Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPO8d0pNLoF
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKb9eKMEUB
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCenECoIWQe
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXpuPqk5l4
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUhb4Frtmj
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTPhyrqqmn
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgS3jEC9k6
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgs8BBoKaNk
boss a call.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJoM1TBm7O
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKb2yIjgX2Y
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KYG7JeNj3
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvinz7r1ZB3
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFubz8UHMSE
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43VDEf56oe
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIQjwfuwCg
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBpheWaSuv
looked really tired and restless.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirs9KcE0Cd
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgtaykR0h8
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIU2wpmY25l
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lUWxRdmWg
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8Wrg8CK7N
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1bx9ajG7E
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgMzEkNBBb
huge loss.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3n7UuRnS1
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3V7oRtUu9M
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu6qF0wiYQ
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8PwDYImAZ
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQM2OiHt4q
"What are you planning to do?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoxkRwos69
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndtcGXH8IQ
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2tZUFuFU2
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPFtsMfxyd
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiJKV8N2eK
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkat3rzLMOI
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmFDeiuU5n
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMm7iIpcqvs
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuJvaCU70c
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcTVEQYGep
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoIwyalXSv
vacant space weren't as good as her.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15LnIdllkX
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoEXOUgk59
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnR5tzuEKdn
lucky charm.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUFHYgrDbg
And he needed her back real bad.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfm7PkK00S
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJXuk9QDch
"I have a job for you."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiSnxZIKTo
***902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAe8Ssw8ei
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWKZ5Uow4E
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9LauG4tqE
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl2M1FD2j7
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Fzo2uhqLu
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZhC30P2a1
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6poaZISk4Y
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEjs0lEi60
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywFiILwJyH
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFXujheuHO
serious.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabNTSN13dW
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhmb2dHyAW
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PjwLAizeQ
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTP2jjxerd9
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYXsXGesP4
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2i74CH9Uzk
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2ffCvSEcO
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADnR7NsHaP
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSfArhLBKn
between the two of you considering what happened."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaedzpKz2Q
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznlCkvqT8E
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YOSuhjg2c
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQKJHk0BqN
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbGArCqZjl
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNqs7maVzM
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXsefJXqNr
"And you never apologised for it," said 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPlApyYoDB
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XAnnpeCZf
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNV1c8SOvaD
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSIDk6T1s3
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPC8JrvIBmb
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vDtQnOGkC
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXS1BSFAWic
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdBXhDalWs
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTUf0UOyuI
for what happened to her.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMQGy4hABY
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8uRSmvVXg
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ154LcB1FlD
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAB91Jmp7ip
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtRr80JjoP
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiweBIUvYD8
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiZu8ZjmcN
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRHfFdvMUm
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nYASogbI2
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLvkVcSjPm
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktBKCZ8Mke
back at the club.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBd2wYNvht
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCdvSBbDVj
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZ30hNoD58
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSY6IOlgARf
sisters completely.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJojE4SGZfh
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1N4KrvqeHu
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwqSiPvDsW
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSjPpwTEsO
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGjwa0UBNr
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzmLS7gzgf
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUnPj9QXIt
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VaXKv1Ujh
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aSz0wMvfp
club, not him.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nFrhBXkT3
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMurNB0woWK
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXqdkRQTqC
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjEs7xgB1u
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCyQuSmLB2
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8wpakndtJ
at each other yet, have you?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCimL1yEz74
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivXR7Uos3u
"No," they answered at the same time.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vsN4GnZ6g
"Great. That's good to know."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEifOtGmwqz
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGI1McUSmLg
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4smFxcRpy2
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyvqnFnOYF
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2arWiEugQa
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0u62gHvBQ
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TMBEAw8To
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4BLx48rXc
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjDAThKqHz
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVBxlcPjZr
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDd7lnAb7MT
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBTHS2p41X
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXGlEweibf
long."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCWObbvA40
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5hqt7OXx6
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWU5klJqyU
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mJKkZnOf0
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡje8OTllqKe
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzh03lkBo3
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlADhF6YixL
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCR9G4obhSZ
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRMUqfOjbE
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKzp4keudE
Not like this. Something was wrong.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2DRXR4pVL
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRC2YPp9TH
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyLNODcHPs
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMOzyMAAwY
embarrassed?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5A1HIjqNV
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qeVr7lyXS
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlzfbcbFD9
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3d64JqMk23
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzg8HbVUlCf
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAnf1EqTpb
today?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekoOHF33e8
