Zoey's P.O.V983Please respect copyright.PENANAmwOZ5m56gL
Waking up this Monday 983Please respect copyright.PENANAFrpOjZr3jp
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 983Please respect copyright.PENANARdrsL0dkpW
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 983Please respect copyright.PENANAndFFVhJNyZ
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 983Please respect copyright.PENANABHxfV4kadu
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected983Please respect copyright.PENANAq7RI74xLtk
myself to be.983Please respect copyright.PENANAwThfq4RgYK
I couldn't stop 983Please respect copyright.PENANAZlMx6KsCzT
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much983Please respect copyright.PENANA84ebF9o6vW
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 983Please respect copyright.PENANAGkh4PrOisd
feel that something was wrong.983Please respect copyright.PENANAK3eaNEoRsn
Could they have known 983Please respect copyright.PENANAwPkI28T9sr
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 983Please respect copyright.PENANAl3RWIRMe2b
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 983Please respect copyright.PENANA61vHv9ZoIz
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 983Please respect copyright.PENANAQlz2saJWaY
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 983Please respect copyright.PENANA1aPd9dMPKr
just had our usual conversation.983Please respect copyright.PENANAmoD0thcBcw
I brushed off all those 983Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6lI3X58O0
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The983Please respect copyright.PENANAfqbMDfUJ4e
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 983Please respect copyright.PENANAZrBaHuAIcg
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when983Please respect copyright.PENANA9eMxtgZXgq
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.983Please respect copyright.PENANAPirjwSCm8B
But now that she wasn't 983Please respect copyright.PENANAuQFGbpdNOS
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 983Please respect copyright.PENANAMiip3tXVcz
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.983Please respect copyright.PENANAH9d6eALvzz
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have983Please respect copyright.PENANA0rg8NehaJ8
woken up early before the alarm rang.983Please respect copyright.PENANAXEIIL1iHm6
I sat up on my bed and 983Please respect copyright.PENANAiI7WbN8t8d
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 983Please respect copyright.PENANAfeBi51CUsm
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 983Please respect copyright.PENANAjyxccFqkne
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 983Please respect copyright.PENANAeqpAvmkLlS
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.983Please respect copyright.PENANA6NQGaX85hE
After seeing her with 983Please respect copyright.PENANAFE7ZKdFNeT
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I983Please respect copyright.PENANAbdKv5IR6Nk
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I983Please respect copyright.PENANAPTcoocfaw8
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 983Please respect copyright.PENANAn6kY28lEhn
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 983Please respect copyright.PENANAQE0OPt71JY
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole983Please respect copyright.PENANAExQNcrK7Ym
day. That left me devastated.983Please respect copyright.PENANA1NI5hosMpo
I couldn't stop looking 983Please respect copyright.PENANASq8mLp0Eo0
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 983Please respect copyright.PENANABI4gy1upAB
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 983Please respect copyright.PENANAHEKu5EdOr7
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 983Please respect copyright.PENANAYIS8tdcHqA
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They983Please respect copyright.PENANAWdDkfM31ES
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 983Please respect copyright.PENANAZDq5pV3Kn4
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.983Please respect copyright.PENANAAFGbb8TDFd
That sent me boiling to a983Please respect copyright.PENANA95ZVMacNKT
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me983Please respect copyright.PENANAr1JG5X0jyq
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 983Please respect copyright.PENANAItuDA3Dx0U
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.983Please respect copyright.PENANAv8NMW9ilRI
Christine had told me to983Please respect copyright.PENANAsXRMMdNqNG
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 983Please respect copyright.PENANAM5P0nYsyGi
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told983Please respect copyright.PENANA4fx9oraSsN
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 983Please respect copyright.PENANAWkNKwSYeHw
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest983Please respect copyright.PENANAh3yOkk99Ru
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 983Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6CnGTbmdn
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.983Please respect copyright.PENANAIVoi13xcph
And now, I had to face 983Please respect copyright.PENANAshgIlGcjFY
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 983Please respect copyright.PENANAmqVNWHcIjk
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music983Please respect copyright.PENANAP6WmixOLjq
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 983Please respect copyright.PENANAXPULU14QGU
was still so upset.983Please respect copyright.PENANAWDVsajIGIj
I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.983Please respect copyright.PENANAaqOPNunHuz
After I was done, I 983Please respect copyright.PENANAcFPcPoPjcq
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 983Please respect copyright.PENANAhsPQgOQ02X
others at the dining table for breakfast.983Please respect copyright.PENANA4sdre2qk8o
I found them already 983Please respect copyright.PENANAGAB50T1pq8
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 983Please respect copyright.PENANAE49fRv3vIN
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.983Please respect copyright.PENANAqI9sotQUHE
I felt a little awkward 983Please respect copyright.PENANAzv5346TpQK
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't983Please respect copyright.PENANALa8yny8WFK
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and983Please respect copyright.PENANAsGF8Me4J3U
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 983Please respect copyright.PENANAvKM6O1EVI2
that also felt weird.983Please respect copyright.PENANAJePpGczAuL
I know that she and I 983Please respect copyright.PENANAEfYIf8XsgD
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 983Please respect copyright.PENANAE22AhZfPju
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 983Please respect copyright.PENANA79rwP3ZDyv
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 983Please respect copyright.PENANAFX8Yqt4r2x
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 983Please respect copyright.PENANAyeX56ou1YG
like something was wrong.983Please respect copyright.PENANAtPGCNR3J9b
I poured myself a cup of983Please respect copyright.PENANAPiMYXMd4qD
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 983Please respect copyright.PENANA9BfxL1i7EW
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.983Please respect copyright.PENANAbGpb6G6alE
"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"983Please respect copyright.PENANALNILXgvK4K
My heart almost skipped a983Please respect copyright.PENANAuAZSfVPChz
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know983Please respect copyright.PENANAKG4kKrH3un
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way983Please respect copyright.PENANALkgm7FoF93
too far. I was over here! Hello!983Please respect copyright.PENANA7E9B2Ayg5c
"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."983Please respect copyright.PENANA0GOumsCcQV
"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.983Please respect copyright.PENANAQG0nFklfEQ
"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.983Please respect copyright.PENANAvKUgZRdk34
"I have no doubt about it."983Please respect copyright.PENANAhgd0DZgxxs
"But I don't see why you983Please respect copyright.PENANAiQprBmWdzG
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 983Please respect copyright.PENANAoUkZ5V8GUa
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."983Please respect copyright.PENANA8FvM0fGW5C
"One thing about fans is983Please respect copyright.PENANAeWPnJAV1yC
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 983Please respect copyright.PENANAzdCygL0fKF
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.983Please respect copyright.PENANA3MrPWCKjOA
"I know," said Lee. 983Please respect copyright.PENANALKqrcpuxN9
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 983Please respect copyright.PENANA7jpIKR3CUE
