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

cheerfully answered, “It’s a

a brow as he studied her artwork. Her art

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

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

voice record button and started, “My

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

gave him the go-ahead

had both photos posted on his social

in her

what being

me and tells me I do a good

can still get attention even if I

Lilly as she thought

girl who schemes and is here to

like that

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

and catching fish in a shallow pond

but was once again turned away before

her

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

mountain were only separated by iron railings that

was through the iron railing that Winona noticed her daughter from a distance, and found

is a good girl. What if she

called out from the top

with Hannah

the woman on the

began to look around.

her ears. “No, you didn’t hear

took Hannah’s hand and ran back inside with the buckets. “Hurry up, there’s a monster behind

the image of

off into the safety

was at a

it’s because of

entered the Crawford household, Hannah had been

she was

was livid. As her aunt, she absolutely despised

**

from their remedial

sons were present as it was

all day? Let’s go camping at the

as she bit down on

meant

means going out into the wild and living

was confused. “But we have a house?

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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