"Don't you think you should have done something by now?" Miranda asked with her arms folded.499Please respect copyright.PENANAEVk3RtHUjD
"What do you mean, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAnwmy7eHbr0
"I mean, a week has passed and you haven't reported those people for the damages they caused in the bar that day."499Please respect copyright.PENANASpiErS3Oau
"Why do you bring up that argument every time, woman!" Mr Walters looked pretty upset.499Please respect copyright.PENANAua1jK4W52Z
"Because, they almost left you for dead and the place was in a mess. Someone has to pay for the damages you know."499Please respect copyright.PENANAEyiPGRgodZ
"Look, Miranda, I admit,499Please respect copyright.PENANACb5ap0gbUq
those people really trashed up the place, but I couldn't report them. 499Please respect copyright.PENANANaEfuX2Rck
As far as I know, Carly also lost her mother. Now imagine this, your 499Please respect copyright.PENANAwm7nq86IiF
sister gets into an accident and then your mother dies on the same day. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAJFJDZ3X9pR
Won't that be too much too handle?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAlFAR4TZHPK
Miranda tapped her foot 499Please respect copyright.PENANAp5it2Xb3Ec
as she stared down at her boss who sat behind his office desk looking up499Please respect copyright.PENANAfXvM8ZbMBF
at her. He had a few bruises on his face and a slight bump at the back 499Please respect copyright.PENANADMnzQtG5Yr
of his head. All in all, he still looked okay.499Please respect copyright.PENANAwWWi9Ryy5c
"You might have a point though," said Miranda, "but I still think you should have reported them."499Please respect copyright.PENANAsAYi5IisJM
"You know I couldn't 499Please respect copyright.PENANAvanOhThriu
report to the police. If they got to search this place, they might find 499Please respect copyright.PENANAvDRuJBbQL0
out what dirty business goes on and we would have been in big trouble. I499Please respect copyright.PENANAnEtQPqmpaO
can't risk losing my business. We all benefit from it."499Please respect copyright.PENANAjHUEZS1dYy
"I see your point there. So, those guys are just going to get away with it, huh?" Miranda asked.499Please respect copyright.PENANANw7THI2cPP
"No, let things cool 499Please respect copyright.PENANA36uN2fxaRE
down for a little while longer. Once Carly's sister gets better, then I 499Please respect copyright.PENANACmNXnvvrIh
will be able to do what I do best. Nobody trashes up my place and gets 499Please respect copyright.PENANAAubJzmqJaS
away with it that easily."499Please respect copyright.PENANADIcvgF2kA4
Miranda smiled. "Now that's what I wanted to hear."499Please respect copyright.PENANAbjLO0w3Pm9
***499Please respect copyright.PENANA3YAUrCtq1p
"You didn't tell him, did you?"499Please respect copyright.PENANA2enPuQWc1q
Angel499Please respect copyright.PENANAuc9SnpOTm1
stared at Eric and Carly who stood at the edge of the bed looking at 499Please respect copyright.PENANA5BMFC210nh
her with a kind of expression Angel couldn't quite put together. Angel 499Please respect copyright.PENANAv219zBxX1l
raised an eyebrow as she waited for an answer.499Please respect copyright.PENANAU5T1GS8agp
"Well... we.... ahh...," Carly couldn't even find the right words.499Please respect copyright.PENANABtKyJamZzx
"With the look on your faces, it's quite clear that Mr McDonell doesn't know the whole truth," said Angel. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAakh3Idufb4
"It's true, Angel," said Eric. "No one knows the whole truth apart from the four of us."499Please respect copyright.PENANApL3QSlUTbU
"You guys are unbelievable! Just because I couldn't talk for a whole week, you decided to twist the whole story around?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAChLeAvQiPc
"We're sorry, Angel," said Carly, "we just didn't want to make things complicated."499Please respect copyright.PENANAfoOzXOe9R3
"Make things complicated! Carly, you just made everything worse!"499Please respect copyright.PENANA8yUZlZm2zg
Angel's499Please respect copyright.PENANANLVT753xjn
anger was rising to the surface and she knew she was going to burst any499Please respect copyright.PENANAafQI3KjLb5