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 983Please respect copyright.PENANA5hqNaDDK6w
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."983Please respect copyright.PENANA0rwTt8WX0t
"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.983Please respect copyright.PENANATqltLPnhhr
"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."983Please respect copyright.PENANA376EVIZy7l
"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.983Please respect copyright.PENANAiO7ln0QCMG
"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."983Please respect copyright.PENANADLOeU1FFjS
"Aye, aye," said Daniel.983Please respect copyright.PENANADh60ZC9cQJ
"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.983Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9g6PdFnB0
"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.983Please respect copyright.PENANA4zdRfWnwRn
"You're just too quiet, that's all."983Please respect copyright.PENANA3RfxlI3F9H
"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."983Please respect copyright.PENANA79kB3jfdiY
I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."983Please respect copyright.PENANAhW4Gae8lKJ
"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.983Please respect copyright.PENANAfKZIarSEyE
I stuck my tongue out at983Please respect copyright.PENANAAuiVLFjrZa
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the983Please respect copyright.PENANAWDkNLicDH8
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 983Please respect copyright.PENANAWbhCpApLdW
still wasn't looking in my direction.983Please respect copyright.PENANATHOjC5nOaY
Soon after breakfast, we983Please respect copyright.PENANA5EMI3K46uu
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were983Please respect copyright.PENANA1JP7F22xbG
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 983Please respect copyright.PENANALvGKI87Jxp
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 983Please respect copyright.PENANAwLExxEg0kA
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what983Please respect copyright.PENANA9byVc02uka
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 983Please respect copyright.PENANALzf9rYwREW
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 983Please respect copyright.PENANAuhHo5F7M4H
she would.983Please respect copyright.PENANAAzHlTsGm2H
We arrived at YG and we 983Please respect copyright.PENANAsrfSQKovpM
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 983Please respect copyright.PENANAy9U8KFwd0j
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with983Please respect copyright.PENANAHaeV2udwVZ
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.983Please respect copyright.PENANABgFqTHFeLZ
When everyone was 983Please respect copyright.PENANAyKsvvnORef
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when983Please respect copyright.PENANAISM187b1wq
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 983Please respect copyright.PENANAt1LCNBYtTO
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 983Please respect copyright.PENANAbuRdFJ2TJv
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.983Please respect copyright.PENANAUgxJippGMg
He not responding to me 983Please respect copyright.PENANA0CtrwcNRHT
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He983Please respect copyright.PENANAkGLM7hqrwD
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted983Please respect copyright.PENANAcxFpAqnYmb
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 983Please respect copyright.PENANA66MvxAnxI6
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 983Please respect copyright.PENANANSclHrounE
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just983Please respect copyright.PENANAwA0FFWVUYt
looked away instead.983Please respect copyright.PENANABU5gkT5iQY
We went straight to 983Please respect copyright.PENANAzUu5XL9CFG
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 983Please respect copyright.PENANA6KkRdf86eK
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 983Please respect copyright.PENANAz0w6B0q9IE
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I983Please respect copyright.PENANAg33JxoEnOQ
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 983Please respect copyright.PENANAyq5MSXsKem
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.983Please respect copyright.PENANA615GgeLBXy
During pratice, I 983Please respect copyright.PENANAZBlFZPpF4f
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 983Please respect copyright.PENANAEpw0qkXd1M
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I983Please respect copyright.PENANAVsVOQyjlyQ
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.983Please respect copyright.PENANAH65Li84X07
G-Dragon wasn't the only983Please respect copyright.PENANA4qjqTnoQqq
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 983Please respect copyright.PENANAlJF8GOFUXW
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 983Please respect copyright.PENANAJNcbH9ut7K
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 983Please respect copyright.PENANAaiNDdFDVQ1
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What983Please respect copyright.PENANAyOQ5EJZ5eu
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?983Please respect copyright.PENANA82sMIjNLSg
As her best friend, I 983Please respect copyright.PENANAlC3lqN5lh5
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 983Please respect copyright.PENANAVkOA9QQ6Hf
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 983Please respect copyright.PENANAOuDiID2tat
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 983Please respect copyright.PENANAtoNj0ydbRt
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.983Please respect copyright.PENANANndxdlapoH
She is also smart, 983Please respect copyright.PENANASLtfrVHGAE
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 983Please respect copyright.PENANAYpH1tdbK8f
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 983Please respect copyright.PENANAaL46x2NloM
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even983Please respect copyright.PENANAjfgSDrEaFG
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.983Please respect copyright.PENANAMCkx4w0t5F
Sam has a lot of good 983Please respect copyright.PENANAAZRuJGwmbM
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her983Please respect copyright.PENANATM7CJPxzvT
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 983Please respect copyright.PENANACcUp8NbXb1
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 983Please respect copyright.PENANAfqLdXIa8JI
want to hurt anyone around her.983Please respect copyright.PENANAb2ADFWMx0h
Realising this made me 983Please respect copyright.PENANAI8WCmuGJE3
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 983Please respect copyright.PENANASH7OF2clKF
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 983Please respect copyright.PENANAbAhD76n4Tp
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 983Please respect copyright.PENANA61FQh585Ou
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 983Please respect copyright.PENANArmzOUMmJce
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 983Please respect copyright.PENANADiVANEotNS
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 983Please respect copyright.PENANAymJd8mn5z5
realise it till now.983Please respect copyright.PENANAgbLzcZsGVx
"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.983Please respect copyright.PENANAeXt0qu6yZt
"Zoey, you aren't 983Please respect copyright.PENANAafjw124qcl
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 983Please respect copyright.PENANA3nOhSYQwqk
second time you have made the same mistake."983Please respect copyright.PENANAQtoFC18tzz
"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."983Please respect copyright.PENANAIlqyfL637l
"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."983Please respect copyright.PENANAe6uJ9uEi4d
It was lunch the time we983Please respect copyright.PENANAYt8g9gnCX1
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 983Please respect copyright.PENANABVlaLf0GCm
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 983Please respect copyright.PENANAgwUQP9ahks
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 983Please respect copyright.PENANA5L2Klnx6GS
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 983Please respect copyright.PENANA5VTsRcfIP2
they were all laughing.983Please respect copyright.PENANAWA3a8Q6eEk
"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.983Please respect copyright.PENANALmJC3gMiCG
"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."983Please respect copyright.PENANAU9nZKT4ACF
"Still not talking to Sam?"983Please respect copyright.PENANArBwZuVliJH
"Nope."983Please respect copyright.PENANAVrq8kt6SJS
TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."983Please respect copyright.PENANARSvNDSq62T
"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.983Please respect copyright.PENANA4m9AqxXAwF
"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.983Please respect copyright.PENANAOXCofjJpq1
