Stuck In A K-Pop World: Hitting With A Big Bang (A Black Kitty Series, Book 1) - Chapter 23: Swapped

Zoey's P.O.V978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcv6ddFR4d

Waking up this Monday 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡso3q5yVOHy
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAecVc0b0e
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGapdvoOaT7
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZ2cHsPKJ8
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1X4WocmVhE
myself to be.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZCxkwwKa5

I couldn't stop 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZJIOxZ7iC
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjbecAfCFL
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAfQKcYwk6
feel that something was wrong.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4tqjhxplV

Could they have known 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNSWg9a2It
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8ncr5HwrP
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPq4nNyjvzj
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOHJQECqYn
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTz9PG7Ckrr
just had our usual conversation.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofmlFS4iho

I brushed off all those 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FKo8Q5L53
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSP2NIaHNYV
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqOZ1zEavx
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa14X16pGjJ
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvU5JQH8Dow

But now that she wasn't 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSi1nuNrrZ
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkI1jZ9ND3
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaN3HOsP92Q
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3t8Byfv0b
woken up early before the alarm rang.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhz1MieSKW

I sat up on my bed and 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZCeyVkGW8
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfAU94l7Fu
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DHNsUCkjc
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bJnuSc9M6
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLtDJN0zLC

After seeing her with 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡim3rC75fe9
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOaFLyJVaH
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡga6QcKsuQw
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLsePRjKtp
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfOJ5zHvzZ
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBXdqUhCpa
day. That left me devastated.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMuhepj8Pk

I couldn't stop looking 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57lYWaf6b6
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1WpjLpDI5
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZqbAQhT2K
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DDugcyC79
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bBGjzO8WG
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23MDCDqkwb
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZOOxEiCVS

That sent me boiling to a978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUvx7moRrW
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJipZTDFIe
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zwcJwzA8U
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp057Ul8b71

Christine had told me to978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oATEa7Xhi
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8iPwZNPTi
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTpriSAgZi
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaK1MiKRz7
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBApb9mzwJ
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfAZijozQ7
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9EBdvVUlw

And now, I had to face 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47PPeEcj6M
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1qwsVpqlC
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniY6KNCvsM
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7mqfozm67
was still so upset.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVQoxfriNn

I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEX4nmcj4S

After I was done, I 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFXujaPPP7
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShBtyLL6Vd
others at the dining table for breakfast.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeb6kFVGtSk

I found them already 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3rLikt6iQ
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7143RiAYj
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jVAnyXyWT

I felt a little awkward 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWVMLlsygs
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazt11LsHIn
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMHQb7SCHu
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMw3qK06WEH
that also felt weird.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIC1jE0Qpw

I know that she and I 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQ0l5KVvHo
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiju6M0IVE
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscej65jKq8
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0uI2vl1Vu
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOvR0TR8xw
like something was wrong.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgI3ZrbR5tN

I poured myself a cup of978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1CTZ6G1CZ
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhHJEL8Hi8
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMPypw4RXz

"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK94oljQDCX

My heart almost skipped a978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIEWbf4iwU
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECASbnoWec
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGe2iHdODMt
too far. I was over here! Hello!978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4t3uRlDw3

"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4D7S0bdYHE

"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hV3QS3mtb

"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwTvlr5bKo

"I have no doubt about it."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvL6y4KSS0

"But I don't see why you978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFTQ333eCg
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9H3BcPOjMB
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlosuKEb7X

"One thing about fans is978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcWCnnCXvc
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzM2quDmxo
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUdR4hvtc4

"I know," said Lee. 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ItTlDZCbu
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiF519YUaA
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJip78QmOpG
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmr1dEC8sre

"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Q34hutF9L

"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzzpsHRW3K

"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xFU2KYuWo

"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiffCQK6ocA

"Aye, aye," said Daniel.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaYJz0oKn6

"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWGBBbTCQT

"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpit4X0zup

"You're just too quiet, that's all."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnNXpAPHAs

"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdPM18q4c0

I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIMC21FXlT

"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysJP5JUby9

I stuck my tongue out at978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRedRsygGYE
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUq88XpjQs
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6knD2xYGf
still wasn't looking in my direction.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17crdyxbtL

