Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYd2XAePAa
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCJ26BQTy5
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2lH6EUyIC
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzDroXuDWr
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4h8dKkYjl
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnnk5rfJoE
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2q8Prb4ehS
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8L4jFS7YVu
boss a call.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1AyZtc8Rc
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRRWN0OJsF
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN57PkmTCCT
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkWFUDZ4op
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvvXvKBMri
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIkyrtCFHt
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIH3toAnXD
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDo6qAH9SEM
looked really tired and restless.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusMj5mBAYw
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObDt0tuIxr
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBeNUlQ3Db
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Kqw3DbrqV
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZXAlCK44u
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaYefIuXcf
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcrKrfcTwC
huge loss.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3evXMRtSmu
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iI1jzm7Ji
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWTrdkDWJ7
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRo0OoomW7
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEtMHai9mW
"What are you planning to do?"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxhl4GmR6Q
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbBF9y3E6R
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFWuIVaXNN
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDj2CMGaRA
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW26wrJK41Q
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiCVOjIcIo
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9p4x32083
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yk77QrWRR
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAbwJ3xQU9
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55QiuKCnDF
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUW9Yfigip
vacant space weren't as good as her.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqqfMi3EX4
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE17lv6sxe
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8owDB8T5g
lucky charm.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7O4TlA8KJ
And he needed her back real bad.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnV5y6qJ7Y5
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.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwQchZUL29
"I have a job for you."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7sKEbqmrO
***833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7roAYiCIU
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeprFGQeMFY
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyShkzV5Cem
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8Jc8jON48
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaU6ZUwHbN
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlkupcRW1l
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKPuFTMUjy
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNSCGU5pZv
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8o3C9bKAA
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRS9plOVrS
serious.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTERb1tRfzA
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7H1bF80xI
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OcmY7kImC
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunKhCRTDFL
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirRkdSjsZ9
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsH9mrUbiD
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJQpA8zKJD
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijcAnTuCfN
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQj91v19mKh
between the two of you considering what happened."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBzNbywsOg
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVkfdCepi7
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENOLShAlJQ
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJ172gsibW
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ubi6ViIWc
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQB2yq5HpSY
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4U9VCIlPh5
"And you never apologised for it," said 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWnLwyDUxV
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsXqNfaPx6
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYczVXDwpKk
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVh1f9nOcH
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMGBA0bPwT
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUrKn8QZpz
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghoPb0Q01H
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34crmAMuEu
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMw1LSn69I
for what happened to her.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qdmvceSjP
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF973ydqtjh
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovb4LQHiJJ
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkfZoW0GHB
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAtib35fFz
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtGDJg8V10
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ULAukoRCi
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTf8O7PSxcY
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnAPGnqDBc
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaI0j94Nb9o
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNBaYzt4N5
back at the club.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNRmVd6DFL
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZBp3udS6O
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XoeYPK3Y8
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHvXJcKDyV
sisters completely.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VEOIQDDI4
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAypptYKs3C
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFc9NYOT0e
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuTy1oHyco
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhc85vftjB7
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaodkAstQf
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Z0LmDrTiT
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQzJHFTLf8
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGI3UpUh7Ew
club, not him.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyP6OFdO8m
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZOui1xZu4
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8z1hQQo3nq
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRrB2n4QE3
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpuXCxbPx7
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49b3TVgf76
at each other yet, have you?"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNnLYudDsi
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbLM7HNBg8
"No," they answered at the same time.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4C6zqbZEnE
"Great. That's good to know."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohh13hjoLu
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUER2ejVUd
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenHmqeAKNk
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡId1lx0sfmW
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jLyEOvmMP
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkE4i3lqEr
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmpAlxFcaY
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoT348uIas
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvW4MYNCWh
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogx8RCJg3t
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2zHNuOrcn
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzvUe3r84h
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwuJdbNE0Z
long."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6sZpvqv9j
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDU1StNKTP
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFRfUVS4tc
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSnRCL3XMX
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1npUtzz8AP
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVz7xdccFLE
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEJT7DGQ3o
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTb6JuWEi8t
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagqTKknb1z
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjhxh94aQj
Not like this. Something was wrong.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUNZM75SOv
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZxEqblHqY
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp23wciCCip
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVe7ffSRQgF
embarrassed?"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31n776u2Sw
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51gFhcHfQJ
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGIfjdM5Ce
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDql3el79Zw
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOx3psVgYk6
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyt8HuHX8uc
today?"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkwHj4wccz
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLtFX4EJBm
