Leo gave out a sigh of 751Please respect copyright.PENANAr6Di3WhYDQ
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 751Please respect copyright.PENANAruXDWj3NxD
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never751Please respect copyright.PENANAkG7A3KRg99
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had751Please respect copyright.PENANAG372kAHash
expected. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAk4JX108MHb
When Leo had told her 751Please respect copyright.PENANAn3nMUoVHog
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 751Please respect copyright.PENANARryhb8KzZw
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 751Please respect copyright.PENANAAHCJs41CBw
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 751Please respect copyright.PENANA02ACBHSXY3
"What happened Leo? Why did you say that? Did I do something wrong to change your mind all of the sudden? Tell me, Leo!" Kim had asked, at a point where tears almost dropped down her cheeks.751Please respect copyright.PENANASrQWBm6J4G
Leo couldn't tell Kim 751Please respect copyright.PENANAqE95CIV8E1
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 751Please respect copyright.PENANA1v2QVmmWy4
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 751Please respect copyright.PENANAwWqg4qlBpX
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 751Please respect copyright.PENANA8HZbexMScB
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 751Please respect copyright.PENANAgEEley4AO2
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 751Please respect copyright.PENANAoM2GC6PCYL
believe him at all.751Please respect copyright.PENANApVnO3SEHBL
"Tell me now, Leo! 751Please respect copyright.PENANA7lo9BRkF5n
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 751Please respect copyright.PENANAIpvHDaiHOi
coming from you. I want to know what you're hiding from me, right now!" Kim had looked like punching Leo on the face when she said all that.751Please respect copyright.PENANAjLZ8NP2VPG
"What do you want me to tell you?" Leo had asked Kim, trying to sound as convincing as he possibly could. "I have thought a lot these past days and I don't feel we can continue with all this."751Please respect copyright.PENANAN1IBgqXLUZ
"What! You're still 751Please respect copyright.PENANALZpeli9hi6
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 751Please respect copyright.PENANAw9ZfOj9FEJ
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in751Please respect copyright.PENANArf5I0m7p8o
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 751Please respect copyright.PENANANXaJ2m6qKp
anymore?"751Please respect copyright.PENANACrlfP239dd
"It isn't like that. We can still be friends and nothing more." Leo had suggested, but Kim still hadn't taken it lightly as she shook her head.751Please respect copyright.PENANAJlH5TugT69
"There is someone 751Please respect copyright.PENANAx5YjpOvbWN
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 751Please respect copyright.PENANA2s9uBEuFwu
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 751Please respect copyright.PENANAy3sBWq9D20
Leo!"751Please respect copyright.PENANADex9MIpDMB
Leo had been frustrated 751Please respect copyright.PENANANBokcKCBmL
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 751Please respect copyright.PENANAajKOLS1K6j
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 751Please respect copyright.PENANAbBdvtuNq9i
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 751Please respect copyright.PENANAl2Xq4d4z8D
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 751Please respect copyright.PENANAUeol2hsCwf
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4hqdkLO8i
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 751Please respect copyright.PENANAbAlROCfiKB
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAtZEPKPij5E
"I'll find out the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAU7UvBAg5q6
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 751Please respect copyright.PENANANLdNDPf49P
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6vPeqnkoTh
lying to me!"751Please respect copyright.PENANAjdB3ntTvmo
For a moment, her threat751Please respect copyright.PENANAM06cwaMpLe
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 751Please respect copyright.PENANAqWpajTmCL8
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 751Please respect copyright.PENANAMNjUBpZKMF
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 751Please respect copyright.PENANAmqVXNcjfVZ
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really751Please respect copyright.PENANA54Yxn2NlqN
genuine or not.751Please respect copyright.PENANA2EqMZSmxAL
He was about to ascend 751Please respect copyright.PENANAxIizzNTpD7
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 751Please respect copyright.PENANArtKx25JrUy
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 751Please respect copyright.PENANAHHun184tc7
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAsjc2XpPvZu
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 751Please respect copyright.PENANAbmiS8cH3ZC
thanking Leo for getting the door.751Please respect copyright.PENANAU4a7OuSlSo
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAhFLVdMFQuc
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 751Please respect copyright.PENANA4TvgcfZHlc
"That's good, Leo," said Mrs McDonell, looking at her son with a smile. "So, tell us. When will be the date of the wedding?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZBzE1GGv9
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."751Please respect copyright.PENANAPslDyJ1mjN
Diana and Mrs McDonell 751Please respect copyright.PENANANiQqmvMxXw
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 751Please respect copyright.PENANAznU1X1Sjak
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAupHVmYhIsA
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.751Please respect copyright.PENANALOMZnhhMtn
