Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTI34s276aW
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbqbQ2pjNs
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFk3EamAHlN
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXUbsB0fPS
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9nuRm33DK
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vxYb38Wk5
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnOO5KNJwj
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAJMDXVAFY
boss a call.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnei6HB1TKk
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2YWRgoZU8
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25j2XYeEbW
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7j8lY3icru
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nMs1oyT3w
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgsnWlCT80
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBbAu0MHUF
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTJzCsG1IR
looked really tired and restless.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbEZM7sz6H
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvPFAQVPsV
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwO1O8vD58A
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcFsrKBecl
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSICe3ZGXAi
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssUZyLijy8
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUq9Z3VFet2
huge loss.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9X3DLaM4G
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fJ5rGBzOF
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGjALD0tIR
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bkArTttIs
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuXnlnU9sP
"What are you planning to do?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYTQz45B0c
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWDvBsMYpJ
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7fAQmKnF1
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGEObtZzEp
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SuC4zVOjb
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3n7aEXRGC
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QJ10MG1hI
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmv8VkcZch
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfR1D9ehdd
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00VYlkoc22
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFp1zOKJsd
vacant space weren't as good as her.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BgESC5dma
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkgOZSCtkW
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpBCYWMFDP
lucky charm.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIK6omZGUIj
And he needed her back real bad.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUR4aXWjnqY
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.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BXeTApphu
"I have a job for you."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5nkGmDX4B
***835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EGzVHrm6f
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLmzGZ5kYp
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19Q9tA8S3R
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjcLNanuIN
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYdujx7lQg
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPo7LJbcO2T
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqe51ApFFv
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKTWRK6tKW
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FYU3kUKvh
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqRBMO26f1
serious.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OARU3VJyD
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfnXjVnjFs
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiDLnF9vIy
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UTDiHsk1y
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RDbBjUPoD
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqPL7HxKfn
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjgy1uFLIM
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwE5QqHmzp
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUsilFNp0x
between the two of you considering what happened."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeuPzKVVCe
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTT859yKgs
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEylLStkJHa
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DGknD2LHL
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpKzQmlTtM
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4o2UlwD1Oe
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsmjbDRaGs
"And you never apologised for it," said 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTjObv4YzU
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnusR7SEc8X
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuhIbdTC0G
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdNaFRahiv
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUTeqYfH45
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOtp9HcFPU
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjEb9jxrV7
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1MYRM9p9s
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnqB0RSpVw
for what happened to her.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40cZzakFEt
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGW3Pzjxrr
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhLN6xeX5f
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwE0cffri5
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTltGVannN
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiTW4NOrIZ
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbB8EhoYPtb
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pOA5zIhk8
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0pBbslgsJ
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKus6nZYDtW
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9MYoXupPj
back at the club.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qGxpTntlW
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZB6dsrtaLU
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIb79c1uSj6
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7pamr6DXu
sisters completely.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLqmZ8poLF
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6aZtzS1W6
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyBsIlaRIz
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JVM0a0Unl
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnkN2JxMIj
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwplqE6UH1
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHAbIlahQc
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6C0aA6XhF
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhfJCGQ23l
club, not him.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBqeakzCrK
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNF8u6S6abt
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYtaW8TPRQ
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjz4UxswcA
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakThlsNbv7
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYh3LByNo1a
at each other yet, have you?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfn7zJ792y
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCqrx8HvJq
"No," they answered at the same time.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQdOjjVYeJ
"Great. That's good to know."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqkctOkwrp
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfxvkMoyAP
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5xu2cX4Ps
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweyIYINfYU
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4TcNm1CkQ
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXosFQS73a
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD23yB02oGK
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLkCUU20sC
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7sPw1PMTx
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsAuVN9TcE
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosblF5ZFkm
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7snNZZleA
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPVxtDz4IT
long."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuw7Hv169z
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24dwYExXcJ
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJyiBaI8gS
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMe76qTGVgL
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDd46LhgDiG
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PLXxi2dpw
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvet4dCTyGz
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXaMvFkR2o
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zC4t3hBD4
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIePNFG9RU
Not like this. Something was wrong.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRY7TI1qnw
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrx5V8WV1I
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGfyzQXQJ3
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GAIr7PNnK
embarrassed?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8FSpzvOlO
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVjnv5DxLY
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5czcifKQY
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8kq1j1STW
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ntGBtYmTk
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkJ2He1jId
today?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzeZAW700v
