Angel's eyes flew 554Please respect copyright.PENANANOmJEUum0U
open as she felt something warm and soft touch her face. Everything 554Please respect copyright.PENANAoucwHz0MmG
around her seemed a little hazy and bright as her eyes slowly adjusted 554Please respect copyright.PENANAE6fPW2t9T2
to the light. She could see a figure looking down at her and Angel had 554Please respect copyright.PENANAvajocpNegx
to shade her eyes to see the person's face clearly. 554Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZLZ2WJVQU
"Hello, my sweetheart," came the voice of the person looking down at her.554Please respect copyright.PENANAxr2xcse9KG
Angel quickly stood 554Please respect copyright.PENANAex55ddUYO5
up from the floor she was lying on and faced the person in front of her.554Please respect copyright.PENANAFSGAKzIgyr
The sound of the person's voice was so familiar now that Angel felt 554Please respect copyright.PENANAxyWiv2NuFz
dumb not to have realised it sooner.554Please respect copyright.PENANAiLX1SDMzZN
"Mum, is that you?" Angel asked.554Please respect copyright.PENANAyj87FjVeuf
"Of course, its me, my lovely Angel," her mother replied as she touched Angel's cheek with her soft hand.554Please respect copyright.PENANAnSY4MTtLLV
Angel closed her eyes554Please respect copyright.PENANAVy9e5hpgRO
at the touch of her mother's hand and felt like lingering on it for a 554Please respect copyright.PENANA9G3PYVmwLY
life time. She opened her eyes and her mother smiled at her.554Please respect copyright.PENANA0bybDXdLMg
"I thought you were dead," said Angel. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAdvInKWyNAI
"Honey, I know it will be difficult to tell you this, but sadly, I'm not where you're right now."554Please respect copyright.PENANAXhyWb8iQhC
"What do you mean?"554Please respect copyright.PENANAkgN3qlU99m
"I'm long gone from earth, Angel. I'm simply no more."554Please respect copyright.PENANAWi4Ol6FAQ0
"But why did you leave me?" Angel asked with tears in her eyes. "Things have gone horribly wrong and this is the time to leave?"554Please respect copyright.PENANAD2VyZ2VNIP
"I'm sorry I can't answer that, my dear. I wish I could. I know you're heartbroken over everything thats happened to you."554Please respect copyright.PENANALyQ3XQ7zSn
"Carly, she's really disappointed me, mum," said Angel as she wiped the tears falling from her eyes.554Please respect copyright.PENANAjrpiTxvnnc
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about."554Please respect copyright.PENANAMERQM4jrB9
"If it means forgiving her I'm not going to do it. That will take a life time."554Please respect copyright.PENANAUgDw5Pje5h
"I know you don't mean that, Angel. As much as she has done wrong, nothing is going to change the fact that you're sisters."554Please respect copyright.PENANAt7v8NWaY1e
"I bet you're going to remind me of my promise, aren't you?"554Please respect copyright.PENANAfkP256hdo7
Angel's mother gave 554Please respect copyright.PENANAQgc2SjLDs9
her daughter a bright smile while she stroked her cheek. "Of course, I 554Please respect copyright.PENANAbgaYDcF4ii
was going to remind you of just that. I know that now that I'm no longer554Please respect copyright.PENANAUhEpRaib5t
around, its going to be difficult for you. Your life will get even more554Please respect copyright.PENANAVXwLkoBULt
complicated after all this, but just know that I'm always there when 554Please respect copyright.PENANAtOyiu94544
you need me. And the most important thing, always take care of your 554Please respect copyright.PENANALkUvxwtpVX
sister no matter what she does. And that you always try to fix things even when it seems impossible to do so."554Please respect copyright.PENANASluO1ByACo
"You know I already gave you my word."554Please respect copyright.PENANA4gCqMvYCPH
"And I know that 554Please respect copyright.PENANAtHWoXHMIok
you'll keep it. I know you might try to tear your sister to shreds, but 554Please respect copyright.PENANA4DQebsLaGQ
please try to be patient with her, okay?"554Please respect copyright.PENANANXdewX1m7c