Soon after breakfast, we978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpC3NWhmaaL
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQh87jB13vH
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPupFfuYjWc
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxIsnRF6M6
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sQGKp0I7D
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡon3U1tjJF1
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFxRro34T6
she would.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHZS4eHJbN

We arrived at YG and we 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4knvxaJTI
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbiWGcbg9X
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1P9LlTEku1
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVZNnFfuwo

When everyone was 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vqYFtzjUe
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAr80oVDHgv
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7EQXtSHD0
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5L5XRAbin
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoociR2wvu

He not responding to me 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDVqpZV8He
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4K6aI4dSF
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsD1uDE4b8
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGAu1hIBTu
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1D4ji1KmV
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKI86PEXmQ
looked away instead.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgR1hVWPSe

We went straight to 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSmfdMHyoB
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxCo9v6s71
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6CZwCAGiY
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpWDTsZHSq
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG1UhLmjSv
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSkcLJsVfT

During pratice, I 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GxPvqSywW
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpQt7A1Hh6
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvoxpZ45Oe
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK04Wp483kL

G-Dragon wasn't the only978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOU6zRPLWGM
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEjmWTCUBy
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtLBrFc2nU
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4axs5TykTt
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7eeChx2Ho
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHypQcJPlVA

As her best friend, I 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PCx5neGO7
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPHUcopMnz
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBArJkXwszV
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBSor37hgQ
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwHp69N5xK

She is also smart, 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiHSd4Hnfo
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyD0MGMppv
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6L4OfY1sZC
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSykx2Wjabl
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTSm4DRngF

Sam has a lot of good 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIbrF85IdR
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswpi0iu6Rz
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkAjreTik9
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0Thvf6FWW
want to hurt anyone around her.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EZaPKiXhf

Realising this made me 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeK9eVKUDie
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCXxjYDu1y
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwKovmn5rM
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOygFQrlpUs
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9LvN5qpyU
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuZ6u0YFL1
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23lCIKF7f3
realise it till now.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwet0IFTIrK

"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcD4fWpVcNF

"Zoey, you aren't 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGkyZyOG9Z
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHqJoz6wQI
second time you have made the same mistake."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoyOufDtHO

"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7noZIO1e5

"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoD55rKVzk

It was lunch the time we978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxnBOQ42oz
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoMRrEkukO
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjgoMDyrJg
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vDvbPeawC
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6bEtDTOWk
they were all laughing.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbDWZ5Qx0p

"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUyS4qqN5B

"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspELAMsjYF

"Still not talking to Sam?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfesZuprUe

"Nope."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCOYq9C4dn

TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1rpFwzL28

"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGLTvv75E7

"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvjb2b1nmP

"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDl8Qb5G5d

"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZH3bQpdUT

"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GScA7QOjU

"I know. But you aren't 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjncVIX88p
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtoDkjbP5g
You would be chit chatting like you always do."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtR3dX9U5A

"What if I just want to be alone for today?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5Wvisizxg

"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jq89Hvvqm

I frowned. "Why?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqFL2or5iF

"Because you look miserable."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmhCA5N8JC

I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDACgNTluim

"Miserable!"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2251wzFjE

"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EEigray80

I thought for a moment 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAq7tceoEW
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9nxCiOcI1
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpQ3JByAk5
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpWF1uaVO0
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztxJTUEpgg

Seeing all this in front978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0rifA8RLD
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuq7OKhwiE
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7hE4jJPZR
Until TOP came to talk to me.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCcOiK0rwX

"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oIt9p4dRi

"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfh8qiLWwg6

"I don't know," I said 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWVlggc0cg
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51qrNlKAcG
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYF2Zh60fI

I told TOP what happened in the morning and how it felt weird that Sam didn't say a word to me nor even looked at me.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMB8ptwccs

"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoGeMTPR8t

"Then why don't you talk to her?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxagQOn2e2N

"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwT5jmyYYQx

"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuU7IhyfJSL

"I know."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAA4MoFm0kQ

"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmn8RVs3VE0

"I'll think about it."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8cCmYCCWI

