Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6arJ4Xfw4
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnH81TUSnZo
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlgrWZAqnM
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZQ5y5vHOD
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4VbnT6nNB
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡve0u39lxXo
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNfz9HPa2N
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeYeAanzfb
boss a call.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfqnQZn7bA
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNPGXjqT9v
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdbF7df19q
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXrXZ47SRV
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJ7bx7sAld
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvojp6hm2ye
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaA83ucdHHj
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX29GexyaVe
looked really tired and restless.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIR7fq9Ji6
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZXGtMrj4g
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡandyBNBKgL
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28ZQouElyb
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWQvwjhFkJ
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosXKWmvLtA
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWl3hsLTw4
huge loss.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfsJYIntwl
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruBKggpgAX
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuNvdjwYia
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTL7zXHfnMw
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZkYf3Nxuy
"What are you planning to do?"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBWV0gkvhq
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOcxZA1IzP
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4C2KmxY7B
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZHYeDOygL
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDfz79jtlK
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWKJoycNpM
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ca4UyYSCI
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6T8J3nIIL
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQZWOZW0bH
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd388oIOOf
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvrzFGzSgS
vacant space weren't as good as her.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCkS5HyDg9
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2u3Nz9qaJL
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyc7EXR6uM
lucky charm.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZZ9EPpoZp
And he needed her back real bad.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4CgQve9Ie
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.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWl8a60SK8a
"I have a job for you."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneNTvoM5Mu
***634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7NrJQQpVi
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFwBa7dcUl
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NxgOg6oIB
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaXmZcS78I
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsLohNn3H7
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUikZMD2Af
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuvtodprtF
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfWpICM3rD
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBHglSVOKo
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0P4BR3PQ7Y
serious.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9HMTppqvk
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGItpB2nfV7
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZ9UT42JEx
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcIbhi91Zz
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTOLHJSAGS
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWB0IaRWHY
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckSoEkbhMP
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0lF3HH7q1
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzT6i9RCTmv
between the two of you considering what happened."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWX6OmMoHw
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOxUpFuodw
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmHGjQJcpz
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHHdoQtOtS
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHw73e3M4K
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1p7Bq5rtx9
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgLlQWbh0H
"And you never apologised for it," said 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZGsflX2Oz
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQvUmAXJ90
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0dwEdcDDb
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbzre7pJJs
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3YQHayka9
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7wLdV7CYy
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5Md5TJR5E
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqyiV88RVJ
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCkAuuNhJp
for what happened to her.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmkVQDJDoE
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksl6HBEQyj
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwj9yHyJsfs
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGerEbz7cR
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITEfSrH1rL
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8yHi5bB9J
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkrgc7K1Y6
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxB47PJ3Yww
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMigHiEfeEx
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPaPK6cIwS
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqe5CiQech
back at the club.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67O80vPDj2
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLr8Ied2CDA
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnexuTkxWxa
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfm0uReSmT
sisters completely.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxsp3wOxTZ
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tVUiSfPmR
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1oGBq6az7
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYogSeSIOiG
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiIurP4dqL
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFo0YtkVs4
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCUPJrFdjR
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN513HjdiOC
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOeW6lbhTV
club, not him.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULtBxBEe78
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIMGeVSUb3
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4Yt03qLKP
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCh2eVcOVpP
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe20oww2ko
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmUL6A69mV
at each other yet, have you?"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQU9QnPicMY
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dRmGQvadZ
"No," they answered at the same time.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGUuzRbSMc
"Great. That's good to know."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFt8kg0UhqN
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPwaWO8oib
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCl0eW6Kpb5
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHaHqJ3CkQ
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkS7NyKAnW
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla0QpOWWCo
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJCt6OJ6L1
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7H9t3XFbS
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwLZT7s2Kd
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAxp3hsqWp
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlIJkScX96
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMfDpic4yH
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvrqatSGpL
long."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7uOf5YHws
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1jIU5kYBK
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41InPhh3yv
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpuI46Eydm
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflsHleqg6P
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHIlkr1pRd
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtu2U0sgAl
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvudNxN3z5
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWKJGk1yL4
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRd83tz7D0M
Not like this. Something was wrong.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFGbTl5t49
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68wJmHbIp4
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSZZ90uPgX
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJKMtlKuUh
embarrassed?"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3vj5f8zQl
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yRHPiyJsU
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGGUoI3Ew8
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbCxTY5cpB
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WLdtn5iuL
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEQB62e2fu
today?"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGuWnhFzIK