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQtZkxNy6Y
you want."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9srxbBG0T
"It worked for you, didn't it?"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2JPzkkSTT
"What do you mean?"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43oWz6TIdJ
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6zuvhSihr
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pe3Vp9v1f
sister."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mCzoiNEe2
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iXuRaSGRp
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKtEurAuM8
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQgglrCJlM
"I'm just speaking the truth."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQth0xI83i8
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMb8ITVQ5Ee
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLXwGk7wvI
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFL06HH6gN3
"I was protecting my sister."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxs2v3mMbE
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRhR4NU6W8
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPExv1PK3bW
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Wk0MDIfxB
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL12dPoKhsg
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQued9JvJfB
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvN6okTFc1j
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgRYb7RmLP
betray you like Carly betrayed me."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmsj5H195i
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ErYWyGCh7
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4loe68UxyF
crystal glass.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgj4Sh5lBl6
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XHAC6gndL
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoWfpGzGkK
in this situation right now."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfWsaYIC5u
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2j3PxEYJe6
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IHfvuqtUp
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6Ebtl1nui
actions.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqmBGjRtQa
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQ6uuuXG9c
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkdvWEQnRf
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZNnGr4tTm
near Carly."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9G3xpqSvad
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXKtOJb691
"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......"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGEbMqb25J
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wLvlUFkrx
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtn0N65iAcf
Carly, she would be insulting herself.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs59YnSZT8h
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGHiM99t3F
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLHnfVQwRr
"That would never happen."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5k3uKEmqX
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLf9tiCWWr6
"A fool in love, yes."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduu7YihrKn
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8z6l1iCsss
"Why? Because you don't like me?"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUdrt8Geoy
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu06zcuFIka
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSDXul9jfl
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkp3o427dr
and my accident that she would ever change."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg96HdzVvvP
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaY3RfnLbQu
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4Gok0lAC3
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyd6rgeazst
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NV1BXx9p6
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSxKvQc17B
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugBVaqkI6J
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciYurqL0x9
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfjxrUO8Ah
puzzled.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0LGFlrqOV
***833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2oFhdlI7i
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQv8EnJkrp
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5r3gCxiv26
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIjI1Z2VOH
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKm6uLh0vT
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspuERjxlxg
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXFxGNQiHi
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoXNmSxaWZ
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLjGVjfeSn
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UcfbUT2zi
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqN80BbUtus
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkjD7VJZZG
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcKRuujJJS
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkBzZcyXvS
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9U8Sn9XL5r
McDonell should be.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZh9jqdjQ0E
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8C6eOiQQK
"Our family has been successfully with the 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXZL27wbwQ
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicmFOibEX0
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmWzLdnCDn
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52oIburOHj
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsCufcTtuO
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWrfyqBU3k
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDPOHlENy4
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1WsbeL0l4
especially from my brother. He is so kind."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYrgysgPj5
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpA3za05Kt
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OYx1EJeNA
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPTkvYnE8r
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7I6KXVAF6H
model.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyuyKD2uhF
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPIIHUlfNu
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzwZpIJ7yH
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDDG5QnmY4
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DPVlIIAZt
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjeRmt95y2
the financial state her family was in.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7d31GDRxu
But now that she was with the McDonell 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMW6wWEqFzk
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVMko3rnra
she has always wanted.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtpg0wvEJm
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KgSWHGOga
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2m7AHGpwM
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmNtetjvYn
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHNBgI4nBi
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWW1DE7WMo
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9WkCvUJky
"That would be awesome."833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEULmYlyeGs
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSu8ZEQ7XX
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjR0FVtQYXz
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIdnOexNqD
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9SW4lSWXG
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYD4latNNe
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohpPlOLUND
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAsosGqkfZ
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQUdvTpPaT
Miranda.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKXwvQzTZH
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfua98lAjH
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDSFhpsslT
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLRBM00q7F
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFfNktHsNX
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIJHobVLlL
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJkZB9XcCJ
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkg1UHDkV20
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnl5iolazn
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFNulTqHhH
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBesGaVNB6
she never ever discussed her life with them.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQplKogpx8
Could it be Miranda?833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDKkzEhgel
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDe2qgWRE2S
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhj2C8duKgK
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkAoay2jVh
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg60nvywoQa
And now she was calling Carly after all this833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76TDkuXxx0
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDG2IOLRaT
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0tIqZTQZR
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jdYiVGbbk
betrayal.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwkWtJdjfG
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlAziakJsb
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvA5zKgqez
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.833Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4qd3vwjZ1
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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