Stuck In A K-Pop World: Hitting With A Big Bang (A Black Kitty Series, Book 1) - Chapter 23: Swapped

Zoey's P.O.V946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxAELh08RT

Waking up this Monday 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡly6oJ9jWOh
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHnhg9QdUB
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQq2G9id24M
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5ARkrsOKW
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7uqziqaK3
myself to be.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWfD9fRLxO

I couldn't stop 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yQKN46pIR
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbi5i0zi2J
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGio1hGYjFg
feel that something was wrong.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIU2V0QO2vm

Could they have known 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HswgdpQMp
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiILCdbhqp
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzZQHiY98S
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8TvgOXD55
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpNCDj7o82
just had our usual conversation.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphwn72d3JN

I brushed off all those 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwo8KwUzMjV
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pdyErMJSQ
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7tlObHlAZ
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTuIZdkByW
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71VaEDpgld

But now that she wasn't 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMk8uJ2Wkmc
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVINpjkzC1
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamMAvvb9wM
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNpUoghoFC
woken up early before the alarm rang.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKG4qDBBvi

I sat up on my bed and 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LNitGJZW6
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKVMp97tKS
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmQjmYnd6k
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYibpbkeyv
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHwNoXA4Nx

After seeing her with 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFTVcI3dlO
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbDrUjUxvf
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVQ3mKRPMb
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhyFSkVPex
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfX4AvTLXt7
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoZY593nq3
day. That left me devastated.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCOfajtMXw

I couldn't stop looking 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlENnBPB18
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwwknagQTR
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvYdUkJy09
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJALPBPdVa
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nSIvOUoGt
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUOeHc5CcR
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJw0QvvrVFm

That sent me boiling to a946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Mp71DumYg
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVjKFBpp6n
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5q9Uhbwu9
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtMcmVtbV1

Christine had told me to946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJ4pYplNrH
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuU510CiDEk
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPVpxzu59q
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84x1qTdpCv
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXWTCsDlq5
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpHDyntSmq
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOn2BvkrDNH

And now, I had to face 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSmr6gQAk8
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pSvRX40H0
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4J2xMndQ7g
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhiBqXNjF4
was still so upset.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡts82H5U6QH

I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSy7Cuh8Sl6

After I was done, I 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabwjo9Rppv
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡop8zgzIpPn
others at the dining table for breakfast.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqt6gPLNlC

I found them already 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GPegwVMvx
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKv5X5dcA9
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusN0mmZHGH

I felt a little awkward 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FtGKkM9GT
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3XJF21Jr3
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0JMx4D7Ib
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0CEgECREq
that also felt weird.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61tUlHcoYq

I know that she and I 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXPZgk5xW0
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWckkANAGw
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfYaiKsqJG
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0DI91gTrq
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnhGSAJ3kX
like something was wrong.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNJNdP8ZdI

I poured myself a cup of946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnCQz7UAZD
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnGUvZc10h
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CmvBGNb50

"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdtwbG8mMz

My heart almost skipped a946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3cU2raPzG
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkQkMOSjXG
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0LlxXdEFw
too far. I was over here! Hello!946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Lg1ECcuUo

"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFjW8UtvRe

"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KVSGReH3p

"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNIeibYtqL

"I have no doubt about it."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2ZyRMavVX

"But I don't see why you946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVp6RVlJBWy
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYofKpcEC3g
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡon8XHubSNg

"One thing about fans is946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL68v7kv5po
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7cL4aJEc9
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1SDEaBZSq

"I know," said Lee. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0l0dppOloY
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNVV5cnGj5
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9j4hseWFhF
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWY74kdmMO

"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5SpMpSzc5

"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGZZDdOFew

"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUs19FtWtW

"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NydjBjIUc

"Aye, aye," said Daniel.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6Tfy1Y4Dv

"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbc6AcQlkWK

"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj721khdXbW

"You're just too quiet, that's all."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RY7oTNDb2

