Gabi Rey Gómez-Fajardo is a character in Welcome To Eden. She is Zoa's sister. She is portrayed by Berta Castañé.
Biography[]
Gabi is a 16-year-old living in Barcelona with her older sister Zoa. She had a tough childhood. Her parents separated when she was 9. Her mother Roberta was a heroin addict who was constantly in and out of rehab. Her father was often away. Her sister Zoa took care of her. Unlike Zoa, she was much more naive about her mother's condition and would be excited when she left rehab, but her mother would always end up relapsing.
Throughout Welcome To Eden[]
Gabi disliked her father's girlfriend and revealed to her that her father was technically still married. On her 16th birthday, a cake that appeared to be paid for by Zoa was delivered to her. She received a text from Zoa saying that she is spending time finding herself and not to worry. Gabi angrily stormed into Zoa's room and trashed it, breaking a framed photo of them.[1]
Gabi called her mother Roberta, telling her about Zoa's disappearance. Roberta assured Gabi that she would look for Zoa. Later, she went to Gabi's place and gave her a sweater as a belated birthday present. She told Gabi that she had contacted the police about Zoa, and was not concerned since Zoa had run away before. Gabi became angry and decided to look for Zoa herself.[2]
Gabi and her mother Roberta talked to a police officer about Zoa's disappearance. The police officer recommended looking through Zoa's things to find clues. After talking to the police, Gabi went to the ATM to withdraw some cash. Gabi initially wanted to withdraw €20, but Roberta urged Gabi to withdraw the limit of €500. Roberta took most of the cash and left. Gabi later confronted her mother about using drugs again, but she insisted it was just alcohol.
Back at home, Gabi searched through Zoa's room and found her sister's other phone. She found some texts from a man named David, telling Zoa that he finally found her on the social media app SmashPie. Gabi texted David back, and David told Gabi that he met Zoa at a Blue Eden party, but he did not know where Eden was. She decided to take a bus and meet him in San Sebastián.[3]
In San Sebastián, Gabi met up with David. David told Gabi that Zoa was left on the island, but the staff assured him that other staff members would take Zoa back. David also told Gabi that the purpose of the party was to promote the drink Blue Eden. Gabi found it odd since there is no information online about the island or Blue Eden. Gabi realised that she could find her sister's location by getting invited. She went to the hairdresser to have her hair cut like Zoa's.[4]
Gabi stayed at David's place that night and kissed David while drunk. Gabi asked David for proof about the Blue Eden festival. He was not able to show any evidence of this party, since the invite video was shortly deleted after he received it. However, David did have the blue wristband from the event, which he secretly brought home. David told Gabi that during the party, Zoa's wristband lit up, but his did not. As soon Gabi tried on the wristband, an alarm went off in Mayka's IT area, showing that a stolen wristband was in San Sebastián.
In an attempt to retrace Zoa's steps, Gabi began dressing like Zoa and posting many fun photos on social media, hoping that she would get noticed and be invited. Before leaving San Sebastián for Barcelona, Gabi snuck into the aquarium that David worked in and kissed him.[5]
Personality[]
Physical appearance[]
Gabi has brown hair.
Appearances[]
Trivia[]
- The spelling of her name is confirmed to be "Gabi" in the credits, however, there are news articles that misspell her name as "Gaby."