Zoey's P.O.V1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9CJhCUjeqs
Waking up this Monday 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArUTRrtPIhb
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcOpYmWbS88
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyUKlMxe1Ea
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqiCkrgdcIo
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected1060Please respect copyright.PENANASdzz4rbbca
myself to be.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGEO1GkDLGF
I couldn't stop 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7sHq3AMTKP
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5Tx5GHrRaK
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJa6v5v8W6x
feel that something was wrong.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxxPrikGx7S
Could they have known 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqWs6IqQjg3
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAubgDjq3Bx6
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjcmYV0cABp
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwyDbdkp56S
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxQ5TiKR5Vh
just had our usual conversation.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVgB9yH7msx
I brushed off all those 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeQ8kRuhL6C
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFL8tOleS85
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvEqcyyEsq8
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when1060Please respect copyright.PENANATrufkD8cup
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbVdrR64Oe5
But now that she wasn't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2G97XTCQdG
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJKWb91AqJg
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmSOkSIWeFh
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzUq5qSwIsL
woken up early before the alarm rang.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3Nl13dwAaU
I sat up on my bed and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbbqzXMjQVa
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAR5kjArCoDx
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAroVNxAPGHk
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMMJlG809MU
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaisnmh5a6D
After seeing her with 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAz5qWXckzKC
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I1060Please respect copyright.PENANAB0OToHxRrg
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9xYJAHWDfM
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXYExjxg8K2
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAedsGrQjEUv
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAjGnjgg6A2
day. That left me devastated.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFluYx6NfHv
I couldn't stop looking 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAovIp9ISeRP
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 1060Please respect copyright.PENANADaTBgziwoP
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5vtIB5UJXc
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAANshp66p46
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They1060Please respect copyright.PENANASmSLqx3TXn
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWnihW44wTJ
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPuWSIwHmQn
That sent me boiling to a1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3CENoAEpeB
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me1060Please respect copyright.PENANAequ5jZ7x77
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJfPiHJuYhA
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKbcDcf3bFQ
Christine had told me to1060Please respect copyright.PENANAINuc8oL9in
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIqJwo2XBix
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told1060Please respect copyright.PENANABSjv6tGLq8
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZI0uza2ep2
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXa5VVjYWbU
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0VQyToCLUZ
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqstAcB1t1M
And now, I had to face 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAThNGPf04OQ
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAgcXvMPIoQ
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music1060Please respect copyright.PENANA95srPU8eHH
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQXPlNaIeNL
was still so upset.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXVBfYEBmmP
I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgkllk4CTq6
After I was done, I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANARIyW8vPCUu
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8jTaLXwmeW
others at the dining table for breakfast.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAe8uXrHbFLv
I found them already 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAB7XU450CEb
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7TCyQ9NI1N
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAq4pgZohfYN
I felt a little awkward 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjbOjA3V2lS
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't1060Please respect copyright.PENANATxXQkABR9R
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and1060Please respect copyright.PENANALhqNburpgY
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6f6nr9EsaK
that also felt weird.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6IeHBS4isL
I know that she and I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0HYjpAxtBY
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3oI8UrEiex
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAucI8rrWcQW
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWzLpqTnZIT
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1ORImRnNb
like something was wrong.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhTR3myowaK
I poured myself a cup of1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOmiIx6OiwG
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdfQrhaYNmT
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.1060Please respect copyright.PENANADOorRLOBSM
"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjrON82GN4e
My heart almost skipped a1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3J8veUleHZ
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know1060Please respect copyright.PENANAI87CC02HrY
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6UQoHUQuH5
too far. I was over here! Hello!1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHNSfR2FXnT
"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvrVnDAmvsl
"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.1060Please respect copyright.PENANACsAQL7bWF7
"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.1060Please respect copyright.PENANACvZvEheBeO
"I have no doubt about it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFVdRmMviEB
"But I don't see why you1060Please respect copyright.PENANAx2YbVG0Lp8
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuctkuOHNXQ
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAX9FUK92SZO
"One thing about fans is1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOv095mgmoY
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA42E1y66ZqA
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3rytBN3YT4
