Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9ODYkKQV1
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe48eKAFHz2
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AmD6nFO5J
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ep9v8QROU
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNtJ1JKNeu
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eijslJNnz
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEKC48Lf5T
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfJqkpzfed
boss a call.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJ1H0i4nuq
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPoxjTmP5e
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuS3O7ZvwlG
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qOMd2ib0V
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcmIxCoPw1
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2TktKbCrd
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZHArvkMRq
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmceKuSCED8
looked really tired and restless.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUavY5Gppv
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfe013jmH0j
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2siwAtFpn
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DDLklCG7Y
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3F18D9t0U
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7rWEjZWr6
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamGI8MfCx8
huge loss.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSIaeKFby5
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9ij7m3YSC
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEF67fszQw
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0F8pTw8ANe
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlClLM002A
"What are you planning to do?"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ToJLOxKzb
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe10QRhp28Y
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xTnl66QmG
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQN4tFpon7k
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR57BqFZbIG
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kg0Qjiq2t
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttKmn7oj7M
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthQroE2TL5
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnSTs8XGdS
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQBH0EMcAc
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CyTVwMp19
vacant space weren't as good as her.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxwZ1rlq3L
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1s0y4MWD7M
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRydxgVB4GS
lucky charm.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrIQoftKEH
And he needed her back real bad.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInksq8Udo5
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.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9GHQUBYtD
"I have a job for you."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73NTgCp9Hg
***899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgITP5NZdq
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvgpXYfKVa
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYxPR9ugi2
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUdtjlTzVC
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nHL0rYDt1
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dvKMvkBHX
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aQPg8IP2x
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrRrps4oWP
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yzlQRvoWt
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8JlCbhz0P
serious.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDWGS7llCw
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhomy5Et1QO
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqS2dEzJqx
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYMKFEJmo3
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVe4W0pu2yZ
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjVPmUCeb8
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmU5OoYnwE
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIVGR19itM
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzC6R5Ec1hc
between the two of you considering what happened."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWfnlyH5kn
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSMW2xT4Hq
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBRiGzzeT1
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKD5hMA3pgQ
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMlYRu614M
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQ58pOYL7x
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ynjRQQKo9
"And you never apologised for it," said 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFKsiJPhvn
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgw5W8ydLZ
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59SP0KXZV5
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIu3Aa9WtX4
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGu6RXuOeu
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aLBhieze8
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENgBdeH5EP
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcY7p0iUenX
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Vz4sgeVXy
for what happened to her.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbG89BsiFq
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgupwlvmiJ
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabdIZrKSYh
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZimrpBgZN0
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpTVaIx8gP
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqUQLYsGA6
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4KJ5sM52O
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OLMQaoK2u
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeeQFnZrxi
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OTB6YiSMX
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweB5OgffpF
back at the club.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSmrN6lJyl
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkrWkSUC79
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0z0Ba3HOz
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqCPPnEyxX
sisters completely.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3kRsHRGTH
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcOTExmFn2
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hTlaeLBJw
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjHdafZEnH
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8LU9BiVYJ
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRbUd98c3I
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjkKmA8ovG
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw08gn9kIPd
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AZHMNMAyA
club, not him.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuuGtfdq3J
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHnGnewB7A
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VNjdS8BMi
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9V02iVb9j
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmZtt9SpcJ
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ddBsD93B1
at each other yet, have you?"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlejJWRePI
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZU3Z86BaXu
"No," they answered at the same time.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlSID42GKK
"Great. That's good to know."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AwjAJ2EZR
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDun5QVE3M2
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYaMVZarUH
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjdCIGHtIo
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxKQkFrOdq
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7v1Cwetrt
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eiFv1LRuq
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjo8cbmvHCn
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3h3IJ7z7FH
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxAJPPcYox
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEjRugnbWF
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFmQJoQigU
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLovcMPgbSf
long."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL27Dpwyzm6
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnVaBRWcwv
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc42NpuQRLp
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fsZNkpByo
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY54BcCHUzY
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lRAbccbgn
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82xYQ0db21
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsExlhX3Op
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6InO7oTOAo
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCc4sawhmE
Not like this. Something was wrong.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGoNsLC9Z5
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyEeWLfImz
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbOJpmetB8
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQ4NCAD4hl
embarrassed?"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuK2R2YTeX
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OoFNG2ydO
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39ZJRjTu19
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKqllQM7Nd
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhXs9CIrSF
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdx4lQUnmxG
today?"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCKwjjdAjY
