Stuck In A K-Pop World: Hitting With A Big Bang (A Black Kitty Series, Book 1) - Chapter 23: Swapped

Zoey's P.O.V960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXpAg85tyy

Waking up this Monday 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJUe0p7UjK
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXqutvjdcI
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFxq45aJsu
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmRSv0Fvor
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWTdMdbQX3
myself to be.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaQk2g7JBu

I couldn't stop 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItTjJmpUoJ
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8FWgUSeGh
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiws0aM7crM
feel that something was wrong.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrhxaAfipp

Could they have known 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNcFzfDAax
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡii7qmZgnrE
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUYbU0BraY
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkfWnyaLHO
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNlG55cjK0
just had our usual conversation.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlI0XEhxCd

I brushed off all those 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkMQfnk5Di
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHN8fkO8Uz
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9t8QQun2b
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvxaCSUPAM
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegZx4Uz8Mm

But now that she wasn't 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJif7JGi3il
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmLVl8bOyl
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0ZwSbJ9ro
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDNuZwUBqw
woken up early before the alarm rang.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4xkfLCPep

I sat up on my bed and 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xozgTCJBn
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3D7CJcmr55
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLosvxxYp6
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCvvHXRQIQ
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKBvfBZKND

After seeing her with 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiE1N6NoVNs
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ggJJL2b4g
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jxs3hzQh4
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqRb0FME4N
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblUplLdnGZ
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xCnEx2SpC
day. That left me devastated.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFq1gs9QCHO

I couldn't stop looking 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4WKg4mHOS
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmAdRTQXgb
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTgqB7sxWk
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsL5k9IoVVW
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1eIRNHyb1
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡji0iLq8Ize
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnylrAV9UBE

That sent me boiling to a960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvlCeUDt5Q
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDpAxVfnCy
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZelYGrR5MA
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTRcHmVQmp

Christine had told me to960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamiUaMqbQf
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwmmM5I09D
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMInAovGha
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2ytRxLG7H
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajIOIOxhpN
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhG342SdQLD
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVm5SFt34jG

And now, I had to face 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMJnELuCVq
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfplg1fceWP
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7L6UKxSfMP
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hIvGMud28
was still so upset.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5zUkWvcx0

I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5J3PRjqb0

After I was done, I 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALV7SGR7kI
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuoRLDE3zC
others at the dining table for breakfast.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtaCF7ORFp

I found them already 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2mT8fy7Zu
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQOxWCBfRE
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpqonLo5s6

I felt a little awkward 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMRvzMsNaq
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JB6BRbZAO
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCJSnaEPpE
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzplCXAvr6
that also felt weird.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0REkrmO7n

I know that she and I 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCI7jp1Pt4
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQ9x4nInG6
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCV8wEe2Aj
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsC2GbFyixl
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhe8hAMbnd1
like something was wrong.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBdUX7hiCi

I poured myself a cup of960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nzhrmXsZw
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQm3085Gc0Q
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0L037phDX

"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzGf0i478a

My heart almost skipped a960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3025LmLIw
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjI0d83Ttpy
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOiwMeM2yQ
too far. I was over here! Hello!960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDNoBshUU5

"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPc4PlPbuzo

"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8Q1JJErro

"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDmZJ3hqet

"I have no doubt about it."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtq4Rfj7fk

"But I don't see why you960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKhFLVDFWc
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPM3N5TY83R
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlh9UhOK6ed

"One thing about fans is960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUUXWROW2S
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkr7pUtxgeZ
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMj0hAM8l96

"I know," said Lee. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYB9EZFT04v
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgAZO1hAZn
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHHFIgrUBP
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbXDQK7je7

"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwLu7RjhtC

"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVznb0A3zfA

"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEMg9NU9kn

"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbdV15W1ZC

"Aye, aye," said Daniel.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdb0EOUu4v

"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1SfzS1Jvw

"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhRIX24Glf

"You're just too quiet, that's all."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFXtOkI1P4

"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZSfl6Z3XR

I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnVEbXYLpF

"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZoaO9KSWe

I stuck my tongue out at960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt07dLPqw83
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kUgmXC7OW
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNhDGB8flD
still wasn't looking in my direction.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhP4vcA1Q59