Before Angel could reply, she noticed that her mother had stood further away from her towards something bright.554Please respect copyright.PENANA99sCXOWfKU
"I have to go now, just remember that I love you, Angel and your sister too," said her mother.554Please respect copyright.PENANAl1liZ2mFCm
"Mum, wait, don't 554Please respect copyright.PENANAnYTZq2ci2T
go," said Angel as she started to run towards her mother. Her mother 554Please respect copyright.PENANATmLF3Wlcmm
didn't move from where she stood and Angel felt the distance widen. She 554Please respect copyright.PENANABaS7TvB8N7
tried running as fast as she could, but that just made the distance 554Please respect copyright.PENANAJCnX8Oc7PL
between them even bigger.554Please respect copyright.PENANAdRqBWoZIv8
And then all of the 554Please respect copyright.PENANA8CIrGik7ov
sudden, darkness begun to swallow everything around and the smile on her554Please respect copyright.PENANAjpvwAJbIB7
mother's face was the last thing Angel saw.554Please respect copyright.PENANAT6ayIoafZs
***554Please respect copyright.PENANAj6gHlDKEcc
It554Please respect copyright.PENANAAGkQB7AT1x
felt like drowning as Angel took in air through her nostrils, filling 554Please respect copyright.PENANA4II3FPbr66
up her painful lungs. A sudden pain and heaviness quickly descended on 554Please respect copyright.PENANADA6etYHnkh
her body and she might have heard herself wince in pain. Her eyes felt 554Please respect copyright.PENANAK7JumfAz3G
too heavy to open, but she did her best to do so anyway. She could tell 554Please respect copyright.PENANAZKEp6YF2Nt
as she opened her eyes and her vision cleared, that she was staring at a554Please respect copyright.PENANAsWCPqr7Gb4
ceiling. The sound of a beeping machine was the first thing she heard 554Please respect copyright.PENANAJW9dxnyYUs
and when she tried to turn her neck, she realised she couldn't move and 554Please respect copyright.PENANATF24KZzC8X
her body ached all over. Her eyes rolled around, but all she could see 554Please respect copyright.PENANAuqv2pVvDdF
was the ceiling above her.554Please respect copyright.PENANAxWXRkhhXx9
Angel's554Please respect copyright.PENANASfvBgYBGuX
heart started to beat aimlessly as she realised she couldn't move at 554Please respect copyright.PENANAsQp5wVpHR5
all. She felt quite scared thinking she was all alone until she heard 554Please respect copyright.PENANAyqEsYQOSzP
her sister's voice.554Please respect copyright.PENANAoEJMeEccLA
"Angel? Oh my gosh, she's alive!" 554Please respect copyright.PENANAkLfVUFFzfl
Angel554Please respect copyright.PENANAdbQJ28F1o9
felt like breathing out a sigh of relief, but she knew it was going to 554Please respect copyright.PENANAFIAd7vCSsn
be painful. She noticed the face mask on her face and wanted to remove 554Please respect copyright.PENANAkGP1hLfj13
it. She could feel her fingers, but lifting her whole hand was going to 554Please respect copyright.PENANA70axWTZyhV
be a painful process. Her body felt heavy as it already was.554Please respect copyright.PENANAlUl69qWgXq
"Please,554Please respect copyright.PENANA8UhEmmCG1I
call the doctor! My sister is alive!" Carly seemed to be calling out to554Please respect copyright.PENANAR2msqCLo2O
someone in the room and a male voice grabbed Angel's attention.554Please respect copyright.PENANAD6LPhzARjg
"I'm554Please respect copyright.PENANAw3epXdGbKh
going, I'm going." Quick footsteps were heard and faded away. Angel 554Please respect copyright.PENANA6WxJM7Utc6
could tell that the voice sounded very familiar but she couldn't process554Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4xhAiI4IW
everything at the moment.554Please respect copyright.PENANAjWjQJN2AmS
Carly's554Please respect copyright.PENANAh2gIYrPFtG
face came into view as she looked down at Angel. Angel could tell that 554Please respect copyright.PENANALcucK21hI5
her sister had been crying. Her puffy red eyes and stuffy red nose 554Please respect copyright.PENANA5pdU0cKlUo
showed it all. 554Please respect copyright.PENANA978YgC46vJ
"I554Please respect copyright.PENANA9NBXu03Z9b
