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

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Waking up this Monday 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYO4DJKPqX
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CrPdCUULZ
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0jNtN6lyI
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH55NAXUzjl
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHezGA0WkMb
myself to be.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSv3S7jL9Z

I couldn't stop 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09uykYmJ4Y
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6Ak7nN4Bp
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaIpgfKP0v
feel that something was wrong.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkndtKwdl4

Could they have known 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrNxVBYLd5
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvgBZkFxjy
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQ35pXTa0s
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRZQTef4zl
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzd5bbv92D
just had our usual conversation.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTH5mBXZ5u

I brushed off all those 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGqiYJBLUD
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDZ8H7WsBx
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55awzfczQU
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwY134ld2zq
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHBkFPWICz

But now that she wasn't 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYfgWZg7Kp
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnQb18CWKj
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIDZruZMzz
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2SrEyTmZv
woken up early before the alarm rang.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UuXvBGU8s

I sat up on my bed and 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvy2QQOr5u
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAQGUHxgfY
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjp2sWwwL00
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuclQw92KPT
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovSJZTWuO6

After seeing her with 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLfCfjg35h
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1w0Oecv4V
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgN6FtYjpJ
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpcn85LdR2
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQekO4lSnV
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYPOnw09bY
day. That left me devastated.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ360hPX10iS

I couldn't stop looking 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhHxOnPW9C
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKQD0ALq8V
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJlUdyc70u
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZGxghrvTB
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgWkeugPbP
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAI90RFBJL9
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DlJHi1VDW

That sent me boiling to a956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKTQnTLD3I
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡud71E4va32
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeik6803jnR
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmFzOakiai

Christine had told me to956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVJQsOES5c
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuti9V2xhc
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbm2sPPI6D
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapBt1Xnvk7
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4FsEBxCXD
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9ejyEiGEJ
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0TJ8s2XN9

And now, I had to face 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTA0nROWUxW
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkSaFBkRB8
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nVtA8QPaI
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NdSYRXZOF
was still so upset.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLOBh9Mcyo

I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQskeqkeaa

After I was done, I 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6V5NdchOd
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRsHRL5rVt
others at the dining table for breakfast.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4m5EsYaeG

I found them already 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXRK3t5GjY
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2XRiHDu33
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDlmZWcelY

I felt a little awkward 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsvosp5Jnh
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmi3M4A7KQj
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTUwwztkOS
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNc6RXNA45R
that also felt weird.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gkw4paNNH

I know that she and I 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsYiLiwdbn
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sVSv0G4tm
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyh6o5Cml8o
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUrDABZW54
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjtdyWj5Pv
like something was wrong.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPHbaO6xS4

I poured myself a cup of956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69d8S5Y33a
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZAjnD9FPg
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HNIkw5IG6

"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡka1cdTmoku

My heart almost skipped a956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfJsYdlTFp
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptPw9odY4k
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC57sXinG1E
too far. I was over here! Hello!956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbVACwd2sx

"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATIpNwCLyr

"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7781UEgv7f

"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWounhy2USc

"I have no doubt about it."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fpGyScQYl

"But I don't see why you956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEvOOcZGHR
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKv4C23yFI
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbsXU8uVtL

"One thing about fans is956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBXI0pKN56
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡferqmImccT
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKEQ968sLw

"I know," said Lee. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSHA7pA7N6
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTTwNySjBv
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4PYbIAoki
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKzcTdAHbA

"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhA1n4LML5

"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGvy0fEZwN

"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hap7953qn

"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAjBYvqAE8

"Aye, aye," said Daniel.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6EgZRFGQb

"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtnhRrroYF

"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡax2TeOQhIO

"You're just too quiet, that's all."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVV3zp3UVf

"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkH2U6M2NW0

I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQU5tjCToRU

"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCsXdoWiOZ

I stuck my tongue out at956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHU6mdhyDa
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9JY9jiM9g
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDERn6sMl2
still wasn't looking in my direction.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK346oOrP5C