"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozYynw6Qo7

Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQjulgqG4Y

"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE70yi4MgOn

"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83SSbZshX8

The three of us went out978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfUoNNHlO2
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVsUWhgwJe
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxd1FYJyw5I

As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKXq6UNRxi

"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6e88oUkhEx

"Chill, you just ordered978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tTWartEGt
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTAFbsewD9
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92LgRxjF2x

"But I'm so hungry."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8NVQJMWRR

"Trust me, you aren't 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfFQkXEN88
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWSiVYZNwK
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyaZxl4Ede
have."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgrr3K5WKi

"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieUMWPigdV

"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZza8RE75Ol

"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBM7vcKP7f

"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98IS0kH5x5

"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3xABPo0Q6

I didn't say anything as978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmxVcYy0ld
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpeml2Jbcz
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEE3dPLKmM
calling.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjsPL8GIH7

"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gt0vUhqxw

"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmzcE8fW7l

"Okay, well you better answer that call."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStDpyl5wEg

I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8OogT7HAA

"Hello," I answered.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSsZfKrY2r

"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMuYcfh1qt

"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPGMGlQorl

"We have to meet today, ASAP."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4xPmMFzY4

"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsC4ZmvMRu

"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpXGklV800

I knew Jehan was going 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TwyJTwbZV
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrytJ0ly61E
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQb5i4WDHN
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6qYBiI5Or
was upstairs in the dance studio.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqqtAGa9vH

"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3t6iiksR0

"I'm coming to YG to get it."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuz2lUnQKl

"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WjvFGw08G

"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvUekmrTBU

"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TQV4Xp7zT

He cut the call and I 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63OtERb6Vj
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpPkK3v9DH
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJAmdFobEb
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84ItXbkfhL
him they would start to ask questions.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uHpZrtGfk

"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlxwPKSy2D

I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1fFUCN8bL

"What?" I asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHqVxCYIpm

"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSglBYWU5w

"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkhqNKSFdu

"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VXkyFy8rh

"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6ug6hTHpE

"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNIfOTNh2w

"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHRP39gbKq

"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7s3Z3NpvJ

Dang it! I was cornered 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0MNAyrcph
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lDkvHHnOU
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIzNyuPWqb
light no matter how much you try to hide it.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxC9F0IC2F

"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4Xbta5JTf

I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR9z14ZjSV

"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbSQGPk2rp

We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkRfmTjIhw

I told them everything 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3Ur8kdjWi
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGslwgRQ2O2
said a word until I finished the whole story.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQutx4cKIbh

"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcc1daqUYS5

"Just you two," I answered.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkePQIsfg1v

"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KfTo2ipx1

"Surprising, right?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6g7w4yQxgW

"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEi74qIou4

"We should involve the police," said TOP.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9eH1GbhOj

"No! We can't!"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxMdwjWn3u

"Why?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQKmoaB7Hl

"You know word goes out 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0opynpYQP
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6mDdKygGN
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT48IykW5ff

"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMX8U13Zift

"He assured me that this978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw43grm8azt
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47ibErvRj5
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZ03CTW75T

"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQT2nVteOK

The three of us turned 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0lpRHKTrw
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnDTN9u0OQ
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHB0moezLtp

"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTCoMRT8XK

"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6GQWJjJgh

"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfjDDbmTJf

"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Av3rmefNx

"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWhwr5yYbH

"Random stuff involving a978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgWpYoCLz5
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVImGCbSVN4
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3EcqEQnsX
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFDDscBHKT
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBHWtpVZjz

I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhqqwAM7E3

"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxplKqjtOQ

"Okay, I won't."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaixOOhttx

"Sit down."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQ48Kah0xp

Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFBcbvCEoO

"I got myself into trouble," I started.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtfj79Kjo7

"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAj6VrLqfn

"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6Qtbpp2UO

Christine's face soon 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoYYQWsCHX
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjes5aMxuiE
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYztzxlyGr7

"What!"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpixdUjxNPW

TOP quickly covered up 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9aT93xpS8
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdDxMDqyiy
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9772TSOSYd
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVY2cF8iWm7

