Zoey's P.O.V1074Please respect copyright.PENANARZHrkHvSW3
Waking up this Monday 1074Please respect copyright.PENANADTc1J9ZnEz
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAEBzQoVKpCu
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAAFB9KwmacT
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAJBZ7qhZIvL
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected1074Please respect copyright.PENANAcBWnbNLFjD
myself to be.1074Please respect copyright.PENANApwlAdbGkFb
I couldn't stop 1074Please respect copyright.PENANALZUJjsaTSO
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much1074Please respect copyright.PENANA4Pc11S7U6g
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAaC5jPelmNE
feel that something was wrong.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9CAZMRBl7
Could they have known 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAqhvxoNlt6o
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAGCB3QuUlwO
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAB0ZpUla6c9
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAgAu77KqKHW
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAomtXuC7geR
just had our usual conversation.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAeIHcGs9IsC
I brushed off all those 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAJiOmPc9KeE
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The1074Please respect copyright.PENANAaOs4rLvmN4
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 1074Please respect copyright.PENANASxbzErCjOH
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when1074Please respect copyright.PENANABnlHz5knQI
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA4fUJBE5QPD
But now that she wasn't 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA6XZd4kTrbH
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAQ102rPpgSh
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAQsglsGreWK
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have1074Please respect copyright.PENANAVhW9XpqkRs
woken up early before the alarm rang.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAnmP5j8yCM4
I sat up on my bed and 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAAWS1IGptAn
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 1074Please respect copyright.PENANALLebgCSBA1
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAuvxoIJcRAH
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAyU9IC7yOFk
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAicYP5xK280
After seeing her with 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA5APUzy1tiv
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I1074Please respect copyright.PENANAqmRkjNdiCQ
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I1074Please respect copyright.PENANA5j5lPON4bI
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAJWwlfFRP0B
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9HZpxZSjQy
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole1074Please respect copyright.PENANAnjoCW7mSnY
day. That left me devastated.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAIWXNxJ4zke
I couldn't stop looking 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAJsCxOhEA5Y
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAQagp08qKFY
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA5Ll2MU4ThQ
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfRZ7g3cTOW
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They1074Please respect copyright.PENANAPcEx4am2c7
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAJIXVL1Xm7V
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.1074Please respect copyright.PENANApIG1DxAFpt
That sent me boiling to a1074Please respect copyright.PENANAW6fXYbiQkR
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me1074Please respect copyright.PENANAnazmdDvQr6
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAzqF59qovcW
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA40MysbpVmT
Christine had told me to1074Please respect copyright.PENANAcypdOakxqo
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAix7b76nZ8l
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told1074Please respect copyright.PENANAutTtmflzrB
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAVPOxQV0UtJ
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFj7Yqr6ioU
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAU0P8VnENjF
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.1074Please respect copyright.PENANACA8nQ7bFgU
And now, I had to face 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFfXZpA7a2w
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA21OeTOQtWM
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music1074Please respect copyright.PENANAwK6VKTszIE
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAA0bdRXM2AU
was still so upset.1074Please respect copyright.PENANANZwrieMozW
I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAeABUPuRWEd
After I was done, I 1074Please respect copyright.PENANASX92doVnvG
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA1OgzuMZ3lD
others at the dining table for breakfast.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvVXfbwD5uQ
I found them already 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAhUwvhz2WHB
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAUlKcyhmgfJ
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAU9taVNRcuo
I felt a little awkward 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAo1Wb48xbIv
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't1074Please respect copyright.PENANACKBVztHP9c
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and1074Please respect copyright.PENANAUQzXRCd0Ql
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 1074Please respect copyright.PENANACUzys3WfFV
that also felt weird.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAGaYLHHtU85
I know that she and I 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAwtJqIMf3Gm
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7zgPzVikQL
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAXkNztYA1qQ
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAsyx1krkYwb
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAOe1i2ot7t4
like something was wrong.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAbznYjb4uIm
I poured myself a cup of1074Please respect copyright.PENANA5UbS3jrE1W
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKbI1svV3cv
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA0iBircbmuh
"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAGDMv7UxX2F
My heart almost skipped a1074Please respect copyright.PENANAzoGOM059Ek
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know1074Please respect copyright.PENANAJX4wDSGsjo
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way1074Please respect copyright.PENANAaoUvFqVWNC
too far. I was over here! Hello!1074Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2GfB4gCk3
"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAako38xiXBi
"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAq2Laxdivin
"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAbjKt7dXZp2
"I have no doubt about it."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAWMidSHaXb6
"But I don't see why you1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMxdMWcD4Sg
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMBUlMUa1sH
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAui1lwOkdNp
"One thing about fans is1074Please respect copyright.PENANAx4PDNMfM19
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAwOSJeCElS8
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA3JqHfornEa
"I know," said Lee. 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAiQZI1jUAhE
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAe5pfr6Alao
