"Don't you think you should have done something by now?" Miranda asked with her arms folded.746Please respect copyright.PENANA9yhtEU8mxw
"What do you mean, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked. 746Please respect copyright.PENANAJGEMLGLUjp
"I mean, a week has passed and you haven't reported those people for the damages they caused in the bar that day."746Please respect copyright.PENANAzdwLT5xyuo
"Why do you bring up that argument every time, woman!" Mr Walters looked pretty upset.746Please respect copyright.PENANAZzscc6R166
"Because, they almost left you for dead and the place was in a mess. Someone has to pay for the damages you know."746Please respect copyright.PENANAVChcBrqoGP
"Look, Miranda, I admit,746Please respect copyright.PENANA4xNUDpDtXh
those people really trashed up the place, but I couldn't report them. 746Please respect copyright.PENANAcghJzRsXEM
As far as I know, Carly also lost her mother. Now imagine this, your 746Please respect copyright.PENANAGG1uSLevia
sister gets into an accident and then your mother dies on the same day. 746Please respect copyright.PENANAs11AfzOUjB
Won't that be too much too handle?"746Please respect copyright.PENANA4DS1cgkCi7
Miranda tapped her foot 746Please respect copyright.PENANAvYveaFKKWg
as she stared down at her boss who sat behind his office desk looking up746Please respect copyright.PENANAFBFxqVEURI
at her. He had a few bruises on his face and a slight bump at the back 746Please respect copyright.PENANAMn8pyaUt2N
of his head. All in all, he still looked okay.746Please respect copyright.PENANALXxFS0b9ba
"You might have a point though," said Miranda, "but I still think you should have reported them."746Please respect copyright.PENANAuf6hXLvByX
"You know I couldn't 746Please respect copyright.PENANAIB6l1XIo26
report to the police. If they got to search this place, they might find 746Please respect copyright.PENANAeci2VJweeZ
out what dirty business goes on and we would have been in big trouble. I746Please respect copyright.PENANAM4yQ6zYJjL
can't risk losing my business. We all benefit from it."746Please respect copyright.PENANASL9y7bkL5i
"I see your point there. So, those guys are just going to get away with it, huh?" Miranda asked.746Please respect copyright.PENANAGPkgT2xiq0
"No, let things cool 746Please respect copyright.PENANAAa6URB4Kj5
down for a little while longer. Once Carly's sister gets better, then I 746Please respect copyright.PENANAmhFVIvpKQL
will be able to do what I do best. Nobody trashes up my place and gets 746Please respect copyright.PENANAANvhrAFHHE
away with it that easily."746Please respect copyright.PENANA9Nz40W1kh9
Miranda smiled. "Now that's what I wanted to hear."746Please respect copyright.PENANANeajT93Fju
***746Please respect copyright.PENANA0KxGHyB3fl
"You didn't tell him, did you?"746Please respect copyright.PENANAAE1HtR04BR
Angel746Please respect copyright.PENANAl3Ga95s2si
stared at Eric and Carly who stood at the edge of the bed looking at 746Please respect copyright.PENANAG1qsTaZCuU
her with a kind of expression Angel couldn't quite put together. Angel 746Please respect copyright.PENANAhNEh6O2Nip
raised an eyebrow as she waited for an answer.746Please respect copyright.PENANAD6w8j9YQcC
"Well... we.... ahh...," Carly couldn't even find the right words.746Please respect copyright.PENANAHUlyWx1ks9
"With the look on your faces, it's quite clear that Mr McDonell doesn't know the whole truth," said Angel. 746Please respect copyright.PENANAsM6hY3RyMO
"It's true, Angel," said Eric. "No one knows the whole truth apart from the four of us."746Please respect copyright.PENANAVXzyZDbKSE
"You guys are unbelievable! Just because I couldn't talk for a whole week, you decided to twist the whole story around?"746Please respect copyright.PENANARIClpLJzpE
"We're sorry, Angel," said Carly, "we just didn't want to make things complicated."746Please respect copyright.PENANAb6sRuE4kF4
"Make things complicated! Carly, you just made everything worse!"746Please respect copyright.PENANAjSfvhNqMDG
Angel's746Please respect copyright.PENANAirHtPO194V
anger was rising to the surface and she knew she was going to burst any746Please respect copyright.PENANASEo8y2ddsn
