Leo gave out a sigh of 711Please respect copyright.PENANAmriFA8G8RO
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 711Please respect copyright.PENANAwjQQdfwT8P
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never711Please respect copyright.PENANA3uH8XbBEeA
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had711Please respect copyright.PENANAdbsFQkKGqH
expected. 711Please respect copyright.PENANAH4hZnUUDeU
When Leo had told her 711Please respect copyright.PENANANDyvz666XD
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 711Please respect copyright.PENANAzCthMqgIrJ
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 711Please respect copyright.PENANAVHNhiSw1JY
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 711Please respect copyright.PENANAKiRm3OSQMI
"What happened Leo? Why did you say that? Did I do something wrong to change your mind all of the sudden? Tell me, Leo!" Kim had asked, at a point where tears almost dropped down her cheeks.711Please respect copyright.PENANAM1lD6WHjxK
Leo couldn't tell Kim 711Please respect copyright.PENANAWncwnOqkXD
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 711Please respect copyright.PENANAOe99uvU0aK
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 711Please respect copyright.PENANAEK1rinBq6U
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 711Please respect copyright.PENANA3HJas1Mool
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 711Please respect copyright.PENANAQDpCDtLqQN
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 711Please respect copyright.PENANAROUMOgK0Ut
believe him at all.711Please respect copyright.PENANAvboBH2cs4k
"Tell me now, Leo! 711Please respect copyright.PENANAt0Rp3QjfJ7
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 711Please respect copyright.PENANAjQjkxIihus
coming from you. I want to know what you're hiding from me, right now!" Kim had looked like punching Leo on the face when she said all that.711Please respect copyright.PENANAUfAdO5ivQ5
"What do you want me to tell you?" Leo had asked Kim, trying to sound as convincing as he possibly could. "I have thought a lot these past days and I don't feel we can continue with all this."711Please respect copyright.PENANA8umGa3ngZO
"What! You're still 711Please respect copyright.PENANArVwiwPA4i8
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 711Please respect copyright.PENANAkZ1YQKtgPA
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in711Please respect copyright.PENANAyxqPC9peqN
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 711Please respect copyright.PENANAScAQ5YB0j8
anymore?"711Please respect copyright.PENANA31rN6SpgZu
"It isn't like that. We can still be friends and nothing more." Leo had suggested, but Kim still hadn't taken it lightly as she shook her head.711Please respect copyright.PENANAkfriN6ZsxB
"There is someone 711Please respect copyright.PENANAFBdPzJVfVZ
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 711Please respect copyright.PENANAcXoPyzwwUJ
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 711Please respect copyright.PENANAgskX3h4Of8
Leo!"711Please respect copyright.PENANAJt4OCJarTG
Leo had been frustrated 711Please respect copyright.PENANAxDirQVtlxn
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 711Please respect copyright.PENANA4ju7ZyWlrW
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 711Please respect copyright.PENANAypHRRcAyur
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 711Please respect copyright.PENANAmc1e7suPgR
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 711Please respect copyright.PENANAP3ac9z7pRb
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 711Please respect copyright.PENANAE66y4NstPW
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 711Please respect copyright.PENANA04N8D0m52f
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 711Please respect copyright.PENANAVt49oIxHqF
"I'll find out the 711Please respect copyright.PENANAWAWNERA8a1
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 711Please respect copyright.PENANAVCrHhPPYC6
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 711Please respect copyright.PENANAHm8k2hHnqS
lying to me!"711Please respect copyright.PENANAFZwnqurP2S
For a moment, her threat711Please respect copyright.PENANADBp97Be3z4
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 711Please respect copyright.PENANAESbJSXVH9x
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 711Please respect copyright.PENANAf5MvphgMha
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 711Please respect copyright.PENANAJfS3zc8WWf
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really711Please respect copyright.PENANAPR1oC3TcpV
genuine or not.711Please respect copyright.PENANAg7xNFrOnIj
He was about to ascend 711Please respect copyright.PENANAeFUgH5DHLz
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 711Please respect copyright.PENANAcXutzcWzfl
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 711Please respect copyright.PENANAgKsIY35no2
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 711Please respect copyright.PENANACJIVriBLlq
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 711Please respect copyright.PENANANN6Kvw05iM
thanking Leo for getting the door.711Please respect copyright.PENANAnK9W0Cp7SE
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"711Please respect copyright.PENANA7rdGXl3SbC
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 711Please respect copyright.PENANAT4fZQKxE99
"That's good, Leo," said Mrs McDonell, looking at her son with a smile. "So, tell us. When will be the date of the wedding?"711Please respect copyright.PENANAt6WypedwKL
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."711Please respect copyright.PENANAaVwsArqw7C
Diana and Mrs McDonell 711Please respect copyright.PENANAKtHdBb0a28
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 711Please respect copyright.PENANAyKe8FZd0c0
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 711Please respect copyright.PENANAHyVA8GnIVP
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.711Please respect copyright.PENANAajUd1jus4z
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 711Please respect copyright.PENANA4cznhPH2Ou
