Zoey's P.O.V1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHRZpvDoATi
Waking up this Monday 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJBUT6bQhGc
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7RKd5lku3g
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAiqSoPVpnB6
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7jLhVMQ6QO
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected1061Please respect copyright.PENANA53IZ5eUHRB
myself to be.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1ynDY67xUD
I couldn't stop 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwRMOvCmyZs
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFzWUNRVUa9
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAssCWt7pc2e
feel that something was wrong.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnMTEoOkrML
Could they have known 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXQoI257Pc4
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUSLzan9lJm
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAF9a0dtadBn
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 1061Please respect copyright.PENANACKqTH78PtG
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWC621YukAX
just had our usual conversation.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGKHONT5wpF
I brushed off all those 1061Please respect copyright.PENANADoijVAJMni
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0iwU30J1MD
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAgkJdV9YTA
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when1061Please respect copyright.PENANAS9WEiRG9q2
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAc53LbmHKp9
But now that she wasn't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhYwSJL4JLl
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEncVj2k3db
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANARJvEj3STYb
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have1061Please respect copyright.PENANAej1zb06JBz
woken up early before the alarm rang.1061Please respect copyright.PENANARlONp24EQL
I sat up on my bed and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANANttjpyOMJF
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYcpfTIu4jW
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHmiGWzrrfd
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAh2miarW26b
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAclOl9KnP9k
After seeing her with 1061Please respect copyright.PENANALDGbafO1Wb
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I1061Please respect copyright.PENANAuW8cR1d0Sm
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmcJNLAem8B
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 1061Please respect copyright.PENANADSoj24AF5C
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhgEPBCSsca
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0J0UzQiR6A
day. That left me devastated.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjshWlWHxps
I couldn't stop looking 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOfxTBtAL1l
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAiq5G7AQMZL
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAG70zLuGGKc
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAE1WwQAasrJ
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7b4GYcAXYR
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQUFHylN7cq
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdw6WtjyZAf
That sent me boiling to a1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqnyF4jZmDu
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me1061Please respect copyright.PENANAR2hv2ELqGh
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmIF4ADrvE4
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2P44Bh7fM5
Christine had told me to1061Please respect copyright.PENANANnvvYuxUHs
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1HNQMuAXdq
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7cF5uTLp9k
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ4s55Vne8
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmr6WC32516
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA92iaaZufzn
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3NVZBKRBVa
And now, I had to face 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFPhj1wkx4K
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 1061Please respect copyright.PENANApcsMNv0tYp
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9zzrhKajZe
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWTt8YrEDb3
was still so upset.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAiZn6LZzU2m
I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANADs6zmzsbaH
After I was done, I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmjAUqMuaqt
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAuOeX5u1xWR
others at the dining table for breakfast.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAY7eosc9JS6
I found them already 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2yo9AAXzjb
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2taBL7PmeQ
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3tZaf45Vsl
I felt a little awkward 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXMedWI76Jm
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtkAELj3Zez
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxbnA6osSGf
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0k3ZkGrw0g
that also felt weird.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhvk38xOfIY
I know that she and I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANARNS0n3jxVM
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAatIYpDDSUD
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 1061Please respect copyright.PENANALIX3Iezgyb
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAyW5QfKAH19
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzS59SctbOo
like something was wrong.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4yj9fbiAG5
I poured myself a cup of1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHY76a3NNGl
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAcEUN8ciIIQ
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAK5UAHLbBba
"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAsS5l4skNPQ
My heart almost skipped a1061Please respect copyright.PENANADCX5i5XtK8
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtQMaYTCyS0
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwTW5SNYFgk
too far. I was over here! Hello!1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9JGQvqBAfA
"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAr2UVpyDquA
"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.1061Please respect copyright.PENANARUwFlJxUmI
"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYXXhddsY8E
"I have no doubt about it."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAl4TuxwW06B
"But I don't see why you1061Please respect copyright.PENANA80uIRmrF1n
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANACEQnVgLSLb
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAelsnfHibxJ
"One thing about fans is1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXJZfbjYA8y
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJjN6HswoUv
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAvkgMs2QI6X
"I know," said Lee. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8kd4SC74pl
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA6H0OKErrW6
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0uvPxaofn0
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."1061Please respect copyright.PENANABbOFYeC31j
"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8n0z2PPmF6
