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?

couldn’t help but light up when

cheerfully answered,

studied her artwork. Her art

might 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

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

response. “You two draw well! Do you mind

to ask Hannah and joyfully gave

had both photos

but the light in her eyes grew

this what being praised is

praises me and tells me

get attention even

Lilly as

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

not like

one willing to play

buckets and catching fish in a shallow

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

her daughter. That

walls while others were surrounded by the lake as its natural

by iron railings that integrated themselves with

was through the iron railing that Winona noticed her daughter from a distance,

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

Winona called out from the top of her lungs.

Hannah when she

on the

look around. “Huh? Is

covered her ears. “No, you

took Hannah’s hand and ran back inside with

to mind the image of the ‘person’ from the

the safety of the manor

at a loss

it’s because

Hannah had been

was leading Hannah

aunt, she absolutely

**

returned from their remedial

eight Crawford sons were present as it was a

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

questioningly as she bit down

‘camping’ meant as she had

grinned and explained, “Camping means going out into the wild and living

have

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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