The sad gloomy day had 535Please respect copyright.PENANAco4KbB4yqa
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 535Please respect copyright.PENANAoBvmut9Glo
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 535Please respect copyright.PENANA2fVyYjxIiU
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 535Please respect copyright.PENANACjiEI64K5t
Angel couldn't help but 535Please respect copyright.PENANAuECeXD0dc1
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 535Please respect copyright.PENANAvOqYGXx6uY
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 535Please respect copyright.PENANA3QyZVIlFQC
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 535Please respect copyright.PENANA377flh1Asg
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 535Please respect copyright.PENANA3uqO0HKfYf
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.535Please respect copyright.PENANA6JCEc7soqi
As Angel sat on the 535Please respect copyright.PENANAaSy1lCev45
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 535Please respect copyright.PENANAgtlbiMjAqH
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in535Please respect copyright.PENANApRSwAQ9dDj
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 535Please respect copyright.PENANAF7r36rFQNI
appeared across her face.535Please respect copyright.PENANAO7dKjsG7kI
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.535Please respect copyright.PENANABbxAYMSXzo
"I know I'm supposed to 535Please respect copyright.PENANADxj1q4KTqC
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when535Please respect copyright.PENANAmIktoj1M1K
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 535Please respect copyright.PENANAco4u5kPwOh
isn't here anymore."535Please respect copyright.PENANAWvKzVATj2l
Eric squatted beside the535Please respect copyright.PENANAHpUk7U1Ctq
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 535Please respect copyright.PENANAd030lb1vV7
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 535Please respect copyright.PENANASlRWyDg0EW
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped535Please respect copyright.PENANATMqdvY2Ebv
a little at his touch. 535Please respect copyright.PENANACVRTobRknb
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."535Please respect copyright.PENANA3M0428blCE
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 535Please respect copyright.PENANAkWVBDkPPG7
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a535Please respect copyright.PENANAtZTjFEPOkL
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 535Please respect copyright.PENANALN04MvbEKg
past week."535Please respect copyright.PENANAYoaYHBjkrF
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."535Please respect copyright.PENANAG1qADn9PFV
Angel forgot about the 535Please respect copyright.PENANA8B9FlvDGdi
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 535Please respect copyright.PENANAkV9QH9PzCx
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide535Please respect copyright.PENANAf5eTpHW4A4
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.535Please respect copyright.PENANA535106tGqC
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."535Please respect copyright.PENANAttCB4qHoYM
"You're crazy, Eric."535Please respect copyright.PENANAlNJuwguxw3
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."535Please respect copyright.PENANAl8RtuI3Y4z
Angel didn't say 535Please respect copyright.PENANAUk2ntQLI2w
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 535Please respect copyright.PENANAKsKNQLkQQi
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear535Please respect copyright.PENANAVCCuQcCSEK
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 535Please respect copyright.PENANAmUEkHRYCg7
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 535Please respect copyright.PENANAaWVVY5TEkR
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 535Please respect copyright.PENANASp2XGqahZ6
the floor.535Please respect copyright.PENANAaCzRcmSzyF
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"535Please respect copyright.PENANAsGIRX6AT7E
Angel didn't say 535Please respect copyright.PENANAvVjZjed5MP
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 535Please respect copyright.PENANAOK5IW3ZqgJ
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel535Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6kUEhbvWa
out of the room. 535Please respect copyright.PENANArAFzsNCtpW
They went out of the 535Please respect copyright.PENANALVl6pIEN7w
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 535Please respect copyright.PENANAHCE5iHRdTN
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass535Please respect copyright.PENANAHd2gZumAK5
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 535Please respect copyright.PENANAf6y57meq0y
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 535Please respect copyright.PENANATYwCa0unfm
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those535Please respect copyright.PENANAazqDdWbXhY
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAixgacvbqNB
Cold prickling air 535Please respect copyright.PENANAqqktNXLjJx
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 535Please respect copyright.PENANAqGndRSOYDS
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 535Please respect copyright.PENANAyOHEeqjfsi
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.535Please respect copyright.PENANAotKqsEIHGM
Two black SUVs stood 535Please respect copyright.PENANAVDqLW48bpU
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 535Please respect copyright.PENANATWPDxDHplV
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 535Please respect copyright.PENANAd5BLCEQ9pd
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 535Please respect copyright.PENANA3gWca4BGGh
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 535Please respect copyright.PENANAVmOk7OfOIJ
out of the hospital premises. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAluqk2lcGA7
"We will first go for 535Please respect copyright.PENANA854Uj7Ezz2
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 535Please respect copyright.PENANAZA7zp2dbJU
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."535Please respect copyright.PENANA4aH0Nlz3IO
