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?

help but

cheerfully answered, “It’s a

a brow as he studied her artwork. Her art

Lilly’s artwork, but it was

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

the voice record button and started, “My cousin and I drew these,

in response. “You two draw well!

ask Hannah and joyfully gave him the go-ahead

photos posted on his

read well, but the light in her eyes grew brighter when she was shown the

being praised

me and tells me I do a

still get attention even if

as

Mommy say Lilly is a bad girl who schemes and is here to

like

one willing to play with her that

now armed with small buckets and

returned earlier but was once again turned away before she had even set foot

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

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

back mountain were only separated by iron railings that integrated

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

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

called out from the top of her lungs. “Over here,

was catching fish with Hannah when she suddenly heard Winona’s

to see the woman on the other side

look around. “Huh?

ears. “No,

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

the image of the ‘person’

into the safety of the manor without looking

was at a loss

it’s

she entered the Crawford household, Hannah had been constantly criticized by

was

her aunt, she absolutely despised the

**

Josh returned from their remedial

eight Crawford sons were present as

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

questioningly as she bit down on her

quite sure what the term ‘camping’ meant as she had

means going out into the wild and living

was confused. “But we have a

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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