The sad gloomy day had 579Please respect copyright.PENANAa797cOdexk
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 579Please respect copyright.PENANA5WAXMIctxl
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 579Please respect copyright.PENANAz6E4lK4kF8
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAsBZXPWMk4p
Angel couldn't help but 579Please respect copyright.PENANAJGzpPkfhqZ
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 579Please respect copyright.PENANATANqZ8nCSG
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 579Please respect copyright.PENANAGExcdR6bdX
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 579Please respect copyright.PENANAmCtzJPNqWj
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 579Please respect copyright.PENANAp8Y5AsqWS4
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.579Please respect copyright.PENANAhRc5rGz41m
As Angel sat on the 579Please respect copyright.PENANAgp5Yb1lvFC
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 579Please respect copyright.PENANAgJXFe3GAAL
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in579Please respect copyright.PENANAw25SRNGBKN
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 579Please respect copyright.PENANA5o7xpB6R6Z
appeared across her face.579Please respect copyright.PENANARAJunfzVF5
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.579Please respect copyright.PENANApZUky4m4ta
"I know I'm supposed to 579Please respect copyright.PENANASHSPdN6QZ5
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when579Please respect copyright.PENANAp8SJHEVfEc
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 579Please respect copyright.PENANAvCnRBg5DG4
isn't here anymore."579Please respect copyright.PENANAxOh4UPWXbh
Eric squatted beside the579Please respect copyright.PENANASvFmNiFkHm
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 579Please respect copyright.PENANAZkHJC5F3nP
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 579Please respect copyright.PENANAGWXVIAyCBH
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped579Please respect copyright.PENANAMhiO0c2ywR
a little at his touch. 579Please respect copyright.PENANA3HV3HqbkxE
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."579Please respect copyright.PENANAIQDK0wrrfZ
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 579Please respect copyright.PENANA730Nu6wumi
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a579Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1wzCPRixf
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 579Please respect copyright.PENANAKm4fCuvVnl
past week."579Please respect copyright.PENANAr3eZqrKhvk
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."579Please respect copyright.PENANANpkxV30KaK
Angel forgot about the 579Please respect copyright.PENANAbB9zFiITom
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 579Please respect copyright.PENANATgNpFFzNkp
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide579Please respect copyright.PENANAQP1JpPRSSV
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.579Please respect copyright.PENANAoEqHduAYVB
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."579Please respect copyright.PENANAkeG79cgQ7C
"You're crazy, Eric."579Please respect copyright.PENANAdLbsV7QaVh
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."579Please respect copyright.PENANAV5HeiGGAY2
Angel didn't say 579Please respect copyright.PENANAAZXt0VCdfL
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 579Please respect copyright.PENANAGNQ2nYHMfE
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear579Please respect copyright.PENANAA2zlvmOAi2
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 579Please respect copyright.PENANAam16i8QLl3
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 579Please respect copyright.PENANAAO0Sj6gVlQ
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 579Please respect copyright.PENANAoMBfmzMmNI
the floor.579Please respect copyright.PENANAkCFfw6TWkm
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"579Please respect copyright.PENANATjWxQDMEQC
Angel didn't say 579Please respect copyright.PENANA9RfUEV9QIi
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 579Please respect copyright.PENANAseOELennYA
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel579Please respect copyright.PENANAzYOOwJ0bl2
out of the room. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAJQgsIdCi67
They went out of the 579Please respect copyright.PENANAWCnwCbeWSP
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 579Please respect copyright.PENANAXSXJiqtTll
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass579Please respect copyright.PENANAr9B1tpia6Y
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 579Please respect copyright.PENANAdm2hyx8kCh
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 579Please respect copyright.PENANAORZPZR2RB3
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those579Please respect copyright.PENANAXslvEN8A9E
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAFIH6eGUXRS
Cold prickling air 579Please respect copyright.PENANAWSUT23Hzq4
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 579Please respect copyright.PENANAsvjcrlKMqg
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 579Please respect copyright.PENANAdPdy0LkAVW
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.579Please respect copyright.PENANA2FfjPRa2oa
Two black SUVs stood 579Please respect copyright.PENANAvSqWeMYU87
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 579Please respect copyright.PENANAXXpBbaAviI
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 579Please respect copyright.PENANAQ67qihGp9l
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 579Please respect copyright.PENANA20UZqB1gnB
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 579Please respect copyright.PENANAIIVqyLwkLS
out of the hospital premises. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAtgQdx2uXCW
"We will first go for 579Please respect copyright.PENANAP2pZh2RK6w
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 579Please respect copyright.PENANAnKx9vYcmB6
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."579Please respect copyright.PENANAkCeJz44ArE
Angel looked out of the 579Please respect copyright.PENANAiYK0zPuGOU
