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, “It’s

artwork. Her art skills weren’t bad in

Lilly’s artwork, but it was filled with

a picture of both hers and Hannah’s

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

response. “You two draw well!

Hannah and joyfully gave

soon had both photos posted

in her

being

me and tells me I do a good

get attention even

as she thought about

girl who schemes and is here to rob me of my

she’s not like that at

one willing to play with her that afternoon, she went seeking out

with small buckets and catching fish in a shallow pond

returned earlier but was once again turned away before

her daughter. That was why she

enclosed. Certain areas were surrounded by high walls while others were surrounded

were only separated by iron

Winona noticed her daughter from a

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

Winona called out from the top of

Hannah when she suddenly heard Winona’s

looked up to see the woman on

began to look around. “Huh?

her ears. “No, you didn’t hear a

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

immediately called to mind the image of the

off into the safety of the manor

was at a loss

it’s because of

entered the Crawford household, Hannah had been

she was leading

livid. As her aunt, she absolutely despised the

**

Josh returned from their

present as it was

“Isn’t it boring being home all day?

she bit down on her fork. “What is

‘camping’ meant as she had never been

going out into

“But we have a

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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