The sad gloomy day had 501Please respect copyright.PENANAFADud3yR0b
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 501Please respect copyright.PENANAauXaNmuHek
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 501Please respect copyright.PENANA4A4AAhBYCS
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 501Please respect copyright.PENANA3dAg4eEASU
Angel couldn't help but 501Please respect copyright.PENANA9ugDBbxEm2
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 501Please respect copyright.PENANAuhQ0PDrSp0
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 501Please respect copyright.PENANAAmsbanWdVy
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 501Please respect copyright.PENANAPvMBDkneVS
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 501Please respect copyright.PENANAzCOSdoU41v
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.501Please respect copyright.PENANAbtqAGB5NJG
As Angel sat on the 501Please respect copyright.PENANAgBpJ5Uaw5v
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 501Please respect copyright.PENANAHPARp95QRi
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in501Please respect copyright.PENANAmaT9ALkIXZ
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 501Please respect copyright.PENANATLhmOuh3Bx
appeared across her face.501Please respect copyright.PENANATjyKE0zIVQ
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.501Please respect copyright.PENANAEth3VK8bTy
"I know I'm supposed to 501Please respect copyright.PENANAZmubfmL6SV
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when501Please respect copyright.PENANAmYU4c4ntDr
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 501Please respect copyright.PENANAu3CDImrdRv
isn't here anymore."501Please respect copyright.PENANA6cR03ANRdD
Eric squatted beside the501Please respect copyright.PENANA59oRaAxn5K
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 501Please respect copyright.PENANABVZBxKzhCT
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 501Please respect copyright.PENANA0EBoMriPis
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped501Please respect copyright.PENANAxoQZmSr8gV
a little at his touch. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAlyRiyqmLUp
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."501Please respect copyright.PENANA3at2cvcBt6
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 501Please respect copyright.PENANA7LTRESFdxy
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a501Please respect copyright.PENANAiGMtxM6vNs
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 501Please respect copyright.PENANAyBUmV0LmAr
past week."501Please respect copyright.PENANAZI4iBt9WQI
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."501Please respect copyright.PENANA9CWGxM0XBZ
Angel forgot about the 501Please respect copyright.PENANAoU552qwIMU
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 501Please respect copyright.PENANAGoAICpfXj5
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide501Please respect copyright.PENANAcUbR2pcaWZ
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.501Please respect copyright.PENANAZzTpBSIYjT
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."501Please respect copyright.PENANAjKA9wa9uQl
"You're crazy, Eric."501Please respect copyright.PENANAcYfIVTuZGR
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."501Please respect copyright.PENANAnBY7keChJC
Angel didn't say 501Please respect copyright.PENANAtbA3aidymz
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 501Please respect copyright.PENANAWHUoLnhDrV
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear501Please respect copyright.PENANATx4e4jDIQo
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 501Please respect copyright.PENANAG0UMCKNkqE
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 501Please respect copyright.PENANAr1ijX28p92
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 501Please respect copyright.PENANAim0vjPKZv1
the floor.501Please respect copyright.PENANAJFjRGZnirF
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAb1jAsiTqKc
Angel didn't say 501Please respect copyright.PENANAgYyBkdTvqW
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 501Please respect copyright.PENANA6rqZMkXUOS
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel501Please respect copyright.PENANAQgKEb6ZGLB
out of the room. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAqPzz7LnjBb
They went out of the 501Please respect copyright.PENANA2YksOiiE0f
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 501Please respect copyright.PENANAtYMBL1ujnH
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass501Please respect copyright.PENANAi7OFh7Khmh
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 501Please respect copyright.PENANAFFYA538NW4
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 501Please respect copyright.PENANAmpOlTnzDsd
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those501Please respect copyright.PENANA47BvL728ZE
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAiRx6WBCNmG
Cold prickling air 501Please respect copyright.PENANA7FNPcsQgOA
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 501Please respect copyright.PENANAZjOAiZEHub
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 501Please respect copyright.PENANARXbiQBhjvy
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.501Please respect copyright.PENANAwuS40dmob2
Two black SUVs stood 501Please respect copyright.PENANAgjD93VryjD
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 501Please respect copyright.PENANArTfjmZdcK5
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 501Please respect copyright.PENANAIsZur2Or5L
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 501Please respect copyright.PENANA3omfgLHuKW
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 501Please respect copyright.PENANAHT9myPOp5u
out of the hospital premises. 501Please respect copyright.PENANA5nBh5aREHB
"We will first go for 501Please respect copyright.PENANAT2eGyTfPKz
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 501Please respect copyright.PENANA9bT5naPP08
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."501Please respect copyright.PENANAQhqA2QNoaz
