At night before retiring for bed Gabbi stares at her reflection on the mirror, she realize that they did have facial similarities she and Danni, except for Danni's Blue piercing eyes and Greyish blond hair. Gabbi has a greyish eyes that contrasted her lighter shade of brown hair she inherited from her mother. She dyed it to darker shade to hide its natural color. That child she couldn't help but think of the child she lost, She may have been as old as that little girl who seems to be always reminding her of those days when she was a naive girl and confused acting on a whim.
The next day having been recovered from the heated discussion all the member of the judges and the staff resume their work. No one knows that from that simple exchange the seed of a scandal is brewing right at this minute it is being multiplied by the minute since they are focus on the job at hand no one check on their social media accounts.
By the time the Thirty-six finalist was chosen. Gabbi and Jennifer was up against each other in anothher word battle with their opposing opinion it open up another round in exchanging remarks not related to the job at hand.
"Why are you making this difficult Jen? you chose her to be included why are you dropping her." Gabbi said in exasperation. She suspect that Jen wants to get all best contestant under her. Which Gabbi foresee to be a bigger problem for them.
"Why? can't change my mind? "
"Of course you can change your mind Honey..." Josh started to pacify the situation.
"Don't you honey me you ..." she cut him off.
"You have to take responsibility to your actions Jen. If you choose them you have to stand for that, not that you want to monopolize everything on your behalf." Gabbi said forcefully.
" Easy for you to say Miss high and mighty Gabriella! You have everything handed to you without lifting a hand to fight for it."
"What are you? saying that's not true!" At this moment Georgie who was busy in categorizing each contestant, raise her head and wondered what are they talking about? It seems they are in each other throat for some unfinished personal issues. she was on comedy side of the bussiness and a newcomer she is not so aquainted with what's going on the music scene. and have no ersonal knowledge of the history of this two.
"Hey this become a regular scene with you two. What is your problem! I'm fed up of your unending battle. You're disrupting the task at hand..."
"Shut up Josh!!!" They both retalliated. " Everything has started with you!" Jen continued.
"With me? Huh are you forgetting you planned it all to break us up! You and your malicious way. I'm so tired of this." He raised himself from the chair and walked out of the door.
The moderator and manager who has been so surprised with the sudden outburst found his voice. "Ok, since we can not stall this work anymore because we are running out of time. I forbid you to speak to one another in this room until you settle your differences. I don't want a circus in my show or I will cancel the show until you can be civil to one another. Leave! and I say it again, leave your differences outside this door. or you will both face a lawsuit for breaking the terms of the contract"
"Yes, Boss!" with head bowed they both answered embarrash for acting like children.
"Both of you in my office." and addressing the staff in the room, " If Josh is around send him in. I want to settle this with this four in person."
" He already left boss, probably gone home." One of the staff answered.
Then contact him to see me at once." and he went to his office expecting the rest to follow him. Unknowingly that the scene earlier has been leaked out by one of the staff who has a contact to a gossip collumnist and the story is circulating very fast just like a very contagious virus. Jennifer and Gabrielle topic is trending on social media.
Minutes later Gabbi and Jen was sitting on opposite couch in the manager's officce waiting for Josh to appear. They both ignore each other, deep in their own thoughts. Gabbi was thinking that she should have not give in to Jen's taunting. She was over it a long time ago. In fact she was not devastated when the relationship with Josh ended when she caught them on the act. What she can not accept is for Jen to keep on opening old wounds about her relationship with Dane and the state of her health before, when she went into depression after she gave birth to her baby who died later. This was the scandal that force her to end her carreer in singing. She regretted that she treated this woman as a sister that later on destroyed her refutation and credibility because of jealousy. she always thought that her secret is safe with her friends. Eventhough she never reveal to her anything about her past, but Jen maliciously unearth this secret to be her ace to descredit Gabbi. She was jelous of her career ,her boyfreind and the fact that she have something to fall back if she won't succeed in her carreer. she also envy the support Gabbi received from her family namely her father, brother and his wife May who was Gabbi's psychologist who help her a lot in coming into terms with her problems regarding her health issues.
There was silence in the room except for the hustling of papers their manager is reading and signing while waiting for Josh to appear. Jen was also deep in her thoughts probably trying to think of ways or schemes to get out of this mess with less damage or betterstill have other to take blame for this. All she wanted was to get Gabbi out of her way she hated this woman so much because she faded in the shadow if she's around.
