Leo gave out a sigh of 477Please respect copyright.PENANAUaD0NTsT1r
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 477Please respect copyright.PENANAEk5xBiNJvg
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never477Please respect copyright.PENANAIPLVjGbJ8Q
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had477Please respect copyright.PENANAmiKY4OnWRr
expected. 477Please respect copyright.PENANAw9F3dgq2bi
When Leo had told her 477Please respect copyright.PENANAQd1wrOutBW
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 477Please respect copyright.PENANAg2VCNnZPzA
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 477Please respect copyright.PENANAu7vXZ8Ikri
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 477Please respect copyright.PENANA3kiy7oxpcv
"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.477Please respect copyright.PENANAMUy1hccUZu
Leo couldn't tell Kim 477Please respect copyright.PENANAFOqvB02juT
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 477Please respect copyright.PENANAnkml98kiF0
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 477Please respect copyright.PENANAcalKYc9CIx
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 477Please respect copyright.PENANAYYrbBGfFXx
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 477Please respect copyright.PENANAlg06oJTxtL
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 477Please respect copyright.PENANADc98BHLYk4
believe him at all.477Please respect copyright.PENANAO8Q1BErsul
"Tell me now, Leo! 477Please respect copyright.PENANApvFJDthCaS
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 477Please respect copyright.PENANAC54nZKLT6m
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.477Please respect copyright.PENANAjXndNt7vxY
"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."477Please respect copyright.PENANAvvSxL9noNv
"What! You're still 477Please respect copyright.PENANA1EAMHcBo0I
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 477Please respect copyright.PENANAduGbsL3mCp
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in477Please respect copyright.PENANAgmL8MEAend
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 477Please respect copyright.PENANASA7daWTfz2
anymore?"477Please respect copyright.PENANA7nqP5F2nQh
"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.477Please respect copyright.PENANAz5NA9vJIqy
"There is someone 477Please respect copyright.PENANAQpAXbGyKLD
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 477Please respect copyright.PENANAKz9WGvZVB0
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 477Please respect copyright.PENANAckLTZKh4xf
Leo!"477Please respect copyright.PENANAqm9a81cR8T
Leo had been frustrated 477Please respect copyright.PENANAbZok2Rwqeb
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 477Please respect copyright.PENANAMYsfgwj8pz
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 477Please respect copyright.PENANAgSL5FjPZuo
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 477Please respect copyright.PENANArb1SYiZTqb
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 477Please respect copyright.PENANA03uT642n7P
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 477Please respect copyright.PENANATHEmFT4OIc
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 477Please respect copyright.PENANAH7zUrYmW45
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 477Please respect copyright.PENANATpFrzUql4R
"I'll find out the 477Please respect copyright.PENANAwBlCJ5DCv7
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 477Please respect copyright.PENANAYp8mdcGjeR
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 477Please respect copyright.PENANAsoL0pRMmra
lying to me!"477Please respect copyright.PENANAJzREVvPNUP
For a moment, her threat477Please respect copyright.PENANAv7iEQFtm08
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 477Please respect copyright.PENANAMIW3AFpFoR
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 477Please respect copyright.PENANAOBqfQAvXAJ
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 477Please respect copyright.PENANA8Y02vXe9EJ
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really477Please respect copyright.PENANAbDQxnaPD5o
genuine or not.477Please respect copyright.PENANApGCjIYz60e
He was about to ascend 477Please respect copyright.PENANA3J9mWH2f8M
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 477Please respect copyright.PENANAy21orveZZx
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 477Please respect copyright.PENANAmYLMnu4oK8
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 477Please respect copyright.PENANAnlSMvnBiz6
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 477Please respect copyright.PENANA7xTlod53nd
thanking Leo for getting the door.477Please respect copyright.PENANATZlgYNqXNj
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"477Please respect copyright.PENANAS4MqlUqNVO
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 477Please respect copyright.PENANAlveu2Yl3G2
"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?"477Please respect copyright.PENANAAAAsO904r0
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."477Please respect copyright.PENANAlottgwhoKR
Diana and Mrs McDonell 477Please respect copyright.PENANAHzE68YXiWn
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 477Please respect copyright.PENANAp8JqG9USX4
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 477Please respect copyright.PENANAhqr0FCqnsD
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.477Please respect copyright.PENANAAXPHXm3lO3
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 477Please respect copyright.PENANA4QQHtuMWvs
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."477Please respect copyright.PENANAlio26xP5oI
"But.....but, you two 477Please respect copyright.PENANAWPARiUVosP
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how477Please respect copyright.PENANAy7tqqRKnG2
