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.

memory of the pendant, if it was

she just couldn't remember

only

that she had never seen that jade

when she was a child, she must

felt that the first one was

her panic.

had taken a nap in the car before she came to see them, so she wasn't sleepy now.

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 you feeling

her reverie and shook her

you have to tell me," Jeremy

"Okay."

slowly stopped at the gate of what looked like a residential area. Angelina unbuckled her seat belt and said, "Jeremy, this is

take care too," Jeremy said, smiling back.

him and waited until the car left

notice that a young boy of about 17 or 18 had

car sped off.

her key to open the door and was just about to step into the house,

tracks and turned—it

walked inside, leaving the door open.

were sitting on the couch watching TV. They heard the noise and thought it was Jacob. But when they turned to speak to him, they saw Angelina. Their faces

when they

just came back to get something. I'll go back to

she seldom came home. She knew she wasn't welcome

go to my

her room as soon as she finished speaking. She was surprised when she suddenly heard

"Wait a minute."

Jacob who called her. He had seen her get out of the limousine.

is it?" Angelina

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. Food was always ready for him whenever he got hungry. He was the favorite.

able to see much. Do

he pressed.