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 light up when he

cheerfully answered,

artwork. Her

be as dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but it was filled

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

started, “My

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

joyfully gave him the go-ahead

had both photos posted on his

well, but the light in her

this what being

Mommy praises me and tells me

get attention even

Lilly as she thought about

say Lilly is a bad girl who schemes and

like that

to play with her that afternoon, she

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

once again turned away

without seeing her daughter. That was

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

separated by iron

that Winona noticed her daughter from a distance, and found

good girl. What

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

Hannah

looked up to see the woman on the other side

to look around. “Huh? Is that

ears. “No, you didn’t hear

ran back inside with the buckets. “Hurry up, there’s a monster

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

the safety of

a

it’s because of

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

was

As her aunt,

**

Drake, and Josh returned from their remedial lessons

Crawford sons were present as

being home all day? Let’s go

questioningly as she bit down on her

wasn’t quite sure what the term ‘camping’ meant as she had never

grinned and explained, “Camping means going out into

“But we have a house? Is it no

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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