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAuYrSb1P3zM
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAYOS4B8wsLS
"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAlJ1jlvTKnh
"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvW4LBxHtB1
"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAOlqNGPAmLT
"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAo6SjS6buqx
"Aye, aye," said Daniel.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAVADWJUuJ32
"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA4D0aJlntT7
"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAwyKM8Hginw
"You're just too quiet, that's all."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAosvhdcumLx
"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."1074Please respect copyright.PENANACrEEbbU4oE
I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAIxMEgyixbC
"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.1074Please respect copyright.PENANACIyQtIDgmN
I stuck my tongue out at1074Please respect copyright.PENANAT6kEQelcej
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the1074Please respect copyright.PENANAourdl60REs
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAroUKrOrWZt
still wasn't looking in my direction.1074Please respect copyright.PENANACz7dd986MD
Soon after breakfast, we1074Please respect copyright.PENANAHNyLtAwLJL
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were1074Please respect copyright.PENANAIDbD1aTSLB
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAZcxAwNv3FD
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAN8DmBylm6Y
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what1074Please respect copyright.PENANAuoqlijPIqR
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAc3ZGKR5qRz
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAPWeI9lktl8
she would.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAOmvYwhCnsV
We arrived at YG and we 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAjLdUqq81b3
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvIlHbxPas6
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with1074Please respect copyright.PENANAZiWZAa9ggW
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAPz61iil9wT
When everyone was 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAuHSHq1DSh0
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKCSKI8s4Mi
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAxhfHKOQPLp
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAUEJOasOUxF
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAt8hF6ZVnhy
He not responding to me 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAcUAqHa7xvV
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMLIIBQntLa
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted1074Please respect copyright.PENANAgs8Lcy1lEm
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA8SlpSyEvQS
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAr4XLJJgJ7L
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just1074Please respect copyright.PENANAi1sjUgnnDI
looked away instead.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAAjhnQpVbTz
We went straight to 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA41HD1KTDVc
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9nbA25bZU6
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAhw9pD64XPU
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I1074Please respect copyright.PENANAN8fiDz3zNC
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZXAAkNcHw
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7zK68WkiHn
During pratice, I 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAe3Rlqe6wn0
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAbScIrxtPzr
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I1074Please respect copyright.PENANAx0yXwpqm6t
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAsSygY2Nx50
G-Dragon wasn't the only1074Please respect copyright.PENANAX6mi0sQ59Z
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA2JUrUTGJiH
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAmmOwNwINTv
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMejXATu5gY
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What1074Please respect copyright.PENANAVdLlOHQIuB
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?1074Please respect copyright.PENANA092FofFa5K
As her best friend, I 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAsgIvxVrbFE
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7Hqc9dgvOX
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvjmd9B3VlR
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAdvhqdblu4v
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9pQKDhVyJq
She is also smart, 1074Please respect copyright.PENANARIISJUW7lB
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAZNi2v0se9i
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA2N5PSlibkh
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even1074Please respect copyright.PENANA6uApQDNxM4
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.1074Please respect copyright.PENANABC2HzjIKr3
Sam has a lot of good 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAloI0HzNVT9
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKSgBwBTkGt
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAAuux4zo8ib
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAu5JoCvhEIb
want to hurt anyone around her.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAIWPteOuW99
Realising this made me 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4lb3dbuZT
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAO0YNILWOhM
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfdeUVxBRLA
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 1074Please respect copyright.PENANABOLW5nZOv1
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAbQ1ntygUhx
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 1074Please respect copyright.PENANApFX9xQCmTz
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfAnwiNItWv
realise it till now.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA4mMdRf4RcM
"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAc6Up6fZEXe
"Zoey, you aren't 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA8bokCJlA9n
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAmsVAI6537H
second time you have made the same mistake."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAUQvo8p85fC
"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7QVYD7Dlp8
"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."1074Please respect copyright.PENANACKOLmjEPZc
It was lunch the time we1074Please respect copyright.PENANA3d1RB2aODU
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAQG2paT9oCK
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAnAr9dSNmb3
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAkxQuqculQ5
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 1074Please respect copyright.PENANACrPUYdldfS
they were all laughing.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfjllqzjP8i
"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA8dPn8aVEXa
"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA23fJJx2Bho
"Still not talking to Sam?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAODMlfgu0Ca
"Nope."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAesEjuei9NA
TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfsnk2SI6np
"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAVhXhZXnbFs
"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAiYZYEN5MCC
"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFtsWXD2GPI
"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."1074Please respect copyright.PENANABohKEJ07VE
"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA3pJgH7G98D
"I know. But you aren't 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAWUltgTJEJj
