Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTDMpYyezA
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3X3KqOuOUa
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iaYBkYDr7
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeLqR1vsjr
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPxPMgaO5t
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7qEkXKlK5
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbO1UPVTrv
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VrNeOX3ZT
boss a call.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZeyneZTgp
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Dh1xXgXUZ
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcxmWcXxvE
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOdlBkR26c
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTWxoNhwkw
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bK7Cbm3Yy
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7s8h7c2QkM
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9aKAsGbcm
looked really tired and restless.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMj5n3Jc1Ct
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmo4cHef3B
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67mfs9FlZN
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGTVelMLxR
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFwabA5aV8
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKNiausTXA
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJB9Uvq6vo9
huge loss.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXqJYfK50P
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpjLlakiN8
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyL2ExU2qp
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvcdBwCWq3
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErMfYgLNY5
"What are you planning to do?"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvUwWDhjZh
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXqMjJa2aQ
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaVh6iH3sI
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UPZxEHfo9
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNeGUtd5dr
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKObW1I1U0h
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjChufoMP9
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrjQ15582A
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynRJqbF6Io
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1IlsHiEJN
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPene8ybVZ
vacant space weren't as good as her.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8QjZylsCK
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKoCqTahCR
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8FXoiJa1b
lucky charm.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHAWeaF6B2
And he needed her back real bad.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jKQtEX5RR
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.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiinsnHRQ3F
"I have a job for you."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rPAW8quH9
***796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWS3WxsFJg
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWmUD0dTjH
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWTMoZjnpr
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ji2ShZeME
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0zQ4IA2bG
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PjzAnaBVl
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0STO2pXXK1
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLT5TLS7m7w
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2vEWfWNAP
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniLPDwgnrC
serious.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmK31sIDAC9
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeqPWV9C5u
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7aPRpcQl6
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1h7stZzTP
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeAmMQm4IX
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nVgAOgudk
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDIvrmmD6Y
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJ1Y9T4cs5
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4iB61Pijy
between the two of you considering what happened."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1wvuOOKfS
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmVGibczbU
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdyPvIviVo
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZykc4ZNEZE
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zOSeOw3tD
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0Rag1WVzb
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYx0KX2EDEi
"And you never apologised for it," said 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHEcp1aZgr
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtucr7wU1Q
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptKRHShN6r
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtAa8zt8P7
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzypELvftqP
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ662GR6v3Lo
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgEDlxGLW9
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBAa8RBNTw
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cyNDawhRE
for what happened to her.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBORG1s4kux
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3tohmUG4j
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvUlI0owZJ
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9niwbAIwoL
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMReQGdhcSi
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXR0MvY6dx
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SOuRyxg6l
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQdXgGzFau
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZgNZI0iLp
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8QewejQhm
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgMkyHg5V5
back at the club.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtC4hDFc7O
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf00x0sgvpk
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIi3fvHCTs
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GJT4FVesy
sisters completely.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPf6fI3afo
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMNZOFryx0
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yAJ7r8ak2
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IrUS6jgsE
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygdJ8mytVM
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiN2Q9kKNKG
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAedcH4C3Ox
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RIDWOT8Ik
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXll395neXV
club, not him.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4J7AXTs5xT
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MsAUQT8D2
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysY3kDvfG3
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl46tONLXlK
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBK7xdeNKGO
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpi7Xh87f2H
at each other yet, have you?"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hPDVQZclN
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqY7bipnPRq
"No," they answered at the same time.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYUWkPgeD0
"Great. That's good to know."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7d1yRoqodz
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxbeJZOwhQ
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUwrM7tkz0
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWWWmGK8as
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLU717hlcLj
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbevwKR7YV
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Z0Cj11HBK
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzLsVrP5hX
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aUPgEvZh8
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhvFMviKvy
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wNymGOEys
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxevTEXclP
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInoTHNI5DM
long."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5faVQPxveC
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIT78Nqv906
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmy1wfsDEE
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rwPYuA2G7
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17gdqRvzeO
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7vplWQnSb
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzhCwkKNUB
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8tOIBKkv2
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKE414ahHv
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbxUe6Ssz9
Not like this. Something was wrong.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRmNvS0vCs
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7Kks8rkFa
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52a40kIpmq
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoy6Oek0pGg
embarrassed?"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6N7x332F1m
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68gywqVcwO
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6ep71so3u
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUshfUPvIA
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKukSewYMIg
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVC20cSwLI
today?"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yOnNqmehA