thought I lost you, Angel," said Carly, "when your heart stopped 554Please respect copyright.PENANAzB4pPBMATA
beating, I thought you were gone forever. I don't want to lose you too."554Please respect copyright.PENANANNcWzlMl6f
Angel554Please respect copyright.PENANAHTvO5RGKlu
noticed the black shirt Carly was wearing and her eyes stung with tears554Please respect copyright.PENANAaQEJfFywYU
as she remembered that her mother had passed on. Her heart felt heavy 554Please respect copyright.PENANAJAMz441GCp
with remorse and her body ached even more.554Please respect copyright.PENANAEcX69p1Dih
"I'm554Please respect copyright.PENANASxatBofaVr
so sorry, Angel," said Carly as tears sreamed down her face. "I feel 554Please respect copyright.PENANAtgsyOQBbZP
most of this is all my fault and I know I let you down. Please forgive 554Please respect copyright.PENANASyqPRqd5Np
me. And I also hope that wherever mum is, that she will also be able to 554Please respect copyright.PENANA73TwmWz1JX
forgive me too."554Please respect copyright.PENANAyGFZy0KMIK
A554Please respect copyright.PENANAMC6yXClB1g
tear streamed down Angel's cheek as she continued to stare up at her 554Please respect copyright.PENANAs7cGZQOLE3
sister. She wanted to comfort her sister, but she was still mad at Carly554Please respect copyright.PENANA6QfNaupMV3
and she didn't feel like speaking at the moment. Soon she heard quick 554Please respect copyright.PENANAoFcPJCrqwK
footsteps. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAKTaqIuofmN
"Doctor, my sister is okay," said Carly as she turned to address the doctor.554Please respect copyright.PENANAMRxFdOueU5
"Well,554Please respect copyright.PENANAOMUhoBkocG
isn't that a miracle?" the doctor said, "looks like your sister fought 554Please respect copyright.PENANAAzuByRJMnM
with death and won. I also thought she was gone the time we tried to 554Please respect copyright.PENANALhT59qNOUi
revive her."554Please respect copyright.PENANAVoUg7dxOya
"Well, Angel is as tough as I thought," came the male voice again which Angel still couldn't recognise. 554Please respect copyright.PENANACqvMCDR9B3
"I think you two better leave while we take some tests," said the doctor, "don't you worry."554Please respect copyright.PENANAWSVBEjxYTZ
Carly looked down at her554Please respect copyright.PENANASZZBo1HBSA
sister, tears still rolling down her cheeks. "I'm glad you're back, 554Please respect copyright.PENANAAngTStexR7
Angel. I don't know what I would've have done without you."554Please respect copyright.PENANAXGqNWPJ1cL
"And so as I," came the male voice.554Please respect copyright.PENANAmIFlOBR3rW
Eric soon appeared 554Please respect copyright.PENANA5dNuvWNZwH
within Angel's sights and he had a sad smile on his face. Angel's eyes 554Please respect copyright.PENANA0JMT22dS4m
widen at the sight of his cute sad face. She felt like smiling at him, 554Please respect copyright.PENANAqwLQLtGCTK
but a sudden wince of pain came out of her mouth. 554Please respect copyright.PENANA8xOJt0VrP2
"Angel, are you feeling hurt?" Carly asked looking worried. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAsYu2rjBmD2
"You don't worry, she's 554Please respect copyright.PENANAcFguegfJqG
in pain, but that will wear off as soon as she takes her medication," 554Please respect copyright.PENANAXSGK3f2NTj
said the doctor, "I suggest you leave while she takes her rest."554Please respect copyright.PENANA3h0NL3PomJ
"Let's go, Carly, the doctor's right," said Eric, "we will come see her later on when she feels better."554Please respect copyright.PENANAkoa7PdDmCR
"Okay, let's go," said Carly. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAqrSSHy6aub
Carly and Eric looked at554Please respect copyright.PENANA7UxS8aJV4v
Angel one last time. As the two left the room, the doctor appeared 554Please respect copyright.PENANAodhlBLaTI7
beside Angel with a bright warm smile on his face.554Please respect copyright.PENANA6znoL20LQK
"It's good to see you 554Please respect copyright.PENANAi6VxAP0cG9
alive, Angel," said the doctor, "now, I'll give you a little sedative to554Please respect copyright.PENANAxMyyt5coAT
