Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaUGlpOBxE
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvXKTvto2I
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1isiSQg8mK
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHPkcpfcAs
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSrMIQWgyT
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIvptQuUGt
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnDhi5SGes
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMq7ZpAQkN
boss a call.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvrGoWZFNW
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaVmNXLyCf
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyETid7E293
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVb2xBSq80
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJaCIJyZbn
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrzvtxVZCz
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bw8L7LAP8
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hfPYah0u2
looked really tired and restless.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwV49fxWP4
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWPfI8doHg
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bVf4qGBgl
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtn47lwD18S
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMNcVMMsv6
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoszfNHibt6
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOW8zotai6G
huge loss.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUrl5oHHxo
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6HlfaKDcM
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOfbujWZEv
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1C3pBOeOWq
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2LII5lt8S
"What are you planning to do?"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xSDzN2AIc
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtHhV9rItj
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60KRZxvwGO
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxY0xu3mT1s
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcrQ2H2l1i
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJmUHP1NVo
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAu6PDKH3yJ
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoP8R5F7tQu
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1rYFqgT4S
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6Rx4GzEFw
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDkXCSbaUr
vacant space weren't as good as her.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxI0Vrqtvk
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNouMPRd2SV
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MAZKGQKp1
lucky charm.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KMXBDdhHX
And he needed her back real bad.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEP7Z2xotf9
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.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zfSEpPVTS
"I have a job for you."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJUkhx5Joe
***832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAONEngVzxr
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVqN9fyEVi
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9I4HVrnwnU
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3MIUvKLIY
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDZjiSMKBE
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgJqgkePv4
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6PKCaKwRZ
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLtUlk8WeJ
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbN0h6aGmb
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvEAI5G1Yq
serious.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJ4EtghOSH
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPo43RZ4QCx
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFVnu7xHwm
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tmzW55Pvc
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEV59yHzXf
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvlG9QG6Aa
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqy2p9UqUvL
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlrcn6FXty
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGm1dsyphZH
between the two of you considering what happened."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95V9aZGjmU
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLsJ7bFp9h
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2F0kCk6ucu
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSpVCDGCVK
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlVnyxqRPZ
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cteejuuB9
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfklYXiJfG
"And you never apologised for it," said 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhD7Cnuwznj
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNk70HICSUX
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MqBmuNDqR
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkP6PgfTFpF
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6cnZgN6ru
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjIkped2xT
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFwLHcfFvw
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3dBhD9xxL
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOj1Ld2KU7
for what happened to her.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwx2wQYxAgb
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQUMYFn0zn
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRIeQXrA8a
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPSUfh2rbQ
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDoBgUkehU
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsQMBhCj43
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wpO2ebrxa
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvVRLKlhbq
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCEZaVHN2D
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4Yn0OYINl
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0LUxSO5fe
back at the club.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmJVstyisl
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVZTFNK8p2
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRx8fYnbcE8
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrk0ELc6c9S
sisters completely.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iU4IwhtkD
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkfJh8VtA3
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4XwASksyY
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xqcrnkv1v
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjcI4hD7Re
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHkevvyUTq
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1u5Dl8JGX
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMpRP62ta2
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy89aTcbr88
club, not him.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBYr33lVu4
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDk5qyOTJH
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hPKLXU2eF
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2faJoYIjJ
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoExKjTJkd
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSRfYkAJrh
at each other yet, have you?"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImAGhdio1f
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4EFufEEic
"No," they answered at the same time.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjeh91Ju0H
"Great. That's good to know."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadWXPU5H3x
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsTdnYRXrg
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJeU21vFP7
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vdrOswsvh
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjBvNt3Vp9
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSuQIAJdG3
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGxL9n9jHh
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvIxQmUA8h
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFGmBV1TKF
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDMVzjPuA3
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPGB9lxrFi
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsu9wt069Mz
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudJc1zdJsC
long."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ09t7Siip4
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtC2uV3OnNm
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCv45BAA469
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwotqohGBU
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhqYoLydu2
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvi9NHujuY
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3xhHId9ya
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVLEPseTfU
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCeIHWdAm8
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQqDEJtmac
Not like this. Something was wrong.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJk6SbpLhZ
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTdWe2QGYv
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ005CoQORrr
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk28v6AASwb
embarrassed?"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOxzSww0Os
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslepl05I6E
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuboFd5xbu
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9AHIUmLiI
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHfLS0BeNF
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CM7gC1rEc
today?"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOK2GI0uTc
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTp0RYiPGlx