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAotk6PyhR7d
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."751Please respect copyright.PENANAEClMqMwGyI
"But.....but, you two 751Please respect copyright.PENANAKFxBI9uAe7
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how751Please respect copyright.PENANAWVKTWbyQ77
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAWkmHeKVRf5
"No, I broke up with her. Sorry, if it hurts you, mum, but this is my life and I thought it was best for the both us."751Please respect copyright.PENANAVWPv2ZPoZC
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 751Please respect copyright.PENANAbbbchhHOnG
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 751Please respect copyright.PENANAEmsiU6UVYF
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 751Please respect copyright.PENANA12bCWMzLzj
tell me it's not true, Diana."751Please respect copyright.PENANAWOAQLzs4MK
"I'm afraid it is," said751Please respect copyright.PENANAzZPAJoIIdL
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 751Please respect copyright.PENANAhqmb0wf5Vb
the moment. You need to calm down."751Please respect copyright.PENANAsqEqzAIqwR
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA4PFOKgkbkl
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA3baKXs1ZrH
When Leo tried to leave 751Please respect copyright.PENANACgMaZEQPna
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 751Please respect copyright.PENANAqH77CvXUG4
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAxYHJkg9iM9
"You're not going any 751Please respect copyright.PENANA0DU4pGCUjx
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 751Please respect copyright.PENANAceLfCEOo6J
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"751Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ztmda1GTY
"I don't have to explain751Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ct47Nl4xm
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 751Please respect copyright.PENANAt37qWPeSSV
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."751Please respect copyright.PENANAsdngjuq01x
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAdgJOCXccSv
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."751Please respect copyright.PENANAlDyCkvf6NA
Leo quickly got away 751Please respect copyright.PENANAhOdE87LGyc
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 751Please respect copyright.PENANAlOPM9X7g4G
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAKT8dnR9bqf
him.751Please respect copyright.PENANAC22vk7uIgz
"Leo! Leo! Get back here right now!" Mrs McDonell called out to her son. "If you don't I swear you will not like me one bit!"751Please respect copyright.PENANAUtLph1mfjG
Leo rolled his eyes as 751Please respect copyright.PENANANN6k5XrqI7
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and751Please respect copyright.PENANA4BPM1zxQdh
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 751Please respect copyright.PENANAs1fUUIoKaS
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAznFtORHqIY
***751Please respect copyright.PENANAosVmS8RCQZ
The751Please respect copyright.PENANARFvHgk25G7
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAivG81q9zmh
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been751Please respect copyright.PENANAbaPYhlA01r
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 751Please respect copyright.PENANASnjo6NHNXh
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother751Please respect copyright.PENANAW5vbAd69HW
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.751Please respect copyright.PENANA2HT5bLXdof
Carly751Please respect copyright.PENANAEkBayrybps
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with751Please respect copyright.PENANAM42Wtw0nXb
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full751Please respect copyright.PENANAX8RFYdVQmO
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother751Please respect copyright.PENANAPci66MBl0l
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAPEwbiwdF0e
Angel751Please respect copyright.PENANACVrLEPiubR
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 751Please respect copyright.PENANANgNngnA10u
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAYkoZGck27b
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 751Please respect copyright.PENANAuLwOqHVz1o
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6mMjMpwsCD
still recovering.751Please respect copyright.PENANADWR3R33Bcf
Right751Please respect copyright.PENANAGaI6QoxQTX
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 751Please respect copyright.PENANABpIknqbKUU
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk751Please respect copyright.PENANA9m9YymgiMm
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.751Please respect copyright.PENANAKaiKBUajPG
As751Please respect copyright.PENANAGIhPg8DaEg
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 751Please respect copyright.PENANAkqviOe0Y9M
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and751Please respect copyright.PENANAZUgX06s4z8
he had a sad look on his face as well.751Please respect copyright.PENANAvwdPkYQd4U
"I751Please respect copyright.PENANABpOloMw2tk
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAAewMKo4vvO
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."751Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZEeAJByrR
"Don't751Please respect copyright.PENANASXAQZjpcyO
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAO61NUBIVJr
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."751Please respect copyright.PENANAyHVgfVdwl9
"Don't worry about it. I will make sure to work everything out. I did promise your mother that I will help you out in anyway."751Please respect copyright.PENANA1dMKRg8rZf
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."751Please respect copyright.PENANAVihLdlmS1R
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."751Please respect copyright.PENANACuAHQoQc4r