ease the pain and you can have enough rest."554Please respect copyright.PENANAqHZf7QI7j4
Angel saw the doctor 554Please respect copyright.PENANAZTBz8Cos07
inject some liquid into her IV and she quickly felt the effects of the 554Please respect copyright.PENANAX0n30URHSe
sedative taking over. Her eyes peacefully closed as she realised that 554Please respect copyright.PENANAktpFZIrZMi
rest was exactly what she needed.554Please respect copyright.PENANAt07OtNBoDZ
***554Please respect copyright.PENANAMtNtbwFvYx
A554Please respect copyright.PENANAxzAQlLUQed
week had passed and Angel was recovering slowly. It seemed like 554Please respect copyright.PENANAyn3DMPiBqV
forever, but Angel was patient enough to wait until her body mended 554Please respect copyright.PENANAVFQZkObgq8
itself. Carly was always there everyday to watch over and take care of 554Please respect copyright.PENANAlELV1QH9w0
her. Even Eric also did the same, surprisingly. And that made Angel 554Please respect copyright.PENANAAmfZjTuqJX
wonder why he would be so interested in her well being.554Please respect copyright.PENANACuoGwz5GMQ
As554Please respect copyright.PENANAe1Q3JapahP
the week passed on, Angel had quickly recovered from her mother's 554Please respect copyright.PENANAe3AjlXr9Jm
death. It didn't really have a mental effect as she thought it would 554Please respect copyright.PENANAVbDMDvTfKu
have. But she pulled through anyway. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAY2WRrgYTHG
Apparently, one thing seemed to bother Carly, Eric, the doctor and nurses who took care of Angel.554Please respect copyright.PENANAirYbhKJjBk
Angel had never altered a word since she gained consciousness. 554Please respect copyright.PENANABM4Hjc5bel
Carly554Please respect copyright.PENANAyOXRByGibG
had once asked the doctor this and wondered if their mother's death had554Please respect copyright.PENANA70ijZ4U3jl
anything to do with it or maybe her vocal cords had a problem. But 554Please respect copyright.PENANABav1xQNwzC
sadly, the doctor had no answer because he recently had a check up on 554Please respect copyright.PENANAx7kr7VKeac
Angel's vocal cords and everything seemed perfectly normal. All she did 554Please respect copyright.PENANAFGdCclnYRQ
was nod or shake her head if they ever asked a question, but she 554Please respect copyright.PENANAI53B2GYV95
wouldn't say anything. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAmGRldlZipD
Even554Please respect copyright.PENANAwbArCcVAsZ
after the third day after Angel gained consciousness, the police 554Please respect copyright.PENANAvX8Hzn1R6O
decided to take a police statement from her, but everything went to no 554Please respect copyright.PENANAYHrHs2MLJ3
avail. Even Angel's workmates would come now and then to see how she was554Please respect copyright.PENANA7nuQNyfgPN
doing and her boss, Mark Dean, came to see her as well. But still, 554Please respect copyright.PENANAhWXGdZMdPE
Angel kept her mouth shut.554Please respect copyright.PENANAiV51NXAKm3
On554Please respect copyright.PENANA1WPtV32dfg
Saturday, Carly was around, taking care of Angel. It was lunch time and554Please respect copyright.PENANASAt97YTDJ9
Carly was feeding her sister. Angel was now able to sit up in bed even 554Please respect copyright.PENANAtAqVpWLweK
though her body still ached like hell. She still had a bandage wrapped 554Please respect copyright.PENANAEFNOjsSW1a
around her forehead because of a deep scar, her left arm was still 554Please respect copyright.PENANAgXGEc951sZ
broken and it was heavily bandaged. Her neck had healed drastically over554Please respect copyright.PENANAEH73gC97R7
a few days and her legs were doing okay, but they ached a little 554Please respect copyright.PENANAYYykSZYLqQ
sometimes.554Please respect copyright.PENANA0MvlqbIuoo
As554Please respect copyright.PENANADVqvikpkJc
Carly fed Angel another spoon of chicken soup, the door suddenly flew 554Please respect copyright.PENANAy0rofchSMa
open and Eric came in with a bouquet of roses and a basket of friut.554Please respect copyright.PENANAjNo44Wha35
"Hello, there," said Eric.554Please respect copyright.PENANAYgbbrSr3Uq
