"Don't you think you should have done something by now?" Miranda asked with her arms folded.827Please respect copyright.PENANAgj6A3uVrgL
"What do you mean, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked. 827Please respect copyright.PENANAiw2px24SLQ
"I mean, a week has passed and you haven't reported those people for the damages they caused in the bar that day."827Please respect copyright.PENANAXwEW9uuXEb
"Why do you bring up that argument every time, woman!" Mr Walters looked pretty upset.827Please respect copyright.PENANA7vA4rRD7ZG
"Because, they almost left you for dead and the place was in a mess. Someone has to pay for the damages you know."827Please respect copyright.PENANAys1jQDxkFT
"Look, Miranda, I admit,827Please respect copyright.PENANADzNnh4k4tO
those people really trashed up the place, but I couldn't report them. 827Please respect copyright.PENANAuNplfkDjOp
As far as I know, Carly also lost her mother. Now imagine this, your 827Please respect copyright.PENANAA9PVx4wnpw
sister gets into an accident and then your mother dies on the same day. 827Please respect copyright.PENANA5LBe70NgMT
Won't that be too much too handle?"827Please respect copyright.PENANA44GhPbuRyj
Miranda tapped her foot 827Please respect copyright.PENANAViEfUOWr8f
as she stared down at her boss who sat behind his office desk looking up827Please respect copyright.PENANAhyWdzg57Qb
at her. He had a few bruises on his face and a slight bump at the back 827Please respect copyright.PENANAo0NmOyksxl
of his head. All in all, he still looked okay.827Please respect copyright.PENANAdvHc8MLI6j
"You might have a point though," said Miranda, "but I still think you should have reported them."827Please respect copyright.PENANAXhSO0DMwcp
"You know I couldn't 827Please respect copyright.PENANAslrtpXVlo8
report to the police. If they got to search this place, they might find 827Please respect copyright.PENANAXyJrBuNlYn
out what dirty business goes on and we would have been in big trouble. I827Please respect copyright.PENANAkM6YYeGVer
can't risk losing my business. We all benefit from it."827Please respect copyright.PENANAf7i0fDLnMQ
"I see your point there. So, those guys are just going to get away with it, huh?" Miranda asked.827Please respect copyright.PENANA6qD5dcQ5iq
"No, let things cool 827Please respect copyright.PENANAl8j5DDmY5g
down for a little while longer. Once Carly's sister gets better, then I 827Please respect copyright.PENANAXWuWRImrHE
will be able to do what I do best. Nobody trashes up my place and gets 827Please respect copyright.PENANAyFG5hW141q
away with it that easily."827Please respect copyright.PENANAUKSYhhz8iD
Miranda smiled. "Now that's what I wanted to hear."827Please respect copyright.PENANAz3rYs1GIMy
***827Please respect copyright.PENANAeZvHvftcTd
"You didn't tell him, did you?"827Please respect copyright.PENANAJyXndoCMqq
Angel827Please respect copyright.PENANAkMVI2lFi5H
stared at Eric and Carly who stood at the edge of the bed looking at 827Please respect copyright.PENANAzEgQfTcFMY
her with a kind of expression Angel couldn't quite put together. Angel 827Please respect copyright.PENANAPIwdr8L3gr
raised an eyebrow as she waited for an answer.827Please respect copyright.PENANAso0533BQ1W
"Well... we.... ahh...," Carly couldn't even find the right words.827Please respect copyright.PENANAIZY0GL2HYk
"With the look on your faces, it's quite clear that Mr McDonell doesn't know the whole truth," said Angel. 827Please respect copyright.PENANA2YGuOPGlZ0
"It's true, Angel," said Eric. "No one knows the whole truth apart from the four of us."827Please respect copyright.PENANANjLh1axeAo
"You guys are unbelievable! Just because I couldn't talk for a whole week, you decided to twist the whole story around?"827Please respect copyright.PENANAuDFDfKPTl7
"We're sorry, Angel," said Carly, "we just didn't want to make things complicated."827Please respect copyright.PENANAfCEUSuBr3Z
"Make things complicated! Carly, you just made everything worse!"827Please respect copyright.PENANAvugL1YTcRd
Angel's827Please respect copyright.PENANAHiWCvawtK9
anger was rising to the surface and she knew she was going to burst any827Please respect copyright.PENANAP7HorkMf8J
