Leo gave out a sigh of 463Please respect copyright.PENANAtPEaJB9fIn
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 463Please respect copyright.PENANAvyn3UvZ5Tx
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never463Please respect copyright.PENANAKKGhW4yGiv
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had463Please respect copyright.PENANAa6r0XbKnBf
expected. 463Please respect copyright.PENANAjnZTjRl0od
When Leo had told her 463Please respect copyright.PENANA3dQ2HDVxDU
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 463Please respect copyright.PENANANQMQUBooAb
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 463Please respect copyright.PENANAGbpxNBMBNj
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 463Please respect copyright.PENANAV6NdIHF8m8
"What happened Leo? Why did you say that? Did I do something wrong to change your mind all of the sudden? Tell me, Leo!" Kim had asked, at a point where tears almost dropped down her cheeks.463Please respect copyright.PENANAzuJuSCoVNd
Leo couldn't tell Kim 463Please respect copyright.PENANA2je90FmYTI
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 463Please respect copyright.PENANAkIr3d0d7wm
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 463Please respect copyright.PENANAqbM93rA7Uk
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 463Please respect copyright.PENANAVaHM0nbJbt
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 463Please respect copyright.PENANArBMfpxZarg
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 463Please respect copyright.PENANAzeZ7cZ5Pr9
believe him at all.463Please respect copyright.PENANALMcAu1M7LF
"Tell me now, Leo! 463Please respect copyright.PENANAsxawHeoYfE
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 463Please respect copyright.PENANAsWUz4W6hcf
coming from you. I want to know what you're hiding from me, right now!" Kim had looked like punching Leo on the face when she said all that.463Please respect copyright.PENANAbxwH3pmyDl
"What do you want me to tell you?" Leo had asked Kim, trying to sound as convincing as he possibly could. "I have thought a lot these past days and I don't feel we can continue with all this."463Please respect copyright.PENANA9KMTqEIRrq
"What! You're still 463Please respect copyright.PENANAPfkiTfuE5M
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 463Please respect copyright.PENANAl6mwPwjX2G
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in463Please respect copyright.PENANANKpC0hksIs
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 463Please respect copyright.PENANAXfxucI2Cyj
anymore?"463Please respect copyright.PENANAskRzJjJpxz
"It isn't like that. We can still be friends and nothing more." Leo had suggested, but Kim still hadn't taken it lightly as she shook her head.463Please respect copyright.PENANAJQ3XfxPKkr
"There is someone 463Please respect copyright.PENANA4GSUJhqH83
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 463Please respect copyright.PENANAK9eYuXcX3F
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 463Please respect copyright.PENANA7E8mOB1Mux
Leo!"463Please respect copyright.PENANAabfbzDlo9c
Leo had been frustrated 463Please respect copyright.PENANAjrAtvoB5Si
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 463Please respect copyright.PENANAl7dkocSoly
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 463Please respect copyright.PENANATpXzK8mZV7
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 463Please respect copyright.PENANA4I5HVpSmzN
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 463Please respect copyright.PENANA1abfHr1ePj
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 463Please respect copyright.PENANA2N5geAmuX9
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 463Please respect copyright.PENANAzCXfdgXvBb
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 463Please respect copyright.PENANAX7nE8eyut0
"I'll find out the 463Please respect copyright.PENANAr4PobIy1Gj
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 463Please respect copyright.PENANAFXTHLjlGXl
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 463Please respect copyright.PENANAUButglmhzK
lying to me!"463Please respect copyright.PENANAOxyqhVdgoP
For a moment, her threat463Please respect copyright.PENANAvXqAe2spmF
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 463Please respect copyright.PENANADD8xmpT5dQ
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 463Please respect copyright.PENANAF780RZfa1k
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 463Please respect copyright.PENANAvwSMBpJ7mW
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really463Please respect copyright.PENANAkExvtS15Hy
genuine or not.463Please respect copyright.PENANAzmuXuF8QY5
He was about to ascend 463Please respect copyright.PENANAWepnmljV14
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 463Please respect copyright.PENANAgkCVqWmG22
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 463Please respect copyright.PENANAJlD9kPrx4f
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 463Please respect copyright.PENANAicKziJBnG3
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 463Please respect copyright.PENANARga7MEmYbg
thanking Leo for getting the door.463Please respect copyright.PENANAO1sGfXV5Zr
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"463Please respect copyright.PENANAS8w8jCU1mO
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 463Please respect copyright.PENANAwR1y2hx0UY
"That's good, Leo," said Mrs McDonell, looking at her son with a smile. "So, tell us. When will be the date of the wedding?"463Please respect copyright.PENANAq4xB4YosXa
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."463Please respect copyright.PENANA5x7TmhO9AQ
Diana and Mrs McDonell 463Please respect copyright.PENANAcDmVzZdYjP
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 463Please respect copyright.PENANA51rnHygZ5l
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 463Please respect copyright.PENANAiWpwB3IRU4
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.463Please respect copyright.PENANAmIGSApJe7y
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 463Please respect copyright.PENANAi0AJPZnnCt
