Leo gave out a sigh of 904Please respect copyright.PENANAsLg9x2zAEi
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 904Please respect copyright.PENANACwk0CBI9nE
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never904Please respect copyright.PENANAu8BNDybvN1
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had904Please respect copyright.PENANAr6tI12ckpQ
expected. 904Please respect copyright.PENANAT3Go3f7rgQ
When Leo had told her 904Please respect copyright.PENANAb82MQQxDwO
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 904Please respect copyright.PENANA80IzQhsUxv
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 904Please respect copyright.PENANAZEtJcP81XU
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 904Please respect copyright.PENANA9mlYj7gnGD
"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.904Please respect copyright.PENANA8SrBg9GqWI
Leo couldn't tell Kim 904Please respect copyright.PENANAqTcon2STxB
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 904Please respect copyright.PENANAnXWtjVFWev
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 904Please respect copyright.PENANAAdjtBiMUof
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 904Please respect copyright.PENANA1KeFvTzdzl
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 904Please respect copyright.PENANA9jCnLcrGqI
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 904Please respect copyright.PENANAtENcg0qsgV
believe him at all.904Please respect copyright.PENANAKv1BTgyPFP
"Tell me now, Leo! 904Please respect copyright.PENANA8fRpir5ydq
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 904Please respect copyright.PENANAU01Ypqb08E
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.904Please respect copyright.PENANAoSSzAHhavt
"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."904Please respect copyright.PENANAOaDUwHwNLl
"What! You're still 904Please respect copyright.PENANAJibLGZKg5Z
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 904Please respect copyright.PENANAG3pbBiFRi9
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in904Please respect copyright.PENANAYxN3ORrrHL
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 904Please respect copyright.PENANAjKpdTNBJoI
anymore?"904Please respect copyright.PENANAuYE8Am2OXY
"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.904Please respect copyright.PENANAeVxHi4kwtQ
"There is someone 904Please respect copyright.PENANA5UmfywTPdX
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 904Please respect copyright.PENANAhRGHTbLK0r
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 904Please respect copyright.PENANA9vkZmiyl8U
Leo!"904Please respect copyright.PENANAjp1HDy544S
Leo had been frustrated 904Please respect copyright.PENANApmRLKIqfKH
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 904Please respect copyright.PENANAt8kM7yKDBy
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 904Please respect copyright.PENANAImgEUx40Za
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 904Please respect copyright.PENANAH8nuABYLtd
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 904Please respect copyright.PENANADP3TNzlOpV
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 904Please respect copyright.PENANAI6Y2lg74bb
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 904Please respect copyright.PENANAOkR9OhjysT
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 904Please respect copyright.PENANA2lGdynahcU
"I'll find out the 904Please respect copyright.PENANAigCOlUUKhR
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 904Please respect copyright.PENANAbhRvhyZQfb
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 904Please respect copyright.PENANATx0dtGcBY1
lying to me!"904Please respect copyright.PENANAJWpwTxG4qm
For a moment, her threat904Please respect copyright.PENANAzslge86y3k
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 904Please respect copyright.PENANAsGYtxAJvmz
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 904Please respect copyright.PENANAIZf687ji8n
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 904Please respect copyright.PENANAqhExXOVj8p
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really904Please respect copyright.PENANAKOFGXH5Q8e
genuine or not.904Please respect copyright.PENANAKTOTxNELOy
He was about to ascend 904Please respect copyright.PENANAdUM5rQ4PVq
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 904Please respect copyright.PENANAUQgR0O1tNa
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 904Please respect copyright.PENANAGv2DyXEIT0
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 904Please respect copyright.PENANAZiXOpG4AtL
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 904Please respect copyright.PENANAtnvhKHG7J3
thanking Leo for getting the door.904Please respect copyright.PENANAyLyCZhLgAI
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"904Please respect copyright.PENANAf8yNzakLCX
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 904Please respect copyright.PENANAxAz9y2t08R
"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?"904Please respect copyright.PENANAmoNPGCPxCz
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."904Please respect copyright.PENANAEkzTSvYVx6
Diana and Mrs McDonell 904Please respect copyright.PENANAjwvJlYQq09
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 904Please respect copyright.PENANAMhJvJKdvd3
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 904Please respect copyright.PENANAkkEvWg3L6k
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.904Please respect copyright.PENANAEAKHxUjXzi
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 904Please respect copyright.PENANAbMUbuPi9aM
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."904Please respect copyright.PENANAm5KRnFupGi
"But.....but, you two 904Please respect copyright.PENANA2wFGkzKMqx
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how904Please respect copyright.PENANAPM8Y5xtQOC