moment. Things now looked messy, and Angel felt it was all her fault. 499Please respect copyright.PENANA3FkfwZbbgL
She could have avoided all this, but it looked like things went out of 499Please respect copyright.PENANAYMeRg11Re9
hand.499Please respect copyright.PENANABaH7OBUEy1
"So, even when giving a police report, you all lied?" Angel asked.499Please respect copyright.PENANAwPlpP7Yw1G
"We all agreed to it," said Eric, "no one was to know the real reason as to why Leo was never there at the wedding."499Please respect copyright.PENANAQBp54Xe3uI
"And you used my accident as an escape plan, then?" Angel's face was heating up.499Please respect copyright.PENANADZTLk5F7Sf
"We just had to do it, Angel," said Eric. "If we didn't, we were going to be in a lot of trouble."499Please respect copyright.PENANALFQRhc4PA1
"In trouble with who? I want to know because you're already in trouble with me."499Please respect copyright.PENANAHrcNny8gEO
"Please, don't ask," said Eric, "you look like you're going to burst any moment and you need to rest."499Please respect copyright.PENANAESAP86L4LI
"I'll only rest until you try to fix this mess."499Please respect copyright.PENANAy4HP4QJqyM
"What's499Please respect copyright.PENANAa1CSRDyIDK
done is done, Angel," said Carly, "everyone thinks Eric and Leo just 499Please respect copyright.PENANAHGVJlCaBZl
went out for a ride and then you got hit by accident. If you tell the 499Please respect copyright.PENANAqrI6tVfWt0
truth, Leo might just end up in prison because they might think you 499Please respect copyright.PENANAbk4ODLZid1
being hit was intentional."499Please respect copyright.PENANALy5Xo2Isft
"As499Please respect copyright.PENANASiKLxhKB43
much as Leo had done most of the damage," said Angel, rolling her eyes,499Please respect copyright.PENANAh61YRiORPk
"I'm not that cruel to let him rot in prison. I might as well have 499Please respect copyright.PENANANc4UoIdkAI
dropped the charges."499Please respect copyright.PENANA4qt7zDZJDo
"But the damage is already done," said Eric, "we can't tell the truth. We could all be in big trouble."499Please respect copyright.PENANAfmv3d9oKTm
"And499Please respect copyright.PENANAO2Dg7N8KKD
imagine what Mr McDonell would have thought if he knew I once worked as499Please respect copyright.PENANAK0pYi1eaKX
a prostitute," said Carly, "he wouldn't have even offered to help us."499Please respect copyright.PENANAxy6iyQfHAX
"No,"499Please respect copyright.PENANAW3KCcyTJRk
said Angel, "I think you're wrong on that. If he truly was a good 499Please respect copyright.PENANAwo8AOUpO54
friend of our late mother, he still would have helped us."499Please respect copyright.PENANA0sY31AD5Wd
"Now that you have brought up my uncle in all this," Eric intervened quickly, "will you accept his proposal?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAyfaaH12lSc
Before499Please respect copyright.PENANA13dG2nFlEV
Mr McDonell had left, he had asked Angel if she and Carly could move 499Please respect copyright.PENANAOodfoIPhas
into his house and stay with the family. Angel said she would think 499Please respect copyright.PENANAlvLC4WK3Ww
about it and she had asked how her mother had died so suddenly on that 499Please respect copyright.PENANAFMmIgwXVUy
fateful day. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAI1K7eyj19c
As499Please respect copyright.PENANAk54nVTuRbw
Mr McDonell explained the events, to Angel, it was quite clear that Mr 499Please respect copyright.PENANAoxcrZvMLrR
McDonell didn't know the real reason why Leo wasn't at the wedding. 499Please respect copyright.PENANA5rU56evQ2e
Because he did say that he had called home and was told that Leo and 499Please respect copyright.PENANAeyCCw5PoKg
Eric were gone. And a few moments after calling Angel, the accident 499Please respect copyright.PENANAdsMKdBlSAx
occurred. Besides, he didn't pose any question as to why Angel and Carly499Please respect copyright.PENANADOuwM8UEWs
were along that street that day in the first place. It seemed to 499Please respect copyright.PENANAdIyTk2RXKD
everyone, that all that occurred was nothing but a coincidence.499Please respect copyright.PENANAv3uTj3kide
"I have already made up my mind," said Angel, "I think Carly and I shouldn't move in to your house."499Please respect copyright.PENANAvqIzokBoZO