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ggY8xWLYV
you want."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXclSUnRpfB
"It worked for you, didn't it?"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Kxgkm2HSK
"What do you mean?"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCt7WAmjSe
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMHYYzox6W
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4fV7CGBLV
sister."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQK13WpDGr
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZQl4v4Jj6
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBDEDeRfrl
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScL93627vY
"I'm just speaking the truth."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbpgPH1Vjc
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAndqE6Dsk
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5lYnWSTp0
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2CN2xSCHj
"I was protecting my sister."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrOzbWBrUu
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovIBAJnyvx
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcMxavilXi
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOrA0yS8Np
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtg3i2fpnAL
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEcVO82TOM
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xFXNrIqm8
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUo7t9jD51m
betray you like Carly betrayed me."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JMxXC0QCg
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IiOV0ouLb
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFHxjIxgxv
crystal glass.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtIKbzheGl
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTmooB2vfU
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyzahsE2vV
in this situation right now."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewVwiURmZs
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHV7zPF4IB
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUmkV6OX63
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16aVd4xY28
actions.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWs6NN60Efr
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlcRPgONrJ
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30phnhgweA
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8E23fGhTIR
near Carly."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82pQdq98AA
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtUyEAn32H
"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......"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicP3VGTg1c
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1jWLc2OIy
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvACkJnUD89
Carly, she would be insulting herself.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwW02T0PQnj
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPRPnDDzCU
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdgwoeaoCx
"That would never happen."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsrMFXTUNm
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlensfeM4oI
"A fool in love, yes."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVn5vk1akqx
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLM6zIA64QA
"Why? Because you don't like me?"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffBeMGT8GN
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqseWw921N
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2E2jLt8tes
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6VifEozAO
and my accident that she would ever change."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcEaVfBK5t
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtZqhKrRlp
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwrDDSORRJ
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGO6HdxRJgT
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjr6sMlkms
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsqriaqyXM
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7B3LCinCUV
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdcIyMYDaU
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAOdHIlud7
puzzled.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2yezveYlP
***832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsIUdTj0Hq
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEq67xwGyx
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmPKtLwEvM
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CwZfUb0IW
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzx3arXPtP
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqw326LQIM
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWxgQ4zFGH
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUOdIVdQsg
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jXJfCHtGr
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVE059Dv6kB
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QB5GUpf2G
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIONNoaP9L
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVqiMhqqfg
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMdt52uyiz
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXIGTMcCuL
McDonell should be.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEO0pHzmI9F
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2ZQezum8A
"Our family has been successfully with the 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtHaWoXoLr
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uUpsAbza6
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDooowOapU
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8xNRbm5DC
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RQn27D4d4
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJXd769DD9
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDGgEMCmuk
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfrF065af3
especially from my brother. He is so kind."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTS9pvixutl
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjTpHDXlMw
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg01bcgdwxn
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zVShIBs4U
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7xPDSEgQx
model.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2SnYGfZjR
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSL1GvOQ1cd
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDy4dZJTlC
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPO2r93hC3
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrCx6Md4z7
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOerJNxOrNF
the financial state her family was in.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYTGWtgX59
But now that she was with the McDonell 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAnPivfOYX
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkgJIoi89b
she has always wanted.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4k0klVKb9s
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4evMJEUiNg
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DXf85qfI6
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnyT8eDfk7
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3cnCOYiYE
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rnqLirLsa
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhH1Ealq4o
"That would be awesome."832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbReni2rrm
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIZ7DHlhoG
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmCn6Figmf
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKTt0658ku
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMDYLB2hmr
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3BBGzNpiT
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpgosXQjZT
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZkETUTJ2P
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdm2zEUKL3
Miranda.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsyynrqqSv
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42ZU9QtGJh
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuow8aY9nQ6
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXogh16qXqy
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKToEsNaBXG
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqJRR2PUt3
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOmkr4tOoT
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkJU4z4jrU
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxvOPzatKP
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorrA87JbvI
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQKit3iRiP
she never ever discussed her life with them.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23xxbMaGF3
Could it be Miranda?832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsguqRHo3s
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2z8tZrFJE
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcejjwH9IU
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqMAWqBHhj
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF059AwKks5
And now she was calling Carly after all this832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AEUAHeI2F
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡku33Yo7jYB
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyD6IjcQEg
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5pI2pwv7V
betrayal.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMHavm8r2f
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9K6cz7tGc8
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uCkGLe1Oz
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.832Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3G90DQaht
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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