The sad gloomy day had 509Please respect copyright.PENANABQ6n57jEHb
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 509Please respect copyright.PENANAAHHtFO6UAF
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 509Please respect copyright.PENANAtGuzzWu8eC
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 509Please respect copyright.PENANAPy3AYcAAG4
Angel couldn't help but 509Please respect copyright.PENANAbKtAdhbXw0
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 509Please respect copyright.PENANA9TAnMQ1Kd5
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 509Please respect copyright.PENANAwDDw7yMt0f
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 509Please respect copyright.PENANAPGI3aMgvwu
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 509Please respect copyright.PENANAiY0DlHSCD3
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.509Please respect copyright.PENANAKzhpAlQsbB
As Angel sat on the 509Please respect copyright.PENANA7CbnD5ELyJ
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 509Please respect copyright.PENANAu7X6rTnP2a
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in509Please respect copyright.PENANAiPQ6yQ5pGK
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 509Please respect copyright.PENANALbizMBI1Ls
appeared across her face.509Please respect copyright.PENANAILn9FQT2EB
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.509Please respect copyright.PENANAktdEASdId7
"I know I'm supposed to 509Please respect copyright.PENANA5MnNIPbaWu
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when509Please respect copyright.PENANASZHtygDf5n
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 509Please respect copyright.PENANAlVB9KesDQ2
isn't here anymore."509Please respect copyright.PENANALngg2Mcyr8
Eric squatted beside the509Please respect copyright.PENANAKZiaEQrT39
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 509Please respect copyright.PENANAMbl20B3Zrl
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 509Please respect copyright.PENANArLtyQRjw11
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped509Please respect copyright.PENANACiAgwu8Xyn
a little at his touch. 509Please respect copyright.PENANAjQOIEwSgnk
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."509Please respect copyright.PENANAw0cuL7zr72
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 509Please respect copyright.PENANACqStszZZ3I
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a509Please respect copyright.PENANAX8QQGaTQ6x
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 509Please respect copyright.PENANA3Q8r4sD8ag
past week."509Please respect copyright.PENANAdwkrq8RFGe
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."509Please respect copyright.PENANATH5brF4yi7
Angel forgot about the 509Please respect copyright.PENANAdIIUHgML7W
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 509Please respect copyright.PENANA54IqGER44b
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide509Please respect copyright.PENANARRv2nTB1jB
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.509Please respect copyright.PENANAaiQzP0qTwl
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."509Please respect copyright.PENANAYF9YXTW4qQ
"You're crazy, Eric."509Please respect copyright.PENANAnSEldiqimz
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."509Please respect copyright.PENANA7pMt1LtEYC
Angel didn't say 509Please respect copyright.PENANA263jO8lGa1
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 509Please respect copyright.PENANAhRq8NNSl53
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear509Please respect copyright.PENANAXvABlOYpc0
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 509Please respect copyright.PENANAeou2lnwdh3
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 509Please respect copyright.PENANA3oqZMH1P4b
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 509Please respect copyright.PENANAIKYiB7Uknr
the floor.509Please respect copyright.PENANAdcsaPVUdGj
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"509Please respect copyright.PENANA6Xd2Ov8fpb
Angel didn't say 509Please respect copyright.PENANAJgNkM4t3sl
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 509Please respect copyright.PENANAYNSQy8gUjG
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel509Please respect copyright.PENANAN0lcb8AgI0
out of the room. 509Please respect copyright.PENANArjM22r7dNf
They went out of the 509Please respect copyright.PENANA1gwinpXW4x
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 509Please respect copyright.PENANADy06MXLceA
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass509Please respect copyright.PENANAvX6ddTAJfd
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 509Please respect copyright.PENANA4C6wrDBi2c
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 509Please respect copyright.PENANAUHecogXwVQ
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those509Please respect copyright.PENANAlBddCAIYT7
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 509Please respect copyright.PENANAZuk1u6H30O
Cold prickling air 509Please respect copyright.PENANA3B2G9Fifuu
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 509Please respect copyright.PENANAkyJsZYsqvA
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 509Please respect copyright.PENANAvCRZgSIuKz
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.509Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ucv2DpOoe
Two black SUVs stood 509Please respect copyright.PENANAuXIAPu1Kc2
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 509Please respect copyright.PENANA4xxPMV7KBr
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 509Please respect copyright.PENANAigeb3iY4UV
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 509Please respect copyright.PENANALKoDwVselZ
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 509Please respect copyright.PENANAkkYsViIb7I
out of the hospital premises. 509Please respect copyright.PENANAWQKbgWlEXU
"We will first go for 509Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8QbfcApE7
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 509Please respect copyright.PENANAuA7EhcMFi9
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."509Please respect copyright.PENANAnLsTkB7Az8
Angel looked out of the 509Please respect copyright.PENANAmChJZSNis6
