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,

artwork.

be as dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but it was

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

and started, “My cousin and I drew these, old

“You two draw well! Do you mind if

turned to ask Hannah and joyfully gave

both photos posted

light in her eyes grew brighter when she was shown

being praised is

me and tells me I do

get attention even if I

Lilly as

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

she’s not like

no one willing to play with her that afternoon,

buckets and catching fish in a shallow pond in the

returned earlier but was once again turned away before

her daughter. That was

Certain areas were surrounded by high walls while others were

by

iron railing that Winona noticed her daughter from a distance,

is a good girl. What if she becomes a rebellious child after hanging around

the top of

with Hannah when

on the other side

around. “Huh?

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

inside with the buckets. “Hurry up, there’s

the image of the

into the safety of the

at a loss for

course, it’s

the Crawford household, Hannah had

was leading

aunt,

**

Josh returned from

eight Crawford sons were present as it

it boring being home all day? Let’s go camping at the wetlands park

bit down on her fork.

term ‘camping’ meant as she had never been exposed

“Camping means going out into the

we have a house? Is it no

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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