"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWuWzapaa5

I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYHbWRjnmq

"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlygJvKZDxL

I stuck my tongue out at946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2NL58Hfpf
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zTqyw0lCB
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsJtFpPjJR
still wasn't looking in my direction.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmX0JDwPQ7h

Soon after breakfast, we946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZkPUUtNyv
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsMiJqHm6x
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cGnC03D9S
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5Nha2BMoz
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoc3FiJJIaD
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5lY8wloUA
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFPMJakFTH
she would.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5pFGuKNtH

We arrived at YG and we 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7o6UpBZbZM
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIkQhFFE8j
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYd74On2yce
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmSi5lrDnC

When everyone was 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSct4rDIAg
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEjxNGN6Nf
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxO1xuDEqtu
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnGOGJ8znL
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6qy68e0ez

He not responding to me 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSm6nc0ffJa
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCclc8RMjD
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Rt0lIXbTk
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhDSzzkKoE
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZp09p10Mje
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nbKzzXlLl
looked away instead.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhDKqJ9pWA

We went straight to 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mbfarHMkj
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwA5IZ0hZs
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHVi05q7Hb
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEUSZn3AyN
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM35VtRomuD
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPMtgancJW

During pratice, I 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3dUiga8jH
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEP06sksjj
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFDlRspSHW
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDOR9gJqao

G-Dragon wasn't the only946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJFl3g69oh
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0uHoIEVQg
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAZHzjlgwW
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWDYe2vzf0
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8KTsQKiav
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG63kmGhulg

As her best friend, I 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeexYE0Hu5
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIkS8hSTkS
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq64HpJ6jRO
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zmU2hp1Rq
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91lxMDqX8Z

She is also smart, 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ64ZG4a4Fj
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo586Vr73bA
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQv5HIx8Zs
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3FYq8AcUV
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwn7GHg3Ij

Sam has a lot of good 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGLcjoObDc
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzzPJzGTHB
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdylOwgCNUz
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3567Wq8LE
want to hurt anyone around her.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8aeFB51R3

Realising this made me 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iMEQal3kU
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0TBl3K2cB
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZCkOg5SjK
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBaH7z9wy4
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd29iLIjb1S
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs83xEgZvYw
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCQTEAGfg9
realise it till now.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HpFaxDGJf

"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhBx90u1H5

"Zoey, you aren't 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UnyZSPeWV
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrnWzMPx8e
second time you have made the same mistake."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhARV90exf

"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIqHIz1jV5

"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXImCGKNLv

It was lunch the time we946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunuahyal0q
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlErbGzHlD7
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kTplunQbn
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5oqMtIBTL
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ399soaAxHr
they were all laughing.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbRUFcdF6t

"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lY0WvEccV

"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7VMVTHftH

"Still not talking to Sam?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOY2irz5VOX

"Nope."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhUiTNEH3m

TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtJgVuNDsN

"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsXU8fTAXT

"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1ZTdjf55k

"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFcNf4n0ln

"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1QCojdgR5

"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbvgj8PBCC

"I know. But you aren't 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNM17SnRD1
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS25YDxZ8Dk
You would be chit chatting like you always do."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGJHM0tbqQ

"What if I just want to be alone for today?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Z9nbCwWZl

"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXCsm5QIvm

I frowned. "Why?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupP4vwUxuZ

"Because you look miserable."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMCuH8i2z4

I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCeFW6q49V

"Miserable!"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSVPwIHz1Q

"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8oxXTqSbS

I thought for a moment 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Si3NQbkoh
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0IfB6nzzw
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsk5KNaONwv
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJdKV6abqt
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0yULdXBig

Seeing all this in front946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrVGSf31FM
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6o61rfMQXo
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0M0uaEqz7
Until TOP came to talk to me.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIPJVLWEDc

"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs44bAlFzXv

"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrDgiiHzeF

"I don't know," I said 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKa1j7QYan
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30vXu2Q7dm
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoJvwm7St9

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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGPMUY38HM

"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWIMf9zW8M

"Then why don't you talk to her?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3k7oKqWiB

