Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQWTkS4WDL
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaCtrMCu5C
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9wArmtPIQ
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqoQFwzUKl
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxB8nxNtIj
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacJhYD0H9x
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBFHrPX65G
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8H1lJqC3B
boss a call.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rkQgRqhTn
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aCKZrbprM
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9oPCN4tTQ
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoqykTTVCV
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKdmFMtPCc
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYk1eevP9QO
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjNsM7W8bT
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFflXUCwQog
looked really tired and restless.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2O1c83Gz0l
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDc1af1gWt
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxKRdauxIo
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKdImUHHA6
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZPcFloZVC
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eNoL3zm0o
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJ1YSEPkNd
huge loss.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScdETZnxCW
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QvyrKGrrH
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdb2VW3wsR
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9v7eDO1h5G
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmncK5LoVM
"What are you planning to do?"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAtXddnHhr
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RZE80Pmy1
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63EgUoRv8U
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LfPtRCzjx
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs20mbUxEhO
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnOCqnrOkm
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg29H9h5nJh
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoFBDBsmqY
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO96mQytaOa
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoqvwq3Q7u
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLbK0eqWJQ
vacant space weren't as good as her.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pYxlgJjl0
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdTEhh9rr4
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmd9ocfzAHr
lucky charm.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8U1i74teKU
And he needed her back real bad.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeV9hJCAUMP
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.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUn9oUdnNgs
"I have a job for you."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ013AnTf9jv
***896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjeZMnozNU
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5amTQgjWr
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvgn8E6c66
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOJU2TqY69
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQ6br5tNB7
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgQpP5WKcT
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0we1v9B4W
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19xThJNENZ
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNIUBWGHwC
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQO8zsiUOxB
serious.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix49SGurz8
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9hgeA6EsI
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixhSy3nk9m
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ya6Z9fKCM
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyN9FlwaXq5
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj31LyFaoWU
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74DqWbb9DN
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbh3MIwj3M
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrCAjiwqTl
between the two of you considering what happened."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCP7xP2EHy
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFFLvXC8UT
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3a9fPcyOUS
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBYywRi2T1
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6D5hbY1KP
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJ1pjeljsj
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOxYAjd1PM
"And you never apologised for it," said 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhazVZCxcA
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsLzILVQMY
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSy9mDS8gd
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JVf5uyz91
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPg2zMS7QYY
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qfSCvoZS0
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswfvGxVQGa
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FbkZCaH6F
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKh1ZN2FNf
for what happened to her.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9XSoBOJqD
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaufxumhV6
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IcC1UAmNM
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mO6c0A8S9
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xbPIPriS8
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLsgUkb8Ux
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHPl51LcL4
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmn8WjUtPXR
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlm3FHaG9YU
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtegWamlaoZ
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOG3BGpqbR
back at the club.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzURx3Ggfa0
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fv5d0gdTg
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dO8KDlKaU
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEJwQrecuL
sisters completely.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfb5ZNBJNx
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGDzZUICCI
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOGg5wfgiG
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWvKJWkMBP
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZoYkCHwzi
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhEFXVxrSM
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQzum5Bz7f
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl73sP4kWlf
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDJGz6Bhcr
club, not him.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnP8X3jZfe
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4YOkriaxb
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYM82ovJ2hd
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1e19W81lk8
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CU1IMB0x6
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4inrahoMP
at each other yet, have you?"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsX73csVgu
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgqmbc3bai
"No," they answered at the same time.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuHLuwGhdE
"Great. That's good to know."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzxnQwM3cC
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvcmIzOFv7
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vM4TAA4yO
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe8NSqRwOE
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunA8LElT53
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshPz6qgZrx
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMDgoJZcv0
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErhKNAaMqu
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZRJxuelBF
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZfXjpDS7c
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPgNphdHUS
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IoAuIElUz
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafjM3tpUI7
long."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PxiCltMz2
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhbb9UbSW2
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYH77lXaBE
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwit3bFKOnm
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPWIf99AQ7
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiS9UK0KxmM
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFPZy0gDXv
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9zrSPnSSu
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHLCgIy9Ac
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQij1m6fjb3
Not like this. Something was wrong.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAl914FkwtV
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8s54slYKv
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTHSbppJIW
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0tEMyJbnk
embarrassed?"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1WI4rvR5j
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdUZCbTd67
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZRHXWPb0U
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg30DhlvsIp
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTBDuSGgX0
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxN7X47bZAl
today?"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60JrCULxJP
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyCTJQCqRx
