"Don't you think you should have done something by now?" Miranda asked with her arms folded.880Please respect copyright.PENANAGBfC1Wgn3D
"What do you mean, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked. 880Please respect copyright.PENANAJVEEcMJn0m
"I mean, a week has passed and you haven't reported those people for the damages they caused in the bar that day."880Please respect copyright.PENANAPBzX2WNhfx
"Why do you bring up that argument every time, woman!" Mr Walters looked pretty upset.880Please respect copyright.PENANAmOnJWsmf0f
"Because, they almost left you for dead and the place was in a mess. Someone has to pay for the damages you know."880Please respect copyright.PENANAwYXxIq89KY
"Look, Miranda, I admit,880Please respect copyright.PENANAQuUwXJ4vEX
those people really trashed up the place, but I couldn't report them. 880Please respect copyright.PENANAtCBabdrbI7
As far as I know, Carly also lost her mother. Now imagine this, your 880Please respect copyright.PENANAqwT3FnZG6C
sister gets into an accident and then your mother dies on the same day. 880Please respect copyright.PENANAQnIzF9FVkz
Won't that be too much too handle?"880Please respect copyright.PENANAMF8Uidz1tJ
Miranda tapped her foot 880Please respect copyright.PENANAsO35ILFD3J
as she stared down at her boss who sat behind his office desk looking up880Please respect copyright.PENANAwpZe4SnRmj
at her. He had a few bruises on his face and a slight bump at the back 880Please respect copyright.PENANAoE4UgtgYpp
of his head. All in all, he still looked okay.880Please respect copyright.PENANAUocyIr1lpl
"You might have a point though," said Miranda, "but I still think you should have reported them."880Please respect copyright.PENANAWvxvOiDRmp
"You know I couldn't 880Please respect copyright.PENANA3h7FYVfWdT
report to the police. If they got to search this place, they might find 880Please respect copyright.PENANAb6FNJk5P8u
out what dirty business goes on and we would have been in big trouble. I880Please respect copyright.PENANAA9i3D9tPWN
can't risk losing my business. We all benefit from it."880Please respect copyright.PENANA5qX9lDvwIZ
"I see your point there. So, those guys are just going to get away with it, huh?" Miranda asked.880Please respect copyright.PENANAUEQnRo0EVr
"No, let things cool 880Please respect copyright.PENANAovBkR391G3
down for a little while longer. Once Carly's sister gets better, then I 880Please respect copyright.PENANAXa143zt4Dq
will be able to do what I do best. Nobody trashes up my place and gets 880Please respect copyright.PENANAdHT2wh6iZV
away with it that easily."880Please respect copyright.PENANAEl9AEbAkFe
Miranda smiled. "Now that's what I wanted to hear."880Please respect copyright.PENANAW484W8rz2u
***880Please respect copyright.PENANAQlAWOtX2nA
"You didn't tell him, did you?"880Please respect copyright.PENANAGcZ8bEKx3O
Angel880Please respect copyright.PENANAVLxt3brC26
stared at Eric and Carly who stood at the edge of the bed looking at 880Please respect copyright.PENANAcjbV8CCNtW
her with a kind of expression Angel couldn't quite put together. Angel 880Please respect copyright.PENANAoZPn3AJ0iy
raised an eyebrow as she waited for an answer.880Please respect copyright.PENANAAligGLFv57
"Well... we.... ahh...," Carly couldn't even find the right words.880Please respect copyright.PENANAPQ671NgZJ6
"With the look on your faces, it's quite clear that Mr McDonell doesn't know the whole truth," said Angel. 880Please respect copyright.PENANA5gvcA1EfNJ
"It's true, Angel," said Eric. "No one knows the whole truth apart from the four of us."880Please respect copyright.PENANAaikxxLJoQp
"You guys are unbelievable! Just because I couldn't talk for a whole week, you decided to twist the whole story around?"880Please respect copyright.PENANAYrJNEHCAOz
"We're sorry, Angel," said Carly, "we just didn't want to make things complicated."880Please respect copyright.PENANASFo9IcdDBR
"Make things complicated! Carly, you just made everything worse!"880Please respect copyright.PENANAHkLYjewY4A
Angel's880Please respect copyright.PENANAuBnT1TUxE3
anger was rising to the surface and she knew she was going to burst any880Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZG4e9uqOr
