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 up

answered, “It’s

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

not be as dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but it was filled

her grandfather’s phone and took a picture of both hers and Hannah’s drawings before

and started,

message in response. “You two draw well! Do

joyfully gave him the go-ahead

had both photos

well, but the light in her eyes grew

what being praised is

me and tells me I do a

can still get attention even

at Lilly as

is a bad girl who schemes and is here to rob

like that at

company and no one willing to play with her that afternoon,

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

but was once again turned away

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

walls while

mountain were only separated by iron railings that integrated themselves with the

railing that Winona noticed her daughter from

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

called out from the top of her lungs.

catching fish with Hannah when she suddenly

the woman on

look around. “Huh? Is that Mommy’s

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

took Hannah’s hand and ran back inside with

the image of the ‘person’ from the night

sprinted off into the safety of the manor without looking

at a

it’s

entered the Crawford household, Hannah had been constantly criticized by everyone

was

As her aunt, she absolutely

**

and Josh returned from their

Crawford sons were present as it was

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

down

‘camping’ meant as

going out into the wild and

confused. “But we have a house?

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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