"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtDakl3Gsps
"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAuM6YOVFrYX
"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7HyjF8uY2q
"Aye, aye," said Daniel.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3sCMzdvy6x
"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFpnIOJVpSz
"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAshOR6LMUQb
"You're just too quiet, that's all."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAug8XkrQvX4
"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwit0kaNmYZ
I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAY8ysbgZ9zS
"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.1061Please respect copyright.PENANARkQ452cBck
I stuck my tongue out at1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxx4qVoCyOM
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXv3z639q5d
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOfSnWBR2Gl
still wasn't looking in my direction.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHk5sTeqe7x
Soon after breakfast, we1061Please respect copyright.PENANAM1KRlk0pYZ
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnlz5kynIUg
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeoljOL9ohJ
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAsZlgw5VLg1
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what1061Please respect copyright.PENANAP2yQYWkVXh
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWSbcfiwK5K
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAY7Bhk8VnGr
she would.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAA2wdhw0a1L
We arrived at YG and we 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMgZS6YWX9d
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeSoIH3YmMU
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with1061Please respect copyright.PENANAp3TqmC96N5
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwf7rIZ8LAq
When everyone was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaRGngxm01W
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdJ17ykFsB4
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAH01ttDas9j
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAs6GljBol0Y
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeQzlvf7KLQ
He not responding to me 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA34xp9jk8zm
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWwkSbMO1wy
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOObV5h2uUL
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzwkd88mPil
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAyLB0NrTijz
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfDG5gOPNec
looked away instead.1061Please respect copyright.PENANACkNzCp619R
We went straight to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlkbMCQvNPZ
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4pWmLZ8Le9
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAopMMNa5mEH
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoDZfZIBaHe
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhARi6XHDyo
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAwEToqybCZ
During pratice, I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnIjXewXkjm
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPLlwbIMSjS
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkXY14UCSgG
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIMvvMcOxAU
G-Dragon wasn't the only1061Please respect copyright.PENANAetsS5UiXzU
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9BPOXhgRud
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlJ6QisFqoY
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAKg4s2sniw5
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What1061Please respect copyright.PENANAe4CUwZTTNH
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?1061Please respect copyright.PENANAx2OvVlwDfW
As her best friend, I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmJUHVZEPCE
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 1061Please respect copyright.PENANARYeN0qKqjm
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZwtl7tbUqS
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwWOOuhNHUM
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA71cSJwIwF8
She is also smart, 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAyE2Zgmy6Cm
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgsXm9IdJaz
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgViMVo0rXb
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even1061Please respect copyright.PENANAn6WMjSZFkt
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAO7MQIzjK69
Sam has a lot of good 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVfyAsbnmI9
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4CBCbqKLGx
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEeCI8vTK70
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqrDet87tPd
want to hurt anyone around her.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMMc9BLai1D
Realising this made me 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJ56OGeepWv
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzk06yfxOQI
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwF5LcPweuB
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0d2IkEZLRp
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUio4e8y24a
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeY9k7W7GRD
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAl7CUOg2SLW
realise it till now.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAShJIAXGXPz
"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0KMMHEH7LM
"Zoey, you aren't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYvv5xw54zi
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAM7q5UERR7f
second time you have made the same mistake."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1hm26bJdQ6
"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMcvzrTYz0f
"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzamKRTESe0
It was lunch the time we1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkk1R03dfYC
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5s3C8Oi2jD
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 1061Please respect copyright.PENANADUnsM1wEoq
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA35MUNb5EJw
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoeGjAVMnQ8
they were all laughing.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZnUPr3aeFh
"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEcbE0no0kN
"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."1061Please respect copyright.PENANANiR2tfrSta
"Still not talking to Sam?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWFLGBm7alq
"Nope."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZgV8TLVCMg
TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAcJLS9Iesho
"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0yBkmg3L1p
"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFUYUN3N41S
"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAF4sNgNTCwZ
"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAElN8EUPQEt
"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAsDmTkpWaGk
"I know. But you aren't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAHsFGaPbM8
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAa7AQBwChcS
You would be chit chatting like you always do."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVGZBZsEJqh
"What if I just want to be alone for today?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeyPlB9oH5B
"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnkBeVGcFF0
