The sad gloomy day had 727Please respect copyright.PENANAFP2sD4vg4q
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 727Please respect copyright.PENANAzASLoo8pCb
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 727Please respect copyright.PENANAkhLJLdipCv
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 727Please respect copyright.PENANATj24Jvxp1g
Angel couldn't help but 727Please respect copyright.PENANAWgxUq7Zfvm
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 727Please respect copyright.PENANA624QrTPQEv
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 727Please respect copyright.PENANAdqz9CgOlV1
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 727Please respect copyright.PENANArnZ02TqlLr
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 727Please respect copyright.PENANABGayKc8rg0
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.727Please respect copyright.PENANASyj8sNvIu1
As Angel sat on the 727Please respect copyright.PENANASYc88tkJjd
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 727Please respect copyright.PENANAFyFlxUbnjL
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in727Please respect copyright.PENANAfS5OiVfGgp
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 727Please respect copyright.PENANAeoEDJA7UZD
appeared across her face.727Please respect copyright.PENANALtDJCeVO5p
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.727Please respect copyright.PENANAMPlhKZd1kv
"I know I'm supposed to 727Please respect copyright.PENANAOYqJQOUxh6
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when727Please respect copyright.PENANAvFUVVqi2Tb
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 727Please respect copyright.PENANAOzjxCYfmif
isn't here anymore."727Please respect copyright.PENANAAEHReOG0xN
Eric squatted beside the727Please respect copyright.PENANA6LCdm6CIh5
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 727Please respect copyright.PENANA8qCYAzIlJE
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 727Please respect copyright.PENANAEXf0gbwlNI
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped727Please respect copyright.PENANAmUMboZY9PY
a little at his touch. 727Please respect copyright.PENANAUyj1aYlhyF
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."727Please respect copyright.PENANAFTNVBqL4R2
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 727Please respect copyright.PENANAv83NeXW2Vk
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a727Please respect copyright.PENANAEiG0nsADgp
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 727Please respect copyright.PENANAQumOgqshAR
past week."727Please respect copyright.PENANA3R3vvRazB9
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."727Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1QhCuXYBZ
Angel forgot about the 727Please respect copyright.PENANALaHjp52KKj
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 727Please respect copyright.PENANArEgcqpx4hV
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide727Please respect copyright.PENANAVUMMuTiIss
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.727Please respect copyright.PENANAbvPS06ZZ5C
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."727Please respect copyright.PENANAHvYLWx6L2L
"You're crazy, Eric."727Please respect copyright.PENANARah8FSM6Qv
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."727Please respect copyright.PENANA64PNU0s2eI
Angel didn't say 727Please respect copyright.PENANAJYcAB91obI
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 727Please respect copyright.PENANA8gUMnYOK9z
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear727Please respect copyright.PENANA64S79YMdEs
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 727Please respect copyright.PENANAlW0m0e4w3L
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 727Please respect copyright.PENANAgViJsNn9qG
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 727Please respect copyright.PENANAVDOQs3pTFq
the floor.727Please respect copyright.PENANAjKzcUEdaPL
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"727Please respect copyright.PENANAQpHT1HV953
Angel didn't say 727Please respect copyright.PENANA1MPQWfAAeK
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 727Please respect copyright.PENANA4hq8CwgUd6
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel727Please respect copyright.PENANAvx8QvOGIl4
out of the room. 727Please respect copyright.PENANAqJ3v1lXGnf
They went out of the 727Please respect copyright.PENANAWnHhDpBqul
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 727Please respect copyright.PENANAD6v2Ogf0Y6
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass727Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4HSk2dhPa
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 727Please respect copyright.PENANAU1JW0YBaaQ
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 727Please respect copyright.PENANAvUAedWWuiA
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those727Please respect copyright.PENANAdWkzRJ7StO
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 727Please respect copyright.PENANAoZrAPuNoBf
Cold prickling air 727Please respect copyright.PENANA9rv2W2fxFT
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 727Please respect copyright.PENANA355DdfHVg4
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 727Please respect copyright.PENANAOYy8YN27Ih
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.727Please respect copyright.PENANAA6LKeeaerL
Two black SUVs stood 727Please respect copyright.PENANA8sQ8hyejRt
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 727Please respect copyright.PENANA8capHqjZS7
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 727Please respect copyright.PENANAkN0qGlR4sF
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 727Please respect copyright.PENANA3O7gEEZu6b
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 727Please respect copyright.PENANAOEeh8ZyS9O
out of the hospital premises. 727Please respect copyright.PENANAtwjX3Tzi48
"We will first go for 727Please respect copyright.PENANAkkNjMX0ps8
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 727Please respect copyright.PENANAU2xAztu99I
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."727Please respect copyright.PENANAwHsaMqe6Gt