Soon after breakfast, we956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEYCG4Y5zc
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXf6M9pUfF
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8cy8dh5hI
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxQrgFFHAW
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMdS4wOVlW
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyCbZqkHwe
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnBwcylEct
she would.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHg2v4AEx0h

We arrived at YG and we 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QUMIBsBrg
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHZjpfcXBb
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpQRf68zE0
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnoK0vf2Te

When everyone was 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ViOPNTBpG
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMPnfzbihF
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcw4XA2zSS7
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0ljPzmiZN
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFPSX2Zpv0

He not responding to me 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Wx3qg6DSj
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFXSnMbs90
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJksz6IwyDr
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHq3WQ6WmgE
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9L0NwhEbRe
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI293jk7S9i
looked away instead.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaetzX5S92f

We went straight to 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMb2hsPEmm
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8SD0Ludyr
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDTD033X4z
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8H407U6sj9
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgb1ZnYhjq
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyw2b2Z9onX

During pratice, I 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7CxXRiPpi
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpnMroN67m
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9pMg48f8m
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJSxFWZ1Cf

G-Dragon wasn't the only956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZmLNAiF5d
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIfO8OOWdZ
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10X8RsVDhP
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmp1lSetnzj
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmajFCmCIlA
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbF4hVgpKMs

As her best friend, I 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2qaTbds9C
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Pjy5AoyrC
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqgS3wSGrX
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmhce32MrJ
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDHN0R8xtM

She is also smart, 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcyg6uLuF6
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnBEwtCxkc
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9mfvEZTWD
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96AeZ3ULby
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWj57YpOWnD

Sam has a lot of good 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡte4LZVcATm
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoIwj4NoHY
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BvPuFg9hu
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESGGueRoQL
want to hurt anyone around her.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlO15cZBBJI

Realising this made me 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9PfhK7QnY
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALk7LCE4Oe
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ224kqS9ImG
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAh9IC11oPN
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAphbdgJfj6
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSZl5zpTHC
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzterd1g18
realise it till now.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuSZULqzRV

"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhbNfmYq2Y

"Zoey, you aren't 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcTuvNPJ9P
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQBJsuy39c
second time you have made the same mistake."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv4dRwU5E8

"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqbGLqjiTG

"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWxUbso41D

It was lunch the time we956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWAoySGTHW
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgKb05y36N
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkr3KCXKyV
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7w3z3FSLPq
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObU2KjbMGg
they were all laughing.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YI8r1IVz8

"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3bPL12clN

"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUlPDvgqdn

"Still not talking to Sam?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKHwEQWEFm

"Nope."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9szvReg3kQ

TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqBYWVa3XN

"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8BNTgSKF3

"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ855Go5FP4s

"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3Hi6fFuJW

"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hBE44yN0H

"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcAXZCTF7m

"I know. But you aren't 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0fczEdvB9
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinaDF2f2Yd
You would be chit chatting like you always do."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8X7EfxOmFe

"What if I just want to be alone for today?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiN9BlbrypY

"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOg65pl4NB

I frowned. "Why?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUj7KRGrowI

"Because you look miserable."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgwAH5IgBC

I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriG4gHfMqz

"Miserable!"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXC4S5yNJjk

"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0y0jfaTxNZ

I thought for a moment 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8Blbj0KL7
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22KpPSFF6v
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6ppUG3r1l
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60KPqmpFxa
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuN3V2QtC8

Seeing all this in front956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGHvcptbaM
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyiiRGkVcN
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuxQTSfVoE
Until TOP came to talk to me.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXLBR0WPyP

"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRjCZBHrHn

"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡha97XKfjOa

"I don't know," I said 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHptAhaScMN
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2X6trFaFj
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtg4ZeyJo7k

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.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xzXZ23RAB

"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhYFWoOxUs

"Then why don't you talk to her?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv11Kwkjl7h

"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHk1hkscQmy

"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aMjKD0p5N

"I know."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBACe5VqMj

"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ3ZYff5ZO

"I'll think about it."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5OVXKCdeu

