Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPk2X1Rqsn
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpL8DktzmOZ
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CUHfiWqn5
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbnhXbpBLW
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVrFtCR781
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZzNmQ9Ojb
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFfYQPBsl0
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HUyD8MFzR
boss a call.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVof8mzoYlV
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQspN90YW6y
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQ5H8PMJZy
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDN5ImbcZB
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXq5VDqKI7O
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYjZMGWTa2
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1mlYn5WWx
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhVEJ9tB1j
looked really tired and restless.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5Sg1ttrGi
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpj4dnWjx1Z
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXc3rt5eYCK
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40j2hs7gBX
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ihk3BdJxx
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78ZMi1DmWN
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SgrXZyNt1
huge loss.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5KZMrplTp
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmj60baN57I
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwdaa1nirH
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4Z64eA9yD
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54pKHyy1Go
"What are you planning to do?"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy52otDOHUZ
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAIq0seRiV
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7dzcKDoSk
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG40U9o2c0P
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbitjiH5aD
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4hAojryKO
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDyD39iSGG
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6W88ehdO0
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1AIDQo6iV
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0W4BxusjP8
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75pF4STyEc
vacant space weren't as good as her.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQUuJQB38U
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLFeF9X350
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiThtnT3Yrh
lucky charm.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Z4HmUDMzG
And he needed her back real bad.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBUNZX1OzC
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.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qIOwLkmi0
"I have a job for you."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQkrmxuw0h
***786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkzLi7579u
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNArQYsqqY
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwCRdtDlXf
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecsXoI1WV6
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rTq6rJUu9
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iZxX7VPya
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpK2gfSSPC
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazw6fxC1ry
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpFk8XoU9w
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsy3h8yT32
serious.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkS7FKU83gz
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyZ4W3bQmR
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCahIav0EXd
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH545yJsrGU
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0QoxojAhl
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCmpT1J9Un
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PFDF8afOH
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9jW3h41WQ
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4edgyWwhBR
between the two of you considering what happened."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCLlyqQ7bi
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdShSHq7xn9
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkqMYFAotQ
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBiK5Zpt6C
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJvVfWMecr
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHpevMCOB8
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdv45zpkk2S
"And you never apologised for it," said 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaUWV4SfyF
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8x9nxrGY7
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKiZntRA41
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDy4W7sXds9
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxI5JUIifA
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zGY1R85pk
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIp43dPbT3
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnI2zXH0GvD
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGG3Q8jfo9
for what happened to her.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxdWNqD40P
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztjcB1zxIi
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBzggWFAWy
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMN1f88l7AY
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkflEHIbmF
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7akmpSaln
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BTfG9QDey
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIjWkigGKd
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6nJ9NMP0U
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKQnnJux5J
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbjQmPUa08
back at the club.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjEysbENGJ
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH53WuHIVIu
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuw4hNhfiVs
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb79ci57FrT
sisters completely.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHXUx24hPw
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9yNkkazrh
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S74zUN7tl
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJDgiw7MFb
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxkzrlFM64
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaEachL6Uv
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DjrSgUxum
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4829cIDhtu
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S0bQBnSjm
club, not him.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKn1ujcosJB
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDf6zeKur6
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtMeHRWMjX
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbcwz2ng98
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82tR4NIBSw
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWveWIfZud
at each other yet, have you?"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlo3q9du9kK
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYJk4llMof
"No," they answered at the same time.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMbEisSi6b
"Great. That's good to know."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSe9ePfWiH
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHdf4OdI0G
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcxI3eJTec
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbmnTDj6f7
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyP0NwjxxgK
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDug7pjRnw
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bZK9JrNfa
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2duCsu5JmD
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yoK6vNKiI
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrf5IlGZHP
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdlgQuixkB
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5KLlqFaLD
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhx598kh0y
long."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgYRTDeZ7I
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ15Tz6oTwH
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfuYXrItjP
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSHa4CN8Ne
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAVdeYb9Aw
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSJ1FDj2JL
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvzmaWGhax
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwq6SbG44S
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1LCkJMe7U
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vWdIlyYYu
Not like this. Something was wrong.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkuToHd9Ob
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7hf1PlL6E
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZtzZCGRMx
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNf40nPhor
embarrassed?"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYRFH5SjIk
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uHvg6MXiZ
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWqhmZLlih
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bOf0vamy4
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1ABTRQaYE
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNPnX9BpTL
today?"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6ZKhidGIp
