Leo gave out a sigh of 499Please respect copyright.PENANA7m7oPK36bR
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 499Please respect copyright.PENANAoYZyNJAD62
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never499Please respect copyright.PENANAMc9kVqjsYf
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had499Please respect copyright.PENANAP7cjc68i1e
expected. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAO9Zsiruzt5
When Leo had told her 499Please respect copyright.PENANA6vOBAg1MkE
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAbOcPcTmoRH
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 499Please respect copyright.PENANANI7BOM1kFR
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAsmjRwpiDAk
"What happened Leo? Why did you say that? Did I do something wrong to change your mind all of the sudden? Tell me, Leo!" Kim had asked, at a point where tears almost dropped down her cheeks.499Please respect copyright.PENANAiYBabnpkSx
Leo couldn't tell Kim 499Please respect copyright.PENANAS5V798Nsgn
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 499Please respect copyright.PENANA8Z1SFKF1td
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 499Please respect copyright.PENANApeFw7RLkHV
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 499Please respect copyright.PENANAs16anq0HUh
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 499Please respect copyright.PENANAdqm1Df766b
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 499Please respect copyright.PENANASnOR7bVcAf
believe him at all.499Please respect copyright.PENANA6RBW6gRMwK
"Tell me now, Leo! 499Please respect copyright.PENANAyU0f70qdt4
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 499Please respect copyright.PENANAEfbRLVdQpa
coming from you. I want to know what you're hiding from me, right now!" Kim had looked like punching Leo on the face when she said all that.499Please respect copyright.PENANATYrymJ6tcH
"What do you want me to tell you?" Leo had asked Kim, trying to sound as convincing as he possibly could. "I have thought a lot these past days and I don't feel we can continue with all this."499Please respect copyright.PENANARoBrbFBbDM
"What! You're still 499Please respect copyright.PENANAHGETr9R6r3
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 499Please respect copyright.PENANAbqeMyQcbKP
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in499Please respect copyright.PENANAoV8oqikbtB
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 499Please respect copyright.PENANA8mVCbhIBqR
anymore?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAj5Wow8tl4U
"It isn't like that. We can still be friends and nothing more." Leo had suggested, but Kim still hadn't taken it lightly as she shook her head.499Please respect copyright.PENANAWs72gdsF4N
"There is someone 499Please respect copyright.PENANAe5fhO1r5CA
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 499Please respect copyright.PENANAwkrIGb6szx
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 499Please respect copyright.PENANAYR0hb6gTB7
Leo!"499Please respect copyright.PENANAeuWHciDeMl
Leo had been frustrated 499Please respect copyright.PENANAg1zW8aaUIT
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 499Please respect copyright.PENANAfqJ1HiLK6V
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 499Please respect copyright.PENANACvXqaI67zq
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 499Please respect copyright.PENANAIhS7SzfKFr
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 499Please respect copyright.PENANAnnzMwoBmJz
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 499Please respect copyright.PENANALzHE46wUQY
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 499Please respect copyright.PENANALbGeh3sMKl
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAWMBMsWWtKc
"I'll find out the 499Please respect copyright.PENANASRVGbtZiTi
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 499Please respect copyright.PENANAQlIJlTFjwX
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 499Please respect copyright.PENANATOxsALqzwE
lying to me!"499Please respect copyright.PENANArOMmrEc5kI
For a moment, her threat499Please respect copyright.PENANAN7iz4FM6dT
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 499Please respect copyright.PENANA8NJ6so4FdF
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 499Please respect copyright.PENANAilcL2NpVJl
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 499Please respect copyright.PENANAMb3A2Vhng6
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really499Please respect copyright.PENANAOi6ntmyAxr
genuine or not.499Please respect copyright.PENANAqy31ObZDJg
He was about to ascend 499Please respect copyright.PENANA24yHfIqc0g
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 499Please respect copyright.PENANAubplLPt1GA
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 499Please respect copyright.PENANAomjLxrSgZX
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 499Please respect copyright.PENANAOabNjt0Nlj
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 499Please respect copyright.PENANAgD5UuzTP7m
thanking Leo for getting the door.499Please respect copyright.PENANAuIksEgJKrf
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"499Please respect copyright.PENANALgDLcB8T9g
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAWm41LF2wP4
"That's good, Leo," said Mrs McDonell, looking at her son with a smile. "So, tell us. When will be the date of the wedding?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAvTY0sSQBcR
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."499Please respect copyright.PENANAeLuGysuA35
Diana and Mrs McDonell 499Please respect copyright.PENANAASrtyoBXs3
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 499Please respect copyright.PENANAEgD235rzvd
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 499Please respect copyright.PENANAsYYlhLVuOv
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.499Please respect copyright.PENANA1GE3shHeUI
