The sad gloomy day had 529Please respect copyright.PENANAAZ8iGaMRbt
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 529Please respect copyright.PENANAvkkqv43jmY
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 529Please respect copyright.PENANAoKbRnaIH15
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 529Please respect copyright.PENANAQmGnifSIq0
Angel couldn't help but 529Please respect copyright.PENANAtyBgIQUP9X
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 529Please respect copyright.PENANAV3xoSdfdRV
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 529Please respect copyright.PENANATBqa6FqvSE
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 529Please respect copyright.PENANAneF1nabMNz
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 529Please respect copyright.PENANAr5t75QRvVn
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.529Please respect copyright.PENANAcl2JAYep9N
As Angel sat on the 529Please respect copyright.PENANAwsdbwW4jhG
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 529Please respect copyright.PENANAzMWzPWyWIy
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in529Please respect copyright.PENANALxzD7GWXjl
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 529Please respect copyright.PENANAOBtYD9n20t
appeared across her face.529Please respect copyright.PENANA6EyH5g3rlh
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.529Please respect copyright.PENANAcARSTYHHxd
"I know I'm supposed to 529Please respect copyright.PENANAbjp7RSLAJA
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when529Please respect copyright.PENANAPpKLcqFB7s
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 529Please respect copyright.PENANAJzIUP1AySe
isn't here anymore."529Please respect copyright.PENANAneoeCvKc51
Eric squatted beside the529Please respect copyright.PENANAC90oJIpgS1
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 529Please respect copyright.PENANAo3jB2lHQK0
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 529Please respect copyright.PENANAGogxlWYAjM
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped529Please respect copyright.PENANAFDSAh4warS
a little at his touch. 529Please respect copyright.PENANASJ3pFfB9Li
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."529Please respect copyright.PENANAoCZOgpGvTO
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 529Please respect copyright.PENANAsPqmn7a5ty
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a529Please respect copyright.PENANAqHOkf0ApEZ
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 529Please respect copyright.PENANA4eHGccNpvy
past week."529Please respect copyright.PENANAutc04eYhX0
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."529Please respect copyright.PENANAL2MLI6nISZ
Angel forgot about the 529Please respect copyright.PENANAcVvAaDPzjP
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 529Please respect copyright.PENANA57imZRQm1L
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide529Please respect copyright.PENANAaqMD9aiwH1
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.529Please respect copyright.PENANApFAJdX6agd
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."529Please respect copyright.PENANAxnULnh4Hwp
"You're crazy, Eric."529Please respect copyright.PENANALoHt0nC8l3
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."529Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ8RyqVLrZ
Angel didn't say 529Please respect copyright.PENANAwjQe7unLH6
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 529Please respect copyright.PENANAaAlcYRYZPw
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear529Please respect copyright.PENANAK90n9tHPeQ
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 529Please respect copyright.PENANASibV7MTmvZ
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 529Please respect copyright.PENANAlXn5HhtzJp
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 529Please respect copyright.PENANAUbmsyIJvt7
the floor.529Please respect copyright.PENANA3LVjDvvmjh
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"529Please respect copyright.PENANAWtnhg8bj1a
Angel didn't say 529Please respect copyright.PENANAOuE4ESdg9w
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 529Please respect copyright.PENANApq4WZnP7EO
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel529Please respect copyright.PENANADITRHyNqYu
out of the room. 529Please respect copyright.PENANAwq5eIluGDW
They went out of the 529Please respect copyright.PENANAF0lQ31ggrj
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 529Please respect copyright.PENANAUhIuzpgRj3
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass529Please respect copyright.PENANAbBeDBwkl2P
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 529Please respect copyright.PENANAJA35BjVwXf
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 529Please respect copyright.PENANApyI4usS07G
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those529Please respect copyright.PENANAPgmaQsgSAZ
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 529Please respect copyright.PENANAhc7SCe04VK
Cold prickling air 529Please respect copyright.PENANA0mf80KwbVU
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 529Please respect copyright.PENANAmLymn8HmTI
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 529Please respect copyright.PENANAbiv2IC6fqk
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.529Please respect copyright.PENANASOgMabzrdg
Two black SUVs stood 529Please respect copyright.PENANAIqHqdGCZU7
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 529Please respect copyright.PENANAJdvMwRqsdO
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 529Please respect copyright.PENANA0dA7AMha7Y
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 529Please respect copyright.PENANAWDi6izLeDm
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 529Please respect copyright.PENANAIm8vkrtK4u
out of the hospital premises. 529Please respect copyright.PENANALtmBOURMxb
"We will first go for 529Please respect copyright.PENANAwh9hTiJdck
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 529Please respect copyright.PENANApsFn3WIfdd
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."529Please respect copyright.PENANAvFoUxYmnnw
Angel looked out of the 529Please respect copyright.PENANAu9Knpi1lwE
