Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nQIjfy1dx
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRmZgmmave
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2K0scaKbH
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskdISCJL5I
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jrLJWjgz3
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OEjQRLG8O
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGLfPbqe5G
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2TGebWErq
boss a call.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhzB1f2iXw
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkB5ehQB3b
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ263DmKhgW5
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiS63HZ2MYM
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7XJFUAWi2
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiJBWTCCdA
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccxsOU9uJQ
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2nCDuO2Hf
looked really tired and restless.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HrVSVzGn1
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnziUe0y5yj
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDmgEA1w5i
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHc938A72w
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxvxwoNfNJ
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHXrGrBdrH
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkT0cQox5k
huge loss.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxkXELyYsI
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrCvhzm6Jq
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46LFOGvtxt
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJUwmVSiQ4
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡampSY8dFE6
"What are you planning to do?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOxcHEEviK
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaDPFtUd65
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zftBzSrv7
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeh3tU0VMHk
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslfMWOjrPY
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ApuE7J4tB
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIDx6u6ccp
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6kLLF7oEz
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuD2cq0SXX
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOc1V528p9Q
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAH5bYq0xR
vacant space weren't as good as her.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWwJnSeXh3
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMJastksRl
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4vvsCgJQd
lucky charm.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpw6z0r6VY6
And he needed her back real bad.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgV4M2MWxA
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.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlM1sojbplO
"I have a job for you."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYljngaher
***792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbb0UlAsdQA
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ016kQNkwaj
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgAn0F32lQ
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOohA7cYU8Q
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkHj3tX6JM
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemp8RP0Izp
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgx5n4JEeVT
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2mqKolZzv
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmOtBqVteN
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0sWTZDeTS
serious.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQ8RMLzm73
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0N9k6zX1N
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqenZXWhVNW
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhxDElNcjF
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡey4UQTuoI8
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhFzqlKKAM
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTMxgYPK5N
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbO8c8cKo3
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PFRqp04rO
between the two of you considering what happened."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiU1nDnvcaL
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPaSKjjQ1s
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yQZVPJRkO
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Dn0EtYNif
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVjPqVH7e7
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdo3QkzGr2
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUj0M1V6r0m
"And you never apologised for it," said 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31PTKfMoh4
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXmNEM9cNy
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGTRaBVohc
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPk9nTPkCK
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFSavs7Ysf
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChd2c2G9ry
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWR2RP0o6q
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UpHUKIpCF
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPokRRSgLmH
for what happened to her.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkaTdhAVLT
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoAr2PrUGx
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalqQlxoyjV
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2swG3iFvC
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcNYmPDyYw
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVLh5QhZFH
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyir2Y439d
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyHYT5Fj70
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwg7kKB5upF
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfhwOPehJG
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT09kvQ90Mz
back at the club.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGvL79LTMX
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDJO6odtWH
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRR57SWsQW
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZs9VxD6TIO
sisters completely.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3zPk0ptTU
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fdalewrYG
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTc7Kr0MUMa
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJ3HVAdtYK
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfwagjS02G
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVANZE5mrr7
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mPW3UX5hy
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9xTIBfpzE
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheNtZfcnEC
club, not him.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL41hDj7ztH
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnS152LVr5K
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVumuTufHVR
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusS3LZKrWl
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrykzXD0iMK
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyasU3F2Fm2
at each other yet, have you?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIr5HlLwhgR
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUlxKlUL8g
"No," they answered at the same time.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ643youkPHn
"Great. That's good to know."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzjLJYR43u
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eOpToUQsh
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgC0DEFfiS
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64rncmcedV
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnXtUEA5Fr
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBbs9x4HZO
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgup2MB3u3n
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaknGhsXPRz
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRpMCOdpMo
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDglSO0XnTw
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJh0PkdMSeT
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2o4OV2sHnD
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9Lap1VDYM
long."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgOVZmLbC5
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhGdX2qXPw
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdIrZJKyiC
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFMDinh57Q
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOz2rS22dLr
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUON4K4GdsR
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYwTDwL9KS
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYbwKVnfvG
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01Mxxm2vvk
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlk4jRv7o0
Not like this. Something was wrong.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkewkOmrIuB
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nxBXhJzea
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyC7NZrdluK
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5qTGsVtrs
embarrassed?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDuYUNMwIy
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvrrcqS3t3
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoeRxAulkq
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4c8aYmfvQv
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJjsktsfkh
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF15kq4wgky
today?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPldtPrwTa
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYTAJeJnZC
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHTSWKbNnk
you want."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneSQNia9BW
"It worked for you, didn't it?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9oMSqXU1Q
"What do you mean?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8sLLnFND5
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYo5OmZheYB
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXv79uWpPf
sister."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYQhl1LBV2
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpnCHQLZFt
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3O6cdSZ7x
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uoIFH0rGY
"I'm just speaking the truth."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSiZu6rHUZ
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTIh0pw4nJ
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48ZX6Jc6bj
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReb5WWdCgy
"I was protecting my sister."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzezu2rAEml
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHW8YZdeztO
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHR3g2j9kKP
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugNZRcQkfi
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeocNAwad7l
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrbJVQDawH
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVTNMPdYEC
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosJY9zgIPB
betray you like Carly betrayed me."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbjTAAAjP5
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKI9rZR9UM
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgcNG6KkEF
crystal glass.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXKcTMO0Up
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxLqhXP046
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUCFucvOFd
in this situation right now."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIf9nPe5yEP
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzZ6wROjEl
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeGuFmvxv2
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJaFy08zu2
actions.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbrSBWgsCR
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MHJwkvKxD
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFSZ7f1TuI
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeefsElmFq
near Carly."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMLoacuPJi
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRnR5AfxdU
"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......"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tf5a5OFZy
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHnKdvxW9d
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAWckD7A9t
Carly, she would be insulting herself.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWXH4EzrSs
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1kssIUwSo
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIuUPwulzt
"That would never happen."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHr4O95Z7v
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnXN0p0o32
"A fool in love, yes."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1y5Ri1Rxl
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4hH9C5LjE
"Why? Because you don't like me?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsk9LzeJVA
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcHLyT4x5K
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDGH1PjFpv
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0c5yXAreY
and my accident that she would ever change."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSGbTWWzQx
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgukJSdNWS
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnvcdURMOB
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgRBeuOMZD
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxDUF8y65f
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHICqef49lY
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡln1Ep4qWmM
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3P5XJjXLga
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfaZk2uJE1
puzzled.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdnO5VXRTd
***792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbQbc7SKo7
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hhIxsabrM
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2M7iRCcuz
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8zcdZ4RDC
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeHSgc8rnP
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTid4UP9Ofo
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBIOHpmr3j
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5OPVhXxx6
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAr0Mg89oK
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnaXUbNmP9
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8LmTNJ93q
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Rr29Nhpea
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3503sz0Bx
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIkrrHfNjS
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAKe61gEN5
McDonell should be.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN75OO3aOvf
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASTNRzbxER
"Our family has been successfully with the 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaILr6Vt2h
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KSDhUeI6c
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXueOYyhoN
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRDAXYi0Wo
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVPzPFZ79n
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UNc9VV0VU
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboLVYukeE2
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbll8IgIxe4
especially from my brother. He is so kind."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhXSlCRDJm
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmx2v6XCxf
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziIFzrrIIV
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIfekqZkJP
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrZt6KImzJ
model.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8BaUUsrFq
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡel3cfVCHio
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj548PFWhOz
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKnJYYsnQf
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48oPWhYOhB
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eA0zxLrQq
the financial state her family was in.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5j6hyCXZj
But now that she was with the McDonell 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0zMlI9DBN
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQrx317gfe
she has always wanted.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2NwmfhDou
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCy7NWVe16z
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJ6cJ1YGXb
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqAqExbgSx
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBJZCCBqmO
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjd1C3PCc4h
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLYiYfwwzh
"That would be awesome."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0S8Agw8dRM
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52Lq6L8dQS
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84SqYBW3jG
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8kgHnd0oL
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlNDDI9h6J
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvJkqfbvLZ
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1mzS2JSxL
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FBpN6FnG0
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXt46qpujbi
Miranda.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4dNY6FHkU
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdcpYnVQaU
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHT2NNYm62
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtcXUULYdO
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwYT2Ti8Zg
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueGeAx20l2
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsCTJceBn7
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfdpzg8ZOp
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUc17reZ4pU
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhgrVg3rvK
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IBfwEvuqe
she never ever discussed her life with them.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjfik2M6t6
Could it be Miranda?792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxyBpG0Ycg
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Nhft66nkw
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhHZQSpnIX
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOm4zuxdu4p
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2NOOkOrmx
And now she was calling Carly after all this792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsO7iphk18
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwzlF0SmS9
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJMpGOFksR
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SGZhlDO5l
betrayal.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0PxnWqfzi
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyTX0kXsrT
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yZgVI5QrN
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3c03g8ZTBF
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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