Gabriela Morán

**Gabriela Morán**, portrayed by Viviana Puerta, is a main character of the First Story (seasons 1, 2, and 3) of *Chiquititas*.

## History

### Backstory

When Gabriela was a teenager, she was baffled and isolated as she witnessed constant fights between her older brother Martín Morán and their very strict snobbish father, Ramiro Morán. As their relationship troubles became unbearable, Gabriela fell in love with a poor young man, their governess Valentina Pereira's son, Miguel Pereira, who just became of age. When Martin moves to London to escape his father Ramiro's expectation and control, she becomes pregnant of Miguel's child at age 16. Her father, upon learning of this fact, is outraged. Afraid, Gabriela writes her brother Martín a letter asking for help. She asks Valentina to deliver him the letter, which she is unable to due to fact of not knowing in due time of Martín's whereabout.

"*Querido Martín, sei que debes estar muy enojado conmigo porque no te inscribe todo este tiempo desde que te fueste de casa, pero te juro que tengo mis motivos. Estoy pasando el peor momento de toda mi vida. No te puedo explicar en esta carta lo que me esta pasando, pero sé que cuando te lo cuente me vas a entender. Por favor, vuelve a Buenos Aires y protege-me como hiciste siempre. No te demores. Cada minuto que pasa és excesivo y tengo mucho miedo. Te espero y te quiero muchísimo hermanito. Tuya, Gabi.*"

In his fury, Ramiro take Gabi away from Buenos Aires to a farm far far away from the capital, where she could hide her pregnancy from society, and for the family to not fall in shame and disgrace. Meanwhile, Miguel Pereira was sent to fight at the Falklands War, where he got killed in battle. When giving birth, Ramiro steals the baby from her and say the kid was given to a german family for adoption. Amidst these traumatic events, right upon learning of Miguel's death and unable to bare the loss of baby, Gabriela falls into a deep psychotic depression made possible by the fact that she was being heavily drugged for many years, in a way where she dissociated and got lost in her own world, silently reliving her trauma inside her head. She goes back to Buenos Aires after seeing many doctors who were unable to treat her, and is cared by Valentina, who promised her deceased son before going to war to take care of her.

### Season 1

#### Gabi's first appearance at the Morán's residence

In E1S001, Ramiro get's home late after work and observes his sick daughter Gabi in her sleep. Valentina, his housekeeper and Gabi's caretaker, informs Ramiro of Martín's return to Buenos Aires after 12 years. She has hopes that we will return to live in their residence, and Ramiro tells her not be deluded, as Martín will never set foot in their home again.

The Moran's residenceGabi is asleepValentina tells Ramiro of Martín's return and he pretends not to care.
#### Martín returns and learns about Gabi's deep depression

The next day, Gynette arrives with a newspaper telling of Martín Morán return to Buenos Aires. Valentina's happy and touched by the confirmation of the news. When Martín arrives in buenos Aires, he expresses his wish to see his sister again, unaware of her illness. When Martin goes back home to visit Gabriela, Mili, who got barred and the door and was waiting by the bushes, sneaks into Martín's car to plead on Saverio's behalf to Ramiro Morán. Martin hugs Valentina after many years apart, but when Martin is chocked when he sees Gabi's state of transe "living in her own world" and feels responsible and compliant because of his absence.

#### Mili, unaware that she's Gabi's lost daughter, first visit to the Moran's

Mili appears and asks Martín why he's crying. He's startled by her presence and ask what she's doing there, she says she has to speak with Ramiro. Carmen appears in the living room and is mesmerized by her nephew's presence. After she realizes her presence, Carmen asks what Mili is doing in there. She pleads for Saverio, saying that it was their fault and not his. She refuses to forgive that useless man, to what Martín asks if this Saverio is the same cook they had at the home when he was a child a wonderful man who was a divine cook. He tells his aunt he has a very sad that, and if she can forgive the man on his behalf to give him some joy.

#### Martín receives anonymously an old letter written for him by his sister Gabi

After learning about Martin's visit, Ramiro goes to his hotel and explains him that 12 years ago, after Martín moved to London, Gabi passed out into a deep coma state and was never the same. He claims to have taken her to see many doctors and specialists in the US, but they couldn't figure out a treatment. Later on, he receives an old mysterious letter from Gabi send anonymously that sparks his curiosity and puts him on a mission to find out what happened. He decides to accept the job offer because of this reason.

##### The mystery regarding Gabi's letter

Martin asks for permission to take Gabi for a walk and Ramiro authorizes. Later, he questions Gabi about her letter, she tries to go back home and is almost run over, by a car, but is saved by Piojo, who was coming to apologize por stealing his car. They befriend each other and Piojo starts working as Martin's house keeper. Martín shows Valentina and Ramiro the letter from Gabi. He asks what happened to her. Ramiro says he doesn't know, as she was just a teenager. Valentina acts nervously and says she knows nothing about it. Martín asks Ramiro permission to take Gabi to a doctor, which he authorizes by saying that's his right as his brother. Later on on La Pureza, he finds Belén, who he became closer on the account of the orphanage, reading her university teacher, a book about psychology, and asks her for a recommendation for Gabi.

##### Hypnosis section

The doctor, upon seeing Gabriela for a consultation, diagnoses her with Deep Psychotic Depression and proposes a hypnosis treatment to access old memories that led to her state. In accessing those traumatic events. Gabi she goes back to her memories of her days in school, she remembers her friend Alicia, whom Martín was also acquainted as a teenager. He asks her about the farm during the session and she gets desperate in facing those memories, saying "not the farm, not the farm" while screaming for Miguel, but Martín doesn't know who that is. Martin then asks Piojo to call every single Alicia Gomes in the phonebook. When he finally finds her, Alicia tells Martin she doesn't know what was going with Gabi or who Miguel is, but was having trouble at school even though she used to be an excellent student, and had **a hidden boyfriend**.

Who is Miguel?

### Season 2

##### Return from Europe and finding out of her father's death

On S2.E20, Gabi returns from Europe, as she has found no information on her trip to Europe with Martín regarding the whereabouts of her daughter. A fortune teller intercepts her at the airport and tell her that she has suffered and lost a lot in life. That some of those things are forever lost, but some will return, and that the man who opens the door to her house will be the love of her life. When she arrives at Rincón de Luz, Jorge opens the door to her and there's a spark. She later greets Belén, who informs of her fathers and Valentina's death.

##### Reunion with Mili

Gabi sees Mili wearing her dress and says that it is like seeing herself. She tells Mili about her lost daughter 12 years ago, that her lover Miguel, who was rejected by her family for being poor, died in the Maldivas war, and that Ramiro decided to give the child up for adoption against her will. She went to Germany to look for this child, but the search was unsuccessful. Later she meets father Sebastian, and after learning that he is a priest, tells her about her past, her dead boyfriend in the Maldives war (who coincidentally was friends and served with father Sebastian) and confesses that she can't forgive her father.

## Quotes

*Querido Martín,*

*sei que debes estar muy enojado conmigo porque no te inscribe todo este tiempo desde que te fueste de casa, pero te juro que tengo mis motivos. Estoy pasando el peor momento de toda mi vida. No te puedo explicar en esta carta lo que me esta pasando, pero sé que cuando te lo cuente me vas a entender. Por favor, vuelve a Buenos Aires y protege-me como hiciste siempre. No te demores. Cada minuto que pasa és excesivo y tengo mucho miedo. Te espero y te quiero muchísimo hermanito.*

*Gabi.*