moment. Things now looked messy, and Angel felt it was all her fault. 880Please respect copyright.PENANA4oytZzwBwO
She could have avoided all this, but it looked like things went out of 880Please respect copyright.PENANA0gb6UPaTld
hand.880Please respect copyright.PENANAmrJtiLw9vH
"So, even when giving a police report, you all lied?" Angel asked.880Please respect copyright.PENANAni2xE3Axxw
"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."880Please respect copyright.PENANAFyA34JbViy
"And you used my accident as an escape plan, then?" Angel's face was heating up.880Please respect copyright.PENANAKNoXFGfb6m
"We just had to do it, Angel," said Eric. "If we didn't, we were going to be in a lot of trouble."880Please respect copyright.PENANAttxwwXNPTr
"In trouble with who? I want to know because you're already in trouble with me."880Please respect copyright.PENANAnbtEM3GywD
"Please, don't ask," said Eric, "you look like you're going to burst any moment and you need to rest."880Please respect copyright.PENANAgZBeHLZJIN
"I'll only rest until you try to fix this mess."880Please respect copyright.PENANABgjx1FVfau
"What's880Please respect copyright.PENANAd24s7BEgAR
done is done, Angel," said Carly, "everyone thinks Eric and Leo just 880Please respect copyright.PENANA1o6TNzzeX9
went out for a ride and then you got hit by accident. If you tell the 880Please respect copyright.PENANAjTgeMszLtG
truth, Leo might just end up in prison because they might think you 880Please respect copyright.PENANAJbfbHPRr3e
being hit was intentional."880Please respect copyright.PENANAWM6TtvYGed
"As880Please respect copyright.PENANA3PKFJu0jM9
much as Leo had done most of the damage," said Angel, rolling her eyes,880Please respect copyright.PENANAmVE7kksbQ1
"I'm not that cruel to let him rot in prison. I might as well have 880Please respect copyright.PENANA8jXxJpOIZw
dropped the charges."880Please respect copyright.PENANAzytgBf9duW
"But the damage is already done," said Eric, "we can't tell the truth. We could all be in big trouble."880Please respect copyright.PENANAZsm4QPzfh5
"And880Please respect copyright.PENANAo40gDfAmYy
imagine what Mr McDonell would have thought if he knew I once worked as880Please respect copyright.PENANA1cRqicC0Zf
a prostitute," said Carly, "he wouldn't have even offered to help us."880Please respect copyright.PENANADCmh7uppUU
"No,"880Please respect copyright.PENANAOjOJvq65o5
said Angel, "I think you're wrong on that. If he truly was a good 880Please respect copyright.PENANAX1fCInDszb
friend of our late mother, he still would have helped us."880Please respect copyright.PENANAmBKeHJVzDI
"Now that you have brought up my uncle in all this," Eric intervened quickly, "will you accept his proposal?"880Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1CzniQqf9
Before880Please respect copyright.PENANAeYTVgQy3S4
Mr McDonell had left, he had asked Angel if she and Carly could move 880Please respect copyright.PENANAK5gvaHydPf
into his house and stay with the family. Angel said she would think 880Please respect copyright.PENANAZxIkPRvbHQ
about it and she had asked how her mother had died so suddenly on that 880Please respect copyright.PENANAhe9TpvAnBt
fateful day. 880Please respect copyright.PENANAEnnIZrDTN5
As880Please respect copyright.PENANALEqGnQDDIa
Mr McDonell explained the events, to Angel, it was quite clear that Mr 880Please respect copyright.PENANAYPwViixtSw
McDonell didn't know the real reason why Leo wasn't at the wedding. 880Please respect copyright.PENANArYdsBKhrhU
Because he did say that he had called home and was told that Leo and 880Please respect copyright.PENANANYoLWW40aq
Eric were gone. And a few moments after calling Angel, the accident 880Please respect copyright.PENANAfDBVKsVvTI
occurred. Besides, he didn't pose any question as to why Angel and Carly880Please respect copyright.PENANAWj8fnXxPrc
were along that street that day in the first place. It seemed to 880Please respect copyright.PENANAbEcVFYwtL5
everyone, that all that occurred was nothing but a coincidence.880Please respect copyright.PENANAAN90vPMoCz
