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?

but light up when

cheerfully answered, “It’s

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

be as dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but it was filled

picture of both hers and Hannah’s

started, “My cousin

in response. “You two

gave

photos posted on his

light in her eyes grew brighter when she was

being praised

and tells me

still get attention even if I

as she thought about

girl who schemes and

she’s not like that

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

and catching fish in a shallow pond in the

had returned earlier but was once again turned away

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

manor wasn’t completely enclosed. Certain areas were surrounded by high walls while others were surrounded by the lake

were only separated by iron railings

noticed her

a good girl. What

the top of her lungs. “Over

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

the woman on the other side of the

to look around.

immediately covered her ears. “No,

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

the image of the ‘person’ from the

the safety of the manor

a loss for

it’s

entered the Crawford household, Hannah had been

she was leading Hannah

As her aunt, she absolutely

**

returned from their remedial lessons

were present as it was a

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

she bit down on her

quite sure what the term ‘camping’ meant as she had never

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

we have

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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