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"904Please respect copyright.PENANAhjvQCaOypU
"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."904Please respect copyright.PENANA5L8o7wi0WH
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 904Please respect copyright.PENANArCguiDEpn9
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 904Please respect copyright.PENANA1FHDRORpbp
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 904Please respect copyright.PENANApaYFCRsCaw
tell me it's not true, Diana."904Please respect copyright.PENANAopaddDA6hp
"I'm afraid it is," said904Please respect copyright.PENANAvRuCTAW524
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 904Please respect copyright.PENANA65wvL4O5Hx
the moment. You need to calm down."904Please respect copyright.PENANAoYbXUw5DFo
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"904Please respect copyright.PENANAy8A3vOQsSA
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"904Please respect copyright.PENANAQgSP5Omlxx
When Leo tried to leave 904Please respect copyright.PENANA42nvzjEjmp
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 904Please respect copyright.PENANAGMxu5ADZDf
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 904Please respect copyright.PENANA255M0QmQuh
"You're not going any 904Please respect copyright.PENANA3u4T9tEQab
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 904Please respect copyright.PENANAVlfDyhMoL3
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"904Please respect copyright.PENANAhDal8eF7zN
"I don't have to explain904Please respect copyright.PENANAPAr6iLznC0
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 904Please respect copyright.PENANAmU4PuwKmUN
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."904Please respect copyright.PENANAjzBn9hqhZH
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"904Please respect copyright.PENANAjfT7e7WqA0
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."904Please respect copyright.PENANA008NpKSJNo
Leo quickly got away 904Please respect copyright.PENANAZIhA6Kxt2U
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 904Please respect copyright.PENANA7UImDllLDw
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 904Please respect copyright.PENANAb4QRI6Sywx
him.904Please respect copyright.PENANAeGms89JHJP
"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!"904Please respect copyright.PENANAUSci4kjirv
Leo rolled his eyes as 904Please respect copyright.PENANA6nc2JPkdXw
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and904Please respect copyright.PENANAOrQWiDcFt3
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 904Please respect copyright.PENANAQFZsWGUJYQ
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 904Please respect copyright.PENANAXuvC4cmUxd
***904Please respect copyright.PENANA5ypOdUEhJV
The904Please respect copyright.PENANA4qoP6o31GU
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 904Please respect copyright.PENANASwaZUiL4rT
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been904Please respect copyright.PENANAODNUHx5Xuc
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 904Please respect copyright.PENANAz3GqTAk6xA
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother904Please respect copyright.PENANAVd2gsZVt2G
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.904Please respect copyright.PENANAKaLFrIHC5T
Carly904Please respect copyright.PENANARTphl5rNMf
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with904Please respect copyright.PENANAAKPL90bpbZ
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full904Please respect copyright.PENANAKWUBcgshyy
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother904Please respect copyright.PENANAuZPuSPJm3f
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 904Please respect copyright.PENANAdNHRzqohD7
Angel904Please respect copyright.PENANAcqKGnkTCmx
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 904Please respect copyright.PENANAheTzTio0w9
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 904Please respect copyright.PENANA8eL6pAaNKY
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 904Please respect copyright.PENANAwO8GgPIwFi
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 904Please respect copyright.PENANAu6vccN8oqQ
still recovering.904Please respect copyright.PENANAHbTRHsI6N9
Right904Please respect copyright.PENANAjx5dwBEr30
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 904Please respect copyright.PENANAGEtaUU5F7h
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk904Please respect copyright.PENANAObYPxQImdI
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.904Please respect copyright.PENANA3WnogtvVDF
As904Please respect copyright.PENANAV84Sb6DZBQ
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 904Please respect copyright.PENANAMdEZnHVOUo
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and904Please respect copyright.PENANAaWMASEgTxa
he had a sad look on his face as well.904Please respect copyright.PENANAoTG9nfhrjQ
"I904Please respect copyright.PENANAgz1CtvIQjy
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 904Please respect copyright.PENANAEiCOPWWL5A
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."904Please respect copyright.PENANAPEa9ZtfObW
"Don't904Please respect copyright.PENANADhbR27y8GC
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 904Please respect copyright.PENANAqjbxiwqdiX
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."904Please respect copyright.PENANAwACdClXD3A
"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."904Please respect copyright.PENANA0jQN9jGtRX
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."904Please respect copyright.PENANAZrjsYpLNhe
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."904Please respect copyright.PENANACuau4DfXf7
Carly904Please respect copyright.PENANAH6bgY8gLgp
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 904Please respect copyright.PENANAq4z1k7ERff