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 1074Please respect copyright.PENANATO7HQBhml6
You would be chit chatting like you always do."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA8eArFPLorT
"What if I just want to be alone for today?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAqOheltBye9
"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAjC0cStELsk
I frowned. "Why?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7WkQyG7ZGi
"Because you look miserable."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAbgx0csg1Ur
I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA04L9mnTuL3
"Miserable!"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvMo1hPwsk5
"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAnE7auLUIEW
I thought for a moment 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAoMDTW4lDiv
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAcJXGtZnCNn
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA0DO75UHK7I
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAgXAjduwW5j
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAnQsvYfJQVs
Seeing all this in front1074Please respect copyright.PENANA5rfvTLb7QF
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAuY0fmkkaBA
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7O5V5ewGpB
Until TOP came to talk to me.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA1UZ3mwPsLl
"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAbpRnPrIpaB
"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAN5tKsvXwsS
"I don't know," I said 1074Please respect copyright.PENANARKqksukPGt
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMYsYtZOEnH
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvhjDUjIYsV
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.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAXx9FjPAiJb
"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA0VwGDwMQIu
"Then why don't you talk to her?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAe2twwlafS0
"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAadwSrO7JtS
"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKOPwU8B5Ao
"I know."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9wPGNoVl62
"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAcXLiFtQd6u
"I'll think about it."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA89aOmSOgM9
"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAeZRKyvvxdD
Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMQJKDdanwO
"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.1074Please respect copyright.PENANARls1ZPtUSF
"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7vOCVaLsqU
The three of us went out1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfq7NqSCRfA
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA12ingqhlAh
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.1074Please respect copyright.PENANATbM538H9J9
As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.1074Please respect copyright.PENANASeLywUcTyT
"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA1Po1PGsdSr
"Chill, you just ordered1074Please respect copyright.PENANAl95U6X0aIj
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one1074Please respect copyright.PENANA2nh5F5qQyy
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAGbPKR8nskr
"But I'm so hungry."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA4rR8vVrIwL
"Trust me, you aren't 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfUtgHXyfR0
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAcTyes9DUMx
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAaz1T9vYfnr
have."1074Please respect copyright.PENANANxR6abVJhq
"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANA50Au9LIFtp
"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA96bIkLdEaa
"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAX7x1dFYY0D
"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKX7psSa0tZ
"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAiXiy4RHE87
I didn't say anything as1074Please respect copyright.PENANANshjuVHFBd
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 1074Please respect copyright.PENANADjVvMzJB8H
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAiO3VzGftg9
calling.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9HrCJp939u
"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAZgaPloAGpG
"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMX3Cn6XYhb
"Okay, well you better answer that call."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAddNOiixrUI
I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAwRaXdheXAP
"Hello," I answered.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAZDRqmAcDtU
"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAXJRoVieB31
"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANA6paoUfzXwe
"We have to meet today, ASAP."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAy8rMFbI2Xg
"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAsSgdpeULMS
"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAmTYu1Fjpae
I knew Jehan was going 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAUEwRQt08z8
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA8q5FGOEFcU
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAiMTQMwCNVG
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAW6RR1nuAgz
was upstairs in the dance studio.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAACsO06Jrvp
"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANA4mdWdJh0vc
"I'm coming to YG to get it."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMqBQ3JOd13
"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFsJVxL0KEB
"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfDX3uBuUeZ
"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.1074Please respect copyright.PENANApvusMSAOtI
He cut the call and I 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAtVaHzUdVMZ
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through1074Please respect copyright.PENANABuiuVweUjx
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here1074Please respect copyright.PENANAzw4Ek7bkKM
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see1074Please respect copyright.PENANAX27dIepxTe
him they would start to ask questions.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA3t6OfRJrIc
"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAaItlYHTLG2
I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAygZHcHCeuH
"What?" I asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANACrXvmogesZ
"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFZEWSHt6xJ
"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANASshPSPYB7p
"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvBeM0bjoIO
"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKf5sIAvjVQ
"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAQGaFPe489s
"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA0X5WGa13ca
"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfJiXqg7JNS
Dang it! I was cornered 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA2udBgsEOjp
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfSe3zQGYfe
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMUpiLUQKsD
light no matter how much you try to hide it.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAuqH5OfLNhS
"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAnXWeA4zQGU
I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAm7Fhdv0Kil
"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.1074Please respect copyright.PENANALRMuA4pCkB
We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.1074Please respect copyright.PENANANN9U8ZZRp0
I told them everything 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9SIXXJInoV
