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?

eyes couldn’t help but light

cheerfully answered, “It’s a

studied her artwork. Her art skills weren’t bad in the

might not be as dynamic as Lilly’s

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

hit the voice record button and started, “My cousin and I

in response. “You two draw well! Do you

and joyfully gave him the go-ahead

both photos posted on

couldn’t read well, but the light in her

this what being praised

me and tells me I

still get attention even if I

looked at Lilly as she

is a bad girl who

not like that

no one willing to play with her that afternoon, she went seeking out

buckets and catching fish

had returned earlier but was once again turned away before she had even set foot

leave without seeing her daughter. That was

were surrounded by high walls while others were surrounded by the lake

only separated by

Winona noticed her daughter from a distance,

daughter is a good girl. What if she becomes a

from the top of her

with Hannah when she suddenly heard Winona’s

up to see the woman on the other side of

around.

immediately covered her ears. “No, you

ran back inside with the

the image of the ‘person’ from

sprinted off into the safety of the manor without

was at a loss for

course, it’s because

household, Hannah had been

she was leading

As her aunt, she absolutely

**

and Josh returned from their remedial lessons

were present

it boring being home all day?

tilted her questioningly as she bit down on her fork. “What

quite sure what the term ‘camping’ meant

“Camping means going out into the wild and living

confused. “But we have a

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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