"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6XFxq8EvF

"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgjspDXDTe

"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CZJf7Lxgu

"Of course I'm mad!" 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZYsCnpYFw
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4o2MpUrta7
but this by far is the worst one of them all."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8BDnrkQxj

"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoInPpSmURv

"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1d05NXHjs

"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOwQMCR9Mu

"Ya, I remember. What about him?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGKyKZs6C5

"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPTfPIG8uS

"WHAT!"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJc5dlpDqtL

"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3A4aEFmPC

"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fycaLqD02

"And the one I met at the café," I said.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzkViWZgm9

"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XMk3dp6uI

"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1YpXzCb9t

"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxymB1SZ71Q

"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfb8tI7ZbD

"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjOXkiE6rH

"Ya," I said. "I planned978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRn7wbTK2r
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nQlUPFOKX
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2abg6yYV0Z

"So you're the one who 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RcBZ2C9Bc
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3jtAq2OS3
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95XDL3CtDg
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtQ5TqKTIc
out with Seungri."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedmLtRZmBp

"I lied."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgbfOwzeRk

Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0KosEcGrF

"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJoF0Lc9np

"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcl99fwxtz

"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhYJ5ofZsy

"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3IkN9GVUC

"I know. Now he wants the teddy bear back today. And I don't know what to do. He wanted to come here and get the teddy himself."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL10CNe7bUV

"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDDyxvPZhS

"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbXRPPTxAJ

"Now where is she going to meet him now? She has to take that teddy bear away or else it could land us into more trouble."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTzwhuBjqM

"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4x4qIiVpx

"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpDCjvH5n8

"But where?" I asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0V5fdhb2vh

"Tell him you will meet at the café. The one you had met him in last time. TOP and I will take you there," said Seungri.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bOYhJgWu6

"I'm also coming with you," said Christine. "And don't refuse." She pointed her finger at me when I opened my mouth to object.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEROVl7sngK

"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkhMmhbuus

"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2z6Ln1t4GE

I took my phone out and 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunOxlp4ZFY
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KiXQ96SUc
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQzTpWhQRv

"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZxac3GEBP

"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSs6znVIZFO

Seungri had ordered ten 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGP0LexTeC
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpl98WQCya
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnPChFAIbh
favourite.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8bjXOrHdr

We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhng7oel3NB

"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wIAZH36yx

"I'll be ready for 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSJMfTQXmf
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwF2usjCxb4
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Z4SZ8TqXB

"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHe4iitAhCp

"And G-Dragon," TOP added.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphS6RVGH62

"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZewmRau5HX

"Well, someone has to," said Christine.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5uV8MWu3l

"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyDI5FyThe

"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeoEbUVPgY

We found ourselves back 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeIyLycKvi
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuPNjVJZFs
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGqvOz5kpe
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUtHyxG7uP
paranoid?978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewUFmKuHQp

Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRj83CAVW6R

"What?" I asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mNflAwlRC

"You were frowning," Christine answered.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVOBQjZdeT

"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifiUtT1pN4

"Says the person who 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4Y6gvMe5n
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5I4YVmHWMn
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSsjiJ6K5i
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqOxeVnptM

Soon after lunch, we 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14WjgWLWfU
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbKIDWBzqr
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsUr5VgP4g
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4sya49LRz
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99nIjrIsTH
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHPRPL4gps
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbmeDqChXj

At some point in the 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYliK3vh2H
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEd14FWhFEB
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRV65Dm1KP
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFocIPiiLzr
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKN3UwPlwK
back to practising until we could pratice no more.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXozRmBJESS

It was five and the sun 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0RWApijKk
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEkNjRI8at
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleeksrYdw1
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9hCP6qBEG
side of me. We were all pretty tired.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCIFgINROr

The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91SmSJgSfx

While I was resting and 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jI8sFqPzu
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2BqxReh5V
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJnon5rtiX
look on my face.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhGtc2fpk6

"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRj9gdZKkZW

"Go? Go where?" I asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsRyEK2Hp5

Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2vD3t34ZW

"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1W9lKnarVz

"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetSMpBtM9p

It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzC5wHGYyh

"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmQ6Ha1fCB

"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rqlVRUDOA

"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXp72ASlTs

"I want to follow too," said Daniel.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ixrK0vIdK

"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BM6NBmjcu

I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NLbfI8zBQ

"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP06njGuBBj

"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUAoRw1EZ9

"Ya, me too," said Mike.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5v2VeUOie

"Why don't you want 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSw924WHyH
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgr4G5ntM2
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QYymUESf9
not to follow."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQ2c8G1elV

I wanted to protest and 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthZUJsbS4D
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRR25IEXkq5
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡos2QpPgFQA
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPsMK6p0RF

"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42zx65HZr4

Dang it!978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVWwSRCOFO

"Okay, you'll find me back at the hotel. I'll tell Collins that you had to go out," said Sam to the others, giving them a smile.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1n518HO3n

"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQR1XF9xhOO

"Thanks, that's nice of 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEmYPdFUil
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtR99ElAIUl
the others. "Have fun you, guys."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgwLGjsVKr

Sam and Daesung left the978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5LDuPFOaW
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLuorBfM1J
myself that the two also made a nice pair.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVB7DOpgOq

"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQafrxd7qi

"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHafdBNHhh

"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4MY5LZSWh

Christine stood up from 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRW5i7ImZJA
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4b4vsfWnN
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRJGYq0XIw

I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9jIR87yk2

"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypr5Dv8f6U

"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nBjWDI2uq

"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4uRRAVbaU

Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswBAD8EpJc

I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1vxKjaj93

"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHDgaEcFtb

"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQC4I5ISo4

TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRl5HMP2HX

"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoBJpCjLDu

"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdzef55PDA

"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVamhiULdfk

"I know," said Christine.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDZG4geVvR

"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RV9ZjQbw4

"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jEJ8WLI5O

"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwU8jvAqLt

"So that she can judge me? No way."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lNmStcCBz

"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SsBoPMEyJ

"Don't try to convince 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8iqa0SN2M
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpzzDBKtB0
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqRY0IEJiJ
like she could hit me with a hammer.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2B1iDPBFP3

"Okay, let's go," said TOP.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblvcKYG1Kl

I got up from the floor 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ujZO3z8wv
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokdWvQaiIv
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPI76BSCoL
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZcgiXE8Os
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXQ4nU5ebK

The cars soon left the 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgdAXRXtGh
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScDU60QAR0
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43a4glIQf1
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VwqmRIgzd

"Can you you please stop978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCW3QxGMju
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw24Zg5Voc5
the teddy and lose it in the car."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJMQ0z6D0J

"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWfgJAhnEE

"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZqSB7cmBP

I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSzujgDdQC

"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPJjccRqYV

"I just want to get this over with."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35gQa4XPOj

We were soon packed 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCZ0uMgj5S
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIWzsj5ib8
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV82YIEIbNo
turned to look at her.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsKWA4gT6h

"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39sgDnNAwO

"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HWTKz1G7I

Seungri also turned to 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyczJsbhQph
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTtXgQW8Hu
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTu1L3Xll6Y
chest and I wished Sam was here too.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzOG8XzA2Z

I soon got out of the 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QG5wQK5z7
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzd9nqNwo4
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAyhGvwhBF
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJycz7eYDAr

Before I could find my 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzAlleIgj4
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4ACD0nUwF
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfebkBL5J2
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oylF2Hf53

I quickly went in the 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuo5adRJ4sO
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWMAPlK8Ma
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDg3X2vfoI3
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisk6LNhzyY

I slowly approached the 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpgM10Owbd
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IRBcY7BU9
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9H5g604Br
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYiO1YrQwu
hesitate to end my life right here.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNFbirtk16

"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaz4oFX1MTk

"I was practising today," I answered.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuUw4rxLr7

"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6myBdmpHE

"Thanks," I frowned at 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiykqarM04X
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVsbDkal79
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxcphgXL1U

Jehan smirked. "Certainly."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYbNv4uEgj