moment. Things now looked messy, and Angel felt it was all her fault. 827Please respect copyright.PENANAlUuwuc7Jvm
She could have avoided all this, but it looked like things went out of 827Please respect copyright.PENANAwSY4m9wTLL
hand.827Please respect copyright.PENANACAqMIz14Pn
"So, even when giving a police report, you all lied?" Angel asked.827Please respect copyright.PENANAF6BzGDo09V
"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."827Please respect copyright.PENANAd2MvYvE4WK
"And you used my accident as an escape plan, then?" Angel's face was heating up.827Please respect copyright.PENANAaRB2ihNAgz
"We just had to do it, Angel," said Eric. "If we didn't, we were going to be in a lot of trouble."827Please respect copyright.PENANAduYpIu2R1k
"In trouble with who? I want to know because you're already in trouble with me."827Please respect copyright.PENANA7Rx3ArtZBV
"Please, don't ask," said Eric, "you look like you're going to burst any moment and you need to rest."827Please respect copyright.PENANAmWQ12fO97I
"I'll only rest until you try to fix this mess."827Please respect copyright.PENANAjyDzXuxRaq
"What's827Please respect copyright.PENANAfN53eMxISK
done is done, Angel," said Carly, "everyone thinks Eric and Leo just 827Please respect copyright.PENANANgoq6gzuXn
went out for a ride and then you got hit by accident. If you tell the 827Please respect copyright.PENANAiBN5ndskGn
truth, Leo might just end up in prison because they might think you 827Please respect copyright.PENANAhSts0GbJg8
being hit was intentional."827Please respect copyright.PENANAOfkAycMR7W
"As827Please respect copyright.PENANA23Ss6J4RQ6
much as Leo had done most of the damage," said Angel, rolling her eyes,827Please respect copyright.PENANAxzJTePEE3T
"I'm not that cruel to let him rot in prison. I might as well have 827Please respect copyright.PENANA3VANNelOjG
dropped the charges."827Please respect copyright.PENANAy9643yfmlO
"But the damage is already done," said Eric, "we can't tell the truth. We could all be in big trouble."827Please respect copyright.PENANAQiqzJtHuzy
"And827Please respect copyright.PENANAjkS1Akq8CK
imagine what Mr McDonell would have thought if he knew I once worked as827Please respect copyright.PENANAiWy3MpX8lp
a prostitute," said Carly, "he wouldn't have even offered to help us."827Please respect copyright.PENANAx9Ji7MSbqY
"No,"827Please respect copyright.PENANAjOd0fAdwUs
said Angel, "I think you're wrong on that. If he truly was a good 827Please respect copyright.PENANAgovBNEnCX2
friend of our late mother, he still would have helped us."827Please respect copyright.PENANA9GGT1sQpU2
"Now that you have brought up my uncle in all this," Eric intervened quickly, "will you accept his proposal?"827Please respect copyright.PENANA9LFNyDNIDw
Before827Please respect copyright.PENANAO4mD9TZyYy
Mr McDonell had left, he had asked Angel if she and Carly could move 827Please respect copyright.PENANAEPlUc7ryYX
into his house and stay with the family. Angel said she would think 827Please respect copyright.PENANAGsahaBbCb6
about it and she had asked how her mother had died so suddenly on that 827Please respect copyright.PENANAIvUeLl5ofz
fateful day. 827Please respect copyright.PENANAZGCvd3QJ16
As827Please respect copyright.PENANADm3gxKpnZj
Mr McDonell explained the events, to Angel, it was quite clear that Mr 827Please respect copyright.PENANALJ95gkeEig
McDonell didn't know the real reason why Leo wasn't at the wedding. 827Please respect copyright.PENANAUHnzKkRuG4
Because he did say that he had called home and was told that Leo and 827Please respect copyright.PENANAUVLxcJLSNY
Eric were gone. And a few moments after calling Angel, the accident 827Please respect copyright.PENANA4dgdBu58vh
occurred. Besides, he didn't pose any question as to why Angel and Carly827Please respect copyright.PENANAN8tFCRkx1S
were along that street that day in the first place. It seemed to 827Please respect copyright.PENANAqRBln1rlm4
everyone, that all that occurred was nothing but a coincidence.827Please respect copyright.PENANAYswEJUPj09
