The sad gloomy day had 687Please respect copyright.PENANAFIhPeyVx3L
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 687Please respect copyright.PENANAcbaBMiOArI
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 687Please respect copyright.PENANAlR9gGZHPHB
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 687Please respect copyright.PENANAysQuw1Pl6H
Angel couldn't help but 687Please respect copyright.PENANAzMklkjwtth
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 687Please respect copyright.PENANANQh3HwEcpf
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 687Please respect copyright.PENANA01cvMGzgZe
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 687Please respect copyright.PENANAvLTdiCMtnE
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 687Please respect copyright.PENANAnETb6daWYj
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.687Please respect copyright.PENANA9lIZSvi8wQ
As Angel sat on the 687Please respect copyright.PENANAytAbsUSVtb
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 687Please respect copyright.PENANA77qa7t8kHZ
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in687Please respect copyright.PENANAjzLrzyw0se
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 687Please respect copyright.PENANAgrtePbLGfp
appeared across her face.687Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ha9KvORJV
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.687Please respect copyright.PENANALjnMs0dWaD
"I know I'm supposed to 687Please respect copyright.PENANAxkEhgeAHzu
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when687Please respect copyright.PENANATjRnA4Vzuy
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 687Please respect copyright.PENANAD362MA1sTU
isn't here anymore."687Please respect copyright.PENANAQWreParCGS
Eric squatted beside the687Please respect copyright.PENANARNtijoahck
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 687Please respect copyright.PENANAq0SxfHxVmk
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 687Please respect copyright.PENANAWxA455Z9uh
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped687Please respect copyright.PENANAOVXMLF85EJ
a little at his touch. 687Please respect copyright.PENANAD0ZPi4NXUB
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."687Please respect copyright.PENANA4RWrOHllWQ
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 687Please respect copyright.PENANAvSwp2AY6Cr
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a687Please respect copyright.PENANA9FzIRHDbQr
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 687Please respect copyright.PENANAhMaoxlXRQU
past week."687Please respect copyright.PENANAnVKSWV3NK8
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."687Please respect copyright.PENANALbHM29unpA
Angel forgot about the 687Please respect copyright.PENANAbn3FsesmhS
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 687Please respect copyright.PENANAHwTyY5XAnc
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide687Please respect copyright.PENANA25mvhnSObz
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.687Please respect copyright.PENANADunTB373HM
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."687Please respect copyright.PENANAzToP0Q2cgR
"You're crazy, Eric."687Please respect copyright.PENANAHDGqSLlfc6
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."687Please respect copyright.PENANAxvdKE1FArd
Angel didn't say 687Please respect copyright.PENANAzJ1MDgI0PI
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 687Please respect copyright.PENANApVnN40Clbk
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear687Please respect copyright.PENANACM4czLRsaz
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 687Please respect copyright.PENANAUHv5AzXA2l
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 687Please respect copyright.PENANAPWPiWz8V4j
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 687Please respect copyright.PENANAS7b077xrb9
the floor.687Please respect copyright.PENANANdxqsJBgkv
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"687Please respect copyright.PENANAFyLDJhKZOY
Angel didn't say 687Please respect copyright.PENANAvve90TOCEH
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 687Please respect copyright.PENANAoPnJWfgiD8
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel687Please respect copyright.PENANA2wFTlJA3nv
out of the room. 687Please respect copyright.PENANAc4tMwDUjMm
They went out of the 687Please respect copyright.PENANAXSPphtlaSL
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 687Please respect copyright.PENANAkjG9T15LBK
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass687Please respect copyright.PENANA1n9Nz113rc
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 687Please respect copyright.PENANARJ1ladR5Bl
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 687Please respect copyright.PENANADhWbtjcnta
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those687Please respect copyright.PENANAvPmJM03Ell
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 687Please respect copyright.PENANAw3WoxYQccE
Cold prickling air 687Please respect copyright.PENANAoQvg7CxLe5
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 687Please respect copyright.PENANAmFAAMYsWRs
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 687Please respect copyright.PENANAShc2jmZyLA
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.687Please respect copyright.PENANAz4H8x4zQCp
Two black SUVs stood 687Please respect copyright.PENANACPlD47jTvF
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 687Please respect copyright.PENANApoQ1T8oFsg
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 687Please respect copyright.PENANAc9Y2RdAAQa
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 687Please respect copyright.PENANAkYO7XAFLQK
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 687Please respect copyright.PENANA76wnt3RL62
out of the hospital premises. 687Please respect copyright.PENANA5arkbxztFo
"We will first go for 687Please respect copyright.PENANAOxg9rYy1LV
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 687Please respect copyright.PENANAnVoZNetT8V
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."687Please respect copyright.PENANAH4w7M9NPnj
Angel looked out of the 687Please respect copyright.PENANAKvLAZDTAsq
