Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXQ3zvJ58B
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oksPcFs6K
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8CbJf7SsN
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjTrTopF2P
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6hUqJypNN
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjNXEJRAOK
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGn1yRaHWc
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZrobGGLWi
boss a call.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0oNPb8hAZ
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNwoRxDHCc
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnBpqVyxYf
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zOHPUmYXW
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNUcORsDHw
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW67wzXb53X
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5W3tYPDYeZ
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2torHbJ6k
looked really tired and restless.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhd9qDr73Y
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsYwps1Dn2
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5O8tf9iWe
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHRxrzZeFB
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DXayxYNCL
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKOxUSDJOd
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefJ1XBVFfZ
huge loss.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9swLEuHELZ
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsp0PFvtje
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRslKUv53H
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCisEcdG4j
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8trY2SNlE
"What are you planning to do?"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DkzXhJnYv
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oDTsJUYha
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRSP1ZUmSc
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAk4mHXZfq
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxc7inWgwSP
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiJC2s2X76
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCnbfd9S21
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPU8KbcMskF
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhuL7oGCSJ
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLHifGI7fD
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sqPdoFS0k
vacant space weren't as good as her.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4TFd5lFX9
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4BjIHRzHp
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdWENlnObc
lucky charm.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzB2L8MSJab
And he needed her back real bad.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMq3FuBtad
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.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegSJX62p95
"I have a job for you."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaT8Ke2n7f
***897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUotIbPlqV
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktZETW1Q22
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rvEh6nCB9
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgZGAp8hza
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4g538FSSsb
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡap5s2aDQSa
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9z8e8kKO7c
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEmOq5FCft
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4vnO3OIXB
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaxr3ygx9c
serious.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwpXTzome3
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcPhZ7ATR2
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMBOq5YK8L
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUPmVCihBP
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2auN1m7UZ
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KLQys19j7
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHASPr0WMaS
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmF4rN9zlkA
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6xXiC4r2R
between the two of you considering what happened."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUiUL3QD3D
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XPzcl4rO0
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBuHwa2hdZ
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJshPxKRpZ
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6SvCxph1M
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8k6ro0Pmw
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhZ4jIj0FL
"And you never apologised for it," said 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6eQp49TDN
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAbF4bJiI4
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYdduxFgUd
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqa5uHIkGjo
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ55Zzz6g0n
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSPkVacIGm
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUukb5SVc6G
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAW3GnsxFis
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0rjcXoiM6
for what happened to her.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvy1j1lQQi5
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGyPmV5ZD2
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2HgEA9wBj
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMuBobCpXT
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xqShlVssE
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmEFFRAlsB
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUVJvXwaSW
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWWdHT1fuC
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQInrPi6NVV
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSR5QpxWLq
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgA3DNmhRHG
back at the club.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmJRJhLNLo
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfshbFMTOA
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXBBjjSKNk
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNIm73eS1B
sisters completely.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHbE8hRu6J
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUX9exgEWZ
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdk8CWvP6i
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DcTG74sJY
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1hhYiv2cD
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJWzrK3pWi
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAA9ImWZQ8
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAX9fcf8p3E
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqEd6oBH69
club, not him.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpYIgSijxY
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNLIi86nXA
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbQYYOQtYw
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbucYoBUpTo
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWFKhJjI7f
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKdOw4WxXl
at each other yet, have you?"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrgAuUcvKp
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLGXWbzEOi
"No," they answered at the same time.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdr07tYbpn
"Great. That's good to know."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VjWyjBlk7
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbySoYy39WS
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSGnq5rylL
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoZOLYbqFp
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0cDX8oFL1
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAoMvcyk2r
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0rAG9Pn7G
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6nXTyiqiB
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1qPQsl47q
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjY6zahYQP
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijPbh8LPwu
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hbEaRPoMP
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWg1SrfQMi
long."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0L9WbSvSga
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7dtTUM0FU
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtluRuSCXSC
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qFyTItp87
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8n7uresDD
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl56q0NrunW
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxECbMQzBg
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiynHrkOG6
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzle49yABw
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw400YGUyBd
Not like this. Something was wrong.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDIrFhyHJP
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwv74GEseY
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RclVhEHK0
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IA90rkYKL
embarrassed?"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANQ5atkRk6
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkHdC4C3mq
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhtC0D44DD
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBihDv7eB2
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwRjWuHMpf
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIn25SfmfK5
today?"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqF9FyWdpx
