"Don't you think you should have done something by now?" Miranda asked with her arms folded.534Please respect copyright.PENANAVuc7K8PXrE
"What do you mean, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked. 534Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5l7i35Qtw
"I mean, a week has passed and you haven't reported those people for the damages they caused in the bar that day."534Please respect copyright.PENANAmpsC2s8Lkr
"Why do you bring up that argument every time, woman!" Mr Walters looked pretty upset.534Please respect copyright.PENANAibxzMwUjcb
"Because, they almost left you for dead and the place was in a mess. Someone has to pay for the damages you know."534Please respect copyright.PENANAhPSlHdoHMg
"Look, Miranda, I admit,534Please respect copyright.PENANAiiv0QjeI24
those people really trashed up the place, but I couldn't report them. 534Please respect copyright.PENANAHfqoe31JKo
As far as I know, Carly also lost her mother. Now imagine this, your 534Please respect copyright.PENANAhmXJdZVAKK
sister gets into an accident and then your mother dies on the same day. 534Please respect copyright.PENANAChN9FFA9Py
Won't that be too much too handle?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAVjxAxlWr7P
Miranda tapped her foot 534Please respect copyright.PENANASvIB2fBQ1U
as she stared down at her boss who sat behind his office desk looking up534Please respect copyright.PENANAfdVwcUaK3E
at her. He had a few bruises on his face and a slight bump at the back 534Please respect copyright.PENANAFNVSWZzATN
of his head. All in all, he still looked okay.534Please respect copyright.PENANA791PxT42qY
"You might have a point though," said Miranda, "but I still think you should have reported them."534Please respect copyright.PENANAwn7Qo9jVJT
"You know I couldn't 534Please respect copyright.PENANAWXQchqOgPX
report to the police. If they got to search this place, they might find 534Please respect copyright.PENANAseXuiu0n19
out what dirty business goes on and we would have been in big trouble. I534Please respect copyright.PENANAw8UMF237WV
can't risk losing my business. We all benefit from it."534Please respect copyright.PENANAELVgS0r2bA
"I see your point there. So, those guys are just going to get away with it, huh?" Miranda asked.534Please respect copyright.PENANAQ91h5JYN9s
"No, let things cool 534Please respect copyright.PENANA8qRN1lcHQd
down for a little while longer. Once Carly's sister gets better, then I 534Please respect copyright.PENANAB9fAgCSnID
will be able to do what I do best. Nobody trashes up my place and gets 534Please respect copyright.PENANAsYMQDZ5AWN
away with it that easily."534Please respect copyright.PENANAFqz4DcAUxQ
Miranda smiled. "Now that's what I wanted to hear."534Please respect copyright.PENANAOsigOWBujQ
***534Please respect copyright.PENANAnSQW6SdSer
"You didn't tell him, did you?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAtxlDvFIDJp
Angel534Please respect copyright.PENANAu4JINqvH5o
stared at Eric and Carly who stood at the edge of the bed looking at 534Please respect copyright.PENANAglzMqKvZIg
her with a kind of expression Angel couldn't quite put together. Angel 534Please respect copyright.PENANAIvUJdhNtzU
raised an eyebrow as she waited for an answer.534Please respect copyright.PENANArXJ4Fufeup
"Well... we.... ahh...," Carly couldn't even find the right words.534Please respect copyright.PENANAwmgJVLaTWh
"With the look on your faces, it's quite clear that Mr McDonell doesn't know the whole truth," said Angel. 534Please respect copyright.PENANAfMsMUef5XM
"It's true, Angel," said Eric. "No one knows the whole truth apart from the four of us."534Please respect copyright.PENANAERWztd3tUD
"You guys are unbelievable! Just because I couldn't talk for a whole week, you decided to twist the whole story around?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAyTYrDqq3PH
"We're sorry, Angel," said Carly, "we just didn't want to make things complicated."534Please respect copyright.PENANAVSLCt5TcVl
"Make things complicated! Carly, you just made everything worse!"534Please respect copyright.PENANA290wJQ5xgM
Angel's534Please respect copyright.PENANAgczhKjSV5v
anger was rising to the surface and she knew she was going to burst any534Please respect copyright.PENANA74m4S0MXWD
