Leo gave out a sigh of 710Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9gcuPzaqo
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 710Please respect copyright.PENANAOBge27BDgT
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never710Please respect copyright.PENANAtkiMJkPkan
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had710Please respect copyright.PENANAe7GhYHkHyN
expected. 710Please respect copyright.PENANAyaDWTk7mlG
When Leo had told her 710Please respect copyright.PENANAhaTw1DO4gH
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 710Please respect copyright.PENANAK0K4LhvY47
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 710Please respect copyright.PENANAyCqpdied22
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 710Please respect copyright.PENANAPv3mJewVqz
"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.710Please respect copyright.PENANAvt9zQBnGoA
Leo couldn't tell Kim 710Please respect copyright.PENANAI78UQiQymG
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 710Please respect copyright.PENANAK1WhTPO2kY
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 710Please respect copyright.PENANA4LZpzTkumW
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 710Please respect copyright.PENANAa4psPNORrY
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 710Please respect copyright.PENANAec0Bk8Nuku
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 710Please respect copyright.PENANAQLYd5WGnL2
believe him at all.710Please respect copyright.PENANATXEvjCeNpE
"Tell me now, Leo! 710Please respect copyright.PENANA8yHvDIuMv5
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 710Please respect copyright.PENANApJEgAfq1Vb
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.710Please respect copyright.PENANAAXTE2antxK
"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."710Please respect copyright.PENANA6xBoeAMFFm
"What! You're still 710Please respect copyright.PENANA51ZdxHuCCq
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 710Please respect copyright.PENANAnplwl2TE4B
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in710Please respect copyright.PENANAFxAW4H9nkG
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 710Please respect copyright.PENANA1hU4C5OocF
anymore?"710Please respect copyright.PENANAuZ0Fmol78g
"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.710Please respect copyright.PENANABMdxrj1nRK
"There is someone 710Please respect copyright.PENANAgximZ3dUCj
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 710Please respect copyright.PENANAQWHycVHXzI
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 710Please respect copyright.PENANAA7sK0hZvUY
Leo!"710Please respect copyright.PENANAWCEMt6ivrU
Leo had been frustrated 710Please respect copyright.PENANAgFynhuCPze
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 710Please respect copyright.PENANA5CftW6dxZY
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 710Please respect copyright.PENANAY7HpoL2DH9
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 710Please respect copyright.PENANAMm8zG9hjeJ
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 710Please respect copyright.PENANAEeKPvMDkHv
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 710Please respect copyright.PENANAZIDqyccBZT
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 710Please respect copyright.PENANAhqpWAApm7G
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 710Please respect copyright.PENANAatRiRIQsZ8
"I'll find out the 710Please respect copyright.PENANAWY6cb1Mut7
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 710Please respect copyright.PENANAZgLYlmYWYE
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 710Please respect copyright.PENANArDqj98XZqF
lying to me!"710Please respect copyright.PENANALXgG2ZJNvZ
For a moment, her threat710Please respect copyright.PENANAqUx2Zp7uzD
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 710Please respect copyright.PENANAbDEXiDcMU8
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 710Please respect copyright.PENANAIcE6tCBFkX
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 710Please respect copyright.PENANAicYv3S4ULn
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really710Please respect copyright.PENANAkibutvtxbP
genuine or not.710Please respect copyright.PENANABIfkeU4BRd
He was about to ascend 710Please respect copyright.PENANA6fH1BG90Hh
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 710Please respect copyright.PENANA6tz0USuDQp
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 710Please respect copyright.PENANAI6bFfRL7II
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 710Please respect copyright.PENANAW59evvogcJ
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 710Please respect copyright.PENANATz9aVeJUzk
thanking Leo for getting the door.710Please respect copyright.PENANAjFLC5DoqSi
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"710Please respect copyright.PENANAppWWuRI9b1
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 710Please respect copyright.PENANAYqVhkPgqcW
"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?"710Please respect copyright.PENANAkbCbU6NYA0
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."710Please respect copyright.PENANAU9EcqExJOD
Diana and Mrs McDonell 710Please respect copyright.PENANA3CnJIGDOp3
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 710Please respect copyright.PENANAIZtaLDfY6O
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 710Please respect copyright.PENANAftsVHd1MTS
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.710Please respect copyright.PENANAQIwOwjLNJm
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 710Please respect copyright.PENANAfKSGNryThy
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."710Please respect copyright.PENANA4lXDGkvXue
"But.....but, you two 710Please respect copyright.PENANAkdO54Ug1i2
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how710Please respect copyright.PENANAwVVopJNNtH
