▁Gab i ▁was ▁telling ▁the ▁truth ▁and ▁she ▁left ▁Ric ardo . ▁Although ▁Ric ardo ▁proved ▁that ▁he ▁didn ' t ▁ra pe ▁Gab i , ▁Pa ula ▁decided ▁to ▁leave ▁town ▁with ▁her ▁mother . ▁ ▁On ▁her ▁way ▁to ▁re dem ption , ▁after ▁real izing ▁that ▁she ' s ▁being ▁trouble d ▁by ▁her ▁past ▁when ▁her ▁father ▁ra ped ▁her , ▁Gab i ▁decided ▁to ▁spend ▁New ▁Year ' s ▁E ve ▁on ▁a ▁myster ious ▁island ▁bought ▁by ▁Ben ▁Evans ▁for ▁Meg ▁C umm ings , ▁but ▁a ▁k iller ▁was ▁present ▁on ▁the ▁island . ▁She ▁surv ived . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁Gab i ▁was ▁becoming ▁closer ▁with ▁Mark ▁Wol per , ▁a ▁young ▁D . J ., ▁but ▁they ▁never ▁got ▁a ▁chance ▁to ▁develop ▁their ▁relationship ▁because ▁Mark ▁was ▁killed ▁off ▁during ▁that ▁story line . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Gab i ▁and ▁Ric ardo ▁got ▁closer ▁although ▁Ric ardo ' s ▁mother ▁Car men ▁Tor res ▁didn ' t ▁appro ve ▁their ▁relationship . ▁Then ▁Gab i ▁met ▁Antonio ▁Tor res , ▁Ric ardo ' s ▁brother , ▁a ▁priest . ▁Gab i ▁and ▁Antonio ▁found ▁themselves ▁attract ed ▁to ▁each ▁other , ▁but ▁they ▁kept ▁den ying ▁the ▁att raction . ▁Antonio ▁and ▁Gab i ▁were ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁each ▁other . ▁Ric ardo ▁and ▁Gab i ▁got ▁engaged . ▁Meanwhile , ▁both ▁Gab i , ▁Antonio ▁and ▁Ric ardo ▁were ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁Ros ario ▁j ew