Leo had a smile on his 787Please respect copyright.PENANA4eoflsCNAG
face when he brought himself to a comfortable position. He never had 787Please respect copyright.PENANAQSkTNIs9E4
this excited yet happy feeling within himself just by staring at the 787Please respect copyright.PENANATD5aU3Dq1B
face right in front of him.787Please respect copyright.PENANAyqBa0QvvX7
It was morning and the 787Please respect copyright.PENANAq3l1CNYrwm
sun rays managed to seep into his room giving it a wonderful golden 787Please respect copyright.PENANAzBbgV6xIgx
glow. But nothing in his room shined brighter than the woman sleeping 787Please respect copyright.PENANAP0KwtOmr7E
next to him who had the lovely skin colour of bronze that shined 787Please respect copyright.PENANAGFMEpX079a
brilliantly in the morning sun.787Please respect copyright.PENANAXk9PJcdsXB
Carly had joined him 787Please respect copyright.PENANAWhjv6o28XB
last night after she had watched a movie with Angel, Eric and Oliver. By787Please respect copyright.PENANABjq1UQgaN9
then, it was already late, Kim had left a good two hours ago and almost787Please respect copyright.PENANAOWQ3wxI4cq
everyone in the house had gone to sleep, except from the two love 787Please respect copyright.PENANA7BQ5KFNmfc
birds, of course.787Please respect copyright.PENANAgQxm0YpTj7
It was good she came, 787Please respect copyright.PENANAlbxBjYapsL
Leo thought to himself as he continued to stare at her. She was still 787Please respect copyright.PENANAKU56WkcRoQ
sleeping and she looked beautiful, no doubt in his mind that she was. He787Please respect copyright.PENANAQXMQ4HOVD3
wished time could slow down so that he could look at her for just a 787Please respect copyright.PENANADDiGkg4i4Q
little while longer. Sooner than later, he would have to wake her up.787Please respect copyright.PENANABA6Uh3CjwM
He stretched his hand 787Please respect copyright.PENANA6tg4iWpDLC
and ran it through her lovely silky black hair. For an African American,787Please respect copyright.PENANACeYrQk8rdo
her hair was gorgeous. He tucked away a strand of her hair that was on 787Please respect copyright.PENANAEYbzKYBqKw
her cheek. When his hand brushed over her cheek, ever so gently upon 787Please respect copyright.PENANAGBcvJ8MWTs
pulling it away, her eyes slowly flew open.787Please respect copyright.PENANAoNpUJts9b4
"Morning, sleepy head," said Leo with a smile.787Please respect copyright.PENANAvmMNjgDRsZ
She didn't respond as 787Please respect copyright.PENANA0PApNTJrMo
she smiled through her sleepy eyes and closed them again. She still 787Please respect copyright.PENANAjwvIA1qDOt
looked so beautiful with that goofy smile on her face, he thought to 787Please respect copyright.PENANA5g8EnGSFyK
himself. Leo chuckled.787Please respect copyright.PENANAzo3L36bgE4
"It's already morning?" she asked as she opened her eyes again and looked at him.787Please respect copyright.PENANATSpbhr6OEp
"Sadly, yes," he replied. "You know what that means."787Please respect copyright.PENANABj0nd3CiGA
Carly groaned like a little girl who didn't want to wake up to go to school as she covered her head with the bed covers.787Please respect copyright.PENANAn2aiTB94bF
Leo continued to chuckle. "Come on, you know the drill." He sat up and uncovered the bed cover covering her head.787Please respect copyright.PENANAEkIYrYoTI4
"Fine," she said as she gave up and sat up on the bed. "I really hoped that I could stay a little longer."787Please respect copyright.PENANAiakTBlvG6q
"You're right. But I 787Please respect copyright.PENANAL9vfjM4XqO
better get you out of here before anyone wakes up. It might be a weekend787Please respect copyright.PENANAvmvLaIDv6C
but there are still a lot of early birds around here."787Please respect copyright.PENANA8j5AZotiuS
Carly smiled at him. "Like you?"787Please respect copyright.PENANA2xZGjtqwW7
"Like my dad. Come on, we better hurry."787Please respect copyright.PENANAYGkjt7F0SC
