The sad gloomy day had 797Please respect copyright.PENANAXgijzk2As2
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 797Please respect copyright.PENANAqcVlCL77Tm
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 797Please respect copyright.PENANAOCKQOdntFn
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 797Please respect copyright.PENANA6CnE3Ldi88
Angel couldn't help but 797Please respect copyright.PENANAYhUC8SCfQv
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 797Please respect copyright.PENANAEw7UtpsYeW
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 797Please respect copyright.PENANA3bNfpposqi
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 797Please respect copyright.PENANAJDmI5wRUwS
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 797Please respect copyright.PENANAm9YW2uaWVq
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.797Please respect copyright.PENANAj8XetIO1Fo
As Angel sat on the 797Please respect copyright.PENANAIKxTUkggi0
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 797Please respect copyright.PENANAiGp1IFV0Aq
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in797Please respect copyright.PENANAHXloAkAjzY
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 797Please respect copyright.PENANAdfA6xD4uMf
appeared across her face.797Please respect copyright.PENANA9ez34lvCG3
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.797Please respect copyright.PENANAecBaGAQuRt
"I know I'm supposed to 797Please respect copyright.PENANAYqsk20uckk
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when797Please respect copyright.PENANAihkGQKwwnQ
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 797Please respect copyright.PENANADL9PTsWnUk
isn't here anymore."797Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0soyG1haN
Eric squatted beside the797Please respect copyright.PENANAgptTnUjRHG
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 797Please respect copyright.PENANAu5xV8N1zko
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 797Please respect copyright.PENANAE3m0qFX9GE
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped797Please respect copyright.PENANAp9qZ3DF7TI
a little at his touch. 797Please respect copyright.PENANAH8FMWZXh1g
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."797Please respect copyright.PENANACWQMngsdAe
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 797Please respect copyright.PENANABMNZxaIMWR
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a797Please respect copyright.PENANAQi9iGOcqfF
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 797Please respect copyright.PENANAdGf1hjMmIM
past week."797Please respect copyright.PENANAryG1OxTL56
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."797Please respect copyright.PENANAatA4buqTlc
Angel forgot about the 797Please respect copyright.PENANA75OEqjBNLh
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 797Please respect copyright.PENANARv9Kvc0oZR
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide797Please respect copyright.PENANAVcHSkk56FA
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.797Please respect copyright.PENANAGyhy2QUaAJ
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."797Please respect copyright.PENANA2z5gFrVjVr
"You're crazy, Eric."797Please respect copyright.PENANABiJvwA1yji
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."797Please respect copyright.PENANACrzaFJgXv6
Angel didn't say 797Please respect copyright.PENANAwEFGf6qgKU
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 797Please respect copyright.PENANAS0yBHWiNpV
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear797Please respect copyright.PENANAw8qXlW9HAI
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 797Please respect copyright.PENANAgOsuBoM4s3
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 797Please respect copyright.PENANAZNGWVoEBj3
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 797Please respect copyright.PENANA3LCs0hZ7Bj
the floor.797Please respect copyright.PENANAcvj1ng2lwV
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"797Please respect copyright.PENANAkGUErhpK0o
Angel didn't say 797Please respect copyright.PENANAu77ppvOGWm
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 797Please respect copyright.PENANAD7KQ0aAKpI
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel797Please respect copyright.PENANAdEg7HXDV4R
out of the room. 797Please respect copyright.PENANAMY3H36rYRP
They went out of the 797Please respect copyright.PENANABvojcyFZf6
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 797Please respect copyright.PENANACvvxl2r94a
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass797Please respect copyright.PENANAiKPiPxR32V
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 797Please respect copyright.PENANAqg3tyNgo5x
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 797Please respect copyright.PENANASO47PZ4p23
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those797Please respect copyright.PENANAhI09MWvA1X
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 797Please respect copyright.PENANARmcweOSUyA
Cold prickling air 797Please respect copyright.PENANAWUpbMbzr9H
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 797Please respect copyright.PENANAoTBWd9W9ig
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 797Please respect copyright.PENANAur65g3sWZA
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.797Please respect copyright.PENANAelp0gWXuSe
Two black SUVs stood 797Please respect copyright.PENANAq4wRbja3st
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 797Please respect copyright.PENANAeHSTqaTlZR
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 797Please respect copyright.PENANALdsL6Tf9wK
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 797Please respect copyright.PENANAo8mZrwixnX
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 797Please respect copyright.PENANAdo0aEsMyrd
out of the hospital premises. 797Please respect copyright.PENANAfjWocPPvm5
"We will first go for 797Please respect copyright.PENANAmmMEYHLG1S
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 797Please respect copyright.PENANAc7uPERfGTI
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."797Please respect copyright.PENANATmE7S4Kkes
Angel looked out of the 797Please respect copyright.PENANAKcPoRCaEp0
