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?

but light

answered, “It’s

a brow as he studied her artwork.

as Lilly’s artwork, but it was filled with childlike

a picture of both hers and

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

response. “You two draw well! Do you mind

joyfully gave him the

soon had both photos posted

the light in her eyes grew brighter when she

what being

praises me and tells me I do

can still get attention even if I don’t

at Lilly as she thought

who schemes and is here to rob me of

like

to play with

were now armed with small buckets and catching fish in a shallow pond

turned away before

seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered

enclosed. Certain areas were surrounded by high walls while others were surrounded by the lake as its

and the back mountain were only separated by iron railings

iron railing that Winona noticed her

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

the top of her lungs. “Over here,

catching fish with Hannah when she suddenly heard Winona’s

up to see the woman on the other side of the iron

began to look around.

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

Hannah’s hand and ran back inside with the buckets. “Hurry up, there’s a

mind the image of the ‘person’ from the night

sprinted off into the safety of the manor without looking

a

course, it’s because of

household, Hannah had been constantly criticized by everyone

was leading

her aunt, she

**

and Josh returned from their

were present

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

down on

the term ‘camping’ meant as

explained, “Camping means going

confused. “But we have a house? Is

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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