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5Dx5mJBap
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTWyOh3iql
you want."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTL3zwN9xil
"It worked for you, didn't it?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9HQe3ClUW
"What do you mean?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7mhDEiBD5
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBMlwy1CZ7
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFzThogFMd
sister."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYgKSJk7XQ
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPpleKtqpb
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeDnyuMrCS
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97nEIKuFFd
"I'm just speaking the truth."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8IGHxAmji
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQ06vpvqEG
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdupaGKU2QE
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMsNRRZUKk
"I was protecting my sister."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZoPWacy7n
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QSPNh2myB
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGawVr57Fcs
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzP5PPfI9pC
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiWEvFIxiw
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlz4hLuOe2t
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeIailBNmq
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFB0wdDuPX
betray you like Carly betrayed me."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjX9Q1AKALR
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FMd4OBSjl
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOc4GWDEFC
crystal glass.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEzhsbZGvs
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTO0LytId3N
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33dQpDsetZ
in this situation right now."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Zo3xIaqfX
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmdEVVdfXj
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0z29lWWaU
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqott23S1kc
actions.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03hCEjAIUp
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIF2smyv8U
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRhgEROyld
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXnZsYfliv
near Carly."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjOX0rEvG8
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QwqsAeh93
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOrsA0wAom
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBq8ohx9Z8
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeraEnwofwT
Carly, she would be insulting herself.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjUgOC129V
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhXb0ptBS6
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzODZRBKlE
"That would never happen."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEYWXfMXrO
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNfhHEnvop
"A fool in love, yes."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRLqVahJSt
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8MwYG4ANz
"Why? Because you don't like me?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsQmAP4Plo
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vcG8qwqPq
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWU5taInH6Y
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKSw1QMa7F
and my accident that she would ever change."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgUDPqChoH
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBXM5ZIals
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVjnhBfwV4
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPUagBnMTr
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl647XErORi
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyP9GMj2Mu
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVa9YyZ3P9
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVlrWTSFK1
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrTqmU2rmZ
puzzled.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKRhi0BCG1
***902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27xXkanpZy
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSZSBY6pf7
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaL73U915Q4
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5oX7HWs9Y
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQMCDopFG0
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIFeXsaZp0
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡph0Zq8ClGY
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkl6w0B4JrK
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzq3jhAsit
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pzRU6eRGI
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡera9WPwUlJ
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgaCEYv9qi
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVlKgpAHfN
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjgIq0l19I
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JlPR2PN8S
McDonell should be.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7NPIW0SR5
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFH81LukRjM
"Our family has been successfully with the 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSnkPeXprn
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44ooRDAxwU
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6MxvpJcYr
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkit1V3ByGm
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXj05spsVw
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHGfBnoyDX
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GgPzxhDXa
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefdVUY355o
especially from my brother. He is so kind."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tdvkL2eb3
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoHUODDqby
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEH1VAAomZ
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIzdGZZWLF
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNwVQTArkG
model.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62ErhcBE9I
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbyURRjHWy
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAck7COzFdf
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1DvYf0UGI
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jGkKE8VAM
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupVQKUSAY2
the financial state her family was in.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXnD070Zxq
But now that she was with the McDonell 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoO8HN6B2IZ
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5IIZjTnU2
she has always wanted.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrjL3tnGeX
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGJZrKy12T
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvagei1yeJ
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mCOl2YOYA
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dXMNsYndl
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNy8sRLJKt
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJGXIuRBmd
"That would be awesome."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqG7hdtGkU
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyAJ4yRmHH
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQCRJOcrd4
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0ZYcxDNQH
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaH1j3Ny8A
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFFkEajuEv
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOaoD4tFHJ
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0D15oNqK7Z
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnukmuBVz4a
Miranda.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QxThHOomL
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1jwTCls93
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7gaORf2N2
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPIiV1aRQK
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOey2BLN9ie
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vAwIpaCcU
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFDZdPHdoU
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTkrTodHTx
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQCqejeq8v
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xWgRygoYr
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOP9R1WzPQ
she never ever discussed her life with them.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXF6UnNZ7wV
Could it be Miranda?902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbn6XHgFEyK
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTErkRfHk6k
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgg2IdIdR8
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPXryCqrUZ
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtL56CGaEB
And now she was calling Carly after all this902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYdz6MRtTV
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PdTlTODmc
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6zBZN5Bsk
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw933doNtBn
betrayal.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9CC26uME9
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSngfx0aWxK
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3G1e1xjXm
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAw2bMaCRFB
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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