Leo gave out a sigh of 706Please respect copyright.PENANACjWPmio2wi
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 706Please respect copyright.PENANAxayiOBP25l
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never706Please respect copyright.PENANAylPUdHtjr5
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had706Please respect copyright.PENANAaUDoKUeKDf
expected. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAODS8ncYQHS
When Leo had told her 706Please respect copyright.PENANATAnHpU4k5L
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAu4ViqmQ2sI
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 706Please respect copyright.PENANAYZjOSW1EcN
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 706Please respect copyright.PENANATBK3LrPbFT
"What happened Leo? Why did you say that? Did I do something wrong to change your mind all of the sudden? Tell me, Leo!" Kim had asked, at a point where tears almost dropped down her cheeks.706Please respect copyright.PENANAenr2hSsnV9
Leo couldn't tell Kim 706Please respect copyright.PENANAF9FfQ7Fvgu
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 706Please respect copyright.PENANAt3ocnnTAuM
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 706Please respect copyright.PENANAe43fiKz2Ns
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 706Please respect copyright.PENANAUFCK1qowrO
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 706Please respect copyright.PENANA3taFjYKiUl
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 706Please respect copyright.PENANA5s14qfzDpW
believe him at all.706Please respect copyright.PENANAjFLORoBIcH
"Tell me now, Leo! 706Please respect copyright.PENANAT5Y6aNqcxw
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 706Please respect copyright.PENANAwzZHfZJ5p1
coming from you. I want to know what you're hiding from me, right now!" Kim had looked like punching Leo on the face when she said all that.706Please respect copyright.PENANArRiPgYGKhN
"What do you want me to tell you?" Leo had asked Kim, trying to sound as convincing as he possibly could. "I have thought a lot these past days and I don't feel we can continue with all this."706Please respect copyright.PENANAwy1Io8vMHw
"What! You're still 706Please respect copyright.PENANA5z5meRGB21
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 706Please respect copyright.PENANATk9udue7S4
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in706Please respect copyright.PENANACYVQnRUwLR
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 706Please respect copyright.PENANAnnuHNGt5WM
anymore?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAIrsXrUwUji
"It isn't like that. We can still be friends and nothing more." Leo had suggested, but Kim still hadn't taken it lightly as she shook her head.706Please respect copyright.PENANAvQSAGCf9YF
"There is someone 706Please respect copyright.PENANATxU2ObzAYv
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 706Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZFQ1Qxs4f
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 706Please respect copyright.PENANAq5nfdEDT4F
Leo!"706Please respect copyright.PENANAmUB1SzAvXH
Leo had been frustrated 706Please respect copyright.PENANAYPUEEZjoVR
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 706Please respect copyright.PENANA4nZaEV2YDA
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 706Please respect copyright.PENANA6jP8bywBPw
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 706Please respect copyright.PENANAKk3SxnFl9E
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 706Please respect copyright.PENANAuISr48cupw
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 706Please respect copyright.PENANArESonHRiR9
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 706Please respect copyright.PENANAgrte6g4HFq
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAP7IObhJMfL
"I'll find out the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAh91LRILey8
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 706Please respect copyright.PENANALv9Kn1DsAz
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 706Please respect copyright.PENANAUcHL421rZ3
lying to me!"706Please respect copyright.PENANA8QSjWZ7GwN
For a moment, her threat706Please respect copyright.PENANA3wA9k6k6zl
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 706Please respect copyright.PENANAUnfB0ue2ku
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 706Please respect copyright.PENANAPcy9DWB2v4
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 706Please respect copyright.PENANA8QnGe9DlSM
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really706Please respect copyright.PENANAoOIz62tdgl
genuine or not.706Please respect copyright.PENANAKtTbHDVPQk
He was about to ascend 706Please respect copyright.PENANAKbrFwvk4Ee
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 706Please respect copyright.PENANAX6KeZBXZC2
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 706Please respect copyright.PENANARUOWI1wntG
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAieNQebxBCR
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 706Please respect copyright.PENANASBStMAyUwg
thanking Leo for getting the door.706Please respect copyright.PENANAvrKyADjK7a
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAgrtydxhiHU
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAf7K7Ux2fhC
"That's good, Leo," said Mrs McDonell, looking at her son with a smile. "So, tell us. When will be the date of the wedding?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAA7FgX86dNJ
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."706Please respect copyright.PENANAaysx4MJPWJ
Diana and Mrs McDonell 706Please respect copyright.PENANARJq4B5IBV4
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 706Please respect copyright.PENANANSlugR0wWR
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 706Please respect copyright.PENANA3e5PrZimVg
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.706Please respect copyright.PENANAzbg5WzlXSp
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAdczJ054QF1
