Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSXPZT3GZU
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fl2rdPFHR
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UgWz4EmbS
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PbiTjnxVr
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqDnZ92SzB
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcqq8DhvfW
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD516ygIBjD
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOr2ztkPfR0
boss a call.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnggVwFisJ
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu3GL0Gxub
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiS2wMKUGkA
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNBH41c6Z6
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4NYatxMsi
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTrH0lUyGN
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUKjprzDBN
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFxhYVJAtG
looked really tired and restless.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBiVRIOxZw
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkek0qTCLfj
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDrbiDrOyX
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmkY7ZGvP7
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyg5GrJmIfI
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNaLnBAqIX
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5I1p8cJNr
huge loss.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tq73z4HCF
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqBrOurPq3
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NavBjh8Wo
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmanuacNbm
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqGKVrdsLy
"What are you planning to do?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQC8t6waOTy
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcDQeMrz2v
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vkoOg4IqZ
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5sqh50M4K
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RP4MsSuep
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7k0ymKV6Kz
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXk1r6WNixg
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9vtBJ9AsN
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jZ2hQYhTD
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8I0PiVub53
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmGOstFHE1
vacant space weren't as good as her.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhG0EEjr3r
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZc2T1AfvIF
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuY0bggNFKL
lucky charm.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqNZKJQHnR
And he needed her back real bad.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVJZBO0X3h
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tYnAzcjRI
"I have a job for you."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqP0Plnvytp
***883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuUm0Svb0g
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrf8BA48GCy
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8gk9lzjgf
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZKR9gi6lI
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaTrcIvc42
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wpdrjyLwR
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnKucWSvSB
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSoafo4KcO
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2M6rU0BOxJ
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5RIHNbDvm
serious.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzRoCOKXlB
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVt0VIlt9UZ
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWz5pAOwVpS
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTArGo3unS
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2Bps7ccu1
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡte3mAzEyI7
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuBa0eGpYa
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbdVjua2kN
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UIkk8juDb
between the two of you considering what happened."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPBL1mOXDI
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOeLcVJSmW
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5fNODRgSJ
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9OfcTN9wP
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHtJcWgxGt
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Su0CvIoQW
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWLnTMngYV
"And you never apologised for it," said 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8p2jd2R4C
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpPA9CynVS
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKlOhvkH2N
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCQqjvczcX
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxurxXLxNZN
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFID0d8H8Ov
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcUVR9D5Mb
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYI2afQcRQY
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy78cj4Ai5p
for what happened to her.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWc5LDrp2b
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUCK4wqPHs
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79jEV85KXR
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BMJlCCMfj
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAhk0TaPrQ
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9w0UDGj4x
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKLZ6hF6cw
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NcvJML3WP
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KWoN0v4Rp
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiK4quX3UU
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpMpROJkU8
back at the club.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXBKjj4aDz
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYs3tlfzgo9
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroEfcITEEA
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFkhYmsJkP
sisters completely.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9LPNOdyuG
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIr9ewkJt5r
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsECfRtefP
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY28ECYxL3K
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNlTSrJbkz
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkttTlSMNL5
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkW5gS8rHSM
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPw0ccgI9fY
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDs1fNTDXNg
club, not him.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBM2Au25nE6
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMujdjcFJy
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpR4vtCkMH
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6tHtUxL4p
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9x2tqp26Cd
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4QC8gJaMZ
at each other yet, have you?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9K8OQ4fUx
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3oRNxqXy0
"No," they answered at the same time.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoV2xY4tAt1
"Great. That's good to know."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4TEXLFlgR
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwlrhx59Dy
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3P63QHYP1z
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm35GkrTu41
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHaGJ7vmbz
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1LyInOtFi
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEy4pP8bSJ2
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RE5cVLMRo
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkos5a1w7R
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolHbSet1PW
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5psKEB2Pb
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3hEQCDW4a
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5qji91AMc
long."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7f4nHy2b2G
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUNuTzpI1Z
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilqtmFL9Xi
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrw12130f3r
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcB18BA1BD
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PvDJMV7OD
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cce5zdfkg
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8y4IFxiLfK
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIRl0DUvqm
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQuUkL5Pb1
Not like this. Something was wrong.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgAC5Z2U06
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cu8Ch7X9E
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSpgxrAopK
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHldFWdpbP
embarrassed?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGA641JiRg
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66i3a8Ai1k
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9bLQSw2FE
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpcdAkanwj
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71WyIlrUVn
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHoAtlrxQ5
today?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLvg9PrrnS
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxJo2fQeyU