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't1074Please respect copyright.PENANAI7hjCc1ITz
said a word until I finished the whole story.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA3dHykzokTJ
"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9hJzHzvSaM
"Just you two," I answered.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAlAvaDLIC9n
"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAQygSP2IUvc
"Surprising, right?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAWohwobiUiT
"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.1074Please respect copyright.PENANANpJifZAYy2
"We should involve the police," said TOP.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAiNeEskF2nE
"No! We can't!"1074Please respect copyright.PENANA6SRS9i4m7i
"Why?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAtP2Kr8J71r
"You know word goes out 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFfCGqLQPD8
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and1074Please respect copyright.PENANAIrRPxszynY
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9lWcmGAGqH
"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAkMSdLnwNXk
"He assured me that this1074Please respect copyright.PENANAmuUlJ8STqz
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA0RPqnaEHkI
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAnpDlffB1ll
"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.1074Please respect copyright.PENANASHJgdLxbOr
The three of us turned 1074Please respect copyright.PENANArec47uOvfk
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA78GnCLfsEN
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?1074Please respect copyright.PENANAGfSzIKIT3R
"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAzLE1pJ8UeD
"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAeYU23UzmbJ
"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAwXjRrkUKC7
"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAJE6vJLthPL
"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAS3erp7muQ3
"Random stuff involving a1074Please respect copyright.PENANAsM9BS1YSgY
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAUdRA5w4Izx
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA139md5jlBq
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAuem19syMEd
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFR9JAbLvLN
I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?1074Please respect copyright.PENANAwWSGls8bZ6
"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAtO3lUGHsdR
"Okay, I won't."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAhvXKFGDRwP
"Sit down."1074Please respect copyright.PENANASJtst0xxyP
Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA5yMbVqz9SB
"I got myself into trouble," I started.1074Please respect copyright.PENANABDH3Ijs191
"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAbYRYzgsQ4K
"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAPIwo06TuZO
Christine's face soon 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAWRev1yb8ff
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 1074Please respect copyright.PENANATJdML42Wp5
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....1074Please respect copyright.PENANAXntVzaajpw
"What!"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAx4CEi3G1Bj
TOP quickly covered up 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAhTbD99IRIW
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 1074Please respect copyright.PENANANQsbvcovzq
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA8xrq4VE3Wt
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAtcYfP1blHE
"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAujkUNVyQ9u
"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAAC8vVYO8Eh
"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.1074Please respect copyright.PENANACsWgSr4Ict
"Of course I'm mad!" 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAakGNTDwOLH
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA4HZ3AQ8kKj
but this by far is the worst one of them all."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA2nx4Vjqzhn
"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.1074Please respect copyright.PENANApNOh7gwORk
"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAt8oTKvKErJ
"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAnV8RjLxenS
"Ya, I remember. What about him?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANA265ZkKEp7n
"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAsGmKQ3y3yl
"WHAT!"1074Please respect copyright.PENANALPJLbaFcav
"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAYweAdTznp3
"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAW6omRiA2rX
"And the one I met at the café," I said.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7ACtWYnM5W
"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAUY7oEBJ6UK
"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAIQSYczM8cF
"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAHjgQPXZtGP
"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAV7whPs3Kso
"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAQVmYlgcUOm
"Ya," I said. "I planned1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKno3LdzogT
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 1074Please respect copyright.PENANArDGbFojf7E
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFuTuS24rgK
"So you're the one who 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAr98Mvnh7w3
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKMW5vLxtR5
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 1074Please respect copyright.PENANABl3MqxtIbS
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAVJB2mWIHCH
out with Seungri."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAVjVrUk8xkv
"I lied."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAprHTX1TtMl
Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA3Cj5mVTTJP
"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7utnoA416z
"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANADHf3DQTpvl
"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAX23PAtqAy3
"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAmceXR1PJvH
"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."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9fnSINQUsU
"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANATdFy8oOcIF
"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFmXhbxkwaH
"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."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAr6B95ZBrTq
"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA1J2LUnCoej
"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKUI5XV23RS
"But where?" I asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANALgLLRfrm8i
"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.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAsQWpysejet
"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.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAjO6VwAO058
"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvV2h9joR9C
"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA88Ef6OQRDr
I took my phone out and 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAAN6prxmeQQ
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in1074Please respect copyright.PENANAtn0tIigrGI
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA3ubDPPXVcK
"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAlgU3AOHw2q
"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAmq0J0BN5FQ
Seungri had ordered ten 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA2LJZ6E78Ab
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKy2yL4qhvy
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAzb7wPAvdfe
favourite.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAmqkjf1evFe
We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAa7Y4ASHhYv
