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

artwork. Her art skills weren’t

might not be as dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but

picture of both hers and Hannah’s

and started, “My cousin and I drew these,

voice message in response. “You two draw well! Do you

and joyfully gave him the go-ahead after getting

both photos posted on his

the light in her eyes grew brighter when she was shown

this what being praised

tells me I do a

still get attention even if

Lilly as she

say Lilly is a bad girl who schemes and is

not like

play with her that afternoon, she went

armed with small buckets and catching fish in a shallow

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

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

high walls while

manor and the back mountain were only separated by iron

that Winona noticed her daughter

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

from the top of her lungs.

catching fish with Hannah when she

see the woman on the other

look around. “Huh? Is that Mommy’s

ears. “No, you

Hannah’s hand and ran back inside with the buckets.

called to mind the image of the ‘person’

safety of the manor without

at a loss for

course, it’s because

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

was leading Hannah

aunt, she absolutely

**

Josh returned from their remedial lessons

Crawford sons were present as

home all

down on her

wasn’t quite sure what the term ‘camping’ meant as she had

explained, “Camping means going out into the

confused. “But we have

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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