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

answered, “It’s

her artwork. Her art skills

as Lilly’s artwork, but it was filled with

of both hers and Hannah’s drawings before sending it

record button and started, “My cousin

“You two draw

ask Hannah and joyfully gave him the go-ahead

photos posted on

light in her eyes grew brighter when

this what being praised

tells me I

get attention even if I

Lilly as she thought about

a bad girl who schemes and is here to rob me of my

she’s not like that

company and no one willing to play with her that afternoon,

with small buckets and catching fish in a shallow

returned earlier but was once again turned away before

to leave without seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered

surrounded by high walls while

were only separated by iron railings that integrated themselves with the

Winona noticed her daughter from a distance, and found

left her discomfited. My daughter is a good girl. What if she

top

was catching fish with Hannah when she

on the other

around. “Huh? Is that

ears. “No, you

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

to mind the image of the ‘person’

off into the safety of the manor without

was at a loss for

course, it’s

she entered the Crawford household, Hannah had been constantly criticized

she was leading Hannah

aunt, she

**

from their remedial lessons

were present as it was

“Isn’t it boring being home all day? Let’s go camping at the wetlands park

questioningly as she bit down on her fork. “What is

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

means going out into the wild and

have a house? Is it

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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