"I know," said Lee. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGGVN3COp7r
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5PbHnh0Yxj
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAt9WJWxspDi
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyWAv3dr13Q
"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAk1Z6ZUUsTj
"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqjqmxb37q8
"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3wCwOwaaYF
"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyVTswtEWqk
"Aye, aye," said Daniel.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOJDOZrnOoW
"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaNT3YdBrOA
"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWv02XsnbuW
"You're just too quiet, that's all."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAG2mZEWiGm5
"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAusOPrSJGH1
I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnKAxSqFzU5
"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.1060Please respect copyright.PENANATE68D0H1XW
I stuck my tongue out at1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfgUE9f0JJq
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the1060Please respect copyright.PENANASN9M0qpQxq
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4JDrAnB1CR
still wasn't looking in my direction.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAV85LEccjqr
Soon after breakfast, we1060Please respect copyright.PENANAanpekXTntc
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvvrdThxLpy
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA97s3GhTA7F
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAts3Sv6bXmf
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what1060Please respect copyright.PENANAir0a9cPftN
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4tryge3Npw
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5TsjeZFssB
she would.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqHrKtjvkpe
We arrived at YG and we 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAstVGa1LgVq
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqSMJGb4i2m
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPhp1OY7LpD
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.1060Please respect copyright.PENANApNraq6gxJQ
When everyone was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAckZcyVD0lc
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmtOAVmsbPZ
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAc3bKb9WNIs
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1D8lLnoyfi
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAY7tLwLoQcG
He not responding to me 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7eZgFJfhvQ
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbb9mFNFVyO
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted1060Please respect copyright.PENANARFv3a7nzaC
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnqRDMbK6ot
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3v1uePj5Nj
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8UsAyTJxov
looked away instead.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAc5xbfJ4YK4
We went straight to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAq5dlEaJxpF
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoFMLMRdhuz
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaSI51y5b4d
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmIimCUou5t
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAupQM2hfysg
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUGX9AQjmki
During pratice, I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPqgX6KiXfH
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGODhFaEMKZ
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8yst3SnH9Q
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAp9ookzRKXV
G-Dragon wasn't the only1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMoenlXDPyU
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfhermbTfu4
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdrBVvqrcB0
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 1060Please respect copyright.PENANASxw638DzgU
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdDp7h64FlN
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEls3Ur7h9a
As her best friend, I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAj8ch5ykSrC
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZFE2oGCiC
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAulDoZw62HS
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAN0khiz3vaS
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0zFnITwOom
She is also smart, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsL0V3br2Mv
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAj4RIvkFfVL
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOyxaADaOMe
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even1060Please respect copyright.PENANAapYUsRpDCE
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.1060Please respect copyright.PENANARhMbiGi4zF
Sam has a lot of good 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAR0hfNrzb69
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her1060Please respect copyright.PENANAR38SIoySUU
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAu0IoKfvjdW
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANATDDFvb85Qc
want to hurt anyone around her.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8ANYQQnhvz
Realising this made me 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0nEcgJrqQG
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5H6TgtWABD
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzyaHTgVQbW
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAf96sUWeLCP
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHaZ0ydYzf6
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA73fjtctHeP
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAciSF6Uw4TK
realise it till now.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJTNXqGUvUP
"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlV6BMabsUb
"Zoey, you aren't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA43GFXc6SrT
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAd0uLfbfnBg
second time you have made the same mistake."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8LTJdlsrDU
"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1ntitbZQuH
"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA14lzuu5qMg
It was lunch the time we1060Please respect copyright.PENANAe4BiTeqVKe
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 1060Please respect copyright.PENANABZYRAKQMuJ
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAM1vLovAV9u
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoKXxVPFL2v
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOZWzzwZAPm
they were all laughing.1060Please respect copyright.PENANALvhKvQ5jkc
"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvbAM6qPfLI
"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEsOADI7Dle
"Still not talking to Sam?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAq1JhMLQj7B
"Nope."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9UIMcLRmn
TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."1060Please respect copyright.PENANABFoiTM5lWe
"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiKvwCqgRW9
"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbOxuOK41X8
"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyUKOh9YRZW
