Angel's eyes flew 643Please respect copyright.PENANA7AYgnPEff3
open as she felt something warm and soft touch her face. Everything 643Please respect copyright.PENANAfKNKGolWUh
around her seemed a little hazy and bright as her eyes slowly adjusted 643Please respect copyright.PENANANIWvVfc1Gx
to the light. She could see a figure looking down at her and Angel had 643Please respect copyright.PENANAuXbAMk3EbH
to shade her eyes to see the person's face clearly. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAcIfeVuRbR5
"Hello, my sweetheart," came the voice of the person looking down at her.643Please respect copyright.PENANAd96RvCvIl1
Angel quickly stood 643Please respect copyright.PENANAIFnDuxSjHs
up from the floor she was lying on and faced the person in front of her.643Please respect copyright.PENANAFSDIsgft1i
The sound of the person's voice was so familiar now that Angel felt 643Please respect copyright.PENANAcnuYRDUliL
dumb not to have realised it sooner.643Please respect copyright.PENANAhAEU6STn9f
"Mum, is that you?" Angel asked.643Please respect copyright.PENANAj2X0ncBs80
"Of course, its me, my lovely Angel," her mother replied as she touched Angel's cheek with her soft hand.643Please respect copyright.PENANA9zu9YM9CEw
Angel closed her eyes643Please respect copyright.PENANAzQT2Zzf7NB
at the touch of her mother's hand and felt like lingering on it for a 643Please respect copyright.PENANAq5ps5hDCql
life time. She opened her eyes and her mother smiled at her.643Please respect copyright.PENANAJwQC9Y1yf1
"I thought you were dead," said Angel. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAYMiAl7Zx7R
"Honey, I know it will be difficult to tell you this, but sadly, I'm not where you're right now."643Please respect copyright.PENANA8HiQMbrc9x
"What do you mean?"643Please respect copyright.PENANA8wLPCSXGL5
"I'm long gone from earth, Angel. I'm simply no more."643Please respect copyright.PENANAxOX8kcXCnd
"But why did you leave me?" Angel asked with tears in her eyes. "Things have gone horribly wrong and this is the time to leave?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAo4MFHt0fvl
"I'm sorry I can't answer that, my dear. I wish I could. I know you're heartbroken over everything thats happened to you."643Please respect copyright.PENANAFyWvAfdt6C
"Carly, she's really disappointed me, mum," said Angel as she wiped the tears falling from her eyes.643Please respect copyright.PENANAsIqr8iaUNt
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about."643Please respect copyright.PENANAKD0h5tJtbH
"If it means forgiving her I'm not going to do it. That will take a life time."643Please respect copyright.PENANAncUj8Khulj
"I know you don't mean that, Angel. As much as she has done wrong, nothing is going to change the fact that you're sisters."643Please respect copyright.PENANA1uWFYfiFkA
"I bet you're going to remind me of my promise, aren't you?"643Please respect copyright.PENANA3zqjfsBXhD
Angel's mother gave 643Please respect copyright.PENANAcna6PWiUmB
her daughter a bright smile while she stroked her cheek. "Of course, I 643Please respect copyright.PENANAVprG2VfWUU
was going to remind you of just that. I know that now that I'm no longer643Please respect copyright.PENANAKR99GKjUGw
around, its going to be difficult for you. Your life will get even more643Please respect copyright.PENANA43Cpw94B2B
complicated after all this, but just know that I'm always there when 643Please respect copyright.PENANABEzz7CbXON
you need me. And the most important thing, always take care of your 643Please respect copyright.PENANAgFtGepuxYS
sister no matter what she does. And that you always try to fix things even when it seems impossible to do so."643Please respect copyright.PENANAR7jQnRAyIo
"You know I already gave you my word."643Please respect copyright.PENANAcyYqu7jvi0
"And I know that 643Please respect copyright.PENANAn5YgYlNJ8V
you'll keep it. I know you might try to tear your sister to shreds, but 643Please respect copyright.PENANAS2mAKuhaFj
please try to be patient with her, okay?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAA9pCgu6KMB
