"Don't you think you should have done something by now?" Miranda asked with her arms folded.744Please respect copyright.PENANAsnd38kpg81
"What do you mean, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked. 744Please respect copyright.PENANAVaV7zE8n0Q
"I mean, a week has passed and you haven't reported those people for the damages they caused in the bar that day."744Please respect copyright.PENANAj7Vq73NAsM
"Why do you bring up that argument every time, woman!" Mr Walters looked pretty upset.744Please respect copyright.PENANA3cxBUCuXmb
"Because, they almost left you for dead and the place was in a mess. Someone has to pay for the damages you know."744Please respect copyright.PENANAjQwuENmQ2s
"Look, Miranda, I admit,744Please respect copyright.PENANAqbSHdhGrXi
those people really trashed up the place, but I couldn't report them. 744Please respect copyright.PENANAxm3OZ9ksE6
As far as I know, Carly also lost her mother. Now imagine this, your 744Please respect copyright.PENANARb9Lamz7Zl
sister gets into an accident and then your mother dies on the same day. 744Please respect copyright.PENANAyOOJlcUKxt
Won't that be too much too handle?"744Please respect copyright.PENANA22ktaR11Tm
Miranda tapped her foot 744Please respect copyright.PENANAjOr0pxpCQV
as she stared down at her boss who sat behind his office desk looking up744Please respect copyright.PENANArxT74LmWUG
at her. He had a few bruises on his face and a slight bump at the back 744Please respect copyright.PENANAqc2qIQFXS1
of his head. All in all, he still looked okay.744Please respect copyright.PENANAhWcHVnLCjH
"You might have a point though," said Miranda, "but I still think you should have reported them."744Please respect copyright.PENANALXw5nHY6aR
"You know I couldn't 744Please respect copyright.PENANAUEJdlVYww8
report to the police. If they got to search this place, they might find 744Please respect copyright.PENANAxeMSlRFOYc
out what dirty business goes on and we would have been in big trouble. I744Please respect copyright.PENANA1VHg9MmODF
can't risk losing my business. We all benefit from it."744Please respect copyright.PENANA6Rb20skCtE
"I see your point there. So, those guys are just going to get away with it, huh?" Miranda asked.744Please respect copyright.PENANAES6NqcUVVK
"No, let things cool 744Please respect copyright.PENANAERBxSnQc6f
down for a little while longer. Once Carly's sister gets better, then I 744Please respect copyright.PENANADvD7qvwCJZ
will be able to do what I do best. Nobody trashes up my place and gets 744Please respect copyright.PENANAWFlvmv2qWh
away with it that easily."744Please respect copyright.PENANARcxNaBBckW
Miranda smiled. "Now that's what I wanted to hear."744Please respect copyright.PENANAzuwLBNMb7a
***744Please respect copyright.PENANAlHialIPxs6
"You didn't tell him, did you?"744Please respect copyright.PENANAg3I9Y13IZt
Angel744Please respect copyright.PENANAgFRwTs7l4m
stared at Eric and Carly who stood at the edge of the bed looking at 744Please respect copyright.PENANArkvP1mTzQ9
her with a kind of expression Angel couldn't quite put together. Angel 744Please respect copyright.PENANAPmB4MPR3vP
raised an eyebrow as she waited for an answer.744Please respect copyright.PENANAKsLyfGdGn1
"Well... we.... ahh...," Carly couldn't even find the right words.744Please respect copyright.PENANAs0lX096sBR
"With the look on your faces, it's quite clear that Mr McDonell doesn't know the whole truth," said Angel. 744Please respect copyright.PENANAiGRKAghdKv
"It's true, Angel," said Eric. "No one knows the whole truth apart from the four of us."744Please respect copyright.PENANA55mKckh4EY
"You guys are unbelievable! Just because I couldn't talk for a whole week, you decided to twist the whole story around?"744Please respect copyright.PENANAa9drrF9tGT
"We're sorry, Angel," said Carly, "we just didn't want to make things complicated."744Please respect copyright.PENANAi9THArLVQP
"Make things complicated! Carly, you just made everything worse!"744Please respect copyright.PENANAcM0Ilu1lLx
Angel's744Please respect copyright.PENANArb46X7B3lz
anger was rising to the surface and she knew she was going to burst any744Please respect copyright.PENANAEIZcErsiiB
