Stuck In A K-Pop World: Hitting With A Big Bang (A Black Kitty Series, Book 1) - Chapter 23: Swapped

Zoey's P.O.V982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0CgNInl9W

Waking up this Monday 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuAgybNgYC
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2VDyYLuvv
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49jkoZBd7z
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkXvkcgEat
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMp7Kliz55D
myself to be.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCIHbRof5M

I couldn't stop 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRSlQs0XsW
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgATLgT7e0
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1vnAZ7043
feel that something was wrong.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQOIVCa6vm

Could they have known 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ltoRbVIgc
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAwrY3sILj
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2oaDEszhr
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAhLAVTo2Y
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzn2LMSmbJ
just had our usual conversation.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVM1EzgPsay

I brushed off all those 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzq6nmhzXF7
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRoU2iH0N6
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqGstjtn7D
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23r8Pjam5a
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmselJJzPj

But now that she wasn't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwN4d5Q4t3V
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fi7W60nQn
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASmiOhEoDo
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6H3yB6bjDW
woken up early before the alarm rang.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo575VWftLi

I sat up on my bed and 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GrPvCz74J
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzFkPPlDyG
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePaqt7NqdK
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4arUrOxKF4
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKWbHY3afm

After seeing her with 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7LB7igQ8h
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhwWKu3kXP
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV00NBu0UsC
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaE7OqauknT
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66RiCXe9qT
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs07zNykv7R
day. That left me devastated.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wbDXVm0gJ

I couldn't stop looking 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqsZkUXwQk
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDACkOndFI
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSTFgIESGu
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfyVbm1G58
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGvl3Xk7Nk
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGLOsrdD7h
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAefOz701y

That sent me boiling to a982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIzDGMR81r
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxCuLg3MKq
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWJc0U6aSV
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFn0bESIoM

Christine had told me to982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHe5N05r7d
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDAsOIA0Ci
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4A3NR8i17
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbxNYt36vv
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dAJEIuCwN
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPXpZ3Mipv
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52Htjg7fRn

And now, I had to face 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouMASahelj
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvbT3RlYw7
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAHNJIjiw5
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdX6su6FGc5
was still so upset.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlBuPBckDR

I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvodeiIxvw

After I was done, I 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vtYpKdyBZ
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2UIjGJgDJ
others at the dining table for breakfast.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShRyhY2wxp

I found them already 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAywQM7pmE
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKdc5N2WTf
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3F3lptzun

I felt a little awkward 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjsAv6mf1f
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYoogTGaSr
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCA0XRBnn0c
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hgneLHhmX
that also felt weird.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNzdkKh8dY

I know that she and I 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojS8Q6xUwM
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXSdxeBVJg
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonLhpPOqAy
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknihcRDVs2
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizWcUE46d0
like something was wrong.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGZmRrBZC2

I poured myself a cup of982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7veMGOvBdZ
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GvpLTkgfE
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfFf7fMTxw

"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIeyXMFJmP

My heart almost skipped a982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCO1PzWjnwI
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuWbGP7cEH
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiszvb0TrQu
too far. I was over here! Hello!982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGk3cfY9UZA

"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdG1dkrXQo

"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz678Jym57x

"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRWbY5ivtr

"I have no doubt about it."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaJc6Z5LaU

"But I don't see why you982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzFs9oFkWl
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wUMbWwEsk
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVOm3P4OKg

"One thing about fans is982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcE93FuwO7
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdL3dBRYV6l
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lBkZ0JsYp

"I know," said Lee. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdd1F49NSE
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vvDRPngZb
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1k9Ma4udV
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIazNefcr19

"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cfkRZfNxE

"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37UcjfjjBF

"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZhtGTwDay

"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiRBCdAouK

"Aye, aye," said Daniel.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoh4YI0Cor

"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpnlo6Sfow

"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4loPEi4s7

"You're just too quiet, that's all."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkSiiWcJKF

"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuLTa5NWbL

I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTyJKpNNos

"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1FKcyG4QI

I stuck my tongue out at982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡql1TwLRVeJ
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NF5ubHc8k
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvV9OOUGz80
still wasn't looking in my direction.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKjmmNosrb

Soon after breakfast, we982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslD9eiGBPj
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPTGOmdNhu
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsXFiZ0thc
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7vYp8nCK6
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvgz0PFSBC
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iIbO6O99l
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4L7NIYI2m
she would.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjM0clWVaP

We arrived at YG and we 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOU1cF2aBKj
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Cng0z7bEt
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8HNzFmSQQ
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlaZfMXXH0

When everyone was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHuMl3HwNV
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1lsK9g4RG
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFbkmaoMFb
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SdJZGQ2xq
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCu1fVfx1Pu

He not responding to me 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG14XvwLy4w
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡik31FXowNP
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaOIXThA8G
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgH5zlGwOp
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUCdBs8IQQ
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwQGyAjYeb
looked away instead.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMo1GP6b1B

We went straight to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKbkFURoVV
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiM1p1W9STj
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjM8M8wrNrS
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7SOTm6TUL
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6HHZwbbCa
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC3Ypjxd4i

During pratice, I 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QY7UuikmF
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43eNQTrnov
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrxS5BkqA0
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuh215j534B

G-Dragon wasn't the only982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsdAqlA68r
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgm6K6eeur
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV36ziwUQMf
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudLBEK13fP
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEoqjX0GaT
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPGMCZ5fpU

As her best friend, I 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlpEDYzzYa
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzLSjuydWF
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3q7BKmGKI
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7qsAe1uRQ
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3B3m5Zvkyg

She is also smart, 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwI1m7hUo6
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04wHxnbWQ6
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrVcVyPZZt
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dIx7dhxGA
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFNiEF10CV

Sam has a lot of good 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrfgowcE2X
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjN8ys6N3bw
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LcWsKGF9R
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4lygUkZZi
want to hurt anyone around her.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5P5lMXVuHP

Realising this made me 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHtLftu8p1
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMHnlp9Q7r
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVGyV1pTTK
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARpXbxK17p
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVbwo7qjpT
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGmd2VQl2B
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHPk5GorHo
realise it till now.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡol5jpF75A1

"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcudSyKTxo

"Zoey, you aren't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLC2Zkvdry
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdUehdxiAp
second time you have made the same mistake."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7n0S9wX4ru

"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWmTBgl4KE

"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFt0ckAy9D

It was lunch the time we982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mUHVlFeXg
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnpPEakXM5
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxNfSGF6Si
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKxjoVrZit
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajA5gnq0H9
they were all laughing.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKFE7f49tz

"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjvQBlkBU6

"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHMLj9EGJo

"Still not talking to Sam?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZWKSMz0Wu

"Nope."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGult86AJt9

TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJbmt57ddo

"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtp7x169LT

"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DxfNWGKpi

"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoqzcSUxlT

"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLwMntgxIB

"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR42OwuCANA

"I know. But you aren't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSq0TlhN7k6
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQbDGQ4Zha
You would be chit chatting like you always do."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCUQmwbhH0

"What if I just want to be alone for today?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARGik51l0X

"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiEf6vXzyk

I frowned. "Why?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcohboYMKH

"Because you look miserable."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZzD9Q4tw2

I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYl2SgBtzy

"Miserable!"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcJfw9210b

"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVysCc4IrS6

I thought for a moment 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPK7NDP3pKY
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7Lg9NJWLk
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsUSMzEQu2
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLA5JHFyGr
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBH9cvIuwi7

Seeing all this in front982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYn7dnS0Lt
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IQcjxT6h5
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCT8IYXAEeL
Until TOP came to talk to me.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMDCeMyzyR

"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpah34XylUo

"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhboInHToY

"I don't know," I said 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjX5InS0JT
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDTjvYxDpz
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczF9aP9ryN

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.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡValdDkfxxH

"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TXY037BgH

"Then why don't you talk to her?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfCeDi9hZ6

