Chapter 41

GABRIELA

I had been thinking about Paula's words, what those kids said and what my brother told me since I hung up the call with my mother. Something told me Paula was involved in all this, but the moment my sister said that, I discovered that bitch has no limits. They weren't to blame for the problems she had with me and I wasn't going to leave things like that. I'm so angry that I ended up hitting the table and leaving my sister's room. I went to the waiting room where Marcos was, who didn't take long to approach me, to ask about my sister, but at this moment the only thing I wanted to do is kill that bitch who dared to order hitting my siblings, I wouldn't forgive this one.

"How is your sister?" Marcos asked, getting up from the chair he was sitting in. "The keys to the car Marcos." I asked containing my anger "What?" He asked confused "GIVE ME THE KEYS TO THE FUCKING CAR" I shouted.

I know he didn't deserve me to shout, but I couldn't contain myself. As soon as he gave them to me, I left the hospital and started looking for my car until I found it. I jumped into it quickly without giving a shit about anything.

What had happened to my siblings is my fault. I felt terrible about that fact. I had to be with them to prevent that from happening, I'm a bad sister. I noticed how my stomach is starting to bother me too much and I took my hand off the steering wheel, which I saw is already having small tremors, which means a good anxiety attack is coming, I don't think I've ever had one as important as this one, but it's no wonder, MY SISTER WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A BEATING THAT HAD BEEN GIVED TO HER BECAUSE OF ME. IT'S MY FUCKING FAULT!!!!

I started looking for the anxiety pills, I'm lucky I had put them in my backpack this morning, and I took two. I went home and locked myself in the room. It took my grandparents about an hour to get home because right now they were the ones who would take care of my grandmother while my sister is in the hospital. My grandmother came to my room and was there for about an hour until she decided to leave, a wise decision.

At night Carlota and Marcos appeared, but I didn't open them either. I didn't want to see anyone, I want to be alone, without anyone bothering me. To my bad luck it's already daylight and I hadn't slept at all thinking about everything that had happened, because of me and because of that bitch who the only thing she does whenever she appears is screw up my life.

"Gabriela, I know you don't want to see anyone, but the director of the college called and wants someone from the house to go and since you're the only one there, you have to go, apparently you have to explain something about what you did." Oh, that's good, apparently the one who's going to get the anger was going to be me. I wasn't planning on getting out of bed until I remembered Paula would be at the college, which is my only chance to repay what she had done to my siblings. I thought of a quick plan, I couldn't get there and hit her, which is what I would like the most. I had to provoke her in some way so she would be the first to hit me, I wasn't going to get into too much trouble because of her, but she's going to pay me, what happened to my siblings isn't going to end like that, so I got up and left the room.

"What affected you so much Gabriela? Maria is fine." Grandma said, but I denied, because it wasn't something I would tell her. "Nothing grandma, don't worry, I'm going to college right now." I informed, standing up. "You're not going to drive like that."

"Of course, I'm going to do it, I have to go grandma. See you later." I gave her a kiss to make her calmer and walked out the door. As soon as I got to the college, Marcos is already there with the girls, Alex wouldn't take long to arrive, and I know with them I couldn't hit that bitch, so I put on my hood and started walking towards college. Apparently, the hood thing worked and they didn't even realize it had passed in front of them.

I entered the college and I looking for a couple of minutes until I found her, I didn't need to look for the anger inside me, because I had it on top of me, so I started to get closer to her until I touched her shoulder with my finger. As soon as he turns around, a triumphant smile spreads across her face, which puts me in a worse mood than I already am.

"Well, look who we have here. I thought you wouldn't come today, since your sister is in the hospital and all." She said with a big smile on her face, which made my anger reach the clouds. "I should be there, but the director called me, I had no choice but to come."

"Well, I'm sorry about your siblings, really." She pretended and I laughed "Oh, I see they let the bitches free." I said "I may be a slut and everything you want, but I'm happy." She assured and I laughed again "Oh, sure, you are. You know? I don't believe you."

"Why? I'm happy." She insisted "It may be what you want to prove right now, but you're not with Alex, that's me and it stings you." I stated, "Let's see how long you're going to be together." Paula threatened me "The time we're together is the least important thing, but what I know is he won't leave with you. He hates you too much and if it were up to him, he would send you away."

"That's not true." She responded, but I could hear the doubt in her voice. "Of course, he is, ask him." I replied, "You say that to hurt me." The bitch snapped, making fists with her hands. "No, the actual words he said to me were, "I hate her, I can't see her. I can't believe she would leave you for such a person, she's bad, cold and manipulative." I think he said something else, but I don't remember it."