"Oh, hi, Eric," said Carly and Angel just gave him a half smile.554Please respect copyright.PENANAwEYtIoYpzS
"Well,554Please respect copyright.PENANAjXIaVmxXOq
I see that you're doing better today, Angel," said Eric as he placed 554Please respect copyright.PENANAHB8c1l6ABF
the roses on top of the drawer next to her bedside together with the 554Please respect copyright.PENANAeQqiBx68D2
basket of fruits.554Please respect copyright.PENANASMtYxPR3Qh
"Wow, aren't those like the third bouquet of flowers you sent her this week?" Carly asked.554Please respect copyright.PENANA6NKCqDYBvl
"Maybe, I don't really count anyway."554Please respect copyright.PENANAmgoxYdfEf9
"Awww! You see, Angel, looks like you have someone crushing on you. What do you have to say about that?"554Please respect copyright.PENANAmTq9cFmgn0
Angel's smile widen a little, but she still didn't say anything.554Please respect copyright.PENANAz1SvlIYVRG
"Um.. Carly, he's here and he wants to speak to you," said Eric.554Please respect copyright.PENANAaYtqt4PjFi
Angel raised an eyebrow. Something fishy was going on and she didn't like it. Who are they talking about? she wondered.554Please respect copyright.PENANAxa3b7ZeQ3l
Carly looked at Angel and then at Eric. She gave the bowl of soup to Eric. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAVu5wuApI7I
"I'll be right back," said Carly554Please respect copyright.PENANAXHRPJEjTuX
Eric554Please respect copyright.PENANAIi7HtRSpqs
looked up at Angel as Carly left the room. Angel looked at him giving 554Please respect copyright.PENANAXKjXgWaJBv
him a face indicating that he should tell her what was going on.554Please respect copyright.PENANA0j4bb4qZ4H
"I554Please respect copyright.PENANA0tSNKzLj4G
know that look on your face, Angel," said Eric as he sat on the edge of554Please respect copyright.PENANA1FStUlzRsJ
the hospital bed to feed her. "You want to know what's going on, 554Please respect copyright.PENANAnnCUpuPQTO
right?"554Please respect copyright.PENANAUsbZ4MMght
Angel nodded.554Please respect copyright.PENANAxHVV4QcmIe
Eric554Please respect copyright.PENANAaS6Zr4q3cY
shook his head. "I can't tell you all that at the moment. It's best if 554Please respect copyright.PENANAxrZyN2idAk
Carly does. It has something to do with your mother."554Please respect copyright.PENANA0kvb9sRAU9
Angel554Please respect copyright.PENANAMr6SGnsoKr
now started to think of the worst. What was it now? Did her mother have554Please respect copyright.PENANAGqRV8Joyp7
debts she failed to pay before she died or was it something far much 554Please respect copyright.PENANAXoaVv3NavT
worse?554Please respect copyright.PENANAMfB3mozhxT
"But554Please respect copyright.PENANArXSJXXa193
you don't worry about anything. Carly told me that you'll find out 554Please respect copyright.PENANA7c3sAFpCZE
what's going on," said Eric as he lifted the spoon towards Angel's 554Please respect copyright.PENANAXSljSjadjo
mouth.554Please respect copyright.PENANAVSPKw9LTaZ
"Now, open wide. You need to finish your lunch, okay?"554Please respect copyright.PENANATA4eOnhWxQ
Angel did as she was told and Eric put the spoon in her mouth. 554Please respect copyright.PENANA6VGb1E23xo
"That's554Please respect copyright.PENANACUrHLdATnm
a good girl. I might just give you some special dessert at the end of 554Please respect copyright.PENANAtCwu8qy61h
all this. What do you think about that?" Eric asked as he wiggled his 554Please respect copyright.PENANAteGwJnYvI5
eyebrows. 554Please respect copyright.PENANA2NmujqBfSg
"And will that dessert be your lips? Because if it is, I'll gladly slap your cheek."554Please respect copyright.PENANAbugigepiJu
Eric554Please respect copyright.PENANA5HA1RrLMjV
stared at Angel with his mouth agape. She finally spoke. He didn't know554Please respect copyright.PENANAEL0R5YDenc
whether to hug her or kiss her for her to slap him and see if he was 554Please respect copyright.PENANAy83eLX6P4N
dreaming.554Please respect copyright.PENANA98AQUM0Nsd
"You... talked!" Eric almost exclaimed, but Angel covered his mouth with her good right hand.554Please respect copyright.PENANASkwH0xNO5c