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."463Please respect copyright.PENANAceONTchnI9
"But.....but, you two 463Please respect copyright.PENANAUMEsRDciX8
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how463Please respect copyright.PENANAgZXartxApM
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"463Please respect copyright.PENANAUNNIm2dhJM
"No, I broke up with her. Sorry, if it hurts you, mum, but this is my life and I thought it was best for the both us."463Please respect copyright.PENANAGWK9fZp7Nh
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 463Please respect copyright.PENANAhFuU07oZ85
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 463Please respect copyright.PENANAg5vEG24jJe
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 463Please respect copyright.PENANAAgOG4NMHUN
tell me it's not true, Diana."463Please respect copyright.PENANAnZ0nXoPQZ3
"I'm afraid it is," said463Please respect copyright.PENANANgAe1d5Dda
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 463Please respect copyright.PENANAxokUyxGs4K
the moment. You need to calm down."463Please respect copyright.PENANA67kauHH5YZ
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"463Please respect copyright.PENANAlnZxmzXyia
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"463Please respect copyright.PENANAreoGhg3Abf
When Leo tried to leave 463Please respect copyright.PENANAUZRR2hpUyU
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 463Please respect copyright.PENANA2coeQZmd1c
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 463Please respect copyright.PENANAiFd9ER7PGm
"You're not going any 463Please respect copyright.PENANAKu52hTHDay
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 463Please respect copyright.PENANAaiWScHqVIx
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"463Please respect copyright.PENANAf0Tq8o3xKc
"I don't have to explain463Please respect copyright.PENANAc47YIvyrNc
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 463Please respect copyright.PENANAfw2GLgMZOq
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."463Please respect copyright.PENANAmxhAGHKVue
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"463Please respect copyright.PENANAA9F5EMwCDD
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."463Please respect copyright.PENANAlPtk7SP9LG
Leo quickly got away 463Please respect copyright.PENANA3A4VeIZIC2
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 463Please respect copyright.PENANABfHYiEo1gB
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 463Please respect copyright.PENANAf0DbJSnxbt
him.463Please respect copyright.PENANAatXhMpT1pQ
"Leo! Leo! Get back here right now!" Mrs McDonell called out to her son. "If you don't I swear you will not like me one bit!"463Please respect copyright.PENANAE70qZUJQeO
Leo rolled his eyes as 463Please respect copyright.PENANAxoscloigJM
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and463Please respect copyright.PENANAbrcnQNxRwL
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 463Please respect copyright.PENANAL7DokHMihb
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 463Please respect copyright.PENANAgOnlqD8Zaa
***463Please respect copyright.PENANALmakBLsMWL
The463Please respect copyright.PENANAJSGP8gqc5h
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 463Please respect copyright.PENANAAs4953GWRi
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been463Please respect copyright.PENANAM9s2D62Zjh
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 463Please respect copyright.PENANAPZ2SDinlpw
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother463Please respect copyright.PENANA7NNHx2Psfl
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.463Please respect copyright.PENANApQ20zCb7fF
Carly463Please respect copyright.PENANAiwKCZRAssk
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with463Please respect copyright.PENANAzN2RmffW5m
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full463Please respect copyright.PENANATgPKJnhuve
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother463Please respect copyright.PENANAaEImlTo5ZG
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 463Please respect copyright.PENANAK3nBG76IXG
Angel463Please respect copyright.PENANAheC5L3xXDH
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 463Please respect copyright.PENANAiCYErQSTJM
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 463Please respect copyright.PENANAB60IFFn0EZ
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 463Please respect copyright.PENANAu97PTxFz08
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 463Please respect copyright.PENANAI3SO71bOko
still recovering.463Please respect copyright.PENANAwAObsfvdBH
Right463Please respect copyright.PENANAbd3o6F0HUN
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 463Please respect copyright.PENANAq2Tc1nKcve
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk463Please respect copyright.PENANAOa76ygD1CQ
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.463Please respect copyright.PENANA2pnCPnXuE8
As463Please respect copyright.PENANAbHhZkpcZz9
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 463Please respect copyright.PENANAOYmA95qHzq
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and463Please respect copyright.PENANAsJNavosPKE
he had a sad look on his face as well.463Please respect copyright.PENANA1qfLcLGom0
"I463Please respect copyright.PENANAfIltz9IPhU
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 463Please respect copyright.PENANA8mhM7LcSms
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."463Please respect copyright.PENANAIMjfsxNHYB
"Don't463Please respect copyright.PENANAPiBSoVqv4Z
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 463Please respect copyright.PENANA7l7KeyJvT2
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."463Please respect copyright.PENANAmWccFBerUT
"Don't worry about it. I will make sure to work everything out. I did promise your mother that I will help you out in anyway."463Please respect copyright.PENANAarTBrPe4Le
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."463Please respect copyright.PENANAB6YXa36wwt
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."463Please respect copyright.PENANAZGLGjwbJvC
