Chapter 28 Back Home to Heaven 

(Anj‘s POV) 

I had been sitting outside the mansion‘s gate for an hour already when it finally opened. Frank‘s lips curved a shy smile when he came out the metal gate with a paper bag. “I‘m sorry. We had to deal with Sky and Olivia first,” he said, quickly looking back at the house and then at me. 

“He‘s really furious, isn‘t he?” I asked, almost in a whisper. 

He chuckled and nodded, agreeing with me as he watched me look at the contents of the paper bag. I took the book out of the bag and smiled as I stared at the cover page. When I flipped the first page, I saw the public phone card and taxi fare I asked from Steve Mars. I placed the quilt inside the paper bag and returned the book inside. 

“Thank you, Frank. I‘ll never forget you,” I said, smiling sheepishly at him. 

“No,” he shook his head. “I‘ll never forget you. You‘re the first woman who made the young Mr. Mars nuts.” He grinned at me as we sat on the sidewalk and waited for the taxi with me. My cheeks blushed, not really understanding what he meant, but I pursed my lips, pretending 

I knew

“I could not believe you fooled us all. Ferdi would go frantic like Sky,” he chuckled again, shaking his head. “What got in that big head of yours, Angela?” “Love at first sight is overrated already, right?” I grinned at him, wrinkling my nose and pursing my lips. He craned his neck, looking at the perfect blue sky. “I have never seen the young Mr. Mars look at any women the way he looked at you, Angela.” 

an ugly–looking, red–spotted trapeze crab in person, Frank,” I smirked, looking up and thinking how I would ever forget him when the sky

woman I‘ve ever seen,” he said admiringly as he gazed at me. “I‘ve never felt so jealous of Sky before.“. I faked a smile, breathing out and feeling the heat creeping onto my cheeks. I was sure I was as red as

saw my ride coming. He extended his hand to help me stand up. “Again,

door at the back of the car. “Anything for you, Angela.”

forcing a smile instead. I was about to get inside the

happen to know where my clothes and shoes are?”

I‘m sorry, Angela, but it‘s a question only Sky can answer. I was

before ploppinginyself in the car. I waved at

 

I did my best not to. I wished to tell Frank i knew I was fully clothed when Sky carried me inside the mansion. The worst part, my brain had recorded everything despite being drunk that night, except for my clothes and shoes. It will

said, pointing to Heaven Avenue street

taxi driver smiled, taking the money

I walked to the familiar pavement, going to the nursing home, but I sneaked into Sister Grace‘s office,

must be in the prayer room with the other residents since it was already six. I lay down on the couch and fixed my eyes on the ceiling of her old office. I sighed at the thought of

should have just accepted the money from Steve Mars, but if my guardian knew where it came from or why he was giving me money, she would have been horrified and asked me to return it. I close my eyes, thinking about what to say to her when she returns, but the thought of Sky Mars distracts me and

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