They both got out of bed787Please respect copyright.PENANAAPGrRTjCED
and got dressed into their nightwear covering themselves with their 787Please respect copyright.PENANAEchwhjPMVj
sleeping gowns. They sneaked out of Leo's room and they tiptoed all the 787Please respect copyright.PENANAKSdfaYUOzh
way to Carly's.787Please respect copyright.PENANArA08aBTTwN
"Thanks," said Carly in a low voice when they got to the door. "I'll continue sleeping and we will meet later on."787Please respect copyright.PENANATyCUva9FOo
"Great, I'll see you soon," said Leo as he smiled.787Please respect copyright.PENANA0JTNukiopa
Carly gave him a simple 787Please respect copyright.PENANAfxDfYfO2bQ
peck on the cheek and quickly went in her room. For a moment, Leo 787Please respect copyright.PENANAMUeeoIAnSF
couldn't help but stand there for a moment, lost in thought, until he 787Please respect copyright.PENANAKIQ4TKeZhB
realised that he had been standing there looking at the door. He smiled 787Please respect copyright.PENANA8wpY4oDMsT
at his stupidity as he made his way back to his room.787Please respect copyright.PENANANVmEEKYWyg
Just when he got there, he changed his mind and thought he really needed a cup of coffee.787Please respect copyright.PENANALNxhBaULp2
He made his way 787Please respect copyright.PENANAJLKztKJA9H
downstairs and before he could make his way to the kitchen when he 787Please respect copyright.PENANAMSB092tlbG
reached the bottom of the stairs, he heard a noise coming from the 787Please respect copyright.PENANAIDGXasOgbW
kitchen.787Please respect copyright.PENANA7fFmR0EjiF
He wondered who could be787Please respect copyright.PENANApThANrupm0
up at this early hour. He knew his dad was always an early bird, but 787Please respect copyright.PENANAr54o6MY8AZ
when it came to the weekend, Leo knew he wouldn't be awake for another 787Please respect copyright.PENANABV3lHV2CGz
hour. He made his way to the kitchen and what he saw, shook him a 787Please respect copyright.PENANAeNUfw4UDCY
little.787Please respect copyright.PENANApMNTMYEhTi
Angel was standing by 787Please respect copyright.PENANAdfTcZD9cwu
the kitchen counter where she had put up the coffee maker to make some 787Please respect copyright.PENANAGD5aB42RF9
coffee. Her presence somehow didn't matter to him, but there was some 787Please respect copyright.PENANAi1rS8G3OKY
thing that shook him the moment he got there.787Please respect copyright.PENANAuJEZS50lc4
Angel was standing, and not on a wheelchair.787Please respect copyright.PENANAECgvYV4oYR
Sensing someone's presence, Angel turned to the door. When she saw Leo, she neither gave an angry look nor a smile.787Please respect copyright.PENANAMqjKkdsIQf
"Morning," she greeted as she turned back to the machine on the counter.787Please respect copyright.PENANAn6qC7IKTQc
"Morning," Leo somehow managed to say. "You're up early."787Please respect copyright.PENANASdHdktdqON
"I just had to."787Please respect copyright.PENANAGsaqdW1uYv
"Ummm," Leo still 787Please respect copyright.PENANAoJYYivR5w9
couldn't believe that Angel was standing in front of him. He expected 787Please respect copyright.PENANAx3qr4PFLIw
her to be still on her wheelchair. "Are you going somewhere?"787Please respect copyright.PENANAwCw88ayagC
"Thought of taking a walk to strengthen my legs a little."787Please respect copyright.PENANAASTj2q9gbV
The coffee maker soon 787Please respect copyright.PENANA4X1ixJDpPV
finished making her coffee and the room became slient. Angel went over 787Please respect copyright.PENANAid6ke8Mbko
to the cupboard next to the sink to get a mug. There was a slight limp 787Please respect copyright.PENANAGrhrIsevJf
in her walk, but all in all, she seemed okay and not in much pain.787Please respect copyright.PENANAjUEXaSIZcb
Just as Angel was heading back to the coffee maker, she noticed Leo's eyes on her. She turned to look at him.787Please respect copyright.PENANAanynHRz7s8