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 687Please respect copyright.PENANA4aMUBOi9NB
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 687Please respect copyright.PENANABGuPJcJTeJ
looking at her.687Please respect copyright.PENANAVgw072crcn
"Don't worry, you will 687Please respect copyright.PENANAQv8gldG3xm
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 687Please respect copyright.PENANAhphuqSHOiT
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."687Please respect copyright.PENANAnD73Dy2iLX
Angel closed her eyes 687Please respect copyright.PENANAo7FLAkgaRl
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 687Please respect copyright.PENANAVlfoSPeHdN
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 687Please respect copyright.PENANAMbenrzYWnN
Angel slowly opened her 687Please respect copyright.PENANAEz4yT8kURl
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 687Please respect copyright.PENANA6JJmzuWCkW
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 687Please respect copyright.PENANAz9FPURRZJU
heart ache and beat faster. 687Please respect copyright.PENANAUaOlHiSW4W
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 687Please respect copyright.PENANAykLejDQgNw
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 687Please respect copyright.PENANAFa5Cwp95cv
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."687Please respect copyright.PENANAyHFVu0bb52
Angel felt Carly put her687Please respect copyright.PENANAnPstjK1TrA
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her687Please respect copyright.PENANA3kbNcawf1g
hand away. But Carly grasped it.687Please respect copyright.PENANAaBORdgBg72
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."687Please respect copyright.PENANA6laPUvtBcc
The black SUV came to a 687Please respect copyright.PENANAaQ4DMl6YAr
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother687Please respect copyright.PENANAlCzDkAxOKX
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 687Please respect copyright.PENANAygfpTy9SZF
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 687Please respect copyright.PENANAIPNMw51Dda
Eric opened the door. 687Please respect copyright.PENANAOJiLIJZbul
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."687Please respect copyright.PENANA8C6aGndWCg
Eric had set the 687Please respect copyright.PENANAEVMXmDKdjF
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 687Please respect copyright.PENANAMcjST0uWmc
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 687Please respect copyright.PENANAUEtgoPQhAc
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 687Please respect copyright.PENANADQ36GSGC0Q
them. 687Please respect copyright.PENANAmFBcNYGMWX
Angel687Please respect copyright.PENANAWpAZWXk9Bb
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when687Please respect copyright.PENANAB07PZplApq
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.687Please respect copyright.PENANAlDDQqHvTo7
***687Please respect copyright.PENANA6sahHNXsiv
Leo687Please respect copyright.PENANA3HK0ZMlCkz
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 687Please respect copyright.PENANAWlkMZOO9X0
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 687Please respect copyright.PENANANR1zBxNRlm
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 687Please respect copyright.PENANAMroaOtJbmL
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 687Please respect copyright.PENANAk8V0aZasqB
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he687Please respect copyright.PENANAO0jhGeDL1f
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.687Please respect copyright.PENANASZQCLofVvX
Kim687Please respect copyright.PENANAy83VVUGAOU
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 687Please respect copyright.PENANAHn8wB1Aj0D
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 687Please respect copyright.PENANAK5UzkF79V2
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 687Please respect copyright.PENANAy1jwAOZA91
arms.687Please respect copyright.PENANAEUil8FDm8e
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."687Please respect copyright.PENANA3Efz2sYdMB
Leo687Please respect copyright.PENANAu5fk4zJT8M
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 687Please respect copyright.PENANAvjDzJzassG
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 687Please respect copyright.PENANAlXuNDtDL9w
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 687Please respect copyright.PENANAspae34QGfW
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 687Please respect copyright.PENANAVVLOpAs8gv
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 687Please respect copyright.PENANAEa7TCNKn5z
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.687Please respect copyright.PENANAyw4oLMa1s0
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"687Please respect copyright.PENANAXZ8eYF1bJF
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."687Please respect copyright.PENANAIARAyCFd3C
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"687Please respect copyright.PENANAKmJ23ugNAW
Leo687Please respect copyright.PENANAEva1i3sDe4
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 687Please respect copyright.PENANARBovCxmEUA
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 687Please respect copyright.PENANA6EkiTNgocq
it's time I come out clean."687Please respect copyright.PENANAUpHlBESuVe
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"687Please respect copyright.PENANALGrgZSiTQW
This687Please respect copyright.PENANASrqL3YxIc7
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 687Please respect copyright.PENANAtDGU1gM6nP
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 687Please respect copyright.PENANAZwgYZhOLUH
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 687Please respect copyright.PENANAhpI2HgrZM5
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.687Please respect copyright.PENANAGQEjMg9WoE
"The687Please respect copyright.PENANAAN3wXkBjZv
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot687Please respect copyright.PENANAfnBKNw545A
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 687Please respect copyright.PENANA5cJHqzxrmw
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want687Please respect copyright.PENANA8ByZmV0VBg
