Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUZ8YqZPTV
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwRvBzIF0k
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00LnnX7zxK
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxvwqyFZb9
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVUOr0oQyt
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBuuzvAvZH
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjsWuy72co
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQMHlqcUKn
boss a call.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5JoQuFnWZ
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwgprpjsu4
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EdFEClSw8
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9mIHDKkLS
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwyVQdAyZ8
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqoMAado74
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdY40gSa4EU
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvENps8n8Vo
looked really tired and restless.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAb5bnXVrFA
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOL60tPP8i0
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFJksGCSMi
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKZrTLxKpo
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1N2AAef7q
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86fRmRMYBi
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSngftr9EzE
huge loss.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoE6MsCkyT
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hx9Detr2n
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLx6p3hJMEI
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qUdr43WAn
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZkNHZauwm
"What are you planning to do?"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA025Beerx3
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KriRfEZAc
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KcJVau5Pp
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysiyMOicyv
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0WXkIqIzj
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOreW4zAimt
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsq7JnBLle
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEQymb3F5B
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBmUDVTIHY
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3HN4eTump
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpaU7IS1Ui
vacant space weren't as good as her.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GrsROrzUd
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7rrQ514jI
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVXsOF8ssR
lucky charm.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4oLfRJoEJ
And he needed her back real bad.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSWnUPfp7L
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.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YnbuTbvbS
"I have a job for you."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcPYmdRUrT
***830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AH4fLfXYO
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSg89pejV2a
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq99S7fFgSy
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpi7xZgC1IZ
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpnYyM44Ie
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMC5dLk8wAc
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpMW3JE7oV
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAreB3FJzD
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vOZex3cUd
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mOqOty8ZS
serious.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfMX5PqZPZ
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTrWaopGEw
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmewiYB3Qo
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Hp4vlSysJ
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eMhsb2JTX
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCdtFSckcP
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjlCMXJP7w
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhtbZaMt7u
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzv5C8nCsn
between the two of you considering what happened."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSruy3QP3F
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwPcN21T18
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVcy2gycSn
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUElvpygsZQ
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1cP7PT9d9
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxASXvavD5y
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc0NfpUWVr
"And you never apologised for it," said 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjPo8qqLMd
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fLPwXjZu3
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOKfcWnQaq
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSV4ReHrYZr
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapwuQonvf8
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XF6CvzrbK
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFy0ZzVGWN
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvDwjgCo8q
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2M5dnS21dh
for what happened to her.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HqnxNwCQG
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD95Scz7Tjk
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YUgGfHWpX
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgVRC9GXrm
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaudDJUctO
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWt6FfM58hc
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggQnMWgxSa
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qQ0Qlh4e8
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfsaJdwDX8
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9zR44Sr2F
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1SpEg5slt
back at the club.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EKZV0nA3K
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSgMYC7Bt8
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQLWSw8YQD
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJkXVvHLXh
sisters completely.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuh5BCiDk8
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlejJ9Lo4M
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3lVR4zTrK
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQE2JlhqJD
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvEVWqnwMu
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdu5mqnM4k
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIi5veIdaL
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRK0mqd7jM
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ229SxBBZGf
club, not him.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiMtsnPS6I
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDnK2CXHrf
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCS6vfc73nO
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZiiqskYco
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CRfu2aU3c
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4o2rpPz2M
at each other yet, have you?"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnrNVoNdtu
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZXxZbqSKS
"No," they answered at the same time.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByrql384In
"Great. That's good to know."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QeWKhga0l
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1i5cR24oAK
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oEdelox10
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCv11y7bPzr
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1Vb0VTGIF
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfDYB1BBIy
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRk3zK89TAd
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx84pifPi1d
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hdUNoU1Dj
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIu16DzGoLT
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOZVgkHp0x
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnM29F0It3v
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPLsh84NVk
long."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzyto1pZ5o
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9ppkf8MzS
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgBSNZ6crW
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXoPj0lvl2
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVBwmgkgdS
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8O6geqWK6h
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqvcKVq1LG
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBbQdFyFN4
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtkIyYYZoW
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbabpgueJF3
Not like this. Something was wrong.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5aJykuWuk
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNeyrZDgTO
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1zdjTfgpr
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tO9IRvdZT
embarrassed?"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyKd9vWpZQ
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBXTWo8cTn
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTG04ruVgc
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0Z28aMDvH
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUj6xbahth
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75DuBqhvnx
today?"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmiHNO3d1E