"Why are you looking at me like you've just seen a ghost?" she asked.787Please respect copyright.PENANAoe5h6mLI5C
"Uh..." Leo hesitated. "I'm just surprised that you're walking."787Please respect copyright.PENANA8ePUZY6x4f
"Why? You wanted me 787Please respect copyright.PENANA02NbFvWFDH
confined to a wheelchair forever?" Angel raised an eyebrow at him before787Please respect copyright.PENANAXdNVvD7jXz
she turned towards the coffee maker and went over to it to pour herself787Please respect copyright.PENANAsvV7hpGTb2
a cup.787Please respect copyright.PENANA5PIIRU1zvR
"Umm, no. I'm just surprised, that's all."787Please respect copyright.PENANAF3HmGTPS0Q
"The doctor said I should start walking around to strengthen my legs."787Please respect copyright.PENANAmSO6pSMyhQ
Leo just nodded his head but he was still in shock. He expected her to be confined to her wheelchair a little while longer.787Please respect copyright.PENANA90afCnsPRp
"You still don't seem 787Please respect copyright.PENANA8b8NJ8OrA0
happy that I'm walking again," said Angel, bringing Leo back from his 787Please respect copyright.PENANAa3gFPkClu4
thoughts. "I hope you don't think that this will get in your way of 787Please respect copyright.PENANAUMm8IcctQS
things."787Please respect copyright.PENANAnzzCIW0hde
Leo was the one to raise his eyebrows this time around. "What do you mean?"787Please respect copyright.PENANAkk4XSX8OeQ
Angel took a sip of her 787Please respect copyright.PENANABTw0dun4Ee
coffee as she leaned on the counter and placed her hand on it. "You know787Please respect copyright.PENANAObxXViaX36
what I mean. I know Carly didn't sleep in her room last night. She 787Please respect copyright.PENANAcnd1p9dlGk
spent her night with you."787Please respect copyright.PENANAiK5LBOIuC8
Leo retaliated, "that's not true."787Please respect copyright.PENANApo8YpWu4EW
Angel smirked and Leo 787Please respect copyright.PENANAHBlqa2MaZy
felt his cheeks heat up suddenly. He cursed himself from the inside 787Please respect copyright.PENANAv86AgUX1gM
still not understanding why he was feeling like this.787Please respect copyright.PENANAZWj8AearUP
"Tell it to the person who is now able to walk up the stairs," she said.787Please respect copyright.PENANAro53FHnqPH
"Does that matter? Carly is a grown woman, you know?"787Please respect copyright.PENANAGhHw0GEOV9
"Carly is a grown woman, yes, but that doesn't mean she knows that what she's doing might lead her into trouble."787Please respect copyright.PENANAmyqOGnhXaD
Leo shook his head. "I don't think I want to talk about this with you."787Please respect copyright.PENANAaS2WT6nppz
"You're right, Leo. It's787Please respect copyright.PENANATrKYf06IBL
early in the morning and I would rather walk around the garden to 787Please respect copyright.PENANAfx1JJ7Ekeq
exercise my legs rather than talk about something that I know I don't 787Please respect copyright.PENANAkRNfDhb0F7
have any control over."787Please respect copyright.PENANAdrqzVcGEgD
Leo was a little shocked787Please respect copyright.PENANAGkYBg1H2I3
to hear Angel talk like this. Was she finally giving up, allowing Leo 787Please respect copyright.PENANAsxTbFgR3wP
and Carly the chance to be happy? Or was she playing some kind of mind 787Please respect copyright.PENANA1MR0XCl11W
game?787Please respect copyright.PENANA1AibNviJzN
She slowly made her way 787Please respect copyright.PENANAuLZGTEKJU7
to the backdoor of the house still with her coffee mug. Leo continued to787Please respect copyright.PENANAvqY56SwXlW
look at her and something came up in his mind.787Please respect copyright.PENANARjzReKRTga
"How do you know, Carly's room?" Leo asked suddenly.787Please respect copyright.PENANAcigjRgHRCr
Angel stopped upon reaching the door and slowly turned to look at him.787Please respect copyright.PENANA2IyTpv19WX