Carly and Eric gave Angel horrifying looks. Carly came to sit close to her sister on the edge of the bed.499Please respect copyright.PENANAytnbZbHDcN
"What? But Angel...."499Please respect copyright.PENANAfV8DzALYH0
"But499Please respect copyright.PENANAKOLjkqCpUK
nothing, Carly," said Angel. "I don't think it's a good idea. As much 499Please respect copyright.PENANAAbATECGL1M
as Mr McDonell is trying to help us out, living in his house doesn't 499Please respect copyright.PENANAS92GcoQYec
seem right."499Please respect copyright.PENANAiuOW7xczXN
"Oh, really then? Is it that or are you saying that because you don't want to ever see Leo within your sight?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAyp0wqOcqkP
Angel didn't say anything for a second as she stared at her sister, trying to figure out the right words to use. 499Please respect copyright.PENANA301aY6SdWZ
"Its499Please respect copyright.PENANA0PTjewY5wT
not like that," said Angel. "I don't think its right after all that's 499Please respect copyright.PENANATFKCDZwl3l
happened. If we live in their house it would feel completely weird. Just499Please respect copyright.PENANACYAH6wOc5o
so you know, Leo and Eric aren't strangers to you and I anymore."499Please respect copyright.PENANAQUkSFV8DUV
"Angel, please think about it for one second," pleaded Carly.499Please respect copyright.PENANAVCx8r25j4r
"And why are you insisting? It's not like we have a house of our own. Or do you just want to be close to Leo?"499Please respect copyright.PENANA1Jj1V7hb93
Carly499Please respect copyright.PENANAvxMjaPGmez
looked baffled and Eric just stood there without saying a word. Angel 499Please respect copyright.PENANAajMH7xTnoC
noticed the blush come across her sister's cheeks and Angel felt like 499Please respect copyright.PENANALlMqXXAuoB
slapping it off her face.499Please respect copyright.PENANAT7hd0PzUKX
"Aren't you going to say anything? I already gave my reason," said Angel. "Now you tell me yours."499Please respect copyright.PENANALm6aAOOoao
Carly looked the other way and Eric stared down at his feet. Angel looked at Carly and then at Eric, and then back again.499Please respect copyright.PENANAn632od18h8
"Your silence tells me there is more to all this," said Angel, with an eyebrow raised. "Do the two of you still meet?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAsgkEuhFBfs
Carly499Please respect copyright.PENANAtxZV11ygis
played around with her fingers and Angel noticed. Carly had always done499Please respect copyright.PENANAAQx9NfzaTB
that whenever she was nervous and was trying to hide the truth.499Please respect copyright.PENANAUcMZTLsf7Z
Angel let out a sigh and sunk down deeper into the bed covers.499Please respect copyright.PENANAN6Hei7eTxE
"I think I don't have to say much since you already gave me your answer. I think I'll just rest now," Angel yawned.499Please respect copyright.PENANADe6wm4p0fx
"Angel, will you just-" 499Please respect copyright.PENANAGwqFhfU4t9
"Listen499Please respect copyright.PENANA3p5vYIs40Q
to you?"Angel finished the sentenced. "I'm tired of listening. Eric's 499Please respect copyright.PENANAsfAJ6eFzVa
right. I need some rest. So, may you please leave?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAmxn2yGAabo
Carly499Please respect copyright.PENANA5mEKNr92Dp
looked at her sister, but Angel turned her face the other way and 499Please respect copyright.PENANA10HcY9Ulri
closed her eyes. Before Carly could protest, Leo came closer to her and 499Please respect copyright.PENANAm1V9qJLZ7u
held her shoulder.499Please respect copyright.PENANAX3KcEgxNbn
"I think we should leave," said Eric, "I think she's had enough to handle for one day. Let's go."499Please respect copyright.PENANAnzk5WFnJw0
Carly499Please respect copyright.PENANAdgI9RP6d1D
didn't say a thing as she nodded her head. She slowly got up from the 499Please respect copyright.PENANAAoSMhRrH0u
bed and went out of the room with Eric behind her who closed the door.499Please respect copyright.PENANA7KaZU8G8ao
After499Please respect copyright.PENANAgztPPNRPBJ
Carly and Eric had left, Angel's eyes flew back open and only herself 499Please respect copyright.PENANAwh4CftpHnP
knew how much rage was stirring inside her. All she needed was rest and 499Please respect copyright.PENANAnwo1wWX9z7