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."711Please respect copyright.PENANARff95huZv8
"But.....but, you two 711Please respect copyright.PENANA8IVAJ0cLAS
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how711Please respect copyright.PENANAlEYcgPIgof
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"711Please respect copyright.PENANAzngZSBRpPT
"No, I broke up with her. Sorry, if it hurts you, mum, but this is my life and I thought it was best for the both us."711Please respect copyright.PENANAnA73Ia1vh1
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 711Please respect copyright.PENANA0njsHPBhr7
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 711Please respect copyright.PENANApIAtJMvAoL
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 711Please respect copyright.PENANApwYXwVJihg
tell me it's not true, Diana."711Please respect copyright.PENANAsu3JNrOt5t
"I'm afraid it is," said711Please respect copyright.PENANASB6A6Uq98h
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 711Please respect copyright.PENANAtzjnh5iden
the moment. You need to calm down."711Please respect copyright.PENANAWRQEDcNvfn
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"711Please respect copyright.PENANAiF74ROryN0
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"711Please respect copyright.PENANAlZsZjWc2xn
When Leo tried to leave 711Please respect copyright.PENANAFS7QvsaGgN
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 711Please respect copyright.PENANAkmtCsI8qkP
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 711Please respect copyright.PENANAIAJF0iWP6M
"You're not going any 711Please respect copyright.PENANAy1UsoVgLPW
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 711Please respect copyright.PENANAX5mL5ahztP
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"711Please respect copyright.PENANAHnPQrEML3F
"I don't have to explain711Please respect copyright.PENANAztDMWlK0B3
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 711Please respect copyright.PENANAFI0A5j9dvG
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."711Please respect copyright.PENANATxpVGgLkqV
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"711Please respect copyright.PENANAUS9IS2JNYU
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."711Please respect copyright.PENANALE2961ozE6
Leo quickly got away 711Please respect copyright.PENANAWfA2N0UgYS
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 711Please respect copyright.PENANAUEIVcJs2wB
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 711Please respect copyright.PENANA2tEiqFZEAA
him.711Please respect copyright.PENANA6a7mjqbbWx
"Leo! Leo! Get back here right now!" Mrs McDonell called out to her son. "If you don't I swear you will not like me one bit!"711Please respect copyright.PENANAYRQ4s77wJR
Leo rolled his eyes as 711Please respect copyright.PENANAk5shYmCFPS
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and711Please respect copyright.PENANAAmEoV8ypJO
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 711Please respect copyright.PENANAcRD4Wkdrke
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 711Please respect copyright.PENANAqBdIYFSiY2
***711Please respect copyright.PENANAHNO82yNls5
The711Please respect copyright.PENANALtDFcumqep
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 711Please respect copyright.PENANAhTrA7fxgG8
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been711Please respect copyright.PENANAlnBlupSCqs
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 711Please respect copyright.PENANAXlvhVkwaXP
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother711Please respect copyright.PENANA7zYKvBqAwg
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.711Please respect copyright.PENANAPxRTVmFcks
Carly711Please respect copyright.PENANAvJwUhp1THI
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with711Please respect copyright.PENANAhOUzNvalso
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full711Please respect copyright.PENANAfhnX4xQyhy
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother711Please respect copyright.PENANAbZDUNbMl76
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 711Please respect copyright.PENANArlU4EGrfhS
Angel711Please respect copyright.PENANAwY80xrmgFI
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 711Please respect copyright.PENANAmbpBt0h1zt
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 711Please respect copyright.PENANAMumWopGpPh
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 711Please respect copyright.PENANAEJuEVkz3Us
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 711Please respect copyright.PENANA0641xF1yRh
still recovering.711Please respect copyright.PENANA0dsUYVreG3
Right711Please respect copyright.PENANApBV9RnQmXn
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 711Please respect copyright.PENANARbM5BI6ElQ
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk711Please respect copyright.PENANAUlLKC6SMhr
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.711Please respect copyright.PENANA6pnwo8eAif
As711Please respect copyright.PENANA90S87V90tj
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 711Please respect copyright.PENANACH5vTJqjIs
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and711Please respect copyright.PENANAAEokS8SHRl
he had a sad look on his face as well.711Please respect copyright.PENANAS05GnEJTNL
"I711Please respect copyright.PENANAzd2gqIYR7T
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 711Please respect copyright.PENANA5iCOpFEvca
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."711Please respect copyright.PENANAGgosDM8WzT
"Don't711Please respect copyright.PENANAE2g4kWgUUB
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 711Please respect copyright.PENANAj9uoja41Gf
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."711Please respect copyright.PENANAWBMLCnMtnm
"Don't worry about it. I will make sure to work everything out. I did promise your mother that I will help you out in anyway."711Please respect copyright.PENANA8bB9sv8SBT
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."711Please respect copyright.PENANAUpLbAfgsAj