"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.983Please respect copyright.PENANAehriVb91d6
"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."983Please respect copyright.PENANAn0w8k6hP5s
"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."983Please respect copyright.PENANACz48XrGjp5
"I know. But you aren't 983Please respect copyright.PENANAfeLYkWFnAV
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 983Please respect copyright.PENANAffAdmv6jOj
You would be chit chatting like you always do."983Please respect copyright.PENANAXBIJZKTJed
"What if I just want to be alone for today?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAWgXPnINgup
"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."983Please respect copyright.PENANAK9V8YHYLBs
I frowned. "Why?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAoiXNXSaghg
"Because you look miserable."983Please respect copyright.PENANAxLdmf2v9Xz
I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.983Please respect copyright.PENANAmD3bduc24v
"Miserable!"983Please respect copyright.PENANAFsvy19QlI3
"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."983Please respect copyright.PENANAKpyDHG6LMG
I thought for a moment 983Please respect copyright.PENANAvqZ1IFCsez
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 983Please respect copyright.PENANALgzIKGCM87
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 983Please respect copyright.PENANApTSBTlasgw
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 983Please respect copyright.PENANAfp1KOj2TVY
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.983Please respect copyright.PENANAiTVGGJcwW5
Seeing all this in front983Please respect copyright.PENANAwylrHnNHYa
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 983Please respect copyright.PENANAfKd4j6KBfq
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 983Please respect copyright.PENANAc9cKitHc2m
Until TOP came to talk to me.983Please respect copyright.PENANAIs5hkK0oXC
"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."983Please respect copyright.PENANAwK4lLxUoUx
"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAyAXKv3Is2m
"I don't know," I said 983Please respect copyright.PENANAf7xNeNS9H8
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but983Please respect copyright.PENANAtglVm6GL2s
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."983Please respect copyright.PENANA47OlS8MktD
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.983Please respect copyright.PENANAo372YMXLvB
"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.983Please respect copyright.PENANAsEprwlDEsw
"Then why don't you talk to her?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAo73L5nGXDb
"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."983Please respect copyright.PENANA3FXjETNi7r
"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."983Please respect copyright.PENANAGJQPN2OilG
"I know."983Please respect copyright.PENANADP0OJ5tfWZ
"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"983Please respect copyright.PENANA6y7UddVSQS
"I'll think about it."983Please respect copyright.PENANAtTkfHzoyvo
"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAYZQrpNAJtS
Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.983Please respect copyright.PENANAJpZip9GV09
"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.983Please respect copyright.PENANAoI1gP1fBhQ
"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.983Please respect copyright.PENANAwxX5vuNyYl
The three of us went out983Please respect copyright.PENANAKbjK4lH4qU
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 983Please respect copyright.PENANANC9Cz40oYW
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.983Please respect copyright.PENANAio2spdNfqE
As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.983Please respect copyright.PENANAG670GKGzEP
"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.983Please respect copyright.PENANAUl2KYSntCf
"Chill, you just ordered983Please respect copyright.PENANAUTKsLKcGIV
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one983Please respect copyright.PENANAKuQNUKyhzc
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.983Please respect copyright.PENANAyeJEsr6JZw
"But I'm so hungry."983Please respect copyright.PENANAl1VkDAAvtP
"Trust me, you aren't 983Please respect copyright.PENANApbqtXhlg9L
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 983Please respect copyright.PENANAss2JuegN57
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 983Please respect copyright.PENANADRQqJdBfp3
have."983Please respect copyright.PENANAMHrrgZZx09
"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"983Please respect copyright.PENANA5UdTLOtJ2p
"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.983Please respect copyright.PENANAFJbhM0nxML
"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.983Please respect copyright.PENANAR9H9ZAxrkN
"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."983Please respect copyright.PENANAmlSoprJhKq
"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.983Please respect copyright.PENANAEPbnxMr3Ma
I didn't say anything as983Please respect copyright.PENANABzOf3swf6O
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 983Please respect copyright.PENANA7swVlmkjmY
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 983Please respect copyright.PENANAsL48krHuXN
calling.983Please respect copyright.PENANA1DlAQOpK4z
"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.983Please respect copyright.PENANAd4lZchWsGz
"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.983Please respect copyright.PENANAJcBbWln2Xq
"Okay, well you better answer that call."983Please respect copyright.PENANACRZQ4z7eUa
I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.983Please respect copyright.PENANA7TzOsQIv7K
"Hello," I answered.983Please respect copyright.PENANALEJLolcEw7
"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAxPRupK9e5c
"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAcR7VlxSiLG
"We have to meet today, ASAP."983Please respect copyright.PENANAmpCaiAMJOx
"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."983Please respect copyright.PENANAF7q3AZEeX1
"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."983Please respect copyright.PENANA141HGOSc2t
I knew Jehan was going 983Please respect copyright.PENANA7T2g2LqWEg
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 983Please respect copyright.PENANAp3nsni1car
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 983Please respect copyright.PENANAoBoo8teaN5
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 983Please respect copyright.PENANAVVU5hNwZyB
was upstairs in the dance studio.983Please respect copyright.PENANAwu3pGYsknd
"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"983Please respect copyright.PENANApxdvcksRzn
"I'm coming to YG to get it."983Please respect copyright.PENANA1pMj7zKhoG
"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."983Please respect copyright.PENANAcew7rORsRC
"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."983Please respect copyright.PENANAy2xeujN56j
"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.983Please respect copyright.PENANA9ylfWAJ1p6
He cut the call and I 983Please respect copyright.PENANAUoml9uaeIl
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through983Please respect copyright.PENANAb2vdZWYwnp
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here983Please respect copyright.PENANAbVAu9fnbs1
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see983Please respect copyright.PENANAglJnpVGcKi
him they would start to ask questions.983Please respect copyright.PENANA5WD3PAJ3el
"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.983Please respect copyright.PENANATsUrxhManc
I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.983Please respect copyright.PENANAxKbnkPXFBA
"What?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANAaLa5F8dGIi
"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANArqfBVAQ6qM
"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"983Please respect copyright.PENANA0VStj7jsvl
"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."983Please respect copyright.PENANAaTM80drTNj
"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."983Please respect copyright.PENANAaMbm7XBQEW
"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."983Please respect copyright.PENANAOC97AJmaS8
"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."983Please respect copyright.PENANAL15TaFdqY9
"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAgeGk2tU2uu
Dang it! I was cornered 983Please respect copyright.PENANAokjwESp8RQ
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 983Please respect copyright.PENANA2gVJ4KusO0
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 983Please respect copyright.PENANA9K0PlF2uUi
light no matter how much you try to hide it.983Please respect copyright.PENANANgs3J0ael2
"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."983Please respect copyright.PENANAfaO6gm6ZIp
