Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnmYB1KSAD
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNi3pqoSaiN
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzJCLl0csq
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzLGmPif6Y
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIHmeBst8R
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sphu4OpRC
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWvcnJDOEy
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo47gtHwROQ
boss a call.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IjhrZYsRy
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡif7DGoWShY
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymG08GWMqU
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGS5se9nLJ
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxHoiDeoAR
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VYd9qO8ZJ
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAHJ3gidQ8
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKty7WYUk34
looked really tired and restless.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAZFB1RCZS
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmkkLoAdJ0
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAIDzcc5F3
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKoAZdo7Ol
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgElZkcdkU4
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNYcLqI1qm
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQc2yjGmMo
huge loss.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIC0vodQlB
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUpvG4deKw
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5zz8E5mJE
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDdL8NKOs6
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJ1LA6hSug
"What are you planning to do?"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgsYCFSNfq
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nP1JaESdx
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaJcXzpbpk
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIHFPlFa9t
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSBKGXLF3O
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJ2wC8A7jB
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7zhDGsoz7
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7Z4enPBDw
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzdxLyQc8z
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlvLGEZOnu
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN08t8Ozwm2
vacant space weren't as good as her.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZSjqO2TMp
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRR2FU3zC7
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNDYqni2Pd
lucky charm.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpeQrZhDhD
And he needed her back real bad.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PRdVEe8gL
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.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69DpGaCj8o
"I have a job for you."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIO9HjbjxZu
***782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Y0ojf0189
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxh6nj9kzAv
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXjTA8NecV
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNIAaN0WA4
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEIOFaqsFW
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Y5cH2utMh
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxPkpen2V4
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5W0wGoKwWx
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqCF49CWHt
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dt9Y58ouu
serious.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9IUxxCqKV
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GA3ojKfMK
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ajclc4rsx
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oSC14XLRf
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakU2ncKtE7
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYO3vwCdoP4
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbN4Hy0ZmjD
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OCnfBI9LQ
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FBwcxBugl
between the two of you considering what happened."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotVlxuVDZx
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJj3XtqPnI7
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcd7T4nMxA
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWu6hv5GNY
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxnB8Kvhcc
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcpvQbjGYG
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpf2NKlpbYe
"And you never apologised for it," said 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPWfdM7vnp
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6xpa19IYR
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3RkaUphwZ
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YgCZdJz1F
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTp0KSpGwR
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEA3VynOA6
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOkH2ACKul
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFnmXNDgD9
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZL6nbTXFA
for what happened to her.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbal15imISa
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5iv2Lgwhk
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeX3NSLDe4w
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYBvGnUw7I
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38iT9oG0Lg
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziM3lCZXEl
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFybziAZJh
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7S8gzkL8ll
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFru8ASUBp
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRn9kJr5Yqe
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMYwQq2XFZ
back at the club.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbMCeEViex
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAE990LH5s
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaAZYOvdM8
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tK3zyMziF
sisters completely.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYgZ8rZUmO
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPiZkeA69y
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHuOvb2rMl
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAX1ccgtqF
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc95Jh9n4CG
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hbG2Jy0eH
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLQmozqGmh
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvW8hwAfVWq
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwPGE7oKyY
club, not him.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpO7teHJb7
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LpAsXS1yM
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXerP7wMScf
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaUk1wBA90
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35jxEl2VVU
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS34WBmRGdi
at each other yet, have you?"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuSJjyzHJt
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzsitHHFsa
"No," they answered at the same time.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4mlrnhBRA
"Great. That's good to know."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30qnhd3Qz3
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9OPyxBOkQ
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqdWpqL4uk
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6U758vcUU
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqEjTh1iHZ
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HwEIXtmYq
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeenpRhHRx
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB308vXbrp7
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2QfWGOTX8
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lH0iyksd2
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fRC7Unusj
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sml8sPn8E
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGyh7JHMOx
long."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH37lKG9Opr
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dw1lqGmdo
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefY3LGAhob
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYmZiAsahQ
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlAVMlZ7bs
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlFEJBK2eA
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOFn9cDYZ9
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUdeiyeAeM
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXJfMXCHpn
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBR6oWXe86
Not like this. Something was wrong.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3BpjAvFzh
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJz7P59FV8V
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfdDgStAhv
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0A6buFPrg
embarrassed?"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvSwjVpvrv
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSJ3LxGfWy
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQOgDXVXlc
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZKCUTGUxW
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8EfwUxVYo
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡme3adECbwr
today?"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb61GozHYDA
