Ella went to the kitchen to get ready for dinner, when Gab appeared and surprised her with a hug.
" Whoah! Gab let me me go!"
" So my little sister finally all grown up doesn't welcome my hugs and kisses anymore. Oh my heart aches." he fake out a sad face but deep inside he was very glad that she is able to adjust with her life here,far from any problems and worries.
"It's not that, you silly, I need to prepare for dinner and I am late already."
" No problem, I already told the cook what to prepare. Sit down and talk to your poor brother who was worried because he can not contact your personal phone and today you are not here when we arrive. I expected you to be running to meet your handsome and charming brother to be carried back to the house." he ussually teases her everytime they were together this is his way of keeping her happy to ease the pain of loosing their mother.
"I was checking on the horses for the tourist tomorrow. They will be here to take a look around the farm on horseback, so I went personally to the stable to the in chatrge not to release Ginger and Black cause you might want to ride while you are here. " she was so animated on telling him what occured in the farm while he is away.
"Good, you still haven't answer what happened why I cannot contact you on your phone?"
"I lost it." she abruptly answered.
"The truth my dear." he knows that no matter what, that phone was one of the most important possesions she own and she keep it always with her.
"I ah... I accidentally dropped it in a bucket of water, when I... ah... watering the plants the other day. " she said guiltilly.
Gab study the expression on her face. "OK then, it's about time you replace it. It is very old and the model is obsolete."
" But it still working very well and I only use it personal calls, besides Mama gifted it to me on my fifteenth birthday."
He noticed the sadness in her eyes when she recalled about their mother. " Tomorrow, you will have a new gadget and I will not take no for an answer my dear. You can keep your old phone, but use the new that I will give you, Egg face."
" Sure thing Humpty Dumbty!" They tease each other with their old nicknames. Ella run to escape to the tickling her brother a punishment if ever their old nicknames was mention when they are fooling around. She was on her way to the door when she bump on a hard chest. she looked up and saw a pair of blue eyes staring back at her. "Oh no! it's him again!" she thought to herself, nervouslly she take a step backwards only to loose her balance, she then reached for something to save her fall, but her hands landed on his neck as two pairs of strong arms catch her fall.
"Oh Dane, I want you to meet my sister Ella." Gab butted in as he surveys their position. Ella gave him a glare, while Dane release her gently.
"Ella this is my friend way back high school days. He will be staying here for a break. Be patient with her Dane as she can be a handful sometimes." he warn his friend, teasing his sister.
"I know." he said and smiled at her. "We already met, but not properly introduced." He have a nice deep southern drawl that she finds very attractive she felt something that she cannot explain. She wanted to apologize to end her guilt but not in her brother's presence, so she prayed that she will find the perfect timing for this.
While waiting for dinner to be served the two friends catch up with each other, while she stayed quiet and answers only when being asked. She observed Dane as he seems to be courteous ,nice and intelligent. Their topic landed on their youthful experiences the ' do you remember things' and falls into laughter where she ocasionally joins. Truly this two are bestfriends they may be 'out of touch but not out of mind'.
Later when Ella was getting ready to sleep, she thought that this may be the perfect time to go and apologize to Dane, she went to knock on his door but before her knuckles hit it, she heard him raised his voice he must be talking on the phone. While she cannot comprehend what he is saying, she understand that he must be real angry and whoever on the other side of the conversation must have an earfull of angry words. she changes her mind maybe this may not be the perfect timing after all, she might get into the line of fire and into deeper trouble. She returned to her room and prayed that perfect time will come sooner.
