A Love Trap

Indeed, this place was located on the hillside at the suburban area of J City. The air was chilly and the view was beautiful.

The only disadvantage was that it was really far from downtown J City.

It took about two hours to get to the downtown area.

"Right.

Well, Angelina, do you remember that you had a jade pendant when you were young? It's dark green, water-drop-shaped. Mom and Dad gave each of us one when you were three years old."

Angelina was puzzled, "Jade pendant?"

"Yes," said Jeremy.

"I don't know... I think I have some sort of vague recollection but I can't remember that much," Angelina mused.

"It's okay. Never mind, if you don't remember," Jeremy said.

"Is that jade pendant important?" asked Angelina, with hesitation.

"No, don't worry. It's not very important. I'll give you a new one next time," said Jeremy, trying to dispel her doubt.

How could the jade pendant not be important?

It was a tailor-made pendant ordered by their parents when Camelia was three years old and Jeremy six years old.

Their names were engraved on each of the jade pendants. It meant a lot to them.

However, it was good enough for him that he was able to find his sister. If the pendant was lost, it wasn't an issue.

Angelina felt her heart beating fast.

The only reason was that as much as she tried to rack her brain to find any memory of that pendant, she couldn't.

She saw the look on Jeremy's face and she could tell it was something meaningful.

any memory of the pendant, if it was so important?

just couldn't remember

only two possibilities.

she had never seen that jade pendant. It had never existed in her

had been very sick when she was a child, she must have completely lost her memory of

reasons she didn't know, she felt that the first one was more likely.

her

the car before she came to see them, so she wasn't

and then, they would chat a bit. After a while, Jeremy noticed that she was feeling down. He asked, worried, "What's wrong, Angelina? Are

her reverie

have to tell me," Jeremy

"Okay."

a residential area. Angelina unbuckled her seat belt and said,

take care too," Jeremy

until the car left before walking to her

of about 17 or 18 had

watched as Angelina walked away and as the car sped off.

and was just about to step into the house, she heard a voice from

in her tracks and turned—it was Jacob.

didn't say anything but just walked inside, leaving the door open.

TV. They heard the noise and thought it was Jacob. But when they turned to speak to him, they

were cold when

back to get something. I'll go back to school tomorrow," replied Angelina.

she moved to her school dormitory, she seldom came home. She knew she wasn't welcome in this family anyway.

my

expect them to respond to her so she headed to her room as soon as she finished speaking. She was surprised when she suddenly heard

"Wait a minute."

He had

Angelina

like Jacob. He had terrible grades and was constantly making trouble. He never did any chores and his dirty laundry had to be done by someone else.

car was that? I wasn't able to see much. Do you want to

he pressed.