moment. Things now looked messy, and Angel felt it was all her fault. 534Please respect copyright.PENANA7nAQ7iDn0u
She could have avoided all this, but it looked like things went out of 534Please respect copyright.PENANAyqUK28FLTl
hand.534Please respect copyright.PENANArojUWqsJiP
"So, even when giving a police report, you all lied?" Angel asked.534Please respect copyright.PENANApmvck9HCcZ
"We all agreed to it," said Eric, "no one was to know the real reason as to why Leo was never there at the wedding."534Please respect copyright.PENANATy7LEXX7QD
"And you used my accident as an escape plan, then?" Angel's face was heating up.534Please respect copyright.PENANAlacPKpjCQo
"We just had to do it, Angel," said Eric. "If we didn't, we were going to be in a lot of trouble."534Please respect copyright.PENANAQbSSgkLoaV
"In trouble with who? I want to know because you're already in trouble with me."534Please respect copyright.PENANAPGgwnDQUfF
"Please, don't ask," said Eric, "you look like you're going to burst any moment and you need to rest."534Please respect copyright.PENANAI4xh4vsFNN
"I'll only rest until you try to fix this mess."534Please respect copyright.PENANApFtopgEET3
"What's534Please respect copyright.PENANAFTJlAV0Bsm
done is done, Angel," said Carly, "everyone thinks Eric and Leo just 534Please respect copyright.PENANADROcCoFkDA
went out for a ride and then you got hit by accident. If you tell the 534Please respect copyright.PENANAauejAPq8Ea
truth, Leo might just end up in prison because they might think you 534Please respect copyright.PENANAAovJeP3CHn
being hit was intentional."534Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZM2Zfg0vt
"As534Please respect copyright.PENANA8mSM0140Mm
much as Leo had done most of the damage," said Angel, rolling her eyes,534Please respect copyright.PENANApC8GjwAFVh
"I'm not that cruel to let him rot in prison. I might as well have 534Please respect copyright.PENANAGvKJYb4JNi
dropped the charges."534Please respect copyright.PENANA9sECOVuHru
"But the damage is already done," said Eric, "we can't tell the truth. We could all be in big trouble."534Please respect copyright.PENANATPr6sugk6h
"And534Please respect copyright.PENANA3HvF0ldvXS
imagine what Mr McDonell would have thought if he knew I once worked as534Please respect copyright.PENANAhnVFyazYlT
a prostitute," said Carly, "he wouldn't have even offered to help us."534Please respect copyright.PENANAvPrV2aJMQc
"No,"534Please respect copyright.PENANADjakMCTEQS
said Angel, "I think you're wrong on that. If he truly was a good 534Please respect copyright.PENANA0LTnfpYPJm
friend of our late mother, he still would have helped us."534Please respect copyright.PENANAeI3OwQ3L2y
"Now that you have brought up my uncle in all this," Eric intervened quickly, "will you accept his proposal?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAHyaUvYDk2T
Before534Please respect copyright.PENANA3ozTy3tp44
Mr McDonell had left, he had asked Angel if she and Carly could move 534Please respect copyright.PENANAo2A49BY8tH
into his house and stay with the family. Angel said she would think 534Please respect copyright.PENANASCxysMe3jb
about it and she had asked how her mother had died so suddenly on that 534Please respect copyright.PENANAUxm8ycMrn2
fateful day. 534Please respect copyright.PENANAfnzuM2rCAO
As534Please respect copyright.PENANAkAIrNqM9ZY
Mr McDonell explained the events, to Angel, it was quite clear that Mr 534Please respect copyright.PENANAqHU8wKqLnG
McDonell didn't know the real reason why Leo wasn't at the wedding. 534Please respect copyright.PENANAKhC0qYfiyg
Because he did say that he had called home and was told that Leo and 534Please respect copyright.PENANA7GjfuSJaQk
Eric were gone. And a few moments after calling Angel, the accident 534Please respect copyright.PENANA8TB0hh6i7q
occurred. Besides, he didn't pose any question as to why Angel and Carly534Please respect copyright.PENANA1mtPfRxWHb
were along that street that day in the first place. It seemed to 534Please respect copyright.PENANAMMbAusA2WB
everyone, that all that occurred was nothing but a coincidence.534Please respect copyright.PENANAsFECu3BMPz
"I have already made up my mind," said Angel, "I think Carly and I shouldn't move in to your house."534Please respect copyright.PENANA4XnvEn2l6j
