Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDPf3QxtZy
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OBBCUEv0B
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOOewwwWF7
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMPDoRLeIR
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpU3AoGwGjX
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoexfkgWaiA
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6pbmwDKlV
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qtlwfimhX
boss a call.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmNjR9Weel
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsclDq84W1F
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDTNdAxzFg
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgij5c4YBxw
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKhxbHJEpg
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKMqNtYudA
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2ZhbLPV0y
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKhzH8bOlR
looked really tired and restless.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYV6TD0GWW
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUeR1XDlpes
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7X7Tg0MDro
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZonepLwBC
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡni4CVTdBXb
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8u4i7FNGS
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7W0HDczrj7
huge loss.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0jz7MsMZd
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdH6AygXo9E
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJh56OdLqX
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PiqEoVHaf
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFz1Qi62HQ
"What are you planning to do?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJVTpNnG5Q
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirlvjq2jxe
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxBsNaD3Ti
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvZSLX7w6o
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCm4yKfgWX
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKh6DWGrzt
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGH1CUJnJ8
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rKGgVVvpq
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5J5vCx1Q8
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFv6HlGdZ5
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oMVNIF7VL
vacant space weren't as good as her.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eGVGrvfaX
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxpbkMWyG4
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡul9lwxwNlL
lucky charm.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtTJv20YX4
And he needed her back real bad.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfro2xNTDjD
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3W3xw8USx
"I have a job for you."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iJbtfBS1K
***846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu58LUikj3V
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2MzPg0EOj
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYM2aG5ul7w
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqahJSxkl90
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRaEbMxiET
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM49lc0nwRC
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXCjJj9VLS
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzAXsdwoAF
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8CdO6fLaU
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkH83SB08D
serious.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwhi483Nvf
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLL1hlNgdOv
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5CKczJ5bV
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJDkHax1rN
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RUutxP4Op
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEB7MF6eJG
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNvkUyvmHW
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGaFCVc4aR
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrBm52yxrI
between the two of you considering what happened."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1HBR8JQGb
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNLeAWgRgG
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkAHjNyaRK
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroVGNnRix3
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjjhwnPQG7
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriX0V3y7L1
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXL78XEkco
"And you never apologised for it," said 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8V1Wbm3FUK
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApDcydloyd
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRANZlZ9TA
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvklwEf08i
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNo36bLdJNF
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5e0UWRpZw
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7Ivgr8A90
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qGdvOYVYf
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0X7ddobBR
for what happened to her.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuyztbKykh
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9RVlLSQIG
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMCbBxBLto
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOZCyFyQca
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlZd9lXsU6
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OJh2KvzGJ
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuLsNAoSph
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIIx4d1mUK
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlDuwQtvlk
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhh3gHzVIPi
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QAHj3DITP
back at the club.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEGJZoBHcL
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3Zib2SjT6
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2o79UIaEYZ
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMehGt8C5J
sisters completely.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpe91mMXiSL
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeo1aSk8vC
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqHvjoLbiO
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6PctOud1h
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchRngS2WQt
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbvY1VEe0c
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsPbmJqx8j
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iUcDS021U
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvcCu61QFz
club, not him.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg347dG7JjG
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZmv9Kn1O2
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24yUGJ5dDC
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ipa3qzDLk
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl3APOvIe7
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQmrkBMhP1
at each other yet, have you?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefTKNJIpsz
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVSYPCuBiB
"No," they answered at the same time.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWhw0NQTIe
"Great. That's good to know."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmfl9dcAmY
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXI3NiHTufo
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfZoUlYFyk
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBQAywnvSK
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEd0A37Tci
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaxUie11b5
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTjod7Rl7y
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31bEqKYX1l
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzeo1YpOsp
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AnS9hI3f4
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5YUhikhCB
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrZTqDyQT0
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjbzYgTC2t
long."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6m8jUAW9I
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmzPsAbG7i
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGChPCVFDkF
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXWYofTU4G
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fjLmMHLK6
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8s5PsSr9E
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBf1BxWWE1s
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzUPcZIAn7
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCwgNrOf9b
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oiJPDIkGp
Not like this. Something was wrong.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oeRu5PT5a
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DgvoUJ4oB
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvRcw5G3Ct
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuspKrpXjgW
embarrassed?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKx9AkSEPr
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAUnYyenii
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4s27i7Lkd
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBOgnjZ6rA
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumtTm2CaVi
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8GTycN3kM
today?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCg8fEl7uCK
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLmAB2cGf5
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDYWijtRgA
you want."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uMIbRXvdb
"It worked for you, didn't it?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwi2bn9XahG
"What do you mean?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdrUniPrvh
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxSoA8ACGC
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYQb7p4rhu
sister."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpdiQPdR5a
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Qkj4xt3qr
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85YkC6FwnP
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKUHkL68lN
"I'm just speaking the truth."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2uEnWTODY
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1hF4QgRjI
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMN6P5gENH1
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkPagHcyiM
"I was protecting my sister."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELrVK9fLj2
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aPCm5s1ge
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfzZkFw3KE
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslt6QFv2BU
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSFzRZHwuQ
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBn6JlBI46b
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhQDP2g333
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZTEdGbRyt
betray you like Carly betrayed me."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NRtxz0Fkq
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNPiBdHPJA
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlILcx5Klpq
crystal glass.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUzYmeN0eb
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzU7LQjJ0Fa
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3avPYmVRrN
in this situation right now."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwq6lmRKbK
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHSmcYIuFT
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyRlkroGTq
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RAMBU1hjO
actions.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnUU4Ne97c
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXJRsVysyo
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH00mRrIrcC
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkv5gibc7gh
near Carly."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogURvI6Ltt
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZu0O8gTex
"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......"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkl1koUqNuf
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtsbNdzpZY
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREdQaPACx2
Carly, she would be insulting herself.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Jxmme1gPq
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0r3VAnZfXs
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9rtFM5URI
"That would never happen."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrDpvRfAPU
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGJkK92cuw
"A fool in love, yes."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3E9cdp4fNl
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡod4wdtXpoW
"Why? Because you don't like me?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8ycjwUw3M
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ofUAOhdbB
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5Hzf877RA
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHk7fOWI0R
and my accident that she would ever change."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HB7AjvSCZ
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYAtVJ6llF
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pfEmN65BH
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFGjIl83tb
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGY4Ayr9wFW
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfLSiBTpIR
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpAsb6jSio
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGRAGokdVW
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5YA2DOeHj
puzzled.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRXheKcU0X
***846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8wpWuNGvV
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQtFhtHrOC
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoetkzEkiFD
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqTg0x0J4l
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1xnzWGkr6
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpmRdx0aGp
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4tBRIjy5M
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5Df5JGliT
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vtDOHoeBQ
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzLpHI8M9i
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDpuLEqBit
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTAidz8Jts
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhdgpwrDkp
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJB8CGu8OK
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroQdfDqBnM
McDonell should be.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lWQLmwKjn
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wZU0bFTwj
"Our family has been successfully with the 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlsDtxkcmt
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHbc12LpIU
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClufL2epTq
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuCRbdm2fE
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uegONlLLK
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUYRnmvx1l
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSVGJio58Y
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TkkKIX5JQ
especially from my brother. He is so kind."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH29b8zst4P
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXSAkoHjHx
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGoyzgbJH2
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMs3cxFqkQK
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jWUw8oLUz
model.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAsBvLAoJv
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKy7wj2hX43
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3umfBAVjH
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvDdGodKNB
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbw2CYhTrT8
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfobfAAuqxO
the financial state her family was in.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOW49ehA8w
But now that she was with the McDonell 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwWMV2ACwN
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5v5n3FJ8eM
she has always wanted.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIxOIK3FR1
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TMlNveaHs
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nNomIiky9
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8ANZ99Qa4
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtySVKAMmG
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBfuYd7bQg
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQZOAMygoP
"That would be awesome."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GqtFawBL6
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2A1dRR4so
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqufB19qZhj
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKNrblXWHt
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4syiaet2Zp
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uQ1hMuTop
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjjKksJ6Bh
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qZzLB9ZHg
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVd4dBoc05v
Miranda.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzk8JhDkyb
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlndy6fHB70
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEFvNbbuWr
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQoiWdUKs5
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaGK8TbXzU
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJmEwC0zii
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIUXujqtEa
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdt3eXGSYn
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9hcw5BCGe
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcG3sbE4ea
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxkkVeWMYU
she never ever discussed her life with them.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQB3DK3WoFl
Could it be Miranda?846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IhkqyzaWp
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9Ad51topl
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpT5vNNynN
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu10OmRKfiu
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJlaveJkKj
And now she was calling Carly after all this846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSWu09Wooh
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluVogMDToV
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTxJSk0pxA
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfhv7ghp36
betrayal.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQK9vEzND5
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfFcxusCNT
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjlfqsU0S2
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoELyEWjeb
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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