moment. Things now looked messy, and Angel felt it was all her fault. 744Please respect copyright.PENANA8sBdOto3NL
She could have avoided all this, but it looked like things went out of 744Please respect copyright.PENANAALBJJM3C95
hand.744Please respect copyright.PENANAtJfitdMmmI
"So, even when giving a police report, you all lied?" Angel asked.744Please respect copyright.PENANArhUiKRbdeC
"We all agreed to it," said Eric, "no one was to know the real reason as to why Leo was never there at the wedding."744Please respect copyright.PENANAT7EHsXVM29
"And you used my accident as an escape plan, then?" Angel's face was heating up.744Please respect copyright.PENANAKygKBN1PuI
"We just had to do it, Angel," said Eric. "If we didn't, we were going to be in a lot of trouble."744Please respect copyright.PENANATPDLmPozaN
"In trouble with who? I want to know because you're already in trouble with me."744Please respect copyright.PENANAwDD803jGVk
"Please, don't ask," said Eric, "you look like you're going to burst any moment and you need to rest."744Please respect copyright.PENANANp2Fa9GArl
"I'll only rest until you try to fix this mess."744Please respect copyright.PENANA9PWITsXNUm
"What's744Please respect copyright.PENANAxsphvpo536
done is done, Angel," said Carly, "everyone thinks Eric and Leo just 744Please respect copyright.PENANAuZr4wpApya
went out for a ride and then you got hit by accident. If you tell the 744Please respect copyright.PENANA9CXmMXMf6Q
truth, Leo might just end up in prison because they might think you 744Please respect copyright.PENANAsjqGTA4rYV
being hit was intentional."744Please respect copyright.PENANAnlchLVx57i
"As744Please respect copyright.PENANABMTlfLswm8
much as Leo had done most of the damage," said Angel, rolling her eyes,744Please respect copyright.PENANA8uLD5cYU33
"I'm not that cruel to let him rot in prison. I might as well have 744Please respect copyright.PENANAx0XOmLUJ5i
dropped the charges."744Please respect copyright.PENANA1K3YDjdjKM
"But the damage is already done," said Eric, "we can't tell the truth. We could all be in big trouble."744Please respect copyright.PENANA0Bol63mj4r
"And744Please respect copyright.PENANACdJBFJA9tp
imagine what Mr McDonell would have thought if he knew I once worked as744Please respect copyright.PENANAxhwpnzXNU9
a prostitute," said Carly, "he wouldn't have even offered to help us."744Please respect copyright.PENANAHYHyZL2d3A
"No,"744Please respect copyright.PENANAftQTwhfAnT
said Angel, "I think you're wrong on that. If he truly was a good 744Please respect copyright.PENANA3DLw6BYGaK
friend of our late mother, he still would have helped us."744Please respect copyright.PENANAKDXytnA0aT
"Now that you have brought up my uncle in all this," Eric intervened quickly, "will you accept his proposal?"744Please respect copyright.PENANAYlyWPA9HaJ
Before744Please respect copyright.PENANAXgUxlp4oT5
Mr McDonell had left, he had asked Angel if she and Carly could move 744Please respect copyright.PENANAiKTv2mxxUk
into his house and stay with the family. Angel said she would think 744Please respect copyright.PENANAHNDrfVkVgI
about it and she had asked how her mother had died so suddenly on that 744Please respect copyright.PENANAIOIT9bEVjm
fateful day. 744Please respect copyright.PENANAVxvnrBCS5w
As744Please respect copyright.PENANANvYYl1yYu0
Mr McDonell explained the events, to Angel, it was quite clear that Mr 744Please respect copyright.PENANAaYitDiOpsK
McDonell didn't know the real reason why Leo wasn't at the wedding. 744Please respect copyright.PENANAGJ534jJkYE
Because he did say that he had called home and was told that Leo and 744Please respect copyright.PENANAjBLYzDOe3H
Eric were gone. And a few moments after calling Angel, the accident 744Please respect copyright.PENANAnPy7owpJA5
occurred. Besides, he didn't pose any question as to why Angel and Carly744Please respect copyright.PENANAseyvvA8BJE
were along that street that day in the first place. It seemed to 744Please respect copyright.PENANAEVPmMRb03y
everyone, that all that occurred was nothing but a coincidence.744Please respect copyright.PENANAhIYHyOwHRo
"I have already made up my mind," said Angel, "I think Carly and I shouldn't move in to your house."744Please respect copyright.PENANAnMdGvgGXiY
