Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXSM2Mkgo2
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcgLYwURqZ
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EOi8M9rM6
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNt82peKMi
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8TJ32qyiL
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZkuBpd0lr
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ouDP7AVCC
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmakvsxGHX
boss a call.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9gXgibw47
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdLEoqPDxO
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXJEM4EHPa
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLxuNzXTyV
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywJGFNhAmy
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKkL6OVvQn
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8YoxG0oP2
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfePfdtflL
looked really tired and restless.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr60WIS4PRY
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtDEtUOAKw
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPayQ9tgZX
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1WZ6riHQQ
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFyFnY0bgv
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwzLsg5yDH
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlBlJTv0YU
huge loss.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVBwZTVfny
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtd55Lfx3kh
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXcANkXzXK
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnog4nBpAbb
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQdlODUvlP
"What are you planning to do?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXkYraiKFv
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWg7qTsaW3
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkU8fCWxH5Y
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPjlAVaKQx
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAt3akZAoja
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAHs8knpSo
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxCQcwx5av
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZd52KvpYO
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhnsCZ0b4x
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrBbjSGBPJ
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2L4U2ap2g
vacant space weren't as good as her.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitq5Bp1Jo8
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFFO6JJtka
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcLuf86Z6c
lucky charm.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RSHfIi96B
And he needed her back real bad.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwu9Ypc9NMI
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqO3l7fr1l1
"I have a job for you."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5PnVcSZaD
***882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllpYMdUCGb
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeFR5HGw8L
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRo3HRmBwk
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRMFTPagoz
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YUcHdtUa1
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwzLJ5efJ6
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0stOvITP0
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfycVYWn3h
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYitHJoVW5j
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQ7S7FZHAj
serious.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRocN6Rj6c4
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzp0etaFxcb
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLRzZSZI29
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12v0nxYuzA
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1dnGu2ecS
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgUWNAeyEu
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfQ27hG7fq
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcziboD4AT8
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBw0Gq7dT2B
between the two of you considering what happened."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1szp2PxQJY
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaC6JEDWmF
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHzbn5JIGw
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5rXPYM3nd
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhUnfnS0WP
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1DmodeR1h
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiHrH3YKkf
"And you never apologised for it," said 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTd6Y7ercf5
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLvhUL246v
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeayHiF8M1
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjDBMSx7Yg
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZjzYfYNlf
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0A2uNBTXx
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0squLFvRS7
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcp4WwihoAi
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhwaBtAlwP
for what happened to her.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZfhuseWCM
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84vKdMshdv
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpN5R0UVVT9
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ402FMRtouH
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyK7pwiEbnH
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dsEd3VrVR
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KQ9aXi4ft
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DR81RHlda
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKG0Y8qeEH
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8NvHV9FBX
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLX7WepmfU7
back at the club.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47OBRjeQNa
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Prn64Xin0
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaSKmssBvu
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjcGNn1zMT
sisters completely.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBY0Coz0L6
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgYEadSzQU
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvT4bNroT7l
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTY4GqdGyad
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2sNTNaeRf
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7Tspwv66l
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcanRhomKu7
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuZP6kYKhf
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5MsnZw3g4
club, not him.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpGESOObaM
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkAqD7t7J8
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DczLBby0h
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlXjFE9xsR
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvG0WIQ3AaT
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPlm7gyswW
at each other yet, have you?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO97vtm2Bkw
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEIzQrAFBG
"No," they answered at the same time.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Smty2sYbV
"Great. That's good to know."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5GUf5zyyI
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbYhfC8bfg
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmm8sIrI5F7
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIo8f46gMt
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nlo4sifJp
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuyo7idfVJ
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaZE28sugC
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwh5tTb881t
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GGtejz4ZU
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTo66x1FFY
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1coSTyXTs
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xFSLiUQDI
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQJOI9ABrK
long."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPQgC5mjlS
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fL9tvjOtL
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzvGyI3w68
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZHHgSLMQZ
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfO7zY0BMj
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLnh5v9jlH
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCMQDJM2M5
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2JEAWi3Ox
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcw52Gc6ih
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBlIxi5Hz3
Not like this. Something was wrong.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fNUTfuasx
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoG92m4HJPy
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TtqFcyHEG
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9n1ubB3M0
embarrassed?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwsWRDw4Ha
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9F0a5Bponl
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUstOM8hprc
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtpb63LnP8
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqoxu3KDnV
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSY2tZkkgsb
today?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMR1Um3dmb
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvtYkGnZgr
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt24bQDIp6f
you want."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGWj1l4wTV
"It worked for you, didn't it?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7Imc7SRLy
"What do you mean?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9FP0t2WPB
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqEME2Ggdj
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyIfoeqjrX
sister."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjKpDGco4O
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5s3QJQG2n
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmGJxy3Blu
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHylCyKIOa
"I'm just speaking the truth."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPH4BUCIqer
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9MvzjXEIL
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJ2jrrFN1d
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRh4oJbFvIZ
"I was protecting my sister."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJScQjkdeyc
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEI6xwYeaQq
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesAA1sMxiG
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeis9q1VsAi
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaATAt1CkLM
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HhjmXyobx
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WPdLawyvi
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKvsaRLaKL
betray you like Carly betrayed me."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6iukGp2Fl
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoUqz1AtoB
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1Y0vsPqjh
crystal glass.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8j1AEuyJA
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYtTTRwZSD
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJsSxOedZN
in this situation right now."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstArP44xNK
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRA95ncWxJ
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HE8ZqYYtC
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4r6USMTb9
actions.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVh5iBr5ZVg
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtjgOTwXbu
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5nS6QKU5W
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4py07YG2BW
near Carly."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhDPWJ2YH4
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8GEl075ht
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwxcUsgGI3
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByYJF2EtSB
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1VrvCWtUx
Carly, she would be insulting herself.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhkUu6e5J9
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaxX2S790R
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQde6evtUg
"That would never happen."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7R85neFV9W
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEt6VMsgPSd
"A fool in love, yes."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgWMpLvtV9
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OMG4hSDbO
"Why? Because you don't like me?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FuCVCuA28
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCO1ufBVMdK
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUwES15fra
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuWL1JVhQX
and my accident that she would ever change."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPEz35ddci
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59IwccgMtu
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptKFoXMRHW
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUqRURRFUN
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkWUv7e1MR
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOU9FwgKeOw
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlUbyznKN8
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdr7rdcqkg
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHOSdWBm6A
puzzled.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbKi5JmtEf
***882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRaTZ6rYWg
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6yQZBZZtm
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRQ410Q01b
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMxQUWP7M7
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0J8LMd7i9
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZyb1WLXmo
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvWi63lM5S
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOshNH6G2pU
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQD45kSiyza
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjvW46disI
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1BHKmrOer
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lx5jr1vfJ
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tApdeqgQm
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTf6pCqdW0
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1aR0emcQ5
McDonell should be.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0qto2bWn3
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0AOtzyq0e
"Our family has been successfully with the 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0E7ozhKFII
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42yvk55O7M
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnPIPwPBLB
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbZMxnRav5
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtn6QJXrW5j
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejuSqWrZQq
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDyWyF4CCY
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLs1OSFxnup
especially from my brother. He is so kind."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ps8TPvjjz
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOK2zbQWyi
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EE5Mp6HEi
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw2MtRSy5p
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0env351tiz
model.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3u2VeBKfz
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLTwBJCwQh
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIYZ6MJmhR
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uZUyf6S15
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRPHqk8UkW
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1eneWvBRW
the financial state her family was in.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCHUPGthGO
But now that she was with the McDonell 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnD7W4HEMGo
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmkrh8k2fl
she has always wanted.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwu3OgwII9y
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIteJd4F7R
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLJOzu6JzA
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKa9YbpchFD
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNIKtL17Nd
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLvPcquFrV
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyfMi6ZrmX
"That would be awesome."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0XK8qz03G
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoW5FfzpZI
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepF1lsm40x
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2odFy0fgc
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVS1s4eMCE
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9G9Jiv1ti
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡna50chR5lB
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzZKluAd5j
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LvktrGRGk
Miranda.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGA0V921aT1
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsx4v2HLx4
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHi5aM2w4Bg
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSPyhJPFQH
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnumJGgvjo0
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlQ9PFvUde
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFlFEz20Qs
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXDLuHRQ3G
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0ZgaJ8zWX
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgKSkUVawM
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkiscy6ADc
she never ever discussed her life with them.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfOzCB6OzC
Could it be Miranda?882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DSYuCT8FP
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynCquf8P6T
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RbnyYI486
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbTcx9iL7T
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYBu6KUokn
And now she was calling Carly after all this882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGpC84xiCa
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCZRNdrK67
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhW9JM1sI0
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTMXJ7Yfw3
betrayal.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0yWGf94fL
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgF3RewIu8r
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6ythKOnHa
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Zch4y2kgH
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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and then Add to home screen.