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTP7DQlhV9
you want."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroKhCB3IWV
"It worked for you, didn't it?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVegGCfjPSp
"What do you mean?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOfDMvMbwV
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoYDyTOwRy
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5duuVknS7
sister."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02iPqZgp2u
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZf38T2yQ6g
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIhrtO1t89
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdn5tKE2Hb
"I'm just speaking the truth."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAkxQI6jlK
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOWQjMd74m
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9EASRZXWJ
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPafigghmH
"I was protecting my sister."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8Lc8gMQX1
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkNVKktFuo
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95ggBWfkXm
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9fItuJlwF
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4vHUmK9rT
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ164tWZfTAT
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6mpmRAcAs
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIP81TWkqT
betray you like Carly betrayed me."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI01Xl1Zlmd
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWmDDolmrU
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoq6kBh6ZPG
crystal glass.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3oueQa5dd
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBO083w1YYt
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWoUzQsIo6
in this situation right now."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLh0vLxTni8
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQvtlyGzIw
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdTAgXFj3t
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfedrV0o3WO
actions.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mI4X1WzLB
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tTcnIxla0
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5P7Ka5kE7
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMMxAmfjvX
near Carly."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8TTqVuaxT
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqswhi6QSr6
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEYhoM11TY
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfPsoeE48w
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1rTi1CIjQ
Carly, she would be insulting herself.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqkmdhJdXi
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZAEIILaKf
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanV7McJO1V
"That would never happen."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwQhMLmLL5
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8f8BfjfgJS
"A fool in love, yes."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41pBQ2p09E
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kYv5Rc17F
"Why? Because you don't like me?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKNad0Wt9c
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3V92HbhPVM
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYV2mTRFIs
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrdYjemTqk
and my accident that she would ever change."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCO2ILMADj
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhPVPodoYN
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFo4mzgjQne
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2yrqMdY4z
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmk7UO7PD2
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySbIk9NJB7
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPqM1ZrWFM
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCMX8SSqm7
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmEUs2FIjF
puzzled.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEfvqr7Jz7
***883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmHyTnpxCS
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0MVq1bFKm
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXw4sSIqELF
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMe6FB5wzWP
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsgHCmQQtz
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMym2aSECI
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmujO6GPkXf
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1mzU0aEtI
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uO4K2DIXV
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix0uc1RLPz
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6rJspgRF8
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUF9rZ9d5F
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNMcIZ9lrp
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0E5eCrqtz
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYb3tNlsY80
McDonell should be.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylVxQxMSXC
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFit8y32DbI
"Our family has been successfully with the 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ575HJGICRX
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qYq4gfiLO
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenxu2bNKoL
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdYVGt7uoz
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJcDlAntGv
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8N6I6TPSA9
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCntyttDMfl
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrMsNlDj2i
especially from my brother. He is so kind."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuigIiGCazj
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTNZXRxkOY
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MVfJaUGVQ
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRvQhqEcWM
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgTOe1I2HS
model.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjpZodBhGG
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcWfnpE73R
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbh7mEHEzev
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz045FSfAfU
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWveftD0fS
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaml6CgMCd
the financial state her family was in.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4SkVxYxVH
But now that she was with the McDonell 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkRxrwfiV8
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QdlLFMaSb
she has always wanted.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIU0SYzsvz
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcnTGHWYpu
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESeriiZh1X
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosysPkYA9R
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFItgUs1VMV
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbZjxQVoWH
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMD6NYwhaNL
"That would be awesome."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RlDkIjcbU
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEEugjEp0x
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdIxHxqMOe
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lB2IhSvNG
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ysmIBNEQ3
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs08xdKyxbL
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBf4xoQGzY
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJtyEhJJN4
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgdFgLaZw5
Miranda.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNviw2uquwQ
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEIJjIxGLD
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmELngYL3AN
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaJ3C8Pi6w
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sYTPIaR74
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPbE9w5ALM
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfFAI2HGyY
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjS0UD2Hk0
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzGeana6UO
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAJi691xJf
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2oJVCo3tc
she never ever discussed her life with them.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5pr2fsQrE
Could it be Miranda?883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MVOrpT85e
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8U7aCzQCon
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCjo1e03Ra
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuK4Th7z0B
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQF8CvuTpJU
And now she was calling Carly after all this883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKAFMqo6ZL
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ423kFhfKfc
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZ0pvLm2RQ
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRT0YewWd6U
betrayal.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsq2ZhLwQKt
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdldzI06wx
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1QpiDe1P2
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGfllDf4Ye
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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and then Add to home screen.