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

cheerfully answered,

studied her artwork. Her

Lilly’s artwork, but it was filled with childlike

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

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

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

ask Hannah and joyfully gave him the go-ahead after getting

soon had both photos posted on

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

being praised

and tells me

can still get attention even if I

at Lilly as

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

not like that

and no one willing to play with her that

small buckets and catching fish in a shallow pond in

again turned away before she had even

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

were surrounded by high walls

were only separated by iron railings that integrated themselves with the

Winona noticed her daughter

My daughter is a good girl. What if she becomes

called out from the top of her lungs.

catching fish with Hannah when she suddenly heard Winona’s

the woman on

to look around. “Huh? Is

immediately covered her ears. “No,

hand and ran back inside with the buckets. “Hurry up,

called to mind the image of the ‘person’

into the safety of

a loss for

course, it’s because

Hannah had been constantly criticized

was

her aunt, she absolutely

**

returned from their remedial lessons that

eight Crawford sons were present

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

tilted her questioningly as she bit down

wasn’t quite sure what the term ‘camping’ meant as

explained, “Camping means going out into the wild and

have a

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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