Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamtnnmOloh
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQecq1hggI
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPupMIq6Rs
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTLZzU7iy4
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFceDN4CxuZ
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHSBLFUdIj
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVD0QMfKYG
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEM9Rr55Yu9
boss a call.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgyTA9XtxY
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFPnjo85vd
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyxTBAxQoW
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSw3ZHyj4GR
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8m2TEj12T8
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalkgWKmLCo
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttIJZaqm16
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOzcLvElaE
looked really tired and restless.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLDPAOGV5U
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRgS9031OI
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyi6ebMHzMr
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmgCV6qETx
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPV5R06T5BU
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe50hwS8Xml
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62Ys8XUM9u
huge loss.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvyuIvg9NW
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0M2MB1Zaq
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡts100DLNX4
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gowKtkCdf
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsknyzaPIhx
"What are you planning to do?"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BkVEGaBaJ
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oPlyF1Td7
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMVd83kghl
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWRyS4F07U
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzvA6Gvcgj
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVN9yPmDbht
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsTRJy1Z28
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IjFycZ4ve
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcn17hC40U
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmAazfnca3
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HC1hKnnEb
vacant space weren't as good as her.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmsWtfrmIX
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmymgdvYec7
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQN7I5qKrxa
lucky charm.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxvUPjKp0N
And he needed her back real bad.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1uB6k08aD
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnH04AGvzuC
"I have a job for you."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8vt3aaJSq
***781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXPF3Fd4EK
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDObugxtcG
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMoks19vuU
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWFWDoib2h
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBw13Tdz8o
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSzbqSyRXO
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqWb114ec7
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtt0rjH5MfC
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1J1NTuAUWj
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9lFioss1J
serious.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡku0pq9CTRE
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7e8iF7fYO
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVinwpFxVf
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCj9u0MWSo
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOh6w0KJAyz
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWB4ne9dSmu
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDxyPct3qR
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuLkBukOkB
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxVe8V7xNY
between the two of you considering what happened."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrsfEcIqhk
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubEhp8XIKn
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHODj82ZbHO
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9GrOGZe4H
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVapI43t1V
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHx34V1B1C
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lHkKGE8qv
"And you never apologised for it," said 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGZhtQjKcG
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBOvpyMePH
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQA6yXDwEH
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj35PiUq9Ua
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGkufMFzFI
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnUGbMeHUV
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeqpAw9vN1
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrXL3lNEV3
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68G54lyMO4
for what happened to her.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCucpiTGyWs
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNdZ52y9BH
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHuAQ30OHQ
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8q4idLR2uq
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFri67MpBc
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsceKm6s1i
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cBRi4IvjO
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTg9HyI5fe
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQF3HUazFNi
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMNFry6hzY
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWYIZKSojJ
back at the club.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFE8CVZECYn
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkT8R9wjDPQ
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6z1Eqs9xC
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKoaU5emCI
sisters completely.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLkUhhpVWt
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9u9TVYK3B
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZauvtlgZLD
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvPgpDsS53
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmaxFLtQ0y
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KlJUlCoJp
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa09A0OW9jZ
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXuqmdpVZK
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmThHv4rNGP
club, not him.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6iUojF8HS
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5535GAEeOh
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmNVNK4umH
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxEYhsNYLw
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPBmLya3GC
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv9JhoCy69
at each other yet, have you?"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxLkCGxWan
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXowBrs7bq
"No," they answered at the same time.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7fAyvyrzB
"Great. That's good to know."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoIDhbyVPD
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAJi2AnKOS
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJs77qGy3C
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZpCo5evDr
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMja3YpSwx
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrp9oIGKCkE
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1VnxeSD8S
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJH09svA3A
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1W7eHOG3Va
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXnhGOhq4e
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzkkYJsXB1
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxP5cq0R7Bl
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6Pirip7EG
long."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcz82dpEDZ7
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPt4vfXpbMB
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFAvNmtmW5
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeadpzJsiVX
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9X7Cz4KqTT
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zvSHy1OgP
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAB9yA1FKOw
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lvmhU6qse
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaLFlZvpS4
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuUyWIYYDm
Not like this. Something was wrong.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPY4XPtihf
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3Lck6G1yz
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJSSaXit8s
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡec0oiSxzjz
embarrassed?"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAy9DLeIXne
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYcpYp17tQ
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEXFD54CJp
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6lzJWDNz8
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccSoytNpea
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDOzhSfLTX
today?"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHCGh0pt6M