"I beg your pardon?" she asked politely. Leo wasn't buying it.787Please respect copyright.PENANA01kPFOIlAk
"The time you came into 787Please respect copyright.PENANASQmeX6T9Zy
this house, you were still in your wheelchair and you never made it up 787Please respect copyright.PENANAcD6suBawV2
the stairs. So how do you know where Carly's room is?"787Please respect copyright.PENANAUkexi6pYon
Angel smiled at Leo. 787Please respect copyright.PENANA6MpdeLo4sa
"Yesterday when Carly came home and after we argued in the study, she 787Please respect copyright.PENANA3Dc1rwXEpz
invited me to come over to her room since she wanted to show me what she787Please respect copyright.PENANAA8mDSMv39C
bought from the mall. With the help of two of the house helps, they got787Please respect copyright.PENANAj74QDXev1k
me up the stairs and when they helped me back down afterwards."787Please respect copyright.PENANAC3SO6Ir5XV
"I don't believe you."787Please respect copyright.PENANAgOBW6xLDCv
"You don't have to, Mr 787Please respect copyright.PENANAy8kjJxjN6K
Detective," Angel gave him a fake smile. "I don't have to prove myself 787Please respect copyright.PENANA0kEp7o8Gke
that I'm telling the truth because you would never believe me and it 787Please respect copyright.PENANAgwfWwmVvUj
will clearly be a waste of my precious time."787Please respect copyright.PENANA5GHvOOO8A1
Angel turned back to face the door and unlocked it. When she swung the door open, she turned to look at Leo.787Please respect copyright.PENANAvOu4WJK7pB
"I'll be heading out for787Please respect copyright.PENANAd5FTDxCSPs
a stroll in the garden. I would have liked if you would accompany me, 787Please respect copyright.PENANATm41dugndB
but, as usual, things wouldn't end so well, would it?"787Please respect copyright.PENANATtKdCE0Y3w
Leo didn't have to 787Please respect copyright.PENANA84sIudrGnp
answer that question and Angel didn't expect him to. She slowly walked 787Please respect copyright.PENANAj7KwH8buwE
out of the kitchen as silently as she could and closed the door behind 787Please respect copyright.PENANAEQar4DRFU7
her.787Please respect copyright.PENANAt2h6zzKQRQ
Leo stared at the closed787Please respect copyright.PENANAnqM1JqEBRo
door and he couldn't tell if he was angry at Angel like he always has 787Please respect copyright.PENANANqFx6wGuRH
or he was just surprised that she was able to walk around again. Either 787Please respect copyright.PENANAmqJh69tZI0
way, he forgot about making coffee and went back to his room, feeling 787Please respect copyright.PENANAtmb2CBkrdB
utterly disturbed.787Please respect copyright.PENANAVFFpLoBhOQ
***787Please respect copyright.PENANAqVqcHsvKPB
In787Please respect copyright.PENANAUElwwiJXRB
an hour's time, almost everyone in the McDonell mansion was awake. At 787Please respect copyright.PENANASAyys6QL3V
the breakfast table, Mr McDonell and Amanda were having their breakfast.787Please respect copyright.PENANAm1SjAQvoau
Leo and Eric soon came to join them.787Please respect copyright.PENANAOHxqaKY2pg
"Morning grandma, morning dad," said Leo as he sat beside his grandmother.787Please respect copyright.PENANA3KCwykuZab
"Morning," said Amanda.787Please respect copyright.PENANAZuncVmnEHw
"Morning," said Mr McDonell who was looking at his daily newspaper.787Please respect copyright.PENANAvL3SbM6onc
"Hope you all slept well," said Eric as he sat opposite Leo and Amanda.787Please respect copyright.PENANAiKGCn01r4v
"We did," said Amanda with a smile. "And I can see you two boys slept well too."787Please respect copyright.PENANAVPwewfIiTV
"I sure as hell did," said Eric.787Please respect copyright.PENANAtLVIlNURG9
"And787Please respect copyright.PENANAzflDFfGAG9
Leo has this smile on his face," said Mr McDonell. He might have been 787Please respect copyright.PENANAyxEsqKqoRB
looking at the newspaper, but he was pretty observant.787Please respect copyright.PENANAMwNr5jc3iq
