Chapter 72. Little Brother

~GABRIELLA'S POV~

My heart raced as I stared at the name continuously. Ever since I left my family's mansion, I never thought I would have to return to it again. I let out slow breaths in an attempt to calm myself, then turned to the ground to try and figure out what was going on.

“Calm down, Gabriella. This is just a test; you're not actually back in this hell hole,” I said to myself, closing my eyes and breathing steadily.

“What are you doing?” A familiar voice sounded from behind me. It was a voice I hated so much and hoped to never hear again after leaving the mansion. My heart jumped the moment it sounded, and I slowly turned around.

“I asked you to take up those leaves over an hour ago; why are you standing here, doing nothing?” Aralynn Montgomery, my mother, spoke again with a scornful look.

It had been a while since I saw her, but it felt like I had only left the mansion a day before. She had the same hairstyle as the day she sent me off to the