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 509Please respect copyright.PENANAXOkyT8Agag
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 509Please respect copyright.PENANA6V2KCcLS7u
looking at her.509Please respect copyright.PENANAf85nAjBTI9
"Don't worry, you will 509Please respect copyright.PENANADmT7AnoYLa
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 509Please respect copyright.PENANAIFDOiN9E1k
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."509Please respect copyright.PENANAQxjhkUXgE3
Angel closed her eyes 509Please respect copyright.PENANAZLRTrDVnf7
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 509Please respect copyright.PENANArFVNPnMPOZ
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 509Please respect copyright.PENANACmG6ux9AqU
Angel slowly opened her 509Please respect copyright.PENANA5TBs5YTFHp
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 509Please respect copyright.PENANAhoAzM4Khcc
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 509Please respect copyright.PENANAGwNKfStG21
heart ache and beat faster. 509Please respect copyright.PENANA3AAQ8vqyHm
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 509Please respect copyright.PENANAwpSlaumoxr
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 509Please respect copyright.PENANAH73yRXuxsK
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."509Please respect copyright.PENANAQv0d4oeLCJ
Angel felt Carly put her509Please respect copyright.PENANAC3a7F3XS2q
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her509Please respect copyright.PENANASxYv5Mrrek
hand away. But Carly grasped it.509Please respect copyright.PENANAybuhEQSENL
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."509Please respect copyright.PENANAruO5L8XfbA
The black SUV came to a 509Please respect copyright.PENANA8ComwgORRJ
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother509Please respect copyright.PENANAAR6Q01py8O
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 509Please respect copyright.PENANAINQ5t7XRkn
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 509Please respect copyright.PENANAyQBKKrd766
Eric opened the door. 509Please respect copyright.PENANAWnycEzMwdZ
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."509Please respect copyright.PENANA9iDZZPmJh5
Eric had set the 509Please respect copyright.PENANAUBn4mi2uSz
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 509Please respect copyright.PENANAFnUCh05OQL
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 509Please respect copyright.PENANAfnhmmATlcN
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 509Please respect copyright.PENANA7sZrLtkDUI
them. 509Please respect copyright.PENANAEpj1rt4ORV
Angel509Please respect copyright.PENANA5AzfYRfCqA
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when509Please respect copyright.PENANA1spghlo9qh
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.509Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8foO4vohX
***509Please respect copyright.PENANAXR4I5p8HtO
Leo509Please respect copyright.PENANA5SECt6AMK0
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 509Please respect copyright.PENANAtNlcdpsapI
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 509Please respect copyright.PENANA7MRKND4AS2
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 509Please respect copyright.PENANAzylUyS2KcX
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 509Please respect copyright.PENANATrMJsTU4l5
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he509Please respect copyright.PENANAjHtSH8K3E5
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.509Please respect copyright.PENANAvOi5keOmMz
Kim509Please respect copyright.PENANApt0j0tkA8K
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 509Please respect copyright.PENANACfnIvkSUc3
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 509Please respect copyright.PENANA60jkd84NHB
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 509Please respect copyright.PENANAgjOp07Ae4V
arms.509Please respect copyright.PENANAkd5wfY5Csd
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."509Please respect copyright.PENANAMOR0HjZ1Pu
Leo509Please respect copyright.PENANAwzgdy96qCW
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 509Please respect copyright.PENANAwlHG37kKJH
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 509Please respect copyright.PENANAo4rweqMHOX
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 509Please respect copyright.PENANAWcMRzkh4Zu
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 509Please respect copyright.PENANAqfXdOalMjp
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 509Please respect copyright.PENANAYk5e76KMQX
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.509Please respect copyright.PENANAI9Cbwes4Uy
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"509Please respect copyright.PENANAOOQVp9wkR7
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."509Please respect copyright.PENANAYHk9rCLjfP
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"509Please respect copyright.PENANAGDToTNI1mQ
Leo509Please respect copyright.PENANANPIZycifCN
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 509Please respect copyright.PENANArSIlCTf3au
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 509Please respect copyright.PENANAKHZfii7TMo
it's time I come out clean."509Please respect copyright.PENANA2vfT8MWjpx
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"509Please respect copyright.PENANAAxwYauKIBl
This509Please respect copyright.PENANAgz6bs41FFL
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 509Please respect copyright.PENANAdEWfFz1DLJ
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 509Please respect copyright.PENANAf1CrfAeZEi
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 509Please respect copyright.PENANAgQqNxvJoVM
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.509Please respect copyright.PENANAbAHmRNbDQZ
"The509Please respect copyright.PENANAtsfmhwziY0
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot509Please respect copyright.PENANA2JQIKEYd89
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 509Please respect copyright.PENANAT4odNRcxOK
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want509Please respect copyright.PENANARc5RbQnKR9
