Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvmQVW4rck
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOcF6TGnOi
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkWnUlZDvc
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZWTY18UJ6
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlLE2l5Fu0
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrmY3L11QL
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3Sm4oUvaU
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZD80Nrbdq
boss a call.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUenyJ6jgg
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyhMICs9kA
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTK45dhGTgJ
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUcqqu2cQ7
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡar0xKIQUiM
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6OQ2sCCnr
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxt86bXol7A
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡft9PWwHXCU
looked really tired and restless.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOc5N54F6L
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zLjfwS3RU
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkLTh4N4A3
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTALAwC7c6l
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRHmfIYW7F
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jQ6URYkG4
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItSib48dan
huge loss.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyHod2U7gi
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw73ZfEwAKc
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpJTxAGdd4
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxShKwtuI57
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmZsw0MWMr
"What are you planning to do?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjZFR3IGUK
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp29iFFFEw6
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzcCBTJK2M
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmJwDvhQHS
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RT46iPgql
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJvhQ4pmbB
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGsNPivAE8
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVFcn15RyI
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cbcKXxoPf
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR15aM5dKyk
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEdHiLvyIo
vacant space weren't as good as her.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbY0EcdmYp
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfna5PJuRu
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8i2Zw8v7m
lucky charm.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfUDgrot4A
And he needed her back real bad.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jdfOaimjK
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.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohtxTMQ2E8
"I have a job for you."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZqNkyUXOl
***886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqSA15DbGi
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzucz4ntMkQ
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcemkinL56W
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ztF8ojGs9
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8v58ULlCR
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiF4fuwqlB
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7yiJ8TGT8
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWo5Mu7Cko
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7v5pdcjZH
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXf1uB77Oxs
serious.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbYS8zoiex
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRr9LsFT92Z
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6PR4DMpry
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPB8VqGbXyV
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZxlk4viIq
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLSJU5Sxjb
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCIzXvOPSJ
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4zbSBzjmA
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbH78nrvwHs
between the two of you considering what happened."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmzGLVzpDD
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcNoIIyQxP
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡif28EtSt0a
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCndu0TdGfV
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpn5XHxXYjD
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzbnsChtcJ
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmL3BEuPYMi
"And you never apologised for it," said 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fBoRpWxcA
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNKZW9KRxV
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxb0if0W8C
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtH9RXxa0Lc
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6TQ2GLK5d
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIARtt3LmAY
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLMSqTs5G1
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCqDvz5Pmk
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyTHsry6la
for what happened to her.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIHUttTaxR
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOqcWdlK2V
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0lNZ6fOV9
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVJWRTH5zh
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7VR0snRFX
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zPRsDlEaT
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbbkJpm580
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EKwWxy55y
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvTAnUzSlR
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPZUcgfqWy
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgykO8fwKu
back at the club.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGUjQHw3bJ
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXV738QWjJZ
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1dH5gT5Fx
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiliZdZw4gI
sisters completely.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG58gNXrsDM
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvfGCJAI3Y
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTLE5peHCl
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5ni1Iq0va
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZZ60PvAuq
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNA3QtQQEk
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBroAevbZW
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWg3TytphUj
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLdb9fDJWs
club, not him.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSw7BIVxvI
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMYAHIjICi
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rzkHWb3NN
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDN0XPmxoa
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AwaQ9WLj4
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXC2oYi64v
at each other yet, have you?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHmST9x0ur
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuAbLfuRBO
"No," they answered at the same time.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLmYLlzH0H
"Great. That's good to know."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwdH3zhZnr
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Rx7haKr2l
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPbiLitEsT
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkECpgyHWi3
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73DN6ixaS5
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqIjNTDWSo
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6g5kzlAwr7
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpfvWJ6lg9
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEf57nxwnum
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJUZQbRVzB
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6i9jlkS9I
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnocpkrjQl
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqafGjDnZ9
long."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxFI6sfXcw
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCCpJXpC2L
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniHpSUWQPF
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡET5oyBSkFt
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaqag6iPUM
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwiwSKvSrm
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBoIjZ4Ynt
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoPv9klmhu
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKX8oFQMx5Z
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYulFgGiay
Not like this. Something was wrong.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQLt9R0oAP
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiOzucEuBt
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINVLOZWTKh
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4Xcea1HW6
embarrassed?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SFkjx9LOz
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImj9A9Mqxg
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXxJNtg8SP
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1qg2F4fVt
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZsVGgR10Z
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuq6XVM5JV
today?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSzd5FLHcK