"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRay4vmBW8C

Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7AHMR5PDr

"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECE3xWDh64

"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMxIXcHWpR

The three of us went out956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOUDRgIAnw
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6TMiVrVfk
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQCE0ku73H

As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIrTFNhrIb

"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRCzkZtaI9

"Chill, you just ordered956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5IRWdUTSk
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdYnHt4mMu
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIqDuSzPdp

"But I'm so hungry."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhhEUrqS1z

"Trust me, you aren't 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnDZQznHfa
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRN87TFhYaq
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGtoLRKmdp
have."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEK6SiNrb2J

"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZuLuorO6O

"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVDhxf1Mgu

"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3tszaMZfE

"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMMexeaBdE

"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGPBRxGnWL

I didn't say anything as956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpaXe1U3Hn
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWv70hwI2Qr
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SDaEQFxlm
calling.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYTO87FaL8

"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡym2TG0PGH1

"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQa3uXgSyV

"Okay, well you better answer that call."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVQ0r9BK2u

I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9qGtNPHZs

"Hello," I answered.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrntDdt2NXt

"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0jwBD2Oe0

"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoU5VcFWQwy

"We have to meet today, ASAP."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJPVQnX808

"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWqQHH2IVg

"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxbp9sVJhc

I knew Jehan was going 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIPX56nXDE
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbbvaZUBXr
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenAglZNFgN
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnmGIbu9Vw
was upstairs in the dance studio.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ405YuYIQUD

"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8UYQaQOuQ

"I'm coming to YG to get it."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk68naqemnu

"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsmhPE0zhW

"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDm4Jh5XXJq

"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyOGf8t4tS

He cut the call and I 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX77kgcJ4Uu
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JL5uqei1H
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6G0hK0oMI
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAO7CGPB2HY
him they would start to ask questions.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLrOufKO8e

"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdTP2bJtd1

I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwYT71sXBd

"What?" I asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LdtmFrKU1

"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzT04OHzOGn

"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUd2VgJjpUm

"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1MvYw4xGH

"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWGMRloBne

"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsO3FaDGLB0

"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDxZYTLYtD

"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdq0hVdZ8XZ

Dang it! I was cornered 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlETtYt9gAa
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdegupFuVXw
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4OIVYBhbE
light no matter how much you try to hide it.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Kur5WqfWG

"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UlTPBkqiI

I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxE1FPbJibz

"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPRP5vA2M3

We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjDm8TfdLc

I told them everything 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9h9MLCgriu
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EgVscT9gV
said a word until I finished the whole story.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOUr4eSWoA

"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEz9TQgqHD

"Just you two," I answered.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvRxck6aqM

"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVuY1qmJnI

"Surprising, right?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfW1UvmOuhA

"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjuFRGpVAS

"We should involve the police," said TOP.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaB7jp5rTkk

"No! We can't!"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdo523VDAlq

"Why?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBa7Gh10YS

"You know word goes out 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjfLq9KZgO
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UGQbXpS2X
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oQdxq91Sc

"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LfF3DNmLF

"He assured me that this956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbXXYT3Rra
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFG6MO8R1f
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJ4dF2AIwf

"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngwizydp7J

The three of us turned 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5bQuFunbd
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLebNC9zX4P
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWolHQDp0w

"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjCzrwC9j6

"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUsAaiDCeQ

"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibAnHigAyf

"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQjEJ7Ykxh

"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1D0IRpdALn

"Random stuff involving a956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVUsQ9Nb27
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcNpIfFSXr
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJr1yje7Fw
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIiXqTg9Pu
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmd3Tr9iIVV

I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfnzMn5i8r

"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzKoT9ExGA

"Okay, I won't."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhq6Dyx3VwK

"Sit down."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXVlD90u7J

Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RZhIXmtzZ

"I got myself into trouble," I started.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeyo4cHTKZ

"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojCCqx6g92

"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkV1WmLqcLK

Christine's face soon 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqW3gWbY60
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMs4tacOOcq
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kx6zQujAQ