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 797Please respect copyright.PENANAGdFXxPKGbj
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 797Please respect copyright.PENANAlrgF3Rjyou
looking at her.797Please respect copyright.PENANACIIfK6JE4n
"Don't worry, you will 797Please respect copyright.PENANALYB1qnKJQQ
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 797Please respect copyright.PENANAEnk5kTCEkd
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."797Please respect copyright.PENANAr3GOhSCdXh
Angel closed her eyes 797Please respect copyright.PENANAKAOpnWiEoH
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 797Please respect copyright.PENANAbmnGbZBv7F
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 797Please respect copyright.PENANAVpK0nt16tG
Angel slowly opened her 797Please respect copyright.PENANA1v3Cbme1Wq
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 797Please respect copyright.PENANAJx2FNavvwb
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 797Please respect copyright.PENANAQL2VLksQQo
heart ache and beat faster. 797Please respect copyright.PENANAl02EHyLEcX
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 797Please respect copyright.PENANAoCjNopMvWP
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 797Please respect copyright.PENANAGdZIULz1LY
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."797Please respect copyright.PENANAG7FunZk2cW
Angel felt Carly put her797Please respect copyright.PENANApLsTAst8zS
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her797Please respect copyright.PENANAPP2xh1gl5c
hand away. But Carly grasped it.797Please respect copyright.PENANAozc1kM5WYI
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."797Please respect copyright.PENANAQdMEzLHWyz
The black SUV came to a 797Please respect copyright.PENANAs6VrXAEzZ2
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother797Please respect copyright.PENANAfDWa8gMUsD
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 797Please respect copyright.PENANAhWEWh3s897
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 797Please respect copyright.PENANAZZCs06uC6W
Eric opened the door. 797Please respect copyright.PENANAtahRsVEecB
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."797Please respect copyright.PENANAefBkOCDS1t
Eric had set the 797Please respect copyright.PENANANVN2Qikq4C
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 797Please respect copyright.PENANAu9bLfceFEF
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 797Please respect copyright.PENANARdA4tIEbEJ
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 797Please respect copyright.PENANApumoVCsGbY
them. 797Please respect copyright.PENANA7azDarU1RW
Angel797Please respect copyright.PENANA49rtsmuEGO
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when797Please respect copyright.PENANAq9hw34LwKd
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.797Please respect copyright.PENANAbP27mtmeUv
***797Please respect copyright.PENANAYf3anKdHwN
Leo797Please respect copyright.PENANAHMKAfRHyI1
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 797Please respect copyright.PENANAdbnrr6wTJw
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 797Please respect copyright.PENANA8kpn9TT9jj
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 797Please respect copyright.PENANArjOdIbMiDm
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 797Please respect copyright.PENANAz54Cuizls6
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he797Please respect copyright.PENANARXgq8sJIob
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.797Please respect copyright.PENANAObUZtnPSM1
Kim797Please respect copyright.PENANAK6AHNeVdeI
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 797Please respect copyright.PENANA0v8SoLOTDZ
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 797Please respect copyright.PENANA6DSpp693nO
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 797Please respect copyright.PENANAUWZxwgZqLZ
arms.797Please respect copyright.PENANAIAo6tlurGh
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."797Please respect copyright.PENANA5A9btTei4E
Leo797Please respect copyright.PENANAkxCroC4kG2
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 797Please respect copyright.PENANA5lMphCjQcR
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 797Please respect copyright.PENANAs42aPZcZZL
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 797Please respect copyright.PENANApQINVedb0k
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 797Please respect copyright.PENANAqVfF8vil0h
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 797Please respect copyright.PENANAgZb9GEBhnf
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.797Please respect copyright.PENANArSJnVaTwWQ
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"797Please respect copyright.PENANAHgKnFrGkIc
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."797Please respect copyright.PENANATid3yS00bJ
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"797Please respect copyright.PENANAicJnHYrMop
Leo797Please respect copyright.PENANAN4Ua3Ecv4M
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 797Please respect copyright.PENANAHRm38y4rlH
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 797Please respect copyright.PENANAuukISKCrqO
it's time I come out clean."797Please respect copyright.PENANAui71DosQqK
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"797Please respect copyright.PENANA2lYEAiYK6G
This797Please respect copyright.PENANAIshIr3T0B7
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 797Please respect copyright.PENANAaQMktNt6oA
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 797Please respect copyright.PENANAPY15X2jSn5
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 797Please respect copyright.PENANA5IYaSUahK1
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.797Please respect copyright.PENANA3DLwU5gB6L
"The797Please respect copyright.PENANAFOuLm7Cqll
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot797Please respect copyright.PENANAiiCn7so8CP
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 797Please respect copyright.PENANAfP2GtSLS7r
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want797Please respect copyright.PENANAhpptagzObp