When Josh entered the room everyone tried to settle down and pay attention to what the manager has to say. "It has come to my attention that Miss Gabbi and Miss Jennifer can not stay in one room to have fruitful discusion about the task, so i decided that you will not anymore participate on the screening." "What are we suppose to do? Take a break?" Jen interrupted. "That's what I am trying to explain. Hear me out, first before interrupting. That's mainly the reason why there are missunderstanding between you two, both of you has their own ideas and both want to assert this ideas into action, I don't say that this ideas are not good, but you are not the only ones whose opinion has to be counted and considered. We have audience world wide who are the most important people we have to satisfy . If we fail in this pilot show? there is a lot to loose by the company, not only yourself so I advise that you take you personal battles outside of this show and focus
A few days after the incident after the confrontation, the gossip that rock the showbiz world start to normalize. Gab cut his honeymoon trip to help his sister with the issues he used his connection to cut off any scandal surfacing involving his sister. to which Gabbi felt guilty."Gab I'm so sorry you have to cut your cruise short, I'm so sure Deana and I can settle it in our own way.""No problem sweet sister I'm glad to be of help especially if it concerns you That's what big brothers are for. beside May has to checked on her patient who has a relapsed.""But you already paid it in full and you didn't get a refund""It's okay money is not an issue, besides it's the quality that counts not the quantity." He couldn't help but smile as he remember the experiences he had with his wife on their vacation and there is nothing he want more than go home and be with his beautiful wife. He couldn't stay away for so long because their father even thoug
The live airing of the battle commence after the judges was given their set of contestant to train, it's the segment that three contestant from the same group under the same mentor will compete and one will be eliminated. The top contenders was distributed equally among the four judges. But Gabbi was apprehensive that because Danni and Sarah belong to one group and that is in Jen's group. She knows that Jen is bias to Sarah it was revealed when they have a confrontation. She feel sad that if ever the two would be on the one on one battle no matter what the performance Jen will choose Sarah to be in the final four. not to mentiont hat Jen also has another potential talent in her group that is Leah who posses an angelic voice, with proper training there's alot to be improve and expection is higher for this girl."Pity these would make the finale exciting." with the number of Danni's supporters are continiously increasi
" Harry! what are you doing here? I didn't know you are a member of the core group for this show.""Gab ask me to help conceptualize the contest. How about you how do you find working as a judge and a mentor.?"" It's hectic but at the same time uplifting doing work that I like to do. thinking that some of these contestants will be the next driving force that will keep the music industry alive." She said with much conviction that have her companion staring at her lost for words to say."Is there something on my face I... I haven't took a peak in the mirror when we went out of the conference room." She blushed having to be stared at thinking that she had something ugly on her face." No!,,, nothing I... I just thought that you love your job and your showing it by the way you describe you feelings. Sorry if I offend you by staring you have an interesting face," Oh no! he nearly blew it. He thought to himself."Oh... " That's all she can s
Bobbie Joe strummed the last note of her song in her guitar. She stepped down from the backstage using her disguise looking for someone in the crowd of people that was chearing wildly with the performance of Ethan the artist of the main act. She was the opening act for cross country tour of Ethan Gray a very famous country artist. She was hand-picked by Ethan as she was in the same record label as him, they promise each other when they were starting their career, that if ever one of them will be succesfull they will help the other to achieved their ambition of becoming a recording artist.She on her own right is a recording artist herself but not as succesul as Ethan."There you are pretty lady." she was surprise as she was pulled into the big arms of someone that she's very famillar." George you startle me ! Let's get out of here before someone notices I'm gone" George was having a vacation in the states when he met Bobbie Joe in one cross country tour o
"Ladies and gentlemen Danni is out for a steal" This words has made Gabbi's heart beats faster will she? or She won't The situation came to be when out of the three contestants in Jen's group Danni has the weakest song choice. performance level was good, projection was also above average. But Gabbi suspected that Jen has something to do with it , because in this segment the judge gets to assign each contestant's song choice.She was just reluctant to steal because her line up was already full, But as she saw the girl's eyes began to tear up, eventhough she tried to project a calm and controled appearance. There was a tug in Gabbi's heart that she finally hits the button stealing the girl from the group of Jennifer, much to the applause and shouts of the audience that came to support the girl and much to the unhappiness of her former mentor, the smirk on Jen's face confirm her suspicion that she deliberately assigned the girl to have a bad p
