Leo gave out a sigh of 476Please respect copyright.PENANAq1EZY39gGC
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 476Please respect copyright.PENANAMgarRF7Mb0
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never476Please respect copyright.PENANA0k8czscD5f
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had476Please respect copyright.PENANA2c7Xu7WnRn
expected. 476Please respect copyright.PENANAD0XB9CpZAX
When Leo had told her 476Please respect copyright.PENANAfn7ovzubbh
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 476Please respect copyright.PENANAD0KtlwVyOv
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 476Please respect copyright.PENANAuHAo9iJoeJ
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 476Please respect copyright.PENANAOn0hmPOKow
"What happened Leo? Why did you say that? Did I do something wrong to change your mind all of the sudden? Tell me, Leo!" Kim had asked, at a point where tears almost dropped down her cheeks.476Please respect copyright.PENANAnAMBseFGqc
Leo couldn't tell Kim 476Please respect copyright.PENANA27L8MUlO3r
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 476Please respect copyright.PENANAWJ2vSw7UjS
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 476Please respect copyright.PENANAPq14cfsjrs
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 476Please respect copyright.PENANAMYX7OKxe3N
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 476Please respect copyright.PENANAewJeE0Mq0w
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 476Please respect copyright.PENANARkTN4HKlGD
believe him at all.476Please respect copyright.PENANAqeHwwf4TEB
"Tell me now, Leo! 476Please respect copyright.PENANAJTPv41RhwR
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 476Please respect copyright.PENANABXZYpsx7Zy
coming from you. I want to know what you're hiding from me, right now!" Kim had looked like punching Leo on the face when she said all that.476Please respect copyright.PENANA2YPkg4K9wH
"What do you want me to tell you?" Leo had asked Kim, trying to sound as convincing as he possibly could. "I have thought a lot these past days and I don't feel we can continue with all this."476Please respect copyright.PENANAlzLlUSx0AV
"What! You're still 476Please respect copyright.PENANAyWHpMLyM5S
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 476Please respect copyright.PENANAdGfVK2UyBN
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in476Please respect copyright.PENANANHvsRr7mWr
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 476Please respect copyright.PENANAGmDSYEufrA
anymore?"476Please respect copyright.PENANAGmasWs3INB
"It isn't like that. We can still be friends and nothing more." Leo had suggested, but Kim still hadn't taken it lightly as she shook her head.476Please respect copyright.PENANAK5ubapYRwb
"There is someone 476Please respect copyright.PENANArzD2siKzTw
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 476Please respect copyright.PENANAkheRxZfPNj
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 476Please respect copyright.PENANAo9ZeoXPlZG
Leo!"476Please respect copyright.PENANADR6kQc9ZqO
Leo had been frustrated 476Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7ik3kZuxX
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 476Please respect copyright.PENANAoCmjd05WjX
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 476Please respect copyright.PENANASzeoDvUexl
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 476Please respect copyright.PENANAKQedb97gjX
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 476Please respect copyright.PENANAKlCwPbXCOu
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 476Please respect copyright.PENANA5Y45X2NezV
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 476Please respect copyright.PENANAI9qhMitZ7h
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 476Please respect copyright.PENANAEO8Pomislc
"I'll find out the 476Please respect copyright.PENANAzSsxg5MkPN
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 476Please respect copyright.PENANAQcvbSdSfVB
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 476Please respect copyright.PENANA79kQtPLp4p
lying to me!"476Please respect copyright.PENANACq5sph8VT0
For a moment, her threat476Please respect copyright.PENANAIEGxKnmF0m
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 476Please respect copyright.PENANAkMYhyC89an
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 476Please respect copyright.PENANAch9popBnF5
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 476Please respect copyright.PENANA1eYhJCC4dO
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really476Please respect copyright.PENANARXb1qRNseV
genuine or not.476Please respect copyright.PENANAMCkncZ7qkE
He was about to ascend 476Please respect copyright.PENANAnG9Hvmlg37
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 476Please respect copyright.PENANA4fEk2v45Cm
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 476Please respect copyright.PENANAPyuVt1x3Oo
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 476Please respect copyright.PENANA1LcLLS8xP3
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 476Please respect copyright.PENANABNtlBpL2ma
thanking Leo for getting the door.476Please respect copyright.PENANAWi29o0MSiO
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"476Please respect copyright.PENANAVlXTKaN7aG
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 476Please respect copyright.PENANAgytShqFrRb
"That's good, Leo," said Mrs McDonell, looking at her son with a smile. "So, tell us. When will be the date of the wedding?"476Please respect copyright.PENANA9dbMajSlGn
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."476Please respect copyright.PENANAGJP69qF1q2
Diana and Mrs McDonell 476Please respect copyright.PENANAFnpMAxrYth
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 476Please respect copyright.PENANAGBfW8RnYRs
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 476Please respect copyright.PENANAWysDWqwbnd
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.476Please respect copyright.PENANAzoTYdhwxz9
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 476Please respect copyright.PENANAD5catNFMkz
