Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUVO15zZF3
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHgSj6q3vA
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7Bi7Ctdud
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkW0aj153Dw
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoB94R6A86s
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTDW57tBzB
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopL15RKZK8
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQaWIAgj42
boss a call.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBI8J2jyjv
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdISSmbLeU
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYqU8RFiEm
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGLIRVy9n5
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalUC9776kV
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrgzPdO1IU
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1stXii6K0T
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3x33BsLKf
looked really tired and restless.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOMHWtIoHJ
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdzXWD7IfE
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDJ2IxBkqy
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ePs5CrbHA
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvxhWlosmg
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTOZf8zCDG
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoVeEUJ5uv
huge loss.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJc8rIvyEi
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKNESDZdSU
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOIZsVebq3
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYsFHfFtQI
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmU7pzYKvO
"What are you planning to do?"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfTHel9yGK
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsIjxBqjJV
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLaybiVOTB
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZMHSdZX2T
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7aizt5nKg
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4C3O43nZl
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrXSn5fg2H
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvH7AHWXLeo
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSvO6BZW8E
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuQH2MLwRx
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpNxj8kXO7
vacant space weren't as good as her.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRG6jFtZxE
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OGSUg5Xut
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolKCITRByj
lucky charm.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTIzM6t80P
And he needed her back real bad.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIieLerF49y
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.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxCwfyJ97M
"I have a job for you."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSr2aq2HKj
***895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9KPobMGU5
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfA0ed3FWbz
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsSXgSTOlA
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyN3IqQmp5
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSQrwB9khn
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZUDz9r0mu
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNQdr1hW45
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAa8Ly2Pnz6
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3B78egBv4
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2GGyDfubG
serious.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc59gR2eeD5
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHq7zATmoP
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjvy17fjRO
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6N9nSIYM66
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ye0LTSesH
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡba3V06CD04
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Y3ZRPI3b2
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmjcXHby2f
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5WLlYrWw7
between the two of you considering what happened."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SWOQIouVB
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMjesKGCs8
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1SaLqVgkC
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxkQ8RAynE
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4LkNVyR6L
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiukc3s14G
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVW1KCe3WVA
"And you never apologised for it," said 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKldlVCWT3d
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FTdQ4xZVU
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHzLH733Vu
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpt57VlNUgl
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbfMb2zcUY
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡee5B7iziIm
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXwMlqVkvB
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zJH9UuO5F
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfAX8WbBsw
for what happened to her.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhN39860i2K
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xudsBUE9A
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxW5FXZdTfo
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwTXWa0IKl
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0lgiK1mNp
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXum9A45aDx
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvfM0lN1If
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPgz9X94Jt
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFU7PVj7ESl
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUiuQiwjND
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiumbFLTAb
back at the club.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqNlmpnFmC
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTw9CFvqVr
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TV8XdJ8xy
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFErfXXqla
sisters completely.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmmyZEGXZM
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oDc2T0WWT
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyIgZUjNiR
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vhOQKj2Z9
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvIYcgZNd7
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPOK02x9BF
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WIG90CBSv
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Uk80E0wpN
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykTA8U5h24
club, not him.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAdycNBfE1
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32DS7U1wYd
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVnUKF7MQZ
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOxWgR9dU9
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ncZ3j30Wi
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrBvSyk5g9
at each other yet, have you?"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOe9TLtGpA3
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDQghmv1vF
"No," they answered at the same time.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfPyPzJkqO
"Great. That's good to know."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWuk1tjiUB
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXbAMdHFOF
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ES27YtlNZ
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbbRzYJNxC
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOYFMICVnw
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruIvnM26kz
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNkdca0uYT
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEo5InrkCg
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeJ3q7JfZQ
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EwBQaH3a9
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbQaU3xinQ
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgCWFPhyuT
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8E4t4zM3lM
long."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfZBEeobxe
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSW9GEcZEwB
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Y8DkDP1cb
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7U0syyezjr
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrgiZLZ8U0
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8da6EHpD5O
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxbaiDgt9y
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgc0aeU76wA
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4ZYW9lJJY
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0ZoudiUtC
Not like this. Something was wrong.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlU3RVuMEkC
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1VI35cuW8
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJZCgNW69y
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡING1cl5fRz
embarrassed?"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhg0tcVV4M
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZW0h92TiqC
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9S3Y4h72l
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzQ0cQhEa4
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixGZ0NizkA
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPyXbx9RVz
today?"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYoBeJBZIZ
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0o6SxF9dq
