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

cheerfully answered, “It’s

as he studied her artwork. Her art skills

as Lilly’s artwork, but it

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

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

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

and joyfully gave

photos posted on his

but the light in her eyes

what being

and tells me I do

still get attention even

Lilly as she thought about

a bad girl who schemes and is here to rob me of

she’s not like that

play with her

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

once again turned away before

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

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

manor and the back mountain were only separated by iron railings that

the iron railing that Winona noticed her daughter from a distance, and found

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

the top of her lungs. “Over here,

catching fish with Hannah

woman on the other side of

look around. “Huh? Is that

ears. “No, you didn’t

Hannah’s hand and ran back inside with

immediately called to mind the image of the

sprinted off into the safety of the manor without

at a

it’s

entered the Crawford household, Hannah had been

she was leading Hannah

her aunt, she absolutely

**

returned from their remedial lessons

Crawford sons were present as

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

her questioningly as she bit down on her fork.

term ‘camping’ meant as

means going out into the

confused. “But we have

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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