Carly and Eric gave Angel horrifying looks. Carly came to sit close to her sister on the edge of the bed.534Please respect copyright.PENANA1cOqpxACgh
"What? But Angel...."534Please respect copyright.PENANAwvaOF1Tm6M
"But534Please respect copyright.PENANAVUqu9EFFPx
nothing, Carly," said Angel. "I don't think it's a good idea. As much 534Please respect copyright.PENANAuHSDaLHdJH
as Mr McDonell is trying to help us out, living in his house doesn't 534Please respect copyright.PENANAKobaWLkNXe
seem right."534Please respect copyright.PENANA1R6yrQvXb2
"Oh, really then? Is it that or are you saying that because you don't want to ever see Leo within your sight?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAgv6saCCekH
Angel didn't say anything for a second as she stared at her sister, trying to figure out the right words to use. 534Please respect copyright.PENANAFM3ekN8gz8
"Its534Please respect copyright.PENANA4ClgGQ9Vbz
not like that," said Angel. "I don't think its right after all that's 534Please respect copyright.PENANAtZsompd4Wt
happened. If we live in their house it would feel completely weird. Just534Please respect copyright.PENANA73D5AMoaQQ
so you know, Leo and Eric aren't strangers to you and I anymore."534Please respect copyright.PENANAmfdWQPxCXB
"Angel, please think about it for one second," pleaded Carly.534Please respect copyright.PENANAxQdojrC2To
"And why are you insisting? It's not like we have a house of our own. Or do you just want to be close to Leo?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAEEuyVKN6Wg
Carly534Please respect copyright.PENANAphM6jTu93c
looked baffled and Eric just stood there without saying a word. Angel 534Please respect copyright.PENANAMzLK9LgrNE
noticed the blush come across her sister's cheeks and Angel felt like 534Please respect copyright.PENANAO7qoBbxujX
slapping it off her face.534Please respect copyright.PENANAR8UvCxthPN
"Aren't you going to say anything? I already gave my reason," said Angel. "Now you tell me yours."534Please respect copyright.PENANA0fS85Q6VlC
Carly looked the other way and Eric stared down at his feet. Angel looked at Carly and then at Eric, and then back again.534Please respect copyright.PENANAQEkl0mrJTK
"Your silence tells me there is more to all this," said Angel, with an eyebrow raised. "Do the two of you still meet?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAryecOduDw2
Carly534Please respect copyright.PENANAKHZ7qEfRkm
played around with her fingers and Angel noticed. Carly had always done534Please respect copyright.PENANAta6wLjFzWE
that whenever she was nervous and was trying to hide the truth.534Please respect copyright.PENANA91Ert8JSdi
Angel let out a sigh and sunk down deeper into the bed covers.534Please respect copyright.PENANAFMA9YQBmlR
"I think I don't have to say much since you already gave me your answer. I think I'll just rest now," Angel yawned.534Please respect copyright.PENANAlHMG3NOaQe
"Angel, will you just-" 534Please respect copyright.PENANAeqc3SpKQ2S
"Listen534Please respect copyright.PENANAfBC73uFcsG
to you?"Angel finished the sentenced. "I'm tired of listening. Eric's 534Please respect copyright.PENANAU8F6YQvtff
right. I need some rest. So, may you please leave?"534Please respect copyright.PENANA0S46ReI9sc
Carly534Please respect copyright.PENANAJIHyOMZX82
looked at her sister, but Angel turned her face the other way and 534Please respect copyright.PENANAfw2Lng20Qj
closed her eyes. Before Carly could protest, Leo came closer to her and 534Please respect copyright.PENANAX3mJU0XigW
held her shoulder.534Please respect copyright.PENANAmjdZvt9wPj
"I think we should leave," said Eric, "I think she's had enough to handle for one day. Let's go."534Please respect copyright.PENANA6wlv1TI6FE
Carly534Please respect copyright.PENANA0BJvzr8Adx
didn't say a thing as she nodded her head. She slowly got up from the 534Please respect copyright.PENANABiOrk8dTDX
bed and went out of the room with Eric behind her who closed the door.534Please respect copyright.PENANAd44Deiamqv
After534Please respect copyright.PENANA4KtlWrD3FP
Carly and Eric had left, Angel's eyes flew back open and only herself 534Please respect copyright.PENANAxS0nOl5MTe