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBZw0wRQ48
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXm67ESd29
you want."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrRTLvGAID
"It worked for you, didn't it?"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFLAYzcQsL
"What do you mean?"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwBP3pVd9P
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvApgjLDtn
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrDGIA8oRi
sister."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4ptZSBReJ
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGyt0EmeIE
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65MdLfRAdb
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOcGIPJHoJ
"I'm just speaking the truth."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxtF1x63Xl
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PFykpqHdq
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAk3W52KxZ
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRtbixF6jE
"I was protecting my sister."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrLA6fJYHj
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNDCAeKYcN
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwufpJ56JIG
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9yA9NunnB
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojCNdKaRwX
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡet7UTuA2om
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBQO4yzF9t
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqngFGQL1q
betray you like Carly betrayed me."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyPpvkC3hv
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycVlxCDaLX
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIB6MbKiboD
crystal glass.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVCrWOIFBK
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKs8xWnMlR0
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ag6PpTv3J
in this situation right now."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0HhDPYJ59
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOGokn8849
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wipKFmLKz
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlV9a22c96
actions.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FlhyrGIE4
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qGu1eXFFI
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhc7a1StVb
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTKBs2NHbc
near Carly."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW52X75W0Qz
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWM2Nr3gKh
"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......"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpiWkMNYny
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvG5LD09qR
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmp7wN7zdd
Carly, she would be insulting herself.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3loFmWeTnQ
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDT8rbnTkl1
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylWww6OU06
"That would never happen."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98meXXT03C
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe562L6RdQj
"A fool in love, yes."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTj8RmNVIXi
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZttyHRRsA
"Why? Because you don't like me?"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwT6BDqmbl
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5Oh9YCSqo
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FqDNse4u8
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vpKpiQICL
and my accident that she would ever change."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoTy4fPloq
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNiAuVN3ru
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogLAmbX2lq
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIZ63dkbov
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3BuJSw5UH
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJuehVuP86
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLMyn1gLMh
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooTizEo52U
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVrLOz7x69
puzzled.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfD4zbZoFY
***897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qGHKl0Q8x
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rfHRHTO04
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCI0wYX7j1Z
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1r5EM4O55G
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRk56YIMFO
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCwl7BAMzQ
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnd7wpqJDq
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1xh2r7KQw
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1Qij9wCGd
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUCvxN8nuE
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMeN8bjVDI
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniyeFYflwi
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUN8nWHtxmL
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtNTCI8X7S
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdB1OzpEdT1
McDonell should be.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KCpCzAHhL
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhYXD2XXY6
"Our family has been successfully with the 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8CNA0H9wl
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIwXHV4FX8
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShA6EmS3ki
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvNRpphjzK
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJtl57eRv2
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBShf2sv3Nc
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3YNjIhhNE
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHN4DA3Pop
especially from my brother. He is so kind."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnO8p6lgbG7
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGUmmunUuc
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbngzc4ZPU
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8T145kEIo5
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sR3VpfVCx
model.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IEZnH4d6t
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVcPfWIzbk
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWnE96YVfs
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqABfv0ZV5M
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkSnXbZU0Z
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoX2pa3ju6
the financial state her family was in.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19MN2RtieA
But now that she was with the McDonell 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBX9I1kNfob
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9hnkqGwFf
she has always wanted.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJnAgGZIxU
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2nCrdrqJU
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcOMe7XjHU
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnisSnuJIf
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYh9v2xcwjD
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2BYFVpAPJ
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgGqfybUau
"That would be awesome."897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDuI7IAMPY
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNwvbMuAzm
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw96H8l7EkK
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCWR9kLbQf
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwtRgNKa44
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDTPGxYeS0
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmX8ar5AwgM
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLQiF9i9Mf
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvB7HyfGyV6
Miranda.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAM6Kj1HXDr
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OAuUJXSDn
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0sIOIfQ9U
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoi3TxHqvm
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcePEPVANO
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJmCSwJ8F0
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZPPonjsA1
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZjqjB6QVb
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKy2GSD7dVZ
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lzZdtkn24
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzh3xgiyKqT
she never ever discussed her life with them.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySez3fEY5b
Could it be Miranda?897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpw1Z5WygQ
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoWeJS6vL9
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBq1LHuFir
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7eUHktiqY
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkdR5Wp1Vf
And now she was calling Carly after all this897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrl12JC79L
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtm5EswDom
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVObAQsGpF
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTCT6QsotU
betrayal.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvi9nMbBYhV
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyZdnw64WR
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPh8cKEpPtp
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dMU6Rxzce
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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