It was a freezing cold afternoon Albuquerque and Gabriella was in her room packing her life away into just a few boxes. It had been 2 months since the day that her mother told her some news that would change her life forever.
2 months, 7 hours and 21 minutes earlier……..
"Honey can you come downstairs for a second." yelled Mrs. Montez.
There was no answer.
"Honey I need to talk to you now." she said in a loud voice.
Gabriella ran downstairs with a huge smile on her face.
"Oh my gosh mom, you will not believe what just happened!" Gabriella screamed with joy.
"Honey I need to….."
"Well I was just on the phone with Troy and he….."
Gabriella stopped and looked at her mom who was resting her head on the kitchen counter.
"Mom what's wrong?" she asked.
"I am so sorry I have to do this to you now sweetie."
"Do what, mom your not making any sense."
As Gabriella waited for her mom's response, Mrs. Montez psyched her self up for what she was about to say to her daughter.
"Honey I got a phone call today. It was your father."
"What does that jerk want?" Gabriella said defensively.
"He has decided that he wants custody of you, so he is taking me to court next month."
"What! He can't do that. I want to be with you, you're my mother!" Gabriella yelled.
"I know that sweetie, but he just wants what's best for you."
"What's best for me." Gabriella screamed.
"He wouldn't know what's best for me if it slapped him in the face!"
"Why now? Why does he have to do this when things were finally working out for us around here?" Gabriella cried.
Mrs. Montez comforted her daughter.
"Honey I don't know why he is doing this now, I just think that he is finally realising that he wants to be a father."
"Mom the thing is, he has had 16 and a half years to be a father to me and now he wants to take me away from the person who raised me? I'm sorry but a father just doesn't do that, no matter what the circumstances."
"I know baby, but its going to be ok." Mrs. Montez said
"Yeah of course it is, and there is no way that he is going to win, alright."
"I know honey but over the past few years he has cleaned up his act and is doing pretty well for himself so maybe he is in with a chance."
"Mom what are you talking about, there is no way that he is going to win ok. We will just have to prepare and get a good lawyer and everything will be just fine."
"Honey we can't prepare, we can't even afford a decent lawyer. I'm going broke remember." Mrs. Montez said.
"So that's it, your just gonna give up. Give up on your own child?"
"No honey I don't mean it like that."
"Don't defend yourself mom, you know what maybe I will be better off if dad wins the court case."
And with that, Gabriella got a jacket from the coat rack and walked out of the place that she once called home.
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