"I have already made up my mind," said Angel, "I think Carly and I shouldn't move in to your house."827Please respect copyright.PENANAOUmbvErLDO
Carly and Eric gave Angel horrifying looks. Carly came to sit close to her sister on the edge of the bed.827Please respect copyright.PENANAS3qK3DkAFi
"What? But Angel...."827Please respect copyright.PENANAfoRTvKZMbg
"But827Please respect copyright.PENANA9l8RWDmU3u
nothing, Carly," said Angel. "I don't think it's a good idea. As much 827Please respect copyright.PENANAe9mNwHeOii
as Mr McDonell is trying to help us out, living in his house doesn't 827Please respect copyright.PENANA9lXiBn24XQ
seem right."827Please respect copyright.PENANApQriVYUxl7
"Oh, really then? Is it that or are you saying that because you don't want to ever see Leo within your sight?"827Please respect copyright.PENANAnRmxhHNnsI
Angel didn't say anything for a second as she stared at her sister, trying to figure out the right words to use. 827Please respect copyright.PENANAg46Fw7LNMh
"Its827Please respect copyright.PENANAxjKC83syj7
not like that," said Angel. "I don't think its right after all that's 827Please respect copyright.PENANA0QVE2ld5Cd
happened. If we live in their house it would feel completely weird. Just827Please respect copyright.PENANA0KKMvnXnMU
so you know, Leo and Eric aren't strangers to you and I anymore."827Please respect copyright.PENANAU8fHRX8HHh
"Angel, please think about it for one second," pleaded Carly.827Please respect copyright.PENANA45XwXcLNjb
"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?"827Please respect copyright.PENANAgHE2dxLaKf
Carly827Please respect copyright.PENANAynGRPVNrpu
looked baffled and Eric just stood there without saying a word. Angel 827Please respect copyright.PENANAmzvJ4NePJw
noticed the blush come across her sister's cheeks and Angel felt like 827Please respect copyright.PENANAah5Zx8MAc5
slapping it off her face.827Please respect copyright.PENANA5YsJqtb60N
"Aren't you going to say anything? I already gave my reason," said Angel. "Now you tell me yours."827Please respect copyright.PENANAyO87L71wuS
Carly looked the other way and Eric stared down at his feet. Angel looked at Carly and then at Eric, and then back again.827Please respect copyright.PENANAqlOV3N15rS
"Your silence tells me there is more to all this," said Angel, with an eyebrow raised. "Do the two of you still meet?"827Please respect copyright.PENANAmA5erTJjWX
Carly827Please respect copyright.PENANAC2uWDv1Va0
played around with her fingers and Angel noticed. Carly had always done827Please respect copyright.PENANA9HRRinySdP
that whenever she was nervous and was trying to hide the truth.827Please respect copyright.PENANAwIO7RLThYn
Angel let out a sigh and sunk down deeper into the bed covers.827Please respect copyright.PENANAjn7trX3g5w
"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.827Please respect copyright.PENANA2BwIIPAD3H
"Angel, will you just-" 827Please respect copyright.PENANAJHeu305qnl
"Listen827Please respect copyright.PENANAMNFEFjiRLU
to you?"Angel finished the sentenced. "I'm tired of listening. Eric's 827Please respect copyright.PENANAPkvzwMIyhd
right. I need some rest. So, may you please leave?"827Please respect copyright.PENANAzDaHLif88G
Carly827Please respect copyright.PENANA5PnpEUas5U
looked at her sister, but Angel turned her face the other way and 827Please respect copyright.PENANALQHqmGcnZS
closed her eyes. Before Carly could protest, Leo came closer to her and 827Please respect copyright.PENANAJXlznMEWef
held her shoulder.827Please respect copyright.PENANAsidtXeXrFZ
"I think we should leave," said Eric, "I think she's had enough to handle for one day. Let's go."827Please respect copyright.PENANArq2TPZk9vh
Carly827Please respect copyright.PENANADJvV9WnPHq
didn't say a thing as she nodded her head. She slowly got up from the 827Please respect copyright.PENANA7HzrsgqniE
bed and went out of the room with Eric behind her who closed the door.827Please respect copyright.PENANAfmeaCcZZ5P
After827Please respect copyright.PENANAfHDNHuuHDi
Carly and Eric had left, Angel's eyes flew back open and only herself 827Please respect copyright.PENANAmdp0YQmr2D