"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZaYhwdly30
"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1Uig1nPhHB
"I know. But you aren't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFDl2r6V3ez
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3qWKzkL7Fj
You would be chit chatting like you always do."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPUOamaHW4B
"What if I just want to be alone for today?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiIn4cB1yRG
"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."1060Please respect copyright.PENANARYOhr1V4dt
I frowned. "Why?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAspdraSAcNL
"Because you look miserable."1060Please respect copyright.PENANALf9IW4sFyJ
I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzyiBWstfh6
"Miserable!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAz6PipNCLQY
"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZC8scs7yZ8
I thought for a moment 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyqkQCq0pDl
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjuR7ju3lce
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAArY5AVJuUj
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0NHsm1IbS
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuVh0ysdkmL
Seeing all this in front1060Please respect copyright.PENANA635ZD59VIt
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtLWrLpIwoO
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1684VekB2
Until TOP came to talk to me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6CjWJmPb9z
"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7COEpZnCwh
"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAR9Na2ZoL3J
"I don't know," I said 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANsMT1eZbfM
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but1060Please respect copyright.PENANAx7AT9Hg1h3
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPt7m185imI
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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIzMOadcu6o
"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJLwdJ97jBf
"Then why don't you talk to her?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA25NqLKD7lR
"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3hLKGkoN9M
"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiTerzwywRQ
"I know."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5RADIPVNWF
"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGO3tWzaGtC
"I'll think about it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAP8FkURoysH
"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsaMVmDrRvg
Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.1060Please respect copyright.PENANADOlI9bIXVS
"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKlRZk7C9cR
"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUw9WuIwKLz
The three of us went out1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9rHcjTZ5R4
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAAsqpRRcYV
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVViWk5Wyb0
As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2Dwc68DXZr
"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtT3t0i8s0Z
"Chill, you just ordered1060Please respect copyright.PENANAD0yTguYhk6
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one1060Please respect copyright.PENANAB81bSnmB0V
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.1060Please respect copyright.PENANABVHRgBOxnB
"But I'm so hungry."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4pAzrrkvkH
"Trust me, you aren't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbbubyBXcyr
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhSV9xFZ78m
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 1060Please respect copyright.PENANApC1Mt5E00A
have."1060Please respect copyright.PENANATqg0WP3Jaj
"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxtJRP3QYKt
"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAi4KtouoX9p
"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.1060Please respect copyright.PENANASCmufbYMEX
"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAC5xnW15aZ6
"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZEdvCbN7yZ
I didn't say anything as1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7Wvr7UiR8d
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANADx5uBD0Oa2
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjDpzNslrk7
calling.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgC3LvroaLK
"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlvXPxrwzJF
"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXgBCDBAv5x
"Okay, well you better answer that call."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWkB0He8dLi
I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtpVW4e7oE4
"Hello," I answered.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOrtVMbDEzG
"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJerYJBAMDh
"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANALSMZvnOSFV
"We have to meet today, ASAP."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuawX21AiKu
"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2BO7I2Cnjm
"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdkzboRt3zX
I knew Jehan was going 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAoryh3qntV
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAij2E9HFuyj
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7ICP4QBXOH
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 1060Please respect copyright.PENANABqlWYSesKB
was upstairs in the dance studio.1060Please respect copyright.PENANArSty78JlYM
"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4f9M90FJ9u
"I'm coming to YG to get it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9fWEZkCEpj
"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVYg5AbUOue
"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPH8Fvg8qBj
"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAviKgvrCQ2q
He cut the call and I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANApTLHL6NJ0U
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOatlZQT5pv
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmvsIvqrZwo
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see1060Please respect copyright.PENANADIUgFGHMx8
him they would start to ask questions.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgRSM4u5rGL
"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqqkeOngcWg
I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWTvChZiPBT
"What?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjm12p0gkMb
"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJmbayHAstS
"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQkDasPzAuh
"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."1060Please respect copyright.PENANALJP80vwurj
"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."1060Please respect copyright.PENANANarq85dSUq
"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKW0fctkYzH
"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."1060Please respect copyright.PENANADsSSIbNTIW
"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvahEIkqStM
Dang it! I was cornered 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWWLGENxiZr
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPldxIWyYsi
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5kTOi1AjYM
light no matter how much you try to hide it.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZLmqrwWoGx
"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAepkGYFaAmi
I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfwFo5WXx8I
"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAt0l1luT4Al
We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVNyQpSjAdg
I told them everything 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArNHDTM5UXO
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhhZF6sP1ji
said a word until I finished the whole story.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAszh9XQqhnE
"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxSRk4PXw1Z
"Just you two," I answered.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOMv9nUYXjN
"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAA1lYEIkdNQ
"Surprising, right?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZcfhxbI4qu
"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIvGKK0w4GX
"We should involve the police," said TOP.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAOnmp2jU5Z
"No! We can't!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANARO6ekWu05Z
"Why?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAP9BSBWPB02
"You know word goes out 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnMfHgLVBCC
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiKtcexKhEa
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAy24go3YDfs
"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5j5ZXRNWnP
"He assured me that this1060Please respect copyright.PENANAY0L7bLmudY
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzTqBingwkF
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXZQ76ICGbA
"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAO5vtcl8ylr
The three of us turned 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyVLwm73P6k
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAorxhJ6Emmn
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiK4hoCToVt
"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtkgge1uYR4
"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZMoZOdaG33
"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAI2NRXP2vxY
"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6wdMlFGmcH
"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoWg1ZX8VKh
"Random stuff involving a1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbmLfzvVLyM
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnLpUy6UBJN
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyd2JQ59qyi
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3kN4oHfKOi
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAONehi9Bscc
I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyMwnOQ7Usy
"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMvZSKHP15T
"Okay, I won't."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiisFnbPmRG
"Sit down."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUSWvzVZqgn
Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3q8mgQycgk
"I got myself into trouble," I started.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYStXK1YKTB
"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdKrGseuu6w
"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4qsPKrXE1z
Christine's face soon 1060Please respect copyright.PENANARFkaC85vhP
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA68ymBQA8iy
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtCycX6xpnr
"What!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANANs9T8dDq9X
TOP quickly covered up 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtVQOJUEnqY
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 1060Please respect copyright.PENANADoUnpwC9Et
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAigBcAYK9fY
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8ay2zA7qSA
"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAveACkr1siy
"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVx9invEsnL
"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoUQ12xXbH1
"Of course I'm mad!" 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGZGYZbDgw7
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOiMCxKv6j6
but this by far is the worst one of them all."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0FX21Fng1u
"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7coyMS71mF
"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7b6zQaHyex
"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiyJPfwBMKC
"Ya, I remember. What about him?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9uBDy9Nbhi
"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsT2BUsa8w6
"WHAT!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7xKTACVaW7
"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0dIHi9zGxb
"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA31sjzKqRRH
"And the one I met at the café," I said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMJZIvzZDnN
"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA59k0mDlxrd
"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1qycgnempb
"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHSoYR7RQfj
"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAt6pr2WvAnt
"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA083ueAGhAh
"Ya," I said. "I planned1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvKdS320hXB
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxREkkaUyq1
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAz1yAp8UZDN
"So you're the one who 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAybND6VrUQO
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAom11ulonJl
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7JXEi5tl9j
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 1060Please respect copyright.PENANALjKlvZl4PO
out with Seungri."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4V8zytFIHR
"I lied."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoEeGFeWCz8
Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0UcLxmIzpG
"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAY1ctCyjO5k
"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHIH9XfkZnF
"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."1060Please respect copyright.PENANADy8cYbQTrs
"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPSOlkb2K5U
"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."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoS1jbPnsha
"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANACnbW6dl33w
"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqfu1VBi7Wq
"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."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdgAbEBOU2a
"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3jgpE6yAA5
"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaAvUl31rne
"But where?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAC9oaQWjbSK
"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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsFSLW7aVoH
"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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuIsJOs9zBH
"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6IrKoFugzv
"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFbgNTqgbx4
I took my phone out and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANATjHWkYl3Nq
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvaKaW0kmCg
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6yrJwZl746
"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAS9ktZHw4qS
"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4213PYxVqC