I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."983Please respect copyright.PENANAoqiV3Tsn7g
"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.983Please respect copyright.PENANAeNspkaN06t
We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.983Please respect copyright.PENANAN3Qu51iOEe
I told them everything 983Please respect copyright.PENANAjkEW07MqwH
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't983Please respect copyright.PENANAqTHipcJOLv
said a word until I finished the whole story.983Please respect copyright.PENANA3c1ZIRRBiI
"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANA4Mr36qoHFo
"Just you two," I answered.983Please respect copyright.PENANApUj0WBlgsf
"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAtHjgJPqznJ
"Surprising, right?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAJv9Yl8LyvT
"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.983Please respect copyright.PENANAZCxiW3RrSs
"We should involve the police," said TOP.983Please respect copyright.PENANAOMyVyY9z0x
"No! We can't!"983Please respect copyright.PENANAusaJe5vQFh
"Why?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAKAu12AuQuS
"You know word goes out 983Please respect copyright.PENANAhhBi17qvni
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and983Please respect copyright.PENANAAkSIaEqZ2a
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."983Please respect copyright.PENANA0ULbuFznoV
"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANAqUC6NcUhMn
"He assured me that this983Please respect copyright.PENANAcezYBc77cg
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 983Please respect copyright.PENANAOGFPkwe5gm
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."983Please respect copyright.PENANAu1qanknsnf
"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.983Please respect copyright.PENANAaG018bZGlS
The three of us turned 983Please respect copyright.PENANAeDLKXbXfqB
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 983Please respect copyright.PENANAsnVkGwxiN1
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?983Please respect copyright.PENANAPgdfRgwoYW
"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.983Please respect copyright.PENANAUGZTeuPM2g
"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.983Please respect copyright.PENANASje6ZEP5Ka
"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.983Please respect copyright.PENANAHXNDEF45sy
"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.983Please respect copyright.PENANA8Y1rWUqI7r
"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."983Please respect copyright.PENANAHcmlvDGNce
"Random stuff involving a983Please respect copyright.PENANAdQ6ubFYcMc
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 983Please respect copyright.PENANAcH6VYJSqHy
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 983Please respect copyright.PENANApbYIRY8oU4
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 983Please respect copyright.PENANAOYS3NVpnBD
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."983Please respect copyright.PENANAexdOzyJulI
I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?983Please respect copyright.PENANAQgXCnQ0h2O
"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."983Please respect copyright.PENANAIgd7TKJ4Ig
"Okay, I won't."983Please respect copyright.PENANA0OB58FPp4t
"Sit down."983Please respect copyright.PENANA2wYvORQFkd
Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.983Please respect copyright.PENANAKAPJ4i5Ob1
"I got myself into trouble," I started.983Please respect copyright.PENANADM2DwLOz9X
"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"983Please respect copyright.PENANA6QyIty9T56
"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."983Please respect copyright.PENANAq0WpdkSSAq
Christine's face soon 983Please respect copyright.PENANAEBw7d2c5vc
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 983Please respect copyright.PENANAkHiwfQ3zSl
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....983Please respect copyright.PENANA10H1GTOmt0
"What!"983Please respect copyright.PENANAT1oIgq6c36
TOP quickly covered up 983Please respect copyright.PENANAKJlnA1Y7qA
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 983Please respect copyright.PENANAQg694mAn5H
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 983Please respect copyright.PENANAED2Fe3KAWI
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.983Please respect copyright.PENANAb5UgEQkWca
"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANAfJQMYtRsq7
"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"983Please respect copyright.PENANABsqpco53c9
"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.983Please respect copyright.PENANAsFNVUlrA9I
"Of course I'm mad!" 983Please respect copyright.PENANA9iXN5rMzFL
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 983Please respect copyright.PENANA3SGxyIFNgZ
but this by far is the worst one of them all."983Please respect copyright.PENANAJxw9SRJ8KU
"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.983Please respect copyright.PENANAywV5A4iwF9
"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAD1v0I5mfFZ
"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAhbSXoHo7FV
"Ya, I remember. What about him?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAIX3xzcLa44
"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.983Please respect copyright.PENANAlfVvqab3Ob
"WHAT!"983Please respect copyright.PENANAg1kYOMyMNF
"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.983Please respect copyright.PENANAGmHTljI2HR
"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAe5gB4a9F2J
"And the one I met at the café," I said.983Please respect copyright.PENANAm83BIwt246
"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANAviGZ18sD6x
"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.983Please respect copyright.PENANARajw9CGnLN
"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"983Please respect copyright.PENANADSWm4qnPSy
"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.983Please respect copyright.PENANAmw0BaRxLAb
"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.983Please respect copyright.PENANAlYlBH0odbs
"Ya," I said. "I planned983Please respect copyright.PENANAm4WBVgY3Yo
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 983Please respect copyright.PENANALMw5chucBc
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.983Please respect copyright.PENANAewWsFAM3OO
"So you're the one who 983Please respect copyright.PENANArHnKnzzW1I
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 983Please respect copyright.PENANAfy3YOx782O
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 983Please respect copyright.PENANAmhfXeVYnMS
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 983Please respect copyright.PENANARefB1XBWCj
out with Seungri."983Please respect copyright.PENANAAidzqEIBAR
"I lied."983Please respect copyright.PENANAJVa659MeNu
Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."983Please respect copyright.PENANAKpW8TyI4qO
"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.983Please respect copyright.PENANAMY0bRuxipH
"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAbkqdzLeWvo
"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."983Please respect copyright.PENANAXsyZfjpbOG
"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."983Please respect copyright.PENANABEStgotDfW
"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."983Please respect copyright.PENANAceLz7lkgpA
"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANAWYbo3c1H5L
"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.983Please respect copyright.PENANAZTt06k9ve9
"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."983Please respect copyright.PENANApYjgodQucD
"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."983Please respect copyright.PENANAOpHaThosAm
"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.983Please respect copyright.PENANAsDtEDoy8rc
"But where?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANASlWdyGkALE
"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.983Please respect copyright.PENANAdQQFXGueDk
"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.983Please respect copyright.PENANAmw6WLfuYR0
"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.983Please respect copyright.PENANAR29tTi44RJ
"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.983Please respect copyright.PENANA9bwAneUS0W
I took my phone out and 983Please respect copyright.PENANAkCCyKvQNSr
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in983Please respect copyright.PENANA1CdvyxXFNw
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.983Please respect copyright.PENANAkeWt7x8OH0
"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.983Please respect copyright.PENANAVLoIexka47
"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.983Please respect copyright.PENANAnCb1WPwAz3
Seungri had ordered ten 983Please respect copyright.PENANAmH1zmjUe8k
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 983Please respect copyright.PENANAbs1mdURXQ0