Angel looked out of the 501Please respect copyright.PENANADLRWhbhQCk
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 501Please respect copyright.PENANApuwSxji1bP
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 501Please respect copyright.PENANAqImSjgebao
looking at her.501Please respect copyright.PENANAAJPTqxRXFo
"Don't worry, you will 501Please respect copyright.PENANApTKYAWIeun
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 501Please respect copyright.PENANAkwqkC49CG8
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."501Please respect copyright.PENANABeLk0L8l5L
Angel closed her eyes 501Please respect copyright.PENANAQBVUuTP4Uo
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 501Please respect copyright.PENANAVQu1e7T8Xb
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7fLz3fDCe
Angel slowly opened her 501Please respect copyright.PENANAlLW0tjesoT
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 501Please respect copyright.PENANA0phPfFgYcI
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 501Please respect copyright.PENANAxmk9BOfNg2
heart ache and beat faster. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAa9ZPUc8L4T
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 501Please respect copyright.PENANAQsC8caMQOj
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 501Please respect copyright.PENANAZyOwgHEdeR
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."501Please respect copyright.PENANASpnMyjcnN3
Angel felt Carly put her501Please respect copyright.PENANA9AKEZw5prN
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her501Please respect copyright.PENANAccWQIoXvBB
hand away. But Carly grasped it.501Please respect copyright.PENANAYrBu6RB5wY
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."501Please respect copyright.PENANAYTKNjktApa
The black SUV came to a 501Please respect copyright.PENANAULtuwI6fYW
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother501Please respect copyright.PENANALb4YvrOmjP
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 501Please respect copyright.PENANATKJY12cXML
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 501Please respect copyright.PENANApbvsOrVd1j
Eric opened the door. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAyukoEQryG2
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."501Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9jFp8ncS4
Eric had set the 501Please respect copyright.PENANAi9WPBKsA79
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 501Please respect copyright.PENANAwO6GlHcuPO
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 501Please respect copyright.PENANANQhNdy0icW
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 501Please respect copyright.PENANAWii3oglzXt
them. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAmgPVmpqNla
Angel501Please respect copyright.PENANAqCj766Y7s8
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when501Please respect copyright.PENANAEB1cduxeZE
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.501Please respect copyright.PENANATJhk1p4z8m
***501Please respect copyright.PENANAjHRm2E46B2
Leo501Please respect copyright.PENANADnHzE1H6hS
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 501Please respect copyright.PENANAGh073GkSgX
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 501Please respect copyright.PENANA252rs7B6z9
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 501Please respect copyright.PENANAztqxf5Vis5
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 501Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9f5dJzCvv
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he501Please respect copyright.PENANATP9cu3gBHj
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.501Please respect copyright.PENANArgAAFz6YU1
Kim501Please respect copyright.PENANAX27CKYy6fG
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 501Please respect copyright.PENANAzsWTb2u1fU
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 501Please respect copyright.PENANAQJpuBDxXoU
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 501Please respect copyright.PENANA1650u5xRgk
arms.501Please respect copyright.PENANAKg3RypGt04
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."501Please respect copyright.PENANALOD9Pwq78m
Leo501Please respect copyright.PENANAyZAKkNy1bm
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 501Please respect copyright.PENANArapT2eQrP3
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 501Please respect copyright.PENANAikT9AHUBnO
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 501Please respect copyright.PENANAktexcURkBb
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 501Please respect copyright.PENANA4TLhFN06JK
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAhboEvhYEAp
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.501Please respect copyright.PENANA3HT5wHzWeY
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAGo1oaSg8Uq
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."501Please respect copyright.PENANAecM83kphEn
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAN5ainms0x9
Leo501Please respect copyright.PENANAbuzvh7OgQk
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 501Please respect copyright.PENANAL9Ve0rbIcF
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 501Please respect copyright.PENANAKRxlTSi8Y8
it's time I come out clean."501Please respect copyright.PENANA5rnr3cPkMN
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAdb7DgVuW3i
This501Please respect copyright.PENANAxjkuGJmrzT
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 501Please respect copyright.PENANAqZkpRTo4pV
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 501Please respect copyright.PENANA1W7AytSJPr
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 501Please respect copyright.PENANASK1LaJGcJK
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.501Please respect copyright.PENANAfmnfTeA1Jv
"The501Please respect copyright.PENANAPi62KV42E2
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot501Please respect copyright.PENANAjv8WVlKb7Y
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 501Please respect copyright.PENANAB6ki2cZw9H
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want501Please respect copyright.PENANAMkWGECABLB
