Chapter 2 The died in a fire accident

"They died in a fire accident yesterday, they were at the old residence to check something and the building caught fire and killed them" Uncle Philip finished.

Bella' raced, "fire?, dead?" echoes in her mind and she stood up and fell on the floor.

"Bell" her uncle called and rushed to her, he carried her into the car and drove straight to the nearest hospital.

She was admitted into the hospital immediately and the doctors started attending to her.

Her uncle was sitting in the lobby when the doctor came out after attending to Bella.

"How is she doctor?" Uncle Philip stood up and went closer to the doctor.

"She is perfectly fine, she fainted due to shock" the doctor replied assuring him.

He then heaved a sigh of relief and asked if he could see her, "she is sleeping now so that won't be possible, but don't worry she will be awake in a few hours" the doctor replied.

"Muchas gracias, doctor" Uncle Phillip said.

"Just doing my job, señor," the doctor replied and walked away.

Uncle Philip then sat down back on the bed and his phone rang, he answered it and it was his wife wanting to know how Bella was.

"She is fine, she fainted because of shock," he replied.

"Okay, that's good news, please take care of her," she said and hung up.

In the night, Bella woke up and was surprised to see herself in the hospital.

"What happened and why am I here?" She thought and got out of the bed.

She removed the IV drip from her hand and walked towards the door.

Reaching there, she quietly opened the door and went out, she then followed her right and bumped into uncle Philip.

"Tio..."

"You should be resting, where are you going?" He asked.

Bella couldn't talk so he led back into the room and she laid back back on the bed.

"How are you feeling?" He asked and sat down on the chair beside the bed.

"Fine, but I just had a very terrible dream," Bella replied.

"It wasn't a dream bell, all the things that you saw were all real, your parents are dead" uncle Philip finished.

"No, no, no, no, that is not possible, mamá and papá can't be dead. They are probably waiting for me at home so let's go home" Bella was frantically shaking her head as she said it.

"Bella, you have to.."

Uncle Philip was interrupted as she started crying loudly.

He went closer to her and started consoling her and saying comforting words to her.

The next morning, Bella was discharged from the hospital and she walked spiritless out of the hospital into her uncle's car.

Her uncle then entered the driver's seat and drove the car away. After crying yesterday Bella has been so quiet and wasn't talking to anybody.

Uncle Philip had tried to cheer her up but it didn't work at all so he just left her alone.

The drive to their house was slow and gloomy, when they pulled up in their garage.

Bella got out of the car immediately and rushed into the house.

She wanted to be sure that what her uncle was saying was true, so when she was in the house she went straight to her parents' room.

The first thing she noticed when she entered the room was the bed, it was perfectly made which means that no one slept on it last night.

Bella's heart squeezed in pain as she began believing the bitter truth about her parents.

All through the days coming, the Rossi family which was Bella's family were busy planning the burial ceremony of the most elderly people in their family.

It was hard for her to believe that her lovely parents are gone, it was so hard.

"Miss Bella" someone called, jolting her out of her thoughts.

"What did you think about the entrance decorations?" The person who was one of the decorators asked.

Bella looked at the picture he was showing her, "what is the point of decorating the entrance door?, it is not like I would bring them back !" She wanted to scream.

"Yeah it is good" she said instead.

Okay ma" the decorator replied and left.

Bella just stood up from where she was sitting and went into the kitchen.

She poured a glass of milk for herself and started stirring it with a spoon.

"You should leave the poor milk alone, it doesn't deserve you stirring it like that," her uncle's wife, Patricia, said as she entered the kitchen.

Bella then realised that she had been stirring the milk too long, she then took the cup and drank the milk.

"Easy Bell or you will choke, by the way how are you feeling?" she asked.

Bella wanted to burst into tears and tell her that she wasn't fine but her inner voice told her not to.

"I am fine, Aunt Pat, thanks for asking" she replied instead.

"Okay then, you better go to the living room, you are wanted there" Patricia said.

Bella thanked her for the information and left the living room, Patricia stared at her retreating figure with a smile that turned into a smirk.

In the living room, her uncle was sitting with some men dressed in suits when Bella came out.

"Bell, these are some of the shareholders in your father's company" Uncle Philip said referring to the men.

"Good day, Sirs" Bella greeted the men.

She greeted them in English because they looked like foreigners.

They all acknowledged her greeting and told her to take heart that everything will be okay.

Bella thanked them and sat down on one of the couches there. With tears all over her face.

"We are truly sorry for your loss, Miss Rossi and Mr Rossi" one of the men who looked like an Asian began.

"Clearly the world has just lost two beautiful people that are so good, Miss Rossi, your parents were wonderful people," he continued.