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."711Please respect copyright.PENANA6su7oUnTVd
Carly711Please respect copyright.PENANA1EdQSsJ1zh
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 711Please respect copyright.PENANAkQAWIF9uAH
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had711Please respect copyright.PENANAraVBenpxJ2
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 711Please respect copyright.PENANAFBzV6qlGPT
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 711Please respect copyright.PENANAIDO5DAK2l3
eyes.711Please respect copyright.PENANACcg78VGmuZ
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"711Please respect copyright.PENANA0uwUqVvWUM
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."711Please respect copyright.PENANA4Sra7SSbP4
"Yes,711Please respect copyright.PENANAmZpizT9G8t
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 711Please respect copyright.PENANA3UMUonOw8U
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 711Please respect copyright.PENANAucaOIqzZOZ
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."711Please respect copyright.PENANAyf2mCjru4j
"Okay, lets go."711Please respect copyright.PENANA237mQZQsRb
Carly711Please respect copyright.PENANA1cvKNwnbpm
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 711Please respect copyright.PENANAa5qJLBggLc
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at711Please respect copyright.PENANAe3jdKKAgFr
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 711Please respect copyright.PENANALmPrHlLhgL
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.711Please respect copyright.PENANAvGieo2Ilv6
***711Please respect copyright.PENANAhqZvwChD0i
"I711Please respect copyright.PENANA01GEjdFmJF
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 711Please respect copyright.PENANAA4MfYjO0KA
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 711Please respect copyright.PENANAwXEXrjFljm
her in the car. 711Please respect copyright.PENANA6uqTlOZmG8
Angel,711Please respect copyright.PENANANwBIE01g7f
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 711Please respect copyright.PENANAz09l18tZpG
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 711Please respect copyright.PENANAmOqgm7fDfY
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.711Please respect copyright.PENANAQoedCJ2aBP
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."711Please respect copyright.PENANAYOtbWRlrI1
"Very711Please respect copyright.PENANA2PrDjGRgnB
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to711Please respect copyright.PENANAmRzcQpQw4O
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if711Please respect copyright.PENANAfbM7Slp6Ox
I have to."711Please respect copyright.PENANA9mUxpt1vWT
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."711Please respect copyright.PENANAJt55ZMzLto
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 711Please respect copyright.PENANA1yWVOsT4Uj
"Don't711Please respect copyright.PENANANx98HJp7QU
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough711Please respect copyright.PENANAVITDalLeIf
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 711Please respect copyright.PENANAygqYhNV8CN
right, grandma?"711Please respect copyright.PENANAJw0IvVPHhJ
Amanda711Please respect copyright.PENANAfejuqcCjw4
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 711Please respect copyright.PENANAvkl6b2XTpA
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 711Please respect copyright.PENANA5dWzF5vbXM
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 711Please respect copyright.PENANAbHzPwCnteX
you."711Please respect copyright.PENANAQzkFqaEKrW
Eric711Please respect copyright.PENANANsJtQ3lGKh
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 711Please respect copyright.PENANAWvK5730frh
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 711Please respect copyright.PENANAt20e4E0cbo
why.711Please respect copyright.PENANAfl0SApaSq6
"What?711Please respect copyright.PENANAc1ooChFMdI
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at711Please respect copyright.PENANAKdaHPxXnSW
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"711Please respect copyright.PENANA0tv9IbLBBl
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"711Please respect copyright.PENANAY7gxQOiYVh
"He711Please respect copyright.PENANAN5KxVXJzXe
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 711Please respect copyright.PENANAnRru9NgC76
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 711Please respect copyright.PENANADfmiqyzUoE
you get to know him."711Please respect copyright.PENANAKILx7unC7E
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.711Please respect copyright.PENANAXmPfFzkaf1
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.711Please respect copyright.PENANA809moP472A
"Oh, no. Nothing."711Please respect copyright.PENANABUlvrHrrnK
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."711Please respect copyright.PENANAu0nbdw0Ty3
All711Please respect copyright.PENANAxBhkZIvfHp
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 711Please respect copyright.PENANATYGaXwEVl5
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 711Please respect copyright.PENANAWgUtngBKYP
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 711Please respect copyright.PENANAArBIOyQnMh
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had711Please respect copyright.PENANAOmthNUVZt3
never seen such a house ever in her life.711Please respect copyright.PENANAK6OarISuJb
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"711Please respect copyright.PENANAHI7klm4A4u
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.711Please respect copyright.PENANA9YZJ3adZkE
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"711Please respect copyright.PENANAsdHULnyEct
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.711Please respect copyright.PENANAqF78xykDIv
Angel711Please respect copyright.PENANAqOTgTTY53z
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what711Please respect copyright.PENANAlgIe18VbK3
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.711Please respect copyright.PENANA2G1EzepBka
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 711Please respect copyright.PENANA0iY2uhXGQO
would begin anytime soon.