Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWl4KV87Uei
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtcJK4wVTs
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpXgc3ZB8K
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4e0O0GhMB
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2x9nv01jD
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaleF0k7GoI
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VeW4u9njL
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWmoAWCRoj
boss a call.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQ6sTzrN0c
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4ilq5aOkj
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwv2uPKvFbv
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEylSnVppI4
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOA8Vne2Soo
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0h2yNv0nzX
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehMzToBVWo
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mObHehEQw
looked really tired and restless.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OiCuDSj4c
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5WhYqZFng
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18A7uFx9cd
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5x7nWR6WM3
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoHSiaB7V8
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1jqPicNpo
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHU0UuPusJu
huge loss.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9N40NttpF
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyI5YbDCVA
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtZEjqaRLB
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUPT4XwAPk
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndFQZQZpXg
"What are you planning to do?"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAKNjHUaJb
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7IC69YDA0
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugiaRL9MET
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv78mIUMG7P
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tQI0kNCyA
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiWMqLrv3S
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dk5cHx6i9
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBb5RQLvQ0
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmx67EcR0eo
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNP3DIGvsDG
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53dpFjUa3n
vacant space weren't as good as her.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPG2djvZSM
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnO1mE4Bad
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MLKXGsf39
lucky charm.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PcEbibUBW
And he needed her back real bad.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTnZ9pe3tN
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.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgHSgPnmoP
"I have a job for you."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAFYikbELy
***932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUTfTsvz63
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYKgU3FHCf
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkMT6JAp2a
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBC8ytSTOmy
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJ4H5OAyNu
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnc26pSJqr
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOTiQEWrQI
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAygiJAADXL
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxX0lAQZGj
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1ePH6ONFZ
serious.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSz3TmmPbaA
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2RUgEyfUH
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcdnbThf2m
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpojP2x07dA
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYWbNVxKkx
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEJEB4b8QL
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagV3c3tdb3
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLke5cX9k6L
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XufPQ0TYH
between the two of you considering what happened."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVSLqQLOwh
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWX2yhQaB5T
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABXO3oJMBZ
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QfDXCi1gV
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwbPVjvNBD
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NmwiHegbc
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrkLSZUOlA
"And you never apologised for it," said 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwLAHDa80j
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyJL2ehPgm
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BsnYK17om
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1LI5axpmp
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAm6kfTROr
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTB4AUvilyz
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppAgLJlVE7
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLeQltFPTg
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmoPxkT4th
for what happened to her.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeJp3ECCwO
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ER8PMqCqo
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKxXyspVMb
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzPwFrukpl
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIWDhKrILW
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KQaA6YMaE
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCGs4Tjxop
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLmjFnoM2d
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRhnSD09c5
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6zAqcEanl
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZquxzWRvy
back at the club.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4hWpDJqmm
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCqmOy1u2S
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdoyIgQGg3
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UAowaKHam
sisters completely.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzBWgDBdgo
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7QZtrDVY7
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmGQlyLP5P
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSagqY6YG0
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDXU4oWciS
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwNvX6V0nU
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQUvQ8ltEz
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIsSAa2SdS
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkbVawOlp6
club, not him.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AG16B75pJ
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8aIVNaGnU
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTWLHKqCaJ
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrELhSLG2T
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIa1EijiZ0n
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRUpazibtx
at each other yet, have you?"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXvEKe7Czr
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE03wHdKTFo
"No," they answered at the same time.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEnZtjTFmj
"Great. That's good to know."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtIjuThA8m
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzHXekxnjf
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsfw9TVAPc
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnn9raKbiV
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtfSuwbpgz
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQUtqspcjQ
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLDdcS97ov
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsFs000h3H
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsB0HRcCXOn
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhqFVxl0dh
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcK0p46g95
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKVskMbEY7
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxPXDlZlE4
long."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvtx7BE9TU
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD73sgoPVTR
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaQ4c8VqTM
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqc5AC5UER9
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2N2F76GlP
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HXXYltH6y
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD20BLL7Ppa
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFU8TU0aOH
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZCiF3nI5L
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznGFo3AC9k
Not like this. Something was wrong.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthXd1cy1ud
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fkjJ8HD9Y
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGEzN5CtdG
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgkt52y7ud
embarrassed?"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWLSqqsXyo
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoUAPDiS6H
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfSRLBbV1W
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVh2fzxgBe
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TeTi4QdkS
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzDTTWBFMA
today?"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgGXmkVF5C
