Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvxGcgrSEd
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKJaVUGtdS
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblrr4gy8vk
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FDlWKZ707
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hiD162e5C
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VWUbwoF87
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHF4xEoST6x
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sGyry8mlX
boss a call.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9b6X6SsbtW
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOgu8Dlebg
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseVWn5LrgB
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8iaDdqrYe
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnHDSPW5oq
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNwXJyGwop
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQZIeBfuSm
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIht44Ojrp
looked really tired and restless.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbMBTtyQG4
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTPicIt3Gt
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqilAVFxNHc
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0HXHYpSuA
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIgjz0jpxT
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqELpsT25F8
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KAhxYJ9HR
huge loss.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBy1k9mvEpD
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGTKpah0kb
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7NAbnyMJu
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQ2TgijXz3
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNn6dmTBn0
"What are you planning to do?"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYfCHLQmzb
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqS3FLQOag
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuw1dElG8aB
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8P44mSCMm
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOga05Tn52g
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHm2OsYe0ko
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIkJMuW7Es
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQ7Z49SHEV
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtTGUJY0Qu
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsIZ71j3bp
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrl7LsW7dx5
vacant space weren't as good as her.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNL4w4cBcy
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74YAojEQei
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡor3xd2cKC5
lucky charm.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyOFzvZz6l
And he needed her back real bad.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqRtjwsqf2
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.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV73KUSCIR6
"I have a job for you."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjdwRs2T5P
***845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVasNxZGNeu
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzuKo65aoR
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimW9sfcOOX
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjbOfbTRZD
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWot1cmypH1
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41PPooR4R3
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenmhejL9BB
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxTQnbbHFt
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGYc00YdnP
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBgeDE1dbM
serious.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHprK8TsOxi
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCVA0K1yqt
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8D6LJ5kl8w
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2k4tDHVFj5
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdhsVLbHp0
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cdCsOLkxR
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1MBCE9WJG
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNGfGLw5Qg
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWfQC6zpPb
between the two of you considering what happened."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWMFB85mnK
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3ic7DKW0H
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gcarpTWNJ
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFi3uRy25O3
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPvsaCSZwC
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiO2YSDT1wM
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjmQ2AGNVe
"And you never apologised for it," said 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1A845oH99
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoGfCi7NNp
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEr5OLn5jPY
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTMM4RVmts
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulgpakLQDQ
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWK2RBRPcY4
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0LPwQ9sze
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjenX9z2i6
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAZcdsk2c6
for what happened to her.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMAOorLrrn
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTguAQXqDm
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdukkpMsp7I
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNP68uKmP24
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYR8voiKX3Q
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMUz6XRu89
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jReUsOYPK
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwLhTjzcCP
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjS3rgoqUX
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrqqkbCKgh
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkl7KAZ7f9w
back at the club.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKCQ0LsAI7
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEf1WGSW5VG
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMfvYRenqa
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoPktEQtpa
sisters completely.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYu5lDS78BO
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwKAinOpiN
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHVKgMaDst
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDD0POcHDI
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQC3P7XZPC
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBLnqawTt1
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnqeMnD1wn
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznhEyg6X1r
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEZRgiUZcx
club, not him.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrBt20RpWx
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpUbdlIDdi
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWvZoYOpKW
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqhoTIymYU
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wfvHlxuyO
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGXgfmun3s
at each other yet, have you?"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZnwGcoPKs
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzyc3izhrK
"No," they answered at the same time.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYKPbg8wtl
"Great. That's good to know."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7x1nubNarR
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0fKKCy1J2
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudNp7lJJB9
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUO8q56lD3
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2tIo9TES6
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMO3OKPlB5
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeofe0sgGq
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQhH0l210U
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaQaiIoIO9
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt58pSIjXdy
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf26NeOSaXO
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kTdqtOUHj
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrFqThq7JF
long."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSElgoF96z
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUfOcGu4gG
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudmI73hy58
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvtEHD2uXY
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdS2wT7XIE
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2j7E4s7hSX
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnhbzGpuY5
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tyxbJYKWy
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohZlXtFUw1
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0pqJpm7w6
Not like this. Something was wrong.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLr8Zy9lU9I
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcTnHNkGkK
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVoIiBNEc0
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6nc74VsZ2
embarrassed?"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqS1UvApVa
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmaBZ8Atrj
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6mm6iaJ1g
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhc1UY1fa9
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtADYvLy8lf
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSb7T7Tz3r
today?"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8qlZX4ad9
