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

answered,

a brow as he studied her artwork.

as Lilly’s artwork, but it was

picture of both hers and

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

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

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

soon had both photos posted on his

well, but the light in her eyes

this what being praised

praises me and tells me I do

attention even if I don’t

Lilly as she

who schemes and is here to rob me

she’s not like that

willing to play with her that afternoon, she

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

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

her daughter. That was why she blindly

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

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

the iron railing that Winona noticed her daughter from a distance,

good girl.

Winona called out from the top of her lungs.

was catching fish with Hannah when she suddenly

woman on the other side of the iron

began to look around. “Huh? Is that Mommy’s

ears. “No,

and ran back inside with

to mind the image of the ‘person’ from the night

sprinted off into the safety of the manor without

was at a loss

it’s

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

she was leading

livid. As her aunt, she absolutely despised

**

and Josh returned from their remedial lessons

eight Crawford sons were present

boring being home all day? Let’s go

questioningly as she bit down on her

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

explained, “Camping means going out into the

have a

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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