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 529Please respect copyright.PENANAQZcK1pIFzz
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 529Please respect copyright.PENANALrMF9FgUlU
looking at her.529Please respect copyright.PENANACI2mij1C0Q
"Don't worry, you will 529Please respect copyright.PENANA8Thwba4J5B
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 529Please respect copyright.PENANAOHhzP8uSrm
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."529Please respect copyright.PENANA5o9zpDcVNU
Angel closed her eyes 529Please respect copyright.PENANAgu9OyhMrAn
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 529Please respect copyright.PENANAr6kPUdZe1U
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 529Please respect copyright.PENANAaOgbFrk8vD
Angel slowly opened her 529Please respect copyright.PENANAKcyw5gZdXk
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 529Please respect copyright.PENANAPzxfYxxtPO
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 529Please respect copyright.PENANAyQEdmR1NVm
heart ache and beat faster. 529Please respect copyright.PENANAjr8MWJrI1u
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 529Please respect copyright.PENANA3TeOwRFmoQ
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 529Please respect copyright.PENANA8mGDoVFPSr
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."529Please respect copyright.PENANAHC6pPvZomv
Angel felt Carly put her529Please respect copyright.PENANAxdKHXBWDPE
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her529Please respect copyright.PENANAVJY1erOzlK
hand away. But Carly grasped it.529Please respect copyright.PENANAAflycGUPaN
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."529Please respect copyright.PENANAntuC4kylBf
The black SUV came to a 529Please respect copyright.PENANAbECZ5ug5Rw
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother529Please respect copyright.PENANARdD8JgQByW
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 529Please respect copyright.PENANAz9mHJfYSTP
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 529Please respect copyright.PENANAlyvOSMWkZb
Eric opened the door. 529Please respect copyright.PENANAG09uoVIxSv
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."529Please respect copyright.PENANApGR45spjex
Eric had set the 529Please respect copyright.PENANAFc0mLt86Tb
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 529Please respect copyright.PENANAC5FMqtnZlU
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 529Please respect copyright.PENANAoV2Uzr55ay
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 529Please respect copyright.PENANA0rWXrh2T4X
them. 529Please respect copyright.PENANA84nFspeFAL
Angel529Please respect copyright.PENANAN1f4qGzTI2
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when529Please respect copyright.PENANAfIgFmdg7CF
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.529Please respect copyright.PENANArzPNAhuFcm
***529Please respect copyright.PENANAwCd2NDnQMS
Leo529Please respect copyright.PENANAirKbzFfWlE
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 529Please respect copyright.PENANAbPebvbagiV
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 529Please respect copyright.PENANAwOBsHSmffz
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 529Please respect copyright.PENANAFTLVLz3i93
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 529Please respect copyright.PENANADNeUvRmBg1
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he529Please respect copyright.PENANAOFamZGLXgG
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.529Please respect copyright.PENANAt8cexVkJjd
Kim529Please respect copyright.PENANAAuLzs3xG8d
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 529Please respect copyright.PENANAWCCEv7713M
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 529Please respect copyright.PENANAI7kmfJpcJS
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 529Please respect copyright.PENANAjcFKvy2ytA
arms.529Please respect copyright.PENANA9RmZH37jYF
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."529Please respect copyright.PENANAz92Oxes2JF
Leo529Please respect copyright.PENANAUkoJOOYwAf
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 529Please respect copyright.PENANAyhCQfHAl87
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 529Please respect copyright.PENANAVaoIPVztKY
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 529Please respect copyright.PENANA2XDfCrIRmt
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 529Please respect copyright.PENANA8kzM9DZGXp
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 529Please respect copyright.PENANARfQVZkjjIt
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.529Please respect copyright.PENANA6uw6F7H2JN
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"529Please respect copyright.PENANAEFXBsrQ9dG
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."529Please respect copyright.PENANAKieqkPPApL
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"529Please respect copyright.PENANA3xaM7mGbPI
Leo529Please respect copyright.PENANAtG1ZNfIxcH
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 529Please respect copyright.PENANAtwbLRleC9J
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 529Please respect copyright.PENANAYLlmgnfaAV
it's time I come out clean."529Please respect copyright.PENANAYBNXNK34VF
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"529Please respect copyright.PENANA693MJQGUKb
This529Please respect copyright.PENANAKkql4oZuNM
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 529Please respect copyright.PENANAhMxleDLTvw
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 529Please respect copyright.PENANAOWZK5Cjg1L
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 529Please respect copyright.PENANAnLbgA9nAvu
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.529Please respect copyright.PENANAtMWmFdCnMT
"The529Please respect copyright.PENANAyCR2r53RkO
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot529Please respect copyright.PENANAdctkZzbCUg
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 529Please respect copyright.PENANAcO2Z1Q8Z4L
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want529Please respect copyright.PENANARo9YK6AbX2