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."476Please respect copyright.PENANAtafN8NJgxv
"But.....but, you two 476Please respect copyright.PENANAcQDh3APU4h
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how476Please respect copyright.PENANAC3dClRHgAt
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"476Please respect copyright.PENANAM77Y3MS1td
"No, I broke up with her. Sorry, if it hurts you, mum, but this is my life and I thought it was best for the both us."476Please respect copyright.PENANAggDVvTQzcz
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 476Please respect copyright.PENANA2IenGTTsRG
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 476Please respect copyright.PENANAAvkJZ9Mk10
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 476Please respect copyright.PENANAfsuRvegRnq
tell me it's not true, Diana."476Please respect copyright.PENANAlOFRIbQfpe
"I'm afraid it is," said476Please respect copyright.PENANAEQ8ZbEoJzU
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 476Please respect copyright.PENANAvQBYHcRKCv
the moment. You need to calm down."476Please respect copyright.PENANAP8gj69DYaT
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"476Please respect copyright.PENANAmycmKUmkgz
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"476Please respect copyright.PENANAfzlUhFdavY
When Leo tried to leave 476Please respect copyright.PENANAviSsA9yhBX
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 476Please respect copyright.PENANAKv93bFCq0Z
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 476Please respect copyright.PENANAUCml2YVyzS
"You're not going any 476Please respect copyright.PENANAF0YnB3ViCN
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 476Please respect copyright.PENANAQSAdBcELVJ
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"476Please respect copyright.PENANAPKnjk6CQKJ
"I don't have to explain476Please respect copyright.PENANA8vaPHqNgC0
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 476Please respect copyright.PENANA0TzQEsL4Il
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."476Please respect copyright.PENANAuMJjMBOaPb
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"476Please respect copyright.PENANA22wrAAYuq0
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."476Please respect copyright.PENANA5ojQHdf5AI
Leo quickly got away 476Please respect copyright.PENANAWTiWKc9D24
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 476Please respect copyright.PENANAL5a6eHLj3p
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 476Please respect copyright.PENANABRbiysOyK3
him.476Please respect copyright.PENANAUgomFW1y0s
"Leo! Leo! Get back here right now!" Mrs McDonell called out to her son. "If you don't I swear you will not like me one bit!"476Please respect copyright.PENANA6fSHLHhFqD
Leo rolled his eyes as 476Please respect copyright.PENANAtD0dZrPWhv
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and476Please respect copyright.PENANA2MzWd5IW6f
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 476Please respect copyright.PENANAla5nnE4ohH
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 476Please respect copyright.PENANAfyUGsd8GTt
***476Please respect copyright.PENANAYcIX2m0bRQ
The476Please respect copyright.PENANARXfKyZXLQD
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 476Please respect copyright.PENANAuuwJ1ItglX
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been476Please respect copyright.PENANA8x6cyIBKCB
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 476Please respect copyright.PENANAZYuLv6IV2Q
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother476Please respect copyright.PENANAkzgU3NwWf3
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.476Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3IuN6tymh
Carly476Please respect copyright.PENANAstBF0xNyzd
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with476Please respect copyright.PENANAuE3vL2aftw
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full476Please respect copyright.PENANAEAMGkr6uP7
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother476Please respect copyright.PENANAZdgHlpUHR6
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 476Please respect copyright.PENANAtX1QR1sqci
Angel476Please respect copyright.PENANAebgyJBxyAX
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 476Please respect copyright.PENANAPi0jL0mvmU
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 476Please respect copyright.PENANA4QBYnvolsr
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 476Please respect copyright.PENANAh7AwS0wRjd
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 476Please respect copyright.PENANALK2Ad25dMO
still recovering.476Please respect copyright.PENANAZGpxxqY98x
Right476Please respect copyright.PENANAoduDpQr5Ru
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 476Please respect copyright.PENANA1fjFKl3sTs
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk476Please respect copyright.PENANAz1c9fVL4ZI
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.476Please respect copyright.PENANAZNeuBhOvrT
As476Please respect copyright.PENANAtxKEEQQEMb
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 476Please respect copyright.PENANAeWjzHs94ae
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and476Please respect copyright.PENANAcU6ahBgmts
he had a sad look on his face as well.476Please respect copyright.PENANASw0wCdOdLr
"I476Please respect copyright.PENANAm4KQAC1Dfa
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 476Please respect copyright.PENANAYXrjiH8xiV
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."476Please respect copyright.PENANAdypNYIjeY8
"Don't476Please respect copyright.PENANAW4N4oTxymu
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 476Please respect copyright.PENANAiHmYnCBgKE
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."476Please respect copyright.PENANA6MVN0rR9bx
"Don't worry about it. I will make sure to work everything out. I did promise your mother that I will help you out in anyway."476Please respect copyright.PENANA1anD2AkrrV
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."476Please respect copyright.PENANAPBqh7SjLQB
