Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1pa8Atb7g
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3tJBarCwo
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu0CjnxajG
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5zm8LgtX8
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBTZ30Ofyf
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDQK5Lu3Sg
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6X33c2p714
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXk1SAGT3e
boss a call.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQGY0bFwrr
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKueGhFel3
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkx934wmc3X
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhfV3wC3xg
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBa8C6eRAQ
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvxlNzaKr7
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMWJXzwCjd
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9282qeqy0
looked really tired and restless.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrITPGxBklr
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NYMwJulxT
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVdOQtqhjy
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmlInFFpua
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhav3mYij8
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0MIBpGgFc
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vicasp6gi
huge loss.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeK1JCghd9z
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIC6vvUorE
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCA5IKamwA
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVLdwhQ58j
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNibwPY142
"What are you planning to do?"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveSeM9Wh3y
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYipO7NX5t
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBBwPLqwxD
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbteFmXd1Vr
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwJKbzk6ri
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZhVcIfjJI
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JadQ0A2t7
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIcQaAjsrH
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNOpA31Y6K
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIJYiJnzjB
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQZRACKcqD
vacant space weren't as good as her.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXDuTo1k23
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7aGWTGzwX
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFbfoBmi11
lucky charm.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6ShdDkpyK
And he needed her back real bad.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZalWzm6bKL
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.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1TNZBMg00
"I have a job for you."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYAux7CVb3
***831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vk8ahNmaz
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnUJw1hG3Q
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcuIV2zjxV
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFxXda2PPu
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslsoPwBlA4
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcy0dG9qYvL
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQAqBjJL1r
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv34y1i8Mgp
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIHLhwYaQI
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoL4tqJjWKV
serious.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzp2JWv5NPW
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjj7hOQ7sFT
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxUkNv9fiS
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IL4NWptiv
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOb9VUns23
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ag9CLYnVp
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33bMpmnQXX
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBv7RNL9rO3
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1OOUomv2k
between the two of you considering what happened."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AsYbsKRSw
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxi9Gly86h6
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN79uHohTKX
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GoJRPqnia
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ofSc1Ey67
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHLnaXlGz2
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5b4NmT1R0
"And you never apologised for it," said 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRjAfZ5trE
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYceBE5Nj2
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguwY1d4QOW
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCbWkdxazd
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOfetMHR1b
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXtFOfzHpQ
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RYmexSccd
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzqZGN9BaB
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXp2SOIdpJ
for what happened to her.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDoBvkKUJz
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAM1CG1vVIu
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBlxMCteiP
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLZMjsPRV2
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjjZZCUJGs
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jdl60Fyuc
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡne5yqSNIKO
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8IPmbTjmI
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEnvCuXNPo
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJx3dfiPofs
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ynSgY1ciz
back at the club.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYapNd0C507
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPBiffN97e
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SfPUwYJ7Z
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYd3VDdAjLM
sisters completely.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsv0cV5HYc
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZFDwBrZyx
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwdZp10OSz
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9jVEiV54L
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCLxs5IAnT
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJ4H3PPAfA
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Pv4onBfBL
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1yv3IjdNq
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgicTV63EY
club, not him.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7NkI5PXv4
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRz4O2qm5lX
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67ktgFaTiT
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbtSaWZnhu
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBhFtmwM51
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyatJmJ1zFa
at each other yet, have you?"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPBx8xlaad
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuCSmjh6yY
"No," they answered at the same time.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwZPk0c7Ov
"Great. That's good to know."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nWFSqbKMo
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsa8VpoxpW
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzA0td4hwXd
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZHM4ctJb3
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLngp79DiFF
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFsCjX1h4B
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZ7k0DCoGO
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLp8viO15N
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxttHynxC1
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGzHV6qvtV
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmd5aQmM1Df
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcSbgSTnE9
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXK2zxNr95X
long."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGm4J8HtNJj
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtuASqKIzR
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAqj3Qfw9N
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYQG35ABVy
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaIedZSyc8
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1OS5uCv8g
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0feZjrsgD0
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgjxaAPc5U
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJn40inXH9s
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtF2z8MAmsn
Not like this. Something was wrong.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rHT9zoipV
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNaZl5Az1A
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCWszAYslX
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0VvsQZckQ
embarrassed?"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeI1ySoDca
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdVKzukoOE
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZc8UuXhJk7
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37FtHmkNRz
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBiA9s4WcH
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyssPS3bZyK
today?"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpkzY5u0xV
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqhXKuX83A