"I have already made up my mind," said Angel, "I think Carly and I shouldn't move in to your house."880Please respect copyright.PENANAi87yNZQ3Lv
Carly and Eric gave Angel horrifying looks. Carly came to sit close to her sister on the edge of the bed.880Please respect copyright.PENANAPVKf089oKS
"What? But Angel...."880Please respect copyright.PENANA7VJAaXN7Yz
"But880Please respect copyright.PENANA7neN3jlyLY
nothing, Carly," said Angel. "I don't think it's a good idea. As much 880Please respect copyright.PENANA7lYDj6LmwI
as Mr McDonell is trying to help us out, living in his house doesn't 880Please respect copyright.PENANAXe7icooLmd
seem right."880Please respect copyright.PENANA9CTSBWSuhg
"Oh, really then? Is it that or are you saying that because you don't want to ever see Leo within your sight?"880Please respect copyright.PENANAtJu2wdBYRa
Angel didn't say anything for a second as she stared at her sister, trying to figure out the right words to use. 880Please respect copyright.PENANAUX9wsNdJMw
"Its880Please respect copyright.PENANAq00q9kzPDE
not like that," said Angel. "I don't think its right after all that's 880Please respect copyright.PENANAURxfKJhPJv
happened. If we live in their house it would feel completely weird. Just880Please respect copyright.PENANA6twSDMUz4i
so you know, Leo and Eric aren't strangers to you and I anymore."880Please respect copyright.PENANAzgnv11SL4H
"Angel, please think about it for one second," pleaded Carly.880Please respect copyright.PENANAnbafJL28AR
"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?"880Please respect copyright.PENANARJMnu2igRh
Carly880Please respect copyright.PENANAgGEsaSgAby
looked baffled and Eric just stood there without saying a word. Angel 880Please respect copyright.PENANAheHd3jMFBH
noticed the blush come across her sister's cheeks and Angel felt like 880Please respect copyright.PENANAz5WrMeDpAQ
slapping it off her face.880Please respect copyright.PENANAxyAKZyRyS1
"Aren't you going to say anything? I already gave my reason," said Angel. "Now you tell me yours."880Please respect copyright.PENANAGZZpsFLAoI
Carly looked the other way and Eric stared down at his feet. Angel looked at Carly and then at Eric, and then back again.880Please respect copyright.PENANAcn5QclyXSh
"Your silence tells me there is more to all this," said Angel, with an eyebrow raised. "Do the two of you still meet?"880Please respect copyright.PENANAWuQnQSvOnm
Carly880Please respect copyright.PENANA1HCjf3J8VY
played around with her fingers and Angel noticed. Carly had always done880Please respect copyright.PENANAUsL6ZdnMqo
that whenever she was nervous and was trying to hide the truth.880Please respect copyright.PENANAugrpF9AgPR
Angel let out a sigh and sunk down deeper into the bed covers.880Please respect copyright.PENANAIEEVv8DQxn
"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.880Please respect copyright.PENANAY1qimr3JiX
"Angel, will you just-" 880Please respect copyright.PENANAKCqdo8XcKP
"Listen880Please respect copyright.PENANAUoguwG5uQ6
to you?"Angel finished the sentenced. "I'm tired of listening. Eric's 880Please respect copyright.PENANAhx5l7vCebi
right. I need some rest. So, may you please leave?"880Please respect copyright.PENANAv7yTF4hcWr
Carly880Please respect copyright.PENANAmL56LqCKJ8
looked at her sister, but Angel turned her face the other way and 880Please respect copyright.PENANAJihxDNE0V3
closed her eyes. Before Carly could protest, Leo came closer to her and 880Please respect copyright.PENANAP39DNMVapM
held her shoulder.880Please respect copyright.PENANAZyxQwOykSt
"I think we should leave," said Eric, "I think she's had enough to handle for one day. Let's go."880Please respect copyright.PENANA0y8HeNLAnK
Carly880Please respect copyright.PENANApIt1RsqjJc
didn't say a thing as she nodded her head. She slowly got up from the 880Please respect copyright.PENANAkRNBqt2upR
bed and went out of the room with Eric behind her who closed the door.880Please respect copyright.PENANAQfiCOGejmh
After880Please respect copyright.PENANAHknkEFwU6E
Carly and Eric had left, Angel's eyes flew back open and only herself 880Please respect copyright.PENANATPMapNN7tl
