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 he

cheerfully answered,

studied her artwork.

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

of both hers and

hit the voice record button and started,

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

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

photos posted on

her

being praised is

praises me and tells me I do a

attention even

Lilly as she

girl who schemes and is here to rob me of

she’s not like

company and no one willing to play with her that afternoon, she went seeking out

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

again turned away before she had even

to leave without seeing her daughter. That

areas were surrounded by high walls while others were surrounded by the lake

only separated by iron railings

Winona noticed her daughter from a

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

called out from the top

catching fish with Hannah when she suddenly heard Winona’s

on the other side of the

around. “Huh? Is

“No, you didn’t hear a

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

mind the image of the ‘person’ from

sprinted off into the safety

was at a

course, it’s because

Crawford household, Hannah had been constantly criticized by everyone around

she was leading Hannah

was livid. As her aunt, she absolutely despised

**

returned from their remedial lessons

eight Crawford sons were present as it was

it boring being home all day? Let’s go camping at the

down on

meant as

grinned and explained, “Camping means going out into the

confused. “But we have a house? Is it no

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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