"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60N49K3oB1

"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMiJiNkGXx

"I know."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJQAy1Zf5M

"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fTIV0fslO

"I'll think about it."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqc63rOjiOq

"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5Bh2AV8cM

Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQssEIx1N0

"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoUI7DgrMS

"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImLpYiO0tf

The three of us went out982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bJCglLoDu
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOC8OfYk7s
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSl4Gpb0XRG

As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDFeXi5bpA

"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDJfnnOAho

"Chill, you just ordered982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHTDx5g2jM
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPlzaTS0ww
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2rPmQlTvf

"But I'm so hungry."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNypGQKnGt

"Trust me, you aren't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAGSE97Uf6
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpEPCD6m1O
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepsDSI8Sat
have."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPumJNWafB

"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFknrrWZn5G

"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxh6DHBZw7

"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xU4PWrTNw

"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03yDMNOK7A

"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtNBENWGzb

I didn't say anything as982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRVfDguH0o
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHuJMq3rvQ
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYWOZGXgS4
calling.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6J4DMDFdz

"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDRh91Ci4h

"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cOu57CpLX

"Okay, well you better answer that call."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgfbkytttM

I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56miV5UGuj

"Hello," I answered.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXv88TNDGa5

"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5MXplhsM6

"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduN4e61JAw

"We have to meet today, ASAP."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uVWwfkwQS

"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvep2U1Plik

"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwyu2HLVsr

I knew Jehan was going 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMzONJcnDw
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwU8EOHGqhE
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3dJ6qmmR0
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzhhoHK8WY
was upstairs in the dance studio.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZNhg7VIIt

"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9TqN1dTI0

"I'm coming to YG to get it."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkLlF7NmLO

"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmxCaAUper

"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIleBpLuyb

"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoXnFHRbtf

He cut the call and I 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFwsU7qQEw
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClUy70zmYj
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qUjNrzwCV
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXNkAiTQLA
him they would start to ask questions.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlW0hZOIzj

"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzsOmpR45D

I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATYqElcbAl

"What?" I asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBwPyPbzLd

"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJgLFyxtTg

"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSacZx6QID

"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyqpg1x2xg

"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuzUNlV2lM

"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AbiCR0Xyj

"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dJIrmfCOv

"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKmKGw4fue

Dang it! I was cornered 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIelMdwS0L
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIwEkV9dvx
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKjdbSQmNz
light no matter how much you try to hide it.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DIdgFmdFb

"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDew7O3KEYl

I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaB8mKwGzP

"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYs1s2GW1bZ

We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYEX1zUk68

I told them everything 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8oDBg7omz
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL18nLtM1xj
said a word until I finished the whole story.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpLT25CZ1s

"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4s3r8qGZH

"Just you two," I answered.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97qFYSnymg

"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1voj62SOV3

"Surprising, right?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzM1hgNe1o

"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDv9LvsZf1z

"We should involve the police," said TOP.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa93SumcZ3M

"No! We can't!"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8YHbrinvd

"Why?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh73img75W5

"You know word goes out 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQiZtleMJV
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFg5JbEKneS
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzfZGh8uaP

"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VhjC08JkY

"He assured me that this982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRsBXF40q0
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibWWYJittj
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGd221yYok

"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0HnE30Rv6

The three of us turned 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXN0az9of6Y
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YsbFoPcl7
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dj5jdbi7C

"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvlVr0c0Ug

"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUt6BldZaD

"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZTIIugSi2

"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOEFe7MDs2

"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CEB1phMMH

"Random stuff involving a982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhWjicxKey
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhZDcFIYS3
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9CK5IbbZj
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4l85T0FaXI
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUrlVzAsky

I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7l1YaZJR4W

"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Kebwz3HoL

"Okay, I won't."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjIeVf9HJJ

"Sit down."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VM3zvJo5w

Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXe2Jnp0mF

"I got myself into trouble," I started.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguazT4BieJ

"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3tQBiJNcg

"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xmyDFW6eP

Christine's face soon 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ038gwroUPK
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuDA2jByLV
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8ZfTaqfPf