knew how much rage was stirring inside her. All she needed was rest and 827Please respect copyright.PENANAqJ8kCE5tMW
to get better soon. And maybe, just maybe, she would give Leo a piece of827Please respect copyright.PENANAYYswp0eUTG
her fist.827Please respect copyright.PENANAkYVjdgj4bi
***827Please respect copyright.PENANAYgkUweBkk6
Leo827Please respect copyright.PENANAzzi8uQEaMj
stared at his watch as he waited in the packing lot. His car was packed827Please respect copyright.PENANA8NBL91rgDF
in between two ambulances and he had a clear view of the entrance of 827Please respect copyright.PENANAMrJjnal3vR
the hospital. He saw Carly escort Eric to his car. Eric got into his car827Please respect copyright.PENANAiosYYAgK8u
and drove off. And Carly stood there until Eric's car was out of sight.827Please respect copyright.PENANACgMTy7NecG
Carly rushed over to where Leo had packed the car. Leo unlocked the car827Please respect copyright.PENANAx57r2Knv1L
door and Carly quickly went in the car.827Please respect copyright.PENANAhxXXlIht3e
"Hey, how are you?" Leo asked. 827Please respect copyright.PENANA6nkx9b0xPC
"Angel's mad," said Carly with a sulking look on her face, "how would I feel?"827Please respect copyright.PENANA7Q0ZLIKBv4
"What happened?" Leo asked as he rolled his eyes.827Please respect copyright.PENANAR62iNgZbvN
"Apparently,827Please respect copyright.PENANAg5tqAE28NA
she's so smart enough that she figured out that your family doesn't 827Please respect copyright.PENANAbypDRhg9Vg
know the real reason why you weren't at the wedding that day. And she 827Please respect copyright.PENANASWeNL7NDZO
has a hunch that the two of us are still seeing each other."827Please respect copyright.PENANAyGRtwpAse7
"And she is mad just because of one little lie? Your sister is way too serious with such things."827Please respect copyright.PENANAoGPIg3PKXE
"To my sister, this lie might just complicate things. And she feels hurt because we used her accident as an escape plan."827Please respect copyright.PENANA6FfRynu2Ou
Carly827Please respect copyright.PENANAUu2sd4ahPT
paused for a while as she leaned into the car seat and breathed out 827Please respect copyright.PENANAKwcdmoT7Tz
deeply. There was silence for a while as Carly stared up at the car 827Please respect copyright.PENANAZMcB5aQl59
ceiling.827Please respect copyright.PENANA6zXgdrdOrH
"Somehow, I think she's right," said Carly. 827Please respect copyright.PENANAwgCGdmHl9W
"Right about what?"827Please respect copyright.PENANAqKXYRyBC2H
"The lie we just created. It might affect all of us in the future."827Please respect copyright.PENANAvkUSFeXIVZ
Leo looked straight at Carly with an eyebrow raised.827Please respect copyright.PENANAHnKkhcHlXW
"Don't tell me you're supporting your sister on this."827Please respect copyright.PENANARWmUkJ8H5n
"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."827Please respect copyright.PENANAL4keJzXdCz
Leo827Please respect copyright.PENANA1GqWpg7PL5
put his hand on Carly's shoulder. "No. Thats not going to happen. I'll 827Please respect copyright.PENANA68z0BtXc37
be the one to make sure that the truth isn't revealed to anyone."827Please respect copyright.PENANAMzZon37e8T
"Thanks, Leo," said Carly as she gave him a smile.827Please respect copyright.PENANAw8jyBNCKQA
"So, I was told my dad came here. What was it about?"827Please respect copyright.PENANA2AZpqbDFDz
"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.827Please respect copyright.PENANAadsTlO72JS
"Wait, what?" Leo looked completely confused. "But why come and live with my family?"827Please respect copyright.PENANAEfeJh7OjlS
"He's827Please respect copyright.PENANAHL6UdUc3Jt
trying to keep a promise he made to my mother. Maybe he thought us 827Please respect copyright.PENANAA7WoZlSoDJ
coming to live with your family was a good idea. He's just trying to 827Please respect copyright.PENANAq4hG4ME1pn
help us out."827Please respect copyright.PENANAF9WvgjTGq8
Leo827Please respect copyright.PENANAgjTSmVr1lU
didn't say anything as he tried to process what Carly had told him. For827Please respect copyright.PENANAAqlmDOheCx
a moment he stared out of the car window, deep in thought.827Please respect copyright.PENANAosKBRCns50