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 983Please respect copyright.PENANAJvGkSpHmpk
favourite.983Please respect copyright.PENANA6DQLSrJSC5
We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.983Please respect copyright.PENANAV96uvV6o5v
"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.983Please respect copyright.PENANArO7Dwd5BSz
"I'll be ready for 983Please respect copyright.PENANAxbq6gkm6v5
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything983Please respect copyright.PENANAJVWbgIEthv
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."983Please respect copyright.PENANAGWqNisZ6wm
"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."983Please respect copyright.PENANAiLeeGagilq
"And G-Dragon," TOP added.983Please respect copyright.PENANAuSLUt4tF6k
"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."983Please respect copyright.PENANAU4SfOkZRa4
"Well, someone has to," said Christine.983Please respect copyright.PENANARBo9H697ZH
"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."983Please respect copyright.PENANAMBMIs3l0KX
"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."983Please respect copyright.PENANAZidRPq4nfR
We found ourselves back 983Please respect copyright.PENANAKKLP4BCmJi
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 983Please respect copyright.PENANAFey8znqigt
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 983Please respect copyright.PENANAROcE76aWAu
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 983Please respect copyright.PENANAI31QrKVTuh
paranoid?983Please respect copyright.PENANAE3L6cDGIpx
Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.983Please respect copyright.PENANADw2FU8k60o
"What?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANAXCWGMjgi7L
"You were frowning," Christine answered.983Please respect copyright.PENANA91Yk6WaHwg
"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."983Please respect copyright.PENANALm5wKW6JuG
"Says the person who 983Please respect copyright.PENANAqM3XIMsBwu
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 983Please respect copyright.PENANAC6xzjvshDL
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 983Please respect copyright.PENANAt2ZhjM2UDJ
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.983Please respect copyright.PENANA5iOc0Km9de
Soon after lunch, we 983Please respect copyright.PENANASCWeGg23Xw
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 983Please respect copyright.PENANASVW4yxNRqZ
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time983Please respect copyright.PENANAM95ei8dbWN
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 983Please respect copyright.PENANAQIr13466nT
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know983Please respect copyright.PENANAdUUItAjkdk
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the983Please respect copyright.PENANAwvrE8cUAQA
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.983Please respect copyright.PENANADsCKMnVVWA
At some point in the 983Please respect copyright.PENANAyVUd1HyEAV
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 983Please respect copyright.PENANAUGV0wCQoaM
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 983Please respect copyright.PENANAltcZt35KDP
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 983Please respect copyright.PENANAubMWl3JOZT
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 983Please respect copyright.PENANA9LIxpOXFpz
back to practising until we could pratice no more.983Please respect copyright.PENANAcrA1ZbQduB
It was five and the sun 983Please respect copyright.PENANA4mshWxZK1c
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I983Please respect copyright.PENANAyhJ1eMjAfo
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 983Please respect copyright.PENANAbiu2QpFmIi
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 983Please respect copyright.PENANAynmZCx9puu
side of me. We were all pretty tired.983Please respect copyright.PENANAvTwLSD8L6X
The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.983Please respect copyright.PENANApS7YTG1CbQ
While I was resting and 983Please respect copyright.PENANAvbwdA9Ccg1
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 983Please respect copyright.PENANANyRi8cilE6
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 983Please respect copyright.PENANANad8CBnQLr
look on my face.983Please respect copyright.PENANAIsIOWxpMzD
"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.983Please respect copyright.PENANA6uFZHeAGqF
"Go? Go where?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANAahucm6OJI8
Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.983Please respect copyright.PENANAeZabmgkLL5
"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.983Please respect copyright.PENANAKtxyqZPjKC
"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."983Please respect copyright.PENANASjDtKLtlf7
It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.983Please respect copyright.PENANA4OUYATvyMd
"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."983Please respect copyright.PENANABWWlRXdH7m
"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.983Please respect copyright.PENANAS4mlROYYQI
"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."983Please respect copyright.PENANAqUg0f5c6kV
"I want to follow too," said Daniel.983Please respect copyright.PENANAS0m3z6dtsG
"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.983Please respect copyright.PENANACBTyrXMDKM
I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.983Please respect copyright.PENANAbuHZn5hQbq
"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."983Please respect copyright.PENANASsTZwqVN9f
"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."983Please respect copyright.PENANAEveEQmo9yv
"Ya, me too," said Mike.983Please respect copyright.PENANAVSY6OTum5L
"Why don't you want 983Please respect copyright.PENANAOIpjv9sX81
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 983Please respect copyright.PENANAxLdaAqpkuj
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 983Please respect copyright.PENANAMd6FRYhcEi
not to follow."983Please respect copyright.PENANAXIghc8GO4M
I wanted to protest and 983Please respect copyright.PENANAxVIAe1GlX6
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 983Please respect copyright.PENANAT4YDpyjjnT
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 983Please respect copyright.PENANAoLKrD0zZV9
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.983Please respect copyright.PENANAiDba3CO7HS
"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.983Please respect copyright.PENANAl7G2i5FICD
Dang it!983Please respect copyright.PENANAj7jRBNJr4m
"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.983Please respect copyright.PENANAmjIQLpsBTu
"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.983Please respect copyright.PENANAszvW4kTHMB
"Thanks, that's nice of 983Please respect copyright.PENANASo2nfAnoZR
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 983Please respect copyright.PENANAEeBXvTzRru
the others. "Have fun you, guys."983Please respect copyright.PENANAy53PwiczAU
Sam and Daesung left the983Please respect copyright.PENANAPeSvEM3SNE
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 983Please respect copyright.PENANA70CgNag65j
myself that the two also made a nice pair.983Please respect copyright.PENANAOTF2uRrOWq
"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANA8uu1SoyPPX
"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."983Please respect copyright.PENANAqNNDCiwdXx
"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.983Please respect copyright.PENANAak7guzNfp3
Christine stood up from 983Please respect copyright.PENANAJaeY8SXvjx
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 983Please respect copyright.PENANAhWKlh41134
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."983Please respect copyright.PENANA6msqQMjM9H
I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANAycaNPqdPcb
"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."983Please respect copyright.PENANAsxzMEaiLtH
"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."983Please respect copyright.PENANAJfwct2JlpM
"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.983Please respect copyright.PENANATOVAC5dIU9
Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"983Please respect copyright.PENANA2I7In6yUnW
I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.983Please respect copyright.PENANAK9i1CngiJA
"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANAAO4lbNqYHu
"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."983Please respect copyright.PENANAHfXowSwWQH
TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.983Please respect copyright.PENANAPhuTvUjFw1
"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.983Please respect copyright.PENANAnpc5nPmsLU
"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.983Please respect copyright.PENANA9D12pqzLVI
"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.983Please respect copyright.PENANAP2iHVgacCD