"I don't want Carly to find out, keep your voice down," said Angel quietly.554Please respect copyright.PENANA4eD5zihSkg
"Don't worry, Carly is in the lobby. But why have you been quiet all this time, Angel? You had all of us worried."554Please respect copyright.PENANAdLmslEOfIO
"I554Please respect copyright.PENANASHO5hwdDqL
know," Angel leaned her back onto the soft pillows behind her, "I just 554Please respect copyright.PENANAYsrO8Klbjz
didn't feel like talking and all. After all that had happened, being 554Please respect copyright.PENANAKQaWgDCsrg
quiet was the only way to keep calm."554Please respect copyright.PENANA9IhYCBPNLJ
"But you should have said something to someone. If not Carly or I, at least the doctor."554Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6aiGdODp1
Angel looked at Eric and held his hand. "Thank you, Eric."554Please respect copyright.PENANAi5zVONPTHe
"Thanks, for what?"554Please respect copyright.PENANAIrrjEmw5iy
"For554Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2c56s6D6y
being there even if we barely know each other," said Angel with a sad 554Please respect copyright.PENANAy2CLqolI4V
smile on her face. "You kept my sister company even though I never said a554Please respect copyright.PENANA80cqmQnRK3
word to her. I just didn't want to leash out my anger on her."554Please respect copyright.PENANAoD6oguGtut
"Its nothing, Angel. When I said I was glad to meet you back at the bar, I truly meant it."554Please respect copyright.PENANAORGLuGxms6
Angel554Please respect copyright.PENANAVjNdHYnq5N
smiled and then something quickly came to mind. Images of what had 554Please respect copyright.PENANAqR9afQd9Fi
happened last week at the day of the accident came back. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAJg7bKGq7Yj
"Hey, are you okay?" Eric asked. "You looked pale for a second."554Please respect copyright.PENANA2CWoto24nd
"The....554Please respect copyright.PENANAeF64IVtNVV
the day, I had the accident," started Angel, "what really happened? 554Please respect copyright.PENANAsJ6oBSP28T
Because all I remember is the phone call of someone telling me about my 554Please respect copyright.PENANAmD7tuiny1A
mother's death and then nothing."554Please respect copyright.PENANAJSU76gNJ3v
"You don't really remember a car hitting you on that day?"554Please respect copyright.PENANAQaIe1kwmTN
"I554Please respect copyright.PENANAUC8Hw0IMNR
know a car hit me, but who was driving the car? I want to know. I was 554Please respect copyright.PENANA2kO4xDAbrp
hoping you and Carly would bring up the topic these past few days, but 554Please respect copyright.PENANAca8ljcTL6p
you didn't. When the police came, I knew I wasn't going to say much 554Please respect copyright.PENANAbgG8Cy1LUe
because I don't know anything. Now you tell me, was it a hit and run or 554Please respect copyright.PENANAW01LsQIKKy
do you know who did it?"554Please respect copyright.PENANADFb6x16hD9
Eric looked the other way for a moment. "No, Angel. It wasn't a hit and run."554Please respect copyright.PENANAvfkt8rdrYH
"Then will you tell me?" Angel asked. "Why do you look like that? Is there something I should know?"554Please respect copyright.PENANAzOVs0sHsE7
"Remember, the guy who was with your sister at the bar that day?"554Please respect copyright.PENANAhODhgK2YHK
"Ya, I remember the jerk. Why?"554Please respect copyright.PENANAPdV7zvMZe3
"That person who just called a jerk, is none other than my cousin, Leo."554Please respect copyright.PENANAcCcoGY4V72
"Oh," Angel paused for a second. "I didn't know. Sorry about that."554Please respect copyright.PENANA3NrprNfRYT
"No,554Please respect copyright.PENANApvFYF0ImsO
he's a jerk, that's for sure. On that day he was supposed to get 554Please respect copyright.PENANAA8muTuN5Oi
married. But he left the wedding and came by the bar looking for 554Please respect copyright.PENANAHOTmyZrWmL
Carly."554Please respect copyright.PENANArxdbi9bWCX
"A jerk indeed. Why did he come there anyway?"554Please respect copyright.PENANA2BHGdBgdlK
