Chapter Two

Gabrielle. Something's off somewhere and I can feel it. Truth is, ever since I heard of Gabriella's arrest, I haven't been at ease and don't get me wrong, it's absolutely not because I feel guilty or anything like that. It's just that feeling you get when you just know that something isn't right but you just can't put a finger on it. "Are you sure you're okay Elle?" Mia asks worriedly. "Honestly Mia, I don't think I am," I reply to her honestly and she frowns. "Okay bitch, spill it! What did you do? Wait, hold on a second, don't tell me you're this way because of what the tabloids are saying? Since when did you start to care about that sister of yours?" She asks and I hiss. "What the hell Mia? My mood has nothing to do with her, at least not the way you're insinuating," I say to her quickly, not hiding my irritation. The fact that Ella's name is all over the tabloids doesn't exactly upset me, in fact, it feels great to know that her reputation is slowly getting damaged and even if she manages to get out of this, people will never look at her the same way ever again. I only hate the fact that her name happens to be associated with mine but I guess it can't be avoided. "So then, what is it? What exactly is going on with you and why do you look so worried?" She asks insistently. "Honestly Mia, I can't say for sure what's bugging me but I just have a really bad feeling about something and I feel like I'm missing something really important and if I don't figure out what it is, it would cost me greatly," I explained to her and she stares back at me with an even more confused expression. "Is your conscience making you feel this sceptical? Are you feeling some type of guilt and maybe that's why you keep thinking that something may go wrong and backfire against you," she suggests and honestly, I doubt that has anything to do with how I'm feeling at the moment. "Guilt? Nah, I don't think so. I actually don't feel guilty for anything that's happening right now because at the end of the day, I'm doing all of this for a bigger cause and if my sister has to go through this sort of humiliation for me to get what I really want, then, so be it. It's not like she doesn't deserve it anyway. Little bitch is always acting like she's the most perfect person in the world and that attitude of hers irritates me to no end," I hissed in obvious contempt. "You know, sometimes, you actually scare me Elle but I agree with you about that stupid brat. She's always acting like she's all that. Could you believe Fabian and I keep having issues because of her? That idiot never stops blabbing about how much he worries about her and how terribly people treat her when she's actually one of the nicest people he's ever met. The audacity you know!" she hisses a reply and I could already sense the jealousy. "Sounds like you're feeling pretty insecure about her relationship with Fabian. Do you perhaps think she has any interest in him?" I ask. "Nah, I don't think so because from what I know, she's seeing her boss and Fabian never stops blabbing about how she's madly in love with that Liam guy," she replies and I could not hide how irritated I felt hearing that directly from someone else. "What's with that look on your face? Why did you look so upset? Wait, don't tell me you're still living in that phase?" She asks and I frown. "What phase are you talking about?" I ask in confusion. "Well, the phase where you have that silly urge to take whatever makes your sister happy. I mean, I get that we all hate her and all but I have to admit that I've always found your attitude towards any prospective relationship she has very creepy. You literally made us go through every means necessary just to make sure she never got a proper boyfriend in highschool and I honestly always found your obsession alarming," she says and a part of me felt insulted. "So what are you trying to say? That I'm obsessed with my sister?" I retort snappily and she shakes her head sideways with an unimpressed look on her face. "You said it yourself sweetie but that wasn't my point. My point is, I hope that head isn't cooking something up again cause, I don't trust you when it comes to having your eyes on your sister's men," she replied and I mentally rolled my eyes. "Well, surprise, surprise, I want him," I reply simply and her jaw drops. "You can't possibly be serious right now or are you?" she questioned immediately with a surprised look on her face. "Do I look like I'm in the mood to joke around? I like Liam and I want him for myself," I tell her straightforwardly and immediately she facepalms herself. "Are you being serious right now? What the actual fuck Gabrielle! What's with you and falling for already taken men that happen to like your sister? Isn't this like the fourth guy already?" she blurts out, sounding obviously displeased. "It's the fifth but I don't really give a fuck about how many there are. If I like them, I must have them and Liam, has to be mine cause someone as important and as influential as him cannot and must not end up with my stupid sister, especially if I want her out of the fashion world for good," I say