Zoey's P.O.V951Please respect copyright.PENANAUMP4Gzzxzq
Waking up this Monday 951Please respect copyright.PENANAia9bhs7KRt
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 951Please respect copyright.PENANAIJCsKJtcHc
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 951Please respect copyright.PENANAzStuTFXakZ
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 951Please respect copyright.PENANAk2EWw7m3PM
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected951Please respect copyright.PENANAkrpNIz4J2g
myself to be.951Please respect copyright.PENANAvN7PAlxMVC
I couldn't stop 951Please respect copyright.PENANAMmrSb7neeg
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much951Please respect copyright.PENANAMN1TUxD3Uv
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 951Please respect copyright.PENANAGTbEKdRqsZ
feel that something was wrong.951Please respect copyright.PENANAHdWZsXc20y
Could they have known 951Please respect copyright.PENANAof4N48rS7c
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 951Please respect copyright.PENANAu3eMyqsh5G
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 951Please respect copyright.PENANAO6h6ZPPBtC
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 951Please respect copyright.PENANAW4hCB7lDGJ
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 951Please respect copyright.PENANAOcRDGii7oF
just had our usual conversation.951Please respect copyright.PENANA6hkH15z54F
I brushed off all those 951Please respect copyright.PENANAsYTNbCghum
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The951Please respect copyright.PENANAL0GmbrCXCV
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 951Please respect copyright.PENANA1hcsQWnCGm
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when951Please respect copyright.PENANAKfQVTeZmBE
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.951Please respect copyright.PENANApirVZUE4cI
But now that she wasn't 951Please respect copyright.PENANAOSTkN1nxjw
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 951Please respect copyright.PENANA7VQd0fHJXn
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.951Please respect copyright.PENANAxJXeADbd0R
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have951Please respect copyright.PENANAabjpvLOkzf
woken up early before the alarm rang.951Please respect copyright.PENANAmqe0PFQ73y
I sat up on my bed and 951Please respect copyright.PENANA46PWevK6Zl
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 951Please respect copyright.PENANAyoKxkc0nnX
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 951Please respect copyright.PENANAlyNzZHIA5n
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 951Please respect copyright.PENANAQyUmdnN4Ep
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.951Please respect copyright.PENANAoySNYrssDK
After seeing her with 951Please respect copyright.PENANAfga4A5d1WF
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I951Please respect copyright.PENANA3sGjQRAb4p
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I951Please respect copyright.PENANAKGADSrVA1o
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 951Please respect copyright.PENANALKZit0WFN0
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 951Please respect copyright.PENANA9RAZ0qyoj8
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole951Please respect copyright.PENANAkzvxJBKvxR
day. That left me devastated.951Please respect copyright.PENANArWBPYGi2Yg
I couldn't stop looking 951Please respect copyright.PENANAwWaMRg50xN
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 951Please respect copyright.PENANAugpgEhtm7T
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 951Please respect copyright.PENANA6xA2Yz46bI
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 951Please respect copyright.PENANAHKafVGAdJ4
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They951Please respect copyright.PENANABkDvqT8VjU
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 951Please respect copyright.PENANAgNlYpupIQf
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.951Please respect copyright.PENANAJku7LNZp1U
That sent me boiling to a951Please respect copyright.PENANAPW5GjvFD8V
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me951Please respect copyright.PENANAK5D2xA0oSe
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 951Please respect copyright.PENANAQzBfYJCPNQ
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.951Please respect copyright.PENANAtx8LonEKZD
Christine had told me to951Please respect copyright.PENANAjwlazsCNwN
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 951Please respect copyright.PENANAsqcdXoXoxo
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told951Please respect copyright.PENANAw8DGKAEqFG
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 951Please respect copyright.PENANAViiXyLQDAA
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest951Please respect copyright.PENANATIy4Dtn8Nm
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 951Please respect copyright.PENANAoo2p9YgqHT
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.951Please respect copyright.PENANAmbKNRYqsVk
And now, I had to face 951Please respect copyright.PENANAzsbvuoiHeX
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 951Please respect copyright.PENANAFOLlnG14mR
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music951Please respect copyright.PENANATuikTfizot
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 951Please respect copyright.PENANAtTaGZLynei
was still so upset.951Please respect copyright.PENANAeRhMBX4Urw
I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.951Please respect copyright.PENANAPqGwYQaoUN
After I was done, I 951Please respect copyright.PENANAjV1tAeHlwq
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 951Please respect copyright.PENANAuelgmXDa1W
others at the dining table for breakfast.951Please respect copyright.PENANAUc4wBz3R6V
I found them already 951Please respect copyright.PENANAe8I1puFZAH
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 951Please respect copyright.PENANA3kUTBc5P6e
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.951Please respect copyright.PENANA5tkRpgbr0t
I felt a little awkward 951Please respect copyright.PENANA7eXJwz26la
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't951Please respect copyright.PENANAmS88Cl34dv
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and951Please respect copyright.PENANAMgfkjXuSYG
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 951Please respect copyright.PENANAJkNQdYahWG
that also felt weird.951Please respect copyright.PENANAMt7KDRtLf5
I know that she and I 951Please respect copyright.PENANAgJfMl2dEV3
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 951Please respect copyright.PENANAMZn21o9bG1
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 951Please respect copyright.PENANAx5eQjQleju
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 951Please respect copyright.PENANA16LMf0qlEs
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 951Please respect copyright.PENANA8NBnZ8Hxi8
like something was wrong.951Please respect copyright.PENANAGPStmmAEA6
I poured myself a cup of951Please respect copyright.PENANAkfZRvpbHM0
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 951Please respect copyright.PENANAGrUC2RG3bU
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.951Please respect copyright.PENANAEQuLNfcn2N
"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"951Please respect copyright.PENANA6Z20UQTq7m
My heart almost skipped a951Please respect copyright.PENANAt8gVWtWG5o
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know951Please respect copyright.PENANAzSavOK1CIj
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way951Please respect copyright.PENANAoLWBmerD3f
too far. I was over here! Hello!951Please respect copyright.PENANA4kCV4dkvJe
"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."951Please respect copyright.PENANAKIeSA2Irec
"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.951Please respect copyright.PENANAIxA3lYyGIs
"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.951Please respect copyright.PENANAQkx37Rt5jX
"I have no doubt about it."951Please respect copyright.PENANAAIAxxFHTeZ
"But I don't see why you951Please respect copyright.PENANAzRwFeqOnUX
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 951Please respect copyright.PENANA9uRtaNyI2Q
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."951Please respect copyright.PENANAL6usd4ORfL
"One thing about fans is951Please respect copyright.PENANAAJe0An5aB1
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 951Please respect copyright.PENANAxPC2vewi3y
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.951Please respect copyright.PENANAHGHde65lyp
"I know," said Lee. 951Please respect copyright.PENANAXmYwHJOWma
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 951Please respect copyright.PENANAjR2IcnJKvq
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 951Please respect copyright.PENANA5Dq1HMsJg3
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."951Please respect copyright.PENANAiC76R35nhV