knew how much rage was stirring inside her. All she needed was rest and 534Please respect copyright.PENANAeqDZY5k8w4
to get better soon. And maybe, just maybe, she would give Leo a piece of534Please respect copyright.PENANAOfmgHHna9Q
her fist.534Please respect copyright.PENANAJlfj9ibvzo
***534Please respect copyright.PENANAOTXQyBOM80
Leo534Please respect copyright.PENANA5baf9glHUK
stared at his watch as he waited in the packing lot. His car was packed534Please respect copyright.PENANA1Jwyi2NxPG
in between two ambulances and he had a clear view of the entrance of 534Please respect copyright.PENANAjJvzEt4OFV
the hospital. He saw Carly escort Eric to his car. Eric got into his car534Please respect copyright.PENANAjPLPeiqGjM
and drove off. And Carly stood there until Eric's car was out of sight.534Please respect copyright.PENANAFWRl8XCiAX
Carly rushed over to where Leo had packed the car. Leo unlocked the car534Please respect copyright.PENANAJa4F4cdRZb
door and Carly quickly went in the car.534Please respect copyright.PENANAbEG5G3zpFQ
"Hey, how are you?" Leo asked. 534Please respect copyright.PENANAKbdiR8CJTT
"Angel's mad," said Carly with a sulking look on her face, "how would I feel?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9DCRsADK7
"What happened?" Leo asked as he rolled his eyes.534Please respect copyright.PENANAsCMCQ17HGw
"Apparently,534Please respect copyright.PENANAqjX7iDuveH
she's so smart enough that she figured out that your family doesn't 534Please respect copyright.PENANAeAfsftiV6p
know the real reason why you weren't at the wedding that day. And she 534Please respect copyright.PENANAZIDZuSdFxz
has a hunch that the two of us are still seeing each other."534Please respect copyright.PENANAp4ftRBspGM
"And she is mad just because of one little lie? Your sister is way too serious with such things."534Please respect copyright.PENANANFaAxpG47r
"To my sister, this lie might just complicate things. And she feels hurt because we used her accident as an escape plan."534Please respect copyright.PENANAnTG39dXaqB
Carly534Please respect copyright.PENANAbmwVXNhb5U
paused for a while as she leaned into the car seat and breathed out 534Please respect copyright.PENANAP303qLBwuH
deeply. There was silence for a while as Carly stared up at the car 534Please respect copyright.PENANAyeZQrJD2mc
ceiling.534Please respect copyright.PENANAo29SyJXXLE
"Somehow, I think she's right," said Carly. 534Please respect copyright.PENANAyxja4UVXC3
"Right about what?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAmkEhsGe5Sm
"The lie we just created. It might affect all of us in the future."534Please respect copyright.PENANA8kpd7igBN5
Leo looked straight at Carly with an eyebrow raised.534Please respect copyright.PENANAFHSXqPdr8N
"Don't tell me you're supporting your sister on this."534Please respect copyright.PENANAdjz0AcuIEp
"I don't support it, but she did raise a good point. Later on, the truth will eventually come to light and it won't be pretty."534Please respect copyright.PENANA1WbAx095BM
Leo534Please respect copyright.PENANAunAkKI0xbi
put his hand on Carly's shoulder. "No. Thats not going to happen. I'll 534Please respect copyright.PENANA1qpc8E6tEH
be the one to make sure that the truth isn't revealed to anyone."534Please respect copyright.PENANAUM3R9CMEGc
"Thanks, Leo," said Carly as she gave him a smile.534Please respect copyright.PENANAgWoU6SuP0f
"So, I was told my dad came here. What was it about?"534Please respect copyright.PENANA2jE1uSVGLn
"He asked us if it was necessary for Angel and I to move in and stay with you guys," said Carly in a low voice.534Please respect copyright.PENANAGag6xOv285
"Wait, what?" Leo looked completely confused. "But why come and live with my family?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAjzHcv3wdZe
"He's534Please respect copyright.PENANAXJXV1WxGyE
trying to keep a promise he made to my mother. Maybe he thought us 534Please respect copyright.PENANACKTqUgr5Xm
coming to live with your family was a good idea. He's just trying to 534Please respect copyright.PENANATPL1BngBZB
help us out."534Please respect copyright.PENANAzLtsKtgcrK
Leo534Please respect copyright.PENANAf75C052mQT
didn't say anything as he tried to process what Carly had told him. For534Please respect copyright.PENANAF3UtFZOD65
