Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSv2TmjoEl
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunKbeZYHRh
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYx0QMXU95
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwj12rTf8i
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbo0gvZpHuY
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnAHbgMFgJ
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbkhToL9hT
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3vpqfwBVY
boss a call.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKb64wcszn
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOjBG2EGNr
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooyYdqwQW6
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MqoLW86Zv
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4zTTZTjpL
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1J7i1upLM
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SbjD3ZGfp
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqdYbMiF6y
looked really tired and restless.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OShTGjKUW
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrNEvOaSmM
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWZZ15Li5z
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7IbAzp0hF
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfegeDPZVPx
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1gNv8jOUF
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuJnrRJpXM
huge loss.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XhHqXvcHh
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54lvYI13OQ
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPDBo72Lmu
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0bPZgXoe8
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdbrBTUx6K
"What are you planning to do?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDXR6S6T3l
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQZEq7PqPZ
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Hf6OBzGMb
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopWKbL85ZB
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWixkJDLyOm
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGUgeQTQZL
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7Ysk9EmCT
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tsIVsLNaL
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesoYZHHHlY
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnkFMbhe9c
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQOnS2EpR6
vacant space weren't as good as her.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbVaEOECzI
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWrSjLwSbL
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8PHi9KrE7
lucky charm.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQctLSSb1c
And he needed her back real bad.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YCoyHsk3W
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3jytPBFb7
"I have a job for you."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWC2kVy9SEr
***818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hY9VazKlh
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJz0u0MsBI
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLl7jehJb1
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6SrwyJdJv
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCR4HfJ4R7o
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUlPK0mY3J
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksQbOqrIUO
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7Wv4ihLyw
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TiKXkqvaQ
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI59GcvyPaT
serious.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPvxb5fS0A
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4k0OtqBPa
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79hYP01y9x
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2uTZgx3Dl
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkcyJuEp1O
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5esbV7xU8t
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitNRf69qvp
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyXNd1X7Rd
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRebx4vyjxe
between the two of you considering what happened."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJBF4kzfeX
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZktf5aV2q
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4FwLrHmLc
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3bHiLtq5Z
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSF4fRp4OE
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XSziIBe53
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoCgsrBuVm
"And you never apologised for it," said 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8BYABGe1M
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJKTHPcuDp
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbVLrvEHZO
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRE4ulclY6
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4foN3SK5m
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNGC4QdZxE
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7GBgNcUay
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuf4A55PK0v
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAFh57M0rU
for what happened to her.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCNDKdHrMW
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69kQ6Fukrg
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbRMOBwNf0
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyGOHvlF5B
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RjJQG1CRr
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8VTIp4Eil
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KeT1Q53iZ
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpExsu1TAAI
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSX9Ntb3Odt
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9NaNwHtU0
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7o3KOZKWus
back at the club.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrCLRgaQjF
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzURNMPIJa
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnM9vUaZNE
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54FlLF8Pf9
sisters completely.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡky4CmOOGsT
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDQRSWMARL
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQ655NQvRF
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdI5lxsH78z
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4NJ2YjF6W
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fOhQwUY9S
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06khSlF5i1
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXCTBnoW7q
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyMlUSu6iw
club, not him.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7hA4Cip6c
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45RiynnW4R
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6C2RVBMR0
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Z6zWi0hYy
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7I3TVtC4eA
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEjSOdwST4
at each other yet, have you?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTvGETuHsP
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MvgzaPvc1
"No," they answered at the same time.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwFfTEO4Jm
"Great. That's good to know."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkUAHKP66C
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgbewP3V6r
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxE1VU1zaCw
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPetMs1sRED
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXk03G8Z6Pf
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTjijYeC4F
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUPRXuXPZg
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDc0ujkgct
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmiyZ8U73l
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufmjWoabdk
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4PJZan6Rh
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVBDZWVSE2
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡke1ftwRpzp
long."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9rckOUhPQ
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2yiQPoz7r
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61vkQ3IEe0
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkK2yaG2wPF
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0TGcUu4qO
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAMcStxJeb
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRh9tTmzDBF
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoL7d6GpeQ
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOg3MbmzPn2
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLI9fVePjop
Not like this. Something was wrong.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcEUyfxbgP
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvns21XjdQa
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXvRohTVB2
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgbduxVdMk
embarrassed?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldLJGzbedF
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fdJfI89iG
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkPI73qjCB
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6H2JPHuRR
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAIKC4UNtG
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaCdE9Ij8O
today?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCS60sst0bL