Carly463Please respect copyright.PENANAj6CYy5dX3B
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 463Please respect copyright.PENANAL7ZalGYBrE
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had463Please respect copyright.PENANAz16aBY8wOe
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 463Please respect copyright.PENANAEt8fn5xrj0
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 463Please respect copyright.PENANA7vjCPZbReV
eyes.463Please respect copyright.PENANA08hie3bItV
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"463Please respect copyright.PENANAfzU0lyvT5O
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."463Please respect copyright.PENANAy69R4u8vB5
"Yes,463Please respect copyright.PENANAAo1kKQ1LX7
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 463Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZXVrugZLq
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 463Please respect copyright.PENANAHkhT6kHme4
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."463Please respect copyright.PENANAtbVQU4KpMs
"Okay, lets go."463Please respect copyright.PENANA9KCRE08B0q
Carly463Please respect copyright.PENANA63qhMWQkgm
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 463Please respect copyright.PENANA9XPqQ3QCOd
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at463Please respect copyright.PENANABPE1nQ7F32
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 463Please respect copyright.PENANAtif2p39sbi
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.463Please respect copyright.PENANAod2OUryweY
***463Please respect copyright.PENANA5ytHh8Lbxp
"I463Please respect copyright.PENANAWRR6HDDoqy
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 463Please respect copyright.PENANA8plTX5Ew7m
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 463Please respect copyright.PENANAJCMyfEOVgc
her in the car. 463Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3xqYvhmsA
Angel,463Please respect copyright.PENANAWFjirGvsOH
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 463Please respect copyright.PENANAE8uaW64GjK
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 463Please respect copyright.PENANAuDoav9XQMP
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.463Please respect copyright.PENANAeYXlXzClF8
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."463Please respect copyright.PENANAuQ0x22GQCJ
"Very463Please respect copyright.PENANAJlQNBo5zYC
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to463Please respect copyright.PENANATVNm03kuhr
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if463Please respect copyright.PENANAyZJwimahEp
I have to."463Please respect copyright.PENANAG8LPwCc3XS
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."463Please respect copyright.PENANAxeiHORikY0
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 463Please respect copyright.PENANAxXuysnNKWy
"Don't463Please respect copyright.PENANAszmXZCwL7f
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough463Please respect copyright.PENANAno3o5pppUj
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 463Please respect copyright.PENANAOi2FKGgHLa
right, grandma?"463Please respect copyright.PENANAtjfH93pa9h
Amanda463Please respect copyright.PENANA3XEowDEdRD
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 463Please respect copyright.PENANAiW2tSVK6ws
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 463Please respect copyright.PENANAt0HOg8Ef0N
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 463Please respect copyright.PENANAGKUnIf9u81
you."463Please respect copyright.PENANACKXIdRPDtZ
Eric463Please respect copyright.PENANAqqn1JEJpTw
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 463Please respect copyright.PENANAuJg7xp0J7K
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 463Please respect copyright.PENANAltXG7mGpUK
why.463Please respect copyright.PENANAxKB2tdTnnF
"What?463Please respect copyright.PENANAxE4Cr1blRL
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at463Please respect copyright.PENANA6scSLlV2U9
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"463Please respect copyright.PENANASX70pgJHvD
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"463Please respect copyright.PENANAfZBM9ATfEb
"He463Please respect copyright.PENANArD1TBvkRRN
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 463Please respect copyright.PENANAhRUEze2w7Q
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 463Please respect copyright.PENANAyFncauf2K4
you get to know him."463Please respect copyright.PENANAFkjIVlHrLe
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.463Please respect copyright.PENANAf547E3wYQt
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.463Please respect copyright.PENANAvQfMKFVJPD
"Oh, no. Nothing."463Please respect copyright.PENANAqXVTUX1irH
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."463Please respect copyright.PENANAAsPU5O9h9g
All463Please respect copyright.PENANACZdEIpfILo
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 463Please respect copyright.PENANAk76Tyd6UQb
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 463Please respect copyright.PENANAo0wej0RYa2
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 463Please respect copyright.PENANAXDdfKzdsCe
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had463Please respect copyright.PENANAkCVnpLwK6Y
never seen such a house ever in her life.463Please respect copyright.PENANATHX91UAQFB
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"463Please respect copyright.PENANATpLeGZ8o5z
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.463Please respect copyright.PENANAeCl5tFEDyC
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"463Please respect copyright.PENANApBNt5YwDNM
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.463Please respect copyright.PENANAeUaFxt9lws
Angel463Please respect copyright.PENANAEpb05Pui9w
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what463Please respect copyright.PENANAzXAXQVOdUs
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.463Please respect copyright.PENANAHx4fRRyBCp
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 463Please respect copyright.PENANAzfoBgOoqQP
would begin anytime soon.