The sad gloomy day had 511Please respect copyright.PENANAmmfP5eU4UC
finally arrived. A day after Mr McDonell had come to see Angel at the 511Please respect copyright.PENANAHkeqM01ZOM
hospital, was the day Angel was finally getting discharged and also it 511Please respect copyright.PENANAEKLP6qQssD
was the burial day of her mother, Lisa. 511Please respect copyright.PENANAQGbDimyG0c
Angel couldn't help but 511Please respect copyright.PENANA9NQqYO5V0v
feel her heart torn out of her body as she looked out of the window in 511Please respect copyright.PENANArxsAgnQn3h
her hospital room. The room had felt like her comfort zone these past 511Please respect copyright.PENANALSZtB7s8cU
few days and she knew she had to face the reality when she stepped out 511Please respect copyright.PENANABnnr8XITDe
of this place. She had to face the horrible reality that her mother was 511Please respect copyright.PENANAwqxCw28VYr
no more and that her road in life had just got tougher.511Please respect copyright.PENANAzfhZG8Gtp8
As Angel sat on the 511Please respect copyright.PENANAlsqWFLxrbP
wheelchair waiting for Carly to come back from signing papers for 511Please respect copyright.PENANAm1WdDJPekK
Angel's dismissal, the door flew open and Eric entered all dressed up in511Please respect copyright.PENANAuAPcVvGaQD
black. Angel turned to face him as he entered and a small smile 511Please respect copyright.PENANAz3Z31yhv4J
appeared across her face.511Please respect copyright.PENANA3Pkb0DtNx3
"Hey, how are you doing?" asked Eric as he came to stand beside Angel with his hand on her shoulder.511Please respect copyright.PENANAjQEgbQrniq
"I know I'm supposed to 511Please respect copyright.PENANACXupYE9v7f
feel good that I'm leaving this place," answered Angel, "but I know when511Please respect copyright.PENANAJDeDKMjCTv
I leave this place, I'll have to accept the harsh reality that my mum 511Please respect copyright.PENANAoE7c7OQQCD
isn't here anymore."511Please respect copyright.PENANA3TpSqFDu8K
Eric squatted beside the511Please respect copyright.PENANAqUGBeI4l4Y
wheelchair so as to have a clear look at Angel face to face. Angel's 511Please respect copyright.PENANAHvnLzY307i
eyes were filled with tears but she did all she could for them not to 511Please respect copyright.PENANAuOwXCHguYZ
fall down her cheeks. Eric placed his palm on her cheek and Angel gasped511Please respect copyright.PENANAN62qLzDqRC
a little at his touch. 511Please respect copyright.PENANAcPg8XHw3NN
"It's fine to cry, you know?" said Eric, "I'll be here for you whenever you need me, Angel."511Please respect copyright.PENANAPSbdFzxrnW
"Thanks, Eric." Angel 511Please respect copyright.PENANAbleNAxefjG
placed a hand on Eric's hand already touching her cheek. "You're really a511Please respect copyright.PENANAebeEzNhP3r
great guy. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me this 511Please respect copyright.PENANAOdu8lwPMtO
past week."511Please respect copyright.PENANAMAhsuPvlf0
"It's nothing. I'm just glad that I met a great person like you."511Please respect copyright.PENANAvigvJXTJj1
Angel forgot about the 511Please respect copyright.PENANAhaKYZNa0CD
tears in her eyes and almost laughed out loud. She stared out at the 511Please respect copyright.PENANAY2KGlxKkq9
window as she covered her mouth with her other hand as she tried to hide511Please respect copyright.PENANA18MuiBM0VA
her laugh. Eric smiled and he took her hand she covered her mouth with.511Please respect copyright.PENANA1x9Vz2Xs2G
"That's what I want to see, you laughing."511Please respect copyright.PENANAFxYCuZq3Xt
"You're crazy, Eric."511Please respect copyright.PENANAHGx09WkU1s
"Ya, I'm crazy. Crazy about making you happy, Angel. I love to see you like that."511Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZQkH3gmVn
Angel didn't say 511Please respect copyright.PENANAixG5Hf5meL
anything as she was dumbstruck at what Eric said. As for Eric, he 511Please respect copyright.PENANAyuxHzNRo7f
continued to smile at her. He tucked a strand of hair behind Angel's ear511Please respect copyright.PENANAfHeCpuSkCs
and continued to stare into Angel's eyes. They stayed like that for a 511Please respect copyright.PENANAd8fc9KVvpI
while until Carly came in through the door with Mr McDonell behind her 511Please respect copyright.PENANA7f1Fj5ILww