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8T4r2MXLq
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tRZ0K3TBF
you want."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVDq8fJ16s
"It worked for you, didn't it?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEu124KiTc
"What do you mean?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pGJgIkSIB
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2qDKpwV9Z
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XnitnWBgk
sister."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPR0nddr2u9
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnLoKBLhfm
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTmqOOdhl1
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcdIpDlZ5i
"I'm just speaking the truth."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Zjb5Yr6wA
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzS5KQwCq1
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXLtBBYvao
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zKTQs7ohC
"I was protecting my sister."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXmaa1bQYp
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQMc0W40rP
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZT6Pn29Uv
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOLeXjizgD
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqnhmxijSk
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyX2n2w7R8
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzKwQsdWXg
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhDbB3xg12
betray you like Carly betrayed me."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumuR90kDqs
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuiDd3L5FM
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQInIAprszo
crystal glass.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0N7N4mbuC
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AQcO3TzMy
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7osz770zt
in this situation right now."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrc0zsfDWLU
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJKQEvBEAj
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkyPPZBcqz
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2ZBDTaw8K
actions.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJNh13zcnt
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTIXQf4sfr
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJfZD8zMjQ
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhS3lMhGEDw
near Carly."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEyUnWjEbI
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpT2am84tJ
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwbIsD8rrc
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5roAWByUF
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzdMZPCIW1
Carly, she would be insulting herself.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrYsP0LD9S
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiUyqEulry
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UXN0z1AIi
"That would never happen."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XA9Gqarxd
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIWYBiKKNg
"A fool in love, yes."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWN0s5mDoW4
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwlUTTwHUA
"Why? Because you don't like me?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzEnAIYsZp
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRipBFx16P
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDZ0lV4x0F
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXhYRPjBxM
and my accident that she would ever change."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQJVMtTgUU
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJI4wzPlHx
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOi8aoYW3oC
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cp7jwwvvs
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlaf6yb0Zi
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuYOpmGQap
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfR977FvvJ
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTsoLSkASs
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkus7yonS5g
puzzled.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyD2a5paBf4
***818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPW3Uz2UHbK
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWs5k5O4yC
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHf6cMKSTRG
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRtuBuHy6R
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PTnG0JIYK
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkI9z0FGtR
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEN7NwGWATw
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQFtDDDCVd
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjgytkP8JW
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWf5kfWnJKI
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HwA4BDHHR
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFj16kGQ6x
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ERsvZbJh8
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsl8cDjcW4y
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZh20IYy1F5
McDonell should be.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZbvnwdfbS
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqZ85uM5Ug
"Our family has been successfully with the 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcHRRqwaMK
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMLbklPbtI
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BLuV24I8w
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvyI72OLjR
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CCl4ZxVol
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYf4LKQEuk9
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4JrmVmqwY
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLDmenTcIM
especially from my brother. He is so kind."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZe9iJ37ypr
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Z87rsmt3t
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDZOsm8Wfu
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5bZrvyVWz
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMy6RSnxDB
model.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcilg0VKW9
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddfxA8caHA
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡub0c9yK3IG
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4yJbT6My5
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHT9bCEP9S
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrtLs9TuM0
the financial state her family was in.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kpB4Vtwff
But now that she was with the McDonell 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTINhTofiu
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiM4r6nnOn
she has always wanted.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OtfEUgtZ6
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZRDHWan4H
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFH05hoigL
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuDUBHqMjp
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4XDyU4fjS
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ihfys23Lj
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYWRpSapdn
"That would be awesome."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4G4O2CPEN
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCrFcUjOgG
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9ofLiDcay
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhqfmXAw9D
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JoZXGxxIx
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6AefIsRDU
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEka0RhQ6ME
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAZxZv9qjI
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpF6swfbkYZ
Miranda.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAxhdAMVDI
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqftBhH9Ko
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXG5uv6xAD
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNi77Msocb5
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFd5fIMgHf
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrK4sjGc8R
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2QKKzjvUh
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagXwnq9nyF
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JWEZXv0ec
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGsnq7yBc5
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iGguStYAp
she never ever discussed her life with them.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CMMhjNMXv
Could it be Miranda?818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWY1NGIe89Q
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XzObRVmHm
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3P8MYOVJ8
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIu11LuSWwG
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHTijkSjap
And now she was calling Carly after all this818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8BDq8YJ7X
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZwipE6bkl
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGSoKXTDtp
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMTEYMcjcF
betrayal.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMAVNfk0Je
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8VEjO0l8p
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9czWUHT95J
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4aMpe547c
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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