I frowned. "Why?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAne0Sndh0Ka
"Because you look miserable."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAT7xtWQYFIi
I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA95KiLXt7UQ
"Miserable!"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaLckoD9Ug7
"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA282OFaevtw
I thought for a moment 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjvDB9jB5en
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlO7X6lj1yc
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQRikgaGRCu
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnyLKbt5xmD
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.1061Please respect copyright.PENANArfgP3LV0G6
Seeing all this in front1061Please respect copyright.PENANADQYbJ3M9YW
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqLiD1OOKl8
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGghc6A191X
Until TOP came to talk to me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3gDx8a5XZH
"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnIAexiw3C9
"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1LKsZnMO30
"I don't know," I said 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUly377Bfa1
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlVv2SGM4NY
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAyvkmSabrXH
I told TOP what happened in the morning and how it felt weird that Sam didn't say a word to me nor even looked at me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAX9Wm52PVUf
"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.1061Please respect copyright.PENANALxUrzpjZuH
"Then why don't you talk to her?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhwbVDqIey3
"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMY1p77tnhg
"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJjGX83f3Yr
"I know."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgQBsXvYTyG
"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAG1iYS8olTr
"I'll think about it."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtxucAI4ZIq
"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8aKZ3dvRpI
Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAiUjcuEjoLP
"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjlhkk0cQVH
"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAu8hdHUuP3X
The three of us went out1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUqhXeYy5Fp
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGlgblgHcq5
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmYVYrBQ0vK
As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAvbXi6npOk9
"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHAThrYJxVR
"Chill, you just ordered1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFSOwUsranQ
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one1061Please respect copyright.PENANA6XyWDgpm2r
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3nqafMPBhj
"But I'm so hungry."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAiRVwBcIKOU
"Trust me, you aren't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9jfbJHJzok
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfOx9hR2Ian
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOFR8v0tW3f
have."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzfMfUGLlGi
"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkJ7GbgdgBU
"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjitEvQrl4b
"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwGNmDq7SvA
"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqvNtIRrv7D
"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAi5dHWvHR9Z
I didn't say anything as1061Please respect copyright.PENANAv95qXAVXmC
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0OYLN0DL1u
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANABEQWRnbiVo
calling.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnva3uLTTGB
"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3bHA3wzHOl
"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.1061Please respect copyright.PENANADuDq4gQW3t
"Okay, well you better answer that call."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkw6D5rGPlL
I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA46S7Q2dvaG
"Hello," I answered.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZaifUg5qTu
"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJtmx5K6Ty0
"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVE55g5Nuww
"We have to meet today, ASAP."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOc7lhw5pxD
"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQzkvOuzx62
"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwnGsaMJ97F
I knew Jehan was going 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIVUONWtETL
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5U6vjkiyXr
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtgGYJpsrqT
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAuhAGfCeFnx
was upstairs in the dance studio.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9RzoEWCnEg
"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUqJGdksCdF
"I'm coming to YG to get it."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAvchTKLsTk6
"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAslmIK6ACwW
"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZkZ7Ubgz6p
"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoEeh6KCBXz
He cut the call and I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMA3hyCCTs4
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9F27kHLjKd
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here1061Please respect copyright.PENANAsBC1dGcNWx
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1UbpKZjg4j
him they would start to ask questions.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAz7dIH80crY
"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwehqj6z7AP
I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA28eYec65cZ
"What?" I asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA61DYsjvJmw
"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANABFZq83U3iZ
"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAsKNjNU4Ga5
"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJOFvAFAt4j
"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAH3vpNaVKqJ
"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnFgb5YBExT
"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0h0mwPKTLT
"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJMqupwgEvg
Dang it! I was cornered 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAI9xW0djboG
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUnsU5by6Fy
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlIcwNHWyWz
light no matter how much you try to hide it.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAL6wBQ10t2f
"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJfhepvjUCQ
I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2LIfAE43is
"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXzxu9083Gj
We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPQywJqp31r
I told them everything 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0KrOM6sjSn
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't1061Please respect copyright.PENANAvfUEETjUxY
said a word until I finished the whole story.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoGuA6kEXxv
"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAbz2dMPSsvb
"Just you two," I answered.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwmDqbXsuN1
"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAS8B0o68Q1u