The next morning , Gabbi went to their flower garden to oversee the hasvesting, but since they are short staff because of the bigger number of the tourist booked for the weekend, she help in cutting the blooms, which will be later on pack carefully in a safe box and send it to their buyers. Their orders came unexpectedly because of the death of a known personality and an elaborate funeral is being prepared.She was so focus in cutting the blooms of the Roses because they are delicate and they applied to it insecticide to protect it from parasites.She was so focus in what she is doing, when she heard that unmistakably deep southern drawl coming from her side."Good Morning Ella," She was so surprised that she dropped the cutting scissors straight to her other hand and wounded the wrist"i'm sorry! " She said that Dane was also surprised by her reaction."What for?" He began to recall what Gab told him about Ella'
The days that follws, Dane and Ella started to be close to each other. Ella began to trust and grow to be comfortable in his presence. Dane on the other hand try to uncover some of the truth behind Ella's condition through the stories she share about her childhood. They enjoy each others company, Ella would explain to him How the farm operates. They have tourist regularly, some come by for a day and some stay overnight, or book for days.They have separate accomodations for these people, situated a distance from the main house and the livestock, it is condusive for seminars , team building, purely educational or retreat. Dane learned that she developed this ideas all by herself when she first saw this farm. Gab and her father provided the financial side but Ella vowed that she will return it once the farm resort will be more established, because she doesn't like the idea of being indebted to their father. Dane observed that she have
Ella was so pissed of with both mother and daughter. They monopolize the conversation at the dinner table and hardly took notice of her. It was just alright if it's only the two of them, they can bust their lips with their endless chatter. The problem is they include Dane . He made some steps to change the topic to a common ground but to no avail. But in fairness he was a good conversationalist and well mannered, he answered most of the inquiries.Her bottled up discomfort cause her the inability to sleep, so she took her robe and slipped to the porch in her room she inhaled the cool breeze that is calming her senses. She wondered why did their father left them. They were such a happy family back then although she sense that there is something wrong as she can hear her mom crying to sleep and her dad slamming the door before he went for a drive and return in the morning with alcohol in his breath. That was before the things escalated and developed it into new dimension. The b
The auditon for the contestant were finally over. The judges and staft are busy with the screening, while the audition files still airing on national television. This is the time judges can show their feeling about the matters relating to the competition. without the fear of being seen on TV for the management censor some critical scene. This also the part wherein the people behind the show anticipated the return of the clashes between the judges which was seen on small doses during the live show. Some of the scenes on their files had to be removed because of this unwanted and not suitable for public viewership.Gabbi and Jennifer's attention was always called because of their word battle. Georgie was not spared because of her blunt comments and Josh was there like a passive on looker just observing."Sarah must be included because she has a potential in belting high notes and intelligent in choosing her songs." Jennifer insisted." Jen, she is already sta
At night before retiring for bed Gabbi stares at her reflection on the mirror, she realize that they did have facial similarities she and Danni, except for Danni's Blue piercing eyes and Greyish blond hair. Gabbi has a greyish eyes that contrasted her lighter shade of brown hair she inherited from her mother. She dyed it to darker shade to hide its natural color. That child she couldn't help but think of the child she lost, She may have been as old as that little girl who seems to be always reminding her of those days when she was a naive girl and confused acting on a whim. The next day having been recovered from the heated discussion all the member of the judges and the staff resume their work. No one knows that from that simple exchange the seed of a scandal is brewing right at this minute it is being multiplied by the minute since they are focus on the job at hand no one check on their social media accounts. By the time the Thirty-six finalist was chosen. Ga
When Josh entered the room everyone tried to settle down and pay attention to what the manager has to say. "It has come to my attention that Miss Gabbi and Miss Jennifer can not stay in one room to have fruitful discusion about the task, so i decided that you will not anymore participate on the screening." "What are we suppose to do? Take a break?" Jen interrupted. "That's what I am trying to explain. Hear me out, first before interrupting. That's mainly the reason why there are missunderstanding between you two, both of you has their own ideas and both want to assert this ideas into action, I don't say that this ideas are not good, but you are not the only ones whose opinion has to be counted and considered. We have audience world wide who are the most important people we have to satisfy . If we fail in this pilot show? there is a lot to loose by the company, not only yourself so I advise that you take you personal battles outside of this show and focus
A few days after the incident after the confrontation, the gossip that rock the showbiz world start to normalize. Gab cut his honeymoon trip to help his sister with the issues he used his connection to cut off any scandal surfacing involving his sister. to which Gabbi felt guilty."Gab I'm so sorry you have to cut your cruise short, I'm so sure Deana and I can settle it in our own way.""No problem sweet sister I'm glad to be of help especially if it concerns you That's what big brothers are for. beside May has to checked on her patient who has a relapsed.""But you already paid it in full and you didn't get a refund""It's okay money is not an issue, besides it's the quality that counts not the quantity." He couldn't help but smile as he remember the experiences he had with his wife on their vacation and there is nothing he want more than go home and be with his beautiful wife. He couldn't stay away for so long because their father even thoug
The live airing of the battle commence after the judges was given their set of contestant to train, it's the segment that three contestant from the same group under the same mentor will compete and one will be eliminated. The top contenders was distributed equally among the four judges. But Gabbi was apprehensive that because Danni and Sarah belong to one group and that is in Jen's group. She knows that Jen is bias to Sarah it was revealed when they have a confrontation. She feel sad that if ever the two would be on the one on one battle no matter what the performance Jen will choose Sarah to be in the final four. not to mentiont hat Jen also has another potential talent in her group that is Leah who posses an angelic voice, with proper training there's alot to be improve and expection is higher for this girl."Pity these would make the finale exciting." with the number of Danni's supporters are continiously increasi