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."797Please respect copyright.PENANADwVACxK3t0
"I797Please respect copyright.PENANAKp1nlOTq6b
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 797Please respect copyright.PENANABnurzTcC7K
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"797Please respect copyright.PENANAMNY2ryf5nS
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.797Please respect copyright.PENANAJcGGJGnM37
"What797Please respect copyright.PENANAVcxbsqj3rN
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 797Please respect copyright.PENANANBxwbbJ1dT
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"797Please respect copyright.PENANAPoMV6xZnVo
Leo797Please respect copyright.PENANAcO6DTYSXov
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 797Please respect copyright.PENANA1JQeaR46Tx
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 797Please respect copyright.PENANAC3Vc1vbMvu
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 797Please respect copyright.PENANAT2fp8ROPCB
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 797Please respect copyright.PENANAFA1nqXUh5S
would react.797Please respect copyright.PENANAjwPTj0rCeW
"After797Please respect copyright.PENANAWdiNuOhU4e
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 797Please respect copyright.PENANAkyerNX96ih
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."797Please respect copyright.PENANAZIvFrvtdi4
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.797Please respect copyright.PENANAiCQ4bWczaX
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."797Please respect copyright.PENANAmwaBzP1kky
***797Please respect copyright.PENANArjFGpZTC1k
Angel797Please respect copyright.PENANAoZsgvCdAv2
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that797Please respect copyright.PENANAYKv1B0IOGR
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother797Please respect copyright.PENANAoNU2shpjCq
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 797Please respect copyright.PENANA61KKESoEOf
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 797Please respect copyright.PENANAgieHW231a0
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 797Please respect copyright.PENANAAJ5georjl6
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 797Please respect copyright.PENANAFwOA7zHYK6
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 797Please respect copyright.PENANAqz9OJgpsXR
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.797Please respect copyright.PENANA0j89QDxjrl
After797Please respect copyright.PENANASAnD5vtY0Z
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 797Please respect copyright.PENANANPx2kwti9H
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 797Please respect copyright.PENANABMurHkRyQb
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 797Please respect copyright.PENANAfWlzDGWcaN
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was797Please respect copyright.PENANAcoqZCPI3ou
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 797Please respect copyright.PENANAMmDKLPRexR
world. 797Please respect copyright.PENANAkBFqths8Lq
After797Please respect copyright.PENANARxQf2JKrMS
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 797Please respect copyright.PENANAvyD2yogION
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 797Please respect copyright.PENANAxTrYoOEizw
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 797Please respect copyright.PENANA3tfWwL8GO4
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."797Please respect copyright.PENANAOgh4Jzh9av
"It's797Please respect copyright.PENANAqXkQpbxf91
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 797Please respect copyright.PENANAv5EnWmegY4
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like797Please respect copyright.PENANAny2kbRQWoH
you."797Please respect copyright.PENANAqE6t9seMuC
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."797Please respect copyright.PENANA96RVeximRh
"No,797Please respect copyright.PENANAF6B85ExpCx
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 797Please respect copyright.PENANAWWMzRqdxng
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to797Please respect copyright.PENANAGmJXmVSKvn
live with us, it will be great."797Please respect copyright.PENANApcItR2ezjP
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 797Please respect copyright.PENANAXy1bnPgw2E
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.797Please respect copyright.PENANA4W2MmugWy5
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"797Please respect copyright.PENANAWb1gzBAJ88
"I decided that it won't be appropriate for my sister and I to come and live with you. We can take care of ourselves."797Please respect copyright.PENANAGWNkP7vjQH
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.797Please respect copyright.PENANArrkAMo8rZa
Angel couldn't help but 797Please respect copyright.PENANAipNKNE6t1c
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 797Please respect copyright.PENANAjAq55S3Ib4
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 797Please respect copyright.PENANAq2DKSotPkI
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't797Please respect copyright.PENANArvvaKQIkTr
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 797Please respect copyright.PENANAd9AFAKvg4h
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.797Please respect copyright.PENANAJojsjDPTRR
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."797Please respect copyright.PENANAGLf0YpEObM
Angel now shifted in her797Please respect copyright.PENANAg2lnu4mKc3
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 797Please respect copyright.PENANAfZZ8QCUWPX
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 797Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8XZStMoLt
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 797Please respect copyright.PENANAAM9u3X2AlT
hidden?797Please respect copyright.PENANAiTOUeo3Vrb
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"797Please respect copyright.PENANAemer5Rwodu
Angel demanded. 797Please respect copyright.PENANAN1uo9JK9f4
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."797Please respect copyright.PENANA1DlmzEgP5Q
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 797Please respect copyright.PENANATZrf9B0Htz
"What?!"
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