I quickly reached out 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxkcnG5DLP
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuh4Qdbv6H
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7CY5Mw0x8

"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7GP3ZwpDa

"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerogOVaBMK

"What now?" I complained.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjl5w4ZBAV

"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfu9XGlfuN

"What do you think? That978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQhdQ2yBND
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLa55RVyIX
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssz0aPDJvT
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aIzAs93B6
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjC9xzdUbQ

Jehan raised an eyebrow 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhy45Fxz4Q
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8WHQGSeLE
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5O1yhMKIWH
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3D8lfnjdl

"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwtcgd1Ref

"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVMykro7jG

I went back to looking 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmuZudivE1
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡap86bOb8IB
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQLpGDbyvr
surprise me that he carried that thing around.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNQaUAHWzs

Jehan slowly laid the 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKU2gsw8mPS
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFtoAeo77Q
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6f56t1yJaI
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4imlBxtNDP
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7S0iZnGj9
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFI0MXA8Ex
the teddy bear.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPqsFnJo3E

Wait. I frowned. This 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPAOrxsrIu
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6OJ0LhjsH
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquKXPmWgZM
diamonds!978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MrvSsCCMI

I stared horrified at 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLb1zMjYImm
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhKrNjHt1u
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XoRBRK74M
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq0RvyKaLY

I looked up at Jehan and978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMGDEsDNnq
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡck5R2k9p3L
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpUnrk7Ahv
that, he was going to end up traumatised.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22dlEsncVQ

"Je-Jehan," I said 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKSyUwj1uQ
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbCT7tTvuJ
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQYJuVuQ2O
there."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIJXqjWe7t

Jean neither moved nor 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMxdKjhRFM
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81JtnHYRLt
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrfGXq3ORq

But how could this be? 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJigUaaaNQ
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2weernADHh
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTXofM5x5Y
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8G7diJkV0q

"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoFatuTScx

"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQz0fS4rTaY

He banged his fists on 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VDW8hv7Hi
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthxRd9WXGU
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYefRExmJi
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHwpr15EHo

"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28plPl1rEf

"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KXnRBP9l2

"I don't know. I don't 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdEsd7P9Al
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhU9T8nokHi
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyjPpu4Ugy

"How did the diamonds go missing?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SmyrHsMYS

"How am I supposed to 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZg58aPg7B
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW7LMWhHHO
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjnZfxZ96f

"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwdX4Khbmq

"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgpVmA8pTI

Jehan rubbed his 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdkyRHs7Nq
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnmEidJvXc
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5n5P9GjXH

"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXlTwB2LxY

"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8brNH82Svx

"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NhtF8nv1z

"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvy53OagCX

"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sHZjkBgUH

"I don't know."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTYLvrZgLF

Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12H5gwzyds

"Ummm," I looked down 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJjX5qHiyj
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8NKXC5uXh
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqGvWGhq3u

"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4bcfaEYzE

"I didn't have the teddy bear with me at the hotel the whole time," I said, looking at him fully in the eyes now.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTh0jGJsYTj

"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsW8SZMprB

"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr53DrMufXs

"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡul6YIgGtmt
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjUoEFtXhQ
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsDcbN24qz

"I don't think so. Lee 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwS4AbcRHeq
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYdrgseJNJ
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOhfVgUcTF

"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4m13kNQVps

"You're right. But if she did find out about us and all this diamond business, she wouldn't keep that to herself. I know Lee."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3CHN6Cjsq

"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cPdLWRhHD

"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRnzs7Ztbj

After I said that, Jehan978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmcaMofIEx
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wFYmqFTwP
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopsESO42vc
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvETXd2PTYd
look on his face.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrJSJ7RLzf

"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCTNTSA0J0

"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniNrDNRqN2

"I remember one of my 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dsHFctt13
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjrzcce7Ba
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9ujMrIamO

"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTxBB0Ibjx

"Don't snap your fingers and be all happy about this," said Jehan, back to giving me that angry look. "I need that teddy, now!"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtw6w5ZGEJm

"Huh? I can't start 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrSfuZPsCl
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcf1Vjk5PP
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGE1t20CkCo
that the bear is missing."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfxSQF2lBH

