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?

couldn’t help but light up

cheerfully answered, “It’s a

studied her artwork. Her

dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but it was

of both hers and Hannah’s

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

message in response. “You two draw well!

Hannah and joyfully gave him the go-ahead

photos posted

couldn’t read well, but the light in her eyes

being praised

me and tells me I

attention

looked at Lilly as she

bad girl who schemes and is here to rob me of

like

mother’s company and no one willing to play with her that

buckets and catching fish in a shallow

once again turned away before she had even

without seeing her daughter. That was

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

were only separated by

railing that Winona noticed her

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

Winona called out from the top of her

Hannah when she suddenly heard Winona’s

looked up to see the woman on the

to look around.

covered her ears. “No, you

Hannah’s hand and ran back inside with the

image of the ‘person’ from

into the safety of the manor without

at a loss for

course, it’s because

entered the Crawford household, Hannah had been

was leading

aunt, she absolutely

**

returned from their remedial

Crawford sons were present as

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

as she bit down on

meant as she had never

“Camping means going out into

have a

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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