and they too were dressed in black. Eric straightened himself up from 511Please respect copyright.PENANAr1N6qhCJm9
the floor.511Please respect copyright.PENANAfd3qhDBPX9
"It's now time to go, Angel," said Carly. "Are you ready to leave?"511Please respect copyright.PENANAas3o8MUhMj
Angel didn't say 511Please respect copyright.PENANAPmMDno3jqS
anything and all she could do was nod her head. Carly gave her sister a 511Please respect copyright.PENANA1aFNhJERsa
sad smile as she took the handlebars of the wheelchair and dragged Angel511Please respect copyright.PENANAMOBNKn7pQ3
out of the room. 511Please respect copyright.PENANApC0MhwZiob
They went out of the 511Please respect copyright.PENANAuqLUJ9kbZh
room and into the white tiled hall way of the hospital, and in a matter 511Please respect copyright.PENANAwai8zQIVSs
of minutes, they found themselves in the reception area. Huge wide glass511Please respect copyright.PENANAHeiBkL8GsP
doors of the hospital were wide open for them to pass through to the 511Please respect copyright.PENANANys2QlAhXF
outside. Angel couldn't help but look around the hospital for one last 511Please respect copyright.PENANAqLp2fA29UT
time. She was really going to miss this place. Once she was beyond those511Please respect copyright.PENANAGSo5mWPAQZ
glass doors, things were going to be totally different. 511Please respect copyright.PENANAB6C6hoIsav
Cold prickling air 511Please respect copyright.PENANAPK13Ruwf9r
greeted Angel in the face immediately the two sisters had stepped out 511Please respect copyright.PENANAXIZhct9eNM
through the doors first. When Angel took in the air, not only did it 511Please respect copyright.PENANAyqvuah4rst
prickle her face, even her lungs as well.511Please respect copyright.PENANAE9SVtowbeK
Two black SUVs stood 511Please respect copyright.PENANA3MWtEa73Jh
waiting in front of the hospital. Eric got to the first car and opened 511Please respect copyright.PENANAoG0LUTX8e6
the door to the passenger seat. He helped Angel inside the car by 511Please respect copyright.PENANAoq3N2w0pAt
lifting her up from the wheelchair. Carly went in and sat beside Angel 511Please respect copyright.PENANAETGIAaLpua
while Eric and Mr McDonell went in the second car. The two cars drove 511Please respect copyright.PENANAEgakqrcCx5
out of the hospital premises. 511Please respect copyright.PENANABeKRqAUfVz
"We will first go for 511Please respect copyright.PENANAEBhD6EXlp5
the funeral to pay mum out last respects," said Carly, as she tried to 511Please respect copyright.PENANA6rtS11dZ57
make a conversation with her sister. "Then we can go home."511Please respect copyright.PENANAF6PomH2683
Angel looked out of the 511Please respect copyright.PENANAzovDabIBeC
window taking in the view outside as they passed Central park. She 511Please respect copyright.PENANA1nevzcqm9a
wasn't really in the mood of talking to Carly at the moment. Not even 511Please respect copyright.PENANAaYVQlH3rpC
looking at her.511Please respect copyright.PENANA5jZizd80mn
"Don't worry, you will 511Please respect copyright.PENANA0grNtMrWWZ
see," continued Carly when Angel didn't say anything. "Once we're home 511Please respect copyright.PENANAnxkPwqVpPr
everything will be back to normal, even if mum isn't with us anymore."511Please respect copyright.PENANAZELrE7717o
Angel closed her eyes 511Please respect copyright.PENANAf1CD2tKuOV
tight when Carly said that. Her heart ached so much just at the thought 511Please respect copyright.PENANAY0nAr62wbz
of their mother. She could hear Carly sob quietly beside her. 511Please respect copyright.PENANAIoOwv8xywh
Angel slowly opened her 511Please respect copyright.PENANA9Xcqq4rveQ
eyes and she knew they were coming closer and closer to the cemetery. 511Please respect copyright.PENANAEM7NaQmMFn
And she knew she was going to break down any second now as she felt her 511Please respect copyright.PENANAzfmgsIaZKq
heart ache and beat faster. 511Please respect copyright.PENANAieJO9bvpof
"Ummmm...Angel," Carly 511Please respect copyright.PENANA4nqAXR18oa
said in between sobs, "there's.... there's something I need to tell you 511Please respect copyright.PENANAo2WC5JdC2V
urgently. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I just couldn't."511Please respect copyright.PENANAEW2yG1v99Y
Angel felt Carly put her511Please respect copyright.PENANA2ICYRzLEza