"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA8l7g9Ro1Aw
"I'll be ready for 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAHAZXAEW3y1
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything1074Please respect copyright.PENANAXdFCm8oEPY
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."1074Please respect copyright.PENANArQFKugoxbq
"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."1074Please respect copyright.PENANALVT9jlH4fH
"And G-Dragon," TOP added.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAhlYauELxFE
"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAE9TNxK84yY
"Well, someone has to," said Christine.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA71PG4wEQzU
"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAkHAW8wyNEm
"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1SUSSIlOQ
We found ourselves back 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA5whX4MClca
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAmGpLxY9Lwi
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAOzRoefyW2K
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAVI0BmDAlD3
paranoid?1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfEKcevFVgd
Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMGxUFG7Yzd
"What?" I asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA4Oi1wVoHDx
"You were frowning," Christine answered.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA1BzyzEsqJ0
"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAnkzq6ApXJq
"Says the person who 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAt9JXhetmp6
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKhl7Ar4VKJ
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAX9wOkiZsVw
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAA43z21m6nC
Soon after lunch, we 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAuleOWphsR0
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA0HpONEMyGx
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time1074Please respect copyright.PENANAtClOphod78
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAjgM1eSO9BD
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know1074Please respect copyright.PENANAYTpTKci1Mo
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the1074Please respect copyright.PENANAzobAwjJIdY
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.1074Please respect copyright.PENANANr1tLYyH8n
At some point in the 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAORWTMvJN1X
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAXlKyhotuKk
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAmqVC51M82C
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA5tIegolJAU
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAnTsDBjVGYe
back to practising until we could pratice no more.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAoRlevjd8hQ
It was five and the sun 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA4fCxzEsdcn
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I1074Please respect copyright.PENANA8AOuRFwQxI
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAzKZ0UpzHOU
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAtCzkfyy16C
side of me. We were all pretty tired.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAzUihELWPTf
The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA0h7hTFKNsF
While I was resting and 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAttUU9P6Ynu
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 1074Please respect copyright.PENANACiYNSPXBcD
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAjMIYOgm5gH
look on my face.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAtrpqEGnwRh
"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAYXy4ZjKlcj
"Go? Go where?" I asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAyKZzh4dBK4
Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAI3KPHWcCgo
"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAW0LRCfrBLV
"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9NBtcoMzc
It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAizITY3GLWV
"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKpO6KZSxgD
"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAaihKmQpszw
"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAYwuznMLhe8
"I want to follow too," said Daniel.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA6x3ZqFMwph
"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKvgjalqCcO
I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAkfpdpB73ak
"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAwpusMYnN5X
"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAI2BZlRp47K
"Ya, me too," said Mike.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAQSRGPSmJDH
"Why don't you want 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAZPcrMBkmfB
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAxsksZgOqEV
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAynIRJmRovg
not to follow."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAcH8pnUc9yU
I wanted to protest and 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAaEjPrPCKkj
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAY641fyXTCk
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 1074Please respect copyright.PENANATKYDV71xFP
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.1074Please respect copyright.PENANABH2D61N5PN
"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAu8mev2Hhz1
Dang it!1074Please respect copyright.PENANAELD6s03fOZ
"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.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAXdXduXuXpT
"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA8KYD5eTLew
"Thanks, that's nice of 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA0cMcMzbvs1
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9qZzBa1If2
the others. "Have fun you, guys."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAjf6G43MZx1
Sam and Daesung left the1074Please respect copyright.PENANAaqYkLA8iqZ
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA5OcCBOYMsp
myself that the two also made a nice pair.1074Please respect copyright.PENANASS0iWZjPK5
"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANABJbGxAEJpf
"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAObpwL23M4E
"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAuyKSgzJlCq
Christine stood up from 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAl339hmiO4X
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAHmCbw4gnjY
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA6Mf919nz6E
I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAOLsggdXM3K
"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."1074Please respect copyright.PENANADEaYnxnQ53
"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAf1zA2jSfRm
"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAj4hxQfjjsO
Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANA2h16XZWTpD
I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAkcYjz4C3I8
"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANADZvHgjF88j
"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAjPBgMTPiMb
TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAqhEgzbLOOh
"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.1074Please respect copyright.PENANANgDEpMCJSr
"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAXjtMISBuJA
"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAEJ0JBGsHDU
"I know," said Christine.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAb009aisWm7
"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAQkNzLTmSIx
"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAyhJxTljHnz
"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.1074Please respect copyright.PENANASUN5PYePeq