"What!"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HIXkvNCOr

TOP quickly covered up 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qQzSBWmJq
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyxnT3Yfil
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnCtc8q3DT
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvIzGtqLJf

"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvioiyLpcI

"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLlML9n4h2

"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiocBUuHSpH

"Of course I'm mad!" 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCjmBhWcH9
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QaAaK69BT
but this by far is the worst one of them all."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBtUZEh6FV

"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxgADOKqrs

"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnCHtfaQUm

"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEgWK9a8Ai

"Ya, I remember. What about him?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJYt547Usf

"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7ZziDVZlP

"WHAT!"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNP1wVu92w

"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKEijTlKya

"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxqrTr2coy

"And the one I met at the café," I said.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6UJP3PtTf

"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkO5mjXZJN

"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjTgmw0DoX

"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PuMCkNo0D

"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEuwoFdnQc

"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkNIq0il9Q

"Ya," I said. "I planned956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5xsOAcf03
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehakp4Mtat
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhCr2t0WtF

"So you're the one who 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRwJeF02jj
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsnYJHcpMq
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCp3TIKU4Bf
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaioj1nCjSy
out with Seungri."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpXZlByJpb

"I lied."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3EF180THQ

Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7MXvfp7lL

"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVA3mSxTGlP

"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ374S0n13D

"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQbRS2tNKr

"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkM84V3OHM

"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."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyAQXtQY0Z

"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghByYvb866

"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxntsb0g8LD

"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."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJMj5eJqqO

"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB94SAhvB5B

"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YuESrP6cK

"But where?" I asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmhrRZjbIK

"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.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBjOPITF5V

"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.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCuAcU47om

"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJu6Mi9UCc

"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DYEKIlZ3h

I took my phone out and 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EtGYv5OTW
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFsJ7BbNQA
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15kUmzUc5d

"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp639YaaeEf

"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaGalzniM2

Seungri had ordered ten 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHReJKRTS6y
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYObGg5yOo
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlSZpAdTtU
favourite.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4130SmbYES

We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgDIQJRHbR

"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYtMeRU91V

"I'll be ready for 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxorcdINJ6
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBj4uixqRCe
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yKUiQhgCo

"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGO4aXfL2jh

"And G-Dragon," TOP added.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOVYairaB0

"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlfELh1NJH

"Well, someone has to," said Christine.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMAD1GpWr5

"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVbBtZr44f

"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOyzAwhp3r

We found ourselves back 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWOz8EMllS
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Zh7pgQBIp
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcwiJBK1lQ
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesxMokGg9t
paranoid?956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIr8V5vaBh

Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NjwVBxrqH

"What?" I asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjq2UzsPtdX

"You were frowning," Christine answered.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvY7UZkfzq

"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDch4HNCYdq

"Says the person who 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGOMg1fXwD
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKxfddWMKA
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlu1F38BLhm
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAnXHfE9rT

Soon after lunch, we 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozvLRwbFY2
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CznqpDEdG
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMqXgrGs36
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYf2AJ8PF0I
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueoMl2NfEK
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuO8n4PBmm
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxGnA4Tw65

At some point in the 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpEw9FUa9Q
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8bIJmOAUk
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDkD5VdYc3
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhoAYQmPWe
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcXqaMlYo1
back to practising until we could pratice no more.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqN24idmHt

It was five and the sun 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuFqnZKtsM
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ksi96auPQ
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI73NOrOfKM
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSu9vl35iMI
side of me. We were all pretty tired.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKHFIbVzVj

The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGr6w3df6n

While I was resting and 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kaXQ8STiv
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrsUDR4CkB
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTshznlIsQ
look on my face.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6BY8MfYI0

"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LOZ4jxuME

"Go? Go where?" I asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6GfeqcFCI

Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsaAMvH5I8

"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhKOdKVEpg

"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppNYUxNE20

It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtd7vA2MhJf

"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTybrG9TaK

"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBN4ZQa31J

"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zbMWzdYXp

"I want to follow too," said Daniel.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0nEuL6r6O

