Leo gave out a sigh of 749Please respect copyright.PENANAIbgl8a5JkI
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 749Please respect copyright.PENANAiyumJvHKTy
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never749Please respect copyright.PENANA3l54AFjBpD
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had749Please respect copyright.PENANAQPQ5AnTZ7p
expected. 749Please respect copyright.PENANAc3IniHzbFp
When Leo had told her 749Please respect copyright.PENANAilJtU3EVWz
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 749Please respect copyright.PENANAJI7ie1FSe1
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 749Please respect copyright.PENANAz1EdRQ7gcb
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 749Please respect copyright.PENANAPK0aq0DZMW
"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.749Please respect copyright.PENANAQGfEVbvyz4
Leo couldn't tell Kim 749Please respect copyright.PENANAtq0v2vwBNP
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 749Please respect copyright.PENANAr2wAtad2tu
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 749Please respect copyright.PENANATgSqTfvrEA
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 749Please respect copyright.PENANAvuBEPi0pWJ
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 749Please respect copyright.PENANAoBBPlRkzhX
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 749Please respect copyright.PENANATtZpwrvhKg
believe him at all.749Please respect copyright.PENANAqtS4S00pMk
"Tell me now, Leo! 749Please respect copyright.PENANAXeKCEi2s1J
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 749Please respect copyright.PENANAt95X97S3U9
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.749Please respect copyright.PENANAeXTe0NCrH3
"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."749Please respect copyright.PENANA59yiitu8CP
"What! You're still 749Please respect copyright.PENANAcA5ISSNz7I
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 749Please respect copyright.PENANAwnpG5JcvzD
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in749Please respect copyright.PENANAPVcisp35Hy
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 749Please respect copyright.PENANAN5ckWVUNNq
anymore?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAaJNIrNU4gB
"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.749Please respect copyright.PENANAU9PSQqDeXV
"There is someone 749Please respect copyright.PENANA53uriIJRGd
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 749Please respect copyright.PENANAhqeSP1t252
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 749Please respect copyright.PENANACIHxkPvzIq
Leo!"749Please respect copyright.PENANAuKD1YulX4A
Leo had been frustrated 749Please respect copyright.PENANA4jy8TAkKGW
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 749Please respect copyright.PENANAkmSuCEdzbt
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 749Please respect copyright.PENANAwj6XIzfs3S
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 749Please respect copyright.PENANAStl1tEXftQ
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 749Please respect copyright.PENANAX69FCj6i99
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 749Please respect copyright.PENANAAMrsq5ut2r
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 749Please respect copyright.PENANAU7f1bjnuIk
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 749Please respect copyright.PENANAbtEgnf0ttO
"I'll find out the 749Please respect copyright.PENANAGkJEaf8zFR
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 749Please respect copyright.PENANAKgh5ws492j
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 749Please respect copyright.PENANA8DpdsfEpsn
lying to me!"749Please respect copyright.PENANATqcltH6TW7
For a moment, her threat749Please respect copyright.PENANAguEAMFCbJb
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 749Please respect copyright.PENANA4tMT2gvsso
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 749Please respect copyright.PENANAbgXHsLJPt2
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 749Please respect copyright.PENANAqzkc2P38Hh
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really749Please respect copyright.PENANAJrzu6trpCN
genuine or not.749Please respect copyright.PENANAaQ7aOeZzoQ
He was about to ascend 749Please respect copyright.PENANAhnzdt0Hbon
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 749Please respect copyright.PENANATrHZ55H16v
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 749Please respect copyright.PENANAEjgbP5AFY7
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 749Please respect copyright.PENANA4tzyzKGWVi
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 749Please respect copyright.PENANAPOiOaqi6FZ
thanking Leo for getting the door.749Please respect copyright.PENANArGuz3GfNiN
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAybUqTkNCC5
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 749Please respect copyright.PENANAcLfGIoU0Pz
"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?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAVyxqGwA4UZ
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."749Please respect copyright.PENANAWgaB3XIQ09
Diana and Mrs McDonell 749Please respect copyright.PENANAallAxBhPZJ
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 749Please respect copyright.PENANAB1Qnnl8uuV
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 749Please respect copyright.PENANAqIuJHRhOF8
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.749Please respect copyright.PENANAyTpoQ5OrKf
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 749Please respect copyright.PENANA30n8dqnJfH
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."749Please respect copyright.PENANA2VqhkmJNr1
"But.....but, you two 749Please respect copyright.PENANA3yUBIns6gJ