"Surprising, right?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAKagy27Dvo5
"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQGYqvaCYsJ
"We should involve the police," said TOP.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYapLVORk31
"No! We can't!"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAcJqvNYv1zT
"Why?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHFSDCt4v40
"You know word goes out 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdTJVvRIx1m
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and1061Please respect copyright.PENANA6ferBKFNB2
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."1061Please respect copyright.PENANADLjOzK9vH0
"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPuAOWqDY1G
"He assured me that this1061Please respect copyright.PENANALjPm0xN37I
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOgQl0kLDTv
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAj4kU5mwmKn
"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5u7Awc67XG
The three of us turned 1061Please respect copyright.PENANABYGOi413Nu
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAasAwvP4Wzq
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8GMspbvGF0
"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAsrz25TNVFf
"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0aNUTXBBsJ
"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.1061Please respect copyright.PENANACpuWU0M0rg
"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmGVAve0Aqk
"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."1061Please respect copyright.PENANANfkVOqXrvK
"Random stuff involving a1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgljWWmCodU
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA6d8KFRzuo6
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMckovIC7Fc
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAx0zniDxqbr
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9epnavpbmx
I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMLhfWyrxWm
"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."1061Please respect copyright.PENANASt66mQylLU
"Okay, I won't."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmOw9FO3FEP
"Sit down."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXICRs4dmkl
Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAuMATLQzz87
"I got myself into trouble," I started.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOq5dTFYkMf
"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5DDum2GBAg
"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMnOMVexm5G
Christine's face soon 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUkcIEkf4A9
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPr1PMYU7TG
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7yBSx2UqwP
"What!"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8WykhXDol
TOP quickly covered up 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwBa04NKKR6
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAiFdbtHsQ13
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAg1yC7hKN8y
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAX5JA7CtIGH
"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzLDEcszwyK
"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAE1XS9bmDDE
"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.1061Please respect copyright.PENANASVjDLaGs9l
"Of course I'm mad!" 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGtRDkuLISg
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPOG3CkbS2S
but this by far is the worst one of them all."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzrtCvLW3wz
"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPpi9L3GUAX
"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXgESzNH4QM
"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEmHso3MdaV
"Ya, I remember. What about him?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAh7tsT2lnor
"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdgpB45D75L
"WHAT!"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeLuSla73kT
"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7S3GjoyIqL
"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVyqVEVWvjr
"And the one I met at the café," I said.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfIka1v8msL
"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdPws089xxn
"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPeioTPBVG5
"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANA647jxEZxAt
"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAibUt5t5xDH
"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhLIsm4IRdR
"Ya," I said. "I planned1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMMeVNnD5i0
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAl012donVW8
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxPLuyLB1g3
"So you're the one who 1061Please respect copyright.PENANASS4O723WaA
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0XyDdmAr6S
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHKPiwHzh1j
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAf1IRQHyPxX
out with Seungri."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxFvgn7Bew5
"I lied."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEDqaRms8nf
Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3FRpNvqSeW
"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAcBaLC8y2W
"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFl9ShV2lhY
"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqXu8k54Wrj
"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."1061Please respect copyright.PENANANP55sk5ILR
"I know. Now he wants the teddy bear back today. And I don't know what to do. He wanted to come here and get the teddy himself."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHhejwZBD62
"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwCUwZiCbnt
"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAogbiMPpjSq
"Now where is she going to meet him now? She has to take that teddy bear away or else it could land us into more trouble."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAG6yVcDlUSs
"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAcS6tDNJBhh
"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAbZuPgu1XmZ
"But where?" I asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANANUKv6MNLjV
"Tell him you will meet at the café. The one you had met him in last time. TOP and I will take you there," said Seungri.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOkJOltw508
"I'm also coming with you," said Christine. "And don't refuse." She pointed her finger at me when I opened my mouth to object.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtPcqhF56D8
"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnzZdNCnIG4
"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4R841ayEyS
I took my phone out and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4b2KvNT79W
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPSDeUDBF71
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkdlDQAjut7
"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIxpr2uJ5nw
"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2q0lObShYu
Seungri had ordered ten 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqVr2PzFXmv
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAKCqNpT5pGP
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXspVhuSX59
favourite.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdHrhIh4fTq
We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFoNeQNUiI3
"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4BaI2ldANL