Angel looked out of the 535Please respect copyright.PENANAYu7Ij5DzM7
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 535Please respect copyright.PENANAWZ2Fg6BegM
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 535Please respect copyright.PENANAD89XdCciY0
looking at her.535Please respect copyright.PENANAUKKfv7vnlh
"Don't worry, you will 535Please respect copyright.PENANAwuON5SP07R
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 535Please respect copyright.PENANApE9JQC0ZoW
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."535Please respect copyright.PENANAqifdvLUhv4
Angel closed her eyes 535Please respect copyright.PENANA12JuECLuMg
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 535Please respect copyright.PENANA7wRL8g4kE7
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAZF11RhZ1GC
Angel slowly opened her 535Please respect copyright.PENANA7aBMMj4aSM
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAbTbyb7qyIQ
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 535Please respect copyright.PENANAqtSxks11Od
heart ache and beat faster. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAdNTmQ7cus1
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 535Please respect copyright.PENANA6pi2U73ZyF
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 535Please respect copyright.PENANAKrySYWPEDg
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."535Please respect copyright.PENANAlAstlFDN7A
Angel felt Carly put her535Please respect copyright.PENANAt6vjUMXxzB
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her535Please respect copyright.PENANAs7VE8n0L5X
hand away. But Carly grasped it.535Please respect copyright.PENANAnrmo3VVBEk
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."535Please respect copyright.PENANAgZ3kKbB9ew
The black SUV came to a 535Please respect copyright.PENANAs2EIThOCHI
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother535Please respect copyright.PENANAgHa6SZOVKd
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 535Please respect copyright.PENANA9dvi2gAtLN
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 535Please respect copyright.PENANAfCj1xcLysG
Eric opened the door. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAE9gXB3BIde
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."535Please respect copyright.PENANAyuXjBitTRM
Eric had set the 535Please respect copyright.PENANAAoU6pRywUx
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 535Please respect copyright.PENANAzmrVJuyeAN
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 535Please respect copyright.PENANAOjntZHIKLg
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 535Please respect copyright.PENANAthJR2uFGut
them. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAnwVW2JMaRc
Angel535Please respect copyright.PENANABwDPLBNQwz
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when535Please respect copyright.PENANAl1cKo8F1yX
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.535Please respect copyright.PENANA19GQ4pD3HD
***535Please respect copyright.PENANA4GUp6VELUT
Leo535Please respect copyright.PENANAqn9e5S7zAb
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 535Please respect copyright.PENANAzmQmzCEq5G
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 535Please respect copyright.PENANAf9uL0ENSD9
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 535Please respect copyright.PENANAFHdxON4zZh
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 535Please respect copyright.PENANAxgaT8LLHnS
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he535Please respect copyright.PENANAWoEzu9Z12C
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.535Please respect copyright.PENANAonMmopjsfN
Kim535Please respect copyright.PENANApReAwp77Xe
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 535Please respect copyright.PENANA7Mm51DYaZq
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 535Please respect copyright.PENANA2SbPDDs0i3
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 535Please respect copyright.PENANA8rvRSdazgJ
arms.535Please respect copyright.PENANAzYXM2DUv4a
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."535Please respect copyright.PENANA5TaLmiW0st
Leo535Please respect copyright.PENANAHxFvyixGiR
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 535Please respect copyright.PENANAQgSjeSlYib
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 535Please respect copyright.PENANAgXIlw7Mb3D
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 535Please respect copyright.PENANAx8i4FfShiY
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 535Please respect copyright.PENANA4DOA5FBuKr
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 535Please respect copyright.PENANARG490NTmr2
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.535Please respect copyright.PENANALpXO88KpDA
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"535Please respect copyright.PENANAg4DIFAh3dn
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."535Please respect copyright.PENANAQbwWNlv4hQ
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"535Please respect copyright.PENANAXx5DcpOrJ0
Leo535Please respect copyright.PENANA1npHTGgnvz
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 535Please respect copyright.PENANADVbn7m9sc8
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 535Please respect copyright.PENANAm8yRVO6TiE
it's time I come out clean."535Please respect copyright.PENANA4VnpafMool
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"535Please respect copyright.PENANAm4U3YyVzvP
This535Please respect copyright.PENANAQiQXe8Q1tp
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 535Please respect copyright.PENANAhRwO2VTVcf
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 535Please respect copyright.PENANAo6gHud5SbU
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 535Please respect copyright.PENANAfTjeKHlaX6
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.535Please respect copyright.PENANAngk1pliWOX
"The535Please respect copyright.PENANAvZ0ipNw647
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot535Please respect copyright.PENANAX4uNwDZwjp
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 535Please respect copyright.PENANAIs5wGt2TWf
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want535Please respect copyright.PENANAoI8Oi1nrmA