Carly and Eric gave Angel horrifying looks. Carly came to sit close to her sister on the edge of the bed.744Please respect copyright.PENANAkGVmiMHLmC
"What? But Angel...."744Please respect copyright.PENANAinKJqMRjie
"But744Please respect copyright.PENANA668F8gmeya
nothing, Carly," said Angel. "I don't think it's a good idea. As much 744Please respect copyright.PENANAsP4pUpGTTH
as Mr McDonell is trying to help us out, living in his house doesn't 744Please respect copyright.PENANA4E4tCpN7JN
seem right."744Please respect copyright.PENANATfUKZBGuZE
"Oh, really then? Is it that or are you saying that because you don't want to ever see Leo within your sight?"744Please respect copyright.PENANAS5D0cYK4Vj
Angel didn't say anything for a second as she stared at her sister, trying to figure out the right words to use. 744Please respect copyright.PENANAjdNy1ah1qP
"Its744Please respect copyright.PENANA1GuVdvU3Yt
not like that," said Angel. "I don't think its right after all that's 744Please respect copyright.PENANAsZFbjSfgC6
happened. If we live in their house it would feel completely weird. Just744Please respect copyright.PENANAhQGshczPJr
so you know, Leo and Eric aren't strangers to you and I anymore."744Please respect copyright.PENANACAuYH3k0ap
"Angel, please think about it for one second," pleaded Carly.744Please respect copyright.PENANAzk4m8FlwUF
"And why are you insisting? It's not like we have a house of our own. Or do you just want to be close to Leo?"744Please respect copyright.PENANA9aYZBHRE72
Carly744Please respect copyright.PENANA4p3lc1Aoiy
looked baffled and Eric just stood there without saying a word. Angel 744Please respect copyright.PENANAUgAwhMCcaG
noticed the blush come across her sister's cheeks and Angel felt like 744Please respect copyright.PENANA6DU1oaJODn
slapping it off her face.744Please respect copyright.PENANAY0BzpnhF7R
"Aren't you going to say anything? I already gave my reason," said Angel. "Now you tell me yours."744Please respect copyright.PENANAaLO2wdkJje
Carly looked the other way and Eric stared down at his feet. Angel looked at Carly and then at Eric, and then back again.744Please respect copyright.PENANAGGRwYDYMJX
"Your silence tells me there is more to all this," said Angel, with an eyebrow raised. "Do the two of you still meet?"744Please respect copyright.PENANA7Z0tkGYfqo
Carly744Please respect copyright.PENANAeODsbCZLX8
played around with her fingers and Angel noticed. Carly had always done744Please respect copyright.PENANAIJQPp1sisX
that whenever she was nervous and was trying to hide the truth.744Please respect copyright.PENANAxHUsLRsdtM
Angel let out a sigh and sunk down deeper into the bed covers.744Please respect copyright.PENANAGe5HVHISZP
"I think I don't have to say much since you already gave me your answer. I think I'll just rest now," Angel yawned.744Please respect copyright.PENANAQGgQVOfC34
"Angel, will you just-" 744Please respect copyright.PENANA1c9lxJVXBX
"Listen744Please respect copyright.PENANA2QpTFlh9ys
to you?"Angel finished the sentenced. "I'm tired of listening. Eric's 744Please respect copyright.PENANAbSdxAjZHZC
right. I need some rest. So, may you please leave?"744Please respect copyright.PENANABQZASUM9W9
Carly744Please respect copyright.PENANAelz5zPkgkR
looked at her sister, but Angel turned her face the other way and 744Please respect copyright.PENANATyQ2ncDv5i
closed her eyes. Before Carly could protest, Leo came closer to her and 744Please respect copyright.PENANACP64d4pyhD
held her shoulder.744Please respect copyright.PENANAv2v46zx9gA
"I think we should leave," said Eric, "I think she's had enough to handle for one day. Let's go."744Please respect copyright.PENANANuzphNZKq8
Carly744Please respect copyright.PENANAre2thNLFAR
didn't say a thing as she nodded her head. She slowly got up from the 744Please respect copyright.PENANAu0QEeLJZ2n
bed and went out of the room with Eric behind her who closed the door.744Please respect copyright.PENANAW92nuRAgDf
After744Please respect copyright.PENANAlFqSEMaWn0
Carly and Eric had left, Angel's eyes flew back open and only herself 744Please respect copyright.PENANA9BUxYJtwyd