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKoNjsARU0
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzESvHSPq1h
you want."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpFFKWjKk5
"It worked for you, didn't it?"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQAOSBnb73
"What do you mean?"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcVZk7M9pQ
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95mRga5nlE
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmQNI4RVkg
sister."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhQMW5bAIc
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7S3c8tP1C
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtyqaXIHUy
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRpyOoyedv
"I'm just speaking the truth."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFsfLVRJfV
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tJCvy9pZA
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhf2dwHBvX
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1Yi7i81x7
"I was protecting my sister."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonqwL5SYvk
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8yFmNJ2rp
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXlX9VTuBG
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIiZa9DX6s
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9cPyMZSv2
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQH3NmD81F6
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPseERhsyfL
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4V01lJwvj3
betray you like Carly betrayed me."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2kkFNWVNQ
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbuqomIUj8
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6TkFX3uh6
crystal glass.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFXxDWXVEi
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuAB6Tw1Fj
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VjuL0jCqh
in this situation right now."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kZBu44DoM
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBRTzmm5Vy
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BxlEvnutz
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRG03eC6fI
actions.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu91AUiFm76
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJ3azpWZOj
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44qTQIZm5h
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5uRVOrgwb
near Carly."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZliMR353B
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhhQgEFL2H
"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......"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIg94OdfzY
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1a0hCLcy7
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipaGA00huY
Carly, she would be insulting herself.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGPDkHo2FH
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqXoAq51d6
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEp9PwHaVd
"That would never happen."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqp9VIue5uW
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpiOQlgEoS
"A fool in love, yes."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQckcJcAYI
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyv9il5UiXP
"Why? Because you don't like me?"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsQnZiHIrw
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJr61XAotx
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniIfin7a4T
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoc4oXzMYof
and my accident that she would ever change."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNq93XP9ELO
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIq5qlexUIH
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKWvOnQB0a
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vvAJnJcp5
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8CaylpDnc
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dLtuMV52Z
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fKDv1HmF8
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQQUrlD9e0
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwCuefn0Yn
puzzled.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OKPs6GtZM
***932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZd8awmWdm
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmChWIztYaw
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjkysUgLKR
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJTIDnUncn
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtuwgVcTVp
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2qKgwy4Ud
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2XFGAbqCN
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeDemvxocm
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCINEHZ3KFj
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuC4nWFGliS
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKefimzDTh5
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3VOLxi3cy
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQnHUqJRo6
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJS9GaiET1
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRv1LsTn5mQ
McDonell should be.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Q0JzE4qs7
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xhylxOLO7
"Our family has been successfully with the 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡef0BxvC0XB
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhzR3zecjJ
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Coy3lfAgQ
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXJdeftpuu
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4bmsWPfIx
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡliTHy5w9EH
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnevyKgpKP3
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMsE1QpmMP
especially from my brother. He is so kind."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLakg41QzG
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijD9uRK2r4
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABA4IsT1Rk
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dKWJiUZQJ
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXiJQ5qgHs
model.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZLtsmQvA5
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqQxXT9zZ7
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03fEa2npmd
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbB1E5EWDUc
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHXAqW1vQn
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06N3cS5cmA
the financial state her family was in.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIx21BEbtD
But now that she was with the McDonell 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh51w28RDL4
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQNKWJPXEg
she has always wanted.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5MbWTBBqL
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqGT0vz27D
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMM92376F6
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraYg7QU7Ys
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZQcQdzYp1
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VqcAJTCEV
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sbkEYUqMk
"That would be awesome."932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVotSoWRTy
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwR7M0eYmB
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NCmw0aLsb
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgyWlRbyGp
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EFqxEC6pr
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZpIiJKYGC
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcTNc0AnYE
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUMRxDIuRo
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtwWvTIm4v
Miranda.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQniCRDji89
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZNJSFTPvk
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZBIpd44ly
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vd4DnxYhq
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrO8vtPgbiH
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzDDfY62I2
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxGNkd3aiw
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRn9KV9FpI
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpikFKvsD3q
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODKzv6AH9v
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaUE36jcBv
she never ever discussed her life with them.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qMGmDsSn6
Could it be Miranda?932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1i2Oo7Z69p
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWYpTZLlMJ
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67fuLnr63L
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdycay135B
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LtTP4MUea
And now she was calling Carly after all this932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbj9PqFHxV
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPY3Vxbvkv
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ319T75mYJu
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5UUpHVIbU
betrayal.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1wfBJxwAG
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzNtzE8kug
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYz1OqZmUrE
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexa95bpEI6
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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