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAdr5Cx6bA
you want."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbQgRAb0qo
"It worked for you, didn't it?"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOYlMRdc0k
"What do you mean?"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhTIqRKHyf
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcX1iU8Kv3
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rfkuKO6xr
sister."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChJSQwIQiv
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDCoT0Jutw
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWux78KFVn4
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwPtxyqR8I
"I'm just speaking the truth."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOM740WwpTR
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmo0A6Ad3X
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6PAwIZLL5
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1P7f4ZtEt
"I was protecting my sister."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMj7Ksi4K7
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUOIXaRDyF
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUB6i0hvV0C
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd76Eyr8gFq
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFpaa6kdvS
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeQ84EO2Aw
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXZBWhZYs0
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyacLQznZ1A
betray you like Carly betrayed me."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQA4Tb1WnEe
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27RJOAuqZe
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLZLTAqOlU
crystal glass.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCjidsPSEE
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QdJR0ldnz
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqfAyk4BJW
in this situation right now."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRdDoqytdE
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwx72xdI2J
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NKyzokaWZ
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNQD8VMEox
actions.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkX3Ss0EPcj
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYi4KplU0z
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dtshn2olX
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1r39ncc65H
near Carly."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeoyucFk0c
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Bn9jJwS5y
"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......"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Q7d0Ou94A
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXobteCkrHX
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxytVjbCp0
Carly, she would be insulting herself.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcjby3mdqe
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1LpzC6UaT
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKoCrDJbTu
"That would never happen."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡassy2prjnN
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59hkQyxBvU
"A fool in love, yes."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANMMMrmoMZ
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FbMPt1T5L
"Why? Because you don't like me?"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3S7p3aWiZd
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoCIXb0ICZ
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WCE98SxSH
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dVJjW2jWn
and my accident that she would ever change."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1XiD2JAXo
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5G9giEd0hW
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcoqkHrxSY
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMynK2x0MyX
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtqMcqebAb
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIYnHOtryr
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKWABu8D12
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ737ytmapeP
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HoZWLt6k0
puzzled.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZWVXkRf2m
***895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQK14EOAdU
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLQgQ5moNO
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFq0QbHRhBF
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfPw5XDMgp
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXkp3VpgXG
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTB1L1s0Ai
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lU0K5YRx9
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiDVod0TCX
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7AuNtSqbs
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLRa65Iofs
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqByBn82zFi
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrPeOsPAc6
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7T5vkmiGT
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGzjwrZmGD
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUHhc9wi5A
McDonell should be.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqnRDk4grJ
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN40RhjZj72
"Our family has been successfully with the 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMygPSiccR4
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aOlHOrK7r
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡru6Te6UDLg
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BCsxYHMjn
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSajoDbxyR
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXCJSYdjQZ
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWT1XZR0Uk
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFV49tEqnG0
especially from my brother. He is so kind."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqrX1YGQGY
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZCrBdgXhz
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnUOMnO0xP
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPVCcPw4ZP
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1AH1QdeaA
model.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SVmWg5yuo
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98zZuAan5f
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGJuWsWOPc
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibC18SON0I
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIL7a69AlY
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiAeryEsrj
the financial state her family was in.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3FQw1VaIb
But now that she was with the McDonell 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMy6LVsphpw
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ838MiPMM8j
she has always wanted.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjee8Wy7jHu
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm9QySVn25
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNVIjPcCnX
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKXBCs72Fa
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXFXMXKH6p
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELR3byAI9o
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHL6TD5Dhd
"That would be awesome."895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnHuL0rBtO
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KFhCobBCT
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIOP40SPdm
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOzdSX3svZ
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLwskNt2gV
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZE35HZxk9W
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBr1YBU4Keu
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42upnJmjWp
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIciQAmwnDX
Miranda.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZMpYSjET5
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPtA8q83Xq
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8tctLVAR5
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDswk5KQgMm
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsn3lIsBybd
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDPZms42TW
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWJDPEhGY3
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UEfgHBNq1
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QaelCq8UK
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrv4o5ds8vD
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9SqLQtFr1
she never ever discussed her life with them.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxzD3JkK52
Could it be Miranda?895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ItFfAFiB4
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbpIieGMvd
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybagabTfBa
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjg6ZK6eW3I
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6329edUku9
And now she was calling Carly after all this895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1DhjAkYvP
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9g07njLTEY
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡej6y0l6vxV
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUv8KMx11f
betrayal.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK35tbnrhac
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0N3E6fAVAw
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXO2cOUM4p
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.895Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNKMYYhT4V
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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