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had904Please respect copyright.PENANAwc5bthZISM
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 904Please respect copyright.PENANAeCAPdoNjb6
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 904Please respect copyright.PENANAGID0GeTeQY
eyes.904Please respect copyright.PENANALmgnzjtIxz
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"904Please respect copyright.PENANACdi8qD6k0S
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."904Please respect copyright.PENANAbBnH7RyRHR
"Yes,904Please respect copyright.PENANAP0zHs54WvR
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 904Please respect copyright.PENANALfno1bdRr4
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 904Please respect copyright.PENANAJcj5qYPkwf
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."904Please respect copyright.PENANAHiR7wtIKBF
"Okay, lets go."904Please respect copyright.PENANAPHBQDKaJeI
Carly904Please respect copyright.PENANAygrkkn1wN3
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 904Please respect copyright.PENANAjOnfqrJ50c
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at904Please respect copyright.PENANAWMKIm5bk0G
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 904Please respect copyright.PENANAc3CIEfbAvi
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.904Please respect copyright.PENANAoCiaF7Ju2R
***904Please respect copyright.PENANAvpKPgeVorz
"I904Please respect copyright.PENANAI2RIiSQFqE
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 904Please respect copyright.PENANA2SfxFoZj4Y
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 904Please respect copyright.PENANAcDjphKV2Ql
her in the car. 904Please respect copyright.PENANAOxGNN9R0ko
Angel,904Please respect copyright.PENANAidIJqmPr01
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 904Please respect copyright.PENANAame1UCcODA
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 904Please respect copyright.PENANA4cpPMQrId6
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.904Please respect copyright.PENANA2iRj5GiNe6
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."904Please respect copyright.PENANAjcOSvlpehc
"Very904Please respect copyright.PENANAQtcYGWMzFS
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to904Please respect copyright.PENANAfKyR57Pnue
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if904Please respect copyright.PENANAj1qB0UJWyH
I have to."904Please respect copyright.PENANAMDYvglc68E
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."904Please respect copyright.PENANAJNCOa5eFGP
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 904Please respect copyright.PENANATKY6c3Kf8D
"Don't904Please respect copyright.PENANABpQG0IUlSG
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough904Please respect copyright.PENANAXVTqm1VNs3
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 904Please respect copyright.PENANAPZGagcngg6
right, grandma?"904Please respect copyright.PENANAGdHHXVqa9P
Amanda904Please respect copyright.PENANAJz1hVEhov7
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 904Please respect copyright.PENANAXcUgHS257n
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 904Please respect copyright.PENANAfNWueuIpHs
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 904Please respect copyright.PENANAZX21cQhN9I
you."904Please respect copyright.PENANA46aScYg7um
Eric904Please respect copyright.PENANAuOmfghIX1x
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 904Please respect copyright.PENANAkNOhMuKjT8
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 904Please respect copyright.PENANAbEmxBDYMzx
why.904Please respect copyright.PENANAAGMGDrjKR9
"What?904Please respect copyright.PENANAHEVGDnvQfS
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at904Please respect copyright.PENANAtgwaVrTfY6
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"904Please respect copyright.PENANA5baQmhLbZE
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"904Please respect copyright.PENANAs3DsIYfxFd
"He904Please respect copyright.PENANAtbGPOtrnF3
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 904Please respect copyright.PENANALRaOUGoyfl
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 904Please respect copyright.PENANAIqbwlbtJbQ
you get to know him."904Please respect copyright.PENANA7tjdT2jPur
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.904Please respect copyright.PENANABOaZcQ8J28
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.904Please respect copyright.PENANAosWiW8m70z
"Oh, no. Nothing."904Please respect copyright.PENANAyGgFqdTex1
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."904Please respect copyright.PENANA79pIDiJ5sQ
All904Please respect copyright.PENANAGt7lum20NR
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 904Please respect copyright.PENANAHsjSNLQu6m
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 904Please respect copyright.PENANATrB2r0U5kB
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 904Please respect copyright.PENANAuX3vIo9fNH
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had904Please respect copyright.PENANAY7NP3ba40T
never seen such a house ever in her life.904Please respect copyright.PENANADZ2vab9E6U
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"904Please respect copyright.PENANAcSngrYnshZ
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.904Please respect copyright.PENANAVmsphaWSdn
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"904Please respect copyright.PENANAQrmOWOzejJ
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.904Please respect copyright.PENANAi3YAaKEQV9
Angel904Please respect copyright.PENANATHJndXLMsM
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what904Please respect copyright.PENANAZvluu8c533
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.904Please respect copyright.PENANAA5yu0Gqo9T
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 904Please respect copyright.PENANAszLkP9ikBM
would begin anytime soon.