Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xLc6oeay0
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOqWciZ5YL
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMk4vGyvNB
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUZ239gIwH
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcZDd3Fof1
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bYl9MNvI0
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuSftYOGdh
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6q1ef1QwKn
boss a call.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqc0AOKnibb
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5q9eVyBJY
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcbgU0ODTE
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xQnq4NLf8
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GZkSMOpKK
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwOarvUYYB
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR9fIgrrPd
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeGKlf27gS
looked really tired and restless.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHavlXtRkqq
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLlgdmSaGw
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVk3ecAcQRG
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojrcz1hnPB
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUdaSfYmnd
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijT6mf8RNb
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ys3Sddujv
huge loss.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9xxoZzNfH
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSL7HLAW5L
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3dyowDX0j
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCIg6VUr7G
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrmr1uTS4S
"What are you planning to do?"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58pt3231Xh
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOZNp9e7gz
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfmmGHnk6V
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimVFM08AQs
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstOWegAYEU
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNPTJChAhP
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uLHtIvA4Q
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTeTJz5jNJ
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUwutjIrxV
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwk0RbBOxcN
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31EIgSCepC
vacant space weren't as good as her.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Y3bGLMJmM
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFeM2eqZBH
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnm7BqwlSJh
lucky charm.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoh3Zqua1RC
And he needed her back real bad.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnf4sXDT8f5
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.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wFVAq2Irf
"I have a job for you."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nTE229AMU
***959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cfhJTHGDP
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBEpCrJarl
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiPeKLqrIL
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVu54za0Kkl
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWWXdTDFgw
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWcHUJLC5H
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1otZ1NnwS
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9PThTiwE8
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1Xausd1ka
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0UkXtgDxq
serious.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnb17T0v9sQ
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwRyQl643c
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCF4zr24iK
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJZ3FM5Frq
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgx8cMQW6h
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjYcvqZN0f
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVSGpy38Hj
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVUGkzoK5A
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCVdTJAoVX
between the two of you considering what happened."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIAikegFuo
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSxLL4MTxD
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPiqrdchHS
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupZrUdLM05
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6HasXY7nx
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iKfUtGokv
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1cd7Cr9OE
"And you never apologised for it," said 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxVLTLcC4B
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8zHyuqrKD
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkbiUlmLZE
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtwBx15Wqe
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQt7UlvfGA
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSpZw46QiI
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWYM55wdOw
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydkA42vlfL
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhVXmYJTqE
for what happened to her.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoa1OWIoeB
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrioqn6KfzJ
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSnzbVygfi
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2X9F4gqdSH
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgPQ6ZPQfH
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvIp7D4Ny7
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfO68sR1QWj
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIPZpM2Km7
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtc3laUprhs
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBTk5BfggB
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4pjoKxSSR
back at the club.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlNHHpdkUB
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazqtoaaxJw
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUyV1dJZMi
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtP5LCLDIM
sisters completely.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKkPeh3rql
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvS3GMW7ID
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwg7Q0vQlCC
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8KVzJkwEJ
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1BEFAxS4Z
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTNRdNqlk2
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsbyovR4lz
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeAMhv9qgU
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87o7RKRBAs
club, not him.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcsUH2T4Vl
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtpKSDYLfp
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgiQ5wfld7
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWHimphWRx
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnAAXQCk2z
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ789mht9R69
at each other yet, have you?"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtIC1LkYyL
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaMaHM2YsH
"No," they answered at the same time.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8uFOAyyVM
"Great. That's good to know."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFNzhVBmoW
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNnZmVYXpt
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0CBr3jOWC
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfLDd7LyEQ
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfI0seWOEc
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYihDcuRhFt
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQ6MuB9zmK
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRfFEaWzUT
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OXRlYzB1z
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzs4lWyg3if
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPzYJdWOAN
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVTewRYSwA
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuSjLpk0xv
long."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYefZycD73
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBZFMxb9V5
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDXogtPjDU
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnM5ZSHyv7
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyEeXCD32N
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6K0fEjCx5
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGCrEqWUgk
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHN4nh8VCV
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwB6g4uIguQ
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCA4AAUgzgc
Not like this. Something was wrong.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftledOtWWA
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXmcB7SQUK
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh96RGSZchC
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQHODGAd0w
embarrassed?"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPkhTRCOzX
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxfaEqQf9L
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnYYwfBcqz
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTsANe7eQb
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnq8KPDjOB
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwRkHzeR1W
today?"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnpTlXbvYq
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePvYeruFyM
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMMax08Muh
you want."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeWLhBteWO
"It worked for you, didn't it?"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡig9fx8veOR
"What do you mean?"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEi9DkduPY
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPEKWeJr9u
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKgTqZY2my
sister."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpHheilX63
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9H3Q7u0BUi
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUmh6FMn9v
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6E52ZSmME
"I'm just speaking the truth."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLq19PGjDv
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspjIr9lgya
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdvBKDfUIT
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUVF0h5HrD
"I was protecting my sister."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXlajEhzXe
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FSqWI2Uwe
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYV8k9xwmF3
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNYOtQc8G9
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xijWlWAyk
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOIR02yoCb
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOx4s85l17
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVt4otdW70
betray you like Carly betrayed me."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEigWeNKEDd
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhzjKKosoM
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXg6caIKoJ
crystal glass.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpK1L5sfrei
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx01YSIMIRs
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbotufkAioA
in this situation right now."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtJnXF72jZ
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwWscFoWci
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhIIj8Ymmw
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdK6sWB1NTd
actions.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrcWwouSVm
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5pA5sCcjR
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgCTdOMven
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsXd4OQMWO
near Carly."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZuK0QKfXf
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNuwJ5RfCX
"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......"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3Su4NLBUN
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1w12qob1Hu
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByakOfWb5o
Carly, she would be insulting herself.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiwc90u1s1
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviqWISRsfU
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHnKinln6l
"That would never happen."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVWvqSL0LE
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWWwcN2oGA
"A fool in love, yes."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptD5NqWBiT
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsiCUGKmyR
"Why? Because you don't like me?"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtePyN5T98t
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZz9wYSUy6O
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRJ0mybEOq
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHB23X4Wbk
and my accident that she would ever change."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeitChac78
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvfTXIIyPY
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0E5x7z9FSh
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZJV0pE8VM
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Hjz5F8yxP
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmkdmtfTUF
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN72d5vqIOU
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmF33wj8NvK
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwqF8dECXy
puzzled.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNDgQwA2aQ
***959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0uZgkgOsc
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7aXyxXc9R
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBvPq2uUhC
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ybHbtJ37d
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSE2mXEqRZW
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae42rB1VlI
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecgf1eJJsw
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepCf8KVLEd
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLz5JxNZsA
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fUSUDhFNb
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NRVkvcgOU
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAjqKf10Zf
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwnylyTHv0
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjvHTaEMgY
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3K7W8fj2j
McDonell should be.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVqlxNTObf
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgzACkvXji
"Our family has been successfully with the 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizJ9iIPjuW
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoyNcH3cEQ
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8diIYzjhi
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGQrUKIMSN
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhkbRYOxPG
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL43o6VbqXZ
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27ycyM0aVj
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbk21KqZ72
especially from my brother. He is so kind."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lJas6nlKo
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMgeVJMI1Q
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYCfggE0bl
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFhI9YZxFp
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyy8cySiu0
model.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIAmj0bVQ8
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgtqss6Ckk
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzfIi6j9qg
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPt2x28771
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PHWo4j8Qn
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3Uf8LA94Y
the financial state her family was in.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCYFBCPayV
But now that she was with the McDonell 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLtG22Q2LG
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzPDMryrAn
she has always wanted.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sn9OM9T5B
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqyMAPlnbA
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6gNlUiMrb
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKasMjgo4ut
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8f2A33ZCf
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoABMmVeTIt
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXL0B6EePN
"That would be awesome."959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEP8NEwdTw
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnNUAD42q1
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVhwWoe4ax
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWsLVe7zSa
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHGPtuPn1n
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQ9WGO7ycG
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxONcwpmqP
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTgd2rDZva
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwuI87jWyl
Miranda.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffMTVSEnFv
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBNaaFyy6C
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7kgPkvI5w
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8d4Dj1Lp1
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzygPv4NMb
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgIkHQG9It
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCceoT5pSqN
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nyZ8Ci11U
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVMXdUdW1k
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRuNJmjErN
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkxDZUVbJf
she never ever discussed her life with them.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz99ByQ3IjK
Could it be Miranda?959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGByAdxpsQ
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtk2K3VF1v
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnwu8XQkeP
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwMYXSzwaX
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueRWZh0ANB
And now she was calling Carly after all this959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKrbOILWyR
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJSeSYrnke
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF7LSiBVW3
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlQGiE4RIf
betrayal.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDFhjGgmcv
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5N9MH8G6g2
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQ0HtqTiA6
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhqqBdzX2D
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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