Seungri had ordered ten 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAR3aAMnpSz3
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcdi0r9W8R8
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdlznUAHMsc
favourite.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXVlkaSSSbW
We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsoblEgv0TB
"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyzRVqq8LsK
"I'll be ready for 1060Please respect copyright.PENANASrfRXyhGIc
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmdyEgN2sxk
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA936xeJYpgb
"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9kpyzXE1tD
"And G-Dragon," TOP added.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKW6E5W2a55
"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKYvDLz9Qth
"Well, someone has to," said Christine.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbSfCC8ZwJk
"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiNCEjFtjEC
"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAz30cCaZiz4
We found ourselves back 1060Please respect copyright.PENANARXroEaSBGG
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAa6ozklMFnh
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuj9rs0NEBe
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAI4u13CGqkn
paranoid?1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9z5QaDQILv
Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMj4jefwdXu
"What?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0OIFIPxsmP
"You were frowning," Christine answered.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAl4URCJbfT0
"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAB6nGl1Un5l
"Says the person who 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsgzVW0SyR3
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAH6TcpOwRUV
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiZWQHvBcvQ
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUB3EFeKWjQ
Soon after lunch, we 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAa6kxa27lJ0
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAy3qPkG6QVI
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMU1xD32WGz
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAheJVpGp67J
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuoFw36vDT3
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQSTeErVi7T
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAI8orjEIBV1
At some point in the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAn7OfwUZq9A
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAl1EhHMM8Pe
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUQMWsFc1n1
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGZXqXRLPoo
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmn88mCT6bE
back to practising until we could pratice no more.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAakCUSN0vIC
It was five and the sun 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAe3weDtsfuv
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I1060Please respect copyright.PENANAinuP2m8dEe
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAy67a247DIk
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAskeKe7ENaq
side of me. We were all pretty tired.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOmgRMhplvP
The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAH19JuqdkZN
While I was resting and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIRvMXbi2ks
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmDyziE0jWR
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjWqr9QOnJn
look on my face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKk4NmNikNx
"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyjYd92w0q0
"Go? Go where?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANArY0hEFllIQ
Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjmIWHftWix
"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaRZElI2r2O
"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAn5ogOS8K8n
It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAn2jtSUq9UN
"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZovu1Eumoi
"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcdKsitZGcz
"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAev0GRqFC5A
"I want to follow too," said Daniel.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAniS777TBUI
"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgy7hXPVTeZ
I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7DsFGkbHuA
"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfCBj6PUjMa
"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAql52LouLKD
"Ya, me too," said Mike.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsJJlbgkjRZ
"Why don't you want 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9SrSoM6sVz
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAR3inAiHlq8
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8l3DWaGsfa
not to follow."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3CzcNUvPBv
I wanted to protest and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcKKffc6QIQ
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWcfpwBjQRy
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAleMnHnt2VG
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhjWmKVrpgG
"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnZ8zepjZcd
Dang it!1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjnUXaH75BM
"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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIZHgnY0bqu
"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ixu89M04E
"Thanks, that's nice of 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyUjkV3gDIn
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfzplfoEUlO
the others. "Have fun you, guys."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwuy4ViNccO
Sam and Daesung left the1060Please respect copyright.PENANAShwmICChBZ
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQr8tD1pSHV
myself that the two also made a nice pair.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXMnpccGfPG
"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAd94gtkciu7
"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAt3QlKmn3eM
"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIle365c4L0
Christine stood up from 1060Please respect copyright.PENANABUQrmbZEWk
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQckoZJOCyo
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAR4Ky0cQGvT
I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANActCmwoyOPi
"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfFvRu0tT7i
"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVch1t915aN
"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfrazHg9BeZ
Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHIXMWcswh6
I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1HmiJfEur
"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFPhSXVgBJT
"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPcVGpyzoc1
TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.1060Please respect copyright.PENANADwWdgz4LTW
"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPzTeu7xOYE
"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAESfCQ4dI3U
"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAkq9qiXE2J
"I know," said Christine.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQz389VlJgi
"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAD3otTTUg1c