"So that she can judge me? No way."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAep9agLiFQX
"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."1074Please respect copyright.PENANANj5fcvykXB
"Don't try to convince 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAUtu21peyG3
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 1074Please respect copyright.PENANArR7cgmDrpq
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me1074Please respect copyright.PENANAk5UD5Xm9mp
like she could hit me with a hammer.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAU83kN1njZo
"Okay, let's go," said TOP.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA1emPksFvD1
I got up from the floor 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAXgTGPwTKyl
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAVOsG0xQZTT
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAC4ioH9UOhj
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKd2a04vI0l
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAxMdbY4kz8E
The cars soon left the 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMkVZuFKjiU
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAW1ipHHgoGs
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvWH6B41BWf
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvGPWyWfCrS
"Can you you please stop1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFq9DPUt0S3
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAK1Fe2FXUKe
the teddy and lose it in the car."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAncUx99Tmxy
"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAld2UFagpuQ
"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAlGHFm3ihTa
I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA2w4FADWfft
"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA1nPCpkTfXa
"I just want to get this over with."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA6ObU5DkmX9
We were soon packed 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAlYYWqgMXRz
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 1074Please respect copyright.PENANATewoKbH5OJ
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMTq0uX7atN
turned to look at her.1074Please respect copyright.PENANABvZp5zbHsI
"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAdq82ASMPzE
"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAL9KG6FRFYF
Seungri also turned to 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAP9UPPAAzvx
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7bp1wzaYCW
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 1074Please respect copyright.PENANApXlytB5xKa
chest and I wished Sam was here too.1074Please respect copyright.PENANANIRq0RBv5G
I soon got out of the 1074Please respect copyright.PENANALby94FYq7D
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 1074Please respect copyright.PENANALJsimjd0nN
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I1074Please respect copyright.PENANAicbWyty8eY
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAYD94Q51fCy
Before I could find my 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAY7saE3zVXY
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAxcpGQhFnNb
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKMyCy9vZ75
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAeQxGM9vDrM
I quickly went in the 1074Please respect copyright.PENANASzpQaiJJbc
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7HazNEe1du
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAaA1wlk6HWh
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAcJsIB5fSEq
I slowly approached the 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAhEc1eQGU95
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFCyJMglzwY
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA2gKf6olSjB
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAuQWMxLDC5Z
hesitate to end my life right here.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAgRFsl7JxRG
"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA57kToSPJ7R
"I was practising today," I answered.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAlhxXwx6EVL
"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAsByeK20xG7
"Thanks," I frowned at 1074Please respect copyright.PENANACqoy4RMBFb
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9eE1H3BDB8
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAOV2o5EoIxo
Jehan smirked. "Certainly."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7N3FPiZOON
I quickly reached out 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAbj8V9cIAGm
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7MHtY3k3JO
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA3v1CEYGJFo
"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANADh6cT5agCf
"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAWQb2vVXszU
"What now?" I complained.1074Please respect copyright.PENANABvztMY8CYx
"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.1074Please respect copyright.PENANApYL0mMnZXY
"What do you think? That1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9rPNJ7FIjz
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAUc9ZtUQZxC
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 1074Please respect copyright.PENANALyvcCgrAhy
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMY3gzPZIE2
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."1074Please respect copyright.PENANApBCIWhUDpS
Jehan raised an eyebrow 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9KV3vQac5N
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going1074Please respect copyright.PENANAU2qba2c3DO
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a1074Please respect copyright.PENANAWhqq6e6rW3
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAZQDnEDGhzn
"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."1074Please respect copyright.PENANACQzoSHweF8
"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAB7HoGnx6rE
I went back to looking 1074Please respect copyright.PENANApQnOC6cQeW
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into1074Please respect copyright.PENANAviMbJkLEMT
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7sZLL6kqQn
surprise me that he carried that thing around.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAr5RCexNxHz
Jehan slowly laid the 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKNxlPuMaTk
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAhFwjQj1seQ
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAiiUaPLzf0i
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAD7WSBcC091
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAyQpZdAX11X
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of1074Please respect copyright.PENANAssxRQXSP9L
the teddy bear.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA3oL6hY9s94
Wait. I frowned. This 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAspAUFzOBmx
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAdaVQ9j5O58
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAp0uSifNg1r
diamonds!1074Please respect copyright.PENANAYrFAKop7ql
I stared horrified at 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAJfU6jFuZVM
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAEC8IAydypA
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 1074Please respect copyright.PENANArVnIyl1q3d
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA92oOUqTqIa
I looked up at Jehan and1074Please respect copyright.PENANAATxeJ5eUZx
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAM5iTW6izX7
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA5Q6MDU7mQN
that, he was going to end up traumatised.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAlKxnDi18tp
"Je-Jehan," I said 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvru7gmVySq