Before Angel could reply, she noticed that her mother had stood further away from her towards something bright.643Please respect copyright.PENANAVCYCbxFDPK
"I have to go now, just remember that I love you, Angel and your sister too," said her mother.643Please respect copyright.PENANAcK46sK8lrT
"Mum, wait, don't 643Please respect copyright.PENANAWHHEwt0dRT
go," said Angel as she started to run towards her mother. Her mother 643Please respect copyright.PENANA2ToSvDEezp
didn't move from where she stood and Angel felt the distance widen. She 643Please respect copyright.PENANAqccXhMzXLd
tried running as fast as she could, but that just made the distance 643Please respect copyright.PENANAYeav8cHQDc
between them even bigger.643Please respect copyright.PENANASJ3jxK8zcu
And then all of the 643Please respect copyright.PENANAxfEwkaRrRC
sudden, darkness begun to swallow everything around and the smile on her643Please respect copyright.PENANAfYhobzy1n7
mother's face was the last thing Angel saw.643Please respect copyright.PENANAy2fywRRpgd
***643Please respect copyright.PENANA5oE4scudFy
It643Please respect copyright.PENANAAx6m5x59O3
felt like drowning as Angel took in air through her nostrils, filling 643Please respect copyright.PENANAoEyZ2qCNYT
up her painful lungs. A sudden pain and heaviness quickly descended on 643Please respect copyright.PENANAHbYIOR7VUW
her body and she might have heard herself wince in pain. Her eyes felt 643Please respect copyright.PENANA7i6YTCM1lE
too heavy to open, but she did her best to do so anyway. She could tell 643Please respect copyright.PENANAIKmBmHYP5h
as she opened her eyes and her vision cleared, that she was staring at a643Please respect copyright.PENANAz85tRPm6w9
ceiling. The sound of a beeping machine was the first thing she heard 643Please respect copyright.PENANAm5MBxu7pNh
and when she tried to turn her neck, she realised she couldn't move and 643Please respect copyright.PENANAoKY9EkArG0
her body ached all over. Her eyes rolled around, but all she could see 643Please respect copyright.PENANAnghx7NNT0b
was the ceiling above her.643Please respect copyright.PENANAvcrhynbkXx
Angel's643Please respect copyright.PENANAQZlMPjqrQw
heart started to beat aimlessly as she realised she couldn't move at 643Please respect copyright.PENANATGvw5Onm6I
all. She felt quite scared thinking she was all alone until she heard 643Please respect copyright.PENANAtVCYaNs14G
her sister's voice.643Please respect copyright.PENANAC2ijLfBLVR
"Angel? Oh my gosh, she's alive!" 643Please respect copyright.PENANA9dpXvuZ48P
Angel643Please respect copyright.PENANAkaREgxmJli
felt like breathing out a sigh of relief, but she knew it was going to 643Please respect copyright.PENANAOthN6d8bIZ
be painful. She noticed the face mask on her face and wanted to remove 643Please respect copyright.PENANA5PZ5A3c0HF
it. She could feel her fingers, but lifting her whole hand was going to 643Please respect copyright.PENANAqRElE3kM0K
be a painful process. Her body felt heavy as it already was.643Please respect copyright.PENANAG7IuJLEEKZ
"Please,643Please respect copyright.PENANAgwSQQrnWCX
call the doctor! My sister is alive!" Carly seemed to be calling out to643Please respect copyright.PENANA99fawC3Ao8
someone in the room and a male voice grabbed Angel's attention.643Please respect copyright.PENANAEFSZNJdCMv
"I'm643Please respect copyright.PENANAOZDi6zZTLY
going, I'm going." Quick footsteps were heard and faded away. Angel 643Please respect copyright.PENANAg4tXY0mmnA
could tell that the voice sounded very familiar but she couldn't process643Please respect copyright.PENANAhQbm69Y1Ls
everything at the moment.643Please respect copyright.PENANAZF3i1kVKqe
Carly's643Please respect copyright.PENANARkawI4eZNa
face came into view as she looked down at Angel. Angel could tell that 643Please respect copyright.PENANATqrAZ8lqST
her sister had been crying. Her puffy red eyes and stuffy red nose 643Please respect copyright.PENANAq2vGqFCdhe
showed it all. 643Please respect copyright.PENANABgK6oKgJRy
"I643Please respect copyright.PENANA3PI51iFV7o
thought I lost you, Angel," said Carly, "when your heart stopped 643Please respect copyright.PENANAxP1WYm0tC5