knew how much rage was stirring inside her. All she needed was rest and 744Please respect copyright.PENANAQzIg2k256c
to get better soon. And maybe, just maybe, she would give Leo a piece of744Please respect copyright.PENANAsx02vnGPdH
her fist.744Please respect copyright.PENANAKjORB3cJdC
***744Please respect copyright.PENANAfTps4OPJqD
Leo744Please respect copyright.PENANAz9PQzbNTOr
stared at his watch as he waited in the packing lot. His car was packed744Please respect copyright.PENANA5qjtX76olS
in between two ambulances and he had a clear view of the entrance of 744Please respect copyright.PENANAOY0BfRTgx5
the hospital. He saw Carly escort Eric to his car. Eric got into his car744Please respect copyright.PENANAeihhB6ojaG
and drove off. And Carly stood there until Eric's car was out of sight.744Please respect copyright.PENANAc4SA7ATM2O
Carly rushed over to where Leo had packed the car. Leo unlocked the car744Please respect copyright.PENANAVOO8p9mEvN
door and Carly quickly went in the car.744Please respect copyright.PENANAT0Vg5xPerC
"Hey, how are you?" Leo asked. 744Please respect copyright.PENANAU4vZgWB5eq
"Angel's mad," said Carly with a sulking look on her face, "how would I feel?"744Please respect copyright.PENANABnje5mWEE4
"What happened?" Leo asked as he rolled his eyes.744Please respect copyright.PENANAqRTvUpQQRf
"Apparently,744Please respect copyright.PENANAZTIbwD2vpn
she's so smart enough that she figured out that your family doesn't 744Please respect copyright.PENANAC1efALm9QH
know the real reason why you weren't at the wedding that day. And she 744Please respect copyright.PENANASMm2srzEk3
has a hunch that the two of us are still seeing each other."744Please respect copyright.PENANAwjagCZQlm9
"And she is mad just because of one little lie? Your sister is way too serious with such things."744Please respect copyright.PENANAKKMuZM2rmk
"To my sister, this lie might just complicate things. And she feels hurt because we used her accident as an escape plan."744Please respect copyright.PENANAR1NUMIpGyk
Carly744Please respect copyright.PENANAIMemjDeuYb
paused for a while as she leaned into the car seat and breathed out 744Please respect copyright.PENANAzmMEnSEo5w
deeply. There was silence for a while as Carly stared up at the car 744Please respect copyright.PENANAbQn4RfGLbM
ceiling.744Please respect copyright.PENANAWuj0tcpXzW
"Somehow, I think she's right," said Carly. 744Please respect copyright.PENANAwa1mUn6I7Y
"Right about what?"744Please respect copyright.PENANANroZ15Txoj
"The lie we just created. It might affect all of us in the future."744Please respect copyright.PENANAnBAR2rENSi
Leo looked straight at Carly with an eyebrow raised.744Please respect copyright.PENANALJEiZ1Ugth
"Don't tell me you're supporting your sister on this."744Please respect copyright.PENANAQnyvERRMux
"I don't support it, but she did raise a good point. Later on, the truth will eventually come to light and it won't be pretty."744Please respect copyright.PENANABAQ2QbgtnP
Leo744Please respect copyright.PENANAJebXWGz0MQ
put his hand on Carly's shoulder. "No. Thats not going to happen. I'll 744Please respect copyright.PENANAuBQpBHLOzE
be the one to make sure that the truth isn't revealed to anyone."744Please respect copyright.PENANAwYTmncEY48
"Thanks, Leo," said Carly as she gave him a smile.744Please respect copyright.PENANAG03Yv7nTJz
"So, I was told my dad came here. What was it about?"744Please respect copyright.PENANA1LnC36pjhe
"He asked us if it was necessary for Angel and I to move in and stay with you guys," said Carly in a low voice.744Please respect copyright.PENANAicdsVAbYbJ
"Wait, what?" Leo looked completely confused. "But why come and live with my family?"744Please respect copyright.PENANA9WeiWlVm8D
"He's744Please respect copyright.PENANAH7qPlJUVYu
trying to keep a promise he made to my mother. Maybe he thought us 744Please respect copyright.PENANABFZ1ZiNO2A
coming to live with your family was a good idea. He's just trying to 744Please respect copyright.PENANA62GqD4MisQ
help us out."744Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2RPjVk0d2
Leo744Please respect copyright.PENANAT7LBx8JDxS
didn't say anything as he tried to process what Carly had told him. For744Please respect copyright.PENANAUrPQoZqNDZ
