Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVf1cOKTqQ
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qIMKxh4L9
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmnkcZUImE
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPV3f1imn3
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnq7H1ghu4
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5alGhJbEc
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeYIB7b1hX
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbSdTy5v2v
boss a call.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QJGD9HTRc
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfam9hyXSXy
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbhdg91H0a
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gW6siZKGt
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMdr5fT68C
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRLtzUvj4b
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBQ787RpYD
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmnEVnSOW0
looked really tired and restless.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9yedNuYqe
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkK7UJ3IVIb
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadVmffyx3y
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0InK3aKuU
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmOZfyYAnD
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDz3fhqzAot
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzlaiYMOIO
huge loss.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyUl4GKM8l
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrvZeFX2Ln
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVnPHez8Hz
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Hz7V1VNgE
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH43qZOvdre
"What are you planning to do?"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOVCjOnYEA
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KdxDDO3lf
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK29VmXol2G
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGMftUkvmP
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2n4olnMNr
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfysVX2j65l
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRhxDHqzt2
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMxV0aXLfu
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6DD6y5djR
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29N2GDrnNn
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGQMj12W53
vacant space weren't as good as her.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4458XTOkb
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7v2HvNn0Dq
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfO7Jpxqvdr
lucky charm.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxARv3KjixJ
And he needed her back real bad.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2VxKKBPd8
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.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfvFZzpvrY
"I have a job for you."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9iuBeDZ93
***788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSEM27LQ0o
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eatpHzdsm
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYo5HBpSMJ
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNQVT4PzvF
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIy3kRgZSu
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq99H3eE6nv
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzy8JIlM75u
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEibHqRVPLx
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ56Xj8TAZY
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiceJmXU9jv
serious.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkGjgSTh3Z
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASBpE1q1NL
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXLAqKFL9n
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAyiFUZoJO
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtCMgsG3iH
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8GhRkNqfR
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQrcsgKILR
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskgr5NApHm
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWT18TgmYA
between the two of you considering what happened."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfcmeFxHZr
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx39S2HxkoW
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDnsG7RLUU
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19inJy0E59
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYlS8DXxzF
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfU83vMrgy6
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJZoCoWEcI
"And you never apologised for it," said 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sXbngKOIV
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1slft6iGP
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1zSAUeian
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiTPXayN4c
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOcMFskIPH
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3OfOdX51d
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxe6LJGHaKd
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTGzuXIrhF
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsisypdbKF4
for what happened to her.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCCX3Rdh1K
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2lkGqVRY8
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpNlD7l6SC
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ681DeIPvUD
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoV1E7RlbS
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHxmmYtCbl
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dZuwLP2QS
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRUHq5D449
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4IPIDKeEa
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUGiSLxTvY
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0EAAutrfD
back at the club.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBneZpVXJYi
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0nqbhidmI
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUhFPLLmyD
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcSsTEDhAX
sisters completely.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjdFqLjJqp
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrtMx99Q2e
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxFK70KtVZ
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxZREemEpL
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jdc2hd1hg
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2z3VTUN332
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfYJ5cSEnW
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKoZnAu2hU
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUpNJ6Rv5N
club, not him.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiNJFEMtBu
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnESvSlawb
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4Yefo4gqn
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2Cxpb4sDJ
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4QbPXa75a
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEKlZBMr0T
at each other yet, have you?"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEHiaEh0PO
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7jPom6c20
"No," they answered at the same time.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIi9nXooj2
"Great. That's good to know."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3UFMHv1lp
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEsHlbo9i8
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeG1NUwpi0q
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEcqX6KfD2
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6Eon5Nywj
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc22Rk55YR3
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6W316DvHM
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7PkZGwkUW
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4mOdMlMz6
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3WBcm74ub
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZ1Imm1EqS
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNhEHEXUIw
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmv6cgcEDF
long."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkxcaYZMiK
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQdNkugSWP
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbl3plA51i
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtOcMXRnnN
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVMczLVxeJ
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvSeu10Ugw
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqcbHjWOo8
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfmIVTKElY
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKGVTpA3dR
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmEq4E96Fo
Not like this. Something was wrong.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopyXDKjWP0
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4yG78CxL3
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkFdvE2ZNT
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuWVhj6sqa
embarrassed?"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkFPoGjGxf
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TCevuIQ96
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVCmZzICBe
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvTHrnYsmo
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGjKbNDLQI
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1wpfki15x
today?"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHEVIvfW9y
