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

answered, “It’s a

her artwork. Her art skills weren’t

might not be as dynamic as Lilly’s

picture of both hers and Hannah’s drawings

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

a voice message in response. “You two draw well! Do you mind if I

ask Hannah and joyfully gave him the go-ahead after getting

soon had both photos posted on his

in her eyes

what being

Mommy praises me and tells

get attention

Lilly as she

Lilly is a bad girl who schemes and is here

she’s not like that

one willing to play with her that

buckets and catching fish in a shallow pond in

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

without seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered

high walls while others were surrounded by the lake as

and the back mountain were only separated by iron railings that integrated

railing that Winona noticed her

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

from the top

was catching fish with Hannah when

looked up to see the woman on the other

began to look around. “Huh? Is

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

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

image of the ‘person’ from

off into the safety of the manor

a

it’s because

the Crawford household, Hannah had been constantly

was

livid. As her aunt, she absolutely despised

**

returned from their remedial lessons

Crawford sons were present as it

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

her questioningly as she bit down on her fork. “What is camping,

what the term ‘camping’ meant as she had never been exposed to

and explained, “Camping means going

“But we have a house? Is it no

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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