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkclBXQnBF
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLETa3FOTh
you want."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxDGE356i6
"It worked for you, didn't it?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJXXKusw16
"What do you mean?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Xj82TzwWk
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPpD30e0Bx
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWg0YFTqNGK
sister."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzwv6WtrIp
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAkXVW4fOB
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5wx4A47RQ
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dh3fmhZtS
"I'm just speaking the truth."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIH7DZ1MG7
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GqF9dG4YL
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsBpunfG3p
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyAckfdQ7n
"I was protecting my sister."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirJOvkzvPe
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxekUVjXr5u
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMI5BJhS5U
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwo1RMYiDHm
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXcjDmjQ6j
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs5yrRcq0H
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9wuswlKD7
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVg8poLbLF
betray you like Carly betrayed me."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUM4s3yLuF
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WcA5W5T1d
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqGuV9oyaq
crystal glass.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTejSFGwi5N
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9ESekmcXe
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6g1bhxcpvm
in this situation right now."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndTWmFwuFj
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBplwXW1kqe
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscsFGdfflo
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItbu5BFZtv
actions.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXuhQuMilT
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6d94XGV5r
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeU4EOgSuns
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0R134Hmq1
near Carly."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSWXaZmrdk
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlFSY0uxq1
"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......"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvsjTbOxR8
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQODlk1ECb5
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoX9AhNA9Q
Carly, she would be insulting herself.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAffx1L2zZl
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuoa2sDIc0
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPO5qfXWfHh
"That would never happen."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmLAtTwti1
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqO6uPSrvp
"A fool in love, yes."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYR3GorF8Q
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwm0zCQz4X
"Why? Because you don't like me?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiygbFZhp30
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiJQxoXLUM
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODSZZJ2zwA
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pSLYxen7Y
and my accident that she would ever change."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPO8hIrHMQP
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiNlwUYhfP
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5imMeGi4s
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4a8pix865b
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9t3ulKJer3
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MFgosj27d
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchGXPpGXGz
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSHXV5pjju
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaF8rxzoLlN
puzzled.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMnZDmYND1
***886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Q6YzVrNOv
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmPXPRRjsb
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9J4Q2K5JR
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dVazDn15i
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZcUaNNAie
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANjCKVfiNy
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHb2EfsgHr
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Q9WOquPhd
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ0ySl4u6J
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9ptk1vUMp
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8rsVUStDO
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9TyKrp9QF
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pgAUUrWnx
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdJBGJBMQN
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckbMbpwhE3
McDonell should be.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeIEdqU5UC
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4N2XRCcxp9
"Our family has been successfully with the 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ44MNVfxts
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZayPfvn4J
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZofJZgrP6
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCMBuOtI3Q
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZlvGi1dpj
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IVJzTQyLi
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUMu5RIOwf
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOe5mSdCJgJ
especially from my brother. He is so kind."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfQoJk3isD
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nQyV1MuhI
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7l6SDakZ0
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMF0TlGmGZ
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZZ4DRCHFa
model.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBe9yEwv1R
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtV3RiXzDMm
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3v6ZptKoK
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwV7E0R7V1L
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LSeYzXHe7
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVCYA4aDxD
the financial state her family was in.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gvpcceFBp
But now that she was with the McDonell 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcpTmDhTPX
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOQM7ztrW9
she has always wanted.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5QMFIaXoK
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uOFQpQK0o
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvA9WZC1j7f
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk76vKS5C8T
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1Rf4xMdhv
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAc5RuVW79q
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5nh2lVYi0
"That would be awesome."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQpzFaZw5a
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSLGBHS6bl
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqYdsXcYpz
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAT1PcigwBf
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7h8H41Jd2
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3GwHDBo9b
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqIfF4EQQy
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsWXB0D41j
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOHyyAvgpj
Miranda.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiNqIPpYF3
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2WXN5y8Zm
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIx973B7s6A
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQtX2S1TTV
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIkJAbqnpT
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjgmU9T96a
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEu1YClxfD
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2fHjJNmhQ
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglSjy6n0Nr
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjI2haJptTX
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmt6H0YeCL
she never ever discussed her life with them.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7HuS9J5Y9
Could it be Miranda?886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0sU8Fxy4G
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4Gc5jX0lL
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlW0f6zSIE
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKOi9YGJyy
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYWBnOyz9Y
And now she was calling Carly after all this886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uHVHll96S
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡph8GPmdzq9
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtE8DiP0Rl
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbHNP9I5gC
betrayal.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKL2uKxAkLZ
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaq6Yj8Erh8
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVnatbqY3o
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BhSGBsODT
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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