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEM2FFJqYx
you want."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eYDDbVLEG
"It worked for you, didn't it?"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczR8w6s22x
"What do you mean?"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdP7YrFHNT
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2iefnf6HL
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopv5601qAW
sister."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQ9Ka2Kofq
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtGR3v2NlT
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOKZxcvFIj
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ93n7F9a00
"I'm just speaking the truth."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UnnpKIuoP
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0sVqdNBO2
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSTQ6WOcp1
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpI1OphygI
"I was protecting my sister."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQRA8zc09O
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6PM8VM5JZ
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ztx5rkXDP
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvlbnb0nTs
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmT55EQB2IM
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRr5ErkOWVG
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxVkTeZbVF
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytavz3ARi5
betray you like Carly betrayed me."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7NHDPQEbj
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcD90c5Xan
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcyzrz7vUz
crystal glass.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiQ1negnd1
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mEGVzcz2i
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVq171FLK8t
in this situation right now."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5M39Ntli0
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJX5oCVbwL
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CYMpve30F
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYzse6Z0z9
actions.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbzXmVmSRP
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPempwh4mBn
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2M0FlSLYrT
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Wb1Mk6Eat
near Carly."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYT2L5fhzqP
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0B8T7gYTA
"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......"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuRBGFZeaT
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iLLGp4je3
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1fOJbnWEv
Carly, she would be insulting herself.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNPWtzw9C1
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15M95jOY5B
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVYjDPWqux
"That would never happen."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSSQOtMJEc
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHV4WwfAjZ
"A fool in love, yes."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3fxAYYEi6
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgq2G3oYBT
"Why? Because you don't like me?"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthmy8U3QkV
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0vnZP3OvB
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX258R3Vysn
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDx7CoGx7m
and my accident that she would ever change."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IR8gVyunF
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleIMSaBplx
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rghLFNvYY
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWwKKHQnhj
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmwPzJmL9w
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBy31IqgXH
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRjbcGW3vX
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9a3qJ4Nwr
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwnnXsvBky
puzzled.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgrID1rQas
***831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4PbRwzwrD
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5faFMlKZrK
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCOjKAVkd8
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1id7n6n3J
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUHH03k32y
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgIgVsbOo0
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1Ei6T0vGB
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqZrszgmWv
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvVDvEhix4
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAirZj2v3U
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuorGCGiVJ8
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7c5cZLOhax
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyiS4CsvRc
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEui0vB7zy7
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrXNI3dRUB
McDonell should be.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nJAq1ARPL
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZuQYzpJH4
"Our family has been successfully with the 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjRIuVdXYk
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopKHY06tqI
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2c1XwGpnP0
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHV6j3sQlzT
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HHotJV7sg
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmtQm6b3BJ
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsiDOh5gU0
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtebeS27IOO
especially from my brother. He is so kind."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjxrT3Zjko
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtSRXDTkrP
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlm1IO3xza
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwX7QvquuLj
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcJ1flCFyl
model.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4b9an9uP9
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanTLrBY6qa
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqY4TbqPsU
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9L3d969Q7
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYOv5eXPhR
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcI75AoxDiz
the financial state her family was in.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkXLdTESWI
But now that she was with the McDonell 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJK6uxJkT63
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWOItIQEzo
she has always wanted.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfn0yx8utjR
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1csunUQDbG
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsTp493vBY
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhHDCFUr8x
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLniM1iTON
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwhlceEBIf
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UVXHcsrkn
"That would be awesome."831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsk5MBqwpJ
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIi0IwQKmIM
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSnMaXsaaJ
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSGz3oGJWV
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46Ft0EtTe3
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHnhgU3eLL
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0elUmF9t8P
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2k2porg6U
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nqbYnRabW
Miranda.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAm9vXjk0im
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNb5uD9oaWQ
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHAQea3HHB
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58fCKl2wyn
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfydvYLHVRn
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKiBqLny9n
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovva0vxcqq
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XDSWByg7p
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUh0DSnCfr
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvkJ8387IG
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSTwmG106g
she never ever discussed her life with them.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpejiAbvkRC
Could it be Miranda?831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡza7zAOoq8b
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCivcnIwy5
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAQ3y2zBgw
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfpkGItqG1
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7Yiph90Bc
And now she was calling Carly after all this831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtso1jH2qh
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2ZzAO1fo2
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBsJOZyWCG
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoRMobfrCU
betrayal.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9WESgC1Ip
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsv3BAxwLkf
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUGve2umIv
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.831Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDyQcUMnTI
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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