beating, I thought you were gone forever. I don't want to lose you too."643Please respect copyright.PENANAOBkuyM1Bw5
Angel643Please respect copyright.PENANAr7zGcLJ0G6
noticed the black shirt Carly was wearing and her eyes stung with tears643Please respect copyright.PENANAXROT56PCKp
as she remembered that her mother had passed on. Her heart felt heavy 643Please respect copyright.PENANA9XxaOysIsC
with remorse and her body ached even more.643Please respect copyright.PENANAMAiD9i4lsE
"I'm643Please respect copyright.PENANAcus8tTPBso
so sorry, Angel," said Carly as tears sreamed down her face. "I feel 643Please respect copyright.PENANAR6NfqhEwUD
most of this is all my fault and I know I let you down. Please forgive 643Please respect copyright.PENANA4uv4SAxYsk
me. And I also hope that wherever mum is, that she will also be able to 643Please respect copyright.PENANAtetykx3So5
forgive me too."643Please respect copyright.PENANA20FVXAlFa9
A643Please respect copyright.PENANALtPRMkMTJx
tear streamed down Angel's cheek as she continued to stare up at her 643Please respect copyright.PENANAhLiXRU9owk
sister. She wanted to comfort her sister, but she was still mad at Carly643Please respect copyright.PENANAX9yPkpRMy3
and she didn't feel like speaking at the moment. Soon she heard quick 643Please respect copyright.PENANADLheXJyiyA
footsteps. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAkMg0b4f0Dp
"Doctor, my sister is okay," said Carly as she turned to address the doctor.643Please respect copyright.PENANAYxMIcZMo87
"Well,643Please respect copyright.PENANAm55rYnU8cE
isn't that a miracle?" the doctor said, "looks like your sister fought 643Please respect copyright.PENANAzO45bOjPKD
with death and won. I also thought she was gone the time we tried to 643Please respect copyright.PENANAoG47vaFalJ
revive her."643Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6mcemaNMY
"Well, Angel is as tough as I thought," came the male voice again which Angel still couldn't recognise. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAdessRjTK30
"I think you two better leave while we take some tests," said the doctor, "don't you worry."643Please respect copyright.PENANAMuLLc8hlgW
Carly looked down at her643Please respect copyright.PENANABiLtOfwRzm
sister, tears still rolling down her cheeks. "I'm glad you're back, 643Please respect copyright.PENANAILzpnhn50J
Angel. I don't know what I would've have done without you."643Please respect copyright.PENANA18PPGohDJ1
"And so as I," came the male voice.643Please respect copyright.PENANA21t9LjzX5x
Eric soon appeared 643Please respect copyright.PENANAgVoQt47CkY
within Angel's sights and he had a sad smile on his face. Angel's eyes 643Please respect copyright.PENANAWDPhcqB2bx
widen at the sight of his cute sad face. She felt like smiling at him, 643Please respect copyright.PENANAOuORqXdRrS
but a sudden wince of pain came out of her mouth. 643Please respect copyright.PENANA9x4vSXb4Dn
"Angel, are you feeling hurt?" Carly asked looking worried. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAQvRbGrRrsE
"You don't worry, she's 643Please respect copyright.PENANAZ36y895u4t
in pain, but that will wear off as soon as she takes her medication," 643Please respect copyright.PENANAvbFUSYBvSV
said the doctor, "I suggest you leave while she takes her rest."643Please respect copyright.PENANA6KqkrvvPFM
"Let's go, Carly, the doctor's right," said Eric, "we will come see her later on when she feels better."643Please respect copyright.PENANA9bQKAVKGD6
"Okay, let's go," said Carly. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAUoYCQjGUoE
Carly and Eric looked at643Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2fSeSX08g
Angel one last time. As the two left the room, the doctor appeared 643Please respect copyright.PENANAmbMnGX3u2S
beside Angel with a bright warm smile on his face.643Please respect copyright.PENANACzpNyNt7wJ
"It's good to see you 643Please respect copyright.PENANAvWQKdeDpqU
alive, Angel," said the doctor, "now, I'll give you a little sedative to643Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ds7mXjKEd
