Holly Simons

**Holly Simons** is the mother of Gabriel Simons and the ex-wife of Steven Simons who appears in the sixth chapter of the second season within his main story route.

## Appearance

Holly appears to have a medium length red hair, hazel eyes and is slightly wrinkled between her nose because of her age.

She mostly wears a simpler outfit consist of a medium blue and white polka dotted long sleeved loose button-up flannel shirt, dark brown jeans and ballet flats. She also wears a brown watch on her left wrist. When she went to dinner with the player and Gabriel, she wears a long sleeved, baby blue silk dress with a silver necklace.

## Personality

Holly is somewhat picky to choose any type of women to become her son's girlfriend but in reality she has a clear distaste to the player when she breaks her son's heart as Gabriel was the one who breaks her up for his protection which causes a heated argument between her and Gabriel because of her. It was then that Holly shows her bitterness to the player when they had a family dinner. She can be described as brash and judgmental but only because she has her son's best interests at heart. However, she could have always been like this regardless of her son after Steven had made a comment that she hasn't changed since they were together.

In Chapter 7, she remains hostile to the player, especially upon meeting her ex-husband Steven and like Samantha Gautier, she makes horrible remarks about the player which angrily leads Gabriel to defend her for criticizing her and her decision to break their relationship.

At the final chapter of the story shows Holly to be apologetic and regret due to her current status of getting suffered from her cancer as she apologizes to the player for her judgmental remarks during her second meeting at the restaurant with both Gabriel and Steven.

## Season 1

Holly was mentioned several times by Gabriel when he told the player about his past and how Holly is separated from her husband, Steven Simons. Holly currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts following her separation with Steven.

## Season 2

Holly made her appearance in Chapter 6 where she convinces Gabriel to find another woman including Gladys to replace the player at his family's apartment only for Gabriel says that he's not alone. Her pestering also caused her and Gabriel to have a heated argument and the player overhears them. As soon as the player looked at both of them, she leaves knowing of Holly's dislike of her.

Later at the family dinner, she openly admits that she bitterly hates the player for breaking her son's heart only for the player to rebuff her by stating that Gabriel is the one who caused her lot of stress as Gabriel broke up with her to protect her. Although Gabriel has a deep respect for his mother, he was extremely upset at her for talking down to the player and scolded her for it. In Chapter 7 during their family dinner where Gabriel takes the player to meet her and Steven, Holly remains hostile to the player, and especially to her ex-husband Steven. She also informs Steven that she already finalized their divorce papers and is keeping the surname Simons instead of her maiden name whenever she lives in Boston. The player disagrees on Steven's suggestions and wanted to change the subject from marriage to the next step of her relationship with Gabriel. Holly then criticizes her for breaking her son's heart leading Gabriel to defend her, stating that her criticism to the player has gone too far and makes him disappointed in her. He knows that she hurt him but he hurt her too because of his actions and he wanted to repair their relationship. Because of Holly's behavior, Gabriel leaves with the player from the restaurant, much to her disappointment while being scolded by Steven stating that she hasn't changed. Steven also mentions to her before he and Gabriel went to play casino, Holly left back in Boston following the restaurant incident.

In Chapter 8, it was later revealed that she suffers from cancer which leads Gabriel to focus more on his work so that he can buy her medicine. However, she ended up in a critical state. But in Chapter 9 however as stated by Gabriel, she was in a stable condition and will undergo chemotherapy. But in the final chapter of the story, Holly temporarily recovers from her cancer and she was seen talking to Jenny Blake at Chez Felipe regarding about her upcoming hotel and restaurant business in Japan. Following the player's resignation at Carter Corp by quitting, and had never told Gabriel about it since she told him about her ex-boyfriend who had taken off at the altar as a runaway groom for her best friend. Gabriel informs her that Holly wants to meet her at Chez Felipe since he's having a lunch meeting with his client along with Jenny. At Chez Felipe she was sitting at the back as she waved the player. She finally apologizes to the player for her judgmental remarks about her in the restaurant the last time where Gabriel and Steven were there to meet her and reminding her about what she did with Steven when they were younger. She also supported the player to assist with Jenny to help her son Gabriel on his trip to Tokyo.

Although at the bad ending, she still disapproves towards the player after battling her cancer.

## Allies

* The Main Character (Gabriel)
* Gabriel Simons
* Steven Simons (formerly)
* Jenny Blake

## Enemies

* The Main Character (Gabriel) (formerly)
* Steven Simons

## Relationships

*Holly and Gabriel*

*Holly and Steven*

## Trivia

* Holly's portrait has been shared with Fiona but on the front side and her pose is similar to Lana Escobar's portrait as well.
	+ Her main portrait would later shared by Rose Murray and Celeste Devolt in Secret Palace as well as Cleo Bartholomeus in Mystery Spell.
	+ Celeste also bears a strong resemblance to Holly.
* She looks like an older version of Camilla Cresset of Blue Swan but with red hair.
* Despite being Gabriel's mother, she also bares many resemblances to Jenny Blake.
* She is the first mother of the main love interest to physically appear on screen and meet the player, since Mrs. Peterson was never actually seen.
* Unlike other hostile villains, she is one of the first to actually be very honest with the player and the main love interest, as she abruptly told the player that she didn't like her in front of Gabriel, as other villains pretend to be nice to the player in front of the main love interest.
* Her disappointed expression is a retooled version of Samantha Gautier's.
* She is the first character to suffer from cancer.
* Despite being hostile to the player, she is not a bad person like other antagonists because her reasons of doing so are understandable since she believes that the player broke Gabriel's heart and she's only looking out for him as a mother should do. This makes her fall more on the lines of being an anti-hero rather than a villain much like Jenny Blake in Ryan Carter's route.
* Holly is possibly right handed due to her wearing her watch on her left wrist.