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLFnA1kKsn
you want."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFFpnUzmDP
"It worked for you, didn't it?"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFvY7Ij8jz
"What do you mean?"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtP9xdfXKF
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YeWRLQHXS
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbTHRFwZOi
sister."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFxdUyey2o
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrZiXDmtv0
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVni0MkaTf
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMarsJW2xW
"I'm just speaking the truth."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLLBjNsokk
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0r0aFWxNlX
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPm98BqyRew
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxso7YVclgW
"I was protecting my sister."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwxBtRlc8A
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppPAbl4DK4
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPopWa46el
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhfiNKUWtY
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtU2XyCYMFX
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6J4oRlbnkV
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOx4WzBVc45
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFBgFm0PyC
betray you like Carly betrayed me."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvjuHIJanC
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozyyoRrX5K
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSG7nZo9nD
crystal glass.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1n00HvYpz
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQzi42FK6t
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3pmjTvvaE
in this situation right now."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOc72315miU
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6cXGUHZsg
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmygZq0hFN5
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlknJF7UY2
actions.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eTQSbjZp7
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbgCNIuUqU
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YDKztgtHf
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrD4xlB2hH
near Carly."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHeBf9H6S7
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIMTW5RAgT
"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......"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLjj8gu8Gi
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsW3F2KhN7
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEWsn7dNp4
Carly, she would be insulting herself.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8hQhHLHt2
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvDnBoRaC8
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZttdomf39U
"That would never happen."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVIBMlSkSy
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDreCMK0IHM
"A fool in love, yes."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocRubnXh8V
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQqrW4X89x
"Why? Because you don't like me?"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlKvFwq1hS
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzR8OgFEyGg
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTR85JXQOr
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbexwWvIga
and my accident that she would ever change."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJe21sivfs
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWB9WVL3vWv
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuopYKhgEiy
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgpXGIqfD7
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MSRQg9vFU
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB24OLGD47W
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcecWV3QzEp
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyPYTiMR3d
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxeolmclUw
puzzled.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLawTT7h8x
***896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLHJ0obZx7
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxcIo4Vmyx
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDmrpHMeWd
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43jHrgbpAv
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wCpVn4ITN
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH763EAIgJW
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4wivdBFmd
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsurm708E7i
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwgEGFHXTW
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxql0kp91D
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtCVWuwr7i
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgr4YSolIwX
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXexjImZ8C
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfMMPxUDz1
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIJPX7n9Bo
McDonell should be.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1S90MnKDZG
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJb59sIYmN
"Our family has been successfully with the 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnc3QfqerF
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDVViK2CYt
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztFewWHTW8
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSl2bykqJH
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafCVbliH9E
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB97wrBN5gL
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfdZjAIE09
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIyqx3mp0K
especially from my brother. He is so kind."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoZFZdlbn9
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBoMnj13y9
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5apbkoKPSK
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaiGMSdtOT
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIkIbkUlW9
model.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyp6x0Z85Tn
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0cjBbmafM
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqdZqyuoYZ
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoohYrZgMH
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtV3DSiIfH
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvigdS5GFS7
the financial state her family was in.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmOYPqRseF
But now that she was with the McDonell 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1iU6LCfoh
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYSasCweqL
she has always wanted.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6iwxqn7zL
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsieTihvNf
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXenHfrDJkQ
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIv4RtxnFj
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNI2rO4rMs
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHSF1ZQ8ts
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGWXhI6gtp
"That would be awesome."896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhfg4yRVwS
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuyXhhlRun
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvFoqAnDDq
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekwVvLcO7S
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7B0f1DcoCP
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtzoS3TuRt
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7NIJ9xkrj
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GoAbAoDAi
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqykajCyMG
Miranda.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHd7EpoPsRu
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVGzaX4EPH
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Puk92vF2O
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9zE9TZBkG
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDwZUBKkyx
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4VYS5A1TU
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoD01VvSfq
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt16oUpFp00
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJf2I4kiHY
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqwqrzjikB
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUfOj6BO59
she never ever discussed her life with them.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEF4UoLXqhd
Could it be Miranda?896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2v1RA7OrD
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RLysYPBBu
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSb9MevuFJ
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDmZBxjq4w
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYP7qNAqUjf
And now she was calling Carly after all this896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQ26pCt8R1
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjP3V8pAAs9
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEPpptBdJh
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFDB7Ab0Pb
betrayal.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cPVWTlC37
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqxgZZpq8S
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiFyPhg0EO
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.896Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnm2xumJHm
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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