"Well, he changed his mind completely after the bachelor party to get married."554Please respect copyright.PENANAjAsAjibWNf
"And he did all that just because of my sister? Ridiculous."554Please respect copyright.PENANA94dRxVnK21
"Coming554Please respect copyright.PENANAyjQjIpfYk5
back to your accident," Eric now looked straight at Angel, "I'm afraid 554Please respect copyright.PENANAxHEWjSzLGc
to tell you that he was the one who ran you over."554Please respect copyright.PENANACNCaVgx4rq
Angel554Please respect copyright.PENANAxyaz7fV7js
didn't say anything. Eric expected her to burst in anger but she looked554Please respect copyright.PENANAgnoQtegfCj
calm. Even her response seemed to surprise Eric even more.554Please respect copyright.PENANAGFwTzTfo80
"So, he almost kills me with his car and he hasn't come by just to apologise?" Angel asked calmly. 554Please respect copyright.PENANADz03tdR7Fg
"I...554Please respect copyright.PENANAYJOu3D8ZHk
well," Eric was lost for words. He expected Angel to shout and act 554Please respect copyright.PENANAnNvUpmEO1Y
wild, but she didn't. "He still feels bad after everything."554Please respect copyright.PENANA9O2MNbO05E
"He still feels bad or is he just too full of pride to apologise?"554Please respect copyright.PENANAMfwx4BnB2y
"How do you know that?"554Please respect copyright.PENANA4p4cTCUf6v
"I spent five minutes in that office in the bar with your cousin, trust me, I know."554Please respect copyright.PENANAdjBRQ3BO1w
Eric554Please respect copyright.PENANAG92cDuFYs6
passed a hand through his hair and sighed. "On behalf of Leo, I simply 554Please respect copyright.PENANAgaWfx8onu7
apologise. I'm also part of the reason why you're in this mess."554Please respect copyright.PENANAcozrPcAtrO
"It's nothing, Eric. I would prefer if Leo bought himself to do that, don't you think?"554Please respect copyright.PENANAYIJGlj5lvK
"You're right."554Please respect copyright.PENANAaLkT9K7AUL
"I hope the person Carly has gone out to see by the lobby isn't him."554Please respect copyright.PENANAXvRmaNfEjW
"No, it isn't him. He wouldn't even dare come to this place," said Eric, "Carly is talking to my uncle, Leo's father."554Please respect copyright.PENANAkv1m5o9gdk
"But what is he doing here?" Angel asked.554Please respect copyright.PENANAVBVfYl2qqK
"I'm554Please respect copyright.PENANAe7EI4DRmgf
not the one supposed to be telling you this, but apparently, your 554Please respect copyright.PENANASVdpSOlDQV
mother and my uncle were good friends. The time your mother had fallen 554Please respect copyright.PENANAAa2eSY6PG8
ill, he was there and took her to the hospital."554Please respect copyright.PENANA82cDL4Wc9n
Angel554Please respect copyright.PENANAJJp9aNQjgi
didn't say anything as she continued to look at Eric. The thought of 554Please respect copyright.PENANAzYggeKb58Y
her mother during her dying moments made Angel's heart break. She 554Please respect copyright.PENANAmQe5810nTT
wondered how much pain her mother must have gone through.554Please respect copyright.PENANAOckK5b7ABW
"Since you weren't talking, he decided to talk to Carly over some things."554Please respect copyright.PENANAeAZxSGazY3
"What things?"554Please respect copyright.PENANAcersuJQVqz
"I don't know," Eric shrugged his shoulders, "must be something about your mother."554Please respect copyright.PENANAxOBR31z58U
Angel thought for a second. "Tell him to come in, I would like to speak with him."554Please respect copyright.PENANAF8rSQbxfXe
"You're sure?"554Please respect copyright.PENANAkIJvuLtNQP
"Of course, please do so, Eric."554Please respect copyright.PENANAJoNYmRMpEU
Eric554Please respect copyright.PENANA5zKAYEshvh
nodded and put her bowl of soup aside. He quickly rushed out of the 554Please respect copyright.PENANABKPm1bDfhZ
door and he soon came back with Carly and a tall good looking man. By 554Please respect copyright.PENANAfVyKFK0ulT
the look of his designer clothes, Angel could tell that he was one type 554Please respect copyright.PENANAqFqGrN0cv8
of a person living the good life.554Please respect copyright.PENANAa101L3UGxe