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAshdFQm7cu1
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."499Please respect copyright.PENANApqvk6eEneC
"But.....but, you two 499Please respect copyright.PENANAkgW8BG3rZu
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how499Please respect copyright.PENANAcUlmy0zw5Y
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"499Please respect copyright.PENANASGdE4IZXDC
"No, I broke up with her. Sorry, if it hurts you, mum, but this is my life and I thought it was best for the both us."499Please respect copyright.PENANArNlBNDbD35
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 499Please respect copyright.PENANAbQ1GOK6j0A
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 499Please respect copyright.PENANAhfdE6NcAG9
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 499Please respect copyright.PENANAW6wDPAq8hU
tell me it's not true, Diana."499Please respect copyright.PENANAzpAoXO4TDp
"I'm afraid it is," said499Please respect copyright.PENANA9pOauCnQzm
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 499Please respect copyright.PENANAtM1kY54X2F
the moment. You need to calm down."499Please respect copyright.PENANAjJT9v3Pn1S
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAeEBBYQaZw4
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAHJhFsJe5JP
When Leo tried to leave 499Please respect copyright.PENANATDmp6gN0KW
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 499Please respect copyright.PENANAxVYhsOBg3r
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAsyLvQKhEVc
"You're not going any 499Please respect copyright.PENANAxbw1bdk0qn
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 499Please respect copyright.PENANARrYogB1vw0
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"499Please respect copyright.PENANAEeQEsa4df4
"I don't have to explain499Please respect copyright.PENANAbsLBzWElnp
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 499Please respect copyright.PENANASH5mByi4gn
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."499Please respect copyright.PENANA2fheDYJc8M
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAwNYEnanFWa
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."499Please respect copyright.PENANAVGrbiRUc8Z
Leo quickly got away 499Please respect copyright.PENANAPNJwwAyix1
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 499Please respect copyright.PENANAzL7vBLLFxn
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 499Please respect copyright.PENANAMFkmhAUrJ2
him.499Please respect copyright.PENANAiyS6dbyivn
"Leo! Leo! Get back here right now!" Mrs McDonell called out to her son. "If you don't I swear you will not like me one bit!"499Please respect copyright.PENANAuA6do373Du
Leo rolled his eyes as 499Please respect copyright.PENANAAR2Xt36Bvf
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and499Please respect copyright.PENANA3baS7W19Jl
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 499Please respect copyright.PENANA0C7XtOEdDk
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAjzAinvXx4l
***499Please respect copyright.PENANAqbPZWB6LGs
The499Please respect copyright.PENANA9EJW0AOkHW
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 499Please respect copyright.PENANAzw1LrauhRi
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been499Please respect copyright.PENANAML91GFfslJ
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 499Please respect copyright.PENANAMJiSoHepQJ
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother499Please respect copyright.PENANADuH3gHDXVg
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.499Please respect copyright.PENANAsYkPUZYrSv
Carly499Please respect copyright.PENANAWTWf9gbO01
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with499Please respect copyright.PENANAS1a2VHfAKT
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full499Please respect copyright.PENANAsDn4dgbF54
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother499Please respect copyright.PENANA9S0k7TFuuE
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAs0t1r4xE2J
Angel499Please respect copyright.PENANAed42LM0X4K
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAnVGrAKz1YT
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 499Please respect copyright.PENANA538c14TpMS
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 499Please respect copyright.PENANAdoSyyqTsQP
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 499Please respect copyright.PENANAJLnrL2iArd
still recovering.499Please respect copyright.PENANApG3mOwvXEt
Right499Please respect copyright.PENANAq91wfgFC8X
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 499Please respect copyright.PENANAjMCmMX3W9U
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk499Please respect copyright.PENANAjdxI7ZRa4I
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.499Please respect copyright.PENANA9HAvXKrRg8
As499Please respect copyright.PENANA1IwOI5a3P1
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 499Please respect copyright.PENANA2oWwz0idVW
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and499Please respect copyright.PENANA3t0QVlm2w1
he had a sad look on his face as well.499Please respect copyright.PENANA9OqoPaawSp
"I499Please respect copyright.PENANAGJG5eAz2Tn
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 499Please respect copyright.PENANAJdD0hXjMyi
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."499Please respect copyright.PENANA3uTbGB3w5W
"Don't499Please respect copyright.PENANAyKLmu7VKLb
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 499Please respect copyright.PENANAn7MoBX2t68
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."499Please respect copyright.PENANA8S9fKaCHvg
"Don't worry about it. I will make sure to work everything out. I did promise your mother that I will help you out in anyway."499Please respect copyright.PENANAO242BYD08f
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."499Please respect copyright.PENANAH4Uxubuz9p
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."499Please respect copyright.PENANAQxcOtpdUwf