to get better soon. And maybe, just maybe, she would give Leo a piece of499Please respect copyright.PENANAlQIaxFQxWc
her fist.499Please respect copyright.PENANAMetVAxiHm9
***499Please respect copyright.PENANAuM07cA7oD7
Leo499Please respect copyright.PENANApMGrJV909s
stared at his watch as he waited in the packing lot. His car was packed499Please respect copyright.PENANAJbfcldh8oD
in between two ambulances and he had a clear view of the entrance of 499Please respect copyright.PENANAVNNojYcg8j
the hospital. He saw Carly escort Eric to his car. Eric got into his car499Please respect copyright.PENANAtcEU3vQQa9
and drove off. And Carly stood there until Eric's car was out of sight.499Please respect copyright.PENANAfNf5aMDovu
Carly rushed over to where Leo had packed the car. Leo unlocked the car499Please respect copyright.PENANAh3WEZcRSlJ
door and Carly quickly went in the car.499Please respect copyright.PENANAPtcXb7Eayf
"Hey, how are you?" Leo asked. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAskwTnVGGFw
"Angel's mad," said Carly with a sulking look on her face, "how would I feel?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAJQ7EfiH0vz
"What happened?" Leo asked as he rolled his eyes.499Please respect copyright.PENANA8jm5Emzhdc
"Apparently,499Please respect copyright.PENANAHXMbR9HdDE
she's so smart enough that she figured out that your family doesn't 499Please respect copyright.PENANAA1sBDkLu3V
know the real reason why you weren't at the wedding that day. And she 499Please respect copyright.PENANAFHocfyN2Zr
has a hunch that the two of us are still seeing each other."499Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0ViOGa5Cu
"And she is mad just because of one little lie? Your sister is way too serious with such things."499Please respect copyright.PENANAwyaXK5eI5p
"To my sister, this lie might just complicate things. And she feels hurt because we used her accident as an escape plan."499Please respect copyright.PENANAwV8KH0tstM
Carly499Please respect copyright.PENANAhvyPVxgB59
paused for a while as she leaned into the car seat and breathed out 499Please respect copyright.PENANA3FBdM8IguR
deeply. There was silence for a while as Carly stared up at the car 499Please respect copyright.PENANA7si3HQjKwT
ceiling.499Please respect copyright.PENANAU6lsyyRjYa
"Somehow, I think she's right," said Carly. 499Please respect copyright.PENANA10Zw6VfFNj
"Right about what?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAmuPvrLtxf4
"The lie we just created. It might affect all of us in the future."499Please respect copyright.PENANAaPSU6lypRN
Leo looked straight at Carly with an eyebrow raised.499Please respect copyright.PENANA8mNdWFDEp8
"Don't tell me you're supporting your sister on this."499Please respect copyright.PENANAchrErBnEFy
"I don't support it, but she did raise a good point. Later on, the truth will eventually come to light and it won't be pretty."499Please respect copyright.PENANA062KroJjuJ
Leo499Please respect copyright.PENANAn88VJ5f37L
put his hand on Carly's shoulder. "No. Thats not going to happen. I'll 499Please respect copyright.PENANAn1sHgFgbF3
be the one to make sure that the truth isn't revealed to anyone."499Please respect copyright.PENANAzZNiE2rESo
"Thanks, Leo," said Carly as she gave him a smile.499Please respect copyright.PENANApfbfcetcRx
"So, I was told my dad came here. What was it about?"499Please respect copyright.PENANArAjx7Bhbat
"He asked us if it was necessary for Angel and I to move in and stay with you guys," said Carly in a low voice.499Please respect copyright.PENANAchKWeAmwX0
"Wait, what?" Leo looked completely confused. "But why come and live with my family?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAzC5WcPfWTS
"He's499Please respect copyright.PENANALHUZ0rzQmj
trying to keep a promise he made to my mother. Maybe he thought us 499Please respect copyright.PENANAkbVAIG2iyD
coming to live with your family was a good idea. He's just trying to 499Please respect copyright.PENANApnD6oMfgm3
help us out."499Please respect copyright.PENANAeQnl5CyTvO
Leo499Please respect copyright.PENANA15JxogGpgz
didn't say anything as he tried to process what Carly had told him. For499Please respect copyright.PENANAetvzT3pOEf