"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrnWV54fgu

"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4dQqgvZ8d

"I know."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDv35fVnST

"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwySH6dfOh

"I'll think about it."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7Kyv3kQhs

"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlK4331bxLM

Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMX8pKoWWPd

"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEZtzPAxK8

"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxfBNcieEV

The three of us went out946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFk9bGkahKV
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4yOOFOL9Z
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwbr0Y33M2

As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6waS4RNFs

"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZzNRFdfWn

"Chill, you just ordered946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFsg6v8EIA
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmSxq8kF4E
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oVGSna7Wu

"But I'm so hungry."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFuq12Dty2

"Trust me, you aren't 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3W1RJkoSD
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvoSJz4LXG
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAS0GPUHBxo
have."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGxNFfQBuj

"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxH3FL9aFc

"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlUpr6TQhC

"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoQnExf20Q

"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWV3eshvMVP

"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sXYZpbBlk

I didn't say anything as946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmmILxEewY
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQomoq6R2sl
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNePezGPie
calling.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGM1ZGpWYx

"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFugIbJj8Vg

"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88rtqiiHwZ

"Okay, well you better answer that call."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPpkBzx9qV

I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjrZ7PhhxZ

"Hello," I answered.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoA907JMGDY

"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hUiU1aNk8

"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYZKHWkmUC

"We have to meet today, ASAP."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4hpBOuXQC

"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGodWeHBgf

"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUPfe4zMYD

I knew Jehan was going 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQ0fjoYZ7d
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemXwgSwsSw
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciAWTl8NS2
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0JlUKz1dM
was upstairs in the dance studio.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDV7FBqJw2

"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAT55zVB0ua

"I'm coming to YG to get it."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0ImxXdS13

"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAwrH7SsSd

"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4PflYTKan

"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnhMXIx7Nn

He cut the call and I 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccUVB7WzKV
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsp2QvdIap
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiVT3jHAge
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuPGzSfw06
him they would start to ask questions.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtQgUFEfXo

"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nbmuP6BBG

I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jRcdMcIwB

"What?" I asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZEL2xS3J2

"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KDzgM4dLn

"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzG9E080y93

"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7z7EDnfGGf

"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCCKki10LH

"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpqcJPc0PF

"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyad1d95Ei7

"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlmGNTTRNe

Dang it! I was cornered 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0Z0t8Ycns
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzLEh3Zi15
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuBqEwilsV
light no matter how much you try to hide it.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3Ysh7zrVU

"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xw1xfywHJ

I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWlF3W8ULo

"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnG7QAfjjF

We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JNFPKgkvA

I told them everything 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡue56JNQy2z
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMJs0pvKoy
said a word until I finished the whole story.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8X7Wfsbfha

"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ePtgWuG3K

"Just you two," I answered.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtL4aPHYIx

"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HUGYpICeo

"Surprising, right?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1KNzjszB7

"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPc8H8yz3Fe

"We should involve the police," said TOP.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfjjNYsEXM

"No! We can't!"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj49INbgUdX

"Why?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32ICuLb7dz

"You know word goes out 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnPsjFqoIC
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjAyIpvJn4
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIEEf019GV

"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQz2w9d2KYI

"He assured me that this946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgNrFuci4d
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzTji5z8B0
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvWRqx2upT

"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiCdGXep66

The three of us turned 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9txkzrsgb0
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDv6peZyOs
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LEuJgps9j

"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiEoxWohei

"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLqe6LOir6

"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2mjSOYfiI

"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiuJjSsdIi

"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTWNYxrSdx

"Random stuff involving a946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9hlCL8R08
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1adCqIMlsn
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSmNnJbfGA
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83QpwJFdvX
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTbPvYgmx6

I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUw9wMzJLTJ

"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCuApmInpo

"Okay, I won't."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrTKXx07Q2

"Sit down."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8r0eN6euVQ

Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeFqEiBHfX

"I got myself into trouble," I started.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMc1fCq9f3N

"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUclZYHLjDu

"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9n3nfMIYLd

Christine's face soon 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdGZmzuzeH
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4s1I2ei7S
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzII30qv2f0