"What!"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5v5FIeaQQ

TOP quickly covered up 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTp8ErrIjg
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EfoOeWEGc
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUZtOs9ojs
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOafFnbs7gp

"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuSJevzuNo

"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOySNix2YN

"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwueUe7kRF6

"Of course I'm mad!" 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLRAOxlhM4
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yOmzqeVEl
but this by far is the worst one of them all."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlRj88Wz0v

"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyYCxFKSoX

"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxpG5m3Pb6

"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6dmapf6X7

"Ya, I remember. What about him?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcr73OujLKJ

"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXp0JOhATT0

"WHAT!"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmat6ReOUi7

"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0AQZZNLbV

"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaGXfRy4sj

"And the one I met at the café," I said.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnZZXdKHNq

"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgzDYgCbsi

"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlWBhEDUyz

"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoHylHYYRR

"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRxbaA5cib

"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnZJs0h318

"Ya," I said. "I planned982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFY3vQqrik
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcw7Dicg7Re
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4RwCpK5Nz

"So you're the one who 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOcNGgIJRq
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCx8ipQWcg5
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkUlFPwtIZ
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQAsqEki4F
out with Seungri."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqf5lUY3zra

"I lied."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2YULGw2BG

Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0m7yPMYhj

"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwImaS522X

"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBtPcOcKgF

"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroQNyveGvg

"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnrw3Ipcyh

"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."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQolFTSt1d

"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDixBtukoK

"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfNprIdgXk

"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."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIuiHsrPAx

"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCH7tYCb3w

"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiQm0EDOlH

"But where?" I asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nNcoEyuna

"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.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5lVJHEQ6s

"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.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIJWqXt5HP

"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxakaihc9ur

"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtszUFI1sP

I took my phone out and 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWNFJ9Kppq
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLh9APowIEM
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MuClxX3NU

"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JyAp03WZf

"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zmtKElqZg

Seungri had ordered ten 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHes4MF0Rjk
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6SKICJrGD
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcTPKKIBpL
favourite.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JGn8KcD4b

We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIiquhcxU0

"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6P7pSVSlh

"I'll be ready for 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTBl2Mo48A
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wGO5jLiut
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlRDctoJbp

"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiG6GPiKbp3

"And G-Dragon," TOP added.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJ2RjLbDVw

"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MMIUwXm1b

"Well, someone has to," said Christine.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zInurhyEl

"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8IHZA8m0k

"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLu2xATSOqb

We found ourselves back 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5erdj9aIVm
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhSj4rWRpU
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgyunrhARj
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMMIbIbxk7
paranoid?982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ464DHsWKzn

Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPf9XxaN5v

"What?" I asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OkXc9qwxH

"You were frowning," Christine answered.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNl4QO8jnQ

"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4X5H0jQ5JL

"Says the person who 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViywpsIl6n
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsO0e4NJcT
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8B2boB8rX
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavMiTYQp7i

Soon after lunch, we 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50LRMoPA5z
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbRaJP0jaz
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡem4qvbjjEj
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKI0sTbHD7P
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7yMyP9VU4
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBGYnbw8rk
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOoBfTGDys

At some point in the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWePNLdRZk
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyBIvJG3Hv
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkm1XM9eAFK
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Bdv2KBESl
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PNGoUSgx8
back to practising until we could pratice no more.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTH666xwHCI

It was five and the sun 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XhoSKrojw
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqKKE9GNKo
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfkYMwsSDj
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBp7Ui1JXm
side of me. We were all pretty tired.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFDOdcAHkM

The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DcdB5gG2U

While I was resting and 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnzDegFOUn
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOey6313wa
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa40XZ3KXZc
look on my face.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcjjYvnzRW

"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3qDNaEf5B

"Go? Go where?" I asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCHLuBEJVL

Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3jRguThPy

"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyzEt4czK8

"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2k9rELl8J

It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFF3fX41fEo

"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡun8NOJgXON

"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGW0TwOzbNE

"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8AssuxMrR

"I want to follow too," said Daniel.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyBDjuDVRU

"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimqR3WVwbx

I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzbjVfrves

"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzvAtymQ1D

"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFo8kSaUwY

"Ya, me too," said Mike.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTn76Q8ZLz

"Why don't you want 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8t7OdCAyP
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofGwhKGGva
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6Swz8PmWm
not to follow."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgQ74Ldb9h

I wanted to protest and 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhdFtTLBzD
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOB6C0JJO59
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsHL3EWB7Z
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yfRoZ3NvO

"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49XUtq9ELm

Dang it!982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwxffmkYOk

"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.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDi98nwtiKF

"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjAdEwUkpx

"Thanks, that's nice of 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsi34UpH81p
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoumHxGbYjV
the others. "Have fun you, guys."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5UTJETkYj

Sam and Daesung left the982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGL3j6wpmP7
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmicSnn8oBG
myself that the two also made a nice pair.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYibuv0HLx

"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGRao7aWZC

"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEM6DRZz1px

"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZCPbZbXy3

Christine stood up from 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHUCvcFNR9
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyXwtMq0t5
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6ZKNKsQ4e

I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RJCrrV8Ap

"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lqFRpO6x7

"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaAETVzXJr

"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4ZxPLifNx

Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPPQfcTbKx

I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXkbvjZrnT

"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOASDcnQ6YP

"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXTMrdOInG

TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWQdyfUEeN

"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SNsXVRG7v

"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskcTAw8uyk

"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl15e57DHOn

"I know," said Christine.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCHgvEcEyX

"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQF5zbY0pRY

"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBZ2vmGPML

"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWk635n9WmQ

"So that she can judge me? No way."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCh2WJDtJX1

"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBDYc8Wa8P

"Don't try to convince 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhVVV7Zv3j
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5f3PxUqEe
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKy2F2XxBxF
like she could hit me with a hammer.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuR3DT7capE

"Okay, let's go," said TOP.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBurGxLyOAM

I got up from the floor 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvLNRpe1tL
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiK88Kl74T
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9wwIwWRs6
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tcSCfVIl6
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0gvbsHu9c

The cars soon left the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAeOeRgpm0
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASzbyAZnOf
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVql5kKDQD
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03MrET1qzy

"Can you you please stop982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBfJzypA0X
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5kzt4XSdn
the teddy and lose it in the car."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstizswINKp

"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF97fJ7TOrf

"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6OUfJ2TJH

I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiGeH1VWKG

"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVLUfrKfmZ

"I just want to get this over with."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcteA6Qg678

We were soon packed 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQeKN4Udsx
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrUE0sHPKj
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7H2lgQKRa
turned to look at her.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKOY5KAjoM

"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoL6pHo7EW

"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLihOjW3qC

Seungri also turned to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4J9WJH3TqT
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOhleQOLIF
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIvz3lklkt
chest and I wished Sam was here too.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtw1E9V4Hds

I soon got out of the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhj2cMPDXab
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3sGkwpURQ
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmz4HV0avEV
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbgCwtd5g0

Before I could find my 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSDNZLOGU6
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFUNNtPOr0
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZH9WvizBD
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNE3Ojl2NB

I quickly went in the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Tf7SRJI12
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpd7VhDwXj0
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3LG3cGD60
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡln8x1xXTVM

I slowly approached the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvDNVB4Qz8
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6Qj24i3RD
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRP9YBOBDnz
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZQ9ww6JCz
hesitate to end my life right here.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhqGCHpXSC

"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECexfHTzsv

"I was practising today," I answered.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQS8S4aRoz

"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RaElb6U22

"Thanks," I frowned at 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTW08KwtT4
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1lAlJYQn2
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5us5flzFE5

Jehan smirked. "Certainly."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mFFwlnWcZ

I quickly reached out 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEUcSMcvXb
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsErQ1jW4aJ
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiG8kHEJ7wo

"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99M0xc5bDo

"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZSFu0tMKB

"What now?" I complained.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBuN3qVEQ4

"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWTWelhG3Q

"What do you think? That982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5dgW1JhDH
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPI5tMUYiCR
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9PuUcSX7A
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEsWAqjRe9
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYopsf1okMp