"I'll be ready for 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIppouAUcDt
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfDgpc2pEoM
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1SX6qGMZfF
"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwvcBwlE8dh
"And G-Dragon," TOP added.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOAwaNQiyLm
"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWL8KDtPQUE
"Well, someone has to," said Christine.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYPIePZtkMd
"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkjcl1DvMV6
"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAY8kJkHEbhZ
We found ourselves back 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAotekABEKyN
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMAN8eSXjrR
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFTXNEJSpKC
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfvgSlFnmQy
paranoid?1061Please respect copyright.PENANAosXrS4RPbC
Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkUd333F4n9
"What?" I asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAofoFMhwRKY
"You were frowning," Christine answered.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkg0qr7r4ki
"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYcu2Mct3AM
"Says the person who 1061Please respect copyright.PENANANBqQAsEHaf
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnVcZRkwl1G
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfBGcVjqIRu
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZcZnP3ziVG
Soon after lunch, we 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWITFlvDXNH
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAf4m1goqzhX
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVvUjbHXMOR
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAN7Fa9I7Mfp
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8vxQ2dLxll
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUhGaGzgk8k
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHUqlzMRNib
At some point in the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEZ9z7jlwUt
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaiqP29bTyB
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 1061Please respect copyright.PENANApqgJEZscrr
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXbh5OTWIbD
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwYfx14r7eQ
back to practising until we could pratice no more.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMtTofC0WKK
It was five and the sun 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeJiBxUqKtD
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ws3pNnCd8
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANACGjEpAM2X4
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAq5YWdDb7M6
side of me. We were all pretty tired.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWbHG6fFb00
The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAN3lIxhVn0r
While I was resting and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgdhSXBBtZW
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAN3x6LhirLc
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgJ6jHXOmPt
look on my face.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPuFAhB01uK
"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7ghapMM4i
"Go? Go where?" I asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAycy2YZgJeD
Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxVo8ioVkjQ
"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.1061Please respect copyright.PENANASNpGtxMoZR
"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAublXWIJcy9
It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.1061Please respect copyright.PENANADGNBkNtWTW
"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGrgoVbZGuz
"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmrkI5C83Ie
"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVYNVDxi0iG
"I want to follow too," said Daniel.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAth2IftIPQw
"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAK8G03IGKQJ
I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5uQoLwLoEg
"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."1061Please respect copyright.PENANArAtAkVoSvy
"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtNP0n2NYy8
"Ya, me too," said Mike.1061Please respect copyright.PENANALkOGrDCVpi
"Why don't you want 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEToKdqBZPy
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAK4xHcBn9vX
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHSmf2ILxTQ
not to follow."1061Please respect copyright.PENANASoFWSCWk3Z
I wanted to protest and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUdxY05zTHR
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHxriA6IQCK
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqkvg82yuu0
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAsuTwWLYnzQ
"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOIwDiDMeen
Dang it!1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZOEUE2LADm
"Okay, you'll find me back at the hotel. I'll tell Collins that you had to go out," said Sam to the others, giving them a smile.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAY4ph8RGuNi
"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhSi1AdJitX
"Thanks, that's nice of 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAN6DaqgQ6Yc
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 1061Please respect copyright.PENANApTIWLtAAb3
the others. "Have fun you, guys."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmDMudwhFWU
Sam and Daesung left the1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2Hy5Bq2TXU
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAS22LGb6meP
myself that the two also made a nice pair.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAe3ZfrGpayO
"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHRy4Vq6SeR
"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAd2eamBp87d
"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.1061Please respect copyright.PENANASzMJNFCxjP
Christine stood up from 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAon0cStZv4I
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxt2TiV0aHI
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3nTeboPqLz
I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAc6ccNqEdsm
"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5nifRQxYxH
"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAbcoUdNvzTJ
"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQefJHh9sQc
Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoyx5gZASsj
I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxggMO6zhQl
"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAclQpFJDEWa
"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeB3zmb5MnG
TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAANwDqymgNQ
"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoOEYIF5NlL
"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAKUOZSydlRu
"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.1061Please respect copyright.PENANApJSm6fpJWC
"I know," said Christine.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtVdLYAOKuV
"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANARDbnqeSWnM
"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFKGFqBMy8o
"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWHFqsrQYez
"So that she can judge me? No way."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAx0r8HWqt3j
"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWgr7aJkQN5
"Don't try to convince 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaY84iCc2R0