moment. Things now looked messy, and Angel felt it was all her fault. 746Please respect copyright.PENANAeGq8cXYMjE
She could have avoided all this, but it looked like things went out of 746Please respect copyright.PENANAhbeAzLY7VI
hand.746Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZHev4LKdb
"So, even when giving a police report, you all lied?" Angel asked.746Please respect copyright.PENANAPPC7KEmtwo
"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."746Please respect copyright.PENANAQJFvUjmadk
"And you used my accident as an escape plan, then?" Angel's face was heating up.746Please respect copyright.PENANAbospFVPVkd
"We just had to do it, Angel," said Eric. "If we didn't, we were going to be in a lot of trouble."746Please respect copyright.PENANARHvQei8uE6
"In trouble with who? I want to know because you're already in trouble with me."746Please respect copyright.PENANAc2LSXDxSUA
"Please, don't ask," said Eric, "you look like you're going to burst any moment and you need to rest."746Please respect copyright.PENANAtq077nMR2z
"I'll only rest until you try to fix this mess."746Please respect copyright.PENANAsp4gmlpBeA
"What's746Please respect copyright.PENANAuoRC6GRYWl
done is done, Angel," said Carly, "everyone thinks Eric and Leo just 746Please respect copyright.PENANAJrbL22cmbr
went out for a ride and then you got hit by accident. If you tell the 746Please respect copyright.PENANAkUL7BXRDQ4
truth, Leo might just end up in prison because they might think you 746Please respect copyright.PENANABnNv6SAolm
being hit was intentional."746Please respect copyright.PENANAlsviMjBVDE
"As746Please respect copyright.PENANA9kJvFmp0TL
much as Leo had done most of the damage," said Angel, rolling her eyes,746Please respect copyright.PENANAYy2UWRWSyP
"I'm not that cruel to let him rot in prison. I might as well have 746Please respect copyright.PENANAfgtUT8DRE8
dropped the charges."746Please respect copyright.PENANAsNxJ7H8pvy
"But the damage is already done," said Eric, "we can't tell the truth. We could all be in big trouble."746Please respect copyright.PENANAlwEhrWdOpG
"And746Please respect copyright.PENANA56i3QnrYO4
imagine what Mr McDonell would have thought if he knew I once worked as746Please respect copyright.PENANAjsTlOFFpB4
a prostitute," said Carly, "he wouldn't have even offered to help us."746Please respect copyright.PENANAQU9piiH6Ov
"No,"746Please respect copyright.PENANAleU1z28TxH
said Angel, "I think you're wrong on that. If he truly was a good 746Please respect copyright.PENANARYYuB3i4jv
friend of our late mother, he still would have helped us."746Please respect copyright.PENANAGQXoZqLAOw
"Now that you have brought up my uncle in all this," Eric intervened quickly, "will you accept his proposal?"746Please respect copyright.PENANA6ErdF324zW
Before746Please respect copyright.PENANALK5s3CRQzs
Mr McDonell had left, he had asked Angel if she and Carly could move 746Please respect copyright.PENANA5r9kx3dc7a
into his house and stay with the family. Angel said she would think 746Please respect copyright.PENANAI3xiRGvfjY
about it and she had asked how her mother had died so suddenly on that 746Please respect copyright.PENANAb9QjUsG3e3
fateful day. 746Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0rXzPyB9A
As746Please respect copyright.PENANAUKQGyVK2jR
Mr McDonell explained the events, to Angel, it was quite clear that Mr 746Please respect copyright.PENANAaC1GVcyCNe
McDonell didn't know the real reason why Leo wasn't at the wedding. 746Please respect copyright.PENANAWGOxqnPnQF
Because he did say that he had called home and was told that Leo and 746Please respect copyright.PENANAfV008A44QI
Eric were gone. And a few moments after calling Angel, the accident 746Please respect copyright.PENANA1259ylXaBt
occurred. Besides, he didn't pose any question as to why Angel and Carly746Please respect copyright.PENANAIXHuKFjKZ9
were along that street that day in the first place. It seemed to 746Please respect copyright.PENANAw5Z3ID8NE3
everyone, that all that occurred was nothing but a coincidence.746Please respect copyright.PENANAPOh2XovYgp