"Angel, Eric told me you can talk again," said Carly, "is that true?"554Please respect copyright.PENANABhqr0DBQeU
"Yes, it's true," replied Angel trying to put up a smile for her sister, but even her cheeks wouldn't twitch. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAowqDcSSUAF
"I'm554Please respect copyright.PENANAwuVQVL6utb
so glad!" Carly ran over excitedly and hugged her sister. For a second 554Please respect copyright.PENANAaWZh2zDPh8
Angel wanted to revolt and push her away, but that would seem rude in 554Please respect copyright.PENANAbpQWKnKWDL
front of Eric and his uncle. And so she just had to put up with it.554Please respect copyright.PENANAqjduv93zE6
"I thought you were still mad at me and didn't want to talk to me anymore," said Carly, "I did say I was sorry."554Please respect copyright.PENANAISnxtYZufY
"And I still feel like hitting you with a frying pan!" Angel554Please respect copyright.PENANAYjVh1dPcnl
finally pulled out a smile even when she knew it was completely fake. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAhcVyjGdExm
Despite Carly taking care of her this past week, Angel still couldn't 554Please respect copyright.PENANAtR3JJny5Q0
stand her sister after everything.554Please respect copyright.PENANAhx9Gv6pChy
"It's fine, Carly," said Angel, finding it a little hard to speak. "Don't say such things, okay? All that is over now."554Please respect copyright.PENANAQlMxKQLNl7
"Sorry554Please respect copyright.PENANAmLFOi5cjYT
to intervene on the little reunion," spoke Eric's uncle, "but I think 554Please respect copyright.PENANAt5XwUrZ9PF
we have more important things to discuss regarding your mother, Angel."554Please respect copyright.PENANApA85chpqdY
At554Please respect copyright.PENANAdwB2BCic1c
last, someone had to bring up that point and Angel felt like breathing 554Please respect copyright.PENANAvcgmaDlfPb
out a sigh of relief. She didn't want to talk to Carly anymore. And she 554Please respect copyright.PENANACbXD0qqAKd
was starting to like this man already. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAPMz6PkKqZd
"Yes, Eric told me who you were and that you were good friends with my mother," said Angel.554Please respect copyright.PENANALCJ50mFPya
"Yes, Eric told you right," said Mr McDonell, "I came here to give my deepest condolences."554Please respect copyright.PENANAyheLCSHvmp
"Thank you."554Please respect copyright.PENANA3wjKdgHmzb
"I also came to apologise on behalf of my son, Leo. I know he hasn't been here to apologise, but please don't be too offended."554Please respect copyright.PENANAYmEctIg4pv
"No, don't worry about it. You aren't the only one who has apologised on his behalf." Angel stared at Eric.554Please respect copyright.PENANAp6ezZ6xTPT
"Well,554Please respect copyright.PENANAnRX3ok8jud
putting that aside, I came to talk to you about the burial processions.554Please respect copyright.PENANAFqxymTgW3p
We didn't want to go ahead with the burial until you fully recovered. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAkSLy9JCOQm
And your mother, before she passed away, made me promise her something. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAXAXfIBlCO0
And I hope that you'll agree to it. I already talked to Carly about it 554Please respect copyright.PENANACEaz8vCCge
and she agreed, but the final consent is yours to make."554Please respect copyright.PENANAgSIWnVEMiv
"I hope you agree to it,554Please respect copyright.PENANA8XiUNgKltC
Angel," said Carly. That almost made Angel want to slap her mouth as 554Please respect copyright.PENANAxGovdQs3XA
she stared at her sister who stared back with hopeful eyes.554Please respect copyright.PENANANa4258YPol
Angel turned to face Mr 554Please respect copyright.PENANAqzD9cMg3NT
McDonell who was staring calmy at her. Eric stood right beside him and 554Please respect copyright.PENANARIuAVX5Stj
he too looked on eagerly, hoping that Angel would agree to what's 554Please respect copyright.PENANA8SrYRMs1uJ
coming.554Please respect copyright.PENANATRq9P0wIAk
"Okay, what is it my mother promised you to do?" Angel asked.
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