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtwq9gxx1u
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutWlA3VVqR
you want."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTOIgIrtxl
"It worked for you, didn't it?"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wGsOsVrp9
"What do you mean?"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNREug5BGPq
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGINKs9xOLn
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauxyVzSEO2
sister."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkn717A4hsS
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TOG7Yxnpp
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnNc2CjgQ7
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDriRUOh5OG
"I'm just speaking the truth."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLEWNje2n5
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBcCoIrGdf
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJn30Y7nIo
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGoyQXKxnp
"I was protecting my sister."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbDSeIAm7R
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNbZBLYdz7
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKn1G2vSwn
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaWkJsL8CB
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfOhBUqS2q
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHlU4izj60
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrwjp6HmK4
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyv9kFgCGg
betray you like Carly betrayed me."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLCdprcGGe
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIryd6i8Dn
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6aeMTsJyR
crystal glass.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWMP6nyO3o
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsBQHLyk5r
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFDc9mM9PY
in this situation right now."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WQ40EyrRO
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsJbMLrofx
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lv3DqJkwS
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsYLYge9q5
actions.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2r00l6236c
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vKbTjvVBZ
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOxoy67JvZ
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS88ckj7gmQ
near Carly."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFd17Mzb1Qq
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscvmLpttHI
"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......"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7oIdmA3Qv
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgscA25Rvg0
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycZ7axPmLq
Carly, she would be insulting herself.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFoBYFKYrq
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtFgZ4QtEU
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6p1YP56By
"That would never happen."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZ8hOSoLwU
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLFRmRhEIe
"A fool in love, yes."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3N5RONYjJ6
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPh4FZWIfc
"Why? Because you don't like me?"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0XjZmd7nb
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVEp360P7G
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuVPF5lCbA
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILAbT4mJnm
and my accident that she would ever change."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGCZSQH0p0
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJuLSrABe6
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFzXOSI0K0
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7qBqgzNxj
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvqZOWyS8w
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VSeHi7s7C
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFcqn9FH4A
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWk7TL4Llk
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnons3Xh06z
puzzled.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFr2dDpCMW
***796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElBtJTuqkN
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dw5tWiqoP
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXjEYbT26u
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbU7e15FozX
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh70tYXiqFf
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbmoHPQqBO
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwsxZutSU8
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeEQBJfN3u
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEPEyLL9PU
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjmfzAznyg
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiXtyqQC2f
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CO6YnVj0V
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpg5UPv5eEP
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qSGubQ2nx
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOp90GjwdvG
McDonell should be.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzabShOgn6
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGd1PIeIZG
"Our family has been successfully with the 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJClsqsNssv
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoo9x9jbEb
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFyk8rA6oq
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1H4xI0j3zB
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPOAmL7mYR
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFP3UpBTew
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDrcub97ff
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNyFKvHaBF
especially from my brother. He is so kind."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtcbZqG2uE
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMnCYrzPjU
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLPUItETpT
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemKr2FtuHI
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzJgpOVXfP
model.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqo2wxhtPs
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV42DdlQRNh
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDwq6TPOpL
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06BZeKTtkk
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXc5qgNpzW
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWFYIUYOES
the financial state her family was in.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fCDVZJGRP
But now that she was with the McDonell 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5uSAgMKzd
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDTjW5mDWo
she has always wanted.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9zenkw3tr
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTsRpgLUga
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHWwtuy0dz
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBtPokspI6
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIimRF6ErOr
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziSyc3ucT4
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNB16Sf9HA
"That would be awesome."796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMRNmWxtDl
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsQR4AGP5r
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWH28uwZVIi
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvvpd0xUhh
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaRbeq5ECt
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDJJL9LvJJ
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaRUUnfNJm
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBpI11KHaq
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTdkoB9B2j
Miranda.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6M7Vl0v2Q
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KFzR7DbEt
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQrI6Y5lXV
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PSLG3BUiw
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyCjOcCHer
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCWn17ZQ0z
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DponCjepN
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgz8Efm2kTW
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2W5y1y7dV
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1hspyGWkq
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33FuHvebxI
she never ever discussed her life with them.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFJyFlDQ3Z
Could it be Miranda?796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkY1Pq3Bkw
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWhbpFmSqS
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWDtUWJ4yy
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHirK3HPRn
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnU0gGb4DR
And now she was calling Carly after all this796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl66tixPw7C
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUBrKl2nxq
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxp59iq2FC
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkek7F3RZAp
betrayal.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkXufJC18L
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXyMcxzJ8i
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UW1kOTIRP
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDQ8cHW97h
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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