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAusDvJoUGWG
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0UxvbOSjws
like she could hit me with a hammer.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMRQruWx0PL
"Okay, let's go," said TOP.1061Please respect copyright.PENANASUg89ceacX
I got up from the floor 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkHR01RYWjL
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8axZC9TyEf
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA6w1QoLYQ7i
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAg4M5Bro5od
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfKw2O5IsXb
The cars soon left the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANATRJTzhrILm
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9zTOEjJjYv
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANANAGaYQjyYk
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGkT1CJejCB
"Can you you please stop1061Please respect copyright.PENANAR9UdFqcYg2
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAenR9TNKqku
the teddy and lose it in the car."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAg6aUe5BLYi
"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUfc9g4fQ5s
"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWQqDlb0mor
I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXjBzSykK9Y
"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.1061Please respect copyright.PENANART7J3cjtsS
"I just want to get this over with."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdo661XAs2t
We were soon packed 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA6meAnzFYFI
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 1061Please respect copyright.PENANASz4HOLXp00
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAB4Pre59b4o
turned to look at her.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAyT3CiFOgCG
"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4obM8Uitr
"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."1061Please respect copyright.PENANALp3HvpVhVd
Seungri also turned to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAvgIUJCXEDf
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAbMmQuiLr0X
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAorgiKWFavG
chest and I wished Sam was here too.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlJZ2eAnTvJ
I soon got out of the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhwcLacM3h9
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAX5TYyRmf6H
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkgGPY8hf52
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHpnc3nEnXt
Before I could find my 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8Kk1BUXQ3H
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxlXYI4P9uO
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAKcZUMh34WG
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxIYr6SKeGn
I quickly went in the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwVxmEizzf8
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAcE0z1RTbgy
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHq3KRCzOjT
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAgSWEZT4l6X
I slowly approached the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWERBUsCQeb
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANArsVGV49edo
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 1061Please respect copyright.PENANApIB5ROeAO1
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFybLG3Oaqp
hesitate to end my life right here.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMaQfHPDqDf
"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAd0lCLmGYGA
"I was practising today," I answered.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmnW7xMM8We
"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxGkfmHHoD4
"Thanks," I frowned at 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqnKpgVki3m
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYxThNWVcKt
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAurXHkAmoZc
Jehan smirked. "Certainly."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEdXeO1Gr72
I quickly reached out 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhVqyLwc48o
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAq6J4SKIVka
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.1061Please respect copyright.PENANADEFagPB1oD
"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANABseqAj4o72
"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAggapnsAax6
"What now?" I complained.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAP0BykD4ZEN
"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFBG15FuXFt
"What do you think? That1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXdJ6H6kVN8
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAt57EtNeix
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFPigQgY8iI
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAslremiwJsy
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAe6SRUlcRSA
Jehan raised an eyebrow 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjsvJ7PP29R
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going1061Please respect copyright.PENANAME7RuEKVeA
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMoeK40syd4
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAbPOwt0zIE6
"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA82cEeJ9pQ1
"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIZWt5UVjEJ
I went back to looking 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3QX9gYBp3a
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into1061Please respect copyright.PENANAg3otbgw67O
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANANyTWEdzJGx
surprise me that he carried that thing around.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkkbgArRlEg
Jehan slowly laid the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAPF8SJx34U2
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAih5XNz4WAj
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 1061Please respect copyright.PENANADis2hSDt7T
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqlPLZBzeWI
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7dXsoYOUId
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwcrWH15Bhd
the teddy bear.1061Please respect copyright.PENANATIclrH6VkE
Wait. I frowned. This 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAViAV8T6svV
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3CG20uA38
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAcujrfR4zT0
diamonds!1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhEtIN7kY2F
I stared horrified at 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkdQwvLqRfT
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0LwDrFaVYl
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkTw9Yl6RNq
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAM1dbKLJ2ZT
I looked up at Jehan and1061Please respect copyright.PENANASP8L0fbQPC
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAESE6xmkSBu
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoDnxAfQPwv
that, he was going to end up traumatised.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA6zJmhs4pxe
"Je-Jehan," I said 1061Please respect copyright.PENANALJVi5d7k3E
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA6B7Qnh6owX
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in1061Please respect copyright.PENANASFQgEoKJ7V
there."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9e2wifHweI
Jean neither moved nor 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnKYAlpJHPa
