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

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.

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