"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.951Please respect copyright.PENANASsqbPSC9QK
"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."951Please respect copyright.PENANApiSXeyLGb9
"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.951Please respect copyright.PENANADrTrlUHdCL
"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."951Please respect copyright.PENANAlpA9wuJ4M2
"Aye, aye," said Daniel.951Please respect copyright.PENANAdjhF2n5X04
"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.951Please respect copyright.PENANAcaNcygkjWl
"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.951Please respect copyright.PENANAxBA02bprL0
"You're just too quiet, that's all."951Please respect copyright.PENANADgQsU3jmxR
"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."951Please respect copyright.PENANASf6bVfoVb4
I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."951Please respect copyright.PENANAdFEnWUTcxX
"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.951Please respect copyright.PENANAhJPgwdll4w
I stuck my tongue out at951Please respect copyright.PENANAh4fsCRhXEM
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the951Please respect copyright.PENANAYpJj1yT0H2
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 951Please respect copyright.PENANAM2Y0sBTKNA
still wasn't looking in my direction.951Please respect copyright.PENANATZqe694mah
Soon after breakfast, we951Please respect copyright.PENANATGzIkt2f0u
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were951Please respect copyright.PENANApn9uoSacit
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 951Please respect copyright.PENANA8dvzDNZ8XU
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 951Please respect copyright.PENANA9nkFOaq8Nj
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what951Please respect copyright.PENANAhM9dctBeh5
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 951Please respect copyright.PENANAhSqZWs6H2E
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 951Please respect copyright.PENANA1DXxQHKMSW
she would.951Please respect copyright.PENANA9OMAy9juy6
We arrived at YG and we 951Please respect copyright.PENANAaBUYCorXGk
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 951Please respect copyright.PENANA4GiQ6OmJIP
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with951Please respect copyright.PENANA6vLBMjum5g
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.951Please respect copyright.PENANAArl3QeOuhX
When everyone was 951Please respect copyright.PENANAo7YHMVRgOZ
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when951Please respect copyright.PENANAHUyFGn3L4h
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 951Please respect copyright.PENANAxmTY216IEP
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 951Please respect copyright.PENANACZWBiOebac
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.951Please respect copyright.PENANAEQk77X8FZu
He not responding to me 951Please respect copyright.PENANAfhBurBYnrt
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He951Please respect copyright.PENANAaiek6tD5P9
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted951Please respect copyright.PENANAr9pNCCH0dz
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 951Please respect copyright.PENANAlPkN9Y92ke
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 951Please respect copyright.PENANAuJM20qMZQm
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just951Please respect copyright.PENANAlYdbRbuNU8
looked away instead.951Please respect copyright.PENANA6VtvJLfICZ
We went straight to 951Please respect copyright.PENANA9fr7xndf9f
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 951Please respect copyright.PENANA7F5W49kebR
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 951Please respect copyright.PENANAJTU0mTNWpz
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I951Please respect copyright.PENANAnUMIYsFldO
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 951Please respect copyright.PENANAx3nceZQctX
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.951Please respect copyright.PENANAesiNTzDkkJ
During pratice, I 951Please respect copyright.PENANAlffk4swpT3
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 951Please respect copyright.PENANAwrEPomfFmk
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I951Please respect copyright.PENANA9hF5JqLEjK
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.951Please respect copyright.PENANAPYBy7CEMxK
G-Dragon wasn't the only951Please respect copyright.PENANAyvo9ZxTGpK
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 951Please respect copyright.PENANAdQIdp85Bdv
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 951Please respect copyright.PENANAgYLFJGmymL
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 951Please respect copyright.PENANAir0bTzSmBb
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What951Please respect copyright.PENANAxYlGjIZURz
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?951Please respect copyright.PENANALT0jjVkjqi
As her best friend, I 951Please respect copyright.PENANADO1UgW6ueO
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 951Please respect copyright.PENANAXHPplxTMwq
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 951Please respect copyright.PENANAezInn5wj7u
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 951Please respect copyright.PENANAY4BhTXGISe
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.951Please respect copyright.PENANAb8KPjVN0bS
She is also smart, 951Please respect copyright.PENANASPtZAoYZVS
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 951Please respect copyright.PENANAOn47XrfQfJ
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 951Please respect copyright.PENANApVViI8w5Bu
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even951Please respect copyright.PENANAyiZASZvGNZ
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.951Please respect copyright.PENANAsdJHg2tvvL
Sam has a lot of good 951Please respect copyright.PENANAmWcU8yLitl
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her951Please respect copyright.PENANA1WOD4Q5MDX
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 951Please respect copyright.PENANAu93zsazM9Q
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 951Please respect copyright.PENANArTV9UzLQWR
want to hurt anyone around her.951Please respect copyright.PENANAVr88P7D5bv
Realising this made me 951Please respect copyright.PENANAF203irftsd
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 951Please respect copyright.PENANAokqVKBavZL
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 951Please respect copyright.PENANA5VthYVnzbE
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 951Please respect copyright.PENANAVqsmPculV3
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 951Please respect copyright.PENANAuCvf4DfRQS
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 951Please respect copyright.PENANA2HaRouSStu
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 951Please respect copyright.PENANAcD9rjNatld
realise it till now.951Please respect copyright.PENANAJjiNq2xsYI
"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.951Please respect copyright.PENANAqgmCCBczu7
"Zoey, you aren't 951Please respect copyright.PENANAPGaUvB5mv7
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 951Please respect copyright.PENANADGYI2dOr7Q
second time you have made the same mistake."951Please respect copyright.PENANACXL0u4uRmC
"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."951Please respect copyright.PENANABocFbTAw84
"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."951Please respect copyright.PENANA3iC5phs79V
It was lunch the time we951Please respect copyright.PENANAqdJJ6LALQ6
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 951Please respect copyright.PENANAdHQkl6T6hc
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 951Please respect copyright.PENANATUhroznqpG
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 951Please respect copyright.PENANAXoODWIFCnK
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 951Please respect copyright.PENANAsVfoJIDdKP
they were all laughing.951Please respect copyright.PENANAmIq5GAFe67
"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.951Please respect copyright.PENANA10fKPNR2lU
"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."951Please respect copyright.PENANAIHIPcsnv8E
"Still not talking to Sam?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAaLm4oTjK6D
"Nope."951Please respect copyright.PENANAA2qN99RoNK
TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."951Please respect copyright.PENANAcCamtnNWuQ
"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAIew5qpTPud
"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.951Please respect copyright.PENANAPkha3BaRM4
"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.951Please respect copyright.PENANAHwmvGPt6Cn
"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."951Please respect copyright.PENANAUn9x4Zp3Fl
"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."951Please respect copyright.PENANA41ZgTedWdY
