Leo gave out a sigh of 892Please respect copyright.PENANAd9YND36ejl
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 892Please respect copyright.PENANAWyx132tKSn
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never892Please respect copyright.PENANAO3WXnnACk7
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had892Please respect copyright.PENANAWEA1O81SPb
expected. 892Please respect copyright.PENANAl48Gu62nlI
When Leo had told her 892Please respect copyright.PENANAHVhBbld2Nr
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 892Please respect copyright.PENANAwJiCPNTPXD
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 892Please respect copyright.PENANAtvIWXiwTcR
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 892Please respect copyright.PENANAFGLqi4xd20
"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.892Please respect copyright.PENANACrPc4sykHH
Leo couldn't tell Kim 892Please respect copyright.PENANASHt0LVBe3b
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 892Please respect copyright.PENANAvO4NS8zmkP
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 892Please respect copyright.PENANAj1Ds3iUJ9h
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 892Please respect copyright.PENANA2dSrci9EpV
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 892Please respect copyright.PENANA4RKa4SS804
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 892Please respect copyright.PENANAFKgnX0cYnX
believe him at all.892Please respect copyright.PENANAGpCjquvY64
"Tell me now, Leo! 892Please respect copyright.PENANA4gwFB85PfD
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 892Please respect copyright.PENANAeIM3Ja62AM
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.892Please respect copyright.PENANAQc3hhlJ2ih
"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."892Please respect copyright.PENANAa15avTpz4y
"What! You're still 892Please respect copyright.PENANAtGj5fRKQxw
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 892Please respect copyright.PENANApZuyNq9XM4
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in892Please respect copyright.PENANAd6PPED8ny8
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 892Please respect copyright.PENANA3LrzQoUwYa
anymore?"892Please respect copyright.PENANA2TaRX19E0F
"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.892Please respect copyright.PENANARIwAwWRXgi
"There is someone 892Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7l3wah1AL
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 892Please respect copyright.PENANAaDLkw1ZsfS
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 892Please respect copyright.PENANAVeqDJXe29N
Leo!"892Please respect copyright.PENANAuTn2XKVKSH
Leo had been frustrated 892Please respect copyright.PENANAjfcdOPlIcx
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 892Please respect copyright.PENANAkxAD2jI11P
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 892Please respect copyright.PENANAF6KWf8Yqkk
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 892Please respect copyright.PENANAH2LOPcIveu
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 892Please respect copyright.PENANAFAlRtalrJ1
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 892Please respect copyright.PENANAPsVUOYX5sr
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 892Please respect copyright.PENANAttTHzsQew4
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 892Please respect copyright.PENANAlu63Mthp3q
"I'll find out the 892Please respect copyright.PENANAfmXiTLGmKh
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 892Please respect copyright.PENANAW6vDUxPL3s
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 892Please respect copyright.PENANAuLOqJ5Trxh
lying to me!"892Please respect copyright.PENANArCSdg9yRVw
For a moment, her threat892Please respect copyright.PENANAtFEykGFc09
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 892Please respect copyright.PENANA9bE4ktbHhS
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 892Please respect copyright.PENANA7avNK6OEHJ
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 892Please respect copyright.PENANASXa54IWgUE
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really892Please respect copyright.PENANArOne9PeEbX
genuine or not.892Please respect copyright.PENANAE57VKytdUh
He was about to ascend 892Please respect copyright.PENANAXDUCLf71oA
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 892Please respect copyright.PENANAALDHJPt1P5
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 892Please respect copyright.PENANAmrGSfofuKE
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 892Please respect copyright.PENANArCGFzUNxCT
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 892Please respect copyright.PENANAW3NT4D3ngG
thanking Leo for getting the door.892Please respect copyright.PENANACUzAGnl7lU
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"892Please respect copyright.PENANA2aRGOdA3Tt
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 892Please respect copyright.PENANAKBfmA4LZbt
"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?"892Please respect copyright.PENANAF2TfAjCXze
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."892Please respect copyright.PENANAvzPoLwGYuk
Diana and Mrs McDonell 892Please respect copyright.PENANAZk2JJObHlr
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 892Please respect copyright.PENANAhtE9gcb55d
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 892Please respect copyright.PENANAWCA3O0jO33
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.892Please respect copyright.PENANAKLd6wMIq54
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 892Please respect copyright.PENANAZYFMbz84GR
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."892Please respect copyright.PENANA2CxbRIXoz7
"But.....but, you two 892Please respect copyright.PENANAxhDblXpa13
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how892Please respect copyright.PENANAE0bbWUw96x