ease the pain and you can have enough rest."643Please respect copyright.PENANAP3dtCRuZ3A
Angel saw the doctor 643Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9hQMVXZiB
inject some liquid into her IV and she quickly felt the effects of the 643Please respect copyright.PENANAQKLMQiSpWh
sedative taking over. Her eyes peacefully closed as she realised that 643Please respect copyright.PENANAjc3MUB8sd4
rest was exactly what she needed.643Please respect copyright.PENANAPZJME72lZL
***643Please respect copyright.PENANA9x1KI9jBTE
A643Please respect copyright.PENANAeurYy4nW9L
week had passed and Angel was recovering slowly. It seemed like 643Please respect copyright.PENANAnnIf3ZmQ8w
forever, but Angel was patient enough to wait until her body mended 643Please respect copyright.PENANAdPeQfMAKSu
itself. Carly was always there everyday to watch over and take care of 643Please respect copyright.PENANAD5ZJFzF4Sg
her. Even Eric also did the same, surprisingly. And that made Angel 643Please respect copyright.PENANAfI8MnqNGQg
wonder why he would be so interested in her well being.643Please respect copyright.PENANAdoI6M2XHyL
As643Please respect copyright.PENANAjd59HP15GK
the week passed on, Angel had quickly recovered from her mother's 643Please respect copyright.PENANAR764WomhYj
death. It didn't really have a mental effect as she thought it would 643Please respect copyright.PENANAFxG6Q6j77o
have. But she pulled through anyway. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAXwL5Hi1yka
Apparently, one thing seemed to bother Carly, Eric, the doctor and nurses who took care of Angel.643Please respect copyright.PENANAcuWZl8yvcn
Angel had never altered a word since she gained consciousness. 643Please respect copyright.PENANATdJVRVcnU0
Carly643Please respect copyright.PENANAIEEwzYbdmH
had once asked the doctor this and wondered if their mother's death had643Please respect copyright.PENANAmyNqNEbUUl
anything to do with it or maybe her vocal cords had a problem. But 643Please respect copyright.PENANA0Hi4TzMQIa
sadly, the doctor had no answer because he recently had a check up on 643Please respect copyright.PENANABDXxcGu1Gk
Angel's vocal cords and everything seemed perfectly normal. All she did 643Please respect copyright.PENANAeMp6p63SMS
was nod or shake her head if they ever asked a question, but she 643Please respect copyright.PENANAfyWjpCN8EQ
wouldn't say anything. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAOBSBgAGDUF
Even643Please respect copyright.PENANAiPLrfKdubT
after the third day after Angel gained consciousness, the police 643Please respect copyright.PENANAUVpHLMw9VC
decided to take a police statement from her, but everything went to no 643Please respect copyright.PENANADQEOnnNRh4
avail. Even Angel's workmates would come now and then to see how she was643Please respect copyright.PENANArivlLn2MCi
doing and her boss, Mark Dean, came to see her as well. But still, 643Please respect copyright.PENANAHmLQQCjTnJ
Angel kept her mouth shut.643Please respect copyright.PENANA6LKeGfPx4x
On643Please respect copyright.PENANAeaR7wDQ56c
Saturday, Carly was around, taking care of Angel. It was lunch time and643Please respect copyright.PENANAFx17SRQv2V
Carly was feeding her sister. Angel was now able to sit up in bed even 643Please respect copyright.PENANACgm02i7Z6l
though her body still ached like hell. She still had a bandage wrapped 643Please respect copyright.PENANAWvbeftw6aM
around her forehead because of a deep scar, her left arm was still 643Please respect copyright.PENANATQ2wQa9CMl
broken and it was heavily bandaged. Her neck had healed drastically over643Please respect copyright.PENANArRu8x9tJjA
a few days and her legs were doing okay, but they ached a little 643Please respect copyright.PENANAatsCHHM5Wu
sometimes.643Please respect copyright.PENANAdJ0NljvF0A
As643Please respect copyright.PENANAdRVSFeoNNG
Carly fed Angel another spoon of chicken soup, the door suddenly flew 643Please respect copyright.PENANAK2hPVEurJC
open and Eric came in with a bouquet of roses and a basket of friut.643Please respect copyright.PENANAFOCZHg3FZm
"Hello, there," said Eric.643Please respect copyright.PENANAcMjqbUz0gx