"What!"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR28cj9ZRcx

TOP quickly covered up 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnI7PmzcHM
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKNAarIAeE
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwkQ71W9Qd
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBYOLdHnHq

"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKZJm7Mgri

"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGCMRjbVNg

"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XXxAIk976

"Of course I'm mad!" 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4YeX8pWWb
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKvrxIFCqB
but this by far is the worst one of them all."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UloU1p8qR

"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgvgTzPQe6

"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYX2tNJqZiW

"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkty9bKErGP

"Ya, I remember. What about him?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NeZ8JzXIX

"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYJW2WRG41

"WHAT!"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxKn7JEe96

"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTxxNkNLdG

"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOPnngTg3J

"And the one I met at the café," I said.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzqmowfDCp

"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMV2k3F1T3

"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmxrEfN4pW

"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCh7RTtGn9Q

"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46RlbE2z0h

"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwosZfyQeX

"Ya," I said. "I planned946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQBJZxGuEX
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalxJL1evv2
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjt5UejdldD

"So you're the one who 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGd3bGB0ip
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgwJIGP4Xw
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuROxpenDB
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTxkQkt9c6
out with Seungri."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3s0ryw7g1

"I lied."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaR8ZVlVmS

Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6rtIkOocl

"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtH3AqkKbr

"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUG9VIcOW0b

"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfg2HoHvD6a

"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyrUtaVIMZ

"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."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHv2lakPFYr

"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEyIknjP9s

"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGL1vR1jJBK

"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."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV28SejmyfD

"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXPacaIzPR

"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMvAa85usw

"But where?" I asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Z0Wr7fPPn

"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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQCLIg58nH

"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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DRn0Lx0Si

"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uv8t4yuZs

"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQQAX8a7V8

I took my phone out and 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGMbBhS2ph
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xxYp4broV
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVYMDhCJxl

"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBrVSiZY4c

"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3uX4JyJR8

Seungri had ordered ten 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9kB7BWVfF
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBBP2Xn3UQ
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA45on6xogZ
favourite.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAWaAk1JY1

We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIOiH8BVHE

"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojbwFW5MRV

"I'll be ready for 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqml4K61Wof
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStb9MYfsfT
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTKTVcqTEx

"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qcySA1i0q

"And G-Dragon," TOP added.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExV1Qx27ZU

"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNo3WeyNGnz

"Well, someone has to," said Christine.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VTdEth5wm

"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7izKSityZ

"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoxeGoyBzk

We found ourselves back 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYG0R4XvdlJ
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOH8aryLUT
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlMAgaisQa
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBAVQ4aspF
paranoid?946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTAUuB11rH

Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoE8alEWyks

"What?" I asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseFob12K3t

"You were frowning," Christine answered.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7O0X5yjxDR

"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqaFaqPl3w

"Says the person who 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpinPcWdrjv
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6KO5ohK9X
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0m0mZrdg6Q
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnrAynCi5h

Soon after lunch, we 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uaoweQoZb
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7qiAhAmbE
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJok3QMVbjJ
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNtoP2qoiq
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3M6gDnLsV
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejRIcGj0dy
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdrLkqsX6e

At some point in the 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJbbTo56GU
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7PJQu6bMX
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGUhAQ5uJo
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmJuBkvDZQ
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwu1xeTrIPC
back to practising until we could pratice no more.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFYMNZ2O7J

It was five and the sun 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFcraJU1rD
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5BchYrjRz
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvwgIOGU6I
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneX7iJQxSP
side of me. We were all pretty tired.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufK8RnAacC

The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXukg2vyGx

While I was resting and 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hPq3tZV9Q
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLp3dMdy9pF
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlKCiaKOzF
look on my face.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSUKzS2lyj

"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokrXRT3CWj

"Go? Go where?" I asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGFP9g0GtB

Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBej2T4pI0

"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5u9g1u3ylg

"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhFB57Pmha

It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjBOIwlJLh

"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MxMB1kiuH

"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YAtHHjjA1

"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPU6FJIgnh

"I want to follow too," said Daniel.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6geM8Llmj