"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMZG4VnC6Us
"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHAe2Do4qKv
"So that she can judge me? No way."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYhBNQI47nb
"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3Oz8yU678u
"Don't try to convince 1060Please respect copyright.PENANASUFKPRa9yF
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7zjinaM5V1
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQKRjOovkRE
like she could hit me with a hammer.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPgHID2brlL
"Okay, let's go," said TOP.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyz3DjsjKsN
I got up from the floor 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbf2SaRhy0V
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 1060Please respect copyright.PENANADCEvhEfSNE
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGwZH5hyase
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyaizxP73P9
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAylsRmF79ru
The cars soon left the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3yphCw6nlg
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0aosGjg8el
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAivMPoa4Pvb
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUMdaI9wOJf
"Can you you please stop1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbIr4xcxC3i
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6k8UjNISYf
the teddy and lose it in the car."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAF0wmLjL2ln
"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAErD8VD06Jb
"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAteeV1niqlv
I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."1060Please respect copyright.PENANASMlkOaK4Mp
"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQnwQmMihOp
"I just want to get this over with."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1Yt4VSJooh
We were soon packed 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZeKBz6GKuV
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHVCgBYSXi9
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnw0qrgYQHk
turned to look at her.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlaUWypHsen
"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjH6YbHJxRf
"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3HCYOoUAAd
Seungri also turned to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJ24NfSFvOt
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnllaF4T22R
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaF5HqdxY0i
chest and I wished Sam was here too.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmLq9NKjWo8
I soon got out of the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQqDRfBzftf
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7oWQpZdfAs
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgyy6hfFKUs
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfkm6gkNrpA
Before I could find my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUtVxb9GO2C
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXKdlKONs7Y
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 1060Please respect copyright.PENANApGsS2GJjnI
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.1060Please respect copyright.PENANACPal7Oizca
I quickly went in the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAG5vfQseWfO
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMgVJF9VbIe
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAt5qma2BEzZ
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9xLe5EH2u4
I slowly approached the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ud7zt0hL4
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXFvxn8hp8b
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlLauJGHOdi
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANApVAu7gYo2o
hesitate to end my life right here.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAylOplMmNEE
"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."1060Please respect copyright.PENANACDfscCnGVQ
"I was practising today," I answered.1060Please respect copyright.PENANArtAFs7JLP0
"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAufkx4Z6h8y
"Thanks," I frowned at 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvJcMY1VZOV
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANApm8O3gm630
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvdzdwsaznd
Jehan smirked. "Certainly."1060Please respect copyright.PENANARHkNjMmqYS
I quickly reached out 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAn6mswtPJVP
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaM3GxVKjnT
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9N1QaGdJ1V
"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYhAwPG6qQJ
"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAt93qTriUtT
"What now?" I complained.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuWL6YEgQHY
"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.1060Please respect copyright.PENANANtoRDjo9XV
"What do you think? That1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwaCjge4eC0
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOt08nIy0Yi
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAOATdzaK9o
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUDk3pCqV2X
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAF4OyDb3ORr
Jehan raised an eyebrow 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAOb9Okyn8S
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going1060Please respect copyright.PENANAP46mo4yOY3
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFHvrMU4eRv
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAp0faQ1yQ3q
"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXJcSdzjiHc
"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4LhSqFze77
I went back to looking 1060Please respect copyright.PENANApA1D82sZm8
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUIt88pJjPI
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAC8sULLRBCA
surprise me that he carried that thing around.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnkfw0fboLP
Jehan slowly laid the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4kHTpm0rRu
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYa2wAD7kz0
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWv06wqnw7d
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1mdkM7c9QY
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANADrrY47zJ3z
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of1060Please respect copyright.PENANAt0NpIKDDO6
the teddy bear.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAulkrq68Tkb
Wait. I frowned. This 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWIhbZTTfHE
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAu3Q663QbJi
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANALngYbWfvbc
diamonds!1060Please respect copyright.PENANAv4Ptr7CKsX
I stared horrified at 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnV7bzeFgOI
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5VlIUKhkko
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1A7Cs1F91S
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.1060Please respect copyright.PENANANMabpRpLkF
I looked up at Jehan and1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKHqiKzBxZC
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzbe7KbppK2
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiHSeUEQGFc
