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 up when

answered,

brow as he studied her artwork. Her art skills weren’t

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

and took a picture of both hers and Hannah’s

the voice record button and started,

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

and joyfully gave him the go-ahead

photos

but the light in her eyes grew brighter when she was shown

being praised is

praises me and tells me I

get attention even

at Lilly as

and Mommy say Lilly is a bad girl who schemes and

not like that at

mother’s company and no one willing to play with her that afternoon, she

now armed with small buckets and

was once again turned away before she had

leave without seeing her daughter. That

surrounded by high walls while others were surrounded by the lake as its natural

the back mountain were only separated by iron railings that integrated themselves with the very

that Winona noticed her

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

called out from the top of her lungs. “Over here,

fish with Hannah when she suddenly

woman on the other side of the

around. “Huh?

covered her ears. “No,

and ran back inside with the

image of the ‘person’ from

safety of the

was at a loss for

it’s because of

household, Hannah had been constantly criticized by everyone around

was leading Hannah

her aunt, she

**

Josh returned from their remedial lessons

present as

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

questioningly as she bit down on her fork.

sure what the term ‘camping’ meant as she

and explained, “Camping means going out into

was confused. “But we have a house?

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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