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."529Please respect copyright.PENANAiGowhLnNNs
"I529Please respect copyright.PENANAw3BFK7U6AX
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 529Please respect copyright.PENANA9bOAdeGnyR
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"529Please respect copyright.PENANAy2vWAjY9es
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.529Please respect copyright.PENANAtoBecxMb89
"What529Please respect copyright.PENANAXWaFUVIuf5
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 529Please respect copyright.PENANA0XufEOREYS
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"529Please respect copyright.PENANAav8Ij5pedr
Leo529Please respect copyright.PENANA5hXDzGM62y
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 529Please respect copyright.PENANAx81vnDawTZ
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 529Please respect copyright.PENANASqaPZOqO8N
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 529Please respect copyright.PENANAVRvOx6I8OL
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 529Please respect copyright.PENANAyo9Y3S3DB8
would react.529Please respect copyright.PENANAepBUszxjql
"After529Please respect copyright.PENANAVn9hobqt1W
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 529Please respect copyright.PENANAPYlq95zsoW
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."529Please respect copyright.PENANApT0EstZlwl
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.529Please respect copyright.PENANABWxmaW26Ww
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."529Please respect copyright.PENANAjyx7ORqco5
***529Please respect copyright.PENANAa3oI4A3qXn
Angel529Please respect copyright.PENANAwSbtyOWbGL
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that529Please respect copyright.PENANADLJqmaRW2a
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother529Please respect copyright.PENANA0GfR0D6zIu
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 529Please respect copyright.PENANAE1vCt2VY8v
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 529Please respect copyright.PENANAwoDfae6fOv
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 529Please respect copyright.PENANAI6Vyx6CzzX
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 529Please respect copyright.PENANAto7EpGr8od
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 529Please respect copyright.PENANATi9WZMTe11
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.529Please respect copyright.PENANAvKm2tKlqqp
After529Please respect copyright.PENANAYEOC1l4nMw
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 529Please respect copyright.PENANA3cyld9od2D
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 529Please respect copyright.PENANA07DWU9D7b9
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 529Please respect copyright.PENANAdH054rLCHC
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was529Please respect copyright.PENANAsvXjOjCEDX
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 529Please respect copyright.PENANAlH4yn6Zos6
world. 529Please respect copyright.PENANA91wAFNP57w
After529Please respect copyright.PENANA0vLWpzNNbK
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 529Please respect copyright.PENANAff0bWcPU8K
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 529Please respect copyright.PENANAs4mMcZxRiZ
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 529Please respect copyright.PENANAVho0XgU1jz
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."529Please respect copyright.PENANA3VtA3yvR13
"It's529Please respect copyright.PENANAo01TKKQwxg
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 529Please respect copyright.PENANAAu5cRVo0Gg
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like529Please respect copyright.PENANAaG0Z3D0Ezt
you."529Please respect copyright.PENANAa1wUMn0kDx
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."529Please respect copyright.PENANA11kPEgS6z5
"No,529Please respect copyright.PENANAvgzyqyg0qT
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 529Please respect copyright.PENANARgoBBQmLVU
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to529Please respect copyright.PENANAKMbLbc9fMS
live with us, it will be great."529Please respect copyright.PENANAZhML7ToQLa
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 529Please respect copyright.PENANASeaJ2O7Qym
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.529Please respect copyright.PENANA2lLTxo6Itz
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"529Please respect copyright.PENANAiitIJcAuHJ
"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."529Please respect copyright.PENANAMkDB8aU09w
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.529Please respect copyright.PENANAZjoN4QzFib
Angel couldn't help but 529Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2UHTDVcJm
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 529Please respect copyright.PENANAFjrQRlCSXc
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 529Please respect copyright.PENANAmpydYaOk9L
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't529Please respect copyright.PENANAItADvUbWsJ
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 529Please respect copyright.PENANAz9sdAQ4wpo
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.529Please respect copyright.PENANAbzQPt205Lc
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."529Please respect copyright.PENANAmH52DYkqnl
Angel now shifted in her529Please respect copyright.PENANAW0zHhlfL4U
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 529Please respect copyright.PENANADnUwzYQlK5
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 529Please respect copyright.PENANA7z8PqqQBWd
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 529Please respect copyright.PENANArKz3nJbeXy
hidden?529Please respect copyright.PENANA796PZc4cPd
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"529Please respect copyright.PENANAmBVbOXMVv9
Angel demanded. 529Please respect copyright.PENANAcMMNtZnjUb
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."529Please respect copyright.PENANA4QxELch2QM
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 529Please respect copyright.PENANALnc4BLxYU6
"What?!"
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