Angel looked out of the 727Please respect copyright.PENANA6Qre1BHvPY
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 727Please respect copyright.PENANANg7L5XvOfd
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 727Please respect copyright.PENANAMTLAYH7532
looking at her.727Please respect copyright.PENANA8CBsIPinxk
"Don't worry, you will 727Please respect copyright.PENANAkTyN7s9kAK
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 727Please respect copyright.PENANAhaXLqTjFdQ
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."727Please respect copyright.PENANAyFO1PNxw6B
Angel closed her eyes 727Please respect copyright.PENANA4hv6jxkXQB
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 727Please respect copyright.PENANAsQA0KltGTp
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 727Please respect copyright.PENANAOAHZ3nMEwA
Angel slowly opened her 727Please respect copyright.PENANApntngNBCDy
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 727Please respect copyright.PENANAIwo22C8Gvt
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 727Please respect copyright.PENANAIoZltEQjBH
heart ache and beat faster. 727Please respect copyright.PENANAEEaxUzM6kV
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 727Please respect copyright.PENANAu94JFDzh9O
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 727Please respect copyright.PENANAAVp7xE8XIy
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."727Please respect copyright.PENANAOJAX3N7XRD
Angel felt Carly put her727Please respect copyright.PENANAcOgFfhcTBG
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her727Please respect copyright.PENANA4cimV88Z0b
hand away. But Carly grasped it.727Please respect copyright.PENANAXLfckaunjp
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."727Please respect copyright.PENANAV7rib0gUZG
The black SUV came to a 727Please respect copyright.PENANARP1JTTFNwL
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother727Please respect copyright.PENANAa6PfYUDVZR
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 727Please respect copyright.PENANAhKuR3lcOJU
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 727Please respect copyright.PENANAn0VSPfb2aI
Eric opened the door. 727Please respect copyright.PENANAfpCujqy20j
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."727Please respect copyright.PENANAqIVFdIMQQF
Eric had set the 727Please respect copyright.PENANAVQZwuBZGAS
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 727Please respect copyright.PENANAZTtOmZRJqj
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 727Please respect copyright.PENANA6zzHdzKIjb
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 727Please respect copyright.PENANAHRT7O6BxwS
them. 727Please respect copyright.PENANArwX0kJi0bi
Angel727Please respect copyright.PENANAllbyjYN0uN
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when727Please respect copyright.PENANAA5gy4FUvBs
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.727Please respect copyright.PENANA6dS1Fgy2Bm
***727Please respect copyright.PENANADpx9Ldz9vz
Leo727Please respect copyright.PENANA8rymL3iUPt
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 727Please respect copyright.PENANAWIgpmECSdS
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 727Please respect copyright.PENANAKAo0pcYTuw
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 727Please respect copyright.PENANAWPGeNk5Sln
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 727Please respect copyright.PENANAJBzdNNlaaa
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he727Please respect copyright.PENANAgfBCb4O0Jj
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.727Please respect copyright.PENANAZPtzHmcLiP
Kim727Please respect copyright.PENANADjO6SmZoEI
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 727Please respect copyright.PENANAp4vmNtXyxr
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 727Please respect copyright.PENANAfgkLKk2fUe
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 727Please respect copyright.PENANAP6bzxiRDSD
arms.727Please respect copyright.PENANAcymyHAczoI
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."727Please respect copyright.PENANAseGSkgJnFE
Leo727Please respect copyright.PENANAntyQM9dsBe
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 727Please respect copyright.PENANAvIuthmfDLF
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 727Please respect copyright.PENANATvET9zWrpb
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 727Please respect copyright.PENANAInvRRoa26w
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 727Please respect copyright.PENANA9zwLa2TB9Y
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 727Please respect copyright.PENANA5Bj2pGsBao
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.727Please respect copyright.PENANAuydpTivgUN
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"727Please respect copyright.PENANAnqyL4dtBAk
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."727Please respect copyright.PENANA7Iijj4oCwi
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"727Please respect copyright.PENANANOHH60AbPV
Leo727Please respect copyright.PENANAjvthLr1kIl
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 727Please respect copyright.PENANAe30qp9cqdE
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 727Please respect copyright.PENANA6Vfq1dlQ4u
it's time I come out clean."727Please respect copyright.PENANAkIR32Lst6u
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"727Please respect copyright.PENANAw7aYXCSYO6
This727Please respect copyright.PENANAAsclAKfd2r
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 727Please respect copyright.PENANA0H8nsX5rMc
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 727Please respect copyright.PENANAAItuvXGxce
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 727Please respect copyright.PENANA0fPSS9rE1n
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.727Please respect copyright.PENANAcc5K8YFotS
"The727Please respect copyright.PENANA3PRwtnDPBP
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot727Please respect copyright.PENANAhaGKmaydXk
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 727Please respect copyright.PENANAHxlyzhi8oy
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want727Please respect copyright.PENANAHnkO1zLxdu