a moment he stared out of the car window, deep in thought.744Please respect copyright.PENANArOztNueAgX
"Whats wrong, Leo?" Carly asked. "Don't you think it's a good idea or you don't agree to it?"744Please respect copyright.PENANAsO43ohCLHH
Leo turned his head to look back at Carly who was staring back at him waiting for an answer. 744Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ks0t5v06u
"I....," Leo hesistated, "I don't think it's a good idea."744Please respect copyright.PENANAIBgUWqhQ1V
Carly was dumbstruck. For a moment she shook her head and gave a little laugh.744Please respect copyright.PENANAnPcAZtyoix
"OMG," said Carly, "do you know what, that's exactly what Angel said as well."744Please respect copyright.PENANAbPzDl3U0LX
Leo didn't say anything as Carly continued laughing. Leo raised an eyebrow. 744Please respect copyright.PENANAsP6obPXgYG
"And why the heck are you laughing if your sister didn't agree to it?"744Please respect copyright.PENANAOfz48N11xO
"I just realised that I'm so dumb not to have realised this sooner," said Carly in between laughs.744Please respect copyright.PENANAz1mH1NlLmA
Leo shrugged his shoulders. "And whats that?"744Please respect copyright.PENANAfGnwBPRfjH
"You and my sister still hate each other."744Please respect copyright.PENANARUv4Iq085O
There was silence in the car as the two stared at each other. And then all of the sudden, Carly burst out laughing again. 744Please respect copyright.PENANA4H3irRRw78
"It's not funny, Carly," said Leo, looking serious.744Please respect copyright.PENANATrhGrzfvMP
"But744Please respect copyright.PENANAH8AOZjzQYa
it is. Even if my sister doesn't show it, she still hates you. And that744Please respect copyright.PENANAcEAoJHahdg
look in your eyes when I told you about us living with your family, was744Please respect copyright.PENANA2dJC7HWlGl
so clear. If the two of you ever got to meet, you would be two angry 744Please respect copyright.PENANAQC5fTkcg2d
wild cats trying to tear each other apart."744Please respect copyright.PENANAleP9UR756k
"That's not true. I don't hate your sister," Leo protested.744Please respect copyright.PENANA6l4IXDcXLa
"Then why do you think its inappropriate that Angel and I come live with your family?"744Please respect copyright.PENANA3E1fFtHnrK
"Because it would feel completely weird."744Please respect copyright.PENANAbloKTQRIOs
"Is it just me or are you and my sister getting the same scripts from the same book? She also said that."744Please respect copyright.PENANAK7I4EEEFs6
"Don't say that, Carly."744Please respect copyright.PENANAbKVype2Roh
"Then744Please respect copyright.PENANAwOVV9uTyLK
what should I say? You're acting like a total bum just like my sister. 744Please respect copyright.PENANAdpLuyzd6hU
And you say that my sister is serious, now look who is serious now!"744Please respect copyright.PENANAbmgqhj7wkG
Leo became frustrated and didn't say anything else. He looked at Carly and he felt so stressed out.744Please respect copyright.PENANAXoUqKhpLy8
"It744Please respect copyright.PENANAnVLuCSBrsw
wouldn't be a bad idea if you came and stayed with us. But your sister 744Please respect copyright.PENANA0ruSknAH79
might just get in the way of things. And besides, my family has no idea 744Please respect copyright.PENANAGSEUwAUzdA
that we all know each other already. So playing pretend, is going to be 744Please respect copyright.PENANAUYKDVGp5in
difficult."744Please respect copyright.PENANAGUhxx3pYl7
"Ya,744Please respect copyright.PENANAE7dHX8FBSc
I know, Leo," said Carly as she placed her hand on Leo's knee. "That's 744Please respect copyright.PENANAYVl74XR1MN
what my sister is afraid of. Playing pretend won't be easy."744Please respect copyright.PENANAzwJkFQYJ5S
Leo smiled a little. "Don't worry everything is going to be alright."744Please respect copyright.PENANAjCwwG98CRy
Carly smiled back and gave Leo a peck on the cheek. Carly hugged him and Leo also put his arm around her. 744Please respect copyright.PENANA7RvcGYn8RP
As744Please respect copyright.PENANA1PezZ4x3r1
they stayed like that for a while, Leo couldn't help but wonder what 744Please respect copyright.PENANA0xUevFmhgF
would happen if Angel ever did agree to live with the McDonell family.