Soon after breakfast, we960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZSRmYmQ6b
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYEpSV1nFd
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk34mxg6WJn
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyrW7MHrFx
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3e3q4Gjea7
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWrZYBe01c
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlPZ8J0ERV
she would.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZyLRUg8bE

We arrived at YG and we 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoj4u033U6i
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OfF6vY67N
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVsOEGxeqx
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAM6CokpIw

When everyone was 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJee29idKX
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBrukfhnOz
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyEJlqIX6c
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynEZhmrk8r
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrFyL9aA6H

He not responding to me 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhSwElvEiq
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbklo1fMQF
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgo5qMYQTti
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqgwYI1esL
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjPwvSLK20
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUP6rmc4Pvl
looked away instead.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJYyp8ClNF

We went straight to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo78t299PjZ
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYyqPr3j3c
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBiIiUJLcv
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsyvgp3HMp
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuq6WjliSq
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1DGHyXU1t

During pratice, I 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWb76XvFJxd
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12XnimysCI
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ig0n1TIUc
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfAa3NDhE7

G-Dragon wasn't the only960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0UlYSb6B0
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxut41Wb6av
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShfEELUg90
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoBASIdl8N
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGYors2CrK
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqO0TG7NO6

As her best friend, I 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIjChR70hV
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8HVPnWaX6
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkf2HJmnahC
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoS5xvZRit
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOK3yEoCYZU

She is also smart, 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18hIERcxeW
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPkpfYr06K
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfZdsYo3ig
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPE3LP1R25b
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3w8toyk7E

Sam has a lot of good 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8S4UFENKwI
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAB9mM7fCV
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIpIJQMN45
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFF40BvfVo
want to hurt anyone around her.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBznVYma2I

Realising this made me 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzF4okJf1SE
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDGQRzRayT
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUOrxybB3M
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ln5BKB0XH
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUJiveAyRx
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwurEDz8cV3
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAyXnn6Vzg
realise it till now.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeh5X2tg2Gd

"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOXpNqAuMX

"Zoey, you aren't 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOeGKTqs6n
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcXxs1RH7n
second time you have made the same mistake."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsns820Eu0

"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwdYMfNvSA

"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQn5Loe9AHm

It was lunch the time we960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtK2AGM4LHF
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR67ffnf8WI
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluHnk5XUFJ
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7md6sCnDe
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4XxGxzJSY
they were all laughing.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJLkRO4a0o

"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kDNe5i0rQ

"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsLizzWGNM

"Still not talking to Sam?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYMBWtZgrT

"Nope."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTBwt7Nxxm

TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8gU7bok8j

"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNy8B9GQov

"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2BlGtMWJU

"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZb4iuZIQgN

"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3SIUV9I4Q

"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzgScif90y

"I know. But you aren't 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9esasRxsF7
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSz6WW7y6O
You would be chit chatting like you always do."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ385OLkbTAl

"What if I just want to be alone for today?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqkfyMKawF

"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3tsz4j39R

I frowned. "Why?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8UpoiYaKY

"Because you look miserable."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyeuBq44MB

I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLwL8BMaQI

"Miserable!"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZcvFA5cW4

"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZGrEJKGd7

I thought for a moment 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7b77vFOh9
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmq0gnSMxWp
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWN98B2ggXW
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GHhcssNrX
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECSjsXDyn6

Seeing all this in front960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXGg3yMEP6
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YryRgJCP1
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiiUMCAygp
Until TOP came to talk to me.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEyOgpOdPQ

"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIv5YZ6hRVt

"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MaraYVtKw

"I don't know," I said 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTjKY9LTJ2
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjCaw4Wi9W
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ybuvtqkOQ

I told TOP what happened in the morning and how it felt weird that Sam didn't say a word to me nor even looked at me.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJlQ3xyK8j

"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1UEvTzbyQ

"Then why don't you talk to her?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RiQF8mG6C

"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoZtlZy1g3

"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpesWyI9YS

"I know."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQY5sgR7iJ

"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2xy6Ztt4Y

"I'll think about it."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WJ8MAYEyn