"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfk5Cuvvff

I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNZeoXZR55

"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYelDdeJNHP

"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡev4J38Yfdv

"Ya, me too," said Mike.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPMGnsZ3CL

"Why don't you want 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHvp4rbxBP
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuTiFZ0nCG
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLL5GMbVi0
not to follow."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgTHYRsAWI

I wanted to protest and 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvvtHV0RpQ
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00AglBUc2p
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7W1TgZ6rW
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZnvS4enGi

"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABWFR7Wn9t

Dang it!956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSR1GIfrAU

"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.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bsmyvRiYu

"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVescFPtpFg

"Thanks, that's nice of 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefxmcF5Zif
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf17PEaGpuq
the others. "Have fun you, guys."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3ON5GrlBo

Sam and Daesung left the956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswUBztgyP2
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSvRtOqt4E
myself that the two also made a nice pair.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXQLPaGb1Q

"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYS283KFwL

"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHiNwoidnt

"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBD4Kl601p

Christine stood up from 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprqdJcy6N5
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoGCcQOH9B
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOMavu96TG

I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVdYIjYmp7

"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBmQDr763p

"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ419BDtlBYY

"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDu2jSnLWXW

Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9qtaxSwoi

I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5b8Sc5g7o

"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMeEO643Jm

"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyLLuTdoH2

TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPxStpmg9i

"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRm5nxBhzbh

"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jzXX5kcnF

"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsfUMRwmNB

"I know," said Christine.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasNMY2GWeN

"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aDFv4OhWI

"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruhBOFgcy3

"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5kdC17rK1

"So that she can judge me? No way."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcsgPECQyB

"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnDeZWtPtf

"Don't try to convince 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiNL4ma6AQ
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eKbNHyQ3r
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiMuAV6FhY
like she could hit me with a hammer.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dB4t5pj0y

"Okay, let's go," said TOP.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxTIZe0xjo

I got up from the floor 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEdsvEt3mY
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgD3LYITdcm
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXCPD7zDkb
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJ1gGNnfsX
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxtf5UmKiY

The cars soon left the 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡry301EIKgs
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VirlJrwoQ
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLibBHMZcqG
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQQP4ozWTY

"Can you you please stop956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXflkC3z1g
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjg6qiTweg
the teddy and lose it in the car."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUIhlkRBvO

"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KUOQzDU2e

"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZc6MoVjMXp

I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Jj9kfdK8L

"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96RE7hm5jk

"I just want to get this over with."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHw59D4Ib3

We were soon packed 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RgForTKyf
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezLrEQggVe
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKshFlzwI1
turned to look at her.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pdoniYcUR

"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnLPmEyyQm

"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdI7gJOe5S

Seungri also turned to 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUztg5NAkUe
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2ZUQhdSiO
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlVUtsSU4Y
chest and I wished Sam was here too.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORlTn0CBiH

I soon got out of the 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWAt3VaeKx
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJL6QVoMvR
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcFASBif3s
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmG3U5faQcq

Before I could find my 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzV23zaxj8
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5FTPGMKak
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcJVpmHH8n
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4m5ex7X63V

I quickly went in the 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZHXqsTeuu
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFthAMh7XX
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOBywr5w8X
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6WqMw5G9t

I slowly approached the 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NSdCl7o8c
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Y3iVJPWWH
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJus69g019
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKebznQ3mr
hesitate to end my life right here.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJwSP2JWiw

"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4weOEYjlr

"I was practising today," I answered.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xW4wOVMTN

"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGlee9LiFe

"Thanks," I frowned at 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPB3QGnB581
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgAKvbGNxS
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByaFK5nYX3

Jehan smirked. "Certainly."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKj8gqAEnV

I quickly reached out 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBgWGxfHq5
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6Zwz3FKYb
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcqY6XynaA

"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwuxqgtcH1

"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0imrQ3FL2

"What now?" I complained.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Xyp7JmB7T

"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplOmNLVyGe

"What do you think? That956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUTupZxAVu
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvU1sGbfsnE
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3Ka5bQpZG
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrC8wXUpMp
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkv7RczL8aA