"I have already made up my mind," said Angel, "I think Carly and I shouldn't move in to your house."746Please respect copyright.PENANA0GbfmIZCcr
Carly and Eric gave Angel horrifying looks. Carly came to sit close to her sister on the edge of the bed.746Please respect copyright.PENANAyVWFt5jpxY
"What? But Angel...."746Please respect copyright.PENANA827wBw771W
"But746Please respect copyright.PENANAiQPHc8guyV
nothing, Carly," said Angel. "I don't think it's a good idea. As much 746Please respect copyright.PENANAEswZ2uqelU
as Mr McDonell is trying to help us out, living in his house doesn't 746Please respect copyright.PENANAnrW1IyRd3T
seem right."746Please respect copyright.PENANAq2lcnBNbft
"Oh, really then? Is it that or are you saying that because you don't want to ever see Leo within your sight?"746Please respect copyright.PENANAO1J698iP6W
Angel didn't say anything for a second as she stared at her sister, trying to figure out the right words to use. 746Please respect copyright.PENANAFw947EUEAY
"Its746Please respect copyright.PENANAL7pKLJEPVZ
not like that," said Angel. "I don't think its right after all that's 746Please respect copyright.PENANAtjTAjJ8Wcz
happened. If we live in their house it would feel completely weird. Just746Please respect copyright.PENANABAOldlNA6y
so you know, Leo and Eric aren't strangers to you and I anymore."746Please respect copyright.PENANAHWouQtTFZh
"Angel, please think about it for one second," pleaded Carly.746Please respect copyright.PENANA9SWgAH8nhE
"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?"746Please respect copyright.PENANAzWAZOwAMrF
Carly746Please respect copyright.PENANAOgsIlfLf2u
looked baffled and Eric just stood there without saying a word. Angel 746Please respect copyright.PENANAc4aIeE1KSI
noticed the blush come across her sister's cheeks and Angel felt like 746Please respect copyright.PENANAC37ORG1fSm
slapping it off her face.746Please respect copyright.PENANAjlaVShmBgk
"Aren't you going to say anything? I already gave my reason," said Angel. "Now you tell me yours."746Please respect copyright.PENANAEe7e4p8u2V
Carly looked the other way and Eric stared down at his feet. Angel looked at Carly and then at Eric, and then back again.746Please respect copyright.PENANAQvcldsPr3w
"Your silence tells me there is more to all this," said Angel, with an eyebrow raised. "Do the two of you still meet?"746Please respect copyright.PENANAPPC6pFS92H
Carly746Please respect copyright.PENANA6JUdctuuya
played around with her fingers and Angel noticed. Carly had always done746Please respect copyright.PENANA1UVz1x8TIA
that whenever she was nervous and was trying to hide the truth.746Please respect copyright.PENANAgVHNhcgA0V
Angel let out a sigh and sunk down deeper into the bed covers.746Please respect copyright.PENANAxhFs2EvMJe
"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.746Please respect copyright.PENANARhTikWQApR
"Angel, will you just-" 746Please respect copyright.PENANAJsNyV5a5m3
"Listen746Please respect copyright.PENANAUcPknGrcfm
to you?"Angel finished the sentenced. "I'm tired of listening. Eric's 746Please respect copyright.PENANA1voH2LQJKi
right. I need some rest. So, may you please leave?"746Please respect copyright.PENANAZh2LUPU8zT
Carly746Please respect copyright.PENANAGILNelQ8EI
looked at her sister, but Angel turned her face the other way and 746Please respect copyright.PENANAeLHa6N76yp
closed her eyes. Before Carly could protest, Leo came closer to her and 746Please respect copyright.PENANAkWRLRBzUpk
held her shoulder.746Please respect copyright.PENANARN1tXxI7n4
"I think we should leave," said Eric, "I think she's had enough to handle for one day. Let's go."746Please respect copyright.PENANAFhEdbX7uJp
Carly746Please respect copyright.PENANA8sOdJe36wg
didn't say a thing as she nodded her head. She slowly got up from the 746Please respect copyright.PENANAVtE4GTShR8
bed and went out of the room with Eric behind her who closed the door.746Please respect copyright.PENANAJvFSpzN6Io
After746Please respect copyright.PENANAYVUVY6ZMfL
Carly and Eric had left, Angel's eyes flew back open and only herself 746Please respect copyright.PENANAe7vBqxL5e1