"I know. But you aren't 951Please respect copyright.PENANAjNAxlpuHq5
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 951Please respect copyright.PENANAYTQQ83Cc5G
You would be chit chatting like you always do."951Please respect copyright.PENANA2ibyfo4HPQ
"What if I just want to be alone for today?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAV5QmUhLT0Z
"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."951Please respect copyright.PENANAInTyuyVNXE
I frowned. "Why?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAGJo4KZyhE8
"Because you look miserable."951Please respect copyright.PENANABZV7Sqj9wp
I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.951Please respect copyright.PENANA704QoEmMNm
"Miserable!"951Please respect copyright.PENANASAAiezGuxC
"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."951Please respect copyright.PENANAv49XvI13AG
I thought for a moment 951Please respect copyright.PENANALP9RkL4y75
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 951Please respect copyright.PENANALsF8sBwNWv
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 951Please respect copyright.PENANAaIw3teCP13
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 951Please respect copyright.PENANAXUprH7SYs8
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.951Please respect copyright.PENANA5Sruse5bK5
Seeing all this in front951Please respect copyright.PENANADDXYL4fp72
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 951Please respect copyright.PENANAqwiYrKIRot
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 951Please respect copyright.PENANAyyHjbmEraE
Until TOP came to talk to me.951Please respect copyright.PENANAnQrWPk1fQV
"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."951Please respect copyright.PENANATYqNzFo6tp
"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAgSzfpBqfAi
"I don't know," I said 951Please respect copyright.PENANAYNSpU7qLJx
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but951Please respect copyright.PENANAuA4AOkCIPD
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."951Please respect copyright.PENANAI53sjiV1s6
I told TOP what happened in the morning and how it felt weird that Sam didn't say a word to me nor even looked at me.951Please respect copyright.PENANAID6UGpXj4k
"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.951Please respect copyright.PENANAOPEAghEoSY
"Then why don't you talk to her?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAonDzQNBkqH
"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."951Please respect copyright.PENANAG0wMHSSrqa
"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."951Please respect copyright.PENANAxQSGlOCJNf
"I know."951Please respect copyright.PENANAddI2Nn0zca
"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"951Please respect copyright.PENANASa5vPoOB5t
"I'll think about it."951Please respect copyright.PENANAw93fnJ8mWN
"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAupM7ZamlON
Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.951Please respect copyright.PENANAM3eOzz1gcl
"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.951Please respect copyright.PENANAsyxRt41ymN
"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.951Please respect copyright.PENANA7EQVdfd6S0
The three of us went out951Please respect copyright.PENANA0tuWRcnq5I
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 951Please respect copyright.PENANAAqUsw6rNFf
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.951Please respect copyright.PENANAhQRRUxmBy8
As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.951Please respect copyright.PENANASCr662VSmu
"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.951Please respect copyright.PENANAbhJvVI1H6l
"Chill, you just ordered951Please respect copyright.PENANAlssxSJYhaK
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one951Please respect copyright.PENANA46ui88WoO5
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.951Please respect copyright.PENANAwr8IoyqJmj
"But I'm so hungry."951Please respect copyright.PENANA4fdVjz3Jfu
"Trust me, you aren't 951Please respect copyright.PENANAETe8aHtj5I
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 951Please respect copyright.PENANA9NR90PRF2Y
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 951Please respect copyright.PENANAe4PkIYxbyd
have."951Please respect copyright.PENANAYMIXSBLkr1
"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"951Please respect copyright.PENANABh4YZxGWGp
"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.951Please respect copyright.PENANA4nPcVxX92d
"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.951Please respect copyright.PENANABOsDaYGOcC
"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."951Please respect copyright.PENANA7doPaMSR5t
"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.951Please respect copyright.PENANAHIlgykBXAD
I didn't say anything as951Please respect copyright.PENANAwN6nke6BxV
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 951Please respect copyright.PENANAcrGs5dkDE6
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 951Please respect copyright.PENANA0eKqMai2NO
calling.951Please respect copyright.PENANAdGz72VXn2V
"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.951Please respect copyright.PENANA3w44P7XhGn
"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.951Please respect copyright.PENANAbbO4BoJSyZ
"Okay, well you better answer that call."951Please respect copyright.PENANAuxhOXgmx0D
I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.951Please respect copyright.PENANAIp3CzfOLWw
"Hello," I answered.951Please respect copyright.PENANAHZKs3AHeS7
"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"951Please respect copyright.PENANA8e6lFphiD3
"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAVUDfwbiWjh
"We have to meet today, ASAP."951Please respect copyright.PENANAGxaTQUXygj
"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."951Please respect copyright.PENANAiokelsVW0y
"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."951Please respect copyright.PENANAIxhgOAw7lk
I knew Jehan was going 951Please respect copyright.PENANA8H0CpSVXMi
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 951Please respect copyright.PENANAOkwcHxHjI7
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 951Please respect copyright.PENANAekDkDOOQPc
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 951Please respect copyright.PENANAvSm4SElrM0
was upstairs in the dance studio.951Please respect copyright.PENANAM6gQpVKnMp
"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"951Please respect copyright.PENANA4sQF2Xb3sr
"I'm coming to YG to get it."951Please respect copyright.PENANA6zRklAxJ8f
"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."951Please respect copyright.PENANAAHrMKv5E9z
"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."951Please respect copyright.PENANAb7VcoNRJUv
"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.951Please respect copyright.PENANAMGeBrZZh14
He cut the call and I 951Please respect copyright.PENANAjaLQuTclBG
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through951Please respect copyright.PENANA7t8SkPAYLF
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here951Please respect copyright.PENANA3gVKzkLQ8D
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see951Please respect copyright.PENANAsW3tsvzPd3
him they would start to ask questions.951Please respect copyright.PENANAo55kbwsXJK
"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.951Please respect copyright.PENANA31S9DxfVGa
I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.951Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1dVSxwiOJ
"What?" I asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAoPEi4NrpcG
"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAoDAXE3Lx1V
"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAizMSRz3w3A
"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."951Please respect copyright.PENANASPsPifFNSy
"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."951Please respect copyright.PENANAQphACOj6cx
"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."951Please respect copyright.PENANAOgxI2uF2RW
"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."951Please respect copyright.PENANAXuHVI8SShO
"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAN9gfE1fC06
Dang it! I was cornered 951Please respect copyright.PENANAWtL2hRrjZd
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 951Please respect copyright.PENANAL0j7jTxU4A
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 951Please respect copyright.PENANAa5s1VrXs0U
light no matter how much you try to hide it.951Please respect copyright.PENANATpLzGX4NWO
"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."951Please respect copyright.PENANAqfaRwT5gou
I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."951Please respect copyright.PENANAzzH3f73vam
"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.951Please respect copyright.PENANAPstO6qpo5t
We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.951Please respect copyright.PENANAIDE2mq5DVg
