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?

help but

cheerfully answered, “It’s

her artwork.

dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but it was filled with

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

and started, “My

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

joyfully gave him the go-ahead after getting Hannah’s

had both photos posted on his

the light in her eyes grew

being praised

and tells me I do

get attention even if I

Lilly as she thought

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

she’s not like

one willing to play

small buckets and catching fish in a shallow pond

but was once again turned

was willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That was why

enclosed. Certain areas were surrounded by high walls while others

back mountain were only separated by iron railings that

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