"I know," said Christine.983Please respect copyright.PENANApA85dCDAoV
"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANAZIeFWXakhk
"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."983Please respect copyright.PENANA6hwenvOuQj
"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.983Please respect copyright.PENANAEFaMLqg6CG
"So that she can judge me? No way."983Please respect copyright.PENANAunlFZ31Lvh
"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."983Please respect copyright.PENANAUPdPIe12BT
"Don't try to convince 983Please respect copyright.PENANAvzPNFv5Cor
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 983Please respect copyright.PENANAti2PbG6f2W
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me983Please respect copyright.PENANA90JNUBPojP
like she could hit me with a hammer.983Please respect copyright.PENANAGwLuXFE8nc
"Okay, let's go," said TOP.983Please respect copyright.PENANAepA9efP5EP
I got up from the floor 983Please respect copyright.PENANA8vX9yAWNQ7
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 983Please respect copyright.PENANAeSH7NWv9fs
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 983Please respect copyright.PENANAt1twrPz1Pr
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 983Please respect copyright.PENANApwBr69F1pH
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.983Please respect copyright.PENANAz5gRiZSzvJ
The cars soon left the 983Please respect copyright.PENANAq7tqa98PPs
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 983Please respect copyright.PENANAByxbaJTRCl
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 983Please respect copyright.PENANA6WJBFWeRFE
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.983Please respect copyright.PENANAlKWVSHnUgK
"Can you you please stop983Please respect copyright.PENANAigOp6pNaaW
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 983Please respect copyright.PENANAgP8tGjp1Nb
the teddy and lose it in the car."983Please respect copyright.PENANAv1hGk3Tkrk
"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.983Please respect copyright.PENANAOatiyqI5pv
"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."983Please respect copyright.PENANAO0Q8kBPu3f
I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."983Please respect copyright.PENANAmjTbyi4sUK
"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.983Please respect copyright.PENANAKBlfDPnVzg
"I just want to get this over with."983Please respect copyright.PENANAnxIGSMoB9t
We were soon packed 983Please respect copyright.PENANA9irjotdU8R
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 983Please respect copyright.PENANAV35oPH3pHs
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 983Please respect copyright.PENANARx4kjPu4nJ
turned to look at her.983Please respect copyright.PENANALWe1ecMQJL
"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."983Please respect copyright.PENANAdyh0frRqcD
"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."983Please respect copyright.PENANApGIQRt2MKy
Seungri also turned to 983Please respect copyright.PENANAlubeNHdJr6
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 983Please respect copyright.PENANA1NLVlO8Ogx
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 983Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2wagOXv2w
chest and I wished Sam was here too.983Please respect copyright.PENANAzE1sidxfZc
I soon got out of the 983Please respect copyright.PENANA3X0gL95p9x
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 983Please respect copyright.PENANABkxTcEzEmv
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I983Please respect copyright.PENANAcApI5O3rlE
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.983Please respect copyright.PENANA57wpYmSAUs
Before I could find my 983Please respect copyright.PENANArrfkJPRm3A
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 983Please respect copyright.PENANAn9H8hpvjHK
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 983Please respect copyright.PENANAUR8pjbK7zB
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.983Please respect copyright.PENANAsViMSUxFTU
I quickly went in the 983Please respect copyright.PENANAUrHaJ5WFO5
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 983Please respect copyright.PENANAZB8jJDlbyk
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 983Please respect copyright.PENANA7jP0bpEwpw
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.983Please respect copyright.PENANAykpzvNPHsN
I slowly approached the 983Please respect copyright.PENANAehhpvMciyx
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 983Please respect copyright.PENANA50flglyd0e
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 983Please respect copyright.PENANAK2K2U1ezcP
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 983Please respect copyright.PENANAKgAkiXqGFo
hesitate to end my life right here.983Please respect copyright.PENANAHk2ofrCzaS
"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."983Please respect copyright.PENANAdKCBjGXqo6
"I was practising today," I answered.983Please respect copyright.PENANAhDDOrlG69h
"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."983Please respect copyright.PENANAuHltAimzQ4
"Thanks," I frowned at 983Please respect copyright.PENANArrVOUNdG7q
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 983Please respect copyright.PENANAx9WV2i3mdQ
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."983Please respect copyright.PENANAX56ShNT9m9
Jehan smirked. "Certainly."983Please respect copyright.PENANAPQdZaDLQTT
I quickly reached out 983Please respect copyright.PENANAVfU0n2Nb5R
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 983Please respect copyright.PENANAnH4ub7z4j9
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.983Please respect copyright.PENANABWtJyv40uD
"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"983Please respect copyright.PENANA9TOdtOF1DF
"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.983Please respect copyright.PENANAnYW3x6TU0a
"What now?" I complained.983Please respect copyright.PENANAw7jD9crgKJ
"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.983Please respect copyright.PENANAe1wAeNmuDw
"What do you think? That983Please respect copyright.PENANAlOGPcKWGLL
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 983Please respect copyright.PENANAz1MeYvDJBp
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 983Please respect copyright.PENANAp9dwzoLKrx
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 983Please respect copyright.PENANAWgNY5WsCCU
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."983Please respect copyright.PENANAcZi8yOSKVp
Jehan raised an eyebrow 983Please respect copyright.PENANAFtKvFfmbVZ
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going983Please respect copyright.PENANA474Pz54tgn
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a983Please respect copyright.PENANAteXdrB11n4
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."983Please respect copyright.PENANAIp8jkTweo6
"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."983Please respect copyright.PENANApSRAQKY6hr
"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.983Please respect copyright.PENANAjZ7tMmktZj
I went back to looking 983Please respect copyright.PENANAgQWQADplNF
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into983Please respect copyright.PENANAcaCQbLdYnL
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 983Please respect copyright.PENANApF9xO6oyIR
surprise me that he carried that thing around.983Please respect copyright.PENANANmy9WAN6Xs
Jehan slowly laid the 983Please respect copyright.PENANApxoh5JrqO2
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 983Please respect copyright.PENANAfXiXC2tkuu
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 983Please respect copyright.PENANA6FCo5TXNU7
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 983Please respect copyright.PENANAfocilqb1Jg
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 983Please respect copyright.PENANABSbdo72pf7
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of983Please respect copyright.PENANArFnVaEcDrw
the teddy bear.983Please respect copyright.PENANApa3D1q078F
Wait. I frowned. This 983Please respect copyright.PENANA8MwNMuNmSx
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 983Please respect copyright.PENANA3C3NHZBOKR
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 983Please respect copyright.PENANA630R40kzUM
diamonds!983Please respect copyright.PENANAkk35e5bkpj
I stared horrified at 983Please respect copyright.PENANA6GC1yrrSkx
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 983Please respect copyright.PENANAkPSMKtpE87
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 983Please respect copyright.PENANAjZvSfQXU4K
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.983Please respect copyright.PENANAc8t700C2Me
I looked up at Jehan and983Please respect copyright.PENANA049p8k8DJ5
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 983Please respect copyright.PENANA5383GhHX0T