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5pCwsDP8e
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpmvmecoqA
you want."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPU32wFVFJ
"It worked for you, didn't it?"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbDTzh9Bw7
"What do you mean?"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SI37kP4TJ
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNOAWRdH8M
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemNVETFCrU
sister."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFGecQh1i8
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgbKl5MFpB
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eBUdUpNir
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvQyTBviBP
"I'm just speaking the truth."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVMhh0OuJJ
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSm7NCSC4GU
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYN5WX3mi9
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLDqgwlY68
"I was protecting my sister."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4AJaulhNA
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCNyVz7CVT
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KcZSfJpcv
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdEguL0rkU
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NNNJwe0eZ
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGu8EvSYQ6P
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcm0TfrrqO
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pEnMt1OD1
betray you like Carly betrayed me."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHmfOwS7xj
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSnk6wLUb1
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7oymvXaZ4
crystal glass.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf32BQvii5
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdkTnYYU15
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpysZG9hca
in this situation right now."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnTkfgiuNH
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrWjI6k2U1
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvl0fjNsWVC
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCNYZyzkbi
actions.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxqjqT78OD
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUw4ZUBKXc
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGJ4vGMcPt
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4H2tWTPOU
near Carly."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvKUkMFL57
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanZpN8ejLi
"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......"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlApG4djvI6
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAT05h29gs
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0Z45WiZCK
Carly, she would be insulting herself.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyXKnuxyf4
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywFBH6GXgV
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1rVvDfCqp
"That would never happen."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KHpZmxquH
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBl5BUW7jw
"A fool in love, yes."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqUxEvUMpk
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvptWW4jZfd
"Why? Because you don't like me?"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rRDyjTjnj
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCMioLLYa2
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2bXMb3dT6
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImhyHqb7wH
and my accident that she would ever change."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkYLoj5pRI
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHX5RFR39O
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43MNA9fytb
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7PYyjolQS
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdSzInlFUz
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0AkvatSOq
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrRng5bf87
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeosDKHwTEL
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnostC8dTzT
puzzled.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DhLIZTUrc
***786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3hvyLioOW
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Jk624ml93
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRuUjmE7yQ
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcDAQumSn0
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lmh4ib3xn
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwy6eeQBGyH
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkQsdGyMMH
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JGxETdkQp
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLW5SqFJ47q
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Sk0TDod5A
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAcsjUPJmf
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjpUUl7rXu
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaPB3u2XqJ
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmc83UVPst1
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOD2oI1laI
McDonell should be.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrxCORWbJs
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqp4uOaNqaR
"Our family has been successfully with the 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgg6crP2VN
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXXHNJYrIN
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLex6L5KrP
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNFntIAuHj
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjFeXn3zW4
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOdVXSxXmb
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsq0QHNCb8
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgN0VRJiqVS
especially from my brother. He is so kind."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlL5qvPNbv
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2Qu8ZpHmu
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0q6JNBnpxm
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWig61NwFd
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedTJHbc8mY
model.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ390Jb11Wly
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6clK3kkZA
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqN2nxhNPs
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRReO1L3ho
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtQqI4bsMg
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHItY8STV4
the financial state her family was in.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyyiY7QQa8
But now that she was with the McDonell 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdCj35pDa1
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXobmMtvFU
she has always wanted.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHQYB0PBfl
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1K7tqyUgMZ
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIUG6jHmyc
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHl16yxqiQv
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjif2IA3Sm
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttL1zif3G1
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEl0MyIVKK
"That would be awesome."786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAKBeCwwIM
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFtehqqAOR
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXl1gIxISN
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57qw848lK0
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jfvTB75G9
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7YKNYy35x
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9lq1yHi19
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhzD7F6OUr
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCecFhE2iv
Miranda.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLc4ejGrDkU
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jO1s2p0sz
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbC7yTkBmd
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBqxc2ju63
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwR5DCH7lfF
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoJYRSPcB4
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpbnnTlIqh
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeWV5M1JhX
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCewKBU4co
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJTm41045D
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnd22UaooU
she never ever discussed her life with them.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LhzBboFxv
Could it be Miranda?786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurPOYuLCV9
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiw72vijEbK
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwytIWFoXs
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhAHA21PR2
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfKSNOsT9m
And now she was calling Carly after all this786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfNqsltolI
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrpBlHcYAV
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aq9D9Svgj
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyihU4XYz0
betrayal.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrtxKMFSJZ
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqVKRq15ju
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhG4u7Jmgh1
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RZ5oEiXj6
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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