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

cheerfully answered, “It’s

studied her artwork. Her art skills weren’t

Lilly’s artwork, but it was filled with

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

record button and started,

to send a voice message in response. “You two

joyfully gave him the go-ahead after getting

soon had both photos posted on his social

the light in her eyes

this what being praised

me and tells me I do a

can still get attention even if

at Lilly as she

who schemes and is here to rob me

she’s not like

willing to play with her that afternoon,

small buckets and catching fish in a shallow

but was once again turned

willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered about outside the

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

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

her daughter from a distance, and found

daughter is a good girl. What if she becomes

from the top of

was catching fish with Hannah

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

look around. “Huh? Is that

immediately covered her ears. “No,

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

the image of the ‘person’ from the night

safety of the manor without looking

was at a loss

course, it’s because

since she entered the Crawford household, Hannah had been

she was leading Hannah

her aunt, she absolutely despised

**

and Josh returned from

eight Crawford sons were present

it boring being home all day? Let’s go camping at the

bit down

‘camping’ meant

and explained, “Camping means going out

have a house? Is

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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