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?

eyes couldn’t help but

cheerfully answered,

brow as he studied her artwork. Her art skills

be as dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but

grandfather’s phone and took a picture of both hers and Hannah’s drawings before sending it to Lawrence

the voice record button and started, “My cousin and I

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

ask Hannah and joyfully gave him

both photos

well, but the light in her eyes grew brighter when she

what being

praises me and tells me I

can still get attention

at Lilly as she

and Mommy say Lilly is a bad girl who schemes and is here to rob

like

her mother’s company and no one willing to play with her

with small buckets and catching fish in

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

leave without seeing her

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

only separated by iron railings that integrated

noticed her daughter

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

from the top of

Hannah when she suddenly heard Winona’s

to see the woman on the

around. “Huh? Is

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

with the buckets. “Hurry up, there’s

immediately called to mind the image of the ‘person’ from the

into the safety of the manor

at a

it’s because of

the Crawford household, Hannah

she was

her aunt, she

**

and Josh returned from their remedial lessons that

eight Crawford sons were present as it was a

home all day?

her questioningly as she bit down

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

going out into

we have a

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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