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 983Please respect copyright.PENANAsodC3m1BWi
that, he was going to end up traumatised.983Please respect copyright.PENANAK1XWDfugxi
"Je-Jehan," I said 983Please respect copyright.PENANAG9d0NrbBWH
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 983Please respect copyright.PENANANTHrK5tmxC
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in983Please respect copyright.PENANAljvpUKkwda
there."983Please respect copyright.PENANAO2hECGuKFP
Jean neither moved nor 983Please respect copyright.PENANAu3ntAXtioD
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 983Please respect copyright.PENANAW95uneGLMF
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.983Please respect copyright.PENANAmsWjmm16UN
But how could this be? 983Please respect copyright.PENANAkEGzJ1DZka
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 983Please respect copyright.PENANAGwwRwVm2tg
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 983Please respect copyright.PENANAGHCkeCD0s8
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.983Please respect copyright.PENANAnmWUS2u8La
"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.983Please respect copyright.PENANAc88gPwsLQB
"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.983Please respect copyright.PENANA8bOURoRxtH
He banged his fists on 983Please respect copyright.PENANAuKYdvHWRDq
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 983Please respect copyright.PENANAH4z3fl1CfA
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at983Please respect copyright.PENANA2DlCPWcueE
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.983Please respect copyright.PENANA9gOtaYX2GN
"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."983Please respect copyright.PENANAMfRn3SBdeA
"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.983Please respect copyright.PENANAFLq50X2eQv
"I don't know. I don't 983Please respect copyright.PENANAxS0zE1bW56
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.983Please respect copyright.PENANAp9XWfA4uKM
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."983Please respect copyright.PENANAXU2AeU3IXg
"How did the diamonds go missing?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAMEXmsQ4hX6
"How am I supposed to 983Please respect copyright.PENANATNBpA7r1c8
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without983Please respect copyright.PENANAsild8Z4ISw
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."983Please respect copyright.PENANAfSkdgpHp1D
"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."983Please respect copyright.PENANAqZV45TBsNt
"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."983Please respect copyright.PENANA1f7KbfzZZO
Jehan rubbed his 983Please respect copyright.PENANAUn5Ebuhij7
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 983Please respect copyright.PENANAjiIuzavF0e
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.983Please respect copyright.PENANAPFAInos2yd
"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."983Please respect copyright.PENANAcNRC0cwHe9
"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."983Please respect copyright.PENANAuv8QVHAl8h
"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAi0kBD2QAIz
"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."983Please respect copyright.PENANATOughFc0qJ
"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAy6hA3FrWGL
"I don't know."983Please respect copyright.PENANAeyXVfFMoUa
Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"983Please respect copyright.PENANA8B1VovqdQv
"Ummm," I looked down 983Please respect copyright.PENANAicIOE6cBrx
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 983Please respect copyright.PENANAOMpJLSdXHs
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."983Please respect copyright.PENANAxh5QF6VDMu
"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAxLRD33DhaH
"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.983Please respect copyright.PENANA8dmgo10UgN
"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.983Please respect copyright.PENANAFTp72EsWN8
"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."983Please respect copyright.PENANAuZ93TjmjGy
"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 983Please respect copyright.PENANAeC77CW7mH7
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 983Please respect copyright.PENANAJNJJAFlSsT
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"983Please respect copyright.PENANADobxkZR6sa
"I don't think so. Lee 983Please respect copyright.PENANAnmIlAy56a6
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,983Please respect copyright.PENANAUO6v6X241t
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."983Please respect copyright.PENANA5tmsd3nQMb
"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAVQz3ellkft
"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."983Please respect copyright.PENANAtxE06DzZ4I
"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"983Please respect copyright.PENANADXcXDNGPUy
"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."983Please respect copyright.PENANA686ZBUZusn
After I said that, Jehan983Please respect copyright.PENANASDnvH3Z9jd
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 983Please respect copyright.PENANANMKh1f1ovN
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the983Please respect copyright.PENANArmP8RCwLot
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 983Please respect copyright.PENANAMVjv5OF7tP
look on his face.983Please respect copyright.PENANAbWjnZhDrTX
"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."983Please respect copyright.PENANAZohODh47GQ
"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANAgVEQRVWlMB
"I remember one of my 983Please respect copyright.PENANAmZo6QwkUaM
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 983Please respect copyright.PENANAqCpvAyD1eG
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."983Please respect copyright.PENANAIlSmLTVL3N
"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"983Please respect copyright.PENANAMrh3jso7pB
"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!"983Please respect copyright.PENANAl2QhQGCR5d
"Huh? I can't start 983Please respect copyright.PENANAGqyhQI2HQR
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking983Please respect copyright.PENANACEcW3drYl5
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 983Please respect copyright.PENANAcYcHYcScM2
that the bear is missing."983Please respect copyright.PENANAp5j6d3Coxl
"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."983Please respect copyright.PENANAQhwLrqiKT5
"What do you mean?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAmO3LeMO19s
"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."983Please respect copyright.PENANAJrCQuB8z5o
"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."983Please respect copyright.PENANACkQe6eIbnA
"Now that, makes no 983Please respect copyright.PENANA04AMbniuwN
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that983Please respect copyright.PENANAgv0Gz6dLwB
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."983Please respect copyright.PENANAK2fjiGZVUe
"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"983Please respect copyright.PENANAgkczJJKWpE
"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."983Please respect copyright.PENANA7AidSYzb9H
"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."983Please respect copyright.PENANANWDKb0vjQ7
"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAmRJ9JETRZm
I completely forgot that983Please respect copyright.PENANA7Y8qJv5OYY
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 983Please respect copyright.PENANA08krUff8eJ
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have983Please respect copyright.PENANAPW1B0vPyol
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.983Please respect copyright.PENANAS7286IjjfJ
"Okay. I'll see what I can do."983Please respect copyright.PENANAEjFHiskQ8M
Jehan gave me a smile. 983Please respect copyright.PENANAdtgXez0QrL
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 983Please respect copyright.PENANAIHhV6D3skQ
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAEGpvZwalMG
I nodded my head and 983Please respect copyright.PENANAcKNRtqvuQ7
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked983Please respect copyright.PENANAOvshVrnVbl
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.983Please respect copyright.PENANAUoyjN3psD1
"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.983Please respect copyright.PENANAJg9NApqf3W
I sat there as I buried 983Please respect copyright.PENANAE834zKjbnN
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 983Please respect copyright.PENANAqVwzo30AAG
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the983Please respect copyright.PENANANoyuj2M9k0
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 983Please respect copyright.PENANAouGIDCIAAg