hand on hers. Angel winced by her touch as she tried to slowly pull her511Please respect copyright.PENANASM4uStBhpD
hand away. But Carly grasped it.511Please respect copyright.PENANAFbbYfTagaN
"Look at me, Angel," said Carly, almost pleading. "I can't tell you now if you don't look at me."511Please respect copyright.PENANAUK9hfZjLko
The black SUV came to a 511Please respect copyright.PENANAtTIX7hqr3o
halt in front the burial site where they were supposed to put her mother511Please respect copyright.PENANAna33WSQ2wF
to rest. The other SUV came behind them and Eric soon appeared by the 511Please respect copyright.PENANAgC0krdNjyX
car to help Angel out. Angel could only breathe out a sigh of relief as 511Please respect copyright.PENANA8dYYThy1zJ
Eric opened the door. 511Please respect copyright.PENANAd0vlXGPjpq
"We will talk later, Carly," said Angel without even taking a look at her sister. "Now isn't the right time."511Please respect copyright.PENANAmiOHooZIaI
Eric had set the 511Please respect copyright.PENANAETEY2i6wpc
wheelchair for Angel outside and carefully took her out of the car and 511Please respect copyright.PENANA1MKL1paU5u
onto the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair towards the burial site 511Please respect copyright.PENANAk4U3SIpAMl
where the priest and other friends and family members stood waiting for 511Please respect copyright.PENANAMNWzHL7N7n
them. 511Please respect copyright.PENANAisSBk6gnJS
Angel511Please respect copyright.PENANABfcTDurDzO
didn't know if she was ready for all this. Her heart soon gave out when511Please respect copyright.PENANAZwfv46Pr5J
she soon realised that her mother's black coffin lay amidst the crowd.511Please respect copyright.PENANAlyMOU5ffWz
***511Please respect copyright.PENANANLvGBAdKDc
Leo511Please respect copyright.PENANAl2gwIO4tmd
lifted his shades as he noticed Kim's red Chevrolet pack close to his 511Please respect copyright.PENANATWSzY1ZG0y
black Mercedes Benz. He looked on as Kim came out of her car and she 511Please respect copyright.PENANAjWU27TSGei
wore a red short dress with matching red stilettos. She also had shades 511Please respect copyright.PENANABWD9DtCQ8D
on and her lips were perfectly painted red and she looked really 511Please respect copyright.PENANAAMGdkRpdhb
beautiful. But to Leo, she couldn't be more beautiful than Carly. All he511Please respect copyright.PENANAstHc8f6QrM
just wanted now was to finish all of this once and for all.511Please respect copyright.PENANAzFfxS0V6u3
Kim511Please respect copyright.PENANA0KDpCkrkXw
walked over to Leo who waited beside his car. She had a huge smile on 511Please respect copyright.PENANA5eNxwUseX9
her face as she hugged Leo and gave him a peck on the cheek. Leo didn't 511Please respect copyright.PENANA0srv92ap2e
react to her gesture and all he did was step back a little out of her 511Please respect copyright.PENANAT5gecPvZhr
arms.511Please respect copyright.PENANAy6GKyeWbaC
"Hey, Leo," Kim said, furrowing her eyebrows behind her shades. "Are you okay? You don't look like you're happy to see me."511Please respect copyright.PENANADbO1lB0Gon
Leo511Please respect copyright.PENANAipv28wuf8X
took his shades off and stared out in the distance. The two had parked 511Please respect copyright.PENANAVloEOT6oBv
nearby a public park on the bridge which overlooked the whole area. It 511Please respect copyright.PENANALQcgqMfxWX
wasn't such a bright sunny day to meet at Central park. It was kind of 511Please respect copyright.PENANAMcyukAgOG7
gloomy. Maybe it was because Leo now had to come out clean to Kim by 511Please respect copyright.PENANAyhZ7hMx88T
telling her the truth that he didn't have any feelings for her anymore. 511Please respect copyright.PENANAiwzE5SIoC4
He took in a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to answer her.511Please respect copyright.PENANACTSA9n0sSq
"Leo, you're scaring me," said Kim. "Why aren't you saying anything?"511Please respect copyright.PENANAKHxsumtnsM
"It's nothing, Kim," answered Leo, now turning to face her, "I'm just glad you came here."511Please respect copyright.PENANAAGoPqomepU
"Well, you don't look glad at all, Leo. Is there something wrong?"511Please respect copyright.PENANAKgOnClR8OK
Leo511Please respect copyright.PENANAXdoghzfGV5
