The sad gloomy day had 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdQJbE7gqb1
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAuJD7nwMoSV
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 757Please respect copyright.PENANAKVrVIiE3gV
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 757Please respect copyright.PENANA88CABV076f
Angel couldn't help but 757Please respect copyright.PENANAfWUAqElVcj
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 757Please respect copyright.PENANAKfkiaCU7hD
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 757Please respect copyright.PENANAgyhLs4GMyV
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 757Please respect copyright.PENANABobeeKhR6j
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 757Please respect copyright.PENANAGiC4MzTwl4
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.757Please respect copyright.PENANAzehfswTXL1
As Angel sat on the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAQLD0b9cx3h
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 757Please respect copyright.PENANAtvvAVPs7aa
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in757Please respect copyright.PENANAQprEKHe34e
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 757Please respect copyright.PENANAzcSHQtJ8dR
appeared across her face.757Please respect copyright.PENANAgkXvUlAyG9
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.757Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5Ntw6LwnH
"I know I'm supposed to 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3GAUcM3PJK
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when757Please respect copyright.PENANAnxdgu9tmuR
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 757Please respect copyright.PENANAh6MwiNCHlx
isn't here anymore."757Please respect copyright.PENANA428riznugU
Eric squatted beside the757Please respect copyright.PENANA75ilyZzxto
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 757Please respect copyright.PENANAL4L3Ye9ilJ
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 757Please respect copyright.PENANAijwNtriavb
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped757Please respect copyright.PENANAByMl2YRNnT
a little at his touch. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAxV74fQNVII
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."757Please respect copyright.PENANA6cgacx2cjx
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 757Please respect copyright.PENANAa1VuMP0hyk
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a757Please respect copyright.PENANAP7bd1HrVYn
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 757Please respect copyright.PENANAtm7lpCi5RP
past week."757Please respect copyright.PENANA9zE6pR3Xna
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."757Please respect copyright.PENANAEQ3Kt9bNdV
Angel forgot about the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAVVsfRJPCrW
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAySQYLTHPXW
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide757Please respect copyright.PENANAKZPFmx3v07
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.757Please respect copyright.PENANAgBnmYE35br
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."757Please respect copyright.PENANAgBAsSkv1of
"You're crazy, Eric."757Please respect copyright.PENANAb4NQKx8pF3
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."757Please respect copyright.PENANA7f2fQt0ul1
Angel didn't say 757Please respect copyright.PENANArJTt8gx4Rq
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 757Please respect copyright.PENANA2HJbrlW8g5
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear757Please respect copyright.PENANAxsLaDioQ9z
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 757Please respect copyright.PENANARLrdwCrl9m
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 757Please respect copyright.PENANA1JglLrfLMS
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 757Please respect copyright.PENANAQyhFKkk2Uz
the floor.757Please respect copyright.PENANAOsHSns8vxG
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAbOlW5lWOz6
Angel didn't say 757Please respect copyright.PENANAQteCXyPnAn
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 757Please respect copyright.PENANARHEsbAtWYQ
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel757Please respect copyright.PENANAkXhkOaPNyx
out of the room. 757Please respect copyright.PENANACgGDWRBBOH
They went out of the 757Please respect copyright.PENANA6posXZ8DXF
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 757Please respect copyright.PENANA9BzroyITv0
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass757Please respect copyright.PENANAppbg0ELisV
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAOajZglHsTp
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 757Please respect copyright.PENANAR97zLsuGFR
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those757Please respect copyright.PENANAX8uihIKccD
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 757Please respect copyright.PENANA0TlOPCKSHC
Cold prickling air 757Please respect copyright.PENANAKQ9gSMWF9v
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 757Please respect copyright.PENANA18MVokDD6L
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 757Please respect copyright.PENANAqDLU58vDlq
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.757Please respect copyright.PENANAxVujuWH8Gq
Two black SUVs stood 757Please respect copyright.PENANA5Whkf5CMT7
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 757Please respect copyright.PENANAOJ1hwzhpOn
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 757Please respect copyright.PENANAOhEk9ykT2s
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 757Please respect copyright.PENANA9bsYJkvpkp
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 757Please respect copyright.PENANAsZSMHWoVoo
out of the hospital premises. 757Please respect copyright.PENANA1EJ9M4ztxp
"We will first go for 757Please respect copyright.PENANAEMk1lswvvz
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 757Please respect copyright.PENANApHotAlnwpb
