Chapter Twenty Five

Gabriella I was feeling weirdly anxious at the moment and I couldn't understand why. Gabrielle had suddenly called me yesterday and she said that she wanted us to meet which I found very weird but for some reason, I immediately agreed to meet with her without even taking time to think about it first. I've been avoiding meeting Gabrielle for a while now because it dawned on me that Gabrielle and I are never going to get along and no matter how ever turns out between us, she and I are never going to see eye-to-eye and we were just not destined to be like every other sister out there. I took in a deep breath before walking into the restaurant where Gabrielle had asked us to meet. The first thing that I noticed as soon as I walked in was that the entire place was empty and I couldn't help but wonder why such a popular restaurant would be empty by this time in the afternoon. I looked around to spot Gabrielle and almost immediately, I spotted her sitting at a table in the middle of the restaurant, which was very unlike Gabrielle since she had an obsession with always staying by the window. She didn't seem to have noticed that I already walked in because of how engrossed she was in whatever she was doing on her phone so I worked closer to her and hit the table lightly and that was when she looked up and spotted me. "Oh, hello," she greeted with a creepy smile on her face. "I would prefer it if we just get straight to the point instead of exchanging false pleasantries. I haven't been in the best mood lately so I'll have to ask you what exactly it is you want from me Elle? Why did you suddenly call me to meet with you?" I asked, getting straight to the point. I had no intentions of having a chit-chat with Gabrielle because I knew that with Gabrielle came trouble and nothing else and having a random conversation with her was definitely out of the question. "I understand that your mood is not the best because of everything that is going on with you but you don't have to take it out on me because I'm not responsible for the horrible things that are happening in your life right now. Anyway, the reason I called you out today is that I was suddenly reminded of you and it occurred to me that you and I have not spoken in a long time and I also didn't have any idea how you were doing," "The last time I came to check up on you, it turned out that you had specifically asked that you didn't want to see me and I have to say, Gabriella, that experience was pretty much embarrassing. I didn't think that I would ever be kicked out of a cafe that I had bought with my own money because I pitied the fact that you had lost your job," she said and I rolled my eyes at her. "I don't know what it is that you want me to say because I'm not sorry for kicking you out of my cafe and if an apology is a reason why you called me here, then I'm afraid that you've wasted your time and you've also wasted mine because I won't be apologising for doing the right thing," I responded and she scoffed. "Firstly, I don't need you to apologise to me because your apology is of no use to me and secondly, isn't your cafe already nothing but past tense? I already heard the news that there was a fire that burnt it all down and the first thing that came to mind as soon as I heard was that maybe you were unlucky just as you've always said you were because I can't fathom how everything that surrounds you always ends up in the worst way possible. It's like you are a living example of misfortune," she responded and I sighed. I clenched my fists under the table as I tried my very best to control myself and keep my thoughts as positive as I could. I could already tell that Gabrielle's aim was to get on my nerves and I couldn't allow her to get to me. "Elle, I'm aware that you are lazy but are you so lazy and less busy to the point where you would call me out here just because you want to have your way to insult me? Are you bored? Did you finally lose your mind or something? Listen, I don't care what you think of me or what it is that you have to say about me but I would appreciate it if you refrained from calling me out for very unnecessary reasons. You and I have nothing to talk about ever and the best thing we can do for each other is to just stay away from each other and mind our own business," I told her. She smiled. "I also don't want to have anything to do with you, Gabriella dear. As you can see, I went as far as renting the entire restaurant because I don't want any other person to see me with you and thinking that I'm exactly like you. The only reason I even called you out to see you is that I just felt like I needed to at least know how you were doing especially since you currently have one leg in jail and one leg out. I just wanted to confirm for myself that you were still mentally stable because I was afraid that the entire situation would be driving you nuts by now," she explained and my blood boiled. She was here to get on my nerves and upset me and I couldn't allow her to succeed in getting under my skin. "Fine Gabrielle, if you claim that you only called me out because you wanted to check up on me then that's fine and I appreciate the kind gesture but let us refrain from doing so from now on because you and I, apart from looking alike, we don't have any business with each other and I would prefer if things remained the way it has always been," I said to her, hoping that she would just drop this childish act of hers and let me leave here. I could easily get up and leave on my own but I didn't want to do that just yet even though I knew that sooner or later, I would have to get up and get out of here before things escalated between us. "Your gratitude is insincere so I'm not going to take it and I don't need you to thank me because I'm not checking up on you because I want to but only because I feel like I just have to. Mom also wanted me to check up on you because she felt like she hadn't heard from you in such a long while and she was wondering how you were holding up especially since the issue with Martin's case started," Elle replied but I didn't say anything. "Speaking of Martin's case, I heard that you even dared to visit Martin's father in his office and even after you couldn't get the chance to meet with him there, you audaciously barged into his home and you pretended to be me by using that fake ID that you have with you. I was very surprised when I heard this and I even contemplated whether or not to sue you for using my identity falsely because if you had done anything horrible, I would have been the one being held accountable for your actions," she said and I scoffed. Gabrielle was certainly the most ridiculous person that I've ever met in my life and this conversation with her was starting to irritate my spirit and make me feel very disgusted. I've never actually thought about the fact as to whether or not I hated Gabrielle even after everything that she has done to me and before all of this, I could have boldly said that I did not hate her even though I resented her for a few things that she did to me in the past but right now, the way I felt was different and the disgusting feeling I felt whenever I was around Gabrielle just made me realise that I could be developing a real hatred for her. "If you want to sue me, then go right ahead with it and don't bother wasting my time with your stupid threats. I don't know how you got to know that I paid a visit to Martin's father and I'm starting to suspect that maybe you have people that are following me or it could be that you have some kind of relationship with Martin's father but whichever one it is, I don't care. Gabrielle, it's time for you to drop the bullshit and just tell me the real reason why you wanted to see me today," I demanded, feeling rather frustrated with this situation. "It's a good thing that you're still smart enough to understand basic body language but I must tell you, Gabriella, your stupidity scares me quite a bit and it also makes me pity you because I know very well that even though you're trying to act like you're strong and that you're doing okay, you're probably not mentally fit to do anything and this brings me to the reason why I came all the way here. I have been thinking long and hard about this and I came to the conclusion that I needed to tell you the same person," she said and I rolled my eyes. "Start talking, Elle," I hissed. "Well, I just wanted to suggest that, how about you just confess that you did kill Martin so that you can put all of this torment to an end and just spend a few years in jail?" she replied, taking me by surprise. "What did you just say?" I asked, hoping that I heard wrong. "You heard me loud and clear Gabriella. Confess that you tried to kill Martin, spend a few years in jail and put an end to all your misery once and for all," she repeated and the next thing I knew, my hands went flying across her cheek and I slapped her as hard as I could. "You can go rot in hell, you sick piece of shit," I hissed at her. "We're both gonna rot in hell together sis but I'll make your life on earth a lot more unbearable," she replied with a sick smile on her face that disgusted me. Now I know for certain that Gabrielle is certainly behind everything that's happening to me.