to her, feeling beyond furious at the thought of having to deal with Ella at the top dog league in the fashion industry. I intend to smear her reputation as much as I can, so she can't ever rise up in this industry and if I can end up snatching a perfect guy like Liam away from her, I'd literally end up taking away her only hope of actually climbing up the social ladder in this industry. "So that's why you like the guy? Simply because he's influential?" She retorts. "Oh come on Mia, what else do you want me to say? That I'm in love with him? Of course, I'm not. I do like him though but not only because he's influential. He's good looking, he seems like the really caring type and I can already tell that he'd be really, really good in bed as well," I reply to her and she frowns. "You are such a weirdo Elle. So what are you going to do? Seduce him? Remember that this isn't high school where you could easily control and manipulate everything and everyone. If he really is as good of a guy as I hear he is, then nothing in this world will ever make him look at you," she tells me harshly and the last part really hit me hard. "Why do I feel like you're trying to discourage me and at the same time, insult me?" I hiss back at her. "It's not discouraging you, it's telling you straight up facts. You and I know how far you went in the past and I'm just trying to remind you of how embarrassing it was when you tried getting Martin away from Gabriella. What if you try the same thing with this Liam guy and he also ends up rejecting you?" she insinuates and I chuckle. "Can you stop living in the past Mia? Stop remembering back then. It's not like I'm going to do something as dumb as striping naked in front of him just to get him to like me and yes, I'm well aware that I have next to zero percent chance with this guy but isn't that what makes things more interesting? I'd feel foolish if I actually fell for an easy guy," I replied to her confidently. "You are officially the weirdest best friend in the world. Anyways, that aside, how do you plan on keeping Ella in there? You know, aside from circumstantial evidence, the cops don't really have anything on her and they can't keep her in there even if your mom pays them to," she reminds me and my mood worsens. Sighing, "Trust me Mia, I am well aware of this but I doubt there's anything I can do aside from waiting and seeing how things turn out. The fact that Martin is still alive isn't even sitting well with me cause he could get his memories back at any time and that would immediately rid Gabriella of all charges and that idiot is definitely going to suspect me and accuse me of being the real culprit," I hissed irritatedly. "This is exactly what I've been thinking, girl. Why didn't you just finish off that idiot? You'd have been doing the world a huge favour," she says. "If it were up to me, he'd be dead for sure but I'll never understand why mom thought it'd be better if we left him alive. I'd love to see him dead and gone cause I'm worried he'll get better and then I'll have to start thinking of different ways to shut him up but unfortunately, I can't touch him," I lamented. "Well, you could just find a way to incapacitate him for a long time. You could pay off a doctor or better still, we wait till he's out of the hospital and by himself and then we slowly start to poison him. I hear they're injections or drugs that slowly paralyses and decapitate people so we could just find a way to give them to him or something and slowly, he'll start to die and we can't even get blamed cause they'll all think it's of natural causes," she replies and I'm shocked. I've always known Mia was crazy but to think she just planned a murder in her head in less than a minute actually baffles me. "Mia dear, I love you but that was creepy as fuck. Never knew you had that much crazy in you," I tell her jokingly and she chuckles. "Well, lately, your twin sister has been making me watch murder series so I can come up with ways to kill her so her name stops popping up in my relationship and also, there's this other bitch that works with Fabian and I swear to God, both your sister and that skank, infuriate me. Words cannot even explain how much I hate them," she replies, I laugh. "It's good to know that you can at least relate to how I feel. If Ella never existed, I would have never had to go this far. Everything would have just been mine from the very beginning." I point out and she nods in agreement. "Which is why we need to get rid of her so you can finally live your life as you please without having to worry about that stupid lookalike taking your place and messing things up for you. Now that I think about it, I think I know what we can do to finally get her out of your way," Mia says, earning my curiosity. "Carry on," I told her. "How about we plan drugs in her house and accuse her of being a drug dealer?" she says and I could not help the loud laugh that escaped my lips. "Are you serious Mia?" I ask, still laughing. "Well, it sounds like a bomb idea to me." She replies and we both chuckle at her very silly idea, although it wouldn't be a bad idea to try it out.