Spoiled by Eight Uncles

Hannah, meanwhile, was so frightened that she stopped crying. Her cries tapered off into hiccups and soft sobs.

Bettany’s temper flared. Her countenance took on an arctic chill. “You like crying, don’t you? Do as you like! You’re not allowed to stop until you fill this bucket!”

The girl, sure enough, burst into full-blown wailing after receiving the scare.

She had cried at first to cause a scene, but now she was downright howling.

Her tears were genuine this time.

The child held the bucket in her hands and kept crying. Each tear fell into the container.

Mrs. Bettany Levine, the Madam of the Crawford household, was, however, an obstinate woman. She silently watched on as the younger cried.

The elder had a childish streak to her. You want to act out? So can I. Both were now stuck in a stalemate until Hannah grew exhausted from her endless whines.

Hannah was too afraid to stop. She proceeded to cry even harder when she finally noticed her tears wouldn’t even fill half a cup.

She choked up as she continued sobbing, “I can’t anymore, Granny. I’m thirsty… I want water…”

Margaret could barely hold in her laughter.

Bettany was as angry as she was amused. “Are you going to keep crying?”

Hannah sniffled and shook her head. Her eyes were bloodshot.

Bettany grunted and went back inside.

Margaret hurriedly approached the child. “Let’s go back inside, Little Miss! Have a glass of water.”

Hannah had cried her eyes red. No one had ever treated her this way.

Her mother would always meet her demands whenever she turned on the waterworks.

She was slowly coming to understand her tears weren’t everything. They meant nothing before her grandmother.

Margaret guided the child to the first floor and sat her down to get her to drink water.

No one else had come home. Her mother had also been driven away. It seemed she was the only one left in the huge manor. Hannah suddenly felt fearful, flustered, and confused.

the

helpless, a small figure

Hatcher handed her a lollipop.

crying into a bucket out in

face away.

hesitate to stuff the lollipop back into her pocket.

“…”

curiosity, “Is your bucket

moment she was reminded of the matter at hand, she had the feeling she wouldn’t be able to fill the bucket even

to

it, Hannah! There’s still so much of the

it better! Don’t let my

slightly wet yet Hannah had no

of water on the table over. “There’s no more

gulped down the cup and tried again but no more

another

whole cups of water, leaving

grew hoarse but the bucket was yet

was sympathetic to her plight. “What to do? It’s still

“Uwahh…”

glinted in the light as she

Anthony returned with Drake and Josh. The absurd sight of

on. “You can do

frowned and asked, “What’s going on

a bucket full, Uncle Anthony. She’s not allowed to stop until

“…”

herself with no tears left to squeeze

time experiencing just how tiring

Uncle. Please ask Granny to allow

Ask

shook the basin. She had a feeling even

and yet even she couldn’t fill the

“…”

at Math, stuffed his hands into

cry. A washbasin can fill about a quart. You would be spending the next 2,000 days crying. These are the numbers

“What should I do? I can’t

again when