The sad gloomy day had 726Please respect copyright.PENANAS2NG7MllJR
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 726Please respect copyright.PENANAO6hZgfSnvt
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 726Please respect copyright.PENANANsS7pZnVto
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 726Please respect copyright.PENANA5OETw2W86T
Angel couldn't help but 726Please respect copyright.PENANAKVCtfsLpxV
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 726Please respect copyright.PENANA2i9NYbPTRP
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 726Please respect copyright.PENANAtergsyK1ZN
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 726Please respect copyright.PENANAvAkp2u7Zxl
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 726Please respect copyright.PENANAlf30X4YV2P
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.726Please respect copyright.PENANAKsdWoUcfT5
As Angel sat on the 726Please respect copyright.PENANA3aLTVh2PQu
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 726Please respect copyright.PENANAxdYk8r0E0K
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in726Please respect copyright.PENANAU58bV7qiUK
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 726Please respect copyright.PENANAC15syplnNx
appeared across her face.726Please respect copyright.PENANACdOZeKWv9r
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.726Please respect copyright.PENANAJuRcHr8xKc
"I know I'm supposed to 726Please respect copyright.PENANALAY4Y5Dqqx
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when726Please respect copyright.PENANAG4ovdi9fLT
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 726Please respect copyright.PENANA7ikVVQ7z6X
isn't here anymore."726Please respect copyright.PENANAU60PH9YGkd
Eric squatted beside the726Please respect copyright.PENANATR7tuV7oAw
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 726Please respect copyright.PENANAQfNYcRD1rG
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 726Please respect copyright.PENANAw0ylv9YJe4
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped726Please respect copyright.PENANAJ65pS8k1Nu
a little at his touch. 726Please respect copyright.PENANA5GZsQKQoWm
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."726Please respect copyright.PENANAzOifn45MvC
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 726Please respect copyright.PENANAbiQ986QyNS
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a726Please respect copyright.PENANASDhbloKOi8
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 726Please respect copyright.PENANACbm6H4V6W9
past week."726Please respect copyright.PENANAwnAZFx6Lun
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."726Please respect copyright.PENANA4baOJdlJ6n
Angel forgot about the 726Please respect copyright.PENANA8S6YlA0FD5
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 726Please respect copyright.PENANAqYyUw34Ff5
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide726Please respect copyright.PENANA2tynzYVmo7
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.726Please respect copyright.PENANAoMFAkjl4Fv
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."726Please respect copyright.PENANAVnVstw5tUU
"You're crazy, Eric."726Please respect copyright.PENANAjEPfba1GOO
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."726Please respect copyright.PENANA6IxPSmMW58
Angel didn't say 726Please respect copyright.PENANABtAqFN45s3
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 726Please respect copyright.PENANAcXWBWB32WP
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear726Please respect copyright.PENANA24DhqDzgPN
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 726Please respect copyright.PENANAaJfYN0mYpk
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 726Please respect copyright.PENANAKNSylCq9wt
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 726Please respect copyright.PENANAHCFtKWiIXm
the floor.726Please respect copyright.PENANARRrPNprikX
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"726Please respect copyright.PENANAgBZwy2C02y
Angel didn't say 726Please respect copyright.PENANA7nZOiU61mE
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 726Please respect copyright.PENANAeMQn1BZuOC
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel726Please respect copyright.PENANASSQusHrpMY
out of the room. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAflsD6IISeY
They went out of the 726Please respect copyright.PENANALgs2LypMjP
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 726Please respect copyright.PENANAa77uVo4QJP
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass726Please respect copyright.PENANAKm7CCqD7tc
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 726Please respect copyright.PENANAsAXFiymbyg
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 726Please respect copyright.PENANAjQ2e9Wj8lb
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those726Please respect copyright.PENANAM4W68ntGol
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAprP0Nt0MAu
Cold prickling air 726Please respect copyright.PENANAl6yKrR3Ozl
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 726Please respect copyright.PENANANIi8GCu5mr
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 726Please respect copyright.PENANAK7g3NBnNdH
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.726Please respect copyright.PENANAKWN87w7Cl4
Two black SUVs stood 726Please respect copyright.PENANAm62a6a8rOL
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 726Please respect copyright.PENANAe2C1eboZsg
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 726Please respect copyright.PENANAgJv8S1WrGo
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 726Please respect copyright.PENANAUvKW7W8qog
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 726Please respect copyright.PENANA7AetXYu5wZ
out of the hospital premises. 726Please respect copyright.PENANA9lMVsLg2DR
"We will first go for 726Please respect copyright.PENANABRxRqQo5KJ
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 726Please respect copyright.PENANAkvjOpNdu63
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."726Please respect copyright.PENANA1NtQXGhqp3
Angel looked out of the 726Please respect copyright.PENANAaNDdh8q5Oz