knew how much rage was stirring inside her. All she needed was rest and 746Please respect copyright.PENANA9rHi1TTO7m
to get better soon. And maybe, just maybe, she would give Leo a piece of746Please respect copyright.PENANAGq1IAX5fpa
her fist.746Please respect copyright.PENANA5kTEaQtAKK
***746Please respect copyright.PENANA3a2eHDOO5R
Leo746Please respect copyright.PENANAVCirR7mBVU
stared at his watch as he waited in the packing lot. His car was packed746Please respect copyright.PENANAZAMywRZiFZ
in between two ambulances and he had a clear view of the entrance of 746Please respect copyright.PENANA0hnlgNTVhx
the hospital. He saw Carly escort Eric to his car. Eric got into his car746Please respect copyright.PENANAOtxQN9oMBC
and drove off. And Carly stood there until Eric's car was out of sight.746Please respect copyright.PENANA5uuIGVp8GB
Carly rushed over to where Leo had packed the car. Leo unlocked the car746Please respect copyright.PENANAntLZhyQOgi
door and Carly quickly went in the car.746Please respect copyright.PENANAatqF7Hj72q
"Hey, how are you?" Leo asked. 746Please respect copyright.PENANA1q9Itt9zmz
"Angel's mad," said Carly with a sulking look on her face, "how would I feel?"746Please respect copyright.PENANAMeBWy7u6F4
"What happened?" Leo asked as he rolled his eyes.746Please respect copyright.PENANA18KQ5Klnqy
"Apparently,746Please respect copyright.PENANAO0T5sUH53I
she's so smart enough that she figured out that your family doesn't 746Please respect copyright.PENANAdIJzayj1VP
know the real reason why you weren't at the wedding that day. And she 746Please respect copyright.PENANAaDw6uzCm1z
has a hunch that the two of us are still seeing each other."746Please respect copyright.PENANAGLvM3XwcTz
"And she is mad just because of one little lie? Your sister is way too serious with such things."746Please respect copyright.PENANAd4Lpj1qPm4
"To my sister, this lie might just complicate things. And she feels hurt because we used her accident as an escape plan."746Please respect copyright.PENANAEXJItCDWAg
Carly746Please respect copyright.PENANAWCPMx3CLS5
paused for a while as she leaned into the car seat and breathed out 746Please respect copyright.PENANAxUCR4hhmlQ
deeply. There was silence for a while as Carly stared up at the car 746Please respect copyright.PENANAhCkX6CfWzG
ceiling.746Please respect copyright.PENANAtTiOTVAUg3
"Somehow, I think she's right," said Carly. 746Please respect copyright.PENANAEvOBQoiL30
"Right about what?"746Please respect copyright.PENANAQT216Lcwwg
"The lie we just created. It might affect all of us in the future."746Please respect copyright.PENANA6t8mGe5ZFC
Leo looked straight at Carly with an eyebrow raised.746Please respect copyright.PENANAKfYpRLZUp7
"Don't tell me you're supporting your sister on this."746Please respect copyright.PENANA2g8LRyOkxU
"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."746Please respect copyright.PENANAM2pkwRVsFS
Leo746Please respect copyright.PENANAS30TNK0o67
put his hand on Carly's shoulder. "No. Thats not going to happen. I'll 746Please respect copyright.PENANAQv83cTaOuN
be the one to make sure that the truth isn't revealed to anyone."746Please respect copyright.PENANAzT32jpZEXf
"Thanks, Leo," said Carly as she gave him a smile.746Please respect copyright.PENANAaRSZj7G8oG
"So, I was told my dad came here. What was it about?"746Please respect copyright.PENANAVAHhgaXJhU
"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.746Please respect copyright.PENANA3JmqMsu30P
"Wait, what?" Leo looked completely confused. "But why come and live with my family?"746Please respect copyright.PENANA2xHrqzauJ3
"He's746Please respect copyright.PENANActUsO32euD
trying to keep a promise he made to my mother. Maybe he thought us 746Please respect copyright.PENANAam7dsvgSZj
coming to live with your family was a good idea. He's just trying to 746Please respect copyright.PENANAXvXQqdYBl0
help us out."746Please respect copyright.PENANAre5u8xoSwK
Leo746Please respect copyright.PENANAHbxruEUJL4
didn't say anything as he tried to process what Carly had told him. For746Please respect copyright.PENANAANDvLEKH9a