"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYRvlCRQ9F

I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2O2dbW9lR

"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4du3wL8cIb

"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3c6sEfMe7

"Ya, me too," said Mike.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKAKXrcSDx

"Why don't you want 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFWsPhKSSY
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjsCrjE4uy
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpufeeVMwFm
not to follow."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnelibGiNm

I wanted to protest and 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTuYInyTYl
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKa6XDol9q
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaosCWaviRZ
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7neOKtUda

"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRw8DhNQWg

Dang it!946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7PadgBxrL

"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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94swZZRThw

"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevQtluX2Ve

"Thanks, that's nice of 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWfzSD6KEk
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JAOoA7glm
the others. "Have fun you, guys."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PucXbQ0Cs

Sam and Daesung left the946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpPooREQXm
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIE54kaCxG
myself that the two also made a nice pair.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gWUew1BGk

"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4toEsM1Uuo

"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHIONx1OaM

"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKNe5e6uye

Christine stood up from 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaChSWr9rx
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzqk0ZTyeP
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLazEP256F

I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDiMjic9qZ

"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cvG24fV9V

"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AdiW0TEts

"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzV2G4eYaG1

Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLSLuwJkU6

I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawxy0zjQji

"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq31ijZSPk7

"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoL5wFd1D6

TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOriuWnnsb

"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO07IJPtRPa

"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7URbuNjdz

"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7XR0r6jtk

"I know," said Christine.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGSqLnlMta

"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1PGLMMfZ8

"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwHxEo2r45

"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3dst1lzXR

"So that she can judge me? No way."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKMDVolOLr

"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpO88qz69V

"Don't try to convince 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdCtZqLgvz
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLF4pYLm04
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdX57jk5yD
like she could hit me with a hammer.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOB70SWilDT

"Okay, let's go," said TOP.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh70ZEOD8v5

I got up from the floor 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgFtOWc5dy
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcjuOGbNMu
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94aE4cvCrM
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaK3G18vzy
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXPSUYYC1o

The cars soon left the 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kgwnaVc4B
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzB8IjvGPi7
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGXJszK70T
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqjOdksabs

"Can you you please stop946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRu4qqLoLtM
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31TVYqSchG
the teddy and lose it in the car."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPj8Ev56uip

"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjN62gftyx

"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaW0Cds3lEc

I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYADVFm3XbO

"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VTQ5X2Y8k

"I just want to get this over with."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGmR2IGysS

We were soon packed 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSutUASpjZ
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWQyC7XjEz
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9w0Dq8VfJ
turned to look at her.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcITkYsb5PO

"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJSCmoW0Xz

"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIs7hlXoby

Seungri also turned to 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsPWrP6QJP
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP87063fK3W
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOhXnSxtH6
chest and I wished Sam was here too.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13mzImdQ3Q

I soon got out of the 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EEYtS3FZL
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnp3Mzfbj8
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡep4A688jbh
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cHb2k6gHC

Before I could find my 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmmxpuAx3M
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yQ1GyfqIE
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8bSMXvZoc
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJvz6jOhJq

I quickly went in the 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUwI6r1YrY
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceqeYAOj5X
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTY3aarDXE
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61HehnYGN4

I slowly approached the 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtqv5SJCOw
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJvgiUtEIN
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsYS6pFGj4
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRPptYx9Py
hesitate to end my life right here.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdtSBgMM7a

"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5TdLA9REA

"I was practising today," I answered.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvY6r6r0G4

"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7tWBb4yNk

"Thanks," I frowned at 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIdRFqvovK
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovEBixDFNF
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgDQSVASs1

Jehan smirked. "Certainly."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5eS3vCeVJ

I quickly reached out 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsG0ijjp8PR
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpPrK197kq
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLpKbusJ0A

"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBATE2555I

"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHncTpEEki

"What now?" I complained.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBhMI6jwKL

"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNwFaNwLBa

"What do you think? That946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbHXsBhcbt
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEYuJDPZul
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6lxVN94N2
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIlAuwzRdu
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4yBzAkL1k

