บท 248: Don't Scare Me Like That!

"Madeline!" 

A sudden gasp tore from the little girl's lips as she heard her Mother call her name. She had proceeded to climb a tree in order to jump out from the fence despite her Mother's disapproval, and the sound of her name being called had startled her, leading her to fall from the branch down to the leaves that had been gathered on the floor, saving her from the fall.

Her Mother stood at the entrance of the backdoor, watching her daughter who tried to hide away by burying herself into the leaves, but her husband showed up behind her and hurried to his daughter whom he had seen fall off a tree from the window.

"Maddie!" Her Father was quick to help his daughter stand up, and his eyes that held panic immediately softened when he saw her alright. He crouched on one knee to her level, dusting off the leaves and dust that got attached to her hair, face and the collar of her dress.