took in a deep breath before he spoke. "Yes, Kim. There is something 511Please respect copyright.PENANAfXwti5IRAw
wrong. I know it was stupid of me to avoid you all this while. But now 511Please respect copyright.PENANAxAxAmV4dsN
it's time I come out clean."511Please respect copyright.PENANAqoae7XSfB3
"You're starting to scare me," Kim now removed her shades and stared at Leo. "What's going on, Leo?"511Please respect copyright.PENANAXpFXHYOHlR
This511Please respect copyright.PENANACdYcRNJxVg
was going to be really hard and Leo knew it. He passed a hand through 511Please respect copyright.PENANAYm9geUnUV0
his hair. It was now time to tell the truth. All he hoped for was that 511Please respect copyright.PENANAT8HYX2voEA
Kim would try to understand him a little. But was he really going to 511Please respect copyright.PENANAM18LgMuwVJ
tell her the whole truth though? Well, it was time to find out.511Please respect copyright.PENANAnZHV7FntVK
"The511Please respect copyright.PENANApzY5Euh0hH
time the wedding got cancelled, I had been thinking a lot lately. A lot511Please respect copyright.PENANAHkeq2T7fqn
had happened that day. And it had a huge effect on me and maybe even 511Please respect copyright.PENANAxYLzvVBLgz
you. And I've been avoiding you for so long because of it and all I want511Please respect copyright.PENANAfATb9AbfTB
to say is that I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk, Kim."511Please respect copyright.PENANAX3qrw1gvV4
"I511Please respect copyright.PENANAjCX3TPqL0J
understand that the wedding had affected you. But something tells me 511Please respect copyright.PENANAfwQlIQVBqf
that something else had happened that day. Was it the accident?"511Please respect copyright.PENANA03oDIoicM7
Leo looked up at Kim and knew he was cornered. He drew his eyes downward and nodded.511Please respect copyright.PENANAP06thka0QJ
"What511Please respect copyright.PENANAdibGmFLbc5
happened then, Leo?" Kim asked. "How did the accident affect you? I 511Please respect copyright.PENANA7V8ZcKJdj8
want to know. Did something happen that day that has made you this way?"511Please respect copyright.PENANABuB1LZafcn
Leo511Please respect copyright.PENANA7cLlGyqgpl
felt his mouth run dry so suddenly. What was he going to say? That he 511Please respect copyright.PENANAhwVtDYqx5m
had fallen in love with a prostitute and that he didn't want to be with 511Please respect copyright.PENANAHT104VpS29
Kim anymore? Was he really going to tell Kim the whole truth for sure? 511Please respect copyright.PENANADw83hR5myR
The thought of telling Kim everything made Leo wonder how badly she 511Please respect copyright.PENANASzuPCIsgGL
would react.511Please respect copyright.PENANA956ZARVrxa
"After511Please respect copyright.PENANAnyphqpR5gc
all that had happened," said Leo, his throat causing him a problem to 511Please respect copyright.PENANAynlvdkUDqq
talk, "I came to a conclusion about our relationship, Kim."511Please respect copyright.PENANAl2fAKvmSEB
"What do you mean?" Kim asked looking like the worst was yet to come.511Please respect copyright.PENANApkQelSv2yy
"I hate to say this, but I don't think I can go on with this relationship anymore."511Please respect copyright.PENANA3BT6HnMLvR
***511Please respect copyright.PENANASBmRPI5v2l
Angel511Please respect copyright.PENANAeV1LV8lbkk
held the flowers in her hand and slowly put it on the pile of dirt that511Please respect copyright.PENANAjMqVpBRQnk
now covered her mother's grave. She was really going to miss her mother511Please respect copyright.PENANABKdurBuf6x
so much. All she wanted was to drop dead too. She didn't want to face 511Please respect copyright.PENANAoEqdMrc8HZ
what life had for her. It was going to be very difficult. She didn't 511Please respect copyright.PENANAAflavFbsaa
want to act like a coward, but she still felt angry through her tears. 511Please respect copyright.PENANAAuwZwTOZfB
Her sister was nothing but a betrayer and her mother just left without 511Please respect copyright.PENANAI7nYm6jCxb
even saying goodbye. Tears kept on falling down her cheeks as she took 511Please respect copyright.PENANALPZimsTVKJ
all that in. She wanted to punch the whole world including her sister.511Please respect copyright.PENANAKFsLfpDMKS
After511Please respect copyright.PENANADWPuIzjODZ
the funeral procession and everyone had left, Angel just sat in her 511Please respect copyright.PENANA4sCH7BeckT
