Chapter 213 - Tragic Saturday
Honestly, Linda was the child that he loved the most, which was the reason he didn't want her to go in the wrong way. All this life and too much freedom were turning his sweet girl into something else, and it wasn't going well for him. He just can't stand it.
A low breath exited his nose and he proceeded to talk. However, Mrs. Robert cut him off. "You cannot say that to me. She's simply doing what girls her age do. There is nothing wrong with that!" She took a quick breath and turned to Linda. A loving smile emerged on her face, and she tenderly brushed her hair back with her hand.
Feeling so disappointed within, Mr. Robert shook his head and turned to stare at Linda. "Young lady, you're grounded for two weeks. You are not allowed to step out of this house for two weeks unless you are attending school. Understand. " He stated this with complete seriousness in his tone, and Linda's face turned red in anger.
"Mum!" She turned to Mrs. Robert in expectation of her disagreeing with her father's word. "Say something!! I can't be grounded for two weeks!!! What about my friends and-"
"You are grounded for two weeks and that's it. Don't you dare go against me or you might not like it?" With that being said, he turned around and walked out of the living room, then proceeded to call the attention of the maids, butlers, and bodyguards in the house to let them know that, under no circumstances, should they allow Linda to step out of the house without his permission. They all nodded and returned to their duties.
That night passed, and they all had their breakfast in the morning before Mr. Robert left home for work, and Mrs. Robert did the same. That Saturday, being an important meeting at her company, she had to sign some contracts of partnership with another company. Shawn, on the other hand, had left to attend basketball practice with his friends, so...Linda was the only one left in the house with the maids and a few of the other guards who hadn't left with their mother or to accompany Shawn wherever he went.
Five hours after they had been gone from home, a call suddenly came on Mr. Roberts' phone, only for him to pick it up and get the news that his mansion was on fire.
And that's what brings us here.
The first thought that came to his mind was of his daughter, and without any delay, he grabbed his car key and rushed off, driving home at a reckless speed. He arrived at the mansion and hurriedly stepped down from the car.
He glanced at the firefighters that were everywhere, and without any hesitation, he moved to find his daughter when he spotted her nowhere.
He proceeded to enter his mansion, which was still on fire, but he was stopped by the firefighters. "Sir, please stay back!" They told him, but Mr. Robert struggled to free himself to find his daughter. Two firefighters walked out while carrying a body that was already zipped up in a bag.
His heart instantly rushed to his throat, and he pushed away the firefighter holding him, then scurried to confirm if it was his daughter or someone else.
They unzipped the bag and the moment his eyes fell on the corpse, he stilled as he instantly felt his world crushed before him. The body in the bag was of his daughter, as he could tell from her height and stature, and, of course, he wouldn't forget the gold chain he had bought for her, which had a star pendant. It was still hung around her neck, which was the last thing that proved it was his daughter.
"Linda!!!!" A loud cry sounded beside him, and that's when he noticed his wife, who was shaking uncontrollably as though she would lose consciousness at any moment.
Mrs. Robert broke down into tears and knelt beside the corpse of her daughter, crying uncontrollably. Unable to believe and accept that her daughter was dead, she instantly lost consciousness and fainted.
Mr. Robert rushed to her and held her in his arms while his eyes darted around. At that moment, his brain was still trying to understand what was happening.
Shawn, who had returned from his basketball practice and saw the mansion on fire and all the commotion that was happening outside, glanced around and spotted his father knelt on the floor beside a corpse with his mum in his hands.
He immediately hurried to them without delay, and the moment his gaze fell on the corpse, he became motionless, and just like his mother, he fell to the floor and fainted.
Completely stuffed up, Mr. Robert hastily called for the ambulance on seeing the condition of his wife and son, and the ambulance responded by arriving almost immediately.
They hauled Mrs. Robert and Shawn into the ambulance and drove away to the hospital.
Mr. Robert, who stayed behind, stared at his daughter's corpse and painful tears began to fall from his eyes. He was completely regretting grounding her because if he hadn't grounded her and she was out of the house, she wouldn't be dead by now but would be alive and kicking.
"Fuck!!!" He angrily began to punch the ground and furiously slap his face as he felt very guilty. "If only... Linda!" The moments he had with her from the time she was a baby flashed in his eyes and he collapsed to the floor, unable to bear the loss. It was just too much for him.
He might be harsh on Linda sometimes, but it's because he loves her.. He just wanted her to be a great girl in the future and not ruin her life, which was why he was really trying so hard not to spoil her too much, even though he hurts him a lot sometimes when he lectures and grounds her.