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."535Please respect copyright.PENANArOwmVzDYOd
"I535Please respect copyright.PENANAU7eeWp9d7f
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 535Please respect copyright.PENANACboJ3UY5TQ
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"535Please respect copyright.PENANAtN9lRiUftd
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.535Please respect copyright.PENANAqHsw7GmS5L
"What535Please respect copyright.PENANAh7pKfzZfSr
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 535Please respect copyright.PENANA1uXEUoULxL
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"535Please respect copyright.PENANAiEqtiS008o
Leo535Please respect copyright.PENANAXDafYTMvEL
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 535Please respect copyright.PENANAJKe3af7XOA
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 535Please respect copyright.PENANAsWPXcZFKhA
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 535Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9JJboL0S9
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 535Please respect copyright.PENANA8qWyz0KiWg
would react.535Please respect copyright.PENANAARqL0D9mkQ
"After535Please respect copyright.PENANAIDRbUquIWG
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 535Please respect copyright.PENANAijwew7o1JH
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."535Please respect copyright.PENANAKq9jItrvpJ
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.535Please respect copyright.PENANAuYYhYSpdJ7
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."535Please respect copyright.PENANAcI3u7huNFw
***535Please respect copyright.PENANAJWMaE3rO1H
Angel535Please respect copyright.PENANAZPRVpwvokn
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that535Please respect copyright.PENANAIYvc2rz2e9
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother535Please respect copyright.PENANAdzPCZFxNBV
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 535Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZJsPGaEUe
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 535Please respect copyright.PENANAY7q2xbj5iG
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAWhThyGf8em
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 535Please respect copyright.PENANA67UT7LouzK
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 535Please respect copyright.PENANAq1Ilscuodg
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.535Please respect copyright.PENANArIt3tlcWbg
After535Please respect copyright.PENANA06UWjXn2Sx
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 535Please respect copyright.PENANAxr2oSw5SLV
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 535Please respect copyright.PENANAFo0bmMjTMK
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 535Please respect copyright.PENANATOfoxkWCCY
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was535Please respect copyright.PENANAJtlIPla7kM
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 535Please respect copyright.PENANAikbvt7qNTq
world. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAZiHCEZjgPm
After535Please respect copyright.PENANAnxUflksc6I
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 535Please respect copyright.PENANAbcWos2RwRm
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 535Please respect copyright.PENANAJuw6Xy9E9h
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 535Please respect copyright.PENANA55rwdyvrp3
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."535Please respect copyright.PENANA8xnFmhTe9L
"It's535Please respect copyright.PENANAjCAVsIEF3D
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 535Please respect copyright.PENANAUMy7rElwyn
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like535Please respect copyright.PENANAUyQeYitatp
you."535Please respect copyright.PENANAbjrDxrJfos
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."535Please respect copyright.PENANAdYJgepeGSG
"No,535Please respect copyright.PENANAu5bpFYBm1H
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 535Please respect copyright.PENANAaun4Ag0DFU
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to535Please respect copyright.PENANAo9Ftwr58Og
live with us, it will be great."535Please respect copyright.PENANA71hRMkfuyn
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAdHZsKQ9whZ
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.535Please respect copyright.PENANAOy91TfF5wc
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"535Please respect copyright.PENANAmdt9PE2o5F
"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."535Please respect copyright.PENANA2zJJtwZi1m
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.535Please respect copyright.PENANA0LEgVNxd6w
Angel couldn't help but 535Please respect copyright.PENANAAvOgATvHFv
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 535Please respect copyright.PENANAs4wNhN2gUa
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 535Please respect copyright.PENANAeQZlPZDou0
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't535Please respect copyright.PENANAQrCVRhOhjQ
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAE60LcNPYzq
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.535Please respect copyright.PENANAx4wKztp6BC
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."535Please respect copyright.PENANAuJjpLSKxWm
Angel now shifted in her535Please respect copyright.PENANAXNDXWyj01y
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 535Please respect copyright.PENANAP516RrCTo1
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 535Please respect copyright.PENANAVsVw1w4KvR
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 535Please respect copyright.PENANA6WCgTh4AHD
hidden?535Please respect copyright.PENANAhs51wltCiF
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"535Please respect copyright.PENANAudQlLg2dII
Angel demanded. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAngIpM3QDLH
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."535Please respect copyright.PENANAXtlu1od9ri
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAQLVslKIri8
"What?!"
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