"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTOdPsivTH

Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3WAd3Ojwx

"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5BgziwPLy

"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDaitXSpPW

The three of us went out960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpypZBrYRm2
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKo8hn4qKE9
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqeNDwbSFQ

As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZfX3sDKrh

"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7ni6nuade

"Chill, you just ordered960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJpLhqsvWa
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoxRVyBuzy
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oNgsxDjgt

"But I'm so hungry."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEX5W1Vhg7F

"Trust me, you aren't 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxb9EoI2v3s
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0fyLZjlNk
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJM9rT7WuC
have."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISbBCo3hGK

"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBHcXP8V4t

"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7U3YDTszmw

"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRGfie5yOF

"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4C2a9RQ8Wb

"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujTkOwOmj6

I didn't say anything as960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZRTQ5yUyW
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAeTOthLYV
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWxkIvy2KD
calling.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkuNtfnEHQ

"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGpdn8LwKl

"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1dnigdKSH

"Okay, well you better answer that call."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCSFGjphXZ

I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5JpBqXIul

"Hello," I answered.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTQ4TNWyeP

"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8zvd6YUra

"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0VqQKK1NZ

"We have to meet today, ASAP."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40DBltxxEL

"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfAHXRyXPV

"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡliEQjXJRM6

I knew Jehan was going 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQQ1bFdTjg
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNkEVbUkOm
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rPlHkO7HF
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzFNE5ZJpA
was upstairs in the dance studio.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGClJSTICA

"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83ogEKR4Q5

"I'm coming to YG to get it."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgvOoqU1Jy

"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJZVdsY9JJ

"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbUNQZoxoW

"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yFlf8V6v5

He cut the call and I 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgkKGoVwXn
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQJXSIGF04
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDf9O0B95L
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0IR4L9CuE
him they would start to ask questions.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJot9lR2mt

"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFz2rgS9Et

I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43nK4ydsGH

"What?" I asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzg0sY6k1p8

"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65LZt7WRzG

"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGuZCj0fIj

"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4WVPZvVRf

"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSCpUh2ERg

"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsCwLMwibq

"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyztH1svZX

"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56BXj5NKHg

Dang it! I was cornered 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6Lm8TIyZV
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxRqoap8oT
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvZl25lxiL
light no matter how much you try to hide it.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFCuFNXUsJ

"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlOywWkbFc

I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzj7Sh9AmdR

"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHKBlG481q

We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8rj9oEpEi

I told them everything 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpX5EjHhTnA
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXitcNQHQNR
said a word until I finished the whole story.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89tWdU9Vm7

"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7bjoc9cXH

"Just you two," I answered.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWetmi5ZiZi

"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyHBufXXHt

"Surprising, right?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCbj4qvvVN

"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxiYZDmqdT

"We should involve the police," said TOP.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrqJzM5hHl

"No! We can't!"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69d744Bb3K

"Why?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ntAUlR7hv

"You know word goes out 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAH6NkrM94J
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqz6mBnQE6M
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aAw1UJmtb

"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoarfRBgMKy

"He assured me that this960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynxuklXKfk
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZCWFVMCt1
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd74hQjVItt

"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxF8SjwDuU

The three of us turned 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ002VmRrVIl
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JCg8NtltX
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nnOTwmSJc

"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBU4K1vvaTe

"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44FZvI004O

"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCmiHOSfy0

"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbZ2zOz1AP

"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qaq3zfkHT

"Random stuff involving a960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLJXzDRRmM
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlklE8fwgFt
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpAcI7zdos
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqO0it821fY
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkP6RNzuaG

I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKbqLUMkaS

"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEV4y4KMLJ

"Okay, I won't."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGA8zyOTCc

"Sit down."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0Y7WA41Pc

Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGj7x7bAFE6

"I got myself into trouble," I started.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajP3x1EUDD

"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ax482y305

"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz44eSM4EYS

Christine's face soon 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IteDznUG8
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3IFaaVFOE
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlVY3dANrK

"What!"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerHRJ2EJxB

TOP quickly covered up 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoez4t5daj
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIEyjy8rJF
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz29G9UP0Hr
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTic6zoQO8

"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFdECu0GV0

"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUVNtmAKEi

"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡax4V9yV1DU

"Of course I'm mad!" 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFxBIonLml
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqUvSiZxCI
but this by far is the worst one of them all."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMvDcvyXCd

"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVflZJ99D0k

"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExF2e2LrlZ

"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kbF0oWCxk

"Ya, I remember. What about him?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFG0ySOqJv

"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3aLKZPXnu

"WHAT!"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVb1J7hn4k

"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJVL0WoaK0

"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKd8oJZjVn

"And the one I met at the café," I said.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK90oS9nzxz

"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDMG7FK3s1

"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8SDjMsgog

"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4hy4s9J1n

"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPlUFynYoH

"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKPXUY7Wwz

"Ya," I said. "I planned960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5FIjP7mKg
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPUUau68u6
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtunlg5NTTa

"So you're the one who 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfu2EFkndE
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5idMS9dYL
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJQeMYyVss
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYErLOUcDbO
out with Seungri."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qctLLdE7Y

"I lied."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYImVk65DUx

Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFulD4dUlcH

"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmlOBQDZ3W

"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hu0460iBO

"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGwCG2z0Sv

"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhwzODLYVR

"I know. Now he wants the teddy bear back today. And I don't know what to do. He wanted to come here and get the teddy himself."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeBVEMyMrq

"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicxHPidDBI

"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrox5MweRk

"Now where is she going to meet him now? She has to take that teddy bear away or else it could land us into more trouble."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡod8lj4KPuy

"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MF7lNQ7EV

"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJRg1XIs7z

"But where?" I asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoao7LLPIsW

"Tell him you will meet at the café. The one you had met him in last time. TOP and I will take you there," said Seungri.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmJ5Mq6qkv

"I'm also coming with you," said Christine. "And don't refuse." She pointed her finger at me when I opened my mouth to object.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1La2RKfP2y

"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoD6lYI1CU

"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtKIvSjwKp

I took my phone out and 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVXDCDkSRr
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt60ilBWRY1
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrFzjjHFWG

"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQwlz9msOZ

"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvh65bSFS1e

Seungri had ordered ten 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnakLTNAz7
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTyAR2q5uk
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDu6qz6IOM
favourite.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaj2gzgYje

We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeodXMIKYsI

"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVpCY25td0

"I'll be ready for 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMOeZFTZu1
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqs8EBGZ9I9
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7g7QLAX28F

"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZnjv4RLUB

"And G-Dragon," TOP added.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCezEnD03B

"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESESpj3fa0

"Well, someone has to," said Christine.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1YhWAg6vX

"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BPBwCDAHL

"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Hg2E5W4OB

We found ourselves back 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlyUovm8g9
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdkEVSydIy
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWTjFHa6wj
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSybyseJkEg
paranoid?960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtqAGCYzF1

Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3hMbTfL1S

"What?" I asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7kfeErCYN

"You were frowning," Christine answered.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡse36V21nj6

"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡji91v8oS3r

"Says the person who 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLBgZt8yW7
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHAoV1mObR
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoFMaMrYZT
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZOhWCAWHC

Soon after lunch, we 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBKlR8uJBS
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHvSflqqRb
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVdy1yiwr4
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjMMxssLqY
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSP4L7wQrQ
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnhZRZeZ0j
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fik3zbL0z

At some point in the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHgQiZr78F
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9nZhDVXsp
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLiCQCSvVI
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zAU8W3TZD
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0B7oBw1W0Z
back to practising until we could pratice no more.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxtucbAX9I

It was five and the sun 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFHwyghwUX
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeU4dIYUpl
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLa85eu1g2
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyuWkz2Tur
side of me. We were all pretty tired.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXLdcVtO0W

The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkt1qFdPIA5

While I was resting and 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqWg5sOFW7
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFe6heaArNQ
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUIzdWMxSx
look on my face.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSP0VPmESZ

"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKg5xxyWkcU

"Go? Go where?" I asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnX7Szapek

Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoUHT4moEA

"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv800cR7YXh

"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpvrIEyTOL

It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRv89H6s0v

"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxiQt8lIMm

"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQeoi5kWbO

"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYNDeJymoj

"I want to follow too," said Daniel.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4k5LJeVAef

"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTcLHk72HF

I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8rfZNkaX9

"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hSap972D8

"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjht2m9UJqA

"Ya, me too," said Mike.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkApbcphoc

