The sad gloomy day had 755Please respect copyright.PENANA1BE49bnyRH
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 755Please respect copyright.PENANA4c5IFWiDNl
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 755Please respect copyright.PENANAvrBCpCVbGi
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAwSSLAfgzoO
Angel couldn't help but 755Please respect copyright.PENANAMRYHd6Tw6X
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 755Please respect copyright.PENANAJipEKjFEUh
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 755Please respect copyright.PENANAK4JjxYNEIb
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 755Please respect copyright.PENANACJsG1II4Nn
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 755Please respect copyright.PENANA8yl3S9EEkV
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.755Please respect copyright.PENANAHRBVBDqkFc
As Angel sat on the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAWvrH7gENMC
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 755Please respect copyright.PENANAHmHBSVpEmE
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in755Please respect copyright.PENANAmEBncKEUN7
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 755Please respect copyright.PENANA8QP7mSc6PJ
appeared across her face.755Please respect copyright.PENANAc8NA2fGFZR
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.755Please respect copyright.PENANAYbGwTOiupf
"I know I'm supposed to 755Please respect copyright.PENANAvotOukfNcG
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when755Please respect copyright.PENANAiRS8u7oUi7
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 755Please respect copyright.PENANACfuCaQPkCx
isn't here anymore."755Please respect copyright.PENANAkOKh3RMVdx
Eric squatted beside the755Please respect copyright.PENANAYKwfRGM3HS
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 755Please respect copyright.PENANAnduSQuEic4
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 755Please respect copyright.PENANAFv79lQnBr1
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped755Please respect copyright.PENANAeBHoewrLbT
a little at his touch. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAfCq40nbHQD
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."755Please respect copyright.PENANARsEyQhKc5P
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 755Please respect copyright.PENANACuQBdy9rER
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a755Please respect copyright.PENANA8O5RebRbWc
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 755Please respect copyright.PENANAoFchiLDpvF
past week."755Please respect copyright.PENANAv0s8ayIR07
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."755Please respect copyright.PENANAnNpAv0yWZ5
Angel forgot about the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAtraww06mFd
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAeoeLZuSZS0
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide755Please respect copyright.PENANAKJbMQg2ZuB
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.755Please respect copyright.PENANAEHwusyOJT3
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."755Please respect copyright.PENANAcoJFs8kQHZ
"You're crazy, Eric."755Please respect copyright.PENANAGh3gXlWdo1
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."755Please respect copyright.PENANA1h2fj8V7dU
Angel didn't say 755Please respect copyright.PENANAOPwxbkyYZS
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 755Please respect copyright.PENANAi82F1nqjyn
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear755Please respect copyright.PENANAPy6F4bI44f
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 755Please respect copyright.PENANAwl2Cv6H2r4
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 755Please respect copyright.PENANAL9Kd1hokhz
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 755Please respect copyright.PENANAnZ3t7Yd80A
the floor.755Please respect copyright.PENANAdB4tyJSOTH
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAN2fbqNOfvb
Angel didn't say 755Please respect copyright.PENANAOI0K62wruv
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 755Please respect copyright.PENANAXaipIk7PC9
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel755Please respect copyright.PENANAOLcZZEHLdX
out of the room. 755Please respect copyright.PENANArCR87rV6VJ
They went out of the 755Please respect copyright.PENANA5hkneLwNHx
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 755Please respect copyright.PENANAR940KPNxah
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass755Please respect copyright.PENANAaqfSmvNI3X
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAd9EzeAkfyT
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 755Please respect copyright.PENANAnuh1wNBUoS
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those755Please respect copyright.PENANALQKip30vK5
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAreQcVaePN8
Cold prickling air 755Please respect copyright.PENANAtDrUUGCIew
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 755Please respect copyright.PENANAetr6dKznfK
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 755Please respect copyright.PENANATXhLM5rob0
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.755Please respect copyright.PENANA8JVtSTR71V
Two black SUVs stood 755Please respect copyright.PENANA6Cv3ZXfP1Q
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 755Please respect copyright.PENANAlIRbcS4K7G
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 755Please respect copyright.PENANAjMyJMExP7A
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 755Please respect copyright.PENANADWKhes8OGW
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 755Please respect copyright.PENANAKi07vPM4F1
out of the hospital premises. 755Please respect copyright.PENANABHkSmPcKfU
"We will first go for 755Please respect copyright.PENANApV6vj5CBJO
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 755Please respect copyright.PENANA98GafgbscE
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."755Please respect copyright.PENANAL9coyvii5m
Angel looked out of the 755Please respect copyright.PENANARZVyOO9Mr2