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmecGOYebSo
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IJ7uI8IRY
you want."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvch6kkDCTd
"It worked for you, didn't it?"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSDSx66m8W
"What do you mean?"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFD4z9CmmAQ
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBlhstsCrE
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAKdcUmlPM
sister."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSxr50ljFE
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9OP5w1x7k
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUrWjCYVDr
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUapfq9RJ5E
"I'm just speaking the truth."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrBiMws37Q
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmcdOlpcTh
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3QZLpLBUr
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasPi8cPkJZ
"I was protecting my sister."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaGADcVUEb
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3z1QxN59rt
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4uncSEtnK
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DnzSlruMi
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfotkCwlWGv
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6ca7HxZDo
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMPctGrbfu
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2nlxHzblt
betray you like Carly betrayed me."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBLIPY2Tk4
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4TVfPW63s
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqu2GXoAhl
crystal glass.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2bg7J84zL
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEn3sIFnUX
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEHR1JT66k
in this situation right now."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19ownACEyo
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0o8ybeDmgN
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoYLrZI80P
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNAYPdlkmo
actions.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzTmSs3OPb
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7Ssyq6gL9
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXxGxuiJeS
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuOALVYm7P
near Carly."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn31pWGyzPp
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7A2dr7MTIc
"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......"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVDZBUDUh8
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEQ6iIobjq
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8CbkO5kmq
Carly, she would be insulting herself.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOlyTR6nEh
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFF27t6bTb
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6y8AwaQwS
"That would never happen."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzcMELpz4R
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgA5rqRVWem
"A fool in love, yes."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZID21L4Ps
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacnuLadAGt
"Why? Because you don't like me?"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9jUeqewMy
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14ype1eRIT
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqZyBEhG56
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxDOTpS4Gv
and my accident that she would ever change."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0Efiz54eY
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JLpqbcNN6
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaiuwo1dtL
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmsKziwgqd
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmRiSUlptc
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuU3dlRyYVT
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Yemyu26FW
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxT8suXnsh
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Yz7Xpp73e
puzzled.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrx59ppLEG
***830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbtz7KUDrI
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLySLRgNHos
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKLzHINfW1
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABe2je0lUo
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwM3fYcex4Y
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzpjz4FcyP
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NC60MoIRs
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQPQmBpXcr
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL99I0m31IF
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopvWp64RKF
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51mpl61aBZ
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmKSDJp9cf
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vtenLFqen
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiGRlMdDQr
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9uKUYJ6i0
McDonell should be.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9t5VmkGit
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzY6r4vZ5FV
"Our family has been successfully with the 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iCIKGSMnW
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04CUAJvpCA
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEKSCkVRUc
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcI1KhZxWI
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHlU2hiRtC
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKgdR6PhsN
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU83Gz89D0D
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRrlKFekSy
especially from my brother. He is so kind."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPaUyqdnRW
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWP6JyEgEV
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHA1rPRo7sX
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rXC8GcYlI
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiETi2bJub
model.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5frfP05lFr
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEbslthcOW
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FbAjGNAo1
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYtmrY1wJZ
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBvX8Toqyd
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAJcCj365P
the financial state her family was in.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5E52Hllmp
But now that she was with the McDonell 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFB6ihBFME3
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrZteCeXpU
she has always wanted.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEuIjXEX3J
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ng7eNMwcW
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVCrEz0FLw
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjboqF84am
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyb4on684l
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFzPCQEZ0V
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKn97HcdiE
"That would be awesome."830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡap4AskwNa1
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HdXGc2sm5
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRr7QGXUUA
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKDAoPDe1c
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWb4I6zCvco
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZ6n9LuNf3
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrrMgvUOad
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71IZICkdvO
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkNChMyfIr
Miranda.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9SX7sZeSD
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoH0HLSkHU
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJpuXXLGm5
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsEsZCHkIq
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ293Y7vdwg5
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqdKa0L964
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJuNKwcnu5
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFxt37dbyz
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Y2BD23Z7k
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnTY71BBhy
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKXMPZ4Syy
she never ever discussed her life with them.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBDt4z7sGX
Could it be Miranda?830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqDwUD17dd
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UdoS2lfNR
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kGSJaMPkV
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYo1BvG2kc
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnoNqVWPcP
And now she was calling Carly after all this830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdbxfQYcgr
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4O830jwqG
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Hc1TL65YG
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuH5iqEoIW
betrayal.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LohPJq0Z9
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMEDTbumwM
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFsD18dx6h
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQMeHpa43n
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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