Chapter 3: The Truth Hurts

"W-w-we made L-Lincoln run away." Lori said.

Those words. Those words that Lynn Sr just heard, made him ponder on what Lori was actually saying. There's no way that his kids would do something like that. Never. But, what if they were telling the truth and Lynn Sr just never asked. It never hurts to try.

"W-what did you say?" Lynn Sr questioned, with a hint of nervousness in his voice.

All the sisters were now scared if they spoke at all. One of them would have to speak up, but none of them wanted to. They all knew they were gonna be punished anyway, yet they feared that if they said one thing to their father, it could ultimately be the worst punishment they could every receive.

Lynn Sr took a few deep breaths before saying anything.

"Well, since none of you are gonna fess up or say anything about what Lori just said, I'm gonna assume Lincoln did run away, right?"

They all nodded.

"Why? Why did you all think it was a good idea to make your brother leave home?"

"We didn't mean to!" Lynn blurted out. "We were just teasing him, but we guess we took it too far."

"You guess? YOU GUESS!?" Lynn Sr raised his voice, clearly dumbfounded at what Lynn just said to him. "There's no guess, that's a clear we did instead! I'm so disappointed in all of you. I knew sometimes you guys don't get along, but I didn't know it was gonna be this bad."

"We didn't either!" Lana said.

"Well clearly you guys did, otherwise you wouldn't have drove him to leave his own house!" Lynn Sr retorted.

Lynn Sr sat on the armchair, which was opposite to the couch so he could collect his thoughts.

"So, I assume you all know you're gonna be grounded right?" Lynn Sr said.

"Yeah..." they all said.

"Well, if I may, I'm gonna give you all your punishments. And this concerns all of you."

They all nodded.

"First things first, no phones at all. I will be turning off the data for all of you, and will also cut off the WiFi. Next, you're not allowed to visit any friends at any point in time. Then, you will not be allowed to watch TV at all. And finally, you can only leave your rooms when you go to school, come back home, eat, or whenever I say you can leave. Understood?"

"Yes sir." They all said.

"Good..." Lynn Sr stated, "Also, no one, and I mean no one under any circumstances whatsoever is allowed to go into Lincoln's room. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir." They all said again.

"Thank you, now go to your rooms." Lynn Sr said.

As soon as Lynn Sr said that, every sister ran up to their rooms as fast as possible. And every door shut at the exact same time.

Lynn Sr had a long day at work, and he was very tired. And just setting all of his daughters straight made him even more tired. He knew that all of his daughters were sorry, except Lily because she was a baby after all and plus, she didn't have anything to do with it, so she was the only one who wasn't grounded. But even then, he still had to punish them, because they made Lincoln run away from home. Lynn Sr really wanted his son to come home, after all he was really close to Lincoln and it pained him knowing that his only son was out there somewhere, doing who knows what. And Lynn Sr was very worried for his son. He was gonna find some way to get his son back. He just didn't know how to do it.

I can only imagine how Rita is gonna handle all of this. Lynn Sr thought

Rita was a caring mother, she loved all her kids, and that included Lincoln. There's been a lot of times where Rita has helped Lincoln, and Lincoln has helped her.

For instance, Rita needed help on what to write for her book, and naturally Lincoln helped her out by showing her a bunch of cool and exciting things to help her write things down in her book.

And then when Lincoln needed help for his science project, Rita and Lynn Sr helped Lincoln out with his project, which of course, he made a good grade on it.

It was evident that Rita loved Lincoln a lot, and considering what Lynn Sr had to tell his wife, he knew he had to prepare for it. But since he was very tired he decided that he was gonna rest until Rita came back home.

5:30? Yeah, I've got time. Lynn Sr thought to himself, before quickly drifting off to sleep.


Lincoln, with his bag around his shoulder, walked among the streets of Royal Woods, Michigan trying to find someplace to stay. When he first left, the first person to mind, was Clyde. But after a quick dial, Clyde told him that him and his fathers would be on vacation for a few weeks. So he crossed that one off. He tried calling his other friends like Rusty, Zach, Liam, and Stella but, they to were on vacation. "Well isn't that great?" Lincoln said to himself. "All my friends are out doing their own things while I'm walking the streets of Royal Woods." Then a thought occurred in Lincoln's head. There was still one person he forgot about. Ronnie Anne.

Now, Ronnie Anne was a complex girl. She used to bully Lincoln, almost about every day until it got the best of Lincoln, so he decided to get revenge. His sisters unfortunately found out, and decided it would be best if he kissed her instead. After giving her a kiss, Lincoln was punched in the face by Ronnie Anne. Then later on, it was revealed that she actually liked Lincoln, and they became friends ever since. Ronnie Anne nowadays doesn't bully Lincoln as often, hardly ever. The most she does now is just playfully punch his arm or call him a "Lame-o", which he still loved that nickname. So Ronnie Anne was the best fit.

Lincoln wasn't sure if Ronnie Anne would accept him into her home, considering her massive family, but it didn't hurt to try.

So Lincoln stood straight, picked up the pace a little bit, and headed off to Great Lakes City, waiting for whatever was about to come. He wasn't so sure about his sisters, but he did know that he was (probably) in good hands.

Lincoln was ready. Ready for what was gonna happen.

[A/N: So Chapter 3 is done. Sorry for the little wait, I was caught up doing something. I was debating on whether Lincoln should be shown in either Chapter 3 or 4, but ultimately decided to do 3, since I know you guys were wondering where he was. So hope you all enjoyed Chapter 3! Chapter 4 will be here soon. Have a safe day everyone!