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"892Please respect copyright.PENANA8zJWpe8NF2
"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."892Please respect copyright.PENANAz24V6Ml3m2
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 892Please respect copyright.PENANAlhha8gegdh
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 892Please respect copyright.PENANA3E3eB8SbpE
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 892Please respect copyright.PENANAvXofI3YEHv
tell me it's not true, Diana."892Please respect copyright.PENANAYtk1NiARjq
"I'm afraid it is," said892Please respect copyright.PENANAQZPzo8kFSf
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 892Please respect copyright.PENANAqEDiXYQmHw
the moment. You need to calm down."892Please respect copyright.PENANAvlWvQiqWqn
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"892Please respect copyright.PENANA8NFkTgYdEx
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"892Please respect copyright.PENANAtcOrVQDbKg
When Leo tried to leave 892Please respect copyright.PENANArBSoNgYhVf
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 892Please respect copyright.PENANAA5Vd49fdFv
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 892Please respect copyright.PENANAG1EPp7oxBZ
"You're not going any 892Please respect copyright.PENANA5bybLIAoLV
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 892Please respect copyright.PENANAJMM8gJjFOq
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"892Please respect copyright.PENANAPmmCG0cRnU
"I don't have to explain892Please respect copyright.PENANAyuLE7saDTQ
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 892Please respect copyright.PENANAFRDcnSWyyx
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."892Please respect copyright.PENANA3YLPVuOWAY
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"892Please respect copyright.PENANAgK6eDhYMZc
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."892Please respect copyright.PENANAvBVsEWFY0f
Leo quickly got away 892Please respect copyright.PENANApWHu3vfsO2
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 892Please respect copyright.PENANAymV5E7pmOI
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 892Please respect copyright.PENANAQX7r15ZUsA
him.892Please respect copyright.PENANAUvaYET300O
"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!"892Please respect copyright.PENANABZlWBrYsTM
Leo rolled his eyes as 892Please respect copyright.PENANA6ud9NuLek9
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and892Please respect copyright.PENANAwBMHwDR7WC
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 892Please respect copyright.PENANAA0tuB8DoaY
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 892Please respect copyright.PENANAKnhtmLfxiU
***892Please respect copyright.PENANAUYxp705xXL
The892Please respect copyright.PENANAZrKNyYCF4Y
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 892Please respect copyright.PENANArzYlK1Lqfh
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been892Please respect copyright.PENANAoxmhUnElWa
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 892Please respect copyright.PENANAJwOn3slgyb
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother892Please respect copyright.PENANAK5Fl7BCdo6
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.892Please respect copyright.PENANAyctMo2ev9R
Carly892Please respect copyright.PENANAY09MNRS0gA
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with892Please respect copyright.PENANAloEErUjn2d
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full892Please respect copyright.PENANALR4GDlXrDG
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother892Please respect copyright.PENANAfy0mHZAtlD
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 892Please respect copyright.PENANAUZ91TDY8xm
Angel892Please respect copyright.PENANAn8mJHqeYq5
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 892Please respect copyright.PENANAgyFxhvt1K2
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 892Please respect copyright.PENANA9jGOaUVjJs
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 892Please respect copyright.PENANAzVvgwbSQuA
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 892Please respect copyright.PENANAC5LXqui2Cu
still recovering.892Please respect copyright.PENANAaNJNNmBWI3
Right892Please respect copyright.PENANAt9daRzKMrT
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 892Please respect copyright.PENANAlyywXqCEta
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk892Please respect copyright.PENANAhDrSoIFVi5
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.892Please respect copyright.PENANABUoM31yqpp
As892Please respect copyright.PENANA5fzjYo7WAM
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 892Please respect copyright.PENANAIrm1IOaa1v
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and892Please respect copyright.PENANADPyn9ZAGef
he had a sad look on his face as well.892Please respect copyright.PENANAqu6kQ2LAiB
"I892Please respect copyright.PENANA8JEP1fCg3N
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 892Please respect copyright.PENANAF4W9aH5FHc
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."892Please respect copyright.PENANAryHVINdQla
"Don't892Please respect copyright.PENANAXG6yMO4wop
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 892Please respect copyright.PENANALqd26UaoNk
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."892Please respect copyright.PENANAIKDaQWNZYv
"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."892Please respect copyright.PENANATh752Rafhb
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."892Please respect copyright.PENANAv4vr3fDIMV
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."892Please respect copyright.PENANAHioP9dWDWN
Carly892Please respect copyright.PENANAuzSB9yVrTh
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 892Please respect copyright.PENANAPGimFC2Cz2