I told them everything 951Please respect copyright.PENANAQDjp1vErSE
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't951Please respect copyright.PENANAzYoSdbssID
said a word until I finished the whole story.951Please respect copyright.PENANAoMe8sfinLK
"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAtPQFkXB2MJ
"Just you two," I answered.951Please respect copyright.PENANAZgIaV9OQfb
"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"951Please respect copyright.PENANA5Znab6xQjg
"Surprising, right?"951Please respect copyright.PENANA29xNjNv5OL
"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.951Please respect copyright.PENANASlmfCZJuWq
"We should involve the police," said TOP.951Please respect copyright.PENANAJfFDsGbVVc
"No! We can't!"951Please respect copyright.PENANArIvlj2A3K6
"Why?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAMNrQLr4U0w
"You know word goes out 951Please respect copyright.PENANABjUWqNX9T4
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and951Please respect copyright.PENANAKCctF3bZWw
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."951Please respect copyright.PENANA7oDp9OoUam
"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAV4Q0EryP1M
"He assured me that this951Please respect copyright.PENANA1nmRQGTIoz
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 951Please respect copyright.PENANAQ01fR2TPJv
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."951Please respect copyright.PENANAKauMUiDdED
"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.951Please respect copyright.PENANAuKLO0VZhsp
The three of us turned 951Please respect copyright.PENANAfy6XSM6MJL
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 951Please respect copyright.PENANAwEMrBYMfqz
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?951Please respect copyright.PENANAbYbFpSNCJI
"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.951Please respect copyright.PENANAHagJgrnNGH
"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.951Please respect copyright.PENANAl5VGBFDpF4
"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.951Please respect copyright.PENANASa9lcPLMET
"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.951Please respect copyright.PENANA0CDxoHGYEQ
"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."951Please respect copyright.PENANAkh2ubQcE38
"Random stuff involving a951Please respect copyright.PENANAJMul1tqKIL
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 951Please respect copyright.PENANAm5lavSXXjc
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 951Please respect copyright.PENANANLiXlaOMI6
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 951Please respect copyright.PENANArOLGjtUmpX
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."951Please respect copyright.PENANATyyVawYNKL
I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?951Please respect copyright.PENANA5Pu1BvjVm0
"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."951Please respect copyright.PENANATWjzPdHejb
"Okay, I won't."951Please respect copyright.PENANAY69ZZqqDjK
"Sit down."951Please respect copyright.PENANAbFs9Soc7uS
Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.951Please respect copyright.PENANAjWgPauhs0I
"I got myself into trouble," I started.951Please respect copyright.PENANAaQhHYmdys7
"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"951Please respect copyright.PENANA5sWrtynWud
"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."951Please respect copyright.PENANAypYwm9QS34
Christine's face soon 951Please respect copyright.PENANAaScgBzdEvm
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 951Please respect copyright.PENANAKamzt803Jb
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....951Please respect copyright.PENANAjqJSHsafTV
"What!"951Please respect copyright.PENANAzCX38zAPz5
TOP quickly covered up 951Please respect copyright.PENANA9UHSlgatL8
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 951Please respect copyright.PENANAK11SGKgnJ2
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 951Please respect copyright.PENANARPMi1DRVSw
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.951Please respect copyright.PENANAwAwigUuts0
"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAlQD0ITMJfA
"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAx6spvTHVQp
"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.951Please respect copyright.PENANAF79lPVOzdV
"Of course I'm mad!" 951Please respect copyright.PENANAU6a66jyCld
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 951Please respect copyright.PENANAYJt9ZOvANa
but this by far is the worst one of them all."951Please respect copyright.PENANAGC3rXuYUvs
"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.951Please respect copyright.PENANAl5H59GwDg6
"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAuJzFs2ce3A
"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"951Please respect copyright.PENANA2fFvxO7GcU
"Ya, I remember. What about him?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAgIpKjtkobg
"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.951Please respect copyright.PENANAU8uO6wZj2s
"WHAT!"951Please respect copyright.PENANAaoSDYqB7o2
"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.951Please respect copyright.PENANAe50c2opcP0
"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"951Please respect copyright.PENANADD6RwEZd7x
"And the one I met at the café," I said.951Please respect copyright.PENANAY6i4hjDM38
"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAXg6lrVN35j
"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.951Please respect copyright.PENANAhIHtwSJ7EU
"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAmZ09hJgfDr
"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.951Please respect copyright.PENANApfUSgfLzyx
"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.951Please respect copyright.PENANAPhKqcDVRJm
"Ya," I said. "I planned951Please respect copyright.PENANAcvI7mrmpex
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 951Please respect copyright.PENANAE67lifX8cV
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.951Please respect copyright.PENANAURpis9DOKz
"So you're the one who 951Please respect copyright.PENANAEwzl7Xp7CC
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 951Please respect copyright.PENANAhjjtnyw3oF
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 951Please respect copyright.PENANAYjtJAyIJNT
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 951Please respect copyright.PENANAiNKnbxRodQ
out with Seungri."951Please respect copyright.PENANA1VBCyFQgxB
"I lied."951Please respect copyright.PENANAfeGmT4R6rR
Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."951Please respect copyright.PENANA69ZqCtrDcv
"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.951Please respect copyright.PENANA14nTqBpI7E
"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAOJK9S7h1LF
"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."951Please respect copyright.PENANAfnJqwiJU52
"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."951Please respect copyright.PENANAGdOrVI0trn
"I know. Now he wants the teddy bear back today. And I don't know what to do. He wanted to come here and get the teddy himself."951Please respect copyright.PENANAMsweQn2RQf
"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANABzlc2rYrlD
"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.951Please respect copyright.PENANA490KXThV2S
"Now where is she going to meet him now? She has to take that teddy bear away or else it could land us into more trouble."951Please respect copyright.PENANAqClui0naJF
"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."951Please respect copyright.PENANA8dXIZ1ry30
"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.951Please respect copyright.PENANAFhSx1ghArU
"But where?" I asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAVDLnNc3kIO
"Tell him you will meet at the café. The one you had met him in last time. TOP and I will take you there," said Seungri.951Please respect copyright.PENANAzgLwZN5eRR
"I'm also coming with you," said Christine. "And don't refuse." She pointed her finger at me when I opened my mouth to object.951Please respect copyright.PENANAIFWsBpNXUr
"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.951Please respect copyright.PENANA9f0serek3D
"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.951Please respect copyright.PENANAYWBxE22Xvl
I took my phone out and 951Please respect copyright.PENANA2sTTBKtXhv
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in951Please respect copyright.PENANAKcBxakBNh8
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.951Please respect copyright.PENANALiWjonOgOW
"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.951Please respect copyright.PENANA17YmrOegFB
"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.951Please respect copyright.PENANAeb17x0VyVH
Seungri had ordered ten 951Please respect copyright.PENANAcsWxhKah1B
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 951Please respect copyright.PENANANkjMMnRoPB
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 951Please respect copyright.PENANAE1oE0GiHzU