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnu505QP3fw
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4Pnsvk5TX
you want."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOfIAah4T0
"It worked for you, didn't it?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqh6gfLh1rS
"What do you mean?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAQ3JgHkUg
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIX4Gn0ywpd
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6a9xunmSfp
sister."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42e4R0bbHj
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZAhcCr5ah
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxtQJEQGg9
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtFRroAJPO
"I'm just speaking the truth."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuR9mAZ3b3W
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZzL8Y1TuN
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvi3BLJonv4
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07XiAUlywV
"I was protecting my sister."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVVCy5xVdp
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wEAlNNZPQ
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmouhCCHtg
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyCpjloIVH
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxf2zZVj6z
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnQ41rUEV2
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKyWdDzc4s
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKpJj2W2XT
betray you like Carly betrayed me."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEVnYKpgOA
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ21KCDs8jC
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzWQA7q25U
crystal glass.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUaAyiG7Qd
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3Wxl62yhU
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WCEhgj8hL
in this situation right now."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdq6f5gRS4
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHPmbeMy1Q
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QdjPWdHbu
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsiczULaBj
actions.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuojRcsW7BZ
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkctAFdjBJ
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSoxTKbpou
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhSJiDh4a3
near Carly."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcc3la4Lmb
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gQ08woklX
"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......"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRe9SlU1ZU
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9wvRSKgHJ
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IptTAQSCi
Carly, she would be insulting herself.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNEBTnJvAa
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPlcWuSD7v
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbpUntR0To
"That would never happen."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNwUwxF4Mh
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9rs8ZQDlH
"A fool in love, yes."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOc2Izv31Wj
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZSiiObPzp
"Why? Because you don't like me?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbNUJCDCLB
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN30vPxLsEL
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbc70Soe4Ac
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMi8a8WC1bh
and my accident that she would ever change."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFwldzYD1w
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMa6CL6ea6
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXcBlhpVtT
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXAQlM5CMN
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHz8Lv8cTWe
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNYUbPZQqa
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ96TBcDZi
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVNGpqSxYb
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVoQfeyIpr
puzzled.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBRHAFCtfk
***835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1e50Ikjuh
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zdQS7jqMW
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvTBuwzpmt
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdpcXRBe6A
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjaNnVk4H6
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzWsHj6QGN
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgvr26MybM
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TuiKIYg6i
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdTbccjycr
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPWaDrbhS2
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllQOgYka4l
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3FKMqRE2F
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUATgbCTn7s
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqIf5UHmea
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvIoV0b5lz
McDonell should be.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwgHMkyZwc
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwsxz1dv9L
"Our family has been successfully with the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3gAHLamgG
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AtBvtAYFT
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5gkTezrpj
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaBkbvRyqK
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8f46XeTWX
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudcusZX8M6
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsATLmPpEHr
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTJrMZNKJQ
especially from my brother. He is so kind."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIuO4oKzNA
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJW8fhBqiIw
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAbCKFdXQQ
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTpHPae3AE
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuE6jQ35Apx
model.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DxMeEOmtD
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptoVRYuPL9
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fSgiAyuD0
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNj5PPKlU6
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByHx93hjky
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS049QTDGLA
the financial state her family was in.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdObsGWjoOj
But now that she was with the McDonell 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaGewcGy7i
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiX5705FDYb
she has always wanted.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfprDqRao3
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Of2OK85Qn
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6gali6nFT
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDoPoo6Ahi
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn2sbBmgJm
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFBLfd9X0G
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFphbwYcC3r
"That would be awesome."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8EDNmy69y
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2f31XMoWf
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6napRDf25D
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSE6EjexSk
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkw5pGML8rR
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEKpORQYvh
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMRn72ZeUE
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7aGVDlQIH
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWueNSpw0YG
Miranda.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMt8cuFMUxX
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8M1UNQlp4m
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyg3RNgcmw
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHUHAGoNlC
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3SOdQEzMt
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfv4uOlyGXZ
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NiL9V1Xtk
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIABMH7Mg19
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡberZf3Y7pH
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNFvAQ729T
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMUnGuTfGp
she never ever discussed her life with them.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10Z5ii9me8
Could it be Miranda?835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3CTRIxojo
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLNGXaK1EO
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTkcIkFnNJ
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKvQKm3Dd6
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QmjPfqDiL
And now she was calling Carly after all this835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaMuFx294K
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGf08Yh5V9
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFYEV9NIaf
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbN5IwXse68
betrayal.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0FKoT222e
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKbSV8mFvZ
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CK0CwbIdN
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdkX9N89yD
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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