Spoiled by Eight Uncles

Chapter 38

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?

help but light up when

cheerfully answered, “It’s a

as he studied her artwork.

as dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but

used her grandfather’s phone and took a picture of both hers and Hannah’s drawings before sending it to Lawrence

voice record button and started, “My

“You two draw well! Do you mind if I post these

joyfully gave him the go-ahead after

soon had both photos posted on his

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

being

praises me and tells me I do

still get attention

at Lilly as she thought about

say Lilly is a bad girl who schemes and is here to rob me of

like that at

mother’s company and no one willing to play

and catching fish in a shallow pond in

turned away before she had

willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered about outside

manor wasn’t completely enclosed. Certain areas were surrounded by high walls while others were surrounded

back mountain were only separated by iron railings

the iron railing that Winona noticed her daughter from a distance, and found her

a good girl. What if she becomes a rebellious child

Winona called out from the top of her lungs. “Over here,

fish with Hannah when she

woman on the other

around. “Huh? Is that Mommy’s

immediately covered her ears. “No, you didn’t hear a

back inside with the

the image of the ‘person’ from the

sprinted off into the safety of the manor without looking

was at a loss

it’s

entered the Crawford household, Hannah

she was leading

aunt, she absolutely

**

returned from their remedial

Crawford sons were present as it

Hugh nudged Lilly, “Isn’t it boring being home all day? Let’s go camping at the wetlands

she bit down on her fork. “What is

meant as she had never

“Camping means going out into the wild

we have a

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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