knew how much rage was stirring inside her. All she needed was rest and 880Please respect copyright.PENANAYDaflL6iFz
to get better soon. And maybe, just maybe, she would give Leo a piece of880Please respect copyright.PENANACOeJpwMRwT
her fist.880Please respect copyright.PENANAd4Avfk77S0
***880Please respect copyright.PENANAg5L25eTQrZ
Leo880Please respect copyright.PENANAlhSlpcsRhl
stared at his watch as he waited in the packing lot. His car was packed880Please respect copyright.PENANAIHWinU8Uz3
in between two ambulances and he had a clear view of the entrance of 880Please respect copyright.PENANAgoSXyfnQX9
the hospital. He saw Carly escort Eric to his car. Eric got into his car880Please respect copyright.PENANAyewAt9jcxR
and drove off. And Carly stood there until Eric's car was out of sight.880Please respect copyright.PENANAF5LJ4IYgmg
Carly rushed over to where Leo had packed the car. Leo unlocked the car880Please respect copyright.PENANA9XZjYiIVsF
door and Carly quickly went in the car.880Please respect copyright.PENANAJhIhEfF73g
"Hey, how are you?" Leo asked. 880Please respect copyright.PENANAMTZxXOg8vy
"Angel's mad," said Carly with a sulking look on her face, "how would I feel?"880Please respect copyright.PENANA3TDUdfZ3jz
"What happened?" Leo asked as he rolled his eyes.880Please respect copyright.PENANAdqHLGeJcrO
"Apparently,880Please respect copyright.PENANAMXHCWoCXNq
she's so smart enough that she figured out that your family doesn't 880Please respect copyright.PENANABzUkqVTIi4
know the real reason why you weren't at the wedding that day. And she 880Please respect copyright.PENANAIcdm6ZPKID
has a hunch that the two of us are still seeing each other."880Please respect copyright.PENANAwpzqPG1CIh
"And she is mad just because of one little lie? Your sister is way too serious with such things."880Please respect copyright.PENANAQPkrK6B4DU
"To my sister, this lie might just complicate things. And she feels hurt because we used her accident as an escape plan."880Please respect copyright.PENANA7SW62pcsSK
Carly880Please respect copyright.PENANAI7y3vks2Iw
paused for a while as she leaned into the car seat and breathed out 880Please respect copyright.PENANAWgJ6mVbjYN
deeply. There was silence for a while as Carly stared up at the car 880Please respect copyright.PENANAjpGXGthyw5
ceiling.880Please respect copyright.PENANANNrCDiM6c1
"Somehow, I think she's right," said Carly. 880Please respect copyright.PENANAYgcGxBbS6c
"Right about what?"880Please respect copyright.PENANA0hhBPXmQQV
"The lie we just created. It might affect all of us in the future."880Please respect copyright.PENANA4OKFwXUE1T
Leo looked straight at Carly with an eyebrow raised.880Please respect copyright.PENANAFsBUsiuw8M
"Don't tell me you're supporting your sister on this."880Please respect copyright.PENANAkyguPkLQVu
"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."880Please respect copyright.PENANAA6Zj1sk462
Leo880Please respect copyright.PENANA56APjySx8V
put his hand on Carly's shoulder. "No. Thats not going to happen. I'll 880Please respect copyright.PENANAiU0yrScELN
be the one to make sure that the truth isn't revealed to anyone."880Please respect copyright.PENANANmfB530o05
"Thanks, Leo," said Carly as she gave him a smile.880Please respect copyright.PENANAMLkAedC3ZD
"So, I was told my dad came here. What was it about?"880Please respect copyright.PENANAMbutqQXLTy
"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.880Please respect copyright.PENANAa01i70HZVb
"Wait, what?" Leo looked completely confused. "But why come and live with my family?"880Please respect copyright.PENANAXWQurnKjFW
"He's880Please respect copyright.PENANAw1aYBJTkvm
trying to keep a promise he made to my mother. Maybe he thought us 880Please respect copyright.PENANA1809Vh9abu
coming to live with your family was a good idea. He's just trying to 880Please respect copyright.PENANA8kLKctzBfz
help us out."880Please respect copyright.PENANACAQSEjI9OA
Leo880Please respect copyright.PENANA5zffCwaiG3
didn't say anything as he tried to process what Carly had told him. For880Please respect copyright.PENANAZimmeMNO7t
a moment he stared out of the car window, deep in thought.880Please respect copyright.PENANAoaB8gDUv7c