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."706Please respect copyright.PENANACKZ3ydse1i
"But.....but, you two 706Please respect copyright.PENANALhsuM5O8rt
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how706Please respect copyright.PENANAirc6KcULfy
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"706Please respect copyright.PENANACymHGLaUxm
"No, I broke up with her. Sorry, if it hurts you, mum, but this is my life and I thought it was best for the both us."706Please respect copyright.PENANArGkOZ8EzlJ
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 706Please respect copyright.PENANAdq1uUxkYVJ
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 706Please respect copyright.PENANAYep7abxJgq
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 706Please respect copyright.PENANAl6nucgaXCe
tell me it's not true, Diana."706Please respect copyright.PENANAGuFvSBJF4z
"I'm afraid it is," said706Please respect copyright.PENANAyZFLUSmnTG
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 706Please respect copyright.PENANA5T2xRnz1RL
the moment. You need to calm down."706Please respect copyright.PENANAdPD5dYXNKF
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAdGkTotVBJH
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"706Please respect copyright.PENANA2CawbiccJD
When Leo tried to leave 706Please respect copyright.PENANA7sqF9h3gOg
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 706Please respect copyright.PENANAdj3vysJv3I
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAwZHxPPNZEP
"You're not going any 706Please respect copyright.PENANAjtLqrrPyrW
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 706Please respect copyright.PENANARxGtnY9VC3
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"706Please respect copyright.PENANAd1CBbAQqIx
"I don't have to explain706Please respect copyright.PENANA6B4bObbSQC
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 706Please respect copyright.PENANANIdiMAWjIW
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."706Please respect copyright.PENANAQalonaxAqF
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAubMwcsarTw
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."706Please respect copyright.PENANA2uAVE0qlj8
Leo quickly got away 706Please respect copyright.PENANAwLJiVbL780
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 706Please respect copyright.PENANAGm2hj7PePN
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 706Please respect copyright.PENANAVD9I6bxrGU
him.706Please respect copyright.PENANAmiZY4FEniq
"Leo! Leo! Get back here right now!" Mrs McDonell called out to her son. "If you don't I swear you will not like me one bit!"706Please respect copyright.PENANAUAEl040aB9
Leo rolled his eyes as 706Please respect copyright.PENANAvPHYyc4LVd
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and706Please respect copyright.PENANAj1d0IQaYRg
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 706Please respect copyright.PENANA0XTPsrW18n
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAePo23WOVes
***706Please respect copyright.PENANAnufxbm9jDI
The706Please respect copyright.PENANApzXZ3tq51o
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAG7JaAZ4j09
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been706Please respect copyright.PENANAyzUz0neUMM
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 706Please respect copyright.PENANAEjWRkhl7oL
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother706Please respect copyright.PENANAo4RsyyelEG
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.706Please respect copyright.PENANAUaoLoZPHxh
Carly706Please respect copyright.PENANAN7LIB7URWj
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with706Please respect copyright.PENANAWtS2s4PBZF
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full706Please respect copyright.PENANAFGX9e60zlY
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother706Please respect copyright.PENANABnsA6ySZpf
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 706Please respect copyright.PENANAixiLAq9FXX
Angel706Please respect copyright.PENANAWm8OUMZGQC
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 706Please respect copyright.PENANA8MD4yjXM2s
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 706Please respect copyright.PENANAk0YU7iUjbk
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 706Please respect copyright.PENANAyLACIVyOWO
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 706Please respect copyright.PENANASqodJhy4s8
still recovering.706Please respect copyright.PENANAsCxw2phsRs
Right706Please respect copyright.PENANAbsd3Xeaz4c
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 706Please respect copyright.PENANAgYATHGnRAr
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk706Please respect copyright.PENANAxSsWOBX2uj
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.706Please respect copyright.PENANABg7Jb3AxW1
As706Please respect copyright.PENANAq0rOTLPwCj
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 706Please respect copyright.PENANAPmQnZthAqN
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and706Please respect copyright.PENANABGcHW60dB6
he had a sad look on his face as well.706Please respect copyright.PENANAjsL9Y98gjN
"I706Please respect copyright.PENANA1o697XmaWr
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 706Please respect copyright.PENANAmUdzxxogsV
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."706Please respect copyright.PENANAWafGw3F0Re
"Don't706Please respect copyright.PENANAhknOVRddYA
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 706Please respect copyright.PENANAJhxoR3dYb2
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."706Please respect copyright.PENANAoJQV5v3tKe
"Don't worry about it. I will make sure to work everything out. I did promise your mother that I will help you out in anyway."706Please respect copyright.PENANAF1mhvQbmUz
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."706Please respect copyright.PENANABxyTYwrTjg
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."706Please respect copyright.PENANAL61dJstkxp
Carly706Please respect copyright.PENANAX9leV6ht6X