"Why don't you want 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0ROrQvQ2r
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PP6xVPbSl
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBgg7ccV2b
not to follow."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoCNfcWaHf

I wanted to protest and 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqSeRUeQ3N
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiFuYC4Dm1
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lnBDCpIoV
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡya5F8jezps

"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9m01bNKNc7

Dang it!960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcq9Xjd0aT

"Okay, you'll find me back at the hotel. I'll tell Collins that you had to go out," said Sam to the others, giving them a smile.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxT7ZrnWugz

"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJA2mnd50X

"Thanks, that's nice of 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEqlEE0pEb
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgk2GsLvMp1
the others. "Have fun you, guys."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPFMpIEhmT

Sam and Daesung left the960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0Vwd84Nsk
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtXDn03L4J
myself that the two also made a nice pair.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSa6N6G1GSZ

"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFaRCd4Wgu

"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjQkv3xjbt

"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHwOEoazOw

Christine stood up from 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmdsX45PG8
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulJncAXjkd
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5a5Ag5AGFq

I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6P6FSMe5Xo

"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdoWi5U7WJ

"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsvSIHsbkS

"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPDOjmVmyb

Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiNyj4C8xO

I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSPTb1j2ul

"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxbxBee82D

"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzMQd6O85I

TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKdOxU00Gg

"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9qMtdcTCZ

"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6v0qSCB4Qy

"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQ6JsRcip0

"I know," said Christine.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfPc1dhwCc

"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EqqarNfvn

"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhU3i3r9q3

"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxXMe49v44

"So that she can judge me? No way."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAESezaXFv

"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6BDEbw94U

"Don't try to convince 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4w6nc1VBBn
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLN7hxQArv
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwXwLSgVxd
like she could hit me with a hammer.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTeztDSD3m

"Okay, let's go," said TOP.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslfmOde08s

I got up from the floor 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25fYj1QmRD
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPExv5WTdF
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCjPvuc3U5
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCfFcwxNmC
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNK2Qh5IW3A

The cars soon left the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcvEpfsZNr
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cBEADtEmc
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9I7ueEbTWP
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYXfKXPYoc

"Can you you please stop960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMC7SLg0MHu
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95HmKyKXEI
the teddy and lose it in the car."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbO4aVaEIW

"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvequ0S9Kp

"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAFEOr0KsR

I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7jhsZXSky

"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQN0ou4FIb5

"I just want to get this over with."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7VpPws2jd

We were soon packed 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSEpMj6509
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2D4m6A5Fd4
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFoL5W3WzE
turned to look at her.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkB1bJqMZc

"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy46qQBOFbZ

"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ka14QFQjw

Seungri also turned to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeahwDRa0Wn
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKJ6GFN7fb
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4TrJA2x8y
chest and I wished Sam was here too.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1796A0z7lq

I soon got out of the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUS2ECEL0gL
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2A0xxF2JbZ
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAUGTbOXv7
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqPfxdOQJn

Before I could find my 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetEP2gb6c3
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHLPS4KltD
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaMtfnk0Uq
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFF4XaveUwl

I quickly went in the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iDwglAGNW
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdv38RCYU05
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQM9QHv0KNS
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdPyzCc4hH

I slowly approached the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUhx3Yex1U
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXT0hOs18o
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtSVKSO71E
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCMkIvQYHH
hesitate to end my life right here.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkzhMZ3EgE

"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcG0mScIzK

"I was practising today," I answered.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrV7wRR4PjZ

"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAriAxsNfa

"Thanks," I frowned at 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aNPxEtU8V
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcs8Cbp666
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQslXFDuJUm

Jehan smirked. "Certainly."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3H1wG5jf8z

I quickly reached out 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqCl1cgAv3
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJk4yIPdpna
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xaEPwMfVQ

"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhhb0Jpagx

"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoDKL8Wvh2

"What now?" I complained.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGbTCmhmFo

"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2nLNKm0ZG

"What do you think? That960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbPYKA4jzj
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgL58Kq1qbF
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9Y7evYNoW
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvaMXYOpTX
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYU9ywK42t