"Do I?" Leo asked.787Please respect copyright.PENANA5XyaHqu0Nh
"Of course, dear," said Amanda. "That smile is even making you look more handsome."787Please respect copyright.PENANAeOBjSYrfEL
Leo787Please respect copyright.PENANAaxABNhKsQS
continued to smile. And he knew the reason why. He noticed his cousin 787Please respect copyright.PENANA8TfEdJorxF
looking at him across the table. Leo couldn't help but feel that Eric 787Please respect copyright.PENANAxAjev5x9Xn
knew the reason too.787Please respect copyright.PENANArePvoli8Ac
"Do you have any plans today, boys?" Amanda asked as she drank her tea.787Please respect copyright.PENANAfyrMW3AqMR
"No, granny," Eric replied as he got two slices of toast. "It's a weekend after all."787Please respect copyright.PENANAm9oCVEpKt3
"I just wanted to know. It would be nice to spend some quality time with you two handsome grandsons of mine."787Please respect copyright.PENANAWjfuzUR6oM
"You would," said Leo. "We aren't going anywhere."787Please respect copyright.PENANAZjHYbEJDOE
"Lovely."787Please respect copyright.PENANACLg2ZBgjOQ
A few seconds later, just as Leo was pouring tea from the teapot into his cup, Angel walked in.787Please respect copyright.PENANAjSFxSTCKXL
"Morning, everyone," she greeted.787Please respect copyright.PENANA0z42OATAdV
Upon787Please respect copyright.PENANA91eV60wUdG
hearing her voice and seeing her face, Leo spelt some tea on the table.787Please respect copyright.PENANAm7w3Zlwebc
Some almost poured on his trousers, but he was very lucky.787Please respect copyright.PENANARwwy2WbUXS
"Oh, my, careful, Leo," said Amanda. "You would have got burnt."787Please respect copyright.PENANAvlfQq1dvjK
"I'm fine," said Leo as he cleaned up the spelt tea with a napkin.787Please respect copyright.PENANAH67DHzG2In
"Oh, morning, Angel," said Amanda, then she gasped. "I didn't realise that you're walking and not on your wheelchair."787Please respect copyright.PENANAjr11FxX8Db
Eric787Please respect copyright.PENANA7lo5FY36bE
quickly turned to look at Angel and he also looked surprised. Mr 787Please respect copyright.PENANA9NPGB5qkc8
McDonell smiled at Angel. Leo groaned as he realised that all that he 787Please respect copyright.PENANAOXvh9rJarN
had seen earlier wasn't a dream.787Please respect copyright.PENANAhNFRv82GKm
"Yes, the doctor told me that I should start walking to strengthen my legs a little," said Angel.787Please respect copyright.PENANAqtnpQTMO5G
"Well, that's good," said Mr McDonell.787Please respect copyright.PENANAjAQvD0Vkq5
Eric stood up from his seat and drew out a chair next to him for Angel.787Please respect copyright.PENANAwgdl4ZWCLH
"You can take a seat here," said Eric.787Please respect copyright.PENANAoGuHtH1U5E
"Thank you, Eric," said Angel as she slowly but gradually made her way to the table and sat down.787Please respect copyright.PENANArBHdNE7HQa
"It's good to see you walking again, dear," said Amanda.787Please respect copyright.PENANAp7ApsG2RVi
"It does feel good, Amanda," Angel smiled.787Please respect copyright.PENANAOKLg2AlqWV
"So does that mean you will be going back to work anytime soon?" Mr McDonell asked.787Please respect copyright.PENANAmu5MJxJTkn
"I've been given more time from work to recuperate before I go back."787Please respect copyright.PENANADLOakvPziW
"Okay, then. If you don't mind, I would like to talk to you about something. And Carly too. After breakfast, that is."787Please respect copyright.PENANA749kvu2zic
Angel nodded her head. "Of course."787Please respect copyright.PENANAQlhwBd7VMz
Leo787Please respect copyright.PENANATROdI1iItV
couldn't help but feel that something was up. Could it be that his 787Please respect copyright.PENANA5e8bb3oIkn
grandmother had told his father about Angel working at the company? Leo 787Please respect copyright.PENANA35JtKZldmU
hoped she hadn't. And if she did, he hoped his father had disagreed with787Please respect copyright.PENANAN9tvlsDCn3
