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

answered,

her artwork.

as dynamic as Lilly’s

picture of both hers and Hannah’s drawings before sending it to

and started, “My cousin and

message in response. “You two draw well! Do you mind

joyfully gave

photos posted on

but the light in her eyes

what being praised

and tells me I do a good

can still get attention even

at Lilly as she

Mommy say Lilly is a bad girl who schemes

like that

and no one willing to play with her that afternoon, she went

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

but was once again turned away before

was no way she was willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That was why

enclosed. Certain areas were surrounded by high walls while others were

the back mountain were only separated by iron railings that integrated themselves with the

through the iron railing that Winona noticed her daughter from

daughter is a good girl. What if she becomes a

the top of her lungs. “Over

was catching fish with Hannah when

on the other side of

began to look around. “Huh? Is that Mommy’s

covered her ears. “No, you

hand and ran back inside with the

image of

the safety of the manor without

at a loss for

course, it’s because of

household, Hannah had been

she was leading

her aunt,

**

Josh returned from their remedial lessons that

were present as it

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

her questioningly as she bit down

the term ‘camping’ meant

grinned and explained, “Camping means going out into the wild

we have a house? Is it

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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