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 579Please respect copyright.PENANAnRdo5GJuQ9
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 579Please respect copyright.PENANA2SzVK83UXi
looking at her.579Please respect copyright.PENANAXcYxaxN0yc
"Don't worry, you will 579Please respect copyright.PENANAwJfSx4iG83
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 579Please respect copyright.PENANAAhr0ZKPXS6
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."579Please respect copyright.PENANAq734fURwp7
Angel closed her eyes 579Please respect copyright.PENANAivDaRiQwkX
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 579Please respect copyright.PENANAjDsiDtfE1J
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAWJw7Lk3afA
Angel slowly opened her 579Please respect copyright.PENANAL3q9qE7xOk
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 579Please respect copyright.PENANA1tormQdiDp
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 579Please respect copyright.PENANAl3Y9pffBnm
heart ache and beat faster. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAomrZ08M6Or
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 579Please respect copyright.PENANAnFwPwzyn6R
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 579Please respect copyright.PENANArpnVF6vAIW
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."579Please respect copyright.PENANACcYaFkm03p
Angel felt Carly put her579Please respect copyright.PENANANpqZXdaegO
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her579Please respect copyright.PENANA2rAYECLJI7
hand away. But Carly grasped it.579Please respect copyright.PENANAq8DEx7sbAD
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."579Please respect copyright.PENANA9tZ2LBzLQg
The black SUV came to a 579Please respect copyright.PENANAcyhu5tSmjs
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother579Please respect copyright.PENANAJOGjphiSuU
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 579Please respect copyright.PENANAmwfRZNGLEu
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 579Please respect copyright.PENANA61K6GY1mUe
Eric opened the door. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAumoDae6cg0
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."579Please respect copyright.PENANASuNObouwUS
Eric had set the 579Please respect copyright.PENANACychOE751s
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 579Please respect copyright.PENANAF2JCQMQ86t
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 579Please respect copyright.PENANAaBd4LHA5xy
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 579Please respect copyright.PENANA5mynDPGQIb
them. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAwAUKdcLixF
Angel579Please respect copyright.PENANAXyEsLY0nGW
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when579Please respect copyright.PENANAVhfrOzlpqC
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.579Please respect copyright.PENANAZPktvP11hl
***579Please respect copyright.PENANAmnbz9omeqO
Leo579Please respect copyright.PENANAVu8JpYeIzF
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 579Please respect copyright.PENANANyzEEA8pI1
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 579Please respect copyright.PENANADIbCMx0hRe
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 579Please respect copyright.PENANA5JQa5gNCbF
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 579Please respect copyright.PENANAtyt1VRI1ty
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he579Please respect copyright.PENANA6DGyI0cqQp
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.579Please respect copyright.PENANARxUlaHiy6B
Kim579Please respect copyright.PENANAieiwp6yNvt
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 579Please respect copyright.PENANA4CkaWx4J3U
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 579Please respect copyright.PENANAIIZX6wd2ED
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 579Please respect copyright.PENANAUk0qIPzEMg
arms.579Please respect copyright.PENANAveQv8Bijez
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."579Please respect copyright.PENANAMFGWzoCNwR
Leo579Please respect copyright.PENANAST95zxg5RY
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 579Please respect copyright.PENANA3IoeBtjaFm
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 579Please respect copyright.PENANAz3Q6pUj5UY
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 579Please respect copyright.PENANAl01LdCOuRT
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 579Please respect copyright.PENANAX4LvIwQTSd
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAz13FeJvRpR
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.579Please respect copyright.PENANA70HXaA8Wq8
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"579Please respect copyright.PENANAJMlpgUmrQC
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."579Please respect copyright.PENANAab8cRv0Nxh
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"579Please respect copyright.PENANAemYmWy1HGk
Leo579Please respect copyright.PENANAkmMXk137kK
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 579Please respect copyright.PENANAgaC5vnJoRc
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 579Please respect copyright.PENANAgs6zzq21VD
it's time I come out clean."579Please respect copyright.PENANAlKA3j0XFkR
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"579Please respect copyright.PENANAhp5PW0pYP6
This579Please respect copyright.PENANAkx0DrSnlXn
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 579Please respect copyright.PENANAGuOntReJeM
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 579Please respect copyright.PENANAZF0z1Z8LkT
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 579Please respect copyright.PENANA3kTzEiohGu
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.579Please respect copyright.PENANALmyW9qrxaC
"The579Please respect copyright.PENANADxTDjbkq99
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot579Please respect copyright.PENANAcz07RQmE9D
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 579Please respect copyright.PENANAKIllq4e8JB
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want579Please respect copyright.PENANAQD9d9KWSrT