"Oh, hi, Eric," said Carly and Angel just gave him a half smile.643Please respect copyright.PENANACimJsz25Ci
"Well,643Please respect copyright.PENANAGYNshKyqBz
I see that you're doing better today, Angel," said Eric as he placed 643Please respect copyright.PENANArTgBnPSaR1
the roses on top of the drawer next to her bedside together with the 643Please respect copyright.PENANA3i2epJdyGf
basket of fruits.643Please respect copyright.PENANAT4zHkB1ZOS
"Wow, aren't those like the third bouquet of flowers you sent her this week?" Carly asked.643Please respect copyright.PENANAijMzjUQgGm
"Maybe, I don't really count anyway."643Please respect copyright.PENANAnAZt8eADXP
"Awww! You see, Angel, looks like you have someone crushing on you. What do you have to say about that?"643Please respect copyright.PENANA7RfzMGTVQV
Angel's smile widen a little, but she still didn't say anything.643Please respect copyright.PENANAKpgX7TYNUu
"Um.. Carly, he's here and he wants to speak to you," said Eric.643Please respect copyright.PENANAIEkHvCKkaX
Angel raised an eyebrow. Something fishy was going on and she didn't like it. Who are they talking about? she wondered.643Please respect copyright.PENANAGSjFdlC9f2
Carly looked at Angel and then at Eric. She gave the bowl of soup to Eric. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAtysgdepIeU
"I'll be right back," said Carly643Please respect copyright.PENANAEBu8Lrd8Y3
Eric643Please respect copyright.PENANAx21X18SBAs
looked up at Angel as Carly left the room. Angel looked at him giving 643Please respect copyright.PENANAgoncnTpSvL
him a face indicating that he should tell her what was going on.643Please respect copyright.PENANAZwQ7aHgmtE
"I643Please respect copyright.PENANAiD5pn01v6x
know that look on your face, Angel," said Eric as he sat on the edge of643Please respect copyright.PENANAI8AdrYL11I
the hospital bed to feed her. "You want to know what's going on, 643Please respect copyright.PENANADoKPbrfxjj
right?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAlOkpNt86UM
Angel nodded.643Please respect copyright.PENANA97KGTHK91N
Eric643Please respect copyright.PENANArvh27RiFty
shook his head. "I can't tell you all that at the moment. It's best if 643Please respect copyright.PENANA9NtUKUJRQc
Carly does. It has something to do with your mother."643Please respect copyright.PENANAX4fpMQA3d5
Angel643Please respect copyright.PENANAt8K84mDWOf
now started to think of the worst. What was it now? Did her mother have643Please respect copyright.PENANADMNzcmJmBu
debts she failed to pay before she died or was it something far much 643Please respect copyright.PENANArif99xylfc
worse?643Please respect copyright.PENANAQKbuoPhcfN
"But643Please respect copyright.PENANAwzAB9MBHHb
you don't worry about anything. Carly told me that you'll find out 643Please respect copyright.PENANARK6TEsiLal
what's going on," said Eric as he lifted the spoon towards Angel's 643Please respect copyright.PENANAqQzu0w648x
mouth.643Please respect copyright.PENANAAwpro5LbyA
"Now, open wide. You need to finish your lunch, okay?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAJu15P80lA0
Angel did as she was told and Eric put the spoon in her mouth. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAfL1AZ19adK
"That's643Please respect copyright.PENANARAyWa7NDhA
a good girl. I might just give you some special dessert at the end of 643Please respect copyright.PENANA8F6A9GVvbg
all this. What do you think about that?" Eric asked as he wiggled his 643Please respect copyright.PENANA5EB0h2cw8k
eyebrows. 643Please respect copyright.PENANABb1aRzBB0u
"And will that dessert be your lips? Because if it is, I'll gladly slap your cheek."643Please respect copyright.PENANAZOiCwMFotX
Eric643Please respect copyright.PENANAn1FXRv62Fj
stared at Angel with his mouth agape. She finally spoke. He didn't know643Please respect copyright.PENANAkloEXnOPSX
whether to hug her or kiss her for her to slap him and see if he was 643Please respect copyright.PENANAcKbhjhfm0d
dreaming.643Please respect copyright.PENANAYPgIXDroCW
"You... talked!" Eric almost exclaimed, but Angel covered his mouth with her good right hand.643Please respect copyright.PENANAAVvfGpgtQx