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpvfSaekzZ
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ118iyCBVxC
you want."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdMwE8cpXC
"It worked for you, didn't it?"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhkh2ToQXv
"What do you mean?"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoCmzvla5v
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYsGq8rz8l
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtrWHQKTVM
sister."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vWOczQcMx
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡparmhha7DZ
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIFZoXaYKg
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CCHaoyZgV
"I'm just speaking the truth."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Plr3JNSwH
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWg3JZLlWe
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SmxXAUUaW
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7vXp7crGa
"I was protecting my sister."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmpJeS0G2o
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnoQBuuiS9
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKuhZ6qn6h
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURHl9DhL3d
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EmhRWRtxD
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOqax5IsBb
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3e44kWZLVE
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTn4KaA8eR
betray you like Carly betrayed me."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpDS69mSwO
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ687AC6TpO
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwjLRyl3x7
crystal glass.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSVRDcMMT2
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZKyYny8gk
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOiQfLE6gZ
in this situation right now."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIt5QUSc0E
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRMuQxg8n6
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCYYMEv3Mo
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00llVK2Ol0
actions.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgu2xsdVFgK
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhsOh1Qs6G
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpah3odDVwD
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cmnAt0uqE
near Carly."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU39AJmAtGi
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqJ64eHKJo
"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......"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Idrog1Wfy
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHqUUe0Whc
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHNhAJ8WIX
Carly, she would be insulting herself.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0Dr4Uk1wM
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlBQi97Ca3
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1kC2KJa2Z
"That would never happen."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtfgQEEXVK
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGpC4RLTgG
"A fool in love, yes."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NgqD473Tu
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSspEL6sEwQ
"Why? Because you don't like me?"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4yz55Ka8p
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69kMjWb9nn
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQyFWeQwUp
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDVvpMeeSx
and my accident that she would ever change."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhT83wUffNP
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UsTsDarfU
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CWc2qYlB8
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOnCj2bYAi
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxsaXSMPf3
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBxn5VHxE2
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrYxmCSx6S
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEtMTN4BeI
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOgLDVDSFu
puzzled.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegH8bf97LC
***899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEy8BAa53M
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8emCV3qyj6
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYQ6Wmu3I6
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHyxy7HLWT
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6GKxUgB2K
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44nf0xURdZ
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSt7uvZFORl
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡco0aG1Fgle
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKOXIbLV2c
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15hE8QStDo
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxyqXPpqNi
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVDY2zyeu3
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05OHA5lw7i
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLU8v2odLNe
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVf3w7v5ND
McDonell should be.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObc44GVoaV
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uydCMgZWG
"Our family has been successfully with the 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN1arwKw4H
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiT0bynlST
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4xHNdDAFd
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RJH41UpCP
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38npIDbfi9
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdbcXxSvVS
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaN6ddihF4
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0b2GJ2Sxxk
especially from my brother. He is so kind."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUZ21icsGP
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMgyflfFTT
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDsseOBjfB
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xMUcVckEm
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MGL6TKIdp
model.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeackOaHMPe
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAO4KhEBcf
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yxLhUDY54
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJ9MFScK48
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mFGg4P0TA
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKCbv4bK5o
the financial state her family was in.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeB9wSp0mK0
But now that she was with the McDonell 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LwqpaNxn5
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMDLCn5qhf
she has always wanted.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCF0boGJFxu
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bmVLF64Hj
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrObviJLo3O
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31eyRXyzpK
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpg9R8MY8MQ
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnyqPFd6pX
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFIyx1UB3s
"That would be awesome."899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7rlRE38lB
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggqLHM0oH4
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdmIc9Nqgw
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcE1VcKADpl
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkI0uztRyZ
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtHe2OJwOO
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVDbgPRoVs
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrgYeRe1YH
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPusmWuY8bh
Miranda.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡas41mK7BDQ
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggpWfqdvcI
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIk7SEoEors
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydYxQvXnh6
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd68FDlKvcr
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXbMCFrOFb
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhS7rdfQ9mu
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKskzhNsBMh
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMckLr8FVQl
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6zAj6guFb
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1i9Q45TUp
she never ever discussed her life with them.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVtvGWUa9P
Could it be Miranda?899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FWGi1DOcS
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVy3fLR5pJj
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTRUpcyrnF
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCLKMq20o1
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqeEzaBO6B
And now she was calling Carly after all this899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXARMYXskhZ
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZi9IrPX4Aj
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP28V7uKK4r
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgfLsWmxtJ
betrayal.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6epVSKBwgo
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0KCr35kvL
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGxNEvzrDD
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVA8xQb57bp
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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