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxEoh9jD5zA
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9F2Ho2V6CX
But how could this be? 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYP72OZPF8I
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdsr6poheMT
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWBMQ9kQzfH
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.1061Please respect copyright.PENANATlpLfMyDiw
"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZXiIeiqY8v
"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmcNyFHFQTZ
He banged his fists on 1061Please respect copyright.PENANANZANeXsAxh
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 1061Please respect copyright.PENANARNgwo1wJRR
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOZcTlPHTuj
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYYFOYTUhWK
"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAkLSxdpsh5
"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzFRwLwzuIA
"I don't know. I don't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAj45qEeohW5
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlYeNaICbYA
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2wVZR2jAaw
"How did the diamonds go missing?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAM1Vi1Ltcq1
"How am I supposed to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAe4ZD4waXGo
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without1061Please respect copyright.PENANA38U53G4III
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAumRZixfvL3
"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzaoo6RRwvI
"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwWKewcealK
Jehan rubbed his 1061Please respect copyright.PENANALhMa60tH2l
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAUEYi1gy9H
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIOIasaJIKT
"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqqD1FWFh54
"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJuhGnI0yjK
"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhKpIJClnyD
"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAFd8VEkKb8L
"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXiNWD7sQFR
"I don't know."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVRiht31nFs
Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAY7zBKKK16P
"Ummm," I looked down 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZNfBKkYgDd
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUexiG5xyL3
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAC9Ziqa315B
"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8M1baEVhJu
"I didn't have the teddy bear with me at the hotel the whole time," I said, looking at him fully in the eyes now.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIxvTh7O9l4
"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOh5gHE2v8L
"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAc6eHmRhXE3
"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2vzktWErvQ
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 1061Please respect copyright.PENANArc8kTt6ucE
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANARzDB2eMXfR
"I don't think so. Lee 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfEDucc4Isj
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzVpTFRvWT1
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmS8MvMcS21
"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdNOAh4pKH6
"You're right. But if she did find out about us and all this diamond business, she wouldn't keep that to herself. I know Lee."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWf2OsVHZo8
"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxcqBRDJUCU
"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."1061Please respect copyright.PENANADxoZ58bO35
After I said that, Jehan1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4SfIK4Nyps
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 1061Please respect copyright.PENANArKIvteehbU
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the1061Please respect copyright.PENANAuqEFdsK30e
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAY7OYRrEHYK
look on his face.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAyXR8kfgk81
"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnzVz3UB6IA
"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfdsysQxTGV
"I remember one of my 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzZPVqNMDpR
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhW4KmYG3WG
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAxGrNurdQ61
"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAIEkfkuhdbL
"Don't snap your fingers and be all happy about this," said Jehan, back to giving me that angry look. "I need that teddy, now!"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAhExBcTWXcW
"Huh? I can't start 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAt4PvH031yC
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEAmIpyjAYL
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAcKhZWo69j4
that the bear is missing."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA6OWENtpL0N
"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAO8kCRhpvVF
"What do you mean?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2KzQpOF1oo
"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."1061Please respect copyright.PENANApSXpKRLHhF
"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAceYEipTAaA
"Now that, makes no 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAkL8zirxbUP
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAY6kaIyefE
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAdFvNj1qQmT
"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAjV2EFwW3fC
"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."1061Please respect copyright.PENANALfEozMw4xy
"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzyghEfvDRN
"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9hF4edwmCp
I completely forgot that1061Please respect copyright.PENANAbTCNpYaPUt
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtD1YuuiQSH
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have1061Please respect copyright.PENANAbsBLfaolUB
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4U01VbMuPj
"Okay. I'll see what I can do."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2YyjF3Fl41
Jehan gave me a smile. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwE4ZwsUm4E
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAZPhxUtg27P
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANA86iWgKsUv6
I nodded my head and 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1JB84zlhW0
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked1061Please respect copyright.PENANAz6JoXmsheI
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAvFwPhrjjvA
"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.1061Please respect copyright.PENANATnW7En6TPJ
I sat there as I buried 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeiE5EeEsNb
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3u8R0q01cW
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtNmpGT4OV3
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqUllwJ0VZ1
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAl7mQD9oQDC
drama that might just ruin my life?1061Please respect copyright.PENANATMg2XF9Svi
I hadn't noticed the bell of the café ringing because I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I looked up, there stood Christine.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAnXGr9wc8Lj
"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAz7348P85Ba