Jehan raised an eyebrow 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotzniRqw3Y
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcXfvkh5YR
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaYSmwSWQu
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHw88nCi6m

"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdj5TO9Boo

"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YZ3Z3usQU

I went back to looking 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnoHm44Gav
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDVTfAOrjk
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5c6eHTs37
surprise me that he carried that thing around.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJv7PtG8iH

Jehan slowly laid the 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2ioJyfEwV
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWkIjDNJzw
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApoyHAMiXk
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2cZUUuaQN
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrPpk8Urcc
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIQGkowRQ6
the teddy bear.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKGAE2ZMxv

Wait. I frowned. This 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXGCpYpoCV
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4SDrzHOjg
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxsPraUPH2
diamonds!956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZSn6YTvbv

I stared horrified at 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWewwWu3SY
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ezirL2l7I
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafTeptiA4G
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5aSYjmYzL

I looked up at Jehan and956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNK3X1DbxGQ
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ve0VgWehi
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjeZUZpPMm
that, he was going to end up traumatised.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23UqFvNiKw

"Je-Jehan," I said 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xln8FJvcv
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrjpIFom1V
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lC1eQ16dZ
there."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuNGq2U5iT

Jean neither moved nor 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMKTwls2er
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkdC9UOTKr
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8xdLIo05b

But how could this be? 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDQtn0V98Q
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdO34y9kYSM
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdh690iJxB
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdzbgPwglw

"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZC999zfb6

"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74rptVrXZk

He banged his fists on 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQL7Nto5lz
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxV7tCFKfNT
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7Rx3RjAzw
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29SG8PILDs

"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Rqh4gVHHO

"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRH8aIIKiTm

"I don't know. I don't 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxub28SIfr
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagHpo5rbaX
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmFINBExPq

"How did the diamonds go missing?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VNPgaYHAo

"How am I supposed to 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDH4Xrbprx
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUarCu7HxzM
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXI9r2Fx55X

"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUpduQPe7F

"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvxJjpawQq

Jehan rubbed his 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUD4cQyZu3
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IZZ044S4u
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKOMgDiJyF

"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3apKVOWcB

"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0UkoE5HPE

"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7j6NzAhNs

"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjKfTppoGy

"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeM5bh7T9RA

"I don't know."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVnp4BeRq6

Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BaJuIVa9D

"Ummm," I looked down 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI06IPkE2gK
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwaJ257gli
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrlkeDPQq0

"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzHXaEtg4T

"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.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIj0NAJIv5l

"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvh0pGm14F

"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TOCuPP2fe

"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29s5YRVdkO
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSlLWwEVRg
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WjUwmeMwd

"I don't think so. Lee 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39uC7HO7vG
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRXnRyT3Ih
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HlFz30CYt

"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFEKRr8x89

"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."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjy1CdeApSI

"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEX9HdDXVB

"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4kP7ajQZB

After I said that, Jehan956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qKFQtHJFW
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiNE1b9yfK
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQTRFOQpex
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZpkBzVJzC
look on his face.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTjAiPpyBR

"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrq2M2QdMvz

"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5ZJeQ9mNd

"I remember one of my 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoIs7Aeu05
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmNrLpqxj6
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MnuNohvm0

"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjBeNvdyfp

"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!"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIH9Ne3wZ4Z

"Huh? I can't start 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJ83R83Ivh
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9WuscqLmb
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvuWDVYZQb
that the bear is missing."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtjNVrcV7v

"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSWVrMMa07

"What do you mean?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YzMheR1cI

"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6FuNxUCkB

"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJeEnj2xdq

"Now that, makes no 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOdmFV7pot
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigR1Pa3B3v
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3zjyJPvy8

"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCy1KkB6Ax

"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWj4LyGEfgL

"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsyUI0HWzQ

"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQfi4nJPvz

I completely forgot that956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVz355n1NL
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pDeLAnziB
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SeAKan8xW
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJzCv7155S

"Okay. I'll see what I can do."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLoYWrfcuu