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how749Please respect copyright.PENANAdKlmNRZsGV
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAzORANIZL76
"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."749Please respect copyright.PENANACnraSxcHcT
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 749Please respect copyright.PENANAxcsisQg4Ea
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 749Please respect copyright.PENANAJX2IFgIw5E
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 749Please respect copyright.PENANAWUGhZzaPoq
tell me it's not true, Diana."749Please respect copyright.PENANA1O9jUfDFmu
"I'm afraid it is," said749Please respect copyright.PENANAkgwrCn9zPG
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 749Please respect copyright.PENANAoWOvSV1qHa
the moment. You need to calm down."749Please respect copyright.PENANAbFa13EWbNg
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAJrktM9BMH7
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"749Please respect copyright.PENANALBHpUSZYqU
When Leo tried to leave 749Please respect copyright.PENANAvfauJHjpxV
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 749Please respect copyright.PENANAecnDeMjsIo
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 749Please respect copyright.PENANAC3pXZDr97j
"You're not going any 749Please respect copyright.PENANA156OGF8iSz
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 749Please respect copyright.PENANAU5glDAo0nd
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"749Please respect copyright.PENANAYnRhBubsmh
"I don't have to explain749Please respect copyright.PENANAuOlE25CMUQ
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 749Please respect copyright.PENANAtSxQaPpmWc
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."749Please respect copyright.PENANAIPOQgv4Sw6
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAxy23zPo7kd
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."749Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5PtgpndI2
Leo quickly got away 749Please respect copyright.PENANALExCXlHf6j
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 749Please respect copyright.PENANATT2t4gRMbR
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 749Please respect copyright.PENANAzQFOcpZ0Th
him.749Please respect copyright.PENANAOGdYfvpYrj
"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!"749Please respect copyright.PENANAfXLIb89NE5
Leo rolled his eyes as 749Please respect copyright.PENANAIpa5Im2DH5
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and749Please respect copyright.PENANArSyPYv5YSN
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 749Please respect copyright.PENANAH6quv6p7VC
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 749Please respect copyright.PENANAAIih5fmuOR
***749Please respect copyright.PENANA1MiLcisihj
The749Please respect copyright.PENANAlHfJaS18RN
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 749Please respect copyright.PENANAj83sZFbrlV
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been749Please respect copyright.PENANARyV950vsQG
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 749Please respect copyright.PENANABYnx5ptrpi
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother749Please respect copyright.PENANA7UrzwU9xLU
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.749Please respect copyright.PENANAisKwmPWDBs
Carly749Please respect copyright.PENANAqDEznA8Rot
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with749Please respect copyright.PENANAIQ1CquSouF
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full749Please respect copyright.PENANAGdeBRcdoKn
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother749Please respect copyright.PENANABdjfTqW5eU
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 749Please respect copyright.PENANA5rJLUlpFWF
Angel749Please respect copyright.PENANAoa3Kh3PZu5
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 749Please respect copyright.PENANAXpqkDgHzir
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 749Please respect copyright.PENANADKRunJS1U8
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 749Please respect copyright.PENANAYJ2vyPXwuX
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 749Please respect copyright.PENANAqjRbG9IrLa
still recovering.749Please respect copyright.PENANAAxsrWb4XYI
Right749Please respect copyright.PENANAnLyGwMgY8O
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 749Please respect copyright.PENANAyrjZAHkixO
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk749Please respect copyright.PENANAoRrvR7hTH5
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.749Please respect copyright.PENANAyk8RcjiP8S
As749Please respect copyright.PENANAMVgz6OptZ5
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 749Please respect copyright.PENANAzjTgoKHSVn
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and749Please respect copyright.PENANADuSfxdcfwR
he had a sad look on his face as well.749Please respect copyright.PENANAtNA91NoldM
"I749Please respect copyright.PENANACPbsr6LmLD
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 749Please respect copyright.PENANAHo7AXNN9YA
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."749Please respect copyright.PENANAySOlkuhOo9
"Don't749Please respect copyright.PENANAKxTxZ2ZCSh
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 749Please respect copyright.PENANATtIHMGjsNx
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."749Please respect copyright.PENANAtqq0jmrqBR
"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."749Please respect copyright.PENANAF0nZP0Pg4b
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."749Please respect copyright.PENANAdwX0guwfE9
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."749Please respect copyright.PENANAmRd95Dfoy7
Carly749Please respect copyright.PENANAZbaIKbDivc
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 749Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ5AHywoWL
