The sad gloomy day had 723Please respect copyright.PENANAGQWxReY8J8
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 723Please respect copyright.PENANA5BmPbH9Q6q
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 723Please respect copyright.PENANA9Rl1KeZl7c
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 723Please respect copyright.PENANApmvEbW6icU
Angel couldn't help but 723Please respect copyright.PENANAhGurezZYTQ
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 723Please respect copyright.PENANAsvq9atdDfh
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 723Please respect copyright.PENANAs3BQLQJHEh
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 723Please respect copyright.PENANAz3wW50WHk8
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 723Please respect copyright.PENANAXBVebStC2o
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.723Please respect copyright.PENANAEQXm6sKobT
As Angel sat on the 723Please respect copyright.PENANArTE5NNmdRp
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 723Please respect copyright.PENANARxS0jqpoYE
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in723Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3sk6JY0ee
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 723Please respect copyright.PENANAJpbQEje3GI
appeared across her face.723Please respect copyright.PENANAYGlnn0LSRp
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.723Please respect copyright.PENANAGJJrWxJvbQ
"I know I'm supposed to 723Please respect copyright.PENANAXDzuM6vjAs
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when723Please respect copyright.PENANAOuwpgwkjbN
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 723Please respect copyright.PENANAOSvPAAYhLO
isn't here anymore."723Please respect copyright.PENANAWKp0P4BOni
Eric squatted beside the723Please respect copyright.PENANA9tnSjrSJCS
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 723Please respect copyright.PENANA4Z3PGVlBtU
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 723Please respect copyright.PENANAE69PDTDeWY
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped723Please respect copyright.PENANAtx4MtWtTvT
a little at his touch. 723Please respect copyright.PENANAyuNWYSy4Qm
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."723Please respect copyright.PENANAgBuVVDQRUO
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 723Please respect copyright.PENANA0X8eXlbctC
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a723Please respect copyright.PENANA9ipmeavrJj
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 723Please respect copyright.PENANAOuUdxCdycs
past week."723Please respect copyright.PENANA95mKuVwZGA
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."723Please respect copyright.PENANAYbtIhPmNSe
Angel forgot about the 723Please respect copyright.PENANAIewJyVn1sy
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 723Please respect copyright.PENANAbmSFpzCpIS
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide723Please respect copyright.PENANA2ocvRvt6oK
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.723Please respect copyright.PENANA05bWXgi6kB
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."723Please respect copyright.PENANAfnWCS0wprw
"You're crazy, Eric."723Please respect copyright.PENANA1d3n1roapQ
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."723Please respect copyright.PENANAjLoxJqkJIh
Angel didn't say 723Please respect copyright.PENANAtg4o9KCCbD
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 723Please respect copyright.PENANAaj1kgnzTPU
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear723Please respect copyright.PENANApzDwMIDKRx
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 723Please respect copyright.PENANAyyS7DeMIMr
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 723Please respect copyright.PENANApK0f83sijU
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 723Please respect copyright.PENANABpukso8yVU
the floor.723Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0Q6bmnjkQ
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"723Please respect copyright.PENANA15eikdL4FT
Angel didn't say 723Please respect copyright.PENANAhmbvEkItob
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 723Please respect copyright.PENANA9vIkpo1BfZ
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel723Please respect copyright.PENANAkfLM3A28TZ
out of the room. 723Please respect copyright.PENANA4iSWlaQXNe
They went out of the 723Please respect copyright.PENANA7XtI4eR0K8
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 723Please respect copyright.PENANA8opoDVeVZN
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass723Please respect copyright.PENANAxGqvgR0Kf8
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 723Please respect copyright.PENANAOlh4Pvcxg4
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 723Please respect copyright.PENANANbt2bU18Aq
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those723Please respect copyright.PENANAt7eYP8irzd
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 723Please respect copyright.PENANA12osDbCFNo
Cold prickling air 723Please respect copyright.PENANAo3WwS2BX4A
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 723Please respect copyright.PENANATztLf4SuEK
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 723Please respect copyright.PENANAbwEMVeH6Dz
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.723Please respect copyright.PENANAifQEK5M7eI
Two black SUVs stood 723Please respect copyright.PENANAXJffnd68Yz
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 723Please respect copyright.PENANAHU5PoZUrzv
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 723Please respect copyright.PENANA91eBmjEgKS
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 723Please respect copyright.PENANA9V3nE8y843
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 723Please respect copyright.PENANA61F4UCnAvd
out of the hospital premises. 723Please respect copyright.PENANA8BywjDhh4K
"We will first go for 723Please respect copyright.PENANAahGmTJ5zvx
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 723Please respect copyright.PENANAFgohxJfYlh
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."723Please respect copyright.PENANAabCsW3LPTq
Angel looked out of the 723Please respect copyright.PENANAKFsY0G29xU