"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSsIarI83i

"What do you mean?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTym3epa47z

"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6CJ12jlB0

"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0f0EJv3nGW

"Now that, makes no 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxInsLgOc8m
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPeca1tUGK
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfS0EC1UYP3

"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoAd2sLQGw

"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBczeRH9shJ

"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdzTkVzbCF

"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLO4NVPgfGL

I completely forgot that978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTccVbGroW5
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsYWC9AGmN
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHp5tSW6x4R
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCzgrm67Sq

"Okay. I'll see what I can do."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeH0MAqfyTa

Jehan gave me a smile. 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJb78Yfdphu
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDcySPdpDI
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJPhdi7qSp

I nodded my head and 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3ierY0yPR
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8X76quQ9kE
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAoeYJ8z3L

"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuK8n7OH60V

I sat there as I buried 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡri3OaPg7Lc
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRSLTlgEjE
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBxTmSbieA
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMQ4yjlZhX
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCnGaGEOfI
drama that might just ruin my life?978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SjbFagLDT

I hadn't noticed the bell of the café ringing because I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I looked up, there stood Christine.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTtt6Fkcuq

"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPL6l5bEQE

I could hear footsteps 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF37AxmPU5L
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIwKKibIf7
when they saw the look on my face.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNcrbXrADw

Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75aJhJjYod

"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6svBxMy7b5

"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqolhv9vJpT

"No," I answered. "He didn't."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVux4b7nQo

"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuepJOm5bq

"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQib6RYXYcn

Mike shook his head. "But who? We didn't know what that teddy bear had until now, so, it couldn't be anyone of us."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNnzBMz0Au

"And what about Lee?" 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HbFUo1wnp
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHm7sMdu9ev
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhebHUptsB0
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkC9aeOwLi
to."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRhbbFELa4

"This is bad," I said, 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0DydCvrxN
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bLSV5NT8J
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm02km6LkLO

"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDo4fqTR4q

"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8b8nCYysla

We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOuzQNVh1U

"Sam?" I wondered for a 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXS2lxEXcwr
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kORj3xMzW
she have swapped it with the other one?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyk5reki4a

"Okay, wait," said TOP. 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxkgc7mjPh
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8NXdLMFfg
what's really going on in the first place?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2quLDsRzJQ

"I doubt it," I said 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jQFusrMbI
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiMXe42n9j
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWS9yoDQ6R
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiKAWez9GN

TOP and Seungri looked 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgiAnVL2vm
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnj0mZHP9xB
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZtIckvQ5J
it away.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqidKTplDLY

"I highly doubt it too,"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKOuREJuLB
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9m3cA22cUt
she would have asked us about it."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrztahYU7r1

"That's true," said 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUqmK0vTIU
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIi3l0hTFik
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWp3xXQju77

"And I checked out the 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7c66ihVDL
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXJqLU5R8X
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxwPDSUbDx

"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0uVZSBNgw

"No, I highly doubt it,"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqeCYH4UeM
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvtU4yzLIE
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SnGC3UCVv
said nothing about them entering a toy store."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9SDM17GWf

"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVjjk4c3Of

"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeL8X0wS25

"Collins?" Mike asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkWfI0vMhb

"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2mLdUYx3q

"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1007jq794

"But who knows? Maybe he978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCZleRDZPT
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LRWN01SVE
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd86sB4Zmlh
times."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYf9XzHDXkJ

"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sEQ1LpAUb

"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibDL2G91Pu

"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDZhWOeLwM

Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUdI214ic8

"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2KNydmwMf

"He was the one who went978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0XbXG3NSW
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMvOWxCgiA
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVi8Mcz2zY
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1L1amROtx
elevator."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZ5MkgY3uP

"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1aiu1hJYF

"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtbAWqfbqQ

"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMP1MXWcEzJ

"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKh0hrSFMsE

"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3y2QxQWrCT

"You're right," I said 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wVHmXZ3TX
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGus8GzU8tc
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcnA1gJCSL

"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXBu1e2CCB

We all walked out of the978Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoo7lxi2OfI
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