Jehan raised an eyebrow 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBtAXCw2VF
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQPLvGKGJY
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjYemthORj
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIGhLUYrI8

"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CsY4iGTFn

"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tExz4nnvD

I went back to looking 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMweUFakGC
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwmBCaUeE0
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXT9HE53Ywf
surprise me that he carried that thing around.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwXBr4I4rr

Jehan slowly laid the 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhJmdgGOXh
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rWQDAWy1q
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0Sqonyv5A
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTIzdxPObQ
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cibOGRu4x
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7veTWbYWe
the teddy bear.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nue5i55eH

Wait. I frowned. This 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwKdxwobVF
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2l9bsdnACI
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsJNvIiXhy
diamonds!946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv60bIjrqN8

I stared horrified at 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uHdjQRBlx
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXWpIJiMdV
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqS1LLhCC2
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJ1cWmI0Aj

I looked up at Jehan and946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqjdr9uptT
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjqalSoxd2
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafPxhz7EyE
that, he was going to end up traumatised.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wvIGIB2ta

"Je-Jehan," I said 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4tUSwylbP
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWG4HDSgOK
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6f0pBdwR6
there."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcCW0nJDNs

Jean neither moved nor 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSAYyDXyXx
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrv790f12yI
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzUyoIOeIN

But how could this be? 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVQNLDPQxo
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbk9eQZLhgy
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHoUcoh1BS
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qVLPVAKHz

"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrZRDtiVl8

"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTSbECZU7L

He banged his fists on 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzKxpLsrsV
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPLODxkPWI
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaSDrCtmfC
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMd42bSHF5

"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RgNQG2VVw

"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0ZngcdO7k

"I don't know. I don't 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJsldSx4Ro
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJF3S0T2YF
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA71PcpzvY0

"How did the diamonds go missing?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XF4fGE51V

"How am I supposed to 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbxk6HKlhk
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MX7HKr9r1
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe16GlnJ7zK

"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5dj8afkDu

"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3v7PMNtfk

Jehan rubbed his 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3XRvdjMGM
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfuqgZ5CMp
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYb8am6yf1i

"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8IgDQiz7o

"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNUFEjaOGk

"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgtBkgdCgO

"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHuEDE8nUT

"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUCxXYtafN

"I don't know."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYC1rfqjn7c

Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0S0IF7IlgF

"Ummm," I looked down 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUxW7J5p4c
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBfz3hoM9Q
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoH1v2fzXdA

"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EbjgFVbjj

"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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJ3QmlWmDe

"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIL5bDOnGbq

"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNp62waVO1

"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ731TvlWFho
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6i5RuV5hg
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9cPph5czw

"I don't think so. Lee 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEXe1CorwH
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdFxMOdQwN
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9I8oDSlcV

"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwOzToUxyN

"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."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGTuEM6tUM

"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqWs7Gm66S

"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCesQUVIdA

After I said that, Jehan946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3yW3i774C
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQqhyYU7lx
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Q3jiLtooI
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPOI9pegjN
look on his face.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mCqC6ghVM

"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNx3wX8nbrX

"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tnIqd9Wed

"I remember one of my 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8y1ymzcI9U
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JwDTdHDID
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7BV66PjHU

"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3mj5CjQnW

"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!"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJF8i5H9WoB

"Huh? I can't start 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeHpHMfVvL
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZLKAF3VEq
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjGnoo2BtL
that the bear is missing."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeD3vOyZq15

"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoPAGqr5aI

"What do you mean?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqD5gHMzTw

"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1Kb5bmiuB

"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtWT21EAdJ

"Now that, makes no 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJyaH0I1WI
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3bXRQEenq
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiTAetd6cH

"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAa7uDad3E

"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJLqapz8yN

"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8F85dKIzZX

"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPDXfa2NZc

I completely forgot that946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQlYIJVQYB
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbPoTtMqn5
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdFRuBa87n
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHHtIw0fKQ

"Okay. I'll see what I can do."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcGBdQSRI5