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had749Please respect copyright.PENANA9x9vnxhA8c
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 749Please respect copyright.PENANAH4l9tULMpZ
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 749Please respect copyright.PENANAICfshPERbk
eyes.749Please respect copyright.PENANA8jFbN4TElr
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAFhf0YDp1bQ
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."749Please respect copyright.PENANALAbUR52KWS
"Yes,749Please respect copyright.PENANAYSjawqhaNN
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 749Please respect copyright.PENANAiccCgtblWj
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 749Please respect copyright.PENANAC3rFUeuCwu
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."749Please respect copyright.PENANAEWana89kMm
"Okay, lets go."749Please respect copyright.PENANA0TmKkPOHWv
Carly749Please respect copyright.PENANAnFsOLbTiEo
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 749Please respect copyright.PENANALIJkDp5ZAi
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at749Please respect copyright.PENANABud6ihVlA6
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 749Please respect copyright.PENANAl2rDDhFDrM
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.749Please respect copyright.PENANAkQCcpPPbhQ
***749Please respect copyright.PENANAnmyYy2V3Kr
"I749Please respect copyright.PENANAIQsLxNkWFd
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 749Please respect copyright.PENANAfikJ6qGsNe
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 749Please respect copyright.PENANAc23uTkkUVF
her in the car. 749Please respect copyright.PENANAi4mJ9GlHda
Angel,749Please respect copyright.PENANABPeEfPlMkZ
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 749Please respect copyright.PENANASkLYeQUYxf
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 749Please respect copyright.PENANAmvk7bm8dmc
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.749Please respect copyright.PENANAI8SfUkxVVX
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."749Please respect copyright.PENANALxvATD0oO9
"Very749Please respect copyright.PENANA9j2e6FFOry
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to749Please respect copyright.PENANAeH3SM4KcTg
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if749Please respect copyright.PENANAQHnh7Im8N1
I have to."749Please respect copyright.PENANA0Mgi92eAlm
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."749Please respect copyright.PENANA4HFsaWcojm
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 749Please respect copyright.PENANA9k1uSB37DD
"Don't749Please respect copyright.PENANAVOofbrK4tz
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough749Please respect copyright.PENANAtEaP2RXTup
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 749Please respect copyright.PENANADjuO4B22i6
right, grandma?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAEnjaQicEqQ
Amanda749Please respect copyright.PENANAYRMhU5wq50
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 749Please respect copyright.PENANA37yCaQioSX
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 749Please respect copyright.PENANAo4WZ4RSDax
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 749Please respect copyright.PENANAduhvDnxcrz
you."749Please respect copyright.PENANAu90Z4dBVb2
Eric749Please respect copyright.PENANA1W1hTG8axv
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 749Please respect copyright.PENANArbK4Dal8Hv
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 749Please respect copyright.PENANAP0NCDzLnhB
why.749Please respect copyright.PENANAK3kxIXKoZC
"What?749Please respect copyright.PENANAuXjTWGXamR
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at749Please respect copyright.PENANAFPCQnrr11y
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAHjqxRjiLn3
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAoVcqQvbck7
"He749Please respect copyright.PENANAFtKao7MyuX
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 749Please respect copyright.PENANApEqM79lupa
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 749Please respect copyright.PENANAnmCrdyLhDn
you get to know him."749Please respect copyright.PENANAbV2zcvbRLc
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.749Please respect copyright.PENANARP0cYBKwJk
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.749Please respect copyright.PENANA1GxsmubPXc
"Oh, no. Nothing."749Please respect copyright.PENANAKUuRNaOA9I
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."749Please respect copyright.PENANAigS5jvl4PU
All749Please respect copyright.PENANAEii1hg3ixX
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 749Please respect copyright.PENANAQrGVWm90YH
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 749Please respect copyright.PENANA6xmpOoTZmq
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 749Please respect copyright.PENANACDF86uuAPB
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had749Please respect copyright.PENANAbmBpXOZz3Z
never seen such a house ever in her life.749Please respect copyright.PENANA6GtjioJlDU
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAwphbJuI65n
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.749Please respect copyright.PENANAf7MxobIWLJ
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAkK5CfXC0iw
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.749Please respect copyright.PENANAeGbRnprfyz
Angel749Please respect copyright.PENANAZW9RIGSGLV
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what749Please respect copyright.PENANA60Y78dKL8C
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.749Please respect copyright.PENANAvqHRisqmWc
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 749Please respect copyright.PENANAQjYHlcnEbk
would begin anytime soon.