgkKpec5kB
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgI4n4ADrHj
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQepvZ0QMzu
Not like this. Something was wrong.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3McbYc9hb
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUTrJV5Rmw
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVgF3TwJ7A
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qEpSdLAQU
embarrassed?"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MMixuEeqq
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUTkP3TyV5
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYtaXiWtNN
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIIGEYswYx
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMFyIL76gf
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeOAcxg91U
today?"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6iyXDeXvu
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JHEVEdlZF
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rpWOlRRdq
you want."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YK6jtZjck
"It worked for you, didn't it?"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqa1abygrP4
"What do you mean?"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkxjaA3Fxv
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzCnBtcU3B
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmf6rQCNxus
sister."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7ApK26sty
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUER7LK5v2
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcY1sETxwd
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFummkiRIU
"I'm just speaking the truth."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8SUD9FPl7
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKYh7Oab8D
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcC2m8NMlXY
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgCTylsXbY
"I was protecting my sister."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZUFzIOo1h
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqk8hoNbFV0
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73C8kMC0iB
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjuSF24rnE
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcI8ghmly6g
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCAhxVY9gD
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWkYZhT2DV
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoE9qLxtL6
betray you like Carly betrayed me."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsX5o5lJIlU
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95kwPXMxfL
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbW64cEXTj
crystal glass.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSqRE9V9yl
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlSyjRfsGy
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwPSo4Xux7
in this situation right now."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnm9drNtn01
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDjBYMAvrw
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsZUgWCfq1
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHS1eeMb1xH
actions.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzN6ql3oxb
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGo4AOiBuL
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTj97SipXuc
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74mQ8HB11J
near Carly."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNpZI9jm2y
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIbMNjENVC
"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......"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PW0a73icK
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxILo2i8kYb
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67JwdN01mW
Carly, she would be insulting herself.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDRNAHiFUA
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuC88wZ1T9
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64AATxWy7D
"That would never happen."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGkxAyWhio
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1a8SN0ni1n
"A fool in love, yes."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oNBdpz47P
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡND7Kfby591
"Why? Because you don't like me?"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlKGsDd4Mj
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vjKtTWSfd
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzADYhMDAX
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46IMPgKxuc
and my accident that she would ever change."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JTvN3YGj5
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMf8LbtGJY8
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqysepvtUM
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJxMTOHwV8
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopNRU4kRrO
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7GygoqDzB
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgbTrPi6lL
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3OHUvQvh0
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQxLXcPjQV
puzzled.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfyUnHL4v3
***700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14Ws8U9jnd
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKCTT4h3Yr
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Pq3Xm4Ljr
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD197UZ4dyW
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwMGJSvlwz
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4VXHcZ9SO
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4agRmZoo0Q
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9P4QkqZEj
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxtTu26qHx
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mOPdVvumV
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoOFlpW9dy
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxCmYlFhb6
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQDS5ndFFH
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtIPjqQKxt
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevwdLEq40O
McDonell should be.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8BbE7Bxg1
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjS1QnhmJk
"Our family has been successfully with the 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qPWjf8WcU
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYqMrIwObV
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzeXYsiaiY
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW6mP8bfoF
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypK3UU5Ukn
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOo6x1ky9B
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFO35SW5Mt
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhXFo6Dzpj
especially from my brother. He is so kind."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0HvD5rBGr
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePjfITWFFR
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aOKxNNS0H
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpBftWkDx1
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNp3DoTGAxL
model.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUe5iI8bKou
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JgNwDK9gY
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkBvefzi8k
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CjPELyRbY
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzV3LwYDzzV
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8co1WwBOm
the financial state her family was in.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwESO16E22S
But now that she was with the McDonell 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiKvkYehtY
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmMrd6FT1h
she has always wanted.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jhXnXFExl
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWpplXX7u5
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzlkxvFI7s
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIeADbdRJf
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHa1wxSyscA
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjD6l6fbps
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPvZzxO4du
"That would be awesome."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4Txq3Ko0f
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelI5EyevBW
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCdalFqWOs
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHO6VOEoXaM
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3tdQY3WOs
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUtWZW5S84
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aJSEDEz8c
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuy0I2wDEp
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHI8oedKGj
Miranda.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXwaleQvmF
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2SGJg6Zel
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaTU4TK6hf
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jDbiuYvlU
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKMuACCgeK
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8AStcKg0a
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dWANBFmAD
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBffBvuFtw
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtddad3tndS
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFGcnU2UFs
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBgQYNY72Z
she never ever discussed her life with them.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Z7nGxwbdQ
Could it be Miranda?700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPhn2C1nL9
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXgLcRRoLB
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCE0n7rREY
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDxVB6wJVM
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQW7Gf2Oc6
And now she was calling Carly after all this700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadfHnIyRtD
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34iBmgS9mF
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90XM36XqUf
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIekCrU7Rue
betrayal.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsB5LuPN2UK
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5eV4tHO40
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrC7CGmFmd
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiXOA0sMIA
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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