Antonio and Gabi walk into Gabi's small motel room without saying a word. They escaped Kelly's curious eyes before having to say anything to her. Gabi knew that th next time she saw Kelly, she would be asking her who Antonio was. She was not ready to that and would have to figure out a way to dodge her. Gabi sat on the bed and stared at the floor. She didn't know what to say at this point. Antonio was uneasily shifting from one foot to another, staring at Gabi. Gabi could feel his eyes boaring into her.

"Why are you here, Gabi." "Antonio, this is just best for all of us, you are going to have to trust me on this. I didn't know what else to do." "Sorry, I don't that. There is something more to this and you're not telling me. What is it? You know you can tell me anything. After everyhthing we've been through, you should know that already. Gabi, please Ricardo is miserable since you left. Can't you see how much you've hurt him....and me?"

Gabi turns to look at Antonio after his last comment. She had never meant to hurt him. Never meant to for everything to go this far. Looking at Antonio now and a small feeling of longing washed over her. She had loved him as more than just a friend She knew that and a part of her would always love him but her heart truly belonged to Ricardo. As unhappy as she was now, one good thing had come from Carmen forcing her to leave Sunset Beach. She was forced to come to term with her feelings and she had. She longed to be with Ricardo. Her heart ached at not being able to see him or be with him. It was a feeling she had once felt so strongly for Antonio. Now, as Antonio stood in front of her, all she felt were feelings of friendship, a very powerful friendship, but friendship nontheless. She knew that he still felt more and it killed her more now to know this.

"Antonio, please accept this. No one forced me out. I decided to leave because it was best. I couldn't hurt Ricardo. I couldn't marry him without him knowing the truth, I realized it wouldn't have been fair to him. But I also didn't have the guts to tell him about us. I couldn't do it. That's why I left."

Antonio was staring at Gabi with wary eyes. "Forced you out? Why would you think I thought you were being forced out? "

Gabi froze. She had tripped on her words and knowing Antonio he wouldn't give up until she told him about Carmen's ultimatum now. She knew him too well. He wouldn't give up until he knew the truth. She trys to think quickly. " I-I....meant that I thought you might have thought I was pushed I don't know Antonio, stop questioning, PLEASE!!"

Antonio grabbed Gabi by the shoulders forcefully and made her stare into his eyes. He had a determined look and she knew that she would not be able to escape this. He wouldn;t let her. She gave in and decided to let it out. She could trust Antonio, she always would trust him. With a sad look in her eyes, she stared into his eyes about to stun him with her words.

"Someone else knows our secret....that's why I had to leave..."

Ricardo was walking through his mothers house waiting for her to finish dressing. She had called him over to talk with him. He really wasn't in the mood to be with her but she had been insistent. He didn't need another lecture about Gabi but he was curious about what she wanted to talk to him about. He had been throwing himself into Francesca's murder investigation since his wedding day fiasco. It was the only way to keep him from going absolutely insane. Gabi was in his every thought. He woke up in the morning and he saw her face. There was not a minute that went by that he didn't think about her. Going to sleep her face would be in his mind. Then he would dream of her. She was engrained in his heart, mind, and soul. He never thought a woman would be able to penetrate through his manly exterior. But he had met his match in Gabi Martinez. She was so inside of him that it hurt sometimes to even breathe. Ricardo became frustrated once again. Frustration was a common emotion for him since the wedding. He got off the couch and started to wander around the house looking very pensive. WHy did she leave? What made her do that? He couldn't allow himself to beleive her reason for leaving him. There was no way she didn't love him. He could feel her love for him just like she could feel his love for her. She had lied about that and he was determined to find out why. Something was forcing her to give up on their life together and he was not going to rest until he knew what it was. He had to find her. Not only to find the truth but just to see her. With every day that passed his love for her grew instead of slowly diminishing. He didn't think it possible to love her more than he did but every day, it would grow and he would amaze himself at how much power she had over him. He was putty in her hands. Ricardo found himself in front of his mother's video collection. A small smile crept on his face as he read the various labels on the video cassette covers. Most of them were of spanish soap operas. He shook his head in mock dissaproval. His mother was a fanatic when it came to them. He had never understood how people could get hooked on soaps. As he continued to scan the tapes, his fingers fan over the tape of the Yosemite trip they had all taken when they were teenagers. He had never seen the tape because his mother had videotaped only the scenery of the cabins they stayed in. Neither Antonio, Maria, or himself had ever seen it even though Carmen had tried countless times to get them to watch it. His curiosity grew as he kept eyeing the tape. Maybe he would sneak it out and surprise her by watching it. Besides it would be fun to see all of them when they were younger. Ricardo's beeper went off at that moment. It was the station calling him on a 911. He left a note on the table telling Carmen why he had left. As he starts to walk out, Ricardo eyes the tape one more time and decides to take it. He smiles mischieviosly as he heads to the police station...