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."727Please respect copyright.PENANAWR8yrvdSuG
"I727Please respect copyright.PENANAuisTWVlhaD
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 727Please respect copyright.PENANAjzG4XM2koc
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"727Please respect copyright.PENANAWSj4bOjNVa
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.727Please respect copyright.PENANAHN7kSPge34
"What727Please respect copyright.PENANANJWck22Luy
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 727Please respect copyright.PENANA2LIvYQq3tG
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"727Please respect copyright.PENANAapNYqQ2rBh
Leo727Please respect copyright.PENANApvQX7fnMFS
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 727Please respect copyright.PENANA0c2VsS9kkf
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 727Please respect copyright.PENANAwDaxnomEst
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 727Please respect copyright.PENANAURRRypDQ8r
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 727Please respect copyright.PENANAH5bUryBA75
would react.727Please respect copyright.PENANA8QFloZSmeO
"After727Please respect copyright.PENANAlK9PLTyaze
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 727Please respect copyright.PENANABoiukUJHQU
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."727Please respect copyright.PENANAsZV5Yozh6z
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.727Please respect copyright.PENANAhBoIKNKYVQ
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."727Please respect copyright.PENANApCiBTIgDWZ
***727Please respect copyright.PENANAaxcv3ERpK9
Angel727Please respect copyright.PENANAZtGKL0xaAf
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that727Please respect copyright.PENANA5qFFtNky1b
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother727Please respect copyright.PENANAMpMjpa3I7s
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 727Please respect copyright.PENANAb1fXyyYoyb
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 727Please respect copyright.PENANAA9ISpNQm7j
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 727Please respect copyright.PENANAMqFcfId8CL
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 727Please respect copyright.PENANAfjVj5ryryu
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 727Please respect copyright.PENANAk38BP8uV2r
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.727Please respect copyright.PENANAL3sTBp3jWP
After727Please respect copyright.PENANAbqFjaKFUjg
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 727Please respect copyright.PENANADM2NFQDo1S
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 727Please respect copyright.PENANAhxRNhBVPdt
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 727Please respect copyright.PENANAd63EyoitzM
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was727Please respect copyright.PENANAfG6YRPazqO
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 727Please respect copyright.PENANAcwvWYMxC1F
world. 727Please respect copyright.PENANASyGD18RZbP
After727Please respect copyright.PENANAiKL1LUX1AQ
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 727Please respect copyright.PENANAHGEHJe7fQa
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 727Please respect copyright.PENANAHjzuikkrS1
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 727Please respect copyright.PENANAEQWMxgx7rj
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."727Please respect copyright.PENANAV0lPl3YvlN
"It's727Please respect copyright.PENANAbLQtPZeskM
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 727Please respect copyright.PENANAmPfWyMV17c
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like727Please respect copyright.PENANAqYsjpXBOHh
you."727Please respect copyright.PENANAoIX4Fx7rkl
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."727Please respect copyright.PENANANKFJj3J6rA
"No,727Please respect copyright.PENANAeQmbAx4o8P
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 727Please respect copyright.PENANAR1AidEr9cM
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to727Please respect copyright.PENANAFPnWwrpied
live with us, it will be great."727Please respect copyright.PENANAidc4zwkTz9
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 727Please respect copyright.PENANA1hfJeaiqsB
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.727Please respect copyright.PENANALegimBfjYQ
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"727Please respect copyright.PENANAWYHojmm3ep
"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."727Please respect copyright.PENANAGMGDqQHtg1
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.727Please respect copyright.PENANAEVXNJMF51l
Angel couldn't help but 727Please respect copyright.PENANAaI5nOen3N5
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 727Please respect copyright.PENANAeSijAOLZhb
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 727Please respect copyright.PENANAYTtzFObcuB
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't727Please respect copyright.PENANAgmDqywyGby
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 727Please respect copyright.PENANARAl2rHEluN
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.727Please respect copyright.PENANA8d12J7vOMr
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."727Please respect copyright.PENANAMm4dVLfDcf
Angel now shifted in her727Please respect copyright.PENANAQ03YW4sAp9
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 727Please respect copyright.PENANA6RsbY8kse2
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 727Please respect copyright.PENANAlGoTZdxxJx
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 727Please respect copyright.PENANAk31L6T1RqD
hidden?727Please respect copyright.PENANAuav7GCsFwF
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"727Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0HPWFCbRx
Angel demanded. 727Please respect copyright.PENANAJH6FmZIxhC
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."727Please respect copyright.PENANApHKfNuTNVB
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 727Please respect copyright.PENANADs6F8CUzds
"What?!"
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