Jehan gave me a smile. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYlUafewc4
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVtxWCfJbz
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSrXg2Lzgb

I nodded my head and 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnm6xGWsUQ4
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLyRls6N93
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡay3aazC0Ed

"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrjh7Jy6Zp

I sat there as I buried 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqp3iu0H35
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOOuipmXmn
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xks0Qvbtr
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xEzTvyeTG
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQK825q73G4
drama that might just ruin my life?946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYQJCs2WVJ

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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMpXuGdiNE

"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjA4kjjYDiH

I could hear footsteps 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRn93aYOj7
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOomJAd24m
when they saw the look on my face.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPqJClFhjf

Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8saSHlbxyN

"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHoEhIo4R9

"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzf6XHYQPj

"No," I answered. "He didn't."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgrxrXZKOJ

"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2IsdIrU2f

"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4c75SvEz5R

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."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCr1Pr90kR

"And what about Lee?" 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqrrxUvXK3
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCVc9pfd1n
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37TmQHVtPL
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrAZk77bEA
to."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCjA4VaLLd

"This is bad," I said, 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtjwvtWrJu
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bmXsPS6Nx
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYW6o4DTQIS

"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRCdvQGTVQ

"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxrAZW5XzA

We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsl1sY33fG

"Sam?" I wondered for a 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡue3uvFxk91
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LnO8mlidv
she have swapped it with the other one?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8gsAELLfJ

"Okay, wait," said TOP. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjS2ARF7Vmg
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3rLavV6gL
what's really going on in the first place?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1mWOsU2w1

"I doubt it," I said 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWU32CUQaPU
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWxmS1tvAn
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBUTsVSv8E
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7d9wSTjlcL

TOP and Seungri looked 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBevdhEFVHw
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcV676SrzDu
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKNaGTZz80
it away.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAr2k1RZaU

"I highly doubt it too,"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sDKoUwVS1
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdqQH9vknG
she would have asked us about it."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcBFtEfsMr

"That's true," said 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOxl4ZcTRI
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7fNVbQDo5
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhQnKFlKZD

"And I checked out the 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxKqz3Jr8H
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQv8F5FJkhC
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQtojHCCTN

"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmZn11ByIs

"No, I highly doubt it,"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9YW8GWrY6
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DFe0n5BRV
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLYa0kb5tA
said nothing about them entering a toy store."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgiuAVay87

"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWceXrNV74

"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs871JIjXn5

"Collins?" Mike asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjj7J7BRwH

"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8uLYAY3Bb

"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaT5tL4Bhf

"But who knows? Maybe he946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7egri0MU5
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDG1TCa6qg
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbdzlrIZX2
times."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3GkjmyE8N

"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqgySFVz3A

"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpErzRLpULg

"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquQNIUoHyE

Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFPQF0D9HC

"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxVhAlslA6

"He was the one who went946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6H23q2an02
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xYtmzPupV
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfV8vIGqqA
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBc2rQNBUnX
elevator."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1fZtUvMmf

"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMc1SrpNo7M

"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGtzAEqgWI

"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jwERlodM2

"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyM52G36Po7

"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4Zs6y28WF

"You're right," I said 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05TR021NIo
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5Bjbhhdxv
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBSfw6WCXn

"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciVkKtSHNJ

We all walked out of the946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ATmbrBJky
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXHQmBroTY
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGlf8U35VZ

While I was in the car 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfJYySffSI
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPZ6McoIKn
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPNLpkPS4N
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAYkqsaGd9
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHKA5eAMqG
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRabs9g48f

If it isn't him, then 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCvoT45K8m
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LRKCSgisP
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozbuwJ5Aqx
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LaqXYikhT
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUWEa3MYFr

What if I had the wrong 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCfd02r1YI
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeC3iqVELu
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVUjv6a4jS
place without any of us noticing in the first place?946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QaJIaTSpR

I hope I could be able 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Z4fUluiG6
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHhfJeG59r
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2bNNKmHTb
happen.

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Chapter 23: Swapped

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