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbd1Vzl6oVW
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDqJvEX5nZ
you want."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2M3aK4kUz
"It worked for you, didn't it?"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaEm85tzmR
"What do you mean?"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbbTpRlZ2Q
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHX60RkYc1U
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcxf1XLlvc
sister."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5DFNh8NjM
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnO6VKqKIDN
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQgVzyjtoG
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwONLAXw4V4
"I'm just speaking the truth."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9ckdSO5yN
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAhBBO5NOj
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2LHzlFT3U
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhz8UUHUUf
"I was protecting my sister."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eifCV9yOX
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUgXAibUET
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0ovfXnKpz
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2s0JaZJXK
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5PH97efXZ
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFauSMbGz0
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJpzFWnkh4
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkih3JdDtRt
betray you like Carly betrayed me."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48jxBIX6WI
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv0EMy9dYO
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aZ0MNOAyq
crystal glass.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkK00wEVbJ
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9w7gzWbQOT
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTE8tKdqDV2
in this situation right now."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWb7n3LMTnt
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ihfe6B199
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDNKjZOMes
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4KyEFdNkb
actions.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBImyXDoCpp
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIRx8s4bTn
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6np6oH9Fae
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW10pvrMLtl
near Carly."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRBHiBhAiZ
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsllPBkDPvU
"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......"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCJE9pKSFO
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiINdZ8vfM
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWtWrm9PoV
Carly, she would be insulting herself.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYr9wOTWLKM
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOihdBnm6l
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtF43qixIa
"That would never happen."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAkjMe0wko
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1FAdTC7OT
"A fool in love, yes."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyXvQBfPLs
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDaeojdAGS
"Why? Because you don't like me?"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3W4DkWiyS
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7VcMcXybV
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCxhmHnqO3
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7b3VDdRkZ
and my accident that she would ever change."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsimpca6FD
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxd2Tf7B434
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4lnjjDt6A
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0bGyXlpmD
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnygX7ykuno
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOejChjxKsr
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYKBPvgoWB
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7rNvZ2Gv6
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ijaWOA2mw
puzzled.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBPoezAwu2
***634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEdkc2GAWa
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JDI2bLhcW
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfLBjguGxE
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtpl1BCY9e
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WPR32fL8h
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd0NNo2C1w
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DoPUgfyt2
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu5TmqqWts
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEmp7viui1
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOU67c7WtNv
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWpNc4VMdv
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaB97k8qBE
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIAHroOm0K
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LpBzifvvR
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASjAxF9qcK
McDonell should be.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPLNoxuHY8
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKT26Ad08U
"Our family has been successfully with the 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakSFh5CZoW
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAT2BXv7dLs
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eS6CzEtp9
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iLCJbsM0T
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2ozf5UJLT
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4o0Iz80iP6
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVzn5e2v4G
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApwKrtZpSY
especially from my brother. He is so kind."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGbm247dtP
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFQuIP9jbF
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIhgZ6fCIe
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwDp28Aidb
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWjJ0j6E9z
model.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9LvTTr06u
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuelStht8RO
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD05VaoI5mw
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwnHMycuFh
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH55v6JIcDE
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0oNqMHvdu
the financial state her family was in.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVH1z8kJLv
But now that she was with the McDonell 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslECsurQoT
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5P5DHtXyc
she has always wanted.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3imx2TzN0
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnlkOHuFQu
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHawWh1fktG
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXV9t5KvwI
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMi34FNMTRc
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKeCQ8aIaS
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9ECrKWUYg
"That would be awesome."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvGhyCyNqm
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMSiidWWPe
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeTKCbc9p8
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIIEM8oqrS
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ryMcY5llc
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0QnfibyqB
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfJWU178hl
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmN59OzKDJ
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64zdqFzMib
Miranda.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8s7JKUkVO
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASmtHkCxSf
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9I3ndb3DU
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTmMKeIInp
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabJKB1Yu6y
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzGhoFn3iB
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgF1KitrTkh
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZoFJFzzzH
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKWJfDtST7
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfClg4QysRr
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfaKLBnRJz
she never ever discussed her life with them.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4srr14msBX
Could it be Miranda?634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mQRdtVUzX
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUz2Y1Ap7O
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDe0agQYDKG
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbMjImmfDm
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OA0ZFn6lR
And now she was calling Carly after all this634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRenGrxv16p
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQJazTj1uk
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAxtrhYLmU
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogrrXnm9R7
betrayal.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLh5y6Gq0OO
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFzDN5mIiU
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjqMwS75fO
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPKNPycJgW
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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