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsGCeWInH3
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwqJy7qrxM
you want."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3NuxJ9drX
"It worked for you, didn't it?"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbQaTgixF2
"What do you mean?"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvf6udDxHS
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmy0rKXsVOW
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mRT0rY3af
sister."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLWE2qkTQt
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKGTDw5KQD
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡET1fKMa6rC
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOdeOhY80r
"I'm just speaking the truth."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJ2dK70kAf
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVOKqUoGYT
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41p7JW79yd
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WGGiyo96S
"I was protecting my sister."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNt0MxHkip
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoj04DFy59Z
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtX88dkzQhF
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CfVk8nVag
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8GbSukxyq
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOheZptjRf
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv7cuDasQz
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQEdD0KO89
betray you like Carly betrayed me."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwxvg6rs7N
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqqyEd7J4e
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxViCOS4kaI
crystal glass.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lDfshLa1f
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ49TXm2eZA
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1B3eDmCgQ
in this situation right now."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzLBiOhVxQ
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWgEqaY4qi
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gGhZuaiYb
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkVI1syKwu
actions.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAfQoYmjk9
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AioNiEUmn
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUgt6HTdxe
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbY48K7Flyr
near Carly."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxWTEuOj9b
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdj2BB8iBAf
"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......"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR7oBREWQH
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggHxV0CjWb
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCmwJ0wvTN
Carly, she would be insulting herself.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkiBAnennW
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xlfQCTmHg
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMzfKZ1uGR
"That would never happen."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqHoteKb4f
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1t1qTE9vOm
"A fool in love, yes."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweIwPRsAQW
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgB4z4sB6vm
"Why? Because you don't like me?"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kvNwFT4nk
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeefL1BB30P
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62ksHTmC2L
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAP8I1Nau6q
and my accident that she would ever change."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNl4gElMmZ
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxggiFG5In
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8pK8rdJTs
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicw9bQH2BS
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oW0SC6XTd
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbZHREAG0P
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmSz5qo13P
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBg8jfUqRDY
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagOxXOaMmn
puzzled.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrmWglxMRM
***782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkXVoh0Uvx
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOtqjTj2Im
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtXl7cYquR
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymFidYRb2t
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ10z6mLkLH
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8ps9EhFpL
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1EvBpzJuv
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bo4nvA2q7
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28e0j248Vl
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7EiL4sP5t
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWewWl61RH3
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZ4BB1qb7b
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBUIKtszmZ
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6foWVeipVg
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0V5rN7CIa
McDonell should be.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wjuoGbmw2
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcg72leTK9X
"Our family has been successfully with the 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMNYgaUJaj
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLsB6A2NaE
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGANMc1OlX
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDXYMW9vPS
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRAcaOcASS
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RrotkJAQE
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHKxOS6TKL
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSPnisYLT0
especially from my brother. He is so kind."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFNkSAjBuq
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFX8DmX9yx
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjUivz921V
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAWcRb2HTM
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBpndJRcMX
model.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqtdlpt3EQ
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJVtl0lFFK
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0kKXodt30
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2f9tKHXqOl
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0RG0kIzDi
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfn0601j1wF
the financial state her family was in.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2l8ORidVZq
But now that she was with the McDonell 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNPlTEIduJ
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqU4Oho7lLe
she has always wanted.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiU46LvhVEB
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT739CtFcE2
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCQ0NMM8cT
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3i6fp8d67Z
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwIY5BnJ6T
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwa4YjtABD
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqNGaRV4LA
"That would be awesome."782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXk5hxdpPug
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12DOhKf7J2
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KVrfvkkto
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83m9nLnsKC
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQPLrc9Jyn
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLk4dIZgZOj
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjsBeyb80S
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUYMSSlUWd
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdoMuahvrR
Miranda.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcumAIt4a7Y
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobOErEzxXQ
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEg7oAjihP5
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfE3PqcbnPe
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPl48ofTbxk
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgNmubf3RF
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHNjn05KaV
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefadMqNnks
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKL20OWoLrK
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcycqhrTwW
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzkW3NJqdI
she never ever discussed her life with them.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8lfx4bTN6
Could it be Miranda?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7sQCPX99S
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIYRTzXVza
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8Cp1kRtVv
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSe7mWcOwHJ
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1Zg6JBQl8
And now she was calling Carly after all this782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVMJvpMLu4
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiP0klA7CzH
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqopWz7dI7W
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiR7WFMltNJ
betrayal.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAd32bckOCN
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7Dsn5c8kl
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvawUxDgR2A
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkdL9azadj
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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