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlG7DVbbYpP
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVA5KkVmsA
you want."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bGmHKpkqx
"It worked for you, didn't it?"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjbMjiqL6Q
"What do you mean?"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXWYaPGrQ4
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7QIFRu4qt
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8oAxGDgDL
sister."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDQH3Ul5wP
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJ7hwAnT6u
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWLdhoKv71
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBicrIuhst
"I'm just speaking the truth."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9XaITkJ8q
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1H4Z5kl5P6
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPP5MzSiWu
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoBFH8s2ZW
"I was protecting my sister."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmBjp2fbDL
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KAQ14oiVU
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7yleRxqNB
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XRhE8IsBL
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXZN5wlWF8
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUmjQJlP8S
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxI58Wm73k
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkrFsHkYUw
betray you like Carly betrayed me."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaA7NcPorrp
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCyu9QRhPD
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7zuXCr4TF
crystal glass.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkQrN8Ec2B
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUVmQx9FXX
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaUuf2rLbd
in this situation right now."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctNjIqnELu
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6ljKDlBBE
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMPLaKI2wu
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgg60nmQv4N
actions.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnGzs72n8W
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHahBHiDts5
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfMALArSjG
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnJjQrkgAu
near Carly."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIofRZI1dsl
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUktqifKpm
"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......"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmYgfkNR3c
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKu6WbpBZgz
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3UNLIozzK
Carly, she would be insulting herself.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5WuuAxaPR
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBeDn9cnrM
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95O07cNBYr
"That would never happen."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbO0poHSkWK
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvL1pVY7Qxz
"A fool in love, yes."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ960pFJ9B0c
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdXqYGst1g
"Why? Because you don't like me?"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzPmPQEnbo
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BsITmRzBK
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRL3XlvPtmv
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCE5DMRdLY
and my accident that she would ever change."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3ZbYFQ6rw
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFtj6pF68Y
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJ2ht7dDMd
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePhVCCx63W
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1EagQ4Kd0
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV36ImOjJ1I
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSE92i3xTE
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHG3G9gRsm8
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcA5pxhAz0l
puzzled.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIxZdVagvf
***788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsC6BFmlFNU
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbv9m6wwIBe
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CPZWttkSp
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCTKEufc9A
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVkJJfVj7x
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJWvKxKbCc
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuZh2lHIWF
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Q1cXNewMK
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryubwcAM89
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡladcVMQ7yj
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8GZFHJiRn
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyhUnrbqRK
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjYOySAfYJ
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJh05BSgPwN
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxNLX0kOb0
McDonell should be.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAABEmLfvvo
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdEPZuMmf8
"Our family has been successfully with the 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluChrsIMK8
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnHujZbFeT
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSi0uRULpU
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vjuhaRFei
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRlZUTnIIe
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJecoyz3g4W
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPsoNCyEHT
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gtNiIRWI1
especially from my brother. He is so kind."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgDqeRoajr
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTqbR93MEl
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8t4BR5gpxc
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVs1DBBcpZC
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4Sfry7lFM
model.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZpNZnudsJ
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5xkV6DxLh
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLli8PVpUwc
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLztMcSIbd
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hDlKrWE1X
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKLZ2Tu7Re
the financial state her family was in.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6V1dl2HCXG
But now that she was with the McDonell 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNZxmNLTtt
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NHDErNBnp
she has always wanted.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPnWSJIhc9
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jhvAggyq8
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6nYtw8UVn
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNdXNPjyrp
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbCTysEMyy
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjDfOO1hll
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWlXEZhzs3
"That would be awesome."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1xjy1VpVn
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbcB3t4G7W
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNkgt3txVi
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQkrIysVKQ
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kYowfGGSR
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIASJIrgAw
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsVWovYYwi
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aWLGhJVbd
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmhYP5Vdg6
Miranda.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8S1IGXf8o1
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQHEOpFk8J
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5pnDAZvb7
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxQplwMazS
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2O61lphrLh
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaolrRkEZNn
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1Dww183Iw
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPqp9St4e0
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSdqk2XTm8
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0tTysNVCg
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnKkafDJfP
she never ever discussed her life with them.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgfeMdEPJv
Could it be Miranda?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrjRRX84B6
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFT0dRKDwyj
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAhUNvmb3r
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hO3PRRrmw
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvsDzACBGu
And now she was calling Carly after all this788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6u8S3ikxxH
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJvLqLYqxK
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EAECryAiZ
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItIzRbavR1
betrayal.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQ1QNQOMEg
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjTHkDmZLS
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93nrEn2Eue
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfImLsYM1SC
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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