Gilbert dashed to Christopher and Gia, separating them. He then turned to Christopher and punched his face before slamming him to the wall, forearm on Christopher’s collar. Christopher retaliated with a punch in Gilbert’s rib cage, sending him tottering back in pain. The former pounced again and this time he hit Gilbert’s face, returning the punch he had given him earlier. Gia screamed, begging them to stop fighting but no one listened, prompting her to use herself as bait, standing in between them.
“Get out of the way, Gia!” Gilbert said, grabbing her arm to move herself.
“No!” Gia shouted and wrapped her arms around Gilbert, tightly. Tears were streaming down her face as cried bitterly.
“Please stop.” she sniffled. Gilbert softened and hugged Gia, wrapping his arms around her tightly