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 1074Please respect copyright.PENANACgoAzVN4Kp
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in1074Please respect copyright.PENANAzhp4b3DV5e
there."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAPty9vGAUv4
Jean neither moved nor 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAB52no09ikV
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAmQVfrBDvPL
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfVNs8PisOA
But how could this be? 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA0UqNTMxkBF
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAB5UUvj0xoq
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAZYt8D3PN2H
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAXKWhKieE28
"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.1074Please respect copyright.PENANASzrIa7IP4s
"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAPEkfFxlTpq
He banged his fists on 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAGJ3GEPbTMM
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAiuk4Vnk7RN
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfL9KIaXnK7
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKqSfHpMlXt
"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAmbM0SVTiyS
"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAM6bUDI3Sju
"I don't know. I don't 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAP1CTHFUlRW
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAdrqu9OmUVA
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAzaflO2T5X0
"How did the diamonds go missing?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAuiW7nlhlMu
"How am I supposed to 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAONEya4klX3
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without1074Please respect copyright.PENANAf6TP8YF5mU
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAUsp5N45amN
"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAK0hoylXVvC
"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAacL2LQ9toc
Jehan rubbed his 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAF53w131weV
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA69l5aIWoHi
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA6wlXsdyOZt
"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAYZ9u5SUcwW
"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAdWANZv1YiS
"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANALSXUrWP3e9
"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAnfpEwp0olk
"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANA4QhHxp1hax
"I don't know."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAqqRiCNivGF
Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAQPvS20UgPf
"Ummm," I looked down 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAJz5IVjvduc
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA1eGVKkkeJ8
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAWvkAPIdHxN
"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANA6A9H2w1daj
"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.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAOWmUz5sZqp
"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAqbcid1rdmf
"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAb3g71HQUdH
"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAiea2bUdcfD
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAEzAeNorAWg
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANA3DEaIzGvij
"I don't think so. Lee 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvFLQE0MRKq
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,1074Please respect copyright.PENANAp9cSYIlCtD
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAQLZQMilqDG
"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMmvOWttVcl
"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."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAxVTnnyB388
"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFMR9kKGnqB
"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."1074Please respect copyright.PENANApxcbaRpMdB
After I said that, Jehan1074Please respect copyright.PENANAOIOGdo2MUM
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAkdtcaLbLKN
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfckS2OQkDi
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAmZg4q8Tdw4
look on his face.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAhvLKePYvJa
"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAXTsUu7sxWQ
"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvAOv1lZ1H5
"I remember one of my 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAwurxnmlAk1
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAEeUhNkWTla
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAs97gjWXBg7
"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"1074Please respect copyright.PENANA1FUu73HIZa
"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!"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAbBawUoR9bV
"Huh? I can't start 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA36SbM0f1aX
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMLPxQPJ1eY
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA4wJZzWXlxD
that the bear is missing."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA0WYacKX2Fc
"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAeSBGbF4HZO
"What do you mean?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAaVYddttZxv
"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."1074Please respect copyright.PENANADmpgnwnJeU
"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAzsEo5htDrP
"Now that, makes no 1074Please respect copyright.PENANArVOPazp4aT
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that1074Please respect copyright.PENANAAaJPUxWRob
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAUL51Wz8Z9c
"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"1074Please respect copyright.PENANA212ENNZMAY
"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAxEykZUjfZl
"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAE5t7ie5cas
"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAHzC5X3e6vT
I completely forgot that1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvauIHYMDDv
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAOKgVyF7keY
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have1074Please respect copyright.PENANAU24FA2hgoc
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA8sgXqXjk9a
"Okay. I'll see what I can do."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAEjDzjdiLf6
Jehan gave me a smile. 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA5bwQFSxEmE
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAKYHdXJ2wt6
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAAQ464Untjw
I nodded my head and 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAzR9ExCKRnb
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked1074Please respect copyright.PENANAiopX1jv6JV
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvHTlKw0tsS
"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA3Rvncq01Bf
I sat there as I buried 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAwLeRYi8otN
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAcbuVylsZ3A
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the1074Please respect copyright.PENANAzSrCpYYAo3
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA7kFW5HIEvn
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAv30hcLfg4p
drama that might just ruin my life?1074Please respect copyright.PENANAhhZIeektgO
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.1074Please respect copyright.PENANArA6DLFPQfy
"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA4B1THi9TKj
I could hear footsteps 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAOdI6Uialk0
