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 light up when

cheerfully answered,

brow as he studied her artwork. Her art skills weren’t bad in

Lilly’s artwork, but

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

record button and started, “My

two draw well! Do you mind if I post

ask Hannah and joyfully gave

photos posted on his

the light in her eyes grew brighter

this what being praised

praises me and tells

still get attention even if

as she thought about

Lilly is a bad girl who schemes and is here

she’s not like

willing to play with her that afternoon, she went seeking

buckets and catching fish in a shallow pond

but was once again turned away before

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

surrounded by high walls while others were surrounded by the lake

only separated by

that Winona noticed her daughter from a distance, and found her playing

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

the top

with Hannah when she suddenly

looked up to see the woman on the other side of the

to look around. “Huh?

her ears. “No,

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

to mind the image of the

sprinted off into the safety of the

was at a loss

course, it’s because of

Hannah had been constantly criticized

was

aunt, she

**

and Josh returned from their remedial lessons

Crawford sons were present as it was

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

bit down on

sure what the term ‘camping’ meant as

means going out into the wild

we have

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255