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 723Please respect copyright.PENANAkfnRf6vGGw
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 723Please respect copyright.PENANAF6o6ulxkR6
looking at her.723Please respect copyright.PENANA9LJIiDPnpS
"Don't worry, you will 723Please respect copyright.PENANAYmh1AV3Deu
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 723Please respect copyright.PENANAxIK9IR69kj
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."723Please respect copyright.PENANAtelIFNDDqV
Angel closed her eyes 723Please respect copyright.PENANAkimGXA9bd6
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 723Please respect copyright.PENANAb2rpBzO1l9
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 723Please respect copyright.PENANAG5qcWuJhIa
Angel slowly opened her 723Please respect copyright.PENANAoARkCgh093
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 723Please respect copyright.PENANAaY9DCDs351
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 723Please respect copyright.PENANAbBwfFweb8Z
heart ache and beat faster. 723Please respect copyright.PENANAa3DVIvcy3A
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 723Please respect copyright.PENANAZaW5XgWtFR
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 723Please respect copyright.PENANAcbTbLR9Et0
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."723Please respect copyright.PENANAjuUHLvmZYE
Angel felt Carly put her723Please respect copyright.PENANA23LxmIAeE9
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her723Please respect copyright.PENANAWbzDO0mCQO
hand away. But Carly grasped it.723Please respect copyright.PENANATvStyWcC48
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."723Please respect copyright.PENANAf1Gg3adxp3
The black SUV came to a 723Please respect copyright.PENANAMBUXnfrf26
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother723Please respect copyright.PENANAjUFOV51LGZ
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 723Please respect copyright.PENANACE0a5miJQ6
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 723Please respect copyright.PENANAPcWp7TmSnc
Eric opened the door. 723Please respect copyright.PENANAlojKwjBJc6
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."723Please respect copyright.PENANAB2seZxJ9wo
Eric had set the 723Please respect copyright.PENANAbL5Kw4kkIU
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 723Please respect copyright.PENANAqbzXMHmxGC
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 723Please respect copyright.PENANApfCmKhHJrx
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 723Please respect copyright.PENANAmAEMfBZJlY
them. 723Please respect copyright.PENANAjmrMeygL9Q
Angel723Please respect copyright.PENANANn3fxnDjhG
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when723Please respect copyright.PENANAMxciTcgxTN
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.723Please respect copyright.PENANACPQSSE86US
***723Please respect copyright.PENANA1DcBHkaymz
Leo723Please respect copyright.PENANAt2Ly9baUxs
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 723Please respect copyright.PENANAdsNfQ4bHiV
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 723Please respect copyright.PENANAIUS0wUapMN
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 723Please respect copyright.PENANA8VC0HCBEM1
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 723Please respect copyright.PENANAUb67GPwWLj
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he723Please respect copyright.PENANAIGQ0mTmmvo
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.723Please respect copyright.PENANAjwI69iNIrb
Kim723Please respect copyright.PENANARBXIFcWKDE
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 723Please respect copyright.PENANAtgcySjp3Xh
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 723Please respect copyright.PENANAJlb2x6PN0J
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 723Please respect copyright.PENANAUw3jKjNQcH
arms.723Please respect copyright.PENANABswnuthskN
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."723Please respect copyright.PENANA33OgwDBuOx
Leo723Please respect copyright.PENANAc8PZbxQYH6
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 723Please respect copyright.PENANA1j2rDyDLUW
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 723Please respect copyright.PENANAGhnwArM8vu
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 723Please respect copyright.PENANAuSgjGlpdMc
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 723Please respect copyright.PENANAIXQLwhNyy1
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 723Please respect copyright.PENANAjURSrj3qx9
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.723Please respect copyright.PENANAQIlXsW1b2T
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"723Please respect copyright.PENANAPz2yUEvulr
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."723Please respect copyright.PENANAn3ZG5EPnKd
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"723Please respect copyright.PENANApR9XF2DzH0
Leo723Please respect copyright.PENANA3bCjH6X39U
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 723Please respect copyright.PENANAoJLHqozdj3
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 723Please respect copyright.PENANAIcOK8RwqZA
it's time I come out clean."723Please respect copyright.PENANAQoNsuQNs6F
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"723Please respect copyright.PENANASloOr9MSN4
This723Please respect copyright.PENANAyUwiLFfXTH
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 723Please respect copyright.PENANAbl9UVegUue
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 723Please respect copyright.PENANAk8BfxJPt0J
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 723Please respect copyright.PENANAQPZlH7IP2E
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.723Please respect copyright.PENANAkpTMPWLZT6
"The723Please respect copyright.PENANAo124qTUToc
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot723Please respect copyright.PENANAuIfSTMph33
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 723Please respect copyright.PENANA6UMegCXEBg
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want723Please respect copyright.PENANAqzV6s7aPMR