"Whats wrong, Leo?" Carly asked. "Don't you think it's a good idea or you don't agree to it?"880Please respect copyright.PENANAaNvPuO8yMo
Leo turned his head to look back at Carly who was staring back at him waiting for an answer. 880Please respect copyright.PENANAstuIzNr729
"I....," Leo hesistated, "I don't think it's a good idea."880Please respect copyright.PENANAmCtj6l37Fl
Carly was dumbstruck. For a moment she shook her head and gave a little laugh.880Please respect copyright.PENANA3smnFE6htX
"OMG," said Carly, "do you know what, that's exactly what Angel said as well."880Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZZZFNo4Ao
Leo didn't say anything as Carly continued laughing. Leo raised an eyebrow. 880Please respect copyright.PENANAXPbQdbeVE8
"And why the heck are you laughing if your sister didn't agree to it?"880Please respect copyright.PENANAWYMVmLbXOo
"I just realised that I'm so dumb not to have realised this sooner," said Carly in between laughs.880Please respect copyright.PENANAt7lQ4rN4RM
Leo shrugged his shoulders. "And whats that?"880Please respect copyright.PENANA0w4ti8Wn6E
"You and my sister still hate each other."880Please respect copyright.PENANAFG86JslQqj
There was silence in the car as the two stared at each other. And then all of the sudden, Carly burst out laughing again. 880Please respect copyright.PENANAdvhwqtTtPp
"It's not funny, Carly," said Leo, looking serious.880Please respect copyright.PENANAfG3BRKhHiK
"But880Please respect copyright.PENANAaCBK24FdmV
it is. Even if my sister doesn't show it, she still hates you. And that880Please respect copyright.PENANAvofHWT8C7v
look in your eyes when I told you about us living with your family, was880Please respect copyright.PENANAb8s2IPDSBm
so clear. If the two of you ever got to meet, you would be two angry 880Please respect copyright.PENANATKQaVvlWsp
wild cats trying to tear each other apart."880Please respect copyright.PENANAIc7kYAwdta
"That's not true. I don't hate your sister," Leo protested.880Please respect copyright.PENANAoCzw67ArLe
"Then why do you think its inappropriate that Angel and I come live with your family?"880Please respect copyright.PENANAB4dGH58H2h
"Because it would feel completely weird."880Please respect copyright.PENANAqXJp3PsIgp
"Is it just me or are you and my sister getting the same scripts from the same book? She also said that."880Please respect copyright.PENANAhAlmEjfp3i
"Don't say that, Carly."880Please respect copyright.PENANADNYudY21ub
"Then880Please respect copyright.PENANAmpCLbxT0F2
what should I say? You're acting like a total bum just like my sister. 880Please respect copyright.PENANAJfb8PlTbEi
And you say that my sister is serious, now look who is serious now!"880Please respect copyright.PENANAmLlsgtskae
Leo became frustrated and didn't say anything else. He looked at Carly and he felt so stressed out.880Please respect copyright.PENANA0oMOASjwrq
"It880Please respect copyright.PENANAEpBRdg9qa2
wouldn't be a bad idea if you came and stayed with us. But your sister 880Please respect copyright.PENANAi6QUK5JIbG
might just get in the way of things. And besides, my family has no idea 880Please respect copyright.PENANA72ynWjm4HD
that we all know each other already. So playing pretend, is going to be 880Please respect copyright.PENANA1a0hHPIdJd
difficult."880Please respect copyright.PENANAVbRFaYKcwW
"Ya,880Please respect copyright.PENANAVTNLCnbC8B
I know, Leo," said Carly as she placed her hand on Leo's knee. "That's 880Please respect copyright.PENANA6cKzhyECnG
what my sister is afraid of. Playing pretend won't be easy."880Please respect copyright.PENANALEQUc7fNqm
Leo smiled a little. "Don't worry everything is going to be alright."880Please respect copyright.PENANA7l2Cy6vo9c
Carly smiled back and gave Leo a peck on the cheek. Carly hugged him and Leo also put his arm around her. 880Please respect copyright.PENANAhkps2uwnNl
As880Please respect copyright.PENANAGZBmxV6V5U
they stayed like that for a while, Leo couldn't help but wonder what 880Please respect copyright.PENANALtrglMQjqP
would happen if Angel ever did agree to live with the McDonell family.