wheelchair with Eric beside her looking around the cemetery. It was 511Please respect copyright.PENANAvAONAgqTsG
quiet and Angel enjoyed the silence. Eric was such a good companion to 511Please respect copyright.PENANAS0EvTzebTu
be with. He knew Angel wasn't in a mood to talk at the moment and he was511Please respect copyright.PENANAyyiaqEvxAc
quiet beside her the whole time letting Angel get lost in her own 511Please respect copyright.PENANAVVGKf0AB2I
world. 511Please respect copyright.PENANA0ft6NC6uuA
After511Please respect copyright.PENANAMZYtosVIAA
what seemed to be like an eternity, Mr McDonell came from behind with 511Please respect copyright.PENANANHbttpphzf
an old woman Angel didn't recognise on a wheelchair just like her. They 511Please respect copyright.PENANAQ92AhyuG2I
stood right beside Angel and Eric. 511Please respect copyright.PENANADutiKgZLST
"Angel, this right here is my mother," introduced Mr McDonell. "She also knew your mother as well."511Please respect copyright.PENANAHC8hBLYNcE
"It's511Please respect copyright.PENANA1YED6usKsL
good to see the daughters of Lisa," said Amanda, she reached out to 511Please respect copyright.PENANAiHhu1d9KUs
hold Angel's hand. "I'm happy that she had such beautiful daughters like511Please respect copyright.PENANAKOn71fJ8wz
you."511Please respect copyright.PENANAdHWiMax1KD
Angel smiled at the kind geature. "Thank you. It's a pleasure meeting you."511Please respect copyright.PENANAC9yaX6Z3ei
"No,511Please respect copyright.PENANAV45cdaTDDQ
the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I get to meet you since I 511Please respect copyright.PENANAY8BTbHeh3r
hadn't seen your mother in such a long time. And now that you'll come to511Please respect copyright.PENANAiGVH7Xr18W
live with us, it will be great."511Please respect copyright.PENANAyGMVnkMvhZ
For a moment there was silence among them. Angel looked up at Mr McDonell and Eric who didn't say anything. 511Please respect copyright.PENANAYkPsEjtVDp
"Umm, well my sister and I might not leave with you, uh," Angel paused for a while.511Please respect copyright.PENANADoT5nFVflC
"You may call me Amanda, dear," said Amanda, "what do you mean you might not stay with us?"511Please respect copyright.PENANAm5otA8qHjD
"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."511Please respect copyright.PENANAfHwHNVUZYM
"Angel, I think it's time you know the truth." said Carly as she came from behind.511Please respect copyright.PENANAvcLGQH5JCh
Angel couldn't help but 511Please respect copyright.PENANApJbHlnKi0r
roll her eyes and turn to face the other way when Carly came to join 511Please respect copyright.PENANAnKB4MlTUTB
them. Carly stood beside Eric trying to take a look at her sister, but 511Please respect copyright.PENANAzZPaeXuDwo
Angel did all her best to hide her eyes. Amanda noticed and she couldn't511Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1K5dwWT3i
help but feel worried over Angel's expression. 511Please respect copyright.PENANAGFv350YjMW
"What is it now, Carly?" Angel asked trying to keep her tone cool and even.511Please respect copyright.PENANACXDMoJYTcC
"I....well, I wanted to tell you that, we won't be able to go back home any more."511Please respect copyright.PENANApnw3Wi0nYW
Angel now shifted in her511Please respect copyright.PENANA5MdHQ1HI02
wheelchair so suddenly to look at Carly whose eyes were red and puffy 511Please respect copyright.PENANAgUSDzhaZbF
from crying. This time her eyes were now full of fright. Even Angel 511Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ8N7Rwj4I
noticed it. What was she hiding that she was scared and had kept it 511Please respect copyright.PENANAI7QB6wkNVy
hidden?511Please respect copyright.PENANAh2xelhGhso
"Tell me what the heck is going on? What have you kept from me, Carly?"511Please respect copyright.PENANAH7QsY7qXMY
Angel demanded. 511Please respect copyright.PENANA6p7MJPQC1L
"We won't be able to go back home because," Carly hesistated. "They took the house from us, Angel."511Please respect copyright.PENANAS0DRkxICqK
Angel felt her heart shatter at the news. And this time, she felt like tearing the whole world apart for sure. 511Please respect copyright.PENANAyYufDkAdKY
"What?!"
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