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5UuE5zXAv
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5x6iMUZtk
you want."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRF4FvgMbwm
"It worked for you, didn't it?"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBnrHzvTAc
"What do you mean?"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUhuD9UAnC
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxopgEKlLT
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSW0SsINsnD
sister."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7CpbzHV0W
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRK8igb8z38
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrTWyf0IKD
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQ6gO04r3C
"I'm just speaking the truth."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajVadSD7AF
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡta3LMvRaEw
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBH3Yq9mqw
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfpHGb2yp4
"I was protecting my sister."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LZlqVxqq8
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPNWtSXafM
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjSoRg9Bdv
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvlQEIdVJV
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzTF4fJJQG
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtqGULMDhb
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfD1dtr4ogw
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDPBdUsWUl
betray you like Carly betrayed me."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxc7cW4E2Kc
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcSWCg3G77
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBru4nHxAaL
crystal glass.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwPDOXHE46
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHI3LPDbS3
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANfHSXbQyy
in this situation right now."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKRtfkwjaZ
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtjPLlRXdw
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3JADwH6Mq
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYkHcTBZsM
actions.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNjpyeOSF6
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotTIZNoQtz
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJf3oQjQHlD
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KVyAghXox
near Carly."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZjxHGnNFx
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjbDX4Vtvb
"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......"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdXgVETh7F
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeC4KJSDwYw
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzr77BNQvo2
Carly, she would be insulting herself.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeyEWf1wPQ
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfkxdWvj04
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlU5CJ19W3
"That would never happen."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzrBme11Tx
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucfOaynaFa
"A fool in love, yes."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReLqLonlSk
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFMaXX0gzU
"Why? Because you don't like me?"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCqe647Ac1
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgduxhW7cmh
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTw9wRw82EN
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjatrYNXtL1
and my accident that she would ever change."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyAcl037UI
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDZrLXLCJp
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfTszhemiw
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp76KcZnKFB
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlK8ve9MGCm
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5IPbsPnLH
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUK5pQ7Zff
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqY7EQM352
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuKktTk4GS
puzzled.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBMqvUW4US
***845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTJaquWp89
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRRMwlMWj3
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GwhNmHe4f
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB21Wi1CWVw
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDDXaA2YPb
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZCYmCYRF0
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtG90cjkvd
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIswKBSfsQi
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSixbcdk37f
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOGwinwaCX
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoFjLn1jUQ
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKwgTwgl5m
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWKnlKpRvL
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkRJt9nNyE
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJV9WqTfkgY
McDonell should be.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdC8Kixgz9e
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXaeUMQE0G
"Our family has been successfully with the 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQUf8N64Rw
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xuhT4XxPV
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJZyNQOr1e
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbycaNkTH6Z
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hfJZZ76ET
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNjsePC4PS
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUONE5aeaCR
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2erV08mzIS
especially from my brother. He is so kind."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIBH0Y1aZ5
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HLN1B6K2L
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8ipN6eTIF
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZvsxI1qYk
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGsfpcOxEb
model.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIm3nHsEWWe
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXUNERCU5c
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dChweuZKP
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjEz8SnftP
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIG20IBcDT
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuN0obfTvC
the financial state her family was in.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KAi0m6pUF
But now that she was with the McDonell 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstgLf99PJ0
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYCkAnpy49
she has always wanted.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0yBJ9oRjK
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqdcfut9Pe
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYiM3DhpK1
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKTxIRVyMu
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybsL5Q6xuQ
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhPTNlAoWO
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9YNzi2Ixp
"That would be awesome."845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkged7FjuG4
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAThf1SV1GN
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsLsD7gNLk
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUehDN3qgB
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmooAKLoe57
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPIgOix48I
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM10QDFiG2R
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MGtYXtL7R
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvnaYNDq5m
Miranda.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxas3CA2nc
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrCgSBfSmn
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2ns7Ch6Bx
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjw3HmvQRtf
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrR3w4Q5yXP
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBG6mJsU5uq
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQj1PjQUjyH
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZbh9pVONX
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSKT4eGHQp
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDKLUOwKoY
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1qcBFRqmm
she never ever discussed her life with them.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3xnXF3d0s
Could it be Miranda?845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTEVxTFArO
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9zypwPmNm
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXapLHBSGTX
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR83bVIB0bR
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoJ8rBenq2
And now she was calling Carly after all this845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTN416LK3Y
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDlZUgtzgb
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonj38jCJl0
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdfN4IZL4S
betrayal.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjQVtGEkBG
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCTTKCDKRu
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBSVBSv0Qu
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzb9tJhA1C
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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