"I don't want Carly to find out, keep your voice down," said Angel quietly.643Please respect copyright.PENANA85l06WLrtt
"Don't worry, Carly is in the lobby. But why have you been quiet all this time, Angel? You had all of us worried."643Please respect copyright.PENANA6CTsIaZLsp
"I643Please respect copyright.PENANApCwV4Ogubh
know," Angel leaned her back onto the soft pillows behind her, "I just 643Please respect copyright.PENANAUV3AQsRcF9
didn't feel like talking and all. After all that had happened, being 643Please respect copyright.PENANA2mCaAmm71C
quiet was the only way to keep calm."643Please respect copyright.PENANAz9uUGyIAiN
"But you should have said something to someone. If not Carly or I, at least the doctor."643Please respect copyright.PENANAri03TcEn5i
Angel looked at Eric and held his hand. "Thank you, Eric."643Please respect copyright.PENANA4Mm2G5Df0Z
"Thanks, for what?"643Please respect copyright.PENANA4Y9xVB2QFk
"For643Please respect copyright.PENANAdf0D4f5xuP
being there even if we barely know each other," said Angel with a sad 643Please respect copyright.PENANAYaqO6zqkfI
smile on her face. "You kept my sister company even though I never said a643Please respect copyright.PENANAPBqAi2m968
word to her. I just didn't want to leash out my anger on her."643Please respect copyright.PENANAYokPVCL8pz
"Its nothing, Angel. When I said I was glad to meet you back at the bar, I truly meant it."643Please respect copyright.PENANAMUs7U7wGNn
Angel643Please respect copyright.PENANAaAZNTT33MV
smiled and then something quickly came to mind. Images of what had 643Please respect copyright.PENANAvjlpesRNJN
happened last week at the day of the accident came back. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAdrxf36yUaG
"Hey, are you okay?" Eric asked. "You looked pale for a second."643Please respect copyright.PENANAC3z0feVDLm
"The....643Please respect copyright.PENANA6cMasGU7vS
the day, I had the accident," started Angel, "what really happened? 643Please respect copyright.PENANAMp2C1KPTiy
Because all I remember is the phone call of someone telling me about my 643Please respect copyright.PENANAooUSqzkS79
mother's death and then nothing."643Please respect copyright.PENANAiVKf2IKUhv
"You don't really remember a car hitting you on that day?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAgF5KR9x0lN
"I643Please respect copyright.PENANAqVelLk463r
know a car hit me, but who was driving the car? I want to know. I was 643Please respect copyright.PENANATOUjBqysdB
hoping you and Carly would bring up the topic these past few days, but 643Please respect copyright.PENANANdDEFZMUxY
you didn't. When the police came, I knew I wasn't going to say much 643Please respect copyright.PENANAikQDnGUops
because I don't know anything. Now you tell me, was it a hit and run or 643Please respect copyright.PENANAwHslmjlTUM
do you know who did it?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAVdXWtWxmvT
Eric looked the other way for a moment. "No, Angel. It wasn't a hit and run."643Please respect copyright.PENANABJk1nyJMTV
"Then will you tell me?" Angel asked. "Why do you look like that? Is there something I should know?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAU4VWgEJxFc
"Remember, the guy who was with your sister at the bar that day?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAaKS5xRi8et
"Ya, I remember the jerk. Why?"643Please respect copyright.PENANA7KyDexciuo
"That person who just called a jerk, is none other than my cousin, Leo."643Please respect copyright.PENANAS3G0RqYjEb
"Oh," Angel paused for a second. "I didn't know. Sorry about that."643Please respect copyright.PENANAVOncnNOBTp
"No,643Please respect copyright.PENANAU9aQL9FCZj
he's a jerk, that's for sure. On that day he was supposed to get 643Please respect copyright.PENANAkrylxzKZFn
married. But he left the wedding and came by the bar looking for 643Please respect copyright.PENANAfI5oV5l6Hg
Carly."643Please respect copyright.PENANAa4dUTvKXRg
"A jerk indeed. Why did he come there anyway?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAdHInTXOU5P