that, he was going to end up traumatised.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAo32ZBdfR3l
"Je-Jehan," I said 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7SlHtnmro4
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZtOlHnCroX
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOH98QdgA1Q
there."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvdm0GZ4emX
Jean neither moved nor 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHwO4iR3iuS
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAWJIV2vjL9
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMCpIOEIktE
But how could this be? 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyoQTNpln0G
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 1060Please respect copyright.PENANApxVSgsj5zR
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQWwAjz11BP
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsTZdXX7Bkv
"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiWxFiHi7wA
"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQzTzBoOuOF
He banged his fists on 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOfa2Eu2qpt
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAo9mztHiYcb
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGNRdBCxvfp
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAINFEjXmh6J
"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPQwcKbc8sD
"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnF1Bc9V9NK
"I don't know. I don't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4cXkKh9YSs
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.1060Please respect copyright.PENANANC7Qzy3vbk
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZX201OdQJE
"How did the diamonds go missing?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAue1rLV7M3L
"How am I supposed to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZIENBzK94T
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgD4P09Vw7m
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiMX9GuVW4Q
"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHNLPok8KxA
"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgP4vePXeWV
Jehan rubbed his 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1tA7Al2FXd
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAh6bFEbI2a8
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.1060Please respect copyright.PENANADaV3gvj1a6
"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMK92k3G9mr
"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAa3dVTRgTmC
"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJBKqXrMkfS
"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAR633iIcaV7
"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANATP0wpiYDlJ
"I don't know."1060Please respect copyright.PENANABKiAziIC3h
Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdBT54kB7DX
"Ummm," I looked down 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArYIfSBmYk7
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAauTV7Sy7An
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA40qWfezEo3
"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANArCr8qFIzXm
"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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnj5u4gIwCI
"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.1060Please respect copyright.PENANALxRjZ7zpLZ
"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA38LU3XULq9
"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlOLmgkkITN
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1QDGDpmfXV
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqxX8o8IDjX
"I don't think so. Lee 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA88Dfpcyb0d
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5V7JTJtA8z
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAl8PQG0dKiF
"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA95ZQ2b7OVH
"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."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWlo6O8AvIc
"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5vWTkwA9qr
"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAi2k4O3lnEM
After I said that, Jehan1060Please respect copyright.PENANALMdepdJ2aY
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMlIUJvMOS4
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9mAf5AIkaj
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqJL6nTyHqe
look on his face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiU05QIWYqb
"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeaLFCxSTY8
"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqnck9uVFcS
"I remember one of my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANduegHnWYn
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdFiyoKR2dJ
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA05quxjXMsP
"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkwQUTybE8h
"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!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYsVPBrpT4F
"Huh? I can't start 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHeDJWHciv5
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking1060Please respect copyright.PENANA61l9ts9i9b
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcFSRzFeYfQ
that the bear is missing."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMesDWWf4Xd
"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."1060Please respect copyright.PENANATydR0CvNCn
"What do you mean?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAU49iOLNGev
"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoalQ7c660B
"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlxtDrYT0Oq
"Now that, makes no 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA77BTX4kwVP
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that1060Please respect copyright.PENANABR6qkPXq1h
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."1060Please respect copyright.PENANASpc8ILORZ1
"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAF6Bncd5c0A
"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwYKs4Ufq6P
"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8BVyI0Lcxl
"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAS5l3OrQI4i
I completely forgot that1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeYmlsZoe1Y
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHDMs0zJYY9
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have1060Please respect copyright.PENANAamzDsh2BGy
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWMViVmlpAQ
"Okay. I'll see what I can do."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbXHWBQ1CpB
Jehan gave me a smile. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvhgl0L5pA9
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 1060Please respect copyright.PENANACpGTfparza
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANATbwi07eFxf
I nodded my head and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtgjJHB2Imb
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8vv2mvSsT6
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUa4sxSk5gU
"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmvqJjIqJra
I sat there as I buried 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVwknNJY4oI
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2Fe8DUzkFJ
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7PLUISnWYU
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAM41gnzdsby
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMOxMmn0kVj
drama that might just ruin my life?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAC8pytWR2NH
