Winona kept checking her phone and waited till it was nearly 11.

Hannah should be awake by now.

Helen didn’t seem worried. “Wait and see! Someone will call in ten minutes and ask you to return.”

“What if they don’t?”

The elderly woman shook her head. “That’s not possible. They will, at most, try to act as if nothing is wrong. There’s no doubt that they will call.”

Winona waited until noon, and yet there was still no news from the Crawfords.

She couldn’t stay and do nothing anymore. “No, I have to go check on her!”

Helen tried to stop her to no avail. Why is my daughter so impatient?!

What child could bear to leave her mother’s side? What was the hurry?

**

Back at the Crawford manor.

Lilly was drawing with Hannah.

“For you.” Lilly handed Hannah a piece of paper.

Hannah harrumphed. “I don’t want yours.”

Despite her barbed words, she still accepted the paper.

Lilly was confused. “I thought you didn’t want it.”

Hannah stiffly muttered, “Mine isn’t white enough. I’ll use yours instead!”

“…”

Both of them drew something. “I’m going to show everyone my art!”

She then went searching for Hugh.

Hugh took off his reading glasses and asked, “What did you draw today?”

Lilly showed it off. “Look, Grandpa! It’s an egg.”

The elderly man couldn’t help but laugh. “And you, Hannah?”

Hannah felt depressed at the sight of her cousin and her grandfather getting along so well. Does Grandpa not like me?

couldn’t help but

answered,

her artwork. Her art skills weren’t

Lilly’s artwork,

took a picture of both hers and Hannah’s drawings before sending it to

record button and started, “My cousin and I drew these,

voice message in response. “You two draw well! Do you mind if

Hannah and joyfully gave him

had both photos

couldn’t read well, but the light in her eyes grew brighter when she

being

praises me and tells me I do a

can still get attention even

looked at Lilly as she thought

say Lilly is a bad girl who schemes and is here to

not like that

willing to play with

small buckets and catching fish

had returned earlier but was once again turned away before

willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That was

high walls while others were surrounded by the lake as its natural

only separated by iron railings that integrated themselves

Winona noticed her daughter from a distance, and found her

discomfited. My daughter is a good girl. What if she becomes a rebellious child after hanging

top of her lungs. “Over here,

was catching fish with Hannah when she

on the other side of

to look around. “Huh? Is that

her ears. “No, you

ran back inside with the

the image of the ‘person’ from

off into the safety of

a loss for

course, it’s because

Hannah had been constantly criticized by everyone

was leading Hannah

As her aunt, she absolutely despised the

**

returned from their remedial lessons

eight Crawford sons were present as it was

home all day?

bit down on her fork.

term ‘camping’ meant as she had

explained, “Camping means going

we have a house? Is it no

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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