Dane enjoy talking a walk near the river It gives him a sense of calmness away from the nagging of his family. he always brings his guitar with him sometimes taking inpiration on his surrounding ang start to compose songs sometimes he just play the guitar and play songs that comes to his mind. Right at this moment he thinks of Ella, the girl is somewhat a puzzel to him. Behind her spunkiness, fierceness and tenacity lies an innocent and fragile personality with so much bottled-up emotions ready to explode anytime which makes her attract this attention and gives him the feeling that he wants to protect her just like what her brother does.he started to ply his guitar after setlling on the bench outside the hut that was use to be a stop over place. His playing with the string produce a song with the lyrics that makes him desccribe Ella. First time I saw her in them blue jeans, I knew that I'll be in for a treat. Next thing I know sh
When the water level of the river goes down and the bridge was passable he called for a rescue to carry Ella comfortably back to the house. When they reach home he immediatelly call Gab to let him know of what is happening in the resort and then he and her workers goes around to assess the damage that the storm brought. Ella on the other hand was attended by their house keeper as she knows what to do and how to attend to her condition, it seems she had forgotten again her medication and somehow developed an infection as she was expose longer in the cold and rain. "How are you feeling Ella?" He asked her when he visited her in her room to give an update in the situation on the resort. "I'm feeling better Dane, thanks for looking after me I would not know what will happen to me if you were not there, so how extensive is the damage after the storm? " she asked weakly. "There's not much damage it's a good thing that we were able to m
Days that followed Dane and Gabbi travel back to the US to speak to Alyanna to clear up everything and to know the full ciircumstances of how Dani came to be with her."Dane I'm so sorry that I have kept from you the truth about Danielle." The new Alyanna is far from the formidable and snobbish that Gabbi came to know. She became honest and downhearted ."I want to know how my daughter came to be in your care ,or is it just another way to fool us about the truth. I don't want my wife to have those attacks again knowing that she had been fooled again. If it happens again Anna, I will hold you responssible and I will chase you unto the ends of the earth just to make you pay." Alyanna looks at Dane with a sad eyes." When my father learned about my pregnancy, I cannot find who was with me that night, I have knew all along that Justin cannot impregnate. So I planned to drugged you and hold you responsible. But Justin came instead of you the rest you knew what happen
Through all this time Yael have never ceased to plan in winning Gabbi's affection. when he learned of the marriage of Dane and Gabbi, He cried and vowed that not even that piece of paper that bind them could stop him from getting what he wanted. and that is Gabbi. Now that she had lost her memory would be the right time for him to interfere with their union.The other day he saw her and talk to her without her assistant knowing he bribe one of the bodyguards saying that he just wanted to have her sign his authograph . The guards seeing no harm in that allowed him. He lured her to see him again secretly to know the whereabouts of her baby. but warn her not to tell anybody. Gabbi seem to be hooked by the idea agreed to see him without anyone knowing."Where is you mother Dani? " Dane asked when he observed his wife is missing."She is just in the bathroom Dad." Dani aswered she was busy playing on her phone that she didn't realized her mother is missing."She i
"My baby..." Gabbi wakes up with Dane holding her hand she was asleep for the pass three days and when Dane told her family about what had happen. May being her doctor flew to the US together with her husband and twin babies. Dani followed after her last commitment, together with Nanny Emms."Thank God Honey you're awake." Dane with tears in his red rimmed eyes look at his wife thanking that she at last had become conscious."Where am I Dane why it doesn't look familiar?" She is so confused looking around the room to he people to Alora then to May and the girl beside Dane."We are in our house in the US." Dane said proudly."The US why are we here , We don't have a house in the US, we are staying in your touring van." May move closer and asked Gabbi."Are you alright Gabbi what do you feel?" May shook her head when there was no recognition written on her face, she tried to assessed the situation."Gabbi who is Gabbi?, I am Ella , Who are you