a moment he stared out of the car window, deep in thought.499Please respect copyright.PENANA9BJPKiUvvz
"Whats wrong, Leo?" Carly asked. "Don't you think it's a good idea or you don't agree to it?"499Please respect copyright.PENANA8mhkKSdnyh
Leo turned his head to look back at Carly who was staring back at him waiting for an answer. 499Please respect copyright.PENANACLVBvdwUcA
"I....," Leo hesistated, "I don't think it's a good idea."499Please respect copyright.PENANA0Rc0qjbvxm
Carly was dumbstruck. For a moment she shook her head and gave a little laugh.499Please respect copyright.PENANAE4oHv54EtB
"OMG," said Carly, "do you know what, that's exactly what Angel said as well."499Please respect copyright.PENANAfI9Cr4alPn
Leo didn't say anything as Carly continued laughing. Leo raised an eyebrow. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAuth61jO9I4
"And why the heck are you laughing if your sister didn't agree to it?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAC6SfONFCxU
"I just realised that I'm so dumb not to have realised this sooner," said Carly in between laughs.499Please respect copyright.PENANAgmGbb9AzLt
Leo shrugged his shoulders. "And whats that?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAKJY2zHbbFQ
"You and my sister still hate each other."499Please respect copyright.PENANANStYVsKlXv
There was silence in the car as the two stared at each other. And then all of the sudden, Carly burst out laughing again. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAA3Qxc9oPld
"It's not funny, Carly," said Leo, looking serious.499Please respect copyright.PENANAnJ4Hj5ODUv
"But499Please respect copyright.PENANAVRNRUp7Vn9
it is. Even if my sister doesn't show it, she still hates you. And that499Please respect copyright.PENANABs12sm4BnP
look in your eyes when I told you about us living with your family, was499Please respect copyright.PENANAmcjn0Ox8tz
so clear. If the two of you ever got to meet, you would be two angry 499Please respect copyright.PENANACvCak7uL2f
wild cats trying to tear each other apart."499Please respect copyright.PENANA2L58b4NSBE
"That's not true. I don't hate your sister," Leo protested.499Please respect copyright.PENANAvIksWJboF6
"Then why do you think its inappropriate that Angel and I come live with your family?"499Please respect copyright.PENANAcTgwifXWvS
"Because it would feel completely weird."499Please respect copyright.PENANAn9GiibU5ol
"Is it just me or are you and my sister getting the same scripts from the same book? She also said that."499Please respect copyright.PENANA1pI67gq9vd
"Don't say that, Carly."499Please respect copyright.PENANAXE5LSQrQ0v
"Then499Please respect copyright.PENANA568mwRQVPD
what should I say? You're acting like a total bum just like my sister. 499Please respect copyright.PENANApXmQIbT0be
And you say that my sister is serious, now look who is serious now!"499Please respect copyright.PENANATWK29IqCAp
Leo became frustrated and didn't say anything else. He looked at Carly and he felt so stressed out.499Please respect copyright.PENANAdwaL5Zztwu
"It499Please respect copyright.PENANAGncYgP4DAT
wouldn't be a bad idea if you came and stayed with us. But your sister 499Please respect copyright.PENANAUmUWNIMj7q
might just get in the way of things. And besides, my family has no idea 499Please respect copyright.PENANAwY3h2gy3DB
that we all know each other already. So playing pretend, is going to be 499Please respect copyright.PENANA7MvhRmnZRb
difficult."499Please respect copyright.PENANAAc4Zi4YC5R
"Ya,499Please respect copyright.PENANAK3onH5GXzm
I know, Leo," said Carly as she placed her hand on Leo's knee. "That's 499Please respect copyright.PENANAr42UilWoYk
what my sister is afraid of. Playing pretend won't be easy."499Please respect copyright.PENANAqJT2aCreou
Leo smiled a little. "Don't worry everything is going to be alright."499Please respect copyright.PENANAxdDfjnruru
Carly smiled back and gave Leo a peck on the cheek. Carly hugged him and Leo also put his arm around her. 499Please respect copyright.PENANAIhZNtvuGA3
As499Please respect copyright.PENANAue3s3CsJB6
they stayed like that for a while, Leo couldn't help but wonder what 499Please respect copyright.PENANArX8ovCiNyT
would happen if Angel ever did agree to live with the McDonell family.