a moment he stared out of the car window, deep in thought.534Please respect copyright.PENANAy4uxVgVC74
"Whats wrong, Leo?" Carly asked. "Don't you think it's a good idea or you don't agree to it?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAtyB4KgSAEA
Leo turned his head to look back at Carly who was staring back at him waiting for an answer. 534Please respect copyright.PENANA2zvJJbdXlc
"I....," Leo hesistated, "I don't think it's a good idea."534Please respect copyright.PENANA4VEoc4x9Py
Carly was dumbstruck. For a moment she shook her head and gave a little laugh.534Please respect copyright.PENANAEvvYkK12UM
"OMG," said Carly, "do you know what, that's exactly what Angel said as well."534Please respect copyright.PENANAjc8bcH8dIx
Leo didn't say anything as Carly continued laughing. Leo raised an eyebrow. 534Please respect copyright.PENANAApaatsFJRr
"And why the heck are you laughing if your sister didn't agree to it?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAzC9c3EpQpl
"I just realised that I'm so dumb not to have realised this sooner," said Carly in between laughs.534Please respect copyright.PENANAK3SCyubxIQ
Leo shrugged his shoulders. "And whats that?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAMoxxjkBYTu
"You and my sister still hate each other."534Please respect copyright.PENANABF6jFkMa4u
There was silence in the car as the two stared at each other. And then all of the sudden, Carly burst out laughing again. 534Please respect copyright.PENANAvPuWLU0uCa
"It's not funny, Carly," said Leo, looking serious.534Please respect copyright.PENANABRsYr89mFJ
"But534Please respect copyright.PENANAsI2PTQmg5x
it is. Even if my sister doesn't show it, she still hates you. And that534Please respect copyright.PENANAsOlafVUAnC
look in your eyes when I told you about us living with your family, was534Please respect copyright.PENANAohFLeGWfG9
so clear. If the two of you ever got to meet, you would be two angry 534Please respect copyright.PENANAo2haoqsU5l
wild cats trying to tear each other apart."534Please respect copyright.PENANAhEQ42qFJGk
"That's not true. I don't hate your sister," Leo protested.534Please respect copyright.PENANADGSB9QbuqZ
"Then why do you think its inappropriate that Angel and I come live with your family?"534Please respect copyright.PENANA5DvuKoKaDA
"Because it would feel completely weird."534Please respect copyright.PENANAzEGmIutt3w
"Is it just me or are you and my sister getting the same scripts from the same book? She also said that."534Please respect copyright.PENANANIH7dzdrpC
"Don't say that, Carly."534Please respect copyright.PENANAkQqVXp37Eo
"Then534Please respect copyright.PENANAihaYhOfXtN
what should I say? You're acting like a total bum just like my sister. 534Please respect copyright.PENANAQlGLRn87SI
And you say that my sister is serious, now look who is serious now!"534Please respect copyright.PENANA9h4V5fMCVb
Leo became frustrated and didn't say anything else. He looked at Carly and he felt so stressed out.534Please respect copyright.PENANAKw03vxy6ca
"It534Please respect copyright.PENANAUvZrrbB3lI
wouldn't be a bad idea if you came and stayed with us. But your sister 534Please respect copyright.PENANAlhMVWwsVnO
might just get in the way of things. And besides, my family has no idea 534Please respect copyright.PENANAAl5hHHI3eE
that we all know each other already. So playing pretend, is going to be 534Please respect copyright.PENANANzKZggrduS
difficult."534Please respect copyright.PENANA46nYN6vLBn
"Ya,534Please respect copyright.PENANAGSn6e84Azv
I know, Leo," said Carly as she placed her hand on Leo's knee. "That's 534Please respect copyright.PENANAOjMfKiSRvO
what my sister is afraid of. Playing pretend won't be easy."534Please respect copyright.PENANAjPzWroCg5r
Leo smiled a little. "Don't worry everything is going to be alright."534Please respect copyright.PENANAAPko39oqAG
Carly smiled back and gave Leo a peck on the cheek. Carly hugged him and Leo also put his arm around her. 534Please respect copyright.PENANAKJBlYolbzG
As534Please respect copyright.PENANAKcTW9XOr1W
they stayed like that for a while, Leo couldn't help but wonder what 534Please respect copyright.PENANAAAbUqYCVva
would happen if Angel ever did agree to live with the McDonell family.