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 755Please respect copyright.PENANAJRNCh7LJ7m
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 755Please respect copyright.PENANAH2IugNc0Eb
looking at her.755Please respect copyright.PENANAHVBCg2ZnhS
"Don't worry, you will 755Please respect copyright.PENANAgQHYl40rQu
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 755Please respect copyright.PENANA1xev06OtjM
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."755Please respect copyright.PENANAzK2FSuwDd6
Angel closed her eyes 755Please respect copyright.PENANAyBH3X69278
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 755Please respect copyright.PENANANx3wlXNWLK
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 755Please respect copyright.PENANA6fA7rckLxK
Angel slowly opened her 755Please respect copyright.PENANA13tgbrv00a
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAByhJhugAem
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 755Please respect copyright.PENANA45ia5O5TwX
heart ache and beat faster. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAEugKRzKfYv
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 755Please respect copyright.PENANAUxa4DURp9c
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 755Please respect copyright.PENANAcZAxTX7MeC
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."755Please respect copyright.PENANA29quOlCBmu
Angel felt Carly put her755Please respect copyright.PENANAloiYRDJzQC
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her755Please respect copyright.PENANALAXMlxLj4J
hand away. But Carly grasped it.755Please respect copyright.PENANAWuPGRzqQTC
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."755Please respect copyright.PENANAnzz6bcndDq
The black SUV came to a 755Please respect copyright.PENANAE5317xOQcL
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother755Please respect copyright.PENANAispMvAZlMQ
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAbXBGmfpNjv
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 755Please respect copyright.PENANAUZLFgW2uew
Eric opened the door. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAUjkQoVpZxd
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."755Please respect copyright.PENANA9oYz1928G8
Eric had set the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAiUuI4w8aFr
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 755Please respect copyright.PENANAleKzdk5ZBe
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 755Please respect copyright.PENANAkkl9Geaw8i
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 755Please respect copyright.PENANAMYi9Ox7fW9
them. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAQdt0hrYMT3
Angel755Please respect copyright.PENANAR5q6GvMtZ8
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when755Please respect copyright.PENANA6hWkf8ZoBd
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.755Please respect copyright.PENANA03sFW2NMSo
***755Please respect copyright.PENANArMDlDbYtwy
Leo755Please respect copyright.PENANAluTd6JPvB4
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 755Please respect copyright.PENANAUWD88SBlSp
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 755Please respect copyright.PENANAo07smXSgtW
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 755Please respect copyright.PENANAyXsa8cSMSQ
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 755Please respect copyright.PENANA9WVXt3SrGK
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he755Please respect copyright.PENANAN4wib3EjE4
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.755Please respect copyright.PENANAUYKZ4Y0XDm
Kim755Please respect copyright.PENANAWbgv1cejEA
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 755Please respect copyright.PENANAZlECXB4rH7
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 755Please respect copyright.PENANAv2I2jDn2vg
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 755Please respect copyright.PENANA6Wbs6AxCiz
arms.755Please respect copyright.PENANAJMuiioeG3u
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."755Please respect copyright.PENANAKvQjjvDayX
Leo755Please respect copyright.PENANAubsJVR6gzy
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 755Please respect copyright.PENANAOLQww1JIGR
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 755Please respect copyright.PENANA3vHXiyXwYU
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 755Please respect copyright.PENANAgBqOt68PJl
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 755Please respect copyright.PENANAKisqeCqgRE
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 755Please respect copyright.PENANALOpZHZAouc
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.755Please respect copyright.PENANArdEYT7P2Nj
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"755Please respect copyright.PENANATOVocmUrB6
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."755Please respect copyright.PENANA7NGQm8SEvg
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"755Please respect copyright.PENANATltrdk773e
Leo755Please respect copyright.PENANARMmn3JgRx5
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 755Please respect copyright.PENANARUaly4FFhz
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 755Please respect copyright.PENANAS1lSLaPC2l
it's time I come out clean."755Please respect copyright.PENANAlf3rFszdQI
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"755Please respect copyright.PENANABPeGZkh5AK
This755Please respect copyright.PENANA0Gsd26xjhF
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 755Please respect copyright.PENANAMmI4q3CH9U
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 755Please respect copyright.PENANAbYmbsgaaoH
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 755Please respect copyright.PENANAcJoGdtgGN2
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.755Please respect copyright.PENANAnHS4Rx0aEJ
"The755Please respect copyright.PENANAKa0Kype6H5
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot755Please respect copyright.PENANAVBGmpeXemc
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 755Please respect copyright.PENANAScllMfb6ML
