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?

help but light

answered,

her artwork.

Lilly’s artwork, but it

both hers and Hannah’s

the voice record button and started, “My

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

and joyfully gave him the go-ahead

photos

but the light in her eyes grew brighter

this what being praised is

praises me and tells me I do a good

get attention even if I don’t

at Lilly as she

bad girl who schemes and

not like

to play

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

again turned away before she

leave without seeing her daughter. That was

wasn’t completely enclosed. Certain areas were surrounded by high walls while others were surrounded by the lake as

by

the iron railing that Winona noticed her

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

called out from the top of her lungs.

with Hannah

see the woman on the other side of the iron

began to look around. “Huh? Is

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

back inside with the buckets. “Hurry

mind the image of the ‘person’ from

sprinted off into the safety of the manor

was at a

course, it’s

household, Hannah had been constantly

was leading

her aunt,

**

Josh returned from their remedial lessons that

eight Crawford sons were present as it was

being home all day? Let’s go

down on her fork.

‘camping’ meant as she had never been exposed

means going

we have a house?

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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