favourite.951Please respect copyright.PENANA3BQrIliFHl
We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.951Please respect copyright.PENANAo108i2jFjQ
"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.951Please respect copyright.PENANAkMV0I1iYXC
"I'll be ready for 951Please respect copyright.PENANA3TKY3GxJBE
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything951Please respect copyright.PENANAhfJs37FlL0
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."951Please respect copyright.PENANAkKOuxUIicD
"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."951Please respect copyright.PENANA52rThKIgIv
"And G-Dragon," TOP added.951Please respect copyright.PENANAATYHyi6iOs
"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."951Please respect copyright.PENANAaU4Q1v2O4H
"Well, someone has to," said Christine.951Please respect copyright.PENANAd9tuKWunmG
"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."951Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ln7y6erfo
"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."951Please respect copyright.PENANACOS8RMAgoc
We found ourselves back 951Please respect copyright.PENANAjALVUYtSjZ
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 951Please respect copyright.PENANAeCentgA5Ye
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 951Please respect copyright.PENANAUQOiBd3r9o
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 951Please respect copyright.PENANABlGLk9kqqQ
paranoid?951Please respect copyright.PENANAS2IzS9RfNC
Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.951Please respect copyright.PENANAftAZfE4PF0
"What?" I asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAVeqdGv5HjE
"You were frowning," Christine answered.951Please respect copyright.PENANAUomulKo0qe
"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."951Please respect copyright.PENANAvCY6LdU62H
"Says the person who 951Please respect copyright.PENANAsLeyb8dKR2
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 951Please respect copyright.PENANAMDT2ObKTif
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 951Please respect copyright.PENANAZN2SzSVfhJ
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.951Please respect copyright.PENANARehxd8rXRE
Soon after lunch, we 951Please respect copyright.PENANAykD5w7iAuU
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 951Please respect copyright.PENANAshsxUmuqpa
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time951Please respect copyright.PENANA59vzVZrq9Z
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 951Please respect copyright.PENANAB8uBiiWLXd
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know951Please respect copyright.PENANAJN6jMudbJp
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the951Please respect copyright.PENANAJ05B7IkR98
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.951Please respect copyright.PENANAZP1BTFCl5h
At some point in the 951Please respect copyright.PENANAgH2KDCm4R7
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 951Please respect copyright.PENANA0GFHI0NIdK
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 951Please respect copyright.PENANAsSl9Uxa3WS
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 951Please respect copyright.PENANAbXbV0mfxgF
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 951Please respect copyright.PENANAOIN9Ra9x9l
back to practising until we could pratice no more.951Please respect copyright.PENANApQcZGQMXrO
It was five and the sun 951Please respect copyright.PENANAfnF2YGr8Tb
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I951Please respect copyright.PENANArj2tWlQn00
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 951Please respect copyright.PENANAOkHVLKLfB0
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 951Please respect copyright.PENANAWHLBHr3JM5
side of me. We were all pretty tired.951Please respect copyright.PENANAMpQu3dPWIt
The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.951Please respect copyright.PENANAAOZe2CP7CQ
While I was resting and 951Please respect copyright.PENANAfbPd7PflrW
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 951Please respect copyright.PENANA5QY6lsiWL0
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 951Please respect copyright.PENANASwmydEAVaw
look on my face.951Please respect copyright.PENANAN9n75GaepF
"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.951Please respect copyright.PENANA7t7SMYO1vw
"Go? Go where?" I asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAgCLmN9I8U1
Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.951Please respect copyright.PENANAVb8It32Est
"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.951Please respect copyright.PENANAW494Fmhr6s
"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."951Please respect copyright.PENANAOTI07WsfRi
It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.951Please respect copyright.PENANAJwnc1fkXuA
"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."951Please respect copyright.PENANAjZqiLHqQ7U
"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.951Please respect copyright.PENANAsgWyPNMM7W
"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."951Please respect copyright.PENANAfUluBxQgv0
"I want to follow too," said Daniel.951Please respect copyright.PENANA13ocsxJS0p
"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.951Please respect copyright.PENANABEp7h1ygq5
I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.951Please respect copyright.PENANAKGxiZYdDeM
"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."951Please respect copyright.PENANALcs3OjgFSa
"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."951Please respect copyright.PENANA07LHALcz7U
"Ya, me too," said Mike.951Please respect copyright.PENANAkMoIJBBB04
"Why don't you want 951Please respect copyright.PENANA3AhxOiG0y7
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 951Please respect copyright.PENANA5WOBo9GAcc
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 951Please respect copyright.PENANAgxjc6xCuIR
not to follow."951Please respect copyright.PENANAuxWpEfSkj1
I wanted to protest and 951Please respect copyright.PENANAGy5Lk2jhRP
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 951Please respect copyright.PENANAWE7DjnwLpB
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 951Please respect copyright.PENANAgLIPgWEmS5
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.951Please respect copyright.PENANASRplIfHY4E
"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.951Please respect copyright.PENANACi54CiKXk1
Dang it!951Please respect copyright.PENANAG7vO7g9cvG
"Okay, you'll find me back at the hotel. I'll tell Collins that you had to go out," said Sam to the others, giving them a smile.951Please respect copyright.PENANAGcT4FeaFnX
"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.951Please respect copyright.PENANAZK5EBkcvwi
"Thanks, that's nice of 951Please respect copyright.PENANARau2oaTwwt
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 951Please respect copyright.PENANAkUC5gGhMwV
the others. "Have fun you, guys."951Please respect copyright.PENANAfTl9ViHOCl
Sam and Daesung left the951Please respect copyright.PENANAQVXq3dcvzh
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 951Please respect copyright.PENANAweshgpuIW4
myself that the two also made a nice pair.951Please respect copyright.PENANAnIDvKPdOSV
"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAMhRXWdFGMm
"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."951Please respect copyright.PENANAOIkdRzSgcS
"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.951Please respect copyright.PENANALgjfNfjrTV
Christine stood up from 951Please respect copyright.PENANAWueUWIDWaE
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 951Please respect copyright.PENANAxvYL0KHVGc
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."951Please respect copyright.PENANAoTtysgnpS7
I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAr7wVo0Fxsy
"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."951Please respect copyright.PENANAqYxG27XC8D
"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."951Please respect copyright.PENANAUJ4VD6Q3kb
"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.951Please respect copyright.PENANAipNiHpsMWr
Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAK7yIAQYSQv
I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.951Please respect copyright.PENANAwMEhfzmnD0
"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANATa0BRCt5KP
"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."951Please respect copyright.PENANA61FDdL8pCA
TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.951Please respect copyright.PENANA5DS8ogMMNI
"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.951Please respect copyright.PENANAtKn6UY4W4y
"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.951Please respect copyright.PENANA2KnB2Ntlc9
"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.951Please respect copyright.PENANAHBhGfTqxvz
"I know," said Christine.951Please respect copyright.PENANAMSy5dDrrW4
"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAI4egAFTcZj
