Chapter 194: Leaving It To Him
Viviana did not get offended by him calling her a fool. She didn’t know what she said was foolish though. Is he saying that believing Gabby is foolish?
"Last year, Gabby was hospitalized for "flu" coincidentally on the day she was supposed to be with Don Waldorf. If you ask around, you will find out that she had her stomach pumped out after she was found in her bathtub having ingested a bottle full of sleeping pills," Viviana said.
Yeah, Gabby went that far to avoid being with Lionel’s father.
Gabby didn’t want anyone to know this. But Viviana found it was necessary for Leander should know this. Yes, it is breaching Gabby’s privacy. But Leander has to know the damage he has caused by blindly supporting his brother all these years.
Leander went silent and knitted his brows. Viviana wondered if he knew about it already. Maybe he didn’t know the reason.
Or maybe he started to think.
"Gabby does not want Lionel to know. She does not want to drive a wedge farther between a father and son. She said she understood that Don Waldorf did what he did out of the care of his son. And you know how Lionel’s going to react if he knows the truth. Your friendship will suffer too," Viviana said.
She could have been a lot blunter. But she didn’t want to hurt Leander. But he needs to understand that if only he bothered to listen to Gabriella, she would have been out of that place a lot earlier.
"She did not willingly sign the contract. She was trafficked by coercion. You were the only one who could have helped her. She kept it from Lionel because she didn’t want your friendship to suffer and for Evander to not release the tape. This is the truth. Do with it what you will. And if you care, she is not the only one in Venus Point with this story. There are others."
Leander pinched his glabella with his head bowed. Viviana leaned back on the couch. She didn’t think she can add anything further. If he is not convinced by this, then, it is up to him.
She did deliberate if she should bring up his first love. She really thought that Evander must have had a hand in Helena breaking up with him. Surely, Helena’s mother had a part too, but she didn’t think Evander played no part in it.
But then, she decided not to bring that up. Helena is married to another man and is a mother. It would do no one any good if they still talk about the past.