Jehan raised an eyebrow 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWen9jSqtG8
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyAbBlBNRY
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTRRpTdgej
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWtbGrltWQ

"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMFFITPCv7

"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSMCV9M8Vt

I went back to looking 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiNFxZdIuG
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvQpSlzQ3l
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Qy14LVFCo
surprise me that he carried that thing around.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2JDKiIU0l

Jehan slowly laid the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOy0ZbKieK
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakQMyMl3uL
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TxePiZB8T
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSWyGrfqSx
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxblIihzpVK
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHT2vnY5REs
the teddy bear.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXLs8Cp0OK

Wait. I frowned. This 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrP8jWdqJo
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDY2INSQSe
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnf1BGUcYpL
diamonds!982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdVOOFrZ8h

I stared horrified at 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6w9yYtZiy
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVr4bWDc5Gw
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLO1HNJLLj
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqb0iCWBNp

I looked up at Jehan and982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCbCeNriMg
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2qADu9eTM
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULDIhphC6m
that, he was going to end up traumatised.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0orxxit7H

"Je-Jehan," I said 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2S0cji39U
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMU3XxUIiDB
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEij4AZYWa
there."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUZikpYlTO

Jean neither moved nor 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrq2019KVy
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VvUMP9V5Q
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhxwwCInzi

But how could this be? 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PtdreqYqL
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRC1YxSbGx
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0X2bVS7ns
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGlROTrA3U

"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiS0qSRV1e

"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1IRiDwbZf

He banged his fists on 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5SdQUvKKa
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeJKzjf0lO
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡie1QSh4Z8t
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvnYVzfy5c

"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8fKneEgoK

"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMqjgOV8mT

"I don't know. I don't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyeCbRVIaa
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCLrE9TKee
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPZIU5RsUt

"How did the diamonds go missing?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEZQjTAVrU

"How am I supposed to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GuipG4DCl
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXXoVAQfBT
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsh4Ay0AcrQ

"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguX1qpmCre

"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29Axnqvied

Jehan rubbed his 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBm8yayXmg
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Igqm2GYw8
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCahUw8kHIf

"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxw9GrGnI0t

"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiaLpjqtaM

"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ18ANKYbcV

"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBvX9mCYpl

"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Dg0jvwOnO

"I don't know."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz67yF6P1w6

Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozQKgozib8

"Ummm," I looked down 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PLaBFrciw
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTHikaEVER
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCjon5Hngs

"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJP3KuCa0Vq

"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.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFancgpbwW

"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVmt3hYUpX

"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuawADHE4f

"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvG7lUWw7Fr
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JGfQ7486Z
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkk8yAexkv

"I don't think so. Lee 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0mL1w1CVP
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBl17IabAys
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfF5Zrc2tw3

"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0xEP3MjSx

"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."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdxMgARTth

"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndF47ttuSx

"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJ3jLRyJwL

After I said that, Jehan982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhjWMNizC2
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sSPkTQMab
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVEBJHT4Mw
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIdjR6skxf
look on his face.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVjCUrDDpZ

"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNn7EoocW6

"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHeXvAePib

"I remember one of my 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsBJXUxArc
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHYtGaai0C
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaEHZRp66k

"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkogDNGr7q

"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!"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfnQNCC3Uf

"Huh? I can't start 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBusZ2Smet
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2786vhBzq
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWN1YkBCy6
that the bear is missing."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLPp2eQ57c

"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6RtoGPUnx

"What do you mean?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfW7wutAzp

"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmDgKuxYZH

"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxjuKWvQgo

"Now that, makes no 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkAv9WGabN
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5O2gtYdFxn
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcl7PaSDf3

"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFrl56Eg0C

"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFcjfvKKL6

"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHJIQa4wh7

"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgcJdLBa6h

I completely forgot that982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZqu5JFZzl
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBVvCj1TI1
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPFOQq98Um
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCllbauwSh

"Okay. I'll see what I can do."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1L0jmIdO1

