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?

couldn’t help but light up when he

answered, “It’s

he studied her artwork.

not be as dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but it was filled with childlike

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

two draw well! Do

Hannah and joyfully gave him the go-ahead

photos

read well, but the light in her

what being praised

and tells me

get attention even

looked at Lilly as she thought

who schemes and is here to

she’s not like that

play with her that afternoon, she went

and

again turned away before

willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That

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

only separated by iron railings that integrated themselves with the

Winona noticed her daughter from a distance, and found her playing with

My daughter is a good girl. What if she becomes

top of her lungs. “Over

Hannah when she suddenly heard

see the woman on the other side

to look around. “Huh? Is that Mommy’s

covered her ears. “No, you didn’t

took Hannah’s hand and ran back inside with

immediately called to mind the image of the ‘person’ from

into the safety of the manor without

at a loss

course, it’s because

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

was leading

her aunt, she

**

and Josh returned from their remedial lessons that

present as

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

as she bit down

meant as

“Camping means going

confused. “But we have a house? Is it no

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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