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."687Please respect copyright.PENANAWrFvHiIDWv
"I687Please respect copyright.PENANA0qmhm72bLf
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 687Please respect copyright.PENANAodyNjEUViP
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"687Please respect copyright.PENANArUimZS0VMP
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.687Please respect copyright.PENANAqFVWSnwDps
"What687Please respect copyright.PENANAX5NXa8lwwt
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 687Please respect copyright.PENANA0sHMt8CfTu
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"687Please respect copyright.PENANAFMyCFjpMaf
Leo687Please respect copyright.PENANAU6ExbmfHAi
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 687Please respect copyright.PENANADuPSfm0M4G
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 687Please respect copyright.PENANA3zg2ERjJOS
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 687Please respect copyright.PENANA5ddG7AwXhs
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 687Please respect copyright.PENANAfLCMcuVAH8
would react.687Please respect copyright.PENANA25fo4RqjPV
"After687Please respect copyright.PENANAN3ekgAJp4G
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 687Please respect copyright.PENANA4lKTPeLSVK
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."687Please respect copyright.PENANAwOgQ110QE8
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.687Please respect copyright.PENANAoIc0vaZT6Q
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."687Please respect copyright.PENANADlnCnadnEE
***687Please respect copyright.PENANAlFOD6ojOoO
Angel687Please respect copyright.PENANAdLAa6jFt9v
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that687Please respect copyright.PENANAsNW91nIYCC
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother687Please respect copyright.PENANA8bcsVBwhA5
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 687Please respect copyright.PENANApU92dSgZo7
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 687Please respect copyright.PENANAwvCCJ8lE6a
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 687Please respect copyright.PENANArJeWXR8Q28
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 687Please respect copyright.PENANAjLO2uzJYrp
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 687Please respect copyright.PENANAP0pcD6YRIK
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.687Please respect copyright.PENANAKugApJAsCZ
After687Please respect copyright.PENANAY2AuFbh2Pj
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 687Please respect copyright.PENANAmyE2uEUKJI
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 687Please respect copyright.PENANA4pVgmUQ2hS
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 687Please respect copyright.PENANAMJkglUgiZu
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was687Please respect copyright.PENANA00BSJxi8yI
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 687Please respect copyright.PENANARXMQDTphws
world. 687Please respect copyright.PENANA4iEwsWZlK9
After687Please respect copyright.PENANA5WoFfK3xE5
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 687Please respect copyright.PENANAFSKyZEXB9K
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 687Please respect copyright.PENANAvvZphoKKLY
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 687Please respect copyright.PENANAngvhoZGGlZ
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."687Please respect copyright.PENANA5xOv0XIS7R
"It's687Please respect copyright.PENANAeZVp8xYrat
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 687Please respect copyright.PENANAP4PHa3vGt5
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like687Please respect copyright.PENANAMPu7mTvZL8
you."687Please respect copyright.PENANA9FyXzjoOJd
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."687Please respect copyright.PENANAzodtrB1d0J
"No,687Please respect copyright.PENANA8AC9vSytFZ
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 687Please respect copyright.PENANAKLJvt49DmE
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to687Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7vB3xvHTi
live with us, it will be great."687Please respect copyright.PENANAXR4oLtiq0l
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 687Please respect copyright.PENANAVIHwf9KemF
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.687Please respect copyright.PENANAm79YqeI9pZ
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"687Please respect copyright.PENANATMd2DDKrH3
"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."687Please respect copyright.PENANAepjcnXgU4N
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.687Please respect copyright.PENANAmacP3Fnarg
Angel couldn't help but 687Please respect copyright.PENANASm6YEbwbm8
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 687Please respect copyright.PENANAYChOTpUfuV
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 687Please respect copyright.PENANA6BwO3PtNiH
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't687Please respect copyright.PENANAOLVonpBwZ3
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 687Please respect copyright.PENANAiR8DqGA2gI
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.687Please respect copyright.PENANAsEaKFVETNt
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."687Please respect copyright.PENANAcSxcwKzm4Z
Angel now shifted in her687Please respect copyright.PENANAketegedN3S
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 687Please respect copyright.PENANAm7pOz8FPoj
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 687Please respect copyright.PENANAXtCZHtSbzu
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 687Please respect copyright.PENANAZWKm1LSaB9
hidden?687Please respect copyright.PENANAn4RPkbUh5g
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"687Please respect copyright.PENANA41inuYG1gh
Angel demanded. 687Please respect copyright.PENANANFW5qn2GsX
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."687Please respect copyright.PENANAhajB4ymwFK
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 687Please respect copyright.PENANAn42fV65pbF
"What?!"
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