"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."951Please respect copyright.PENANAaAdmmR4et6
"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.951Please respect copyright.PENANAn5BbLHj40e
"So that she can judge me? No way."951Please respect copyright.PENANADFBIzFSrly
"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."951Please respect copyright.PENANAghuYIJT9xv
"Don't try to convince 951Please respect copyright.PENANAH2mM9qdcHM
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 951Please respect copyright.PENANA6QnFBgdr2g
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me951Please respect copyright.PENANAL6HY01r0bT
like she could hit me with a hammer.951Please respect copyright.PENANAt0LitXhcd3
"Okay, let's go," said TOP.951Please respect copyright.PENANAk8r5mNnlYC
I got up from the floor 951Please respect copyright.PENANANus1ytlfQg
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 951Please respect copyright.PENANAqfQtQOqg9b
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 951Please respect copyright.PENANA2Zo0TJrGqh
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 951Please respect copyright.PENANAdFr4tjgQKA
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.951Please respect copyright.PENANASi3jYOYOLa
The cars soon left the 951Please respect copyright.PENANApdcHHRpAHk
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 951Please respect copyright.PENANA28sKOjzf9p
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 951Please respect copyright.PENANAIbi8ELZZkL
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.951Please respect copyright.PENANAcEflJ58CFY
"Can you you please stop951Please respect copyright.PENANAkZ4zgCzvUN
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 951Please respect copyright.PENANAzjDqboBvw5
the teddy and lose it in the car."951Please respect copyright.PENANA7sgXvXOghp
"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.951Please respect copyright.PENANArEA8r92QSR
"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."951Please respect copyright.PENANAMgGr7QURT3
I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."951Please respect copyright.PENANA78DhvRZoZb
"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.951Please respect copyright.PENANAYtH7uL3u7k
"I just want to get this over with."951Please respect copyright.PENANAoIa4v5efFL
We were soon packed 951Please respect copyright.PENANAwBikZykIMw
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 951Please respect copyright.PENANA15t7MPnWJY
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 951Please respect copyright.PENANAsXZKIJWs0i
turned to look at her.951Please respect copyright.PENANA1wM5a3mItY
"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."951Please respect copyright.PENANAOjR9hX8LUW
"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."951Please respect copyright.PENANA7HQvTYFYgw
Seungri also turned to 951Please respect copyright.PENANA5JPnz0tgIr
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 951Please respect copyright.PENANApWjEQZiDEM
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 951Please respect copyright.PENANAx6fFLDYfeQ
chest and I wished Sam was here too.951Please respect copyright.PENANAlzw68vEYGP
I soon got out of the 951Please respect copyright.PENANA1bm841Cmm2
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 951Please respect copyright.PENANAIOUShFnuae
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I951Please respect copyright.PENANA3pAMTtcTyK
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.951Please respect copyright.PENANArd6G1xdv6z
Before I could find my 951Please respect copyright.PENANAS4Ki72bS9S
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 951Please respect copyright.PENANAXldFNCtJfY
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 951Please respect copyright.PENANAXkHvzVJJs7
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.951Please respect copyright.PENANAIp1dQQSCSv
I quickly went in the 951Please respect copyright.PENANAA2Yeytu89R
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 951Please respect copyright.PENANALVW8vrHBqU
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 951Please respect copyright.PENANATMeV6x6M0T
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.951Please respect copyright.PENANAzW5kVraIVc
I slowly approached the 951Please respect copyright.PENANAwDBdB8BTEt
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 951Please respect copyright.PENANA4xyKuJwL7H
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 951Please respect copyright.PENANAycW4dfV5R1
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 951Please respect copyright.PENANAsDQgqsZjKL
hesitate to end my life right here.951Please respect copyright.PENANA7gLg2qMPoy
"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."951Please respect copyright.PENANAX1km2nrloq
"I was practising today," I answered.951Please respect copyright.PENANAyMg9H2mUNP
"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."951Please respect copyright.PENANAkfEUe6ZZw2
"Thanks," I frowned at 951Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2Ak0ElDd4
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 951Please respect copyright.PENANAdPsOaKezr2
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."951Please respect copyright.PENANAxlqnQsKQTq
Jehan smirked. "Certainly."951Please respect copyright.PENANAffYIlGJ55G
I quickly reached out 951Please respect copyright.PENANAPRCyfWpp9m
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 951Please respect copyright.PENANAxRj4ZImyBj
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.951Please respect copyright.PENANAmkYwg08lbz
"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAmYXuFnfGop
"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.951Please respect copyright.PENANAHWwhRbrLx8
"What now?" I complained.951Please respect copyright.PENANAg974fikzUJ
"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.951Please respect copyright.PENANAcOzMK2HFAg
"What do you think? That951Please respect copyright.PENANAP1jTvvSmqj
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 951Please respect copyright.PENANACLoynH6638
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 951Please respect copyright.PENANAXpOA1CKwOK
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 951Please respect copyright.PENANA5zeOG4LCT5
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."951Please respect copyright.PENANAOrP40j6pat
Jehan raised an eyebrow 951Please respect copyright.PENANAj1qDP17UNi
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going951Please respect copyright.PENANAqpPGt1Kehj
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a951Please respect copyright.PENANA4zdNdZpEgf
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."951Please respect copyright.PENANAs4lKtPb7O4
"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."951Please respect copyright.PENANA1ViWdRhZMD
"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.951Please respect copyright.PENANAifedAclBQI
I went back to looking 951Please respect copyright.PENANA5Y3v9EOpuI
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into951Please respect copyright.PENANAvBz7eKmpcb
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 951Please respect copyright.PENANA0pAbDSQ7KP
surprise me that he carried that thing around.951Please respect copyright.PENANAy355L7snb5
Jehan slowly laid the 951Please respect copyright.PENANAt7zcT6n3K9
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 951Please respect copyright.PENANAVFkVJE7YHa
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 951Please respect copyright.PENANAjF8RCe6YuW
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 951Please respect copyright.PENANA5VMddlembK
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 951Please respect copyright.PENANAtljfNFa8cn
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of951Please respect copyright.PENANA64WsnBSWMq
the teddy bear.951Please respect copyright.PENANAwTePrqdIXi
Wait. I frowned. This 951Please respect copyright.PENANA3uNwEDGGtd
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 951Please respect copyright.PENANAwxksQXkJhO
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 951Please respect copyright.PENANAUhQ3fcUk6C
diamonds!951Please respect copyright.PENANA0VNppdkDI7
I stared horrified at 951Please respect copyright.PENANAHP4xq3kKiT
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 951Please respect copyright.PENANAWwJPuVIUcn
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 951Please respect copyright.PENANAv1VxjWH2zb
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.951Please respect copyright.PENANAMAgzYyurFD
I looked up at Jehan and951Please respect copyright.PENANA2hnVTCfKC0
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 951Please respect copyright.PENANAuPtw481bdQ
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 951Please respect copyright.PENANANQjPWACyjX
that, he was going to end up traumatised.951Please respect copyright.PENANA8qyatkf3E5
"Je-Jehan," I said 951Please respect copyright.PENANAlsOt6xtrst
