Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhyGohhQC1
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUJVMp0UCj
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagEMfreu1b
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYe6vSQvGt
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbh7EYX3De
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw8689gwj6
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2g4R0POuJ
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7skSi6ETA
boss a call.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpT6YMvreiq
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZ32ifmgD9
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4WLNUSPEE
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdtZYUN5HE
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvthjie8dR1
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTKoZr9KOQ
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhMwsnBznq
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmQHf1Qlxz
looked really tired and restless.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11ezGCUasN
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jwFgyF3O8
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iPz5hizij
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOapP23FBFf
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKcBsian0k
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOB6VnWEvt
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAf4hgxFJB
huge loss.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmdgQjvQlW
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifZXcrkfDZ
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1P6IwEF2Mh
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6pCzn4Srg
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1v284YiR4K
"What are you planning to do?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTyWrlT2Vd
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuVF8lC81V
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyY1FOjfEe
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqAPOCwLVG
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ppntGC0no
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48IvnYoHvC
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSRF0Joxdh
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGJjeA1shy
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTW3hMJeTZ
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDnwm4DpMg
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zjHoS9VJG
vacant space weren't as good as her.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOoahQmaPb
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEOSfsQjwZ
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcBGlIQB9A
lucky charm.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZ8qt9hcC5
And he needed her back real bad.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPdoHU6wBq
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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRkBk65haK
"I have a job for you."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdCTxKgOsv
***909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgwMpZi6U6
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItwDN4cfWi
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbKxxrhOxr
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4f9birDA8
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGi7QhNMZB
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2Dc2X88ft
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMLmyyeRmW
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6A9euqW40
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRnLQObY8H
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQpTZJJs6Y
serious.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbzsRcjZSQ
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVfB6g9P2G
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuklsSykMSX
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvg2YUudPt
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoZLqDJ4Mq
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQM8cVJNAp
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeWH9R21ku
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3V7M4nooib
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOS9R2RSqX
between the two of you considering what happened."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHNIhZG7Uw
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibatRrh8Yp
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsT2I37tQLW
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmKsAzaa2H
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vSP78ZyXW
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LLwAOMH6Z
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYbY9VC2yC
"And you never apologised for it," said 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoJpQrSWT2
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JfgeGyXaH
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2XOCFNT2p
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZAQ3lVjNy
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg53hYxoMpZ
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEY8l8JXXh
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2SRGSZVNz
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIPSBotiIU
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWU1ZOX9RHO
for what happened to her.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZ87BIcNrr
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi67FwejV5c
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApHck4qA4x
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3GXaM7Ekr
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyQsWhLH0D
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Amzd0qqIz
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOX2vdsZIVA
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5elygCOPw
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmAmWrp7sh
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoyREzvwpI
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqW1hSuGNj
back at the club.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYyPPXtHun
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkeOof7XR5
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXaSWQgXYA
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHgwfxZ5b4
sisters completely.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwww1htIHx3
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tXypUUGIh
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhu3a4YoAv0
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6WoSahKIm
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBjmQLDEWq
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrm5O5YIyW
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQLt0aOB7P
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpydEsh48Mc
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp95mnONuzv
club, not him.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0YDJw3Uka
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7psEA9rSz
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6G7VNsGjQs
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaYwiTqBat
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylwbkxtQyp
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbV2LiS1dMn
at each other yet, have you?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRO2fdNbR1L
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCUoyL8PHO
"No," they answered at the same time.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzuSgA76CZ
"Great. That's good to know."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgJKrYJhgm
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvutNpahz2
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMgL5vYoVH
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7XlB1yEoB
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLy8tNejxvK
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4JWwDjb3G
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGIBGwt8CG
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeFtIZ2CI7
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeX8Ifks5R
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Eau4JMXw0
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRJtuXLwIZ
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMyKc6JVYy
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6CN1AzreW
long."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMKH7cXLDk
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJMPA4A4XW
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4arXwvB93X
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBI7BSxtyL2
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bk2RbSJvX
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36IkDYvHY6
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETCdyikoxj
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAj2tXSPFgH
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqiupJev7d
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIIH0NbFxj
Not like this. Something was wrong.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXaGSwFN1C
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7e1NiAy1U
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkm36oXk4M0
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIT46Z6Ei4K
embarrassed?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHa6IPWmq5
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsPnmmRcZW
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlW39zGOzmY
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4Nn3NTKtB
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJc5ylZ49a
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGwc26Bz0d
today?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKhoEOrIRp
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlPirxZuJP
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3or05jUTK7
you want."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqPVBk6YOm
"It worked for you, didn't it?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInI10tlxUC
"What do you mean?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEJflNmoVg
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91r1U1LC8k
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9g2mpBfUiZ
sister."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1KYXq6qKQ
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5p4WY2Kba1
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmCXGhpE6t
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0FuXgUAXm
"I'm just speaking the truth."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnv5Ajtkij
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktrmRnj8NE
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjV4Q31KzY8
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21RufrMc6H
"I was protecting my sister."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDHz61eP3P
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Qe0l1Wh6B
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4PgBANngk
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeIerWeuHk
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRtnK4epoO
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCAknq3Bu8
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0EXBhkGDn
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5PUz7Wul3
betray you like Carly betrayed me."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6D9eIBQa7
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLg8CLCi2Qu
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSpvtg1xad
crystal glass.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9N3SbquWPa
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWy3l4oF3T
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bwpfKp9DH
in this situation right now."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4II8jNDr1
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdC7V0vR4u
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2dbyiehNI
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUNcgamBk8
actions.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXbCiWKlw8
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ts26TKdfJ
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyE0jMOoXI
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAtU6VvQOI
near Carly."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmIyYOU30f
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEsSsU3gHT
"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......"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5i3sSjCEgb
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7IRP1af91
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMHpR1rcBX
Carly, she would be insulting herself.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BTGfF0zEk
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktrRYoP7bC
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1U7MscaCUA
"That would never happen."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBCoM6UzTJ
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRqNl09HIc
"A fool in love, yes."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkkUsJAo2T
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFPg5gBY69
"Why? Because you don't like me?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdapLCWOH2V
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl59tSX6Vr9
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5bo1XsErq
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwWorg2nu1
and my accident that she would ever change."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmDoribRtM
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYXOvECKXW
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJqRd8940E
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmh0j9BHPD
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvu1HN3q2HV
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2D7Qo5SSF
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0k6HwEQa2
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ15TO6T9Lf
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KDGY1kS86
puzzled.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG07MJOwhp
***909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6ZVav6qzI
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4M6WycWaD
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4qE5HPaTa
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJPU2Oa7r8
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBotZhJeBY
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mBmRsK6dk
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XZx7qqw6e
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzwaDI6noo
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvlYuemnFR
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6934F4Esv3
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM24veOBIMM
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMG2kqJs082
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPS8ACPOVr3
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oNJMVvw0L
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCttduv3VP
McDonell should be.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzft6oKpHX
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO26XGke7sr
"Our family has been successfully with the 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWqX4N6Ugn
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU40R3I6AuA
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8PE3jcGC4
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpGHgBRiR3
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYfh4xIOfl
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLy4AIdYCfD
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lkPepidLK
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmHfk3lPds
especially from my brother. He is so kind."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BKcAyfwEA
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJfmDH2hgc
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQJKne58RC
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVegSPNsP5
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbT3O2uCEbh
model.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYyrIEsfPm
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeyIEGHSLz
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgh01ZsyVZc
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLtOgpQk9b
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6tFYeSD9W
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fQpRsExvQ
the financial state her family was in.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JzfMTEt0Z
But now that she was with the McDonell 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YNpA25nJG
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90J3Frwl2r
she has always wanted.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1JWPv3TMt
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1ALttYhYz
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMXvaqijTc
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7GD0cdltv
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihnRMisjVe
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxlxSECo8k
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIF7AaF92IB
"That would be awesome."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8Lpc0ZFYK
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMt28IWmmpw
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMCQ5ei2WK
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZ0I9AtrLl
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXNltqYTH2
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqC9s4r5IPB
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cchVXikuh
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzygZgz0dkT
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehNa7bgtmy
Miranda.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIZmfpT29y
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhi9HxZ6s82
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbtbnE0g1e
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29ofOtFC2O
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51sXSLBRMa
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv79u97a1Pd
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDGnuHe7f4
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5c0Hr6vH64
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GJFRdtOaY
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVh627oJpQV
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDm2NGN7QmZ
she never ever discussed her life with them.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLUPMszfrq
Could it be Miranda?909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrW161K6pi
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcjTzfegHL
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOUhwVnF6i
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJ9OTnHLzY
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla2oYvcVdU
And now she was calling Carly after all this909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVNKdY53dt
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxOaypy8X5
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDTqh7aEwG
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZDuZ9RCua
betrayal.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhbb4ZBq6L
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVHNJP2Aui
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVORpD78MTa
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRITKnT7sK
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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