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had892Please respect copyright.PENANAhsbPreX0py
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 892Please respect copyright.PENANApv1XkwD6Ta
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 892Please respect copyright.PENANAyXREYsqCHW
eyes.892Please respect copyright.PENANArXDz7LrC4h
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"892Please respect copyright.PENANAaZd3W9cbqK
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."892Please respect copyright.PENANAIjJZfYBnJ2
"Yes,892Please respect copyright.PENANALZ9NpBF5x8
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 892Please respect copyright.PENANAgDmUKetHPx
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 892Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4xW3WywtW
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."892Please respect copyright.PENANAzyGMETabm5
"Okay, lets go."892Please respect copyright.PENANAqPZJkTSMeX
Carly892Please respect copyright.PENANAQbkxStfN9F
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 892Please respect copyright.PENANAIoZtLOpw1o
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at892Please respect copyright.PENANArjbGw4qZ6t
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 892Please respect copyright.PENANAr4rEkRp5Kq
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.892Please respect copyright.PENANAATOLSVY77F
***892Please respect copyright.PENANAEI5XDdgM4F
"I892Please respect copyright.PENANAgvjasOGsMz
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 892Please respect copyright.PENANA8fXFrs6Ujd
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 892Please respect copyright.PENANAiDwNLqatKo
her in the car. 892Please respect copyright.PENANAbdM42vOmYE
Angel,892Please respect copyright.PENANAOMVfDIXO2P
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 892Please respect copyright.PENANAwJI8HgLEMr
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 892Please respect copyright.PENANAhcVlVIbzWt
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.892Please respect copyright.PENANA4gFrdyt1ne
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."892Please respect copyright.PENANAeO9gBHR1oM
"Very892Please respect copyright.PENANA9pRxcpnjJo
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to892Please respect copyright.PENANA8IqE3bdNZk
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if892Please respect copyright.PENANAoylSMwIAOf
I have to."892Please respect copyright.PENANAuEiBWaVi3y
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."892Please respect copyright.PENANAclOedi0jpk
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 892Please respect copyright.PENANAivlJcUswdv
"Don't892Please respect copyright.PENANAjDwsDPJXqW
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough892Please respect copyright.PENANAlfEv33UY3C
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 892Please respect copyright.PENANAmh8mRVgsUH
right, grandma?"892Please respect copyright.PENANAIJYXecoiBm
Amanda892Please respect copyright.PENANAjtjNN927Rf
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 892Please respect copyright.PENANAcoCoJdrbKq
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 892Please respect copyright.PENANAUL3SfAPuXj
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 892Please respect copyright.PENANAV63pzZWrGZ
you."892Please respect copyright.PENANA76X9MZQRTd
Eric892Please respect copyright.PENANAjYfvz76Lqk
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 892Please respect copyright.PENANAPZAuB4xMUi
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 892Please respect copyright.PENANApfyz6tnJSf
why.892Please respect copyright.PENANA45n2WnvoaO
"What?892Please respect copyright.PENANA9sw1FNzFGR
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at892Please respect copyright.PENANAAr3HkoAka5
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"892Please respect copyright.PENANAswVRyhzOCt
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"892Please respect copyright.PENANAaXhiSg0xZu
"He892Please respect copyright.PENANAtZaYR2U0jZ
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 892Please respect copyright.PENANA64doPNaVqU
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 892Please respect copyright.PENANAvYKG1juJIP
you get to know him."892Please respect copyright.PENANAPHeUIvtbwc
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.892Please respect copyright.PENANAedV5wgmghQ
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.892Please respect copyright.PENANANeYtfzzdDe
"Oh, no. Nothing."892Please respect copyright.PENANAaRuwCHJy6r
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."892Please respect copyright.PENANAUIHSdVTM6h
All892Please respect copyright.PENANAgZeGIbz23d
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 892Please respect copyright.PENANA4lFbDRS9PV
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 892Please respect copyright.PENANALZcPhvxCbl
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 892Please respect copyright.PENANAwEidIEUx1m
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had892Please respect copyright.PENANAYGWJ4Fo2AK
never seen such a house ever in her life.892Please respect copyright.PENANAydnyydsx6w
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"892Please respect copyright.PENANAw6W0HQrmIW
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.892Please respect copyright.PENANAOAqtEbete0
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"892Please respect copyright.PENANAtDETz8rkNR
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.892Please respect copyright.PENANAXbW9Zp0L9W
Angel892Please respect copyright.PENANA8dH9mKTrTh
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what892Please respect copyright.PENANAoWfsAVnRKZ
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.892Please respect copyright.PENANAPuTSxukB2h
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 892Please respect copyright.PENANA8rbXjhizBj
would begin anytime soon.