her and that he wanted to talk to Angel about something else.787Please respect copyright.PENANAUhgix29kOl
Angel787Please respect copyright.PENANACqfRqURh7B
poured herself a glass of juice and looked up at Leo who had looked 787Please respect copyright.PENANAJIdihlm6MS
away after he realised that he had been looking at her since she sat at 787Please respect copyright.PENANAwvDgNHquII
the table. Angel ignored him as she got some toast.787Please respect copyright.PENANAtscfnS91On
While the others continued to have breakfast, Oliver and his mother, Diana, joined them.787Please respect copyright.PENANArVzEK2mLjy
"I'll787Please respect copyright.PENANATV8Pijq4s9
be in my study if you need me," said Mr McDonell as he drank the last 787Please respect copyright.PENANAlFI4Y89qNE
of his coffee. "Angel, you can join me in the study when you're done."787Please respect copyright.PENANA5DoZaQyfXa
"Yes, I would," said Angel.787Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6TSbLsxmJ
Mr McDonell soon left the dining room.787Please respect copyright.PENANArGvzr8Hmjb
"I see that you're not sitting on your wheelchair, Angel," said Diana.787Please respect copyright.PENANAC0NF3EdkGb
"Yes, I'm not."787Please respect copyright.PENANALe0NJDPDvw
"That's nice," said Oliver. "It would be so much easier now taking you around."787Please respect copyright.PENANASKOUjNGTFV
"Why? You want to take me around the house? I never got that opportunity since I wasn't feeling too well."787Please respect copyright.PENANAiLv0Y75v18
"Yes, I would."787Please respect copyright.PENANAefN996spnd
Angel smiled at Oliver, sitting next to her. "Charming."787Please respect copyright.PENANAGRT0NZrWWE
"I'm afraid that's the one thing all the boys have in this house, charm," said Diana. "And sadly, no one can say no to them."787Please respect copyright.PENANA2u88iDINHS
"Well, it doesn't work on me," said Amanda.787Please respect copyright.PENANAzLhhDI5x87
Almost everyone at the table laughed, except Leo.787Please respect copyright.PENANA0iXtIcU2PY
"You can take me around the house after I'm done talking with your uncle, okay?"787Please respect copyright.PENANAoDAuYTN7Bu
"Yes."787Please respect copyright.PENANA9XZoBvQrUL
Leo787Please respect copyright.PENANAAfxLU7d6H3
soon found himself standing up, ready to leave the table. He had had 787Please respect copyright.PENANASLVQWgLRY3
enough of his breakfast and he certainly had had enough of everyone 787Please respect copyright.PENANAAk5ZQ77nwy
talking about Angel.787Please respect copyright.PENANA6EeIplbKsj
Surprisingly, Angel also stood up from her seat at the same time as he did. The two of them looked at each other for a moment.787Please respect copyright.PENANAO9UmXPtWRU
"I'll be going to see Mr McDonell in his office now," said Angel as she drew away from the table.787Please respect copyright.PENANAUXo9dlC0rk
"You'll find us here," said Amanda.787Please respect copyright.PENANATmTVHkcuqG
Before Angel could find 787Please respect copyright.PENANAVbl1DzkmP1
her way out of the dining room, Carly soon came in. And she paused upon 787Please respect copyright.PENANA2bnkcOezbC
seeing her sister, standing on her own.787Please respect copyright.PENANAM1SpC6lN28
"Wow, Angel," said Carly with a surprised look on his face. "You're walking again."787Please respect copyright.PENANAJOHu8ep2d4
Angel only smiled. "Yes," she said. "You should have your breakfast and come to the study."787Please respect copyright.PENANARFsMP3JLzU
"To the study? Why?" The excited look Carly had on her face, soon disappeared.787Please respect copyright.PENANAMtX25ONVPL
"Mr McDonell wants to have a word. You'll find me there."787Please respect copyright.PENANARybasX89Pi
Angel made her way out of the dining room while Carly stood there wondering what Mr McDonell wanted to talk about.
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