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymtcCDgTUW
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaEp7BkcZa
you want."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdp2M3LTe9
"It worked for you, didn't it?"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQcV8mBKmq
"What do you mean?"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihcjaIBkP0
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjHXyayQtT
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrtGbqIjST
sister."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFzZWvMen2
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvf5fmICID
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AEvEU02LP
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdx1zrzj9l
"I'm just speaking the truth."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7msepmFZk
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoGIhYGBEa
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxNA8GkB1c
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOfwG2RYLd
"I was protecting my sister."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJpf5mxIBE
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZYf53sAX6
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVNOOOSmwx
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eIpXDaDqA
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGmvBtiKtx
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdgwt2GWvC
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrPKYdR8UF
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnURXUN3LF5
betray you like Carly betrayed me."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutpPk8pa3c
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfpxhcbahN
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfwdmxH2Ap
crystal glass.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAMHipPUit
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwG0Q90iiMo
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEe3KAVmIzE
in this situation right now."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7zhFYnQHm
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQZlG3ePZk
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSFdfa7nf2
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRAVSqOcuM
actions.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgdEcNtmc3
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyktRxlNxi
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQdUzq4l4g
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDhLx3QVfN
near Carly."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2vwlzvrQl
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELcfstHeQb
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dXnR6ZJ7p
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1SNni7ztt
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ454gjy1HDn
Carly, she would be insulting herself.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWQK4BrECC
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3SedVwMCH
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YsKLSN5zj
"That would never happen."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRWnsdySnE
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnI5OevSRr
"A fool in love, yes."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMDceGwrsC
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlSOlx2vib
"Why? Because you don't like me?"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbsMWPyblW
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2Dq6gc0Zv
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybHUwsVi6x
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aIaUDYEGb
and my accident that she would ever change."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuB0R3eWT65
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtfIrJmCxs
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2wVkELFBU
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtH2IumsZ4s
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IbuXUsAYk
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMFXx80Ysk
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniz29Jbzg4
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OgenAseML
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54oMBh4ImG
puzzled.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbr8L4YwFV
***781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXU4o3PGwd
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3ehQgdCNN
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjf9DuXXa6V
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBPlmqvo4s
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1Pgp0ma8G
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGFpwnFKhr
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYNQBdd3um
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsuYMDKMD8
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujbMN7yrn1
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARCLeDQCie
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbapi6tx1E
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukGd10gjbx
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jel57HY6B
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rianR2kE9
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAY9d4K595x
McDonell should be.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsoMAzaLMC
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLPUTDdNdn
"Our family has been successfully with the 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppHYsDXBvy
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQxjdXdO8D
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6o1aQtuldg
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvldiZ7lp7e
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TH4o7anx5
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdaqPw3T2s
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRd3jAJR6G
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKaIyQwu1c
especially from my brother. He is so kind."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbIxFNhkiy
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusPmXCsRgK
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWFcdqkdWz
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACAcXcCITg
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXvdxyz00j
model.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNbbMQ9YBU
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLzuJUnUdF
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvo40yYoT5
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRK1aPfXQB6
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5KhK6Kn0x
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FGqmduwDe
the financial state her family was in.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXMfdRiIR5
But now that she was with the McDonell 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jKhDHIrPp
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOx7MmsyrD
she has always wanted.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaGxhzxWmT
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYoj6jHDlD
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaDuRrkJ6Y
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJph3n9fNP
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJ20srkXFq
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsangGJLop
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wgwXR30a4
"That would be awesome."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡti7AqwyDWw
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2jOLuhIag
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AIszHXbpa
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXD5KcBsu4
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxm5eyDPRhi
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiCGUSYyRn
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKrt8rW0sW
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeq4FAp1y6m
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6rVIwyLjM
Miranda.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmYXGotIbF
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyHSQsTu8K
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe2tpWof0h
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43qxSXY3sO
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRmtp0kQEC
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8l8PmCEoCM
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0S4jUo1Bg
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxQWCAOiFf
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwAAYYBDnK
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxJA6PkTV0
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO87g6Fnwe
she never ever discussed her life with them.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxnEmrbyJV
Could it be Miranda?781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGC05PkYIuH
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTsi8U7N4t
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4qYZTk1OC
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wa9gnMADn
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBhovcw77A
And now she was calling Carly after all this781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAQbkH1a65
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaF9vGK652
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlDy7u9uMb
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2q1C8vJ3kX
betrayal.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFmOh2pQgu
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOu2kG7ltuZ
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lrpmVePw0
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJfitudOKR
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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