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"710Please respect copyright.PENANA2WRrwl15MA
"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."710Please respect copyright.PENANAiWGAFQUkOc
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 710Please respect copyright.PENANA4yKnlqqtcY
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 710Please respect copyright.PENANAJCJZ2WzwDs
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 710Please respect copyright.PENANAGo9G1nHbIE
tell me it's not true, Diana."710Please respect copyright.PENANA38T1lqCmM8
"I'm afraid it is," said710Please respect copyright.PENANAiNe8yn9ar2
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 710Please respect copyright.PENANAY9P79hBuJB
the moment. You need to calm down."710Please respect copyright.PENANABEvI0tULFw
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"710Please respect copyright.PENANAEs6lKRrWNh
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"710Please respect copyright.PENANAU11eRx8Fg3
When Leo tried to leave 710Please respect copyright.PENANAqK7O76vFV3
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 710Please respect copyright.PENANAVhn1m2ZYO3
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 710Please respect copyright.PENANARrn0qPHeiZ
"You're not going any 710Please respect copyright.PENANAmEOPsNtozW
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 710Please respect copyright.PENANAqdfqjKub53
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"710Please respect copyright.PENANAh4zUYutUUz
"I don't have to explain710Please respect copyright.PENANAWym2wsJ7R4
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 710Please respect copyright.PENANAqqiGcTJ2LT
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."710Please respect copyright.PENANAqoV9nFdvL0
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"710Please respect copyright.PENANACz3I2b9AMq
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."710Please respect copyright.PENANAM2KsY3bGcs
Leo quickly got away 710Please respect copyright.PENANAs1oCb9wXII
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 710Please respect copyright.PENANA8iMCem9mbQ
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 710Please respect copyright.PENANAyyFkDdjZy3
him.710Please respect copyright.PENANAk5ALf5aAwu
"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!"710Please respect copyright.PENANAMzffc1UXZ0
Leo rolled his eyes as 710Please respect copyright.PENANAWznfoTyDct
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and710Please respect copyright.PENANAQn7FMknGaf
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 710Please respect copyright.PENANAVe0XAZea0D
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 710Please respect copyright.PENANAMZ2PkLqeYj
***710Please respect copyright.PENANAZegE3jnJ6S
The710Please respect copyright.PENANApQfjYUJT0j
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 710Please respect copyright.PENANA5u11M0yPO0
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been710Please respect copyright.PENANAt1Tj0hzGDJ
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 710Please respect copyright.PENANAgUCbPBUNdu
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother710Please respect copyright.PENANAN693cXoeEa
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.710Please respect copyright.PENANAIxmVqYlaoT
Carly710Please respect copyright.PENANAkziDMv8dzP
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with710Please respect copyright.PENANAyd2xWUBYVQ
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full710Please respect copyright.PENANALeH4XHOUxH
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother710Please respect copyright.PENANAEKmIFpFRrQ
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 710Please respect copyright.PENANAfz8FgUJydD
Angel710Please respect copyright.PENANAJCFDBjPSYB
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 710Please respect copyright.PENANAEuBpeZaARM
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 710Please respect copyright.PENANAGfqpW77Zaq
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 710Please respect copyright.PENANAYMr2SBPp9k
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 710Please respect copyright.PENANAGLaKMmPstz
still recovering.710Please respect copyright.PENANA874CfrPRiM
Right710Please respect copyright.PENANAaLxQEhucsY
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 710Please respect copyright.PENANANzMigdDQoW
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk710Please respect copyright.PENANA265e5xon3S
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.710Please respect copyright.PENANABaJDWNLmAD
As710Please respect copyright.PENANAAIiwpbOoO9
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 710Please respect copyright.PENANAjgDVaDoEk8
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and710Please respect copyright.PENANAcYX2tc468x
he had a sad look on his face as well.710Please respect copyright.PENANAIGvtcF82tf
"I710Please respect copyright.PENANAMS3ab8vdn6
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 710Please respect copyright.PENANAdBqkWGffCv
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."710Please respect copyright.PENANA1PVipdUoBX
"Don't710Please respect copyright.PENANAcxUOvw4Yqh
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 710Please respect copyright.PENANAAQmkjDpkTR
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."710Please respect copyright.PENANAojs11SRf7T
"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."710Please respect copyright.PENANAvtQJ5r8mnw
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."710Please respect copyright.PENANAuuRwPlzzBz
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."710Please respect copyright.PENANAyIrrxSw4en
Carly710Please respect copyright.PENANA3e8e5eNctF
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 710Please respect copyright.PENANAmvAReM3pX8