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAZzVbfW6Wxe
when they saw the look on my face.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAtSsEfSLmvZ
Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA5uOa2upLKm
"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANArxulYrGMIf
"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAXbz0gYX1fn
"No," I answered. "He didn't."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfgzrqlSVbU
"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAN1BEDVlUIf
"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAO5twUApNi0
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."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAOc9CxZ5zem
"And what about Lee?" 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAOBcrMnEMsO
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAoOIU33N0rj
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA1lMHMrvl1H
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 1074Please respect copyright.PENANALast8I0oKE
to."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA4dmAin61hl
"This is bad," I said, 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAVXBdb2SiQm
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAlPbpGORGJa
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAtuMBHlrqFc
"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAD0jOWD7jwX
"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.1074Please respect copyright.PENANASOstrdkZxr
We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAcOx5KFEc1y
"Sam?" I wondered for a 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAO3U3oHncPb
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAdV5rdytBsV
she have swapped it with the other one?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANACEEYduliO4
"Okay, wait," said TOP. 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAtUT3Ja1LWn
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAyDEVOf1xOD
what's really going on in the first place?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAP0WZOagHRy
"I doubt it," I said 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMLjCyYlgu7
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 1074Please respect copyright.PENANACdUz4ypHCA
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would1074Please respect copyright.PENANAt7Yk57TPZ3
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."1074Please respect copyright.PENANATqJiyqYrEb
TOP and Seungri looked 1074Please respect copyright.PENANABqoaqXuCgV
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAdluIppnu9A
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed1074Please respect copyright.PENANA97O8enHki6
it away.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAwOAiG0LNQZ
"I highly doubt it too,"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAsSil8ltEko
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAYOdmHJtGjq
she would have asked us about it."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAfE6YWGEU3Y
"That's true," said 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAY24ckCpe0N
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 1074Please respect copyright.PENANASvvaqpLlkS
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."1074Please respect copyright.PENANADuJq7IbkZf
"And I checked out the 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAPMyCrXYelQ
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAbkx23SP6Zp
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFOS7OFYeck
"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA3C7OZnEC6O
"No, I highly doubt it,"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvpezTIIcJS
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA0l4iBFgBRf
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They1074Please respect copyright.PENANAszSzwRpDgl
said nothing about them entering a toy store."1074Please respect copyright.PENANArkTkDEkln9
"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAgfKSKWXkmR
"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9yIMZRMGhT
"Collins?" Mike asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAUCPg8KfuKA
"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAUvU3kJgiyk
"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAYWwHq3alFN
"But who knows? Maybe he1074Please respect copyright.PENANAhoE8IYUcFc
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAcZkAGRVSND
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 1074Please respect copyright.PENANANq0LSuxTTw
times."1074Please respect copyright.PENANArnmbNFlBWV
"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAdszK0Jylo6
"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAPlM7NhJXuf
"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"1074Please respect copyright.PENANAQDygf8CA1W
Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."1074Please respect copyright.PENANA14ByaYXy2m
"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFZDhuMJyhH
"He was the one who went1074Please respect copyright.PENANAXyEgmoegk1
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAe75xbrEDyR
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAZigzGGXJdw
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAbIZmx8acm3
elevator."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAgK0zwpK7h6
"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.1074Please respect copyright.PENANA8jYHV9yhjs
"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAvc2b67dLJs
"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAR5byof8jFk
"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAk6nA58EESg
"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."1074Please respect copyright.PENANANL7UUvnc2Q
"You're right," I said 1074Please respect copyright.PENANATAiSfEXsLJ
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA6wGRBOSZFH
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."1074Please respect copyright.PENANAEJ2rWC0iyI
"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAI6RtiF2nCg
We all walked out of the1074Please respect copyright.PENANAak6VIkLA3d
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAswSuOQVcnP
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAFpD9kcjBpn
While I was in the car 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAHPxcjKtGaN
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so1074Please respect copyright.PENANA9RZn2bqyqF
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins1074Please respect copyright.PENANACZXbDzE5q6
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 1074Please respect copyright.PENANARbVinRAIQt
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAq3SkEit305
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ8gP5up26
If it isn't him, then 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAkiTtpQvAKA
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 1074Please respect copyright.PENANASwUkanomri
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAl8kQkIdtkO
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her1074Please respect copyright.PENANAs5BNyaeQiJ
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.1074Please respect copyright.PENANAMC7t8VXyjn
What if I had the wrong 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA2TXZhigcVP
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 1074Please respect copyright.PENANANPuvukSkBS
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 1074Please respect copyright.PENANA6CZP1CbWjK
place without any of us noticing in the first place?1074Please respect copyright.PENANAHIJ0eFLBUj
I hope I could be able 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAbKebjJfymr
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 1074Please respect copyright.PENANAcfe4hQP46q
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that1074Please respect copyright.PENANA3aycMZfY9D
happen.