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"477Please respect copyright.PENANADtSEJuZ9aq
"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."477Please respect copyright.PENANASTLXQxUrYH
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 477Please respect copyright.PENANA1uSpwfS9v8
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 477Please respect copyright.PENANA4b583Ljzwd
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 477Please respect copyright.PENANAaREtvbztfN
tell me it's not true, Diana."477Please respect copyright.PENANAp0EteMMFKv
"I'm afraid it is," said477Please respect copyright.PENANAbImPU5O0vj
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 477Please respect copyright.PENANA71prIY51Ws
the moment. You need to calm down."477Please respect copyright.PENANAqXRbwKiZ6L
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"477Please respect copyright.PENANANHf3JAeQjj
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"477Please respect copyright.PENANAXP5hgKK9Oa
When Leo tried to leave 477Please respect copyright.PENANA2jDAfFis27
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 477Please respect copyright.PENANAWTaLxOF6cY
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 477Please respect copyright.PENANAf5khFnXJNd
"You're not going any 477Please respect copyright.PENANArKqdPy9Dpq
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 477Please respect copyright.PENANAHteC4dhGKy
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"477Please respect copyright.PENANAQPpTyiY9eF
"I don't have to explain477Please respect copyright.PENANAF8BbcMpPsH
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 477Please respect copyright.PENANA8etgUwm2pP
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."477Please respect copyright.PENANAEqD8tqCgAa
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"477Please respect copyright.PENANALFwrIkl6X2
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."477Please respect copyright.PENANAskffNIG0IJ
Leo quickly got away 477Please respect copyright.PENANAs1xU1UHSfw
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 477Please respect copyright.PENANAHMMPJeGqzo
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 477Please respect copyright.PENANA1Z6HjK2rrK
him.477Please respect copyright.PENANAG1Gdr1RMiS
"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!"477Please respect copyright.PENANAG5IOaWLfEg
Leo rolled his eyes as 477Please respect copyright.PENANAntm2VqJWQG
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and477Please respect copyright.PENANAIfUL7cj8Fh
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 477Please respect copyright.PENANALwJzbmiLbj
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 477Please respect copyright.PENANA4xdiC0RMr5
***477Please respect copyright.PENANA7EkpenTaHy
The477Please respect copyright.PENANA21HCwumzQd
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 477Please respect copyright.PENANAL1nuZO5Wvk
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been477Please respect copyright.PENANAck6SZ9JGS3
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 477Please respect copyright.PENANAFRUi4XMDny
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother477Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZaX41l80N
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.477Please respect copyright.PENANAlEwCtu0OmN
Carly477Please respect copyright.PENANADre1f3mCWX
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with477Please respect copyright.PENANA4d5XVOyhLi
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full477Please respect copyright.PENANAzvkJ9JAIOO
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother477Please respect copyright.PENANAjSubJcDBxz
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 477Please respect copyright.PENANAdfwBq6xaCu
Angel477Please respect copyright.PENANAHt08L1GqWF
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 477Please respect copyright.PENANAwz5NrsXZ3S
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 477Please respect copyright.PENANA90iGYUTVGI
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 477Please respect copyright.PENANA3QHeH0tlG5
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 477Please respect copyright.PENANAI3AY6Zhnym
still recovering.477Please respect copyright.PENANApuJSKyx3W4
Right477Please respect copyright.PENANASQY8BtLbEz
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 477Please respect copyright.PENANAxUOMSEisny
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk477Please respect copyright.PENANAQjjYdYsy1F
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.477Please respect copyright.PENANAkVVbMQ3Mgi
As477Please respect copyright.PENANACtZoj8QVoQ
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 477Please respect copyright.PENANAwQxszPaEWg
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and477Please respect copyright.PENANAPdH2hteV0G
he had a sad look on his face as well.477Please respect copyright.PENANAddcAtbJs0f
"I477Please respect copyright.PENANAjMk5F6D236
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 477Please respect copyright.PENANAW5Z4CcKCki
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."477Please respect copyright.PENANANWOqZo4giJ
"Don't477Please respect copyright.PENANAcOohc2kH1J
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 477Please respect copyright.PENANAhLBIg0JwOz
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."477Please respect copyright.PENANAELUmpRwK6d
"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."477Please respect copyright.PENANAeIjJrYlkJv
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."477Please respect copyright.PENANA5TBc5ycGAl
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."477Please respect copyright.PENANAceLStO3N0C
Carly477Please respect copyright.PENANAZK69bjCfQT
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 477Please respect copyright.PENANACQPq9OWRXE