Carly499Please respect copyright.PENANAQcMcbOTDOs
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 499Please respect copyright.PENANAwTTb2f9ezF
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had499Please respect copyright.PENANA83Q8llUpS1
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 499Please respect copyright.PENANAxVFIdmr5lL
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 499Please respect copyright.PENANAU21ptJCIHW
eyes.499Please respect copyright.PENANAPVjhifsczc
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAOqZzHTu4yz
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."499Please respect copyright.PENANAAoDJXcB735
"Yes,499Please respect copyright.PENANAYdfLQmfqty
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 499Please respect copyright.PENANArFsq518efe
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 499Please respect copyright.PENANA8XTDYTNOpK
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."499Please respect copyright.PENANAV9rwg1jvOB
"Okay, lets go."499Please respect copyright.PENANATBy6EDUMl2
Carly499Please respect copyright.PENANAU4NBNerEIo
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 499Please respect copyright.PENANAM3UAUNTctX
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at499Please respect copyright.PENANAiv5dan1B5d
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 499Please respect copyright.PENANA5iG7KQdgoo
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.499Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0WAx12XQz
***499Please respect copyright.PENANAVIJHjszdHe
"I499Please respect copyright.PENANArthCfoOlV4
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 499Please respect copyright.PENANAnTpNBjGF71
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 499Please respect copyright.PENANAV7o8F867qv
her in the car. 499Please respect copyright.PENANA9I8Iv1quzD
Angel,499Please respect copyright.PENANAW49HL5RSmr
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 499Please respect copyright.PENANAaod4n7G1zL
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 499Please respect copyright.PENANADarUyZDyvz
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.499Please respect copyright.PENANAEhKpxKO6bT
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."499Please respect copyright.PENANAY1LmyhVETM
"Very499Please respect copyright.PENANA9PULvzvNUI
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to499Please respect copyright.PENANAPlqqY6QOtd
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if499Please respect copyright.PENANAjoxE9r39LZ
I have to."499Please respect copyright.PENANA1PTdqXs1zq
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."499Please respect copyright.PENANAmrSlgnIQk2
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 499Please respect copyright.PENANA07hWQadgJi
"Don't499Please respect copyright.PENANAJonJ7pipKm
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough499Please respect copyright.PENANAMlWmp0kJrZ
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 499Please respect copyright.PENANAZjVQEG8wUl
right, grandma?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAPKNk4OYfb3
Amanda499Please respect copyright.PENANAbaQcnUa4xB
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 499Please respect copyright.PENANAYUx82ea1oA
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 499Please respect copyright.PENANAhWbtTY4nZh
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 499Please respect copyright.PENANAM5X5Gtzp3r
you."499Please respect copyright.PENANA0UDNrkW9cC
Eric499Please respect copyright.PENANAtgqfNXflHb
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 499Please respect copyright.PENANAXtLyphz38x
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 499Please respect copyright.PENANA3UiabS4V2P
why.499Please respect copyright.PENANAhiAShKx719
"What?499Please respect copyright.PENANAIQA6BKGwiA
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at499Please respect copyright.PENANAh89JzE1iyL
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAjrXRSwpoVK
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAdqMTih2FLk
"He499Please respect copyright.PENANATyLnfbVz6X
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 499Please respect copyright.PENANAljHpnjPND6
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 499Please respect copyright.PENANAz5h2Mw4pIS
you get to know him."499Please respect copyright.PENANA3AoTt41U21
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.499Please respect copyright.PENANAQClYvNsurb
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.499Please respect copyright.PENANAvdInVWH3Um
"Oh, no. Nothing."499Please respect copyright.PENANAy1WZh2mFGj
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."499Please respect copyright.PENANA6ksBv1jnXS
All499Please respect copyright.PENANA66Ip3zuYKJ
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 499Please respect copyright.PENANAXF2WQy8vsS
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 499Please respect copyright.PENANAiZwo9UU7VC
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 499Please respect copyright.PENANAElTfUtdsOp
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had499Please respect copyright.PENANA0z7EMEGdaE
never seen such a house ever in her life.499Please respect copyright.PENANAPvRYNZgDwa
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAQSdhVqgqF9
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.499Please respect copyright.PENANAjNhjHXGlm5
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAcc6EKT1K73
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.499Please respect copyright.PENANAw2DvSYuiNA
Angel499Please respect copyright.PENANAfPa16jxvtz
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what499Please respect copyright.PENANAZqPVOiJrkm
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.499Please respect copyright.PENANAq7QEoZ4HCY
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 499Please respect copyright.PENANAMwrz3SYFHj
would begin anytime soon.