C5 Samantha Was Grounded

That night was one of the worst nights of my life. My parents believed I had embarrassed the family. No matter how much I tried to explain, they refused to listen.

My punishment was severe. By the time it was over, my body was covered in bruises and I spent the next week recovering at home.

During that week, I couldn’t see Samantha. I couldn’t attend the School’s Year End Function.

That week Samantha Stopped calling me, At first, I thought she was simply busy. Then I noticed something strange. She stopped answering my calls. She stopped replying to my messages, it was as if she had disappeared.

Whenever I asked people about her, they told me the same thing. “Her parents have grounded her.” The explanation didn’t make sense.

Samantha’s parents had always given her freedom. They never cared where she went or who she spent time with. Why would they suddenly lock her inside the house? The more I thought about it, the less it made sense.

Eventually, I decided to visit her house myself but that turned out to be a mistake.