One of Danielle's maids took Gabrielle's luggage to the guest room. She sat on the bed weakly and began to doubt her decision to leave Molteno. She would have stayed and faced the shame. "Gabby, I objected when you accepted Mike's proposal, but I'm not happy with what you did to him. Does he really deserve it? I told you to stay away from him. Now, you have abandoned your studies because you are running away from him," Danielle said, tightening her face. Gabrielle became worried. Her only sister had never gotten mad at her to the extent of squeezing her face. "Dani, what is it?" Gabrielle asked, standing up from the bed. "I have these pains that come and go." "Since when?" "Yesterday" "Is mom aware?" "She said it's labor but it is not time to go to the hospital yet. She said I should wait until the pains begin to come in ten minutes intervals." "Hell no! Dani, you are going to the hospital now! When I say now, I mean right now!" "No, Gabrielle, mom…." "I will raise my vo
Danielle's cesarean delivery was successful and there was joy in the house. Gabrielle was the hero of the moment, Sam, her sister's husband kept showering her with lots of gifts. Mrs. Williams could not drive Gabrielle back to Molteno after saving her sister and her baby. None of them knew why she abandoned Mike because she refused to tell them what happened. The whole family gave up and let her be. After some weeks, she began to have symptoms of pregnancy. She purchased a pregnancy test kit and tested positive. She sat on her bed, tears began to flow uncontrollably down her cheeks. Brian, who was responsible for the pregnancy, was nowhere to be found. Gabrielle quickly grabbed her handkerchief and wiped her eyes when the handle of her bedroom door whined slowly. Danielle walked in with her baby. She slowly lowered the baby to the bed. Gabrielle smiled as she fixed her eyes on the baby's cute eyes. "Aria looks just like her dad," she whispered happily. "Gabrielle, we need to talk
Gabrielle left Cape Town on Monday morning and headed down to Molteno to defend her project which had been written by a student Agatha hired. Her friend stood at the gate, waiting to see her.Agatha frowned the moment she alighted from the school's shuttle bus. Surprise was clearly written all over her face. "Gabby, what is going on? You have changed!" Agatha said. Gabrielle ignored her question and gave her a warm embrace. "Oh, God! Gabby…I told you to go for a postpill!" "What are you saying?" Gabrielle forced a smile as she kept looking around. It had been two months already since she left the school, however, the environment looked as though she had gone for over a decade."Babe, you are my friend, I know you very well. You are obviously pregnant!" "Aga, I need to rest and go through my project again. I'm going to lodge in a hotel and you are going to stay with me.""If you really want to go through your project and get ready for justification tomorrow, you need to stay alone
Gabrielle lodged in a hotel since she had nowhere to stay. A wave of loneliness washed over her and began to drive her mad. She could not concentrate on the copy of her project she was reading. Her tears began to wet the book. She closed it and tossed it aside. Gabrielle wished she had allowed her friend to stay with her. She stood up and walked towards the window of the hotel. She could see the new student lodge that was under construction on the land Brian sold. "Brian, where…are …you! Brian…I need you now….I'm carrying your baby," Gabrielle whimpered with a sad tone. She sat beside her bed and cried uncontrollably. She ignored her phone that kept ringing beside her. The caller refused to give up. "Hello," Gabrielle said with a voice that showed she had been crying. "Oh my god! Gabrielle are you in trouble? Where are you?" A voice yelled. "Please, who are you?" Gabrielle whimpered. "As cold as ice. Where are you?" Ice asked. "I'm fine, don't worry…" "No, you are obvi
Gabrielle and her friend left the lodge after bidding the girls farewell. A call had been bothering her since she was with the caretaker, but she ignored it. "Babe, pick up," Agatha said. Gabrielle sighed and picked up. "Hello," she muttered. "As cold as Ice," the cold voice whispered. Gabrielle frowned and regretted ever giving him her new number. " Your husband just got down from the school bus," Ice smirked. "What! Who?" Gabrielle asked. "The lady's man," Ice smirked again. "Oh god, I don't want to see him. Where is he?" "He is heading towards hall B. Where are you?" Gabrielle turned, looked at her friend, and turned her face again. "I left Bangkok lodge now, I'm heading to the hotel where I lodged to check out. If he comes out of the gate, please, delay him until I have boarded a bus.""Are you going to Cape Town this evening?" Agatha said. Gabrielle ignored her. "How long will I delay him?" "I'm going to call you when I'm out of here.""Okay," Ice responded and hung up
Mike took a deep breath as he began to dial the number. He was surprised when Agatha's name pop up. Mike looked at the phone number again, it was the same number he had been calling since he alighted from the school bus. He gave out a long sigh. He could not believe the caretaker sold Agatha's number to him for such an outrageous amount. Mike continued staring at the phone number written in Gabrielle's handwriting. He carefully folded the paper and dipped it into his pocket. "Hi, Mike," Agatha said as soon as she picked up the phone. "Is she there with you?" "No," Agatha muttered quietly. "She has gone. Did you forget the time I told you?" "No, but …never mind" "Mike we are friends, talk to me," Agatha said. Mike took a deep breath and rested his head on his palm. "Mike!""I had a little fight with Jane. She delayed me.""I'm so sorry. She gave the caretaker her phone number, I memorized it. I'm going to text it to you now.""Don't worry, she gave the caretaker your number. I'm
"Good evening, dad," Gabrielle whimpered when she got closer to her dad. Mr. Williams ignored her and fixed his eyes on a newspaper he was reading. Gabrielle stood still and waited for his response, but all to no avail. Since the news of her pregnancy got to all the members of the family, they had been treating her like an outcast who brought nothing but a disgrace to her family. Her mom hardly responded to her greetings too. She wanted to rent an apartment and move out of her sister's house, but she did not have enough money to move.Gabrielle left her dad and walked into the building, wiping tears that were dripping through her eyes. Her younger brother screamed and gave her a warm embrace when she walked into the family's lounge. "Gabby, you took us unawares. Danielle called this afternoon, she never told us you were coming," Joseph, her immediate younger brother said with a smile. "I wanted to spend some time here, but with dad's attitude, I'm going to leave as soon as I'm thr
Gabrielle and Phillip had been knocking on the main gate of their house, but no one responded. She sat down at the foot of the gate and continued dialing her brother's number. "Joe, open the gate, I have been knocking for ages. Gabrielle said as soon as her brother picked up the phone. "Dad is with the key. There is nothing I can do," Joe whimpered. "Why are you whimpering, is he there?" Gabrielle asked. "Yes""Move away from there and talk to me.""Gabby, there is nothing I can do. He is with the key and he knows you are knocking.""Where does he expect me to go?""To hell!" Mr. Williams roared and the call disconnected. Gabrielle's frustration was apparent. She couldn't believe her family had decided to throw away the baby and the bathing water. Her father did not care about safety anymore. "Come with me, I'll bring you back tomorrow morning," Phillip said, squatting before her. Gabrielle nodded and stood up. She had no options, so she stood and walked towards the car. The ne