"To be cold as he said, he slept with me several times." She said convinced "That was it." I responded, giving a small blow to the palm of my hand with my fist. "What are you talking about?" She asked, frowning. "I don't think you want to hear it."

"Of course, I want to hear it, tell me once and for all." She insisted, "Well, he said it was the worst thing in your relationship. He hated you and wasn't thinking about you at that moment but about me." The truth is, I had no idea if they had slept or anything, but I know that talking about Alex in front of her is what would make her angry and would end up wanting to hit me, which was my intention, she could say whatever she wanted out there, but I couldn't say it's me who started the fight, because it's going to be her.

"You're making it all up." She murmured, "Do you think so? If you want, I'll call him right now and let him tell you himself." I said, picking up the phone and pretending to call him "You're a disgusting bitch Gabriela, and I hate you. Your romance, if you can say that, isn't going to last too long." Paula assured, "I don't know, but he's talking about getting married and having children, so I don't know."

"Get married?" she asked. "That's what he said." I responded, shrugging my shoulders, "I won't allow that. You're going to die Gabriela." At that moment she lunged at me and punched me in the stomach, but I didn't take long to hit her back and let the anger flow. I'm burning with anger and she didn't hit me anymore. A couple of minutes later, arms grab me from behind, pulling me away from her.

"THAT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DID TO MY SIBLINGS, YOU BITCH. IF YOU LAY A SINGLE FINGER ON THEM AGAIN, I'LL KILL YOU, NO MATTER WHAT IT COSTS ME. I SWEAR THAT." At that moment she smiled and it made me even more mad. I hated her to the core, I'm serious, I couldn't believe there was such a bad person in the world. "It's the least you deserved, you messed with someone you shouldn't have and I should have done the same."

"You're a fucking bitch Paula, they didn't do anything to you." I said, "You took my boyfriend, that has a price to pay, not at all low, I must say. "Let you know that I plan to report you." He reported, with a smile on his face, "DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, THE ENTIRE FUCKING WORLD SAW YOU STARTED THE FIGHT, YOU'LL BE THE ONE WHO GETS IN MESS AND NOT ME."

Her angry face was present and I knew at this moment I'm the one who won, but the desire to continue hitting her was there and Alex took me out of there, preventing me from continuing to do my job.

"LET GO OF ME ALEX, LET ME GIVE HER WHAT SHE DESERVES." I screamed, frustrated, "I'm not going to let you ruin your life because of her. You should relax." He asked "BECAUSE OF HER MY SISTER IS IN THE HOSPITAL. I'M NOT LET THIS CONTINUE LIKE THIS." I shouted again, "Can you tell me what's going on here?"

At that moment Alex turns in the direction that voice came from, making me turn too. We noticed it's the director and Alex immediately became tense. "Gabriela, what's going on here? What has happened to you and why are you beaten?" She asked, "Tell that to the person in front of you, I'm sure she will be happy to answer."

"Did you hit her Gabriela?" the director questioned and I nodded. It wasn't worth lying. "Both of you in my office, right now." She said, starting to walk towards where her office is. Paula started walking with a smile on her face. If she really expects me to be afraid of what the director is going to tell us, she's wrong. Alex let me go and he, Marcos and Carlota began to follow me.

"Where do you think you are going?" I asked "We will accompany you." Carlota informed me and I denied, "You're going to stay here." I said coldly "But…" they began "BUT NOTHING. This is my problem and that's it, now I have to go."

I know they didn't deserve my anger, but at this moment it's not like I could control myself too much. When we got to the director's office, she made us explain what had happened and she didn't expel us for a month, me because I had never had any problems until yesterday and helped me and Paula because she hit me first.

I was going to leave the office, the director stopped me and asked me about my sister, to which I replied she's fine and probably leave the hospital today and with that she let me out of there. Everyone is waiting for me outside, but I headed towards the exit, I didn't want to talk to anyone, I didn't want to continue hurting anyone.

"Are you going to continue ignoring us as if we weren't there?" Carlota asked, annoyed. "Yes, I don't want to talk to anyone." I informed them, "At least tell us what the director told you." She asked, "She expelled me for a month. Happy?"

"What do you mean she expelled you?" Carlota questioned "I have to go; I have more important things to do." I didn't even wait for them to say anything, I wanted to be alone, I didn't want to hurt anyone else. I left the college and headed towards the car and left from there. I didn't want to know anything about the world, I didn't want to have to worry about anything. At this moment I hate my life and above all for not having been able to prevent that from happening to my siblings, I would never forgive myself for that.