"Well, he changed his mind completely after the bachelor party to get married."643Please respect copyright.PENANANfmuIpKBsG
"And he did all that just because of my sister? Ridiculous."643Please respect copyright.PENANARKJFie0Aig
"Coming643Please respect copyright.PENANASVbUOSWnZR
back to your accident," Eric now looked straight at Angel, "I'm afraid 643Please respect copyright.PENANAby3ckpqhs5
to tell you that he was the one who ran you over."643Please respect copyright.PENANA1M39Jh7jqz
Angel643Please respect copyright.PENANAtj5Qv0osxv
didn't say anything. Eric expected her to burst in anger but she looked643Please respect copyright.PENANAilkeIyAIFc
calm. Even her response seemed to surprise Eric even more.643Please respect copyright.PENANAbwSmw9qx2l
"So, he almost kills me with his car and he hasn't come by just to apologise?" Angel asked calmly. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAdZcivTVjvv
"I...643Please respect copyright.PENANAlUKa4Q50ge
well," Eric was lost for words. He expected Angel to shout and act 643Please respect copyright.PENANAEx8M2lwt3d
wild, but she didn't. "He still feels bad after everything."643Please respect copyright.PENANAddWBl9CiIR
"He still feels bad or is he just too full of pride to apologise?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAPed67Tzf9W
"How do you know that?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAO7oEe5R4Vl
"I spent five minutes in that office in the bar with your cousin, trust me, I know."643Please respect copyright.PENANArvqlenTPAu
Eric643Please respect copyright.PENANADN1tcWy2OW
passed a hand through his hair and sighed. "On behalf of Leo, I simply 643Please respect copyright.PENANALSVshoAN3y
apologise. I'm also part of the reason why you're in this mess."643Please respect copyright.PENANAT5I5GZqxnx
"It's nothing, Eric. I would prefer if Leo bought himself to do that, don't you think?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAB1HGlwehj8
"You're right."643Please respect copyright.PENANAoQdBVvADeF
"I hope the person Carly has gone out to see by the lobby isn't him."643Please respect copyright.PENANAxRD1fpHrXL
"No, it isn't him. He wouldn't even dare come to this place," said Eric, "Carly is talking to my uncle, Leo's father."643Please respect copyright.PENANAq7JzbnkrFS
"But what is he doing here?" Angel asked.643Please respect copyright.PENANAjg6oS3ulvc
"I'm643Please respect copyright.PENANArw38R445Ie
not the one supposed to be telling you this, but apparently, your 643Please respect copyright.PENANASNpCzJJfFK
mother and my uncle were good friends. The time your mother had fallen 643Please respect copyright.PENANAcsmDrij5Ar
ill, he was there and took her to the hospital."643Please respect copyright.PENANAE5mEFIPaJg
Angel643Please respect copyright.PENANAMz8n2qSpMf
didn't say anything as she continued to look at Eric. The thought of 643Please respect copyright.PENANAvHR0NSTfLH
her mother during her dying moments made Angel's heart break. She 643Please respect copyright.PENANAjiaM8IJUCR
wondered how much pain her mother must have gone through.643Please respect copyright.PENANAXQ0nBKaNFZ
"Since you weren't talking, he decided to talk to Carly over some things."643Please respect copyright.PENANA4o9x9K4Zb8
"What things?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAqfnGyiuFxm
"I don't know," Eric shrugged his shoulders, "must be something about your mother."643Please respect copyright.PENANA8silNmbnsn
Angel thought for a second. "Tell him to come in, I would like to speak with him."643Please respect copyright.PENANAa0tMqsIBRW
"You're sure?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAi7L5bHvwVO
"Of course, please do so, Eric."643Please respect copyright.PENANAHK9NvGONyY
Eric643Please respect copyright.PENANAzXAqSZ8vRM
nodded and put her bowl of soup aside. He quickly rushed out of the 643Please respect copyright.PENANA4yGTaLfsjd
door and he soon came back with Carly and a tall good looking man. By 643Please respect copyright.PENANAC1ItmTjDXV
the look of his designer clothes, Angel could tell that he was one type 643Please respect copyright.PENANA8PDfizcYyR
of a person living the good life.643Please respect copyright.PENANAv58nWKByDV