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."723Please respect copyright.PENANAGKwHlgsgfx
"I723Please respect copyright.PENANAHhKaeNRIFZ
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 723Please respect copyright.PENANAM14Ridsc3g
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"723Please respect copyright.PENANAIGukTKTlCx
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.723Please respect copyright.PENANAeIJm8UsHdO
"What723Please respect copyright.PENANAgG1o1ploYZ
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 723Please respect copyright.PENANAWxPT39C54C
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"723Please respect copyright.PENANA1qbVWRVklZ
Leo723Please respect copyright.PENANA0PbKLIzHhc
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 723Please respect copyright.PENANABS4mGApUxQ
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 723Please respect copyright.PENANAQAJH0KToJW
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 723Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9drHND8ZZ
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 723Please respect copyright.PENANAKbd2zcTGhV
would react.723Please respect copyright.PENANAn0FvP537yh
"After723Please respect copyright.PENANAfkp5fLbRIF
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 723Please respect copyright.PENANAPhKtAUnNPG
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."723Please respect copyright.PENANAv2biWuXC1z
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.723Please respect copyright.PENANARo05fQqFQ7
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."723Please respect copyright.PENANAWwZlKKOm2H
***723Please respect copyright.PENANAjHUKnBLKWb
Angel723Please respect copyright.PENANA6fk0n3BfdG
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that723Please respect copyright.PENANAZeQjbWTa9N
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother723Please respect copyright.PENANAxb2oV2nUVi
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 723Please respect copyright.PENANA4sVRRg0Ah6
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 723Please respect copyright.PENANAvDENZ0bwLo
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 723Please respect copyright.PENANApPOsYy4Ts8
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 723Please respect copyright.PENANAzueP8dQdnk
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 723Please respect copyright.PENANAkvWaKCzEMT
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.723Please respect copyright.PENANAyH8drxDJap
After723Please respect copyright.PENANAInwhflGqsl
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 723Please respect copyright.PENANAAakosdFXED
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 723Please respect copyright.PENANAhiMTyLXDYT
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 723Please respect copyright.PENANAK2kE6zv9NT
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was723Please respect copyright.PENANAzjyMj59O93
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 723Please respect copyright.PENANAmn7QD3DuWF
world. 723Please respect copyright.PENANAyWg3SkSR4Y
After723Please respect copyright.PENANA7AfWkW2gx3
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 723Please respect copyright.PENANARPI5t2OWGr
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 723Please respect copyright.PENANAVHzvFC3kVZ
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 723Please respect copyright.PENANAQiJON8sYN6
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."723Please respect copyright.PENANAN8RTXAZX2X
"It's723Please respect copyright.PENANATbZF2JZ5P9
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 723Please respect copyright.PENANACBMNHr0nfh
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like723Please respect copyright.PENANAl87ixzwxuf
you."723Please respect copyright.PENANAgwXmAK59CA
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."723Please respect copyright.PENANApCgHWBy4sC
"No,723Please respect copyright.PENANAsTfCLgkHrJ
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 723Please respect copyright.PENANAcxcecRNgDd
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to723Please respect copyright.PENANAMjs1qyamla
live with us, it will be great."723Please respect copyright.PENANAFQWYSvoJAw
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 723Please respect copyright.PENANAktzgG0rywt
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.723Please respect copyright.PENANAZRcQFtVC8e
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"723Please respect copyright.PENANAXqSHWFGt2Q
"I decided that it won't be appropriate for my sister and I to come and live with you. We can take care of ourselves."723Please respect copyright.PENANAuIiNu8etII
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.723Please respect copyright.PENANAnmujAWeFEA
Angel couldn't help but 723Please respect copyright.PENANAUattWMiQOK
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 723Please respect copyright.PENANAX4NhjNMoQw
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 723Please respect copyright.PENANAKix0hppMow
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't723Please respect copyright.PENANAdFL6CRCahj
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 723Please respect copyright.PENANAcOzFqbbBks
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.723Please respect copyright.PENANAgzPFrPQuak
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."723Please respect copyright.PENANAVs9Yx8jNd4
Angel now shifted in her723Please respect copyright.PENANAAjZjYsozPY
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 723Please respect copyright.PENANADJzMmERgMd
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 723Please respect copyright.PENANAr8PggMrgN9
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 723Please respect copyright.PENANAS5QH2WfkUf
hidden?723Please respect copyright.PENANANDps2trLsd
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"723Please respect copyright.PENANAgqn1o2x08u
Angel demanded. 723Please respect copyright.PENANA3anu3vtN5R
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."723Please respect copyright.PENANAv4HIGeCkJ2
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 723Please respect copyright.PENANADzjN0vl5M0
"What?!"
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