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 706Please respect copyright.PENANAreBiDvz8hI
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had706Please respect copyright.PENANAIM7CP2Lhqr
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 706Please respect copyright.PENANAl7amQhJ7Rt
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 706Please respect copyright.PENANAf648L3v4Ki
eyes.706Please respect copyright.PENANACvG8AkYzUA
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAyWTWDgzA1B
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."706Please respect copyright.PENANA2Qw9ms2rnp
"Yes,706Please respect copyright.PENANAUHFGhJykIW
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 706Please respect copyright.PENANAadPnVc3BGx
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 706Please respect copyright.PENANAS9jTcMpENg
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."706Please respect copyright.PENANAEY8NwHuYkK
"Okay, lets go."706Please respect copyright.PENANARgP27dJYGC
Carly706Please respect copyright.PENANADLgNKP5ozi
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 706Please respect copyright.PENANAuz6SpiLcf6
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at706Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3AaKkt4gU
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 706Please respect copyright.PENANAahaIfMwnyS
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.706Please respect copyright.PENANA4L02khovCu
***706Please respect copyright.PENANAdogC7AkGHv
"I706Please respect copyright.PENANAznshyd9bNG
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 706Please respect copyright.PENANA4XBdnOqbrX
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 706Please respect copyright.PENANA0KGwrPPGFD
her in the car. 706Please respect copyright.PENANA8fhjhn84yg
Angel,706Please respect copyright.PENANAkwnhqTxx5Y
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 706Please respect copyright.PENANArSbTbwPRAM
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 706Please respect copyright.PENANAGuskjH2KKo
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.706Please respect copyright.PENANAB18PiXnX7K
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."706Please respect copyright.PENANA0yKC5zab56
"Very706Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9zphbpAyY
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to706Please respect copyright.PENANAjIheTMkLTE
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if706Please respect copyright.PENANAeCzyKFuqhd
I have to."706Please respect copyright.PENANAHqQHI2wBtf
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."706Please respect copyright.PENANAa7ScBJgLXb
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 706Please respect copyright.PENANA9DhSovkrRs
"Don't706Please respect copyright.PENANAlBNlTvafqM
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough706Please respect copyright.PENANAlahbcHG3kb
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 706Please respect copyright.PENANA229GozF1KA
right, grandma?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAQcrwLadNDQ
Amanda706Please respect copyright.PENANANiMWpT24In
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 706Please respect copyright.PENANAkDmfRg8oGj
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 706Please respect copyright.PENANAlhgdoVHxNu
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 706Please respect copyright.PENANA482qySbk3a
you."706Please respect copyright.PENANAFYoxLVHrXR
Eric706Please respect copyright.PENANACZoPKDGHH4
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 706Please respect copyright.PENANAccvByj4gud
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 706Please respect copyright.PENANAB14baENLoM
why.706Please respect copyright.PENANAyTmyD0bljh
"What?706Please respect copyright.PENANAnDIDwMUXQT
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at706Please respect copyright.PENANA1SUV5dHpw6
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"706Please respect copyright.PENANADsu5QaobHs
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"706Please respect copyright.PENANABbapwvNC4C
"He706Please respect copyright.PENANAoVK4ZqC7wH
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 706Please respect copyright.PENANAc0WKa3ERPK
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 706Please respect copyright.PENANAvQdi1Qjv7R
you get to know him."706Please respect copyright.PENANAjtVkT2VAKB
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.706Please respect copyright.PENANAWNRRGaalyk
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.706Please respect copyright.PENANAdyrwdP49wg
"Oh, no. Nothing."706Please respect copyright.PENANANiiBjDVdyw
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."706Please respect copyright.PENANAS7CTIuVC49
All706Please respect copyright.PENANA6hbfIoSov9
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 706Please respect copyright.PENANA5uFu9kycuj
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 706Please respect copyright.PENANAIaBLw3OunL
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 706Please respect copyright.PENANA0cWDmXyCns
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had706Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5hffsUtcF
never seen such a house ever in her life.706Please respect copyright.PENANAt5XX7zaPwD
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAZqNMbyIOZB
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.706Please respect copyright.PENANAfL8EknzDNr
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"706Please respect copyright.PENANAcEmzSPB47a
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.706Please respect copyright.PENANA18asEAa2nX
Angel706Please respect copyright.PENANAnCvkbbDmHj
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what706Please respect copyright.PENANAxWg1Vm8enW
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.706Please respect copyright.PENANAPb3wFFc4Xu
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 706Please respect copyright.PENANAeiaderjvhq
would begin anytime soon.