Gabbi was summoned by the court to appear on the last day of the hearing. Dane almost did not allow her to appear citing health issues he was afraid that her experiences will trigger her previous illness. But May assured him that Gabbi is stronger now far from the Ella he had known before. She is able to contain her emotions and had better control of her feelings.The hearing has a very tight security protocol that only Dane, Gabbi and George was allowed to attend.. When Gabbi testify on the last day, Julia was shooting venomous glares towards her. but Gabbi was not faced off with the intimidation.She answered well to all the interrogations being asked nailing Julia as the elusive Jadis. When the sentence was read She went wild and attack Gabbi just as Dane put Gabbi behind her, and George appeal to her."Julia my dear stop, we never meant to cause you misery. You chose that life, I love you even if you are not mine. If you had come to me before I will not abando
Gabbi turned around come face to face with the only man she ever loved."Baby I am here. I went to have a word with one of the official. " Gabbi look at Dane and got ashamed of how she look compared to the healthy glow on his face compared to her unhealthy palor and malnourished appearance. She took a step backwards."Gabbi, Baby what's wrong?""I... I am not good to look at...I... " She stutter just like the first time they hug. Dane hug her so tight and kiss her , so tenderly to erased any doubts she have in her heart. Gabbi let out the emotions she had bee holding fo a very long time, the fears that she will never see again Dane her family. At the thought of her family Gabbi remembered." Where is Dad, Gab and May.?" she asked nervously."Gab is with May in the Hospital she is in labor you ill be having a nephew or a niece, in a very short while. ""They didn't disclose the gender of the baby?""Babies, Honey. She is having twins and they
"You!"Gabbi exclamed when she saw the face of her savior."I told you to be ready! This place is in danger, We might be caught in a war zone." She immediately pull Gabbi to a safer place away from disturbing sounds of gunfire."But why?" Gabbi was confused that what used to be the one that is guarding her is the one that will save her."The military will soon contain this place taking out the civilians and hostages." Lily explained but at the same time mapping up the place to find a safe route to escape."Let's talk later, here use this you will be easily noticed with that light colored dress." A dark colored pants and a shirt was handed to her and she quickly get on it wirhout wasting time."Here do you know how to use this?" she was handed a gun she never touch anything like that before, But if that what it takes to bring her back to her family, she will try anything."No! but i can learn." She make her decision."Ok let's not waste
Julia! why are you doing this?" Julia had a satisfied look on her face when she saw the poor condition of her half sister. she become thin and hagard looking."You have the guts to asked why? Didn't you know what your family have done to us? Especially you!""But all of it resulted from what your mother done to us!" Gabbi defended seeing the hate in her eyes. "That's because you leave her no choice!" Julia said with so much hate."That's no true!""When you came from the US, Dad doesn't have any other name on his lips. It's always you, this is for Ella ,Ella is this, Ella is that Ella , Ella... ! All about Ella and I hate that name!" Gabbi was shocked to find out that all her difficulties, all the sufferings , the pain and miseries she experienced resulted from Julia's insecurities and jealousies of her."Isn't it enough that your mother locked me up for months with a baby on the way, which resulted in her premature birth and death you're so cruel!" Ga
Gabbi was brought to beach at the other side of the farm resort far away from their property. She knew this place when she was still managing the resort, but never dwell longer, she planned to buy this property adjacent to their land but the owner do not want to sell and raise the value instead, which is not practical. She was boarded on a speedboat taken to another island which is an hour from the mainland. they made her walk further into the forest and into a clearing there are huts around and they took her to one of them and locked her up.She was afraid and recalling the events of the day it gave her a scare. she doesn't know this people who kidnap her. Dane what happen to him?? she was afraid that... "Oh my God. don't let anything happen to him." she prayed, she won't be able to bear it, if anything happens to him, the last look she had with her husband was he was unconscious with his bloodied chest. She started to cry and with exhaustion setting in she fall as
Alora was shocked with what she had seen , but she kept quiet. she doesn't want to mess the wedding preparation by presenting new issues.But she kept it in her mind to dig this thing up once she gets back home. she will keep it a secret from Dane. Gabbi on the other hand, was confused with what alora had said about Dani not related to Dane as father or as an uncle. At first she thought that it is just in he genes she inherit it with the family. but now her theory of them being related maybe the biological father of Dani was related to her mother side of the family. and the more she want to go back to Memphis to dig up thei roots on her mother side of the family, After the wedding she will ask Dane to do this. The wedding preparation is underway . even if It was a close family affair there still a crowd that is expected, the family of Dane his brothers Bob's wife and kids their parents are coming a few days before the wedding . the member of the press , all their employee