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."579Please respect copyright.PENANAzUAD5WT3ye
"I579Please respect copyright.PENANAAcTpGaUloA
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 579Please respect copyright.PENANAJOHvzOobY7
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"579Please respect copyright.PENANA0Bga7jS0IK
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.579Please respect copyright.PENANAS7s1EoINSI
"What579Please respect copyright.PENANAtbMrfTtMmq
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 579Please respect copyright.PENANAbtnqYcZ7nU
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"579Please respect copyright.PENANA8Yz7UpVuEf
Leo579Please respect copyright.PENANAJfipt9yMmi
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 579Please respect copyright.PENANAivlTA0KpFw
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 579Please respect copyright.PENANAsCPS7OjHnh
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 579Please respect copyright.PENANAJj3bmVr7nx
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 579Please respect copyright.PENANAgppDdlVdra
would react.579Please respect copyright.PENANA3phtRz0Bk4
"After579Please respect copyright.PENANArTNAEkxuNy
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 579Please respect copyright.PENANAqJcA5GUk7a
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."579Please respect copyright.PENANAETlcNbn3WU
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.579Please respect copyright.PENANA6eQsreuSQa
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."579Please respect copyright.PENANAeXx1SsJRzM
***579Please respect copyright.PENANA8Gxdko3V89
Angel579Please respect copyright.PENANAllXsOzpiOZ
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that579Please respect copyright.PENANApOvrgARb46
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother579Please respect copyright.PENANAAMczzytK0F
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 579Please respect copyright.PENANAexEVtOF4PB
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 579Please respect copyright.PENANA4F6AmLushQ
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAibcsb5liIA
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 579Please respect copyright.PENANATyMyGsndgr
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 579Please respect copyright.PENANAS6SJAmtgyp
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.579Please respect copyright.PENANA0GtXbL6Onp
After579Please respect copyright.PENANALuLGJQWGuF
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 579Please respect copyright.PENANAgnCRKro3p6
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 579Please respect copyright.PENANAKAclQajuKY
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 579Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0xmyGc4aF
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was579Please respect copyright.PENANAg1DQ272jz0
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 579Please respect copyright.PENANAGDmdWpgGab
world. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAFptj0DwZBC
After579Please respect copyright.PENANACAk2p0ls4z
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 579Please respect copyright.PENANAMCqafa01zD
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 579Please respect copyright.PENANA5aWWxcrMia
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 579Please respect copyright.PENANABHJzDe2QFV
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."579Please respect copyright.PENANAbCJBSmIT5k
"It's579Please respect copyright.PENANAYvxtqqYeiZ
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 579Please respect copyright.PENANAImbvLjhhOh
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like579Please respect copyright.PENANACwHOX4rHMf
you."579Please respect copyright.PENANA0kePqKauih
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."579Please respect copyright.PENANAeTZJNHL6zN
"No,579Please respect copyright.PENANA0z15m1gtPJ
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 579Please respect copyright.PENANAYD4vIyc380
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to579Please respect copyright.PENANATHiVyHHIHD
live with us, it will be great."579Please respect copyright.PENANAKVeG7ccUcx
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAaPHPHXLU7c
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.579Please respect copyright.PENANAFyfR8IsPAf
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"579Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZFM9sMvpi
"I decided that it won't be appropriate for my sister and I to come and live with you. We can take care of ourselves."579Please respect copyright.PENANAVpMSWacreD
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.579Please respect copyright.PENANAKUhrLphhAO
Angel couldn't help but 579Please respect copyright.PENANAaFgbWeKPFD
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 579Please respect copyright.PENANA4cIsES9Syp
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 579Please respect copyright.PENANArHxy3i9gfq
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't579Please respect copyright.PENANAGW4WNKy0To
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAsyuPg289FD
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.579Please respect copyright.PENANAD9Tdz8QAmI
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."579Please respect copyright.PENANACFwOIprQsE
Angel now shifted in her579Please respect copyright.PENANA1VHrqzJLgC
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 579Please respect copyright.PENANA5JTjCW3zID
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 579Please respect copyright.PENANAkeREmRVOj1
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 579Please respect copyright.PENANAvb81uNjHPj
hidden?579Please respect copyright.PENANADLjKzAsu7l
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"579Please respect copyright.PENANAGcoICHyIKV
Angel demanded. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAZb6h5Sv3em
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."579Please respect copyright.PENANA5Jj98oqEvK
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 579Please respect copyright.PENANAQccq9vyviF
"What?!"
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