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."509Please respect copyright.PENANADErJdiAeeE
"I509Please respect copyright.PENANAo5uNbTL444
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 509Please respect copyright.PENANA81PyAQjMIi
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"509Please respect copyright.PENANAHllSDV4NbX
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.509Please respect copyright.PENANAK1yIB9MduA
"What509Please respect copyright.PENANAJvvK33cDQr
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 509Please respect copyright.PENANAttFerXKqY7
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"509Please respect copyright.PENANAo7g32ZpQ4k
Leo509Please respect copyright.PENANAr7FUn79N5q
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 509Please respect copyright.PENANAx0wZvZtjLb
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 509Please respect copyright.PENANADKwRP2fkzq
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 509Please respect copyright.PENANA9f2sFQykgw
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 509Please respect copyright.PENANARHuVuohcgG
would react.509Please respect copyright.PENANAItRlSsZFM0
"After509Please respect copyright.PENANAIPJc2y3qQl
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 509Please respect copyright.PENANAoWH8BV4pMY
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."509Please respect copyright.PENANA5hg8ZQwws8
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.509Please respect copyright.PENANA9qEXUItD0r
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."509Please respect copyright.PENANAKT8ErG6TjI
***509Please respect copyright.PENANA8iNBu1Cicq
Angel509Please respect copyright.PENANAT9qHqGG5EW
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that509Please respect copyright.PENANAFrc3tTNADG
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother509Please respect copyright.PENANAc6cApqLqKn
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 509Please respect copyright.PENANA2UHsUmGxwr
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 509Please respect copyright.PENANATTy6NiXB7Z
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 509Please respect copyright.PENANAG9dTeRU0eg
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 509Please respect copyright.PENANAHIz8pKQDai
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 509Please respect copyright.PENANAqmMmA9wE1V
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.509Please respect copyright.PENANAw4besQtThe
After509Please respect copyright.PENANAUl6p1THqkc
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 509Please respect copyright.PENANAOuFtqbOY2Q
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 509Please respect copyright.PENANAK90DJO25TO
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 509Please respect copyright.PENANAFSwkr0IWtO
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was509Please respect copyright.PENANAxOSiUtjCH3
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 509Please respect copyright.PENANASVKwgQcRbz
world. 509Please respect copyright.PENANAI8DiyLZ3LK
After509Please respect copyright.PENANALbCIHyzZAK
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 509Please respect copyright.PENANAlzywzWeR1K
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 509Please respect copyright.PENANAWNy8S2j8KX
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 509Please respect copyright.PENANARTLUnGhdAY
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."509Please respect copyright.PENANAwAbN2yTlP1
"It's509Please respect copyright.PENANAgfud4jp2kw
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 509Please respect copyright.PENANA2kzppijrr1
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like509Please respect copyright.PENANAOWt7uhcb2Q
you."509Please respect copyright.PENANAHD46lQq8q3
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."509Please respect copyright.PENANAnJkcymljsM
"No,509Please respect copyright.PENANAfomrRhY4Kh
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 509Please respect copyright.PENANAYcXtNYU4em
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to509Please respect copyright.PENANAFyVxwDXzvH
live with us, it will be great."509Please respect copyright.PENANAd9AS6qbxNb
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 509Please respect copyright.PENANAgnrR0pEgri
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.509Please respect copyright.PENANAQHgRDlVTmm
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"509Please respect copyright.PENANAmTZ0GBC53f
"I decided that it won't be appropriate for my sister and I to come and live with you. We can take care of ourselves."509Please respect copyright.PENANA8gk28gUupy
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.509Please respect copyright.PENANAOBxp2JrUIe
Angel couldn't help but 509Please respect copyright.PENANAcLu1ojXmYO
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 509Please respect copyright.PENANAlO2WJXvccM
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 509Please respect copyright.PENANAPHICNOApxA
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't509Please respect copyright.PENANAd6q16mSs22
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 509Please respect copyright.PENANAKYXhno24o6
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.509Please respect copyright.PENANAhWPk9GGgvF
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."509Please respect copyright.PENANAG5GMuk4Oyn
Angel now shifted in her509Please respect copyright.PENANAS4NOjwFVdm
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 509Please respect copyright.PENANAoWYf6VoaqM
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 509Please respect copyright.PENANAhqI4lQDnA1
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 509Please respect copyright.PENANAl9KGLRmHKY
hidden?509Please respect copyright.PENANAhSPOXXjxp1
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"509Please respect copyright.PENANAApcixzlMB6
Angel demanded. 509Please respect copyright.PENANAb46JDz5m61
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."509Please respect copyright.PENANAzjvKSUN01a
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 509Please respect copyright.PENANA0GFIg6Jl2J
"What?!"
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