"Whats wrong, Leo?" Carly asked. "Don't you think it's a good idea or you don't agree to it?"827Please respect copyright.PENANAAs8jH1eWlf
Leo turned his head to look back at Carly who was staring back at him waiting for an answer. 827Please respect copyright.PENANAcEb5kOMFtd
"I....," Leo hesistated, "I don't think it's a good idea."827Please respect copyright.PENANAvUBtvWezBw
Carly was dumbstruck. For a moment she shook her head and gave a little laugh.827Please respect copyright.PENANAOCe9i1u3Hd
"OMG," said Carly, "do you know what, that's exactly what Angel said as well."827Please respect copyright.PENANA5EApuKKdhN
Leo didn't say anything as Carly continued laughing. Leo raised an eyebrow. 827Please respect copyright.PENANAAS3chtE3B7
"And why the heck are you laughing if your sister didn't agree to it?"827Please respect copyright.PENANAgVLU2D8nye
"I just realised that I'm so dumb not to have realised this sooner," said Carly in between laughs.827Please respect copyright.PENANAMwefbFUYqe
Leo shrugged his shoulders. "And whats that?"827Please respect copyright.PENANAeUE6NRB54y
"You and my sister still hate each other."827Please respect copyright.PENANARSNdd78iNX
There was silence in the car as the two stared at each other. And then all of the sudden, Carly burst out laughing again. 827Please respect copyright.PENANAvH8eoTPnWT
"It's not funny, Carly," said Leo, looking serious.827Please respect copyright.PENANAgWdu2fNgat
"But827Please respect copyright.PENANAc4iLEhmhVC
it is. Even if my sister doesn't show it, she still hates you. And that827Please respect copyright.PENANAxpnWOTuEi6
look in your eyes when I told you about us living with your family, was827Please respect copyright.PENANAAfU7kwPuKu
so clear. If the two of you ever got to meet, you would be two angry 827Please respect copyright.PENANAhllXH1uDqQ
wild cats trying to tear each other apart."827Please respect copyright.PENANAn67kPZm31M
"That's not true. I don't hate your sister," Leo protested.827Please respect copyright.PENANAIo2JATHBXb
"Then why do you think its inappropriate that Angel and I come live with your family?"827Please respect copyright.PENANALyZudUApPE
"Because it would feel completely weird."827Please respect copyright.PENANAp4a6JuMjbF
"Is it just me or are you and my sister getting the same scripts from the same book? She also said that."827Please respect copyright.PENANAch1rDPPtGH
"Don't say that, Carly."827Please respect copyright.PENANAyvrMgVaUH7
"Then827Please respect copyright.PENANAvxBxenVqp6
what should I say? You're acting like a total bum just like my sister. 827Please respect copyright.PENANA8Vj5HLQUlS
And you say that my sister is serious, now look who is serious now!"827Please respect copyright.PENANA25mQs1jPDu
Leo became frustrated and didn't say anything else. He looked at Carly and he felt so stressed out.827Please respect copyright.PENANA40i2vYfFQR
"It827Please respect copyright.PENANAYeSgaJtLpW
wouldn't be a bad idea if you came and stayed with us. But your sister 827Please respect copyright.PENANA86PSrQa0tD
might just get in the way of things. And besides, my family has no idea 827Please respect copyright.PENANAKOXTWGyLrI
that we all know each other already. So playing pretend, is going to be 827Please respect copyright.PENANAOr9w79cuBB
difficult."827Please respect copyright.PENANAWm3yi3fLke
"Ya,827Please respect copyright.PENANAslBPBHrZNj
I know, Leo," said Carly as she placed her hand on Leo's knee. "That's 827Please respect copyright.PENANAZAPpYhPY75
what my sister is afraid of. Playing pretend won't be easy."827Please respect copyright.PENANAxICpPUOiCS
Leo smiled a little. "Don't worry everything is going to be alright."827Please respect copyright.PENANAXZZekogedJ
Carly smiled back and gave Leo a peck on the cheek. Carly hugged him and Leo also put his arm around her. 827Please respect copyright.PENANAaazP4nKRCr
As827Please respect copyright.PENANAlfj1xadY2P
they stayed like that for a while, Leo couldn't help but wonder what 827Please respect copyright.PENANA0BGtfhWV8m
would happen if Angel ever did agree to live with the McDonell family.