Jehan gave me a smile. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdQJN7YZjB
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfvR9cpur8
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5Bb6fJgcR

I nodded my head and 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAfezx4FVG
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKf6lpU7zD
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4FrxBuqBc

"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYQaYbNZLN

I sat there as I buried 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3TY7rjIDY
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0090cUUYI
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQeJYYpm7h
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnAJ9E984C
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSGUqb0Ovf
drama that might just ruin my life?982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmyj2B08jm

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.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqmCNOvZOv

"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lmGLsRyaC

I could hear footsteps 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGLlwrL22m
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSLpWGvMzW
when they saw the look on my face.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiundfZ7hN1

Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLWCEXAr7O

"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXMHlvCsF3

"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGs5rcsLyJ

"No," I answered. "He didn't."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLahmbwzqT3

"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZKaRg8H0W

"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1q2w2Go9Vr

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."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjisNnJVy1S

"And what about Lee?" 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCzcq4IaZC
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskASWtlQU9
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiF5uyOfyuo
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIKiQx2gR7
to."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpzJjmUopB

"This is bad," I said, 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuycGwwqFz7
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsn6ytJFIw
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpXdbempk1

"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDJAnLyW7s

"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OM7uuqPVw

We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynB9AB3HFB

"Sam?" I wondered for a 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyRs7gBpKF
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb46tI2jmRw
she have swapped it with the other one?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAfbd1Dgkz

"Okay, wait," said TOP. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuqnz0aNIO
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8XGLrwZVO
what's really going on in the first place?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIsoQgMQCV

"I doubt it," I said 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fimAlH8uF
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQnVjrpBNp
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEhlrL97zr
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjlw6Rk7wq

TOP and Seungri looked 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nUvaSwA7S
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkAlpIy200
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIGIeTP5cJ
it away.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uUz3z71Gu

"I highly doubt it too,"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8WD6t9pWV
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ovSS9nByR
she would have asked us about it."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwU8jYcgRSb

"That's true," said 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyLsBDxT3S
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSw2BtGx3M
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUvcgTZOQC

"And I checked out the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8ZXaZSHYk
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LuvFZzAHG
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoj9DBPKsa

"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlz5AumtTOj

"No, I highly doubt it,"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZcfuMfY73
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWo9isNzkuh
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7fenmdCxi
said nothing about them entering a toy store."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeBS29VzK9

"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYD1Vb8qL8J

"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQyaFSnBQV

"Collins?" Mike asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBtBnLaDVA

"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwzlb1pQqI

"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcG4M7ZXfyr

"But who knows? Maybe he982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVB21mS1ou
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9whWeueL2y
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLo48Koo7yu
times."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKK45MhcM4

"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExy4QRaJc0

"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6aIRBs5dn

"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jxgOghiV8

Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckF2PVYPrH

"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomBGQdjIEM

"He was the one who went982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoG8FRUpbRF
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTtH0y58Ya
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSty349Uf8
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIZ5jQUNIK
elevator."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXRDg73Tqp

"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4Ma5aGNpQ

"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Vw1BtQDHk

"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlstQ7NDoje

"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRddcTahYy

"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVW1W7DlkfH

"You're right," I said 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxY325RLNv
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XhGS7TPF0
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75yB7o3vi0

"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAQGRNnXkM

We all walked out of the982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwT2V7VVrm
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTDa4Zsf2q
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUSqaURDcm

While I was in the car 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48cDlumiJi
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Yigazb4lo
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWemuJG9GnO
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbGs0L6mev
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvPVq5xxOE
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37oElH5vHL

If it isn't him, then 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74E2Kia8Q3
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMxqznb2c4
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjQKzRNedq
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQxJ73L6Ne
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQuQOf7cbI

What if I had the wrong 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxD8LVkmBt
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1tpmUc1D1
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAViK5qOsyX
place without any of us noticing in the first place?982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRfb4k8JWt

I hope I could be able 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7oLe1d4Tz
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxwBtQg5D8
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that982Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8RWqODCEJ
happen.

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Chapter 23: Swapped

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