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."476Please respect copyright.PENANAgxA2NqdXlX
Carly476Please respect copyright.PENANA6afXlEjg4Z
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 476Please respect copyright.PENANAdnd13evFpe
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had476Please respect copyright.PENANATM2jLUAjh3
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 476Please respect copyright.PENANANcMlx4MQ51
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 476Please respect copyright.PENANAdFqlPNfwsA
eyes.476Please respect copyright.PENANAmdEnN2huGS
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"476Please respect copyright.PENANAnW4AEazZA1
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."476Please respect copyright.PENANACt5W97hY8s
"Yes,476Please respect copyright.PENANAYsnpGI6O9y
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 476Please respect copyright.PENANAMDisOz1MD4
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 476Please respect copyright.PENANAeeN5ICgnNT
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."476Please respect copyright.PENANA4aohtGBY8b
"Okay, lets go."476Please respect copyright.PENANAthgJWtWjBt
Carly476Please respect copyright.PENANAgRhPCwxKRU
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 476Please respect copyright.PENANAr8GH3EL3Vl
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at476Please respect copyright.PENANAbs5EYIVOaZ
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 476Please respect copyright.PENANA9MmomZ6cPk
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.476Please respect copyright.PENANAqMvNhoMEvh
***476Please respect copyright.PENANA2bVB87eDz0
"I476Please respect copyright.PENANA47ZHpsItLb
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 476Please respect copyright.PENANA4w7fHaMkxG
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 476Please respect copyright.PENANAPD4NJfzdxM
her in the car. 476Please respect copyright.PENANAN96dkAZVBl
Angel,476Please respect copyright.PENANAIUhmdPrS31
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 476Please respect copyright.PENANAx10tN7iR1P
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 476Please respect copyright.PENANARz2DuEtlpq
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.476Please respect copyright.PENANA3EBRPfH7k8
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."476Please respect copyright.PENANAjRep0oQDE5
"Very476Please respect copyright.PENANA3CS169cuXK
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to476Please respect copyright.PENANAWLyuCIMQI7
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if476Please respect copyright.PENANAmzC8q3hoaY
I have to."476Please respect copyright.PENANAyo8ww1YWpG
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."476Please respect copyright.PENANAA4o1pEkYpp
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 476Please respect copyright.PENANAeEkC0PE2He
"Don't476Please respect copyright.PENANAzHBEittAHL
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough476Please respect copyright.PENANAqvVeSMNvZ1
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 476Please respect copyright.PENANAdrxMdFGKr1
right, grandma?"476Please respect copyright.PENANAzW2GaDr45q
Amanda476Please respect copyright.PENANAbU3JWait7x
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 476Please respect copyright.PENANA9d6djqhlcP
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 476Please respect copyright.PENANAwFdfziH5ej
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 476Please respect copyright.PENANAHwtMnvfgrb
you."476Please respect copyright.PENANARhphVnJlwE
Eric476Please respect copyright.PENANAuobDj6yf27
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 476Please respect copyright.PENANADD3O8qivSh
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 476Please respect copyright.PENANABwlRAkVquR
why.476Please respect copyright.PENANAOyqV0GvVOK
"What?476Please respect copyright.PENANAcwLCpXPyqd
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at476Please respect copyright.PENANAzFvopspjgh
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"476Please respect copyright.PENANALW9vDOIEhU
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"476Please respect copyright.PENANABwGHl9U8yc
"He476Please respect copyright.PENANAc9bixWf4Gn
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 476Please respect copyright.PENANAc5fHRxUHfC
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 476Please respect copyright.PENANAJFErGnuqUj
you get to know him."476Please respect copyright.PENANABU3ZBkLi9o
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.476Please respect copyright.PENANAjr1fAvv6zs
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.476Please respect copyright.PENANAgIDo8jptvD
"Oh, no. Nothing."476Please respect copyright.PENANAMUavEgyK9z
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."476Please respect copyright.PENANAvY17IKDzLw
All476Please respect copyright.PENANAvaZWUTNPdH
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 476Please respect copyright.PENANA8k2slNcvPw
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 476Please respect copyright.PENANArKCACBguJD
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 476Please respect copyright.PENANAJnwfLxxPpB
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had476Please respect copyright.PENANAJlJKe5HJKP
never seen such a house ever in her life.476Please respect copyright.PENANAVFhEUyAmxn
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"476Please respect copyright.PENANA1nmApsRtNn
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.476Please respect copyright.PENANAbS09mFFyHq
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"476Please respect copyright.PENANAGJNTdTiWQ3
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.476Please respect copyright.PENANAbnUxu1qDty
Angel476Please respect copyright.PENANAibJLYXha1J
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what476Please respect copyright.PENANAJr671t5Lvt
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.476Please respect copyright.PENANAdTOtQszdBs
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 476Please respect copyright.PENANA98npla5BX6
would begin anytime soon.