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 983Please respect copyright.PENANAN5v1nl1CiB
drama that might just ruin my life?983Please respect copyright.PENANApsT2sa0iE8
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.983Please respect copyright.PENANAjHfjHh78ja
"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.983Please respect copyright.PENANApv6EOAzYEQ
I could hear footsteps 983Please respect copyright.PENANATI5wm19ApW
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 983Please respect copyright.PENANAzRu2Kli9mV
when they saw the look on my face.983Please respect copyright.PENANAN8dJ3YPEoX
Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.983Please respect copyright.PENANAFxz9KUBNNR
"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAbz6R7kKW4T
"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAu2ycR5Hr7J
"No," I answered. "He didn't."983Please respect copyright.PENANAwV4iT217Ky
"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"983Please respect copyright.PENANA8CBYhTqZ9V
"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."983Please respect copyright.PENANAtiQceanrug
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."983Please respect copyright.PENANAlrz83TLSz9
"And what about Lee?" 983Please respect copyright.PENANAky1CDXAgSL
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 983Please respect copyright.PENANAqhHQtP5wnk
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 983Please respect copyright.PENANADjidnK0ZeV
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 983Please respect copyright.PENANA53aR9efwVJ
to."983Please respect copyright.PENANAKMRP6RzjyX
"This is bad," I said, 983Please respect copyright.PENANAo4L0QFaXbo
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 983Please respect copyright.PENANAvJ12uADCR7
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."983Please respect copyright.PENANAtSYxo5EdWE
"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."983Please respect copyright.PENANACUMpiRvndw
"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.983Please respect copyright.PENANAt1h724yeal
We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.983Please respect copyright.PENANA2UqvpAXXnG
"Sam?" I wondered for a 983Please respect copyright.PENANAI3ApdZGFre
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 983Please respect copyright.PENANABVf56FHbSo
she have swapped it with the other one?"983Please respect copyright.PENANACOMotkIy2k
"Okay, wait," said TOP. 983Please respect copyright.PENANAYaIvmLtbGY
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 983Please respect copyright.PENANAjxWKQMfr1n
what's really going on in the first place?"983Please respect copyright.PENANANDlvoJzzb6
"I doubt it," I said 983Please respect copyright.PENANAVVSYOphW5V
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 983Please respect copyright.PENANADH4LPIu0di
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would983Please respect copyright.PENANARsr8PtrF7e
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."983Please respect copyright.PENANAJJXfJXxqTz
TOP and Seungri looked 983Please respect copyright.PENANA2I4cD1JEto
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 983Please respect copyright.PENANAAilvrW54i9
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed983Please respect copyright.PENANAf06JjYKovL
it away.983Please respect copyright.PENANAYtAL1N3Mw1
"I highly doubt it too,"983Please respect copyright.PENANAQcaTEeW9Hy
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 983Please respect copyright.PENANA1raIZ6GlCR
she would have asked us about it."983Please respect copyright.PENANA1c2nYCuXmk
"That's true," said 983Please respect copyright.PENANAIk6oFEeMFQ
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 983Please respect copyright.PENANA5DcQVW2ZEz
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."983Please respect copyright.PENANAUBGlovbJsn
"And I checked out the 983Please respect copyright.PENANAZygFLoCA8L
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 983Please respect copyright.PENANAdJTU6MOkwF
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.983Please respect copyright.PENANASPIW82CoMc
"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.983Please respect copyright.PENANAmN9vAV3Aqx
"No, I highly doubt it,"983Please respect copyright.PENANA4vmb7n6JsY
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 983Please respect copyright.PENANA1xaWTSwUxR
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They983Please respect copyright.PENANAXKGup45rAy
said nothing about them entering a toy store."983Please respect copyright.PENANApBWpJ1EiHf
"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.983Please respect copyright.PENANAmt5in6MUi5
"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"983Please respect copyright.PENANArbRrkwfmqs
"Collins?" Mike asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANAsSJzZc9OTZ
"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAZDYUaYy9xB
"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."983Please respect copyright.PENANA7NwPPfH30s
"But who knows? Maybe he983Please respect copyright.PENANAN9IJY729xk
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 983Please respect copyright.PENANAIwj3GtYXsw
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 983Please respect copyright.PENANAT256q44Skt
times."983Please respect copyright.PENANAA8POKM9o4e
"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.983Please respect copyright.PENANA0tha88T9UI
"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."983Please respect copyright.PENANAm6z5vxyQ2Z
"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"983Please respect copyright.PENANAooUnEnpDok
Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."983Please respect copyright.PENANA4UIvITfRdc
"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.PENANAG8xLd6mzBU
"He was the one who went983Please respect copyright.PENANACwjwULBdMm
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 983Please respect copyright.PENANA7XYpibpzBp
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 983Please respect copyright.PENANAHTl4ThgYKC
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 983Please respect copyright.PENANAsMqVkpbbCX
elevator."983Please respect copyright.PENANAEwuQt2WZnb
"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.983Please respect copyright.PENANAESipJ6C2bk
"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."983Please respect copyright.PENANA0sFHW5kc4W
"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.983Please respect copyright.PENANAOFvKDNVUz4
"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."983Please respect copyright.PENANACgCN2e6lO5
"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."983Please respect copyright.PENANAnEzqybv7LQ
"You're right," I said 983Please respect copyright.PENANAt2Su8ROLmJ
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 983Please respect copyright.PENANAUhAke0XsRc
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."983Please respect copyright.PENANAkQ8Ktft4tH
"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.983Please respect copyright.PENANA7CqCWDjDiL
We all walked out of the983Please respect copyright.PENANATiV7Aw1TP2
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 983Please respect copyright.PENANAy6313lJO0s
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.983Please respect copyright.PENANAeQYNuMeSUp
While I was in the car 983Please respect copyright.PENANAmOAAhmCFgD
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so983Please respect copyright.PENANAuEJoemAUxb
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins983Please respect copyright.PENANAofPtrpmqIy
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 983Please respect copyright.PENANAAanDw9Ub9n
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 983Please respect copyright.PENANAcLbT361I0r
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.983Please respect copyright.PENANAxPSL2aSbX2
If it isn't him, then 983Please respect copyright.PENANAYwR7emkeMW
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 983Please respect copyright.PENANAbh8HPP8ouv
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 983Please respect copyright.PENANA5lna3ZCm92
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her983Please respect copyright.PENANAQT10cKENir
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.983Please respect copyright.PENANAJUdwJpr01l
What if I had the wrong 983Please respect copyright.PENANA86j1oyphbY
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 983Please respect copyright.PENANAQssy0ef4Zu
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 983Please respect copyright.PENANASsoUHudDyv
place without any of us noticing in the first place?983Please respect copyright.PENANAqHugJ5rlvi
I hope I could be able 983Please respect copyright.PENANAxP1mKT0kvV
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 983Please respect copyright.PENANAZrDkDp25CZ
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that983Please respect copyright.PENANAMXSZ7UeBnQ
happen.