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.