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 951Please respect copyright.PENANAacOLiXgBrU
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in951Please respect copyright.PENANAcwSUzyQ7Oo
there."951Please respect copyright.PENANA5QDDrQba2q
Jean neither moved nor 951Please respect copyright.PENANAoTp9YIbudy
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 951Please respect copyright.PENANA7OJ36fhAr0
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.951Please respect copyright.PENANAHUlJS6bSPT
But how could this be? 951Please respect copyright.PENANAYwAvfdBOkg
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 951Please respect copyright.PENANATPvyxyK7B7
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 951Please respect copyright.PENANAKIdTOi7mBl
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.951Please respect copyright.PENANAQxz16b4r7j
"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.951Please respect copyright.PENANAwBZxWmxudm
"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.951Please respect copyright.PENANANHFrsN6Y4N
He banged his fists on 951Please respect copyright.PENANA0yNJwc3qKk
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 951Please respect copyright.PENANAlyJ1B6GhkW
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at951Please respect copyright.PENANA23SZoqgUST
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.951Please respect copyright.PENANA7OE323Vo2U
"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."951Please respect copyright.PENANAbBu2lKrybw
"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.951Please respect copyright.PENANA4xGQEoW83R
"I don't know. I don't 951Please respect copyright.PENANAyfMUL95pIe
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.951Please respect copyright.PENANAzzn0Vlpf8w
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."951Please respect copyright.PENANAMsJEq5EsA6
"How did the diamonds go missing?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAo0z6hTfP7E
"How am I supposed to 951Please respect copyright.PENANAepS5nDEC2s
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without951Please respect copyright.PENANAdZrARKsA0f
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."951Please respect copyright.PENANAfsJ79Q6n8V
"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."951Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2VCVPIiYs
"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."951Please respect copyright.PENANAcTWtLDgzkf
Jehan rubbed his 951Please respect copyright.PENANAn63KG2Yivs
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 951Please respect copyright.PENANAvJ0hr6Lr46
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.951Please respect copyright.PENANAJyQAFbDG2b
"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."951Please respect copyright.PENANAFoPaCLGesJ
"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."951Please respect copyright.PENANAK4vXfqi1Ri
"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAF5cm9Vkpa2
"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."951Please respect copyright.PENANAlEmtaaDeLm
"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAI2qgQdTP1C
"I don't know."951Please respect copyright.PENANAnt7k4AymhN
Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"951Please respect copyright.PENANATFGXgSK8sm
"Ummm," I looked down 951Please respect copyright.PENANAWQfsZakR1h
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 951Please respect copyright.PENANAvvKaQHTdTW
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."951Please respect copyright.PENANA4tKhkMBK5M
"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"951Please respect copyright.PENANA7TH0epuOYP
"I didn't have the teddy bear with me at the hotel the whole time," I said, looking at him fully in the eyes now.951Please respect copyright.PENANAmbQsex9s21
"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.951Please respect copyright.PENANAL2EyKKpHZP
"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."951Please respect copyright.PENANAGR4BdNFXcT
"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 951Please respect copyright.PENANA1jaZsEZrOP
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 951Please respect copyright.PENANATZ8EdKLdz3
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAd8GHnptCS1
"I don't think so. Lee 951Please respect copyright.PENANAUVfXeL5OM0
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,951Please respect copyright.PENANAmI6moK6yXb
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."951Please respect copyright.PENANAQwKtwCBXj6
"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAYBuB6zYsbB
"You're right. But if she did find out about us and all this diamond business, she wouldn't keep that to herself. I know Lee."951Please respect copyright.PENANAX9Zkpqc5LP
"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAm6d51bl3lL
"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."951Please respect copyright.PENANAehj1cMOXtv
After I said that, Jehan951Please respect copyright.PENANAlTkYTrJtGF
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 951Please respect copyright.PENANAvxCHmlNC3d
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the951Please respect copyright.PENANAhR9HK6qyGL
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 951Please respect copyright.PENANAzP6DRpEhFu
look on his face.951Please respect copyright.PENANAkAxU892wLU
"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."951Please respect copyright.PENANAjKfEbKRgiK
"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANA6sp595VzKP
"I remember one of my 951Please respect copyright.PENANArbky9Z8TZc
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 951Please respect copyright.PENANAsUngu4lraq
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."951Please respect copyright.PENANA5Rf7CGMKyK
"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"951Please respect copyright.PENANAb96hZp536L
"Don't snap your fingers and be all happy about this," said Jehan, back to giving me that angry look. "I need that teddy, now!"951Please respect copyright.PENANANRb8HVpZz9
"Huh? I can't start 951Please respect copyright.PENANAlAyHXJvrqT
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking951Please respect copyright.PENANAP124ydjfr0
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 951Please respect copyright.PENANA4clc4ZI4tE
that the bear is missing."951Please respect copyright.PENANASRp375IW8F
"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."951Please respect copyright.PENANASfFwyTcOBj
"What do you mean?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAw7VMp58QvI
"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."951Please respect copyright.PENANAkr4hUVa9ly
"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."951Please respect copyright.PENANAlBOOqJh6vc
"Now that, makes no 951Please respect copyright.PENANAPd4a8ZfQYf
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that951Please respect copyright.PENANArt0K0NRU9E
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."951Please respect copyright.PENANA10nJKu7B6O
"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"951Please respect copyright.PENANAfTmFSDKSJ3
"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."951Please respect copyright.PENANAhJ1C4j6B8q
"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."951Please respect copyright.PENANATzoZDyPXlx
"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAAhlR4JDQey
I completely forgot that951Please respect copyright.PENANARBrqiKgcMN
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 951Please respect copyright.PENANA6DvQbME6Ss
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have951Please respect copyright.PENANAvCZKoaZqm6
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.951Please respect copyright.PENANAcx073MCm5w
"Okay. I'll see what I can do."951Please respect copyright.PENANAZCAHAB3bCO
Jehan gave me a smile. 951Please respect copyright.PENANAmscLM60jUY
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 951Please respect copyright.PENANA0qO5zP5V9J
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAKxou4oFKi4
I nodded my head and 951Please respect copyright.PENANAGAHvDSbF2m
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked951Please respect copyright.PENANAMihhXtz542
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.951Please respect copyright.PENANACkAXteYGYF
"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.951Please respect copyright.PENANAqvw0DWDQX6
I sat there as I buried 951Please respect copyright.PENANAxMVgt6qEhn
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 951Please respect copyright.PENANACZtkNIMbsV
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the951Please respect copyright.PENANAtOBstnd4ww
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 951Please respect copyright.PENANA9llYMsglSG
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 951Please respect copyright.PENANAzUFszAhfUx
drama that might just ruin my life?951Please respect copyright.PENANAuqYw93ZFAB