I could hear footsteps 1061Please respect copyright.PENANASOSMEygvYS
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUPvmMfMtw0
when they saw the look on my face.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwHpaW8DmsB
Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoKN1Gf5FQG
"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANARpgCWJaH5T
"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANATwNgdd3dA1
"No," I answered. "He didn't."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaMMm6p5vqH
"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAtLPPgoUqyc
"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."1061Please respect copyright.PENANANfq6STTpfD
Mike shook his head. "But who? We didn't know what that teddy bear had until now, so, it couldn't be anyone of us."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeh3XBFUsX6
"And what about Lee?" 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMBIhvZSKYa
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAzSoboGJbXg
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAyb1hABeE6n
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAr9B2SCXd53
to."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3RplWtOvLx
"This is bad," I said, 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAn6HRhAehui
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7ifQBdX9H6
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYei8mnlgNL
"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJRUGkRTwA0
"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAB73x8ItHT4
We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOgP0Dnw2LV
"Sam?" I wondered for a 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmVWwv5MA3O
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAvSE7IhC5Hc
she have swapped it with the other one?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANADjqQU3fm9T
"Okay, wait," said TOP. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVnUHOgNLI4
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA8ErwyVwKo9
what's really going on in the first place?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAEzPnfUNs1B
"I doubt it," I said 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1LAesulzPA
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAF25g3kUnKO
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVaojKsAjmq
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAyHrUYoQoWO
TOP and Seungri looked 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAMhZtfpp0k6
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWkFbSqCMWx
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwWZ73UZ4f7
it away.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAunWcKSWcTG
"I highly doubt it too,"1061Please respect copyright.PENANA7qBcLE6f6K
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAyIP4UXQHNN
she would have asked us about it."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAeGNrhhkggq
"That's true," said 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZcQpAc2qt
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAi8oE8yF58Z
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAqoJnE3LTxY
"And I checked out the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA6Caq9mOdTd
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAK7lEg0kaBY
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAJ95w04Fl3e
"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAlTsa7ePEuD
"No, I highly doubt it,"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAm6UpbY0VHs
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAHICN8ImL0c
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They1061Please respect copyright.PENANA9OAHUdXpC5
said nothing about them entering a toy store."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAT7UfOp9iwm
"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAELAmMlj3bs
"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANAbHSzEqveyw
"Collins?" Mike asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANADuGACFuMgj
"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1o0ZgyigHf
"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAA2DP9YShhW
"But who knows? Maybe he1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAPxvRfdyXa
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAekSgxc6Pul
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOglQpnFl0a
times."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWKIdA0dUXi
"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAztFR3BI7aa
"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3JpIjkGcK7
"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"1061Please respect copyright.PENANADLKQ2zM9nH
Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWOvihK8YVh
"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.1061Please respect copyright.PENANACMGJ6j96Ou
"He was the one who went1061Please respect copyright.PENANA0qLZ5iU3Sq
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAaGE1XNCcy5
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA5ah8Dezehn
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAR372fDUF1A
elevator."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAudrQ38e54j
"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAq7ncffHSd4
"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAItBNh4SDFo
"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.1061Please respect copyright.PENANANOpdnOBVKU
"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAYjtiyjQcUj
"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."1061Please respect copyright.PENANABhXZuwzCXj
"You're right," I said 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAVomp8RAVEj
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2KMUAzZMqz
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."1061Please respect copyright.PENANAQj7KAiJ4Jy
"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAGwwx6t5kkp
We all walked out of the1061Please respect copyright.PENANA2bN2ZtJS3Z
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAi6JNh0KQ9H
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwzK5pmTIfZ
While I was in the car 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA3HK7Rv6mP1
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfuPASHpUuF
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins1061Please respect copyright.PENANALc8kZ0fHGJ
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA1WGol9I3oP
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 1061Please respect copyright.PENANApeYhNvhn1X
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAXuLGI5SkA1
If it isn't him, then 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAwKJWQMChim
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAWntHR3Hqja
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 1061Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZnMycvVRJ
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her1061Please respect copyright.PENANAmRsGmTFqjO
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.1061Please respect copyright.PENANAcbjh1uRu6L
What if I had the wrong 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAouiXmsFTdL
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAUnlnFZobR3
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAOnsfRg17Ca
place without any of us noticing in the first place?1061Please respect copyright.PENANA4SrojE8SEP
I hope I could be able 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAAMe7ZnTFwe
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 1061Please respect copyright.PENANAfS7E11Ovbk
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that1061Please respect copyright.PENANAoUNdGO5JnI
happen.