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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIcSwUlktiZ
"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7NKkK3vh4J
I could hear footsteps 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAznobLKBhZk
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxSeUoKd3CG
when they saw the look on my face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeZV6O9bwT9
Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6PgX7vMcdw
"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWNnl0NwklW
"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwPNNkwXmH6
"No," I answered. "He didn't."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3wzuRcrS4Q
"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbaV002esf6
"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAisVvRQEaaM
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."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdaMLJAjxop
"And what about Lee?" 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4To6emBNDt
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArIVkfp5VoM
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4jHpqO3GYl
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAf1DOqcUd5O
to."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAC1GKE4WBUq
"This is bad," I said, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANASCW8vQ1ENi
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyf5GczcRTt
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAV0hFvcMINV
"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiIaixzY1Lj
"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4K4B9r9Ar
We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAm9O0Yaawis
"Sam?" I wondered for a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfcC2YIax9q
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUoELo8tgj1
she have swapped it with the other one?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0FmM6imtIx
"Okay, wait," said TOP. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeYaLDTLn4P
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAY9r3YcNYsI
what's really going on in the first place?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfEnJbHefOk
"I doubt it," I said 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIBXAXho1gZ
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 1060Please respect copyright.PENANApzibpwpi27
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would1060Please respect copyright.PENANAARql72iWz2
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAx6M19oikKl
TOP and Seungri looked 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8CSgIeyYTU
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfEL7kf2RLM
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6zEybn72lI
it away.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVbIrqDSUQ0
"I highly doubt it too,"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFtJZBG25cN
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsOtWNrm9Xy
she would have asked us about it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdZkbHaGfzq
"That's true," said 1060Please respect copyright.PENANACKL0VZFMaE
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOysXDdF44x
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA15tMKsNssn
"And I checked out the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1y6P7hlcYM
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOZMR5ZOm3F
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsVoxME4l30
"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2HnusvFir6
"No, I highly doubt it,"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPyOyj9fXaE
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEnRMBlbGys
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdUTdobjQPc
said nothing about them entering a toy store."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4dL9Y7xeNn
"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9Nmk63QmvV
"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYdmVBeipK6
"Collins?" Mike asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0j5B89WU7s
"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKaALxB7OTi
"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."1060Please respect copyright.PENANApFLEk213fY
"But who knows? Maybe he1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaJkaCOKxua
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAx9ELyp5P5D
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOxrJPh90tl
times."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcIuoqJMBe8
"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAO0QpbRjM67
"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsoMKNJaHlf
"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFnD3KfgyZD
Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."1060Please respect copyright.PENANADnuelxlECI
"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAu7UGhWqgYp
"He was the one who went1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbSrTndoZqK
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9OgBE6BTLp
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMvQbR8edvQ
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANATVuJFTzpsI
elevator."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAG3By4Fg2hP
"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyHDQ2S3SQZ
"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8UcRQBRmtL
"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuJoEg2qFDb
"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoCpw1R2NZ1
"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwam0Rn7My6
"You're right," I said 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAP8N35V98wS
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 1060Please respect copyright.PENANATbzOCm802y
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzZ4dmHPMq0
"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeh4te9wPZ4
We all walked out of the1060Please respect copyright.PENANAn3Igc8nOA8
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoVIXcPk5bK
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWoblG5MIpi
While I was in the car 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEaRg196ARw
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJYVXmW7m2G
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins1060Please respect copyright.PENANAabpIT5UWug
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANACOIzprOMRa
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOGjWfunq4G
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvkq3es7MXy
If it isn't him, then 1060Please respect copyright.PENANASysOXyjT2k
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAk2AAyPKb2L
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJEhGWNDPci
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOoOtZPUwum
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAovGNMknc8a
What if I had the wrong 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAX8gqnJQFpE
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAv60Xe0v0II
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuNmSdgTubK
place without any of us noticing in the first place?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvaDxOqBadA
I hope I could be able 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAscBG8bC9td
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANALCBcm9KPZ5
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgMetpa6URt
happen.