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."501Please respect copyright.PENANAoB2VPC8fvm
"I501Please respect copyright.PENANAuH36EDZEQr
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 501Please respect copyright.PENANAAnHfALmjMf
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAu0i297lH3H
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.501Please respect copyright.PENANAAxo1GGioR5
"What501Please respect copyright.PENANAr6GxNi0KuY
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 501Please respect copyright.PENANA11qZgoclD1
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"501Please respect copyright.PENANATN09zjbdeQ
Leo501Please respect copyright.PENANAGh4Eu13409
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 501Please respect copyright.PENANAI3xtOJLudR
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 501Please respect copyright.PENANAxchhbRE4x0
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 501Please respect copyright.PENANAWApUK44Uo9
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 501Please respect copyright.PENANAnpR6iXXRg3
would react.501Please respect copyright.PENANAgvMl1gDkPv
"After501Please respect copyright.PENANAeUcjNxQWJm
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 501Please respect copyright.PENANACT0L1s8zFg
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."501Please respect copyright.PENANAKzSs5uY5tw
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.501Please respect copyright.PENANAUer3RkC1bY
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."501Please respect copyright.PENANAw0BRxR1eN2
***501Please respect copyright.PENANADYkEiPrzZz
Angel501Please respect copyright.PENANAkqBDh49pfS
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that501Please respect copyright.PENANAvGFlYtZGQg
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother501Please respect copyright.PENANAFkMZGZoOOG
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 501Please respect copyright.PENANABJZdGMIniO
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 501Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7PugnUzBT
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAxs1EPzCEng
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 501Please respect copyright.PENANAsBImU9L4ql
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 501Please respect copyright.PENANAlTBF5Bcsc0
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.501Please respect copyright.PENANAtIn4EGKtHL
After501Please respect copyright.PENANAwoiWAZtz2V
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 501Please respect copyright.PENANAZUt4a64ke9
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 501Please respect copyright.PENANAt7xuuIFDbj
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 501Please respect copyright.PENANA4UUO6Ffjrt
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was501Please respect copyright.PENANAQqXwc5V3yt
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 501Please respect copyright.PENANAMHGwjwase5
world. 501Please respect copyright.PENANATr97Bls57c
After501Please respect copyright.PENANAfyxd07WW9R
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 501Please respect copyright.PENANAsCCvXS00Y5
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 501Please respect copyright.PENANA18eB3ekPgI
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 501Please respect copyright.PENANANynOKO03Oh
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."501Please respect copyright.PENANAmnt0fOZjgD
"It's501Please respect copyright.PENANABCTBhKW3Mq
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 501Please respect copyright.PENANALsRJblVv2W
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like501Please respect copyright.PENANA0ob5BTccZT
you."501Please respect copyright.PENANAW3OsdhqP3q
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."501Please respect copyright.PENANAQhrOBPZCCd
"No,501Please respect copyright.PENANA5zs6GFvGzQ
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 501Please respect copyright.PENANAWXdsKgy6XL
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to501Please respect copyright.PENANAGaSxId4Kxm
live with us, it will be great."501Please respect copyright.PENANAwdCa2jgJ4z
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAXNyrb6vKet
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.501Please respect copyright.PENANAamsf9oyUOg
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"501Please respect copyright.PENANA3PFYupS7xf
"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."501Please respect copyright.PENANAGyHHoQXved
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.501Please respect copyright.PENANAP2siFMk4s1
Angel couldn't help but 501Please respect copyright.PENANA5AOYfHwXVP
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 501Please respect copyright.PENANAfANN6oJ9rP
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 501Please respect copyright.PENANArnILKhThfT
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't501Please respect copyright.PENANA1GYoMjyz0B
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAWnsNv0WPBg
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.501Please respect copyright.PENANAYmQp2RRrq2
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."501Please respect copyright.PENANAsPSoTFmeYz
Angel now shifted in her501Please respect copyright.PENANA3Y10hChJdp
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 501Please respect copyright.PENANA4JY812tpMM
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 501Please respect copyright.PENANAyqwQfvELPa
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 501Please respect copyright.PENANAsbcAoYJRAi
hidden?501Please respect copyright.PENANAWpW2VdOGLM
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"501Please respect copyright.PENANAwyVdEdzaKp
Angel demanded. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAFH708IEaIG
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."501Please respect copyright.PENANA8S0TSeoYtA
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 501Please respect copyright.PENANAvZoXI1yaxO
"What?!"
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