Jehan gave me a smile. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXC4LTGLx4
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVZZo5aLE2
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mCcU1NBjn

I nodded my head and 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8AHzc8uXr
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrs3yV9KMP
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtG4mXMj9l

"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllXKSVGe45

I sat there as I buried 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMcgElt8hf
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJrdzg0geZ
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJk4WrgyuB
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOY4XzpHkh
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4rXThzYLV
drama that might just ruin my life?956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUYm15tUJU

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.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLo0wF5drEN

"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWaqUv060x

I could hear footsteps 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErB9EnEtg2
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbXKL5UQOS
when they saw the look on my face.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡco4TxrcIvw

Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOR3OwrUOB

"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1L9IeMoaeK

"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2napfWQeZ

"No," I answered. "He didn't."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqATyY9iiq

"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcl1kYtZqxT

"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5zlJlBecE

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."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOv8LPsZ6d

"And what about Lee?" 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7qahArl7P
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdFPNTPBS3
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJ0DJitoMX
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdwLta7zvW
to."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dMSAEdYTO

"This is bad," I said, 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oDK2W1qju
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFLzVn9Rdn
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDapKxI34s

"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4qZyYxtjT

"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAR16UhEO3

We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95PN3lyTtV

"Sam?" I wondered for a 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTdANo6EVo
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bvwa8XAEl
she have swapped it with the other one?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMPiJzxboO

"Okay, wait," said TOP. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EMc4IHEWO
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGw3uKSIss8
what's really going on in the first place?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ibMv7O4J2

"I doubt it," I said 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnA8npqPmn4
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKK4lHEoM1
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdRokiQr1I
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuCUPDWIoE

TOP and Seungri looked 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufWUgtlUv0
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarDBwf2nk9
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhio14V6Ec1
it away.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBp7fc4dqiR

"I highly doubt it too,"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvzQPHKZZL
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0K7R7uGk5z
she would have asked us about it."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpK57bs1Oel

"That's true," said 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDtTlnlrcG
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxvfOsD9LB
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQjFjZP0Hp

"And I checked out the 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ920mQfNoiF
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMCHDaXjdp
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwCaSY9czD

"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIxdFsbqza

"No, I highly doubt it,"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqRn2DA6GT
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iGBwSP0wk
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZQjQQGdM1
said nothing about them entering a toy store."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GKpg0MJoz

"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5OrcFI73Z

"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfbniFxgTn

"Collins?" Mike asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTJSKSoH9F

"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrXwKuUcCa

"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7LdC7p3vA

"But who knows? Maybe he956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIE8ZH2jOv
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxnU62SHme
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rzGKmI9mk
times."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1LCxGnHOO

"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaU0qWebQv

"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR0nU0Lap4

"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9Pj2skDjf

Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKcojaGJx2

"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzXdGme2iF

"He was the one who went956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkupPGbcDQ0
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcIUkLX15R
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVoUuWfNy7
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gcZeGSmno
elevator."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMgMCgpLOs

"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡos3323K0At

"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60LPuB2GFD

"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sV5Owu64c

"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhRx1K6pzO

"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8e6GtjnKw

"You're right," I said 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xVuFNbXuf
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uzYNwVNJF
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5G1yWlgxn5

"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDiZEyJKZi

We all walked out of the956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTScvn3og2K
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQ4OyAxG3L
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbVXxfKQQE

While I was in the car 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iEs9A5cgT
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpTKBNFBzC
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXX5z7wxU75
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhWOjuJ1zZ
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZVlYdSHdd
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsB9o05eWXr

If it isn't him, then 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhCMqnrF2e
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJl7b47XiO
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVefGWOuDk
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwCco9E6dh
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpjT77GGqR

What if I had the wrong 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaskuPuZDRD
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsJTZu65uO
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhyWfMI7oa
place without any of us noticing in the first place?956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIg3pIL04FC

I hope I could be able 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWHmayCZSG
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoI66JyhNoC
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGThaeQQIS
happen.

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Chapter 23: Swapped

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