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had477Please respect copyright.PENANAwl5sSCM7Xx
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 477Please respect copyright.PENANAnxf06A71h4
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 477Please respect copyright.PENANASZmZQWuNqa
eyes.477Please respect copyright.PENANAPJNx85ERIy
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"477Please respect copyright.PENANA3nxQRWAeiX
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."477Please respect copyright.PENANAd9jTr0VVQF
"Yes,477Please respect copyright.PENANAjdUXEX8sQv
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 477Please respect copyright.PENANA5KHlBVs8ui
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 477Please respect copyright.PENANAV4HIYej8lg
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."477Please respect copyright.PENANAj4099pOK1R
"Okay, lets go."477Please respect copyright.PENANAAsxPWlwrHo
Carly477Please respect copyright.PENANAokxsUqPcx2
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 477Please respect copyright.PENANAYSEJoU5HmT
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at477Please respect copyright.PENANAk3LEYRnYpX
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 477Please respect copyright.PENANAOcA3gX8HVS
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.477Please respect copyright.PENANA145toDCrBm
***477Please respect copyright.PENANAuUpBAOPtBg
"I477Please respect copyright.PENANA5kS54fCgsK
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 477Please respect copyright.PENANAEtpysrB4UI
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 477Please respect copyright.PENANAXsxnSjMhmC
her in the car. 477Please respect copyright.PENANAR9kFvWaGBg
Angel,477Please respect copyright.PENANAYiOENXfJyt
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 477Please respect copyright.PENANA0p3AAPUlEU
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 477Please respect copyright.PENANAM8d1O4vssD
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.477Please respect copyright.PENANAvHvMqCmVWs
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."477Please respect copyright.PENANAGoDPtJeWNf
"Very477Please respect copyright.PENANAtgYzjKyqUt
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to477Please respect copyright.PENANApD0pbJlROv
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if477Please respect copyright.PENANAOKuI3gdTuz
I have to."477Please respect copyright.PENANAS4ZWqa6Idg
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."477Please respect copyright.PENANA6BiJfSueGE
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 477Please respect copyright.PENANA5AYU6rmqTI
"Don't477Please respect copyright.PENANAHZ12xydbjT
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough477Please respect copyright.PENANA0qs9DT8cB1
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 477Please respect copyright.PENANABoxo4gxo1r
right, grandma?"477Please respect copyright.PENANAdY1JlFVzB1
Amanda477Please respect copyright.PENANAbIQhHMEgfB
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 477Please respect copyright.PENANAacPmck9J41
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 477Please respect copyright.PENANA8K1iJeyWJh
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 477Please respect copyright.PENANAdujMpQwJpx
you."477Please respect copyright.PENANADxfnmIYyiX
Eric477Please respect copyright.PENANAaBfAQwrZ6b
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 477Please respect copyright.PENANATeyaHrOzhf
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 477Please respect copyright.PENANAHxGqzaOci0
why.477Please respect copyright.PENANAZdahZLeRk3
"What?477Please respect copyright.PENANAGuFRhJn2GF
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at477Please respect copyright.PENANATpjuBLwKqn
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"477Please respect copyright.PENANAt2pnSDK4C0
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"477Please respect copyright.PENANAEUOzvGtzHP
"He477Please respect copyright.PENANAz94RGImV5R
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 477Please respect copyright.PENANA0d9EnUpvyH
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 477Please respect copyright.PENANAH2y5RLioNF
you get to know him."477Please respect copyright.PENANAizGT7oSSP1
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.477Please respect copyright.PENANAnzeiUX3QXI
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.477Please respect copyright.PENANADg4nszcsiW
"Oh, no. Nothing."477Please respect copyright.PENANALocRwVdfL3
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."477Please respect copyright.PENANAuRzsd7LS9s
All477Please respect copyright.PENANAEqI8MyJHP9
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 477Please respect copyright.PENANAGoIqIcnEiS
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 477Please respect copyright.PENANAcNPeJcsBkW
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 477Please respect copyright.PENANALvwUlc3r0R
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had477Please respect copyright.PENANAs4sqWDF97C
never seen such a house ever in her life.477Please respect copyright.PENANAUWxIq3BPDa
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"477Please respect copyright.PENANAPccPoq6CPc
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.477Please respect copyright.PENANAOpDfzEPclZ
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"477Please respect copyright.PENANA3NGnek62dY
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.477Please respect copyright.PENANAJoDxXVjL2e
Angel477Please respect copyright.PENANAJz8akwSXnp
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what477Please respect copyright.PENANAwAlzJxf9ps
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.477Please respect copyright.PENANAgKPhBzNgkC
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 477Please respect copyright.PENANAdkK4AYy4vU
would begin anytime soon.