I hadn't noticed the bell of the café ringing because I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I looked up, there stood Christine.951Please respect copyright.PENANAlpXLRUTr8c
"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.951Please respect copyright.PENANANt7U4lXvHP
I could hear footsteps 951Please respect copyright.PENANA2c8oqtD43g
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 951Please respect copyright.PENANAnfUNv8PA8q
when they saw the look on my face.951Please respect copyright.PENANAuZrKf0T0vN
Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.951Please respect copyright.PENANACU1BtLefH7
"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"951Please respect copyright.PENANApViE9Q9bVh
"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"951Please respect copyright.PENANA6wGdgPu080
"No," I answered. "He didn't."951Please respect copyright.PENANAFUHBmbVQJy
"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"951Please respect copyright.PENANA11XPQcqBVz
"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."951Please respect copyright.PENANAtGz3qfvC7W
Mike shook his head. "But who? We didn't know what that teddy bear had until now, so, it couldn't be anyone of us."951Please respect copyright.PENANAXOFaGdBQW8
"And what about Lee?" 951Please respect copyright.PENANAJGS4Eynwvs
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 951Please respect copyright.PENANAafo6qPLXu8
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 951Please respect copyright.PENANAvPJ1gREbgf
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 951Please respect copyright.PENANAIjUtNB4nbQ
to."951Please respect copyright.PENANAIWAPOfooYL
"This is bad," I said, 951Please respect copyright.PENANAeuqsV9WHi9
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 951Please respect copyright.PENANAmxkYA9arbD
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."951Please respect copyright.PENANA2DVt5wOY3S
"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."951Please respect copyright.PENANANywRtzcQzq
"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.951Please respect copyright.PENANAQLs6sRj08f
We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.951Please respect copyright.PENANA6xHERmQ10B
"Sam?" I wondered for a 951Please respect copyright.PENANArtxposdIhk
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 951Please respect copyright.PENANANAmayQTeRJ
she have swapped it with the other one?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAXfI6i77xmB
"Okay, wait," said TOP. 951Please respect copyright.PENANAmO0seT4KoV
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 951Please respect copyright.PENANAFRF1Y1gGDZ
what's really going on in the first place?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAFfHYPo9UwJ
"I doubt it," I said 951Please respect copyright.PENANATgrqSDgVgm
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 951Please respect copyright.PENANABy8W9NxleX
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would951Please respect copyright.PENANAJkT4AqOL4Y
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."951Please respect copyright.PENANAxJP6RRtjrt
TOP and Seungri looked 951Please respect copyright.PENANAMgd27Hhc2V
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 951Please respect copyright.PENANAxLk8tACN2q
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed951Please respect copyright.PENANAEnCsWMXLV6
it away.951Please respect copyright.PENANA1hT9NzQyrC
"I highly doubt it too,"951Please respect copyright.PENANAnpe0WrOaAA
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 951Please respect copyright.PENANAYD4IThBFmS
she would have asked us about it."951Please respect copyright.PENANA7YqT74Bda8
"That's true," said 951Please respect copyright.PENANAIZiQZmFveG
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 951Please respect copyright.PENANAxOyYTJ5CQ8
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."951Please respect copyright.PENANAANBmyxb1Rn
"And I checked out the 951Please respect copyright.PENANAF7imPV0N5D
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 951Please respect copyright.PENANAYH4rS94MbT
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.951Please respect copyright.PENANAcBURmWSDd2
"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.951Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6QOTBsnvg
"No, I highly doubt it,"951Please respect copyright.PENANAsGX8WDNV3r
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 951Please respect copyright.PENANA8hKvMCVci1
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They951Please respect copyright.PENANAbBMil8dhvv
said nothing about them entering a toy store."951Please respect copyright.PENANAyY6lCK2O5c
"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.951Please respect copyright.PENANAXSpkCjyWxe
"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAwwm7284ZBD
"Collins?" Mike asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAGxd1sASuSV
"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"951Please respect copyright.PENANAH1GHMl2Jnk
"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."951Please respect copyright.PENANAMdJ3FPHPD8
"But who knows? Maybe he951Please respect copyright.PENANAxL9GYCYLQ8
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 951Please respect copyright.PENANAb9BWo1P87z
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 951Please respect copyright.PENANARamZqSIG9x
times."951Please respect copyright.PENANAaIZCJgcXoM
"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.951Please respect copyright.PENANAInLeoY8x73
"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."951Please respect copyright.PENANAWCqcMrvNv6
"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"951Please respect copyright.PENANASxRxZemgIw
Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."951Please respect copyright.PENANApL3Q27vCcr
"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.951Please respect copyright.PENANAkKcKfR6j4T
"He was the one who went951Please respect copyright.PENANAAEfYUP440m
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 951Please respect copyright.PENANApO1LAj0TRw
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 951Please respect copyright.PENANAbyCbYi1z0n
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 951Please respect copyright.PENANACuDPFKUuSU
elevator."951Please respect copyright.PENANAqk8M9BY5WP
"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.951Please respect copyright.PENANAlOORoQtz1d
"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."951Please respect copyright.PENANAHrsTqmBO1B
"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.951Please respect copyright.PENANAx7ftNQiPYh
"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."951Please respect copyright.PENANA0GyPcCbAtO
"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."951Please respect copyright.PENANA2MlfbE73C2
"You're right," I said 951Please respect copyright.PENANAPFgldDGHNu
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 951Please respect copyright.PENANAM0HGRh9HkO
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."951Please respect copyright.PENANAY4ALsB2Xb1
"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.951Please respect copyright.PENANAb26HjaygXE
We all walked out of the951Please respect copyright.PENANAj5FvC2iCnP
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 951Please respect copyright.PENANAmE96bhrThS
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.951Please respect copyright.PENANAETlRLsNHX1
While I was in the car 951Please respect copyright.PENANA6lZEMhmVF2
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so951Please respect copyright.PENANAw5VpcmK6nE
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins951Please respect copyright.PENANA3R05ZCiQbT
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 951Please respect copyright.PENANAyCPMqUZSi1
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 951Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6ghY5FGjk
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.951Please respect copyright.PENANAuhmkSJqt4h
If it isn't him, then 951Please respect copyright.PENANAjg6j4w2RdN
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 951Please respect copyright.PENANAFPl3xTrBEU
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 951Please respect copyright.PENANA2z3AWvGK9W
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her951Please respect copyright.PENANAQuKGmijO4H
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.951Please respect copyright.PENANAh8pgMNUMfj
What if I had the wrong 951Please respect copyright.PENANADe15yQCmq3
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 951Please respect copyright.PENANAOdeTle0JfZ
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 951Please respect copyright.PENANA3nNzmKixLK
place without any of us noticing in the first place?951Please respect copyright.PENANAkiiDiZmPyu
I hope I could be able 951Please respect copyright.PENANAwEnYFfQZuO
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 951Please respect copyright.PENANAUX83WNLWz1
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that951Please respect copyright.PENANAhZrl6pykj4
happen.