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?

eyes couldn’t help but

answered, “It’s a

raised a brow as he studied her artwork.

as dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but

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

button and started, “My

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

Hannah and joyfully gave him the go-ahead after

both photos posted on his

light in her eyes grew

this what being praised is

Mommy praises me and tells me I

get attention even if I don’t

looked at Lilly as she

girl who schemes and is here to rob me of my

she’s not like

one willing to play with her that afternoon, she went seeking out

were now armed with small buckets and catching fish in a

had returned earlier but was once again turned away before she

no way she was willing to leave without seeing her daughter.

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

and the back mountain were only separated by iron

that Winona noticed her daughter from a distance, and found her

discomfited. My daughter is a good girl. What if she becomes a rebellious child

the top of her lungs. “Over here,

catching fish with Hannah when she suddenly heard

up to see the woman on the other

around.

immediately covered her ears. “No, you didn’t hear a

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

to mind the image of the ‘person’ from the night

off into the safety of the manor

a

course, it’s because of

the Crawford household, Hannah had been constantly

she was leading

aunt, she

**

and Josh returned from

sons were present as it was a

home all day? Let’s go camping at

questioningly as she bit down on her fork. “What

sure what the term ‘camping’ meant

means going out into

was confused. “But we have a house?

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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