"Angel, Eric told me you can talk again," said Carly, "is that true?"643Please respect copyright.PENANAB2xjmZ757S
"Yes, it's true," replied Angel trying to put up a smile for her sister, but even her cheeks wouldn't twitch. 643Please respect copyright.PENANA7k1Ek5o1rb
"I'm643Please respect copyright.PENANA52tPWHGX7v
so glad!" Carly ran over excitedly and hugged her sister. For a second 643Please respect copyright.PENANALs1M9yMbF1
Angel wanted to revolt and push her away, but that would seem rude in 643Please respect copyright.PENANAYOXxRs6RkF
front of Eric and his uncle. And so she just had to put up with it.643Please respect copyright.PENANAczj48JL5BA
"I thought you were still mad at me and didn't want to talk to me anymore," said Carly, "I did say I was sorry."643Please respect copyright.PENANADaVxj3q0oY
"And I still feel like hitting you with a frying pan!" Angel643Please respect copyright.PENANA3rROOBCBEh
finally pulled out a smile even when she knew it was completely fake. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAtEaqkTNFur
Despite Carly taking care of her this past week, Angel still couldn't 643Please respect copyright.PENANAMDcL1Pe2nw
stand her sister after everything.643Please respect copyright.PENANA4Rv8CQYcxs
"It's fine, Carly," said Angel, finding it a little hard to speak. "Don't say such things, okay? All that is over now."643Please respect copyright.PENANADyqNeU6Zp8
"Sorry643Please respect copyright.PENANA6f0n0c2blN
to intervene on the little reunion," spoke Eric's uncle, "but I think 643Please respect copyright.PENANAyFOiJR7qf0
we have more important things to discuss regarding your mother, Angel."643Please respect copyright.PENANAvnAAp6FlLE
At643Please respect copyright.PENANA8selGqw6Um
last, someone had to bring up that point and Angel felt like breathing 643Please respect copyright.PENANAyr3oaq4BkX
out a sigh of relief. She didn't want to talk to Carly anymore. And she 643Please respect copyright.PENANAWruVzlvRPS
was starting to like this man already. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAFpW4KEbYvD
"Yes, Eric told me who you were and that you were good friends with my mother," said Angel.643Please respect copyright.PENANAYWiti25ji7
"Yes, Eric told you right," said Mr McDonell, "I came here to give my deepest condolences."643Please respect copyright.PENANA4966xbDt9p
"Thank you."643Please respect copyright.PENANA9NWnv9nw0s
"I also came to apologise on behalf of my son, Leo. I know he hasn't been here to apologise, but please don't be too offended."643Please respect copyright.PENANAgOtHE85bB5
"No, don't worry about it. You aren't the only one who has apologised on his behalf." Angel stared at Eric.643Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3qehYxrGi
"Well,643Please respect copyright.PENANA8ByZYyI0Nf
putting that aside, I came to talk to you about the burial processions.643Please respect copyright.PENANAQjffEOMlBk
We didn't want to go ahead with the burial until you fully recovered. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAPIJHfEdgCK
And your mother, before she passed away, made me promise her something. 643Please respect copyright.PENANAAVG04ufIJZ
And I hope that you'll agree to it. I already talked to Carly about it 643Please respect copyright.PENANAc3CYBPufX0
and she agreed, but the final consent is yours to make."643Please respect copyright.PENANAs5uYzNuZnl
"I hope you agree to it,643Please respect copyright.PENANAUkXVxAHdn8
Angel," said Carly. That almost made Angel want to slap her mouth as 643Please respect copyright.PENANA98agHqZApv
she stared at her sister who stared back with hopeful eyes.643Please respect copyright.PENANAVTBQFCjSKm
Angel turned to face Mr 643Please respect copyright.PENANAl3frHV1UVc
McDonell who was staring calmy at her. Eric stood right beside him and 643Please respect copyright.PENANA7Xns3LlrIX
he too looked on eagerly, hoping that Angel would agree to what's 643Please respect copyright.PENANAEVB3UoIMBM
coming.643Please respect copyright.PENANA2PNDxmGzo8
"Okay, what is it my mother promised you to do?" Angel asked.
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