Jehan raised an eyebrow 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBzqvUHFq9
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMO46g2jzo7
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kWwlCvGgV
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPAqgNRj4X

"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutYY0zRgAN

"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSFqwyabAS

I went back to looking 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FAzIFxgaE
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0PRF9Zt3f
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ALrFnxxcz
surprise me that he carried that thing around.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrvDgg2uS4

Jehan slowly laid the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNvJgiiUPZ
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYQ87TR7uj
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFEBoSbQrZ
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltNpsrqmmh
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHW89bRR8UA
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UFFtzT8BP
the teddy bear.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMugnVTZVQl

Wait. I frowned. This 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkMaRH6T0R
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpCVujJRBf
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHZH2isTX1
diamonds!960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVr5igg381L

I stared horrified at 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1itO4TfHW
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yuDzc2w3Y
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcw7AZxxUJl
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxwzCU1SI0

I looked up at Jehan and960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFiRuoT5re
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDN9pzuAe2
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdtChsmroN
that, he was going to end up traumatised.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qkArC4wVo

"Je-Jehan," I said 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoOS6cjkDt
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8FjwysTfm
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvDQZ7OR9Q
there."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYx6qMIk33G

Jean neither moved nor 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoMq0cbGBU
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpLq5DPXsF
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4qbZ6eLUh

But how could this be? 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5MtDrTkOs
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhId6mOKAug
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9jswE2drm
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZpNuoBjQR

"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXZ0p7yF1G

"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsGRe9RK5o

He banged his fists on 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw007aCgOPi
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3mmYVEgfh
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjmpazkpjE
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVA7tJw8jm

"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhopycu1aig

"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfHduGgIwB

"I don't know. I don't 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8wBS2nTFg
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFA2KKDPnG
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuregmKBQx

"How did the diamonds go missing?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomXXC1imqG

"How am I supposed to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnLlHr1aWV
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXJMOgUbVQ
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJkjiuuM5G

"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzszlhP19lq

"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTR4X9J6TjG

Jehan rubbed his 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChVYCDXOX9
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNseeoOGAf
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWK8JayJky

"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoshTHwsQYy

"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPek7usB2r

"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYY5fzEwuJ

"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuda9iWLO2t

"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMut7lIPQFt

"I don't know."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQfMIgbu5L

Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUNGxJczvi

"Ummm," I looked down 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5WDWF3kkK
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd79xRHGhRJ
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uIHe7j9Dr

"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaiqsxs2T2g

"I didn't have the teddy bear with me at the hotel the whole time," I said, looking at him fully in the eyes now.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xtUzi8Imc

"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYI5ZQ7TMZR

"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡal50xrZevK

"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlCLdrYIID
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecHYe5z4i4
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSz9z4cbdpI

"I don't think so. Lee 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3GWFLlkN3
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75S4ROJlLk
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkweZGVUNR

"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMHHW878JC

"You're right. But if she did find out about us and all this diamond business, she wouldn't keep that to herself. I know Lee."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiyc0iVBSi

"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNlbOjrgwH

"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmdiVc2wtz

After I said that, Jehan960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmwykjoNhe
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUH1DJMJ5w
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6h9caVZuK7
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDSslR5xOO
look on his face.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvUVu7Uur9

"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZw7qUehcMG

"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oPGrnmn6R

"I remember one of my 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5L3J3EMmM
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9smHk9kHM
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDO7XguV7O

"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzAGcq6TVg

"Don't snap your fingers and be all happy about this," said Jehan, back to giving me that angry look. "I need that teddy, now!"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITimRfGHuh

"Huh? I can't start 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnXJqk411g
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDiIjrXCjM
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCa4dukBODg
that the bear is missing."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzr9cbMSTz9

"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYn8tW0TRvy

"What do you mean?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLrISbffux

"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbHxvBQtni

"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUXe6SYs88

"Now that, makes no 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdwiwPsS1d
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3p321FMGhK
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjJP5zwcqk

"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnw5QiStnTL

"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2bB4SEPF2

"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCZCHAeQWg

"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaQtiBsH93

I completely forgot that960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKhYQZgw3p
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPI60dn2Of
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5cHbY2C47
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSDiy0JBH8

"Okay. I'll see what I can do."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHR6fUWX8l