Carly751Please respect copyright.PENANAxcBRyH59kf
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 751Please respect copyright.PENANAvDmVXmERaR
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had751Please respect copyright.PENANAM4QtMMmbTX
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 751Please respect copyright.PENANA7KPCDayFww
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 751Please respect copyright.PENANAdNBjKQwIsT
eyes.751Please respect copyright.PENANAScQyCVfMV6
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAceluP6ogcF
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."751Please respect copyright.PENANAcZQJR1vk04
"Yes,751Please respect copyright.PENANANDfkyHoEKu
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 751Please respect copyright.PENANAbV8LKQqNt5
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 751Please respect copyright.PENANAOEkQun0XYX
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."751Please respect copyright.PENANA4lEu75CAdJ
"Okay, lets go."751Please respect copyright.PENANAZikygFlxpr
Carly751Please respect copyright.PENANA1kebGGdXQ1
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 751Please respect copyright.PENANAdABmV9AI3u
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at751Please respect copyright.PENANAU1Hd49d0B3
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 751Please respect copyright.PENANAJA0VVYGchv
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.751Please respect copyright.PENANABVh9SPjGEo
***751Please respect copyright.PENANAsMBtkT5eMa
"I751Please respect copyright.PENANA0jdkEqNRpG
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 751Please respect copyright.PENANAwjCMGu84BS
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 751Please respect copyright.PENANARF9YkHYohM
her in the car. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAwdD5399YEP
Angel,751Please respect copyright.PENANAPsPu4L6Avg
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 751Please respect copyright.PENANADfOgrVY0Vp
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 751Please respect copyright.PENANACNdT9V9WVz
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.751Please respect copyright.PENANAcvpvubthkD
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."751Please respect copyright.PENANA7zqSKCCGmn
"Very751Please respect copyright.PENANAURCVweSV0V
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to751Please respect copyright.PENANAGS6hGaE7mP
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if751Please respect copyright.PENANAVkAS28BRAY
I have to."751Please respect copyright.PENANASf3MxS03Lz
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."751Please respect copyright.PENANAqDSqHNpqIG
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAPAFoB0RmSo
"Don't751Please respect copyright.PENANAV8Z39WXUN2
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough751Please respect copyright.PENANAD1gxCc4E80
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 751Please respect copyright.PENANANOAfKnTz3Z
right, grandma?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAlcXOb3Rfbt
Amanda751Please respect copyright.PENANAt7sdTLNOSs
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 751Please respect copyright.PENANA8ffnDRgdmc
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 751Please respect copyright.PENANAPbtU25V6I1
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 751Please respect copyright.PENANAy3hQwZEXEN
you."751Please respect copyright.PENANA1fhSbraQ3L
Eric751Please respect copyright.PENANAOgjvh7jfrs
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 751Please respect copyright.PENANA7Z4CbdqZH6
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 751Please respect copyright.PENANAJCBcrWV3zP
why.751Please respect copyright.PENANA9EapKV5Wjr
"What?751Please respect copyright.PENANAdKkXIlBsF5
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at751Please respect copyright.PENANAMz9TUFY3fq
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAGuDLX6WkcP
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA29jBsq01FW
"He751Please respect copyright.PENANAkSgdjJONu7
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6981vqWzEP
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 751Please respect copyright.PENANAPXeqF8N18m
you get to know him."751Please respect copyright.PENANAAbTC2uIbWh
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.751Please respect copyright.PENANAAdIgM3ho8l
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.751Please respect copyright.PENANAx9kxGlVjSK
"Oh, no. Nothing."751Please respect copyright.PENANAvc1XW3twgo
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."751Please respect copyright.PENANAdmFKxJt4Zl
All751Please respect copyright.PENANA27ipZ4q01w
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAMMMKNFvd8h
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 751Please respect copyright.PENANArJuA7ZIYZE
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 751Please respect copyright.PENANAOPUuoDGuCF
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had751Please respect copyright.PENANAFCKna7TJrv
never seen such a house ever in her life.751Please respect copyright.PENANAwJf09gCtZk
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAYxO4FkkoH0
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.751Please respect copyright.PENANAALOB5EMURM
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA1qZuvhJk23
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.751Please respect copyright.PENANAD0LU3UlgIe
Angel751Please respect copyright.PENANAbfQiwk53eN
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what751Please respect copyright.PENANAiMvgOeoThA
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.751Please respect copyright.PENANAndjGztCJ43
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 751Please respect copyright.PENANAmZzbmlrrB7
would begin anytime soon.