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had710Please respect copyright.PENANAMYo8HGxQXa
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 710Please respect copyright.PENANA85hj0yOucM
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 710Please respect copyright.PENANAJZsbtAJvjO
eyes.710Please respect copyright.PENANAe6pvdrNl3z
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"710Please respect copyright.PENANAXJ5Nxjz4Ub
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."710Please respect copyright.PENANASK7Gc3NZ3K
"Yes,710Please respect copyright.PENANAdrLaaR2Bzr
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 710Please respect copyright.PENANAZLd5vgsQas
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 710Please respect copyright.PENANA9MalbqfrvM
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."710Please respect copyright.PENANAzKazcpsETN
"Okay, lets go."710Please respect copyright.PENANAszpfPeW88K
Carly710Please respect copyright.PENANAcL53Iypax2
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 710Please respect copyright.PENANAD7HQsH8U1t
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at710Please respect copyright.PENANAby3WwhFcUN
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 710Please respect copyright.PENANAK9uUnQifMN
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.710Please respect copyright.PENANAgfFo5Mqksm
***710Please respect copyright.PENANA2hfLGdda9Y
"I710Please respect copyright.PENANAMC4zOfdBLv
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 710Please respect copyright.PENANA70fbUzOJhN
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 710Please respect copyright.PENANAdpDF3IfaXd
her in the car. 710Please respect copyright.PENANAVSTgtF8Ulh
Angel,710Please respect copyright.PENANAvxBEioJJSX
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 710Please respect copyright.PENANAsdyUqkrTyZ
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 710Please respect copyright.PENANAprAJ7vVkZ8
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.710Please respect copyright.PENANAkzlIrwRdoF
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."710Please respect copyright.PENANApFQr8ZsT7m
"Very710Please respect copyright.PENANA4TNOmwAPwr
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to710Please respect copyright.PENANA8b9Je4QjVL
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if710Please respect copyright.PENANATVIhRiifiW
I have to."710Please respect copyright.PENANAvPCp9ic3W6
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."710Please respect copyright.PENANAZH75TrxuWQ
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 710Please respect copyright.PENANABECHsRNX0C
"Don't710Please respect copyright.PENANANPc8fpX6o4
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough710Please respect copyright.PENANAXZvgK4ml0q
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 710Please respect copyright.PENANATrQNJ4Shk0
right, grandma?"710Please respect copyright.PENANAraXjZwOerp
Amanda710Please respect copyright.PENANA3GP9Yb00dc
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 710Please respect copyright.PENANAM1FpkM4onG
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 710Please respect copyright.PENANA3h7H7SDTMB
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 710Please respect copyright.PENANAFHzNLtV7fI
you."710Please respect copyright.PENANAmVmGijg6a9
Eric710Please respect copyright.PENANARjI4Bfwi2y
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 710Please respect copyright.PENANAYaeCsaNnKn
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 710Please respect copyright.PENANAqIRNtYOOWP
why.710Please respect copyright.PENANAn5j9HrY822
"What?710Please respect copyright.PENANA8Cx5f0tlnz
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at710Please respect copyright.PENANAXwTAHIG7c6
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"710Please respect copyright.PENANAjSAMM0NEl0
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"710Please respect copyright.PENANAzOpouxx6C1
"He710Please respect copyright.PENANAVxBESevT4U
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 710Please respect copyright.PENANAx5DpC69uWq
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 710Please respect copyright.PENANATlWtr2iVHt
you get to know him."710Please respect copyright.PENANAY18RswCueo
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.710Please respect copyright.PENANA9uZCRPE0uR
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.710Please respect copyright.PENANA7yBR28fhuy
"Oh, no. Nothing."710Please respect copyright.PENANAV10CIundsk
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."710Please respect copyright.PENANA3o8AfEoCJK
All710Please respect copyright.PENANAyMPcXZgPzq
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 710Please respect copyright.PENANAZYSDJo4tvP
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 710Please respect copyright.PENANAtLVEfyAYLV
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 710Please respect copyright.PENANAe2ZPndGVUX
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had710Please respect copyright.PENANAm1PjpJFHoG
never seen such a house ever in her life.710Please respect copyright.PENANAf5QPuJHAOX
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"710Please respect copyright.PENANA9qrzfqY10s
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.710Please respect copyright.PENANAPQezdVkNqd
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"710Please respect copyright.PENANA8fzjXYExaA
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.710Please respect copyright.PENANArhm8CV9sr7
Angel710Please respect copyright.PENANALMaGyiuRET
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what710Please respect copyright.PENANAidGWf9Ltu0
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.710Please respect copyright.PENANAumVsnqAyB3
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 710Please respect copyright.PENANAsrSpDj39Iz
would begin anytime soon.