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want755Please respect copyright.PENANACBgWngKRey
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."755Please respect copyright.PENANAYPQyiDVqwA
"I755Please respect copyright.PENANAS6OAlZ5uYn
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 755Please respect copyright.PENANA1wvVd88QtZ
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAgg8KkUJqQJ
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.755Please respect copyright.PENANAUc2NqI9UgE
"What755Please respect copyright.PENANALx0vSXOi3x
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 755Please respect copyright.PENANA0difTU4NJJ
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"755Please respect copyright.PENANABHJhDC2Dts
Leo755Please respect copyright.PENANAkDHmAdZXgy
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 755Please respect copyright.PENANArLn7yw3RIA
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 755Please respect copyright.PENANApjMKXebpSC
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 755Please respect copyright.PENANAk3pXgc83eU
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 755Please respect copyright.PENANAdeA0EPz7FN
would react.755Please respect copyright.PENANA9GrvAEPOBN
"After755Please respect copyright.PENANACurZTYsxtT
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 755Please respect copyright.PENANABtKK3lG5qJ
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."755Please respect copyright.PENANA3DFIKHJF2l
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.755Please respect copyright.PENANA0YB5mQvMir
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."755Please respect copyright.PENANAlNB1yXXlMY
***755Please respect copyright.PENANARXbAA8kFCN
Angel755Please respect copyright.PENANArSsboLHBeS
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that755Please respect copyright.PENANA8dzDuUffdm
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother755Please respect copyright.PENANAKducMJ3WLX
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 755Please respect copyright.PENANAgB7lMUt1fE
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 755Please respect copyright.PENANAsVXt6dTBgj
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAsGGDIYr0WT
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 755Please respect copyright.PENANAIZTEDciUsa
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 755Please respect copyright.PENANAzOXrJieUGp
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.755Please respect copyright.PENANApXvA7VzAwn
After755Please respect copyright.PENANAAcXlilxWJh
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 755Please respect copyright.PENANATfx3H9OXZD
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 755Please respect copyright.PENANAOvgfDKu30T
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 755Please respect copyright.PENANAxyZsFsd1kK
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was755Please respect copyright.PENANAXvXw6lZmhk
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 755Please respect copyright.PENANAP5sE9E4RSf
world. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAgBZQYdze8e
After755Please respect copyright.PENANASpAF2QGyk2
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 755Please respect copyright.PENANAbuejBNhJcm
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 755Please respect copyright.PENANAxJLIK053Lm
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 755Please respect copyright.PENANA5QBuctL1gg
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."755Please respect copyright.PENANARM2mX2lFoY
"It's755Please respect copyright.PENANAxiljq5m2ER
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 755Please respect copyright.PENANAVXCBMC87cg
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like755Please respect copyright.PENANAAtLZka7D8n
you."755Please respect copyright.PENANAZfZgctlY2M
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."755Please respect copyright.PENANAuGfowAgeoD
"No,755Please respect copyright.PENANA8IitROzyI4
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAdi9kJY82Ny
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to755Please respect copyright.PENANAWfDK5kM8Cg
live with us, it will be great."755Please respect copyright.PENANAigIHO0rF6c
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 755Please respect copyright.PENANABkAdHbMRS0
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.755Please respect copyright.PENANAP6s0NLso55
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA7eBxTZqiSC
"I decided that it won't be appropriate for my sister and I to come and live with you. We can take care of ourselves."755Please respect copyright.PENANAhpqmZU6Wqd
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.755Please respect copyright.PENANAxgZm3ICYSv
Angel couldn't help but 755Please respect copyright.PENANAO0b1lTEFGF
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 755Please respect copyright.PENANAR302MMEaFW
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 755Please respect copyright.PENANAX3xT1qTbVx
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't755Please respect copyright.PENANAebn9xNBa3r
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAow89fcLhTm
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.755Please respect copyright.PENANAssfQzMIQ4C
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."755Please respect copyright.PENANAg3QUSgQcWs
Angel now shifted in her755Please respect copyright.PENANAUsTwmfH7pk
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 755Please respect copyright.PENANALRyUuX72WX
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 755Please respect copyright.PENANApIAoJovaWw
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 755Please respect copyright.PENANAeQAzrmYXOU
hidden?755Please respect copyright.PENANAErcS5ytfuk
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAKNTxkQaq2d
Angel demanded. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAg8fqR0CJpL
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."755Please respect copyright.PENANAcj2zo0WJPz
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAEFDFRcDmp2
"What?!"
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