Jehan gave me a smile. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaWJk7gNsk
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLM8z3LiLYh
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ99XDu7DJL

I nodded my head and 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7AKSwyEeu
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgA5nLiqer
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvljEFCaXGs

"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uIq9EjEyA

I sat there as I buried 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACJe6nrZmJ
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1yAFeOm8J
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MqoRk8ca6
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCx3hSSr8pZ
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6CKoiq86I
drama that might just ruin my life?960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyCy6AgSbP

I hadn't noticed the bell of the café ringing because I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I looked up, there stood Christine.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeqqREOY0U

"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaDGjI4Hdl

I could hear footsteps 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzWaEqq5cR
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjs6ZM52vkc
when they saw the look on my face.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68Xi6j8uNq

Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8br0208oL

"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1LOWjIPyw

"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSfor53Nzh

"No," I answered. "He didn't."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG74EOHObuv

"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOvkKDcQ2U

"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3VpLRgc0z

Mike shook his head. "But who? We didn't know what that teddy bear had until now, so, it couldn't be anyone of us."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSn9vexwpUx

"And what about Lee?" 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuGizB0x44
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGjZJlyb61
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNnuJpL3ut
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbB7R8HVTYr
to."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNpRQcOM7C

"This is bad," I said, 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGgjojvTRi
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRpssG52VQ
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHk3allO8Q

"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFW2LC46jTf

"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsmq7CBEKI

We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6P8m1BUWx

"Sam?" I wondered for a 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cuFs8uRyC
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlgFPDYNa4
she have swapped it with the other one?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaOLPj7yrf

"Okay, wait," said TOP. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL159EsukyS
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobkZ8ocmR0
what's really going on in the first place?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Jwevo28Mg

"I doubt it," I said 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡao8oWG2WAN
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIYiJ0CAeU
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5k1JU1ISVj
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65pBOnWSWp

TOP and Seungri looked 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3w7MkfZutC
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMdI1QxXP1
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKTDdqArfs
it away.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLY1ASnarW

"I highly doubt it too,"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwMTRwzbiZ
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvvTXiJC2f
she would have asked us about it."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TIrXE1rWR

"That's true," said 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknPZdMUTHV
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgPQWMU7nA
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUMxOvuZBC

"And I checked out the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YX4MOGeO6
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvnRm5HjzR
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZGAwGX53h

"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWdPHOvc3Z

"No, I highly doubt it,"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6B13JRXfw
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2NOXlerMi
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNNJGy13MU
said nothing about them entering a toy store."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCt8vgWmjs

"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4M15n1vAOY

"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPt2J1IgX2

"Collins?" Mike asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfkY2kIobn

"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrWmEvMid7

"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsWKzFqiTH

"But who knows? Maybe he960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFShjliERFq
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEV4ss0R9eX
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBEoBmO4yX
times."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFGiDRw64p

"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJnzSx6K0M

"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFIEJR4mgc

"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSack6gET8B

Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6Eykukw1O

"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2FN5bj8lG

"He was the one who went960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2qYM7QxLE
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcY32nnJtlo
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzpB5gu4ll
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHP0gUUyyAX
elevator."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQR8AmSf4uI

"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dyA7fqUFa

"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuq6nadXSj

"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGG7KDfBFlj

"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDzWhky6xe

"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23MBZ84Qb5

"You're right," I said 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7agpOaPWJ
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgTEvQRNVe
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1a9VRuHQTU

"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8iVjlnndb

We all walked out of the960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx58lULa846
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIOyMx42xb
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqFhmGsqo8

While I was in the car 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XuFKlQdOn
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeMiL5x0qd
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhGz10dAuD
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRshnrXpOUR
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡki6W3Tfigl
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWvfpXtGQv

If it isn't him, then 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOJHKUim8W
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseqM23ayrS
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdp0rOIV2r
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOkz7Cvvja
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfHztrljGB

What if I had the wrong 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUqjVwcDWp
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsrqatSU05
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXvo3n3VWg
place without any of us noticing in the first place?960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4kc5oKCTr

I hope I could be able 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOz6yzusAC
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDepAVikyDe
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8aCdbDR8x
happen.

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Chapter 23: Swapped

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