Animal I Have Become
Chapter 37
Gabi followed Josh into the conference room at Rocque Records and Kendall was right behind her. Gabi had on a pair of black skinny jeans, her black high top converse and Dante's old backwards 'E' t-shirt. She loved that t-shirt. It reminded her so much of her awesome older brother who she missed terribly and deeply. The t-shirt was a reminder of how close she and Dante were before he joined the army and became a Marine and she always felt safe in it, because Dante always made sure no one messed with her. Only he could mess with his baby sister.
The whole car ride there, Gabi remained silent. She hadn't said a word since Josh mentioned that Justin was unaccounted for after the prison escape. Who could expect her to be talkative right now? She was probably freaking out inside because that animal who beat her up all the time is free and Kendall definitely didn't blame her, he just wished she would say something. He didn't care what it was. Just something vocal so he would know that she isn't in a catatonic state. For all he cared it could be a recap of yesterdays General Hospital or One Life To Live or she just said lyrics to one of Marshall's songs. He just needed to know she was ok.
As soon as she got in the room, Gabi sat down at the conference room table across from Gustavo and Griffin. Kelly was standing up behind them and she just looked at Gabi sympathetically.
"Kelly…please don't look at me like that," Gabi said as she stared down at the table. "I know you are worried and its obvious you care, but I don't want you looking at me like a ticking time bomb waiting to go off,"
Kelly nodded and offered her a weak smile before looking away.
"Lets get started shall we," Griffin said as he stood up.
He cleared his throat before speaking.
"Twenty four hours ago at California State Prison, there was a escape attempt, it was an inside job and there was an explosion, two guards and an inmate died, and one remains unaccounted for," Griffin tells her. "Justin Wilson, who less then a year ago tried to kill you again and killed your unborn child,"
"And they have no idea where he is?" Kendall asks interrupting him. "They just lost track of a dangerous inmate that is in there on several accounts of assault, attempted murder and murdering his own unborn daughter, how does that happen,"
"Like I said, it was an inside job, someone helped with the escape, the police have no idea who, for all we know it could be batman,"
"I highly doubt batman would help a criminal escape from prison," Gustavo interrupted him. "That sounds more like Dwight Schrute from The Office,"
"No, if anyone from the Office would help a prisoner escape from prison, it would be Creed," Griffin tells him. "Dwight took the oath to put away criminals when he became a volunteer sheriff guy,"
"Dude, this is really not the time to be discussing which fictional character off an NBC sitcom would help a criminal escape a federal prison," Kendall interrupts them. "This is serious, a abusive criminal who has been known to be dangerous, and counting all the things he has done to Gabi while he claimed to be in love with her when all he did was beat her all the time for a full year,"
Gabi looks at Justin from where she sits in the backseat of his car. He just looks back at her.
"Do you love me Justin?" Gabi asked him.
Justin put his hand to the side of Gabi's face and Gabi leaned into his touch.
"Of course I do Gab," Justin told her calmly. "I love you, I will love you forever,"
Right after those words come out of his mouth, his lips crash into Gabi's and he puts his arm around her back pulling her closer to him and Gabi puts her arms around his neck getting as close to him as possible as the kiss deepened.
"Stop saying Gabi like I'm not here," Gabi said speaking up since she told Kelly not to look at her like some ticking time bomb waiting to go off. "I am here and I know how serious the situation is, and I know everything Justin did to me, I was there, can we please just get to wherever this conversation is going,"
She then closed her eyes and just wanted that flashback out of her mind. She didn't need to be reminded of that. Definitely not now. She didn't need to be reminded that there was a part of her story that she was keeping from everyone.
Wow…that felt weird for her to think. She hadn't even thought about that is over a year. Instead she just focused on hating the animal he has become. She didn't even want to think about the times before he got abusive. She didn't even want to think about the times he was abusive. She just wanted to move on, and now it definitely didn't look like that.
"Ok, well, we are getting some knew security around her and for you Kendall," Griffin said. "Since you got stabbed while trying to protect her when he came back that one time about a year ago, he is a war veteran, he fought over in Iraq and his name is Sayid Jaseem, he is American and was born here, he is currently in Hawaii working on the set of Hawaii Five-O as security and he will be here in a couple days, until then, Freight Train will be following Gabi non stop wherever she goes,"
"What are the police doing about this?" Kendall asked.
"Well, currently, all the main roads in and out of the state of California are closed and have police there making sure he doesn't try to flee, FBI agents are currently at that hometown of his and Gabi's in case he shows up there, he is a wanted criminal," Griffin said "the police and authorities are everywhere looking for him, so as long as Gabi has security, she should be ok until they are able to locate him and get him back in prison,"
"Is that all you needed to tell me?" Gabi asked looking up at him. "Because I just want to go home and get my mind off of this,"
"Yes," Griffin said. "You can in a few minutes, Freight Train will escort you back there, but before that, I need to speak to him, so why don't you go wait in the hallway,"
Gabi stood up and then walked out of the room and into the hallway and Kendall followed her. She just leaned against one of the walls with her arms crossed.
"How are you holding up?" Kendall asked her.
Gabi just looked at him near tears.
"Just don't worry," Kendall told her as he attempted to pull her into his arms. "That animal wont come near you again,"
Gabi just pushed him away as Kendall tried to pull her into his arms and he looked back at her confused.
"I haven't been completely honest with you about everything,"
Dun, Dun, Dun, what could it be? o, i know, but not goiing to tell you! five reviews and i will update. the faster the reviews come, the faster you know exactly what Gabi is keeping a secret.