a moment he stared out of the car window, deep in thought.746Please respect copyright.PENANAPS9af2wheP
"Whats wrong, Leo?" Carly asked. "Don't you think it's a good idea or you don't agree to it?"746Please respect copyright.PENANAzxYYLkRJpu
Leo turned his head to look back at Carly who was staring back at him waiting for an answer. 746Please respect copyright.PENANA5Dwqz04wqc
"I....," Leo hesistated, "I don't think it's a good idea."746Please respect copyright.PENANAf8LgLuEjhx
Carly was dumbstruck. For a moment she shook her head and gave a little laugh.746Please respect copyright.PENANAeKRWxTYl4n
"OMG," said Carly, "do you know what, that's exactly what Angel said as well."746Please respect copyright.PENANAHLnKXWlQ5c
Leo didn't say anything as Carly continued laughing. Leo raised an eyebrow. 746Please respect copyright.PENANAiSkwJKtu2w
"And why the heck are you laughing if your sister didn't agree to it?"746Please respect copyright.PENANA3AqwU3Dof2
"I just realised that I'm so dumb not to have realised this sooner," said Carly in between laughs.746Please respect copyright.PENANAJd7FXnLz4B
Leo shrugged his shoulders. "And whats that?"746Please respect copyright.PENANAmrBimuW1pj
"You and my sister still hate each other."746Please respect copyright.PENANALSswG66kE3
There was silence in the car as the two stared at each other. And then all of the sudden, Carly burst out laughing again. 746Please respect copyright.PENANAnnyb2zpCB6
"It's not funny, Carly," said Leo, looking serious.746Please respect copyright.PENANAuZ5c6ZypJt
"But746Please respect copyright.PENANA7FIvEag4ke
it is. Even if my sister doesn't show it, she still hates you. And that746Please respect copyright.PENANABgNiDvwZBc
look in your eyes when I told you about us living with your family, was746Please respect copyright.PENANA7bJsBB6oca
so clear. If the two of you ever got to meet, you would be two angry 746Please respect copyright.PENANA235NAJr0XX
wild cats trying to tear each other apart."746Please respect copyright.PENANAufRVN0ji3t
"That's not true. I don't hate your sister," Leo protested.746Please respect copyright.PENANAoOtrTBjHtV
"Then why do you think its inappropriate that Angel and I come live with your family?"746Please respect copyright.PENANAMS9rFagXgs
"Because it would feel completely weird."746Please respect copyright.PENANAAd6F626quS
"Is it just me or are you and my sister getting the same scripts from the same book? She also said that."746Please respect copyright.PENANANOh9QTvf1e
"Don't say that, Carly."746Please respect copyright.PENANAzdVP9Z9pKx
"Then746Please respect copyright.PENANAEqYONNcNOz
what should I say? You're acting like a total bum just like my sister. 746Please respect copyright.PENANAnyscrvDoHP
And you say that my sister is serious, now look who is serious now!"746Please respect copyright.PENANAtSYlp8gm7X
Leo became frustrated and didn't say anything else. He looked at Carly and he felt so stressed out.746Please respect copyright.PENANAo5XCbfDsDN
"It746Please respect copyright.PENANAqqtfc8P8f7
wouldn't be a bad idea if you came and stayed with us. But your sister 746Please respect copyright.PENANAbXR239KECh
might just get in the way of things. And besides, my family has no idea 746Please respect copyright.PENANAtjwCwhNE7r
that we all know each other already. So playing pretend, is going to be 746Please respect copyright.PENANAce5dVUKuvX
difficult."746Please respect copyright.PENANA1ONeAPp153
"Ya,746Please respect copyright.PENANAYMHLcpwEz4
I know, Leo," said Carly as she placed her hand on Leo's knee. "That's 746Please respect copyright.PENANAY9BnbSoTeG
what my sister is afraid of. Playing pretend won't be easy."746Please respect copyright.PENANAHqFuwhKw50
Leo smiled a little. "Don't worry everything is going to be alright."746Please respect copyright.PENANAbECePIpx1H
Carly smiled back and gave Leo a peck on the cheek. Carly hugged him and Leo also put his arm around her. 746Please respect copyright.PENANAQpw8LEBtjM
As746Please respect copyright.PENANAQKSvkIyzaZ
they stayed like that for a while, Leo couldn't help but wonder what 746Please respect copyright.PENANArInygU2IW1
would happen if Angel ever did agree to live with the McDonell family.