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 726Please respect copyright.PENANADmENlv5dL8
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 726Please respect copyright.PENANAqyD7qTEBFD
looking at her.726Please respect copyright.PENANAJqR05P4Qxo
"Don't worry, you will 726Please respect copyright.PENANAUktbmqgug9
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 726Please respect copyright.PENANAJkjY0D7qz6
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."726Please respect copyright.PENANAgF5x09MCrC
Angel closed her eyes 726Please respect copyright.PENANAAMNeYu5PJd
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 726Please respect copyright.PENANAaYtw7f6Ehc
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 726Please respect copyright.PENANANuyXDwBELW
Angel slowly opened her 726Please respect copyright.PENANAB396vm0dog
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAaU5ObFy7u6
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 726Please respect copyright.PENANA84SenmLfBJ
heart ache and beat faster. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAuRb7s0eF3J
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 726Please respect copyright.PENANAz6CBJukZW3
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 726Please respect copyright.PENANAZyhuUEzxCf
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."726Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3bxwlhslB
Angel felt Carly put her726Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1iOcglsik
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her726Please respect copyright.PENANADppsygInES
hand away. But Carly grasped it.726Please respect copyright.PENANAbhfmGfEA2x
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."726Please respect copyright.PENANAmrhpxNxbWn
The black SUV came to a 726Please respect copyright.PENANAsqWRlVw9Di
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother726Please respect copyright.PENANALx2GVP9BCx
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 726Please respect copyright.PENANAhf8RBkkXUd
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 726Please respect copyright.PENANAF4EV5rnKEd
Eric opened the door. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAWTXxSTFq4v
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."726Please respect copyright.PENANAhxyfHupD9c
Eric had set the 726Please respect copyright.PENANAgM2vGKyufv
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 726Please respect copyright.PENANABOtcy3R8mY
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 726Please respect copyright.PENANAwOGEwJ4sF9
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 726Please respect copyright.PENANAj2satqemde
them. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAlRY9lOfXLO
Angel726Please respect copyright.PENANAtlA43h0O2D
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when726Please respect copyright.PENANAFW2WByMPQV
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.726Please respect copyright.PENANAANPF8bERQE
***726Please respect copyright.PENANAWXs2Pc67nn
Leo726Please respect copyright.PENANApGaHps41v1
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 726Please respect copyright.PENANAjetURQnoCZ
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 726Please respect copyright.PENANA8v796btzh7
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 726Please respect copyright.PENANAa02ktDPLqv
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 726Please respect copyright.PENANAsFJGDULo3d
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he726Please respect copyright.PENANALC2zC7KDpa
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.726Please respect copyright.PENANACrAHdQPmek
Kim726Please respect copyright.PENANAB5GlQnAQ67
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 726Please respect copyright.PENANAmvHdfx13x4
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 726Please respect copyright.PENANAx9f1xSMUDP
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 726Please respect copyright.PENANAvG0w93RLuw
arms.726Please respect copyright.PENANAyrmQJvv5HZ
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."726Please respect copyright.PENANAh0qgOOmT8z
Leo726Please respect copyright.PENANAzNWDSXlsXS
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 726Please respect copyright.PENANAT3Rzespbtf
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 726Please respect copyright.PENANAJh0K2QcwUy
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 726Please respect copyright.PENANAC8APF6i2iN
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 726Please respect copyright.PENANAN8T0phGTlz
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAC2ioLdu0eO
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.726Please respect copyright.PENANAVbz6QYavvs
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"726Please respect copyright.PENANAFVQn6i8Y40
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."726Please respect copyright.PENANAZCVVv4we18
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"726Please respect copyright.PENANAKbEGEmBD16
Leo726Please respect copyright.PENANAIBXsbb1D29
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 726Please respect copyright.PENANAMzMmwH7JcU
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 726Please respect copyright.PENANAkfYyRnyNhw
it's time I come out clean."726Please respect copyright.PENANA8vmTo9aPeG
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"726Please respect copyright.PENANALDpKx9dEfI
This726Please respect copyright.PENANA4mca4P3U97
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 726Please respect copyright.PENANA7OnjpPHVCX
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 726Please respect copyright.PENANA3J83qrK8dj
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 726Please respect copyright.PENANAfBYzRAdpDr
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.726Please respect copyright.PENANAsQL7rNDiiV
"The726Please respect copyright.PENANAJf202NhOlX
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot726Please respect copyright.PENANAzS1XiZDj7t
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 726Please respect copyright.PENANAHz7L3MZvKJ
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want726Please respect copyright.PENANAgDjNi2mXrz
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."726Please respect copyright.PENANALnp34vMAmr
"I726Please respect copyright.PENANArbOBZJko6k
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 726Please respect copyright.PENANAnGWGZvRhbJ
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"726Please respect copyright.PENANAqfNicW2jjy
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.726Please respect copyright.PENANAJIwQFsRLYS
"What726Please respect copyright.PENANA1xh2AiORjy
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 726Please respect copyright.PENANA8UEyQLhzxM
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"726Please respect copyright.PENANArCIYdur9bk
Leo726Please respect copyright.PENANA8yy4xirEeo
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 726Please respect copyright.PENANAOySLcHnOne
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 726Please respect copyright.PENANAx9vdpVulkm
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 726Please respect copyright.PENANA0sXWOqK1JS
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 726Please respect copyright.PENANAyYiwBTZlnJ
would react.726Please respect copyright.PENANA9w6AAaZ4wx
"After726Please respect copyright.PENANAIa8zQ0waH5
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 726Please respect copyright.PENANAu9J3Kp63U6
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."726Please respect copyright.PENANAB1Zry0a0P9
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.726Please respect copyright.PENANAHl3XSTOvIe
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."726Please respect copyright.PENANA8rGu4pkS6o
***726Please respect copyright.PENANA7LvguHaY9o
Angel726Please respect copyright.PENANA6bPKHD2Jgy
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that726Please respect copyright.PENANACqjTRrMGiW
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother726Please respect copyright.PENANAPLrILymw9G
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 726Please respect copyright.PENANAtgqJGqvNtJ
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 726Please respect copyright.PENANAw9W5dCyDk3
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAcPnxAJDeT8
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 726Please respect copyright.PENANAHRztmKoDmR
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 726Please respect copyright.PENANAtggUwlKRuk
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.726Please respect copyright.PENANAMlkCSPvzQA
After726Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0Uz69PE8F
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 726Please respect copyright.PENANAxZdRG78bPb
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 726Please respect copyright.PENANAS85SxxBM5h
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 726Please respect copyright.PENANAZep8J47w15
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was726Please respect copyright.PENANAcsAmuwsor3
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 726Please respect copyright.PENANAO73Vv01PE5
world. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1Acnwr6TC
After726Please respect copyright.PENANALR2CCJQhAT
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 726Please respect copyright.PENANARzE12gWCSp
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 726Please respect copyright.PENANAVvidlDzx1z
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAnN4znX5UYn
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."726Please respect copyright.PENANAa6dsx7q8xL
"It's726Please respect copyright.PENANAqheY9T4UYy
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 726Please respect copyright.PENANAjOD2jp4yH4
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like726Please respect copyright.PENANAfDlQgSa7fX
you."726Please respect copyright.PENANA3bs7yxeHYK
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."726Please respect copyright.PENANAKMA3ajmfrS
"No,726Please respect copyright.PENANATNBqdesqAd
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 726Please respect copyright.PENANA39pMaQzoqb
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to726Please respect copyright.PENANAVeRexezGge
live with us, it will be great."726Please respect copyright.PENANAjTaeor2yqM
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 726Please respect copyright.PENANA5qgc5mdMOH
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.726Please respect copyright.PENANAgic9JjKws1
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"726Please respect copyright.PENANAyxY6gZiyv8
"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."726Please respect copyright.PENANAzXWzUKkSMe
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.726Please respect copyright.PENANAp6cFwNRcwW
Angel couldn't help but 726Please respect copyright.PENANAxoEa4UaGUs
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 726Please respect copyright.PENANAIi6Az1M5W2
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 726Please respect copyright.PENANAaPVeRyaLqy
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't726Please respect copyright.PENANAeSW5Evoq23
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAKBZtubWL2g
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.726Please respect copyright.PENANAyFU6JC2kO1
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."726Please respect copyright.PENANAyfbMgNMJqk
Angel now shifted in her726Please respect copyright.PENANAwLHg57BG6h
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 726Please respect copyright.PENANA8bUX89KChF
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 726Please respect copyright.PENANAAANSMcery5
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 726Please respect copyright.PENANAQMPIVXxpsx
hidden?726Please respect copyright.PENANAy1nJnpIzqn
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"726Please respect copyright.PENANAjqaIZmYj6B
Angel demanded. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAP3BRZDO5Yj
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."726Please respect copyright.PENANAjG9uJ8beG2
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 726Please respect copyright.PENANANpQY47WQEe
"What?!"
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