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."757Please respect copyright.PENANAVb9Nckvrdw
Angel looked out of the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAOe3AfElAyG
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 757Please respect copyright.PENANADJptNPE7C1
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 757Please respect copyright.PENANAokJKfq7Jvf
looking at her.757Please respect copyright.PENANAgiANmnAMCQ
"Don't worry, you will 757Please respect copyright.PENANAlsQJIyD1tQ
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 757Please respect copyright.PENANAgc63OOWoYu
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."757Please respect copyright.PENANAN9AnJF6KSI
Angel closed her eyes 757Please respect copyright.PENANA80jec0vw7r
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 757Please respect copyright.PENANAK7h36yCeJy
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 757Please respect copyright.PENANANi9cwIutgy
Angel slowly opened her 757Please respect copyright.PENANA5lPwmTMusk
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAwIgBXihUPF
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3O3pFcMdnU
heart ache and beat faster. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAm7FRvPgZXs
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 757Please respect copyright.PENANA2kLknQ2zS8
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 757Please respect copyright.PENANA1IuAc47wSt
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."757Please respect copyright.PENANAiBYuv4fFSC
Angel felt Carly put her757Please respect copyright.PENANAnQEs1ljCHh
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her757Please respect copyright.PENANAwR7iuw5vQp
hand away. But Carly grasped it.757Please respect copyright.PENANAdFmHFT8ZFd
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."757Please respect copyright.PENANAwHD9617agu
The black SUV came to a 757Please respect copyright.PENANAVy27gk229A
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother757Please respect copyright.PENANAcd1Jp2Gbl2
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAxKcmPelgxY
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 757Please respect copyright.PENANAtntWg9HPR7
Eric opened the door. 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8nAqQHDrsO
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."757Please respect copyright.PENANAqfYHgCJXTn
Eric had set the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAgI3UjhRMCV
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 757Please respect copyright.PENANA7HxOJyBEmC
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 757Please respect copyright.PENANAHUKqFKQL3x
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 757Please respect copyright.PENANAiorOzWpgez
them. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAB9FCEdMxlm
Angel757Please respect copyright.PENANA78uqzmQPGq
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when757Please respect copyright.PENANAY5LAcY6qzM
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.757Please respect copyright.PENANAG8l9ctQJ2U
***757Please respect copyright.PENANAa5CVj9pRkb
Leo757Please respect copyright.PENANAOwBWWeTi7k
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdf2UDUCoEf
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 757Please respect copyright.PENANAyzrLJ5lNFy
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 757Please respect copyright.PENANAsRbFyQenHJ
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 757Please respect copyright.PENANACy4O4Pn9qa
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he757Please respect copyright.PENANAwwlPBSltN1
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.757Please respect copyright.PENANAcc7FlmBy2j
Kim757Please respect copyright.PENANAd8waOEUw2Q
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 757Please respect copyright.PENANArqy9r2Oqr3
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 757Please respect copyright.PENANAd2DMeglz5m
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdlwDK4sgjt
arms.757Please respect copyright.PENANAeJDHFCpumi
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."757Please respect copyright.PENANAdlTMIrR7g1
Leo757Please respect copyright.PENANAKdlHXXVvyz
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 757Please respect copyright.PENANAOgT0RoP3vk
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 757Please respect copyright.PENANAFevFYvlPqY
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 757Please respect copyright.PENANAACgDlzsp9c
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 757Please respect copyright.PENANAbUq2i5Oquo
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAxEkWfaFRTf
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.757Please respect copyright.PENANAD2nJa5F55s
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAVm37f2GKA5
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."757Please respect copyright.PENANAgzPQf7mtd8
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAUm06luN0eW
Leo757Please respect copyright.PENANA7aIRZc9qAX
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 757Please respect copyright.PENANAkZSFjJKPMe
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 757Please respect copyright.PENANABv5kGuqj6t
it's time I come out clean."757Please respect copyright.PENANAzVRWrT4aOE
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAvQLSxdWsZE
This757Please respect copyright.PENANADSHri5EVl3
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 757Please respect copyright.PENANArY7GPGLNbN
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 757Please respect copyright.PENANAnu43rIaTLr
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 757Please respect copyright.PENANAuqW2RkJj2H
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.757Please respect copyright.PENANAgh4gcukVyQ
"The757Please respect copyright.PENANAD5MKgwY0rr
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot757Please respect copyright.PENANAGGVe1D6NBz
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 757Please respect copyright.PENANAJNqprfzt9X
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want757Please respect copyright.PENANAGWeCtaq1GO
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."757Please respect copyright.PENANAOkjT03c2Zo
"I757Please respect copyright.PENANA1qxz27e4wW
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 757Please respect copyright.PENANAZEOFB7u8M5
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAx15vpIHcRU
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.757Please respect copyright.PENANADC1n7tbONs
"What757Please respect copyright.PENANAZBKSy31BjE
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAVNg6keOCXH
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAn3vRYTDk2Z
Leo757Please respect copyright.PENANA8fm6fvnA1B
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 757Please respect copyright.PENANACmWj6YLrnd
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 757Please respect copyright.PENANALsNyUaPdjV
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 757Please respect copyright.PENANAl0dUBx32f6
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 757Please respect copyright.PENANAmQeVGfOKcD
would react.757Please respect copyright.PENANA7DE8YokdBT
"After757Please respect copyright.PENANAuA2lB8expU
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 757Please respect copyright.PENANAFLq4GjXx16
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."757Please respect copyright.PENANAHIwTnUha4N
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.757Please respect copyright.PENANAuEDbEZ3vHU
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."757Please respect copyright.PENANAEO76pBrlUG
***757Please respect copyright.PENANAPUujrPltw7
Angel757Please respect copyright.PENANASw650Wdvch
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that757Please respect copyright.PENANAEZiwlrjRmn
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother757Please respect copyright.PENANAzrn33YQNFV
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 757Please respect copyright.PENANAzP0sFkLgEf
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 757Please respect copyright.PENANAo1dkJtUtmX
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8mDGidai4w
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 757Please respect copyright.PENANAuneCIhQmmH
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3kgSeEJGcA
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.757Please respect copyright.PENANAnH4YUeUCGI
After757Please respect copyright.PENANAOD6BJ09t2B
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3Oa2l9l5Tl
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 757Please respect copyright.PENANAkkqe0ByEGf
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 757Please respect copyright.PENANA1u7AnWBW7z
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was757Please respect copyright.PENANAMpIvN6jOQk
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 757Please respect copyright.PENANABMM3bBions
world. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAYpay5HjAUO
After757Please respect copyright.PENANAvkj7R7cpd0
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 757Please respect copyright.PENANAHUrsP7Ua3F
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 757Please respect copyright.PENANAwNLkiKxyLx
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 757Please respect copyright.PENANA1KghErVehc
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."757Please respect copyright.PENANAuKjWXJIhVK
"It's757Please respect copyright.PENANAb0Tdwp3YCN
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 757Please respect copyright.PENANAeSotjyk80x
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like757Please respect copyright.PENANAdWrP0Te442
you."757Please respect copyright.PENANAs2fZj9xqcD
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."757Please respect copyright.PENANAYcgPiPNzum
"No,757Please respect copyright.PENANAszmsAM2hZb
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAhW38iYWQUn
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to757Please respect copyright.PENANAcMu1MN7O1I
live with us, it will be great."757Please respect copyright.PENANAGb4WWrG8nc
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAgK3ZGscTef
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.757Please respect copyright.PENANArJvKKfrfMN
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAsd6W6dHEal
"I decided that it won't be appropriate for my sister and I to come and live with you. We can take care of ourselves."757Please respect copyright.PENANAtmthkS32DM
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.757Please respect copyright.PENANANiKzjqdn7O
Angel couldn't help but 757Please respect copyright.PENANAQYe6ER6JA5
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 757Please respect copyright.PENANA9ojLAvHmQo
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 757Please respect copyright.PENANADXGSD0TlWs
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't757Please respect copyright.PENANAj1E30uSRqS
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAP1toq8S4Pq
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.757Please respect copyright.PENANAyk8zsrd0Y3
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."757Please respect copyright.PENANABnUhYVwVB0
Angel now shifted in her757Please respect copyright.PENANAoMK8V06H2N
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdHCs0vUIDh
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 757Please respect copyright.PENANAQsJVDRrhZx
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 757Please respect copyright.PENANAqKvQn3ZW42
hidden?757Please respect copyright.PENANAVNcJdkif39
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"757Please respect copyright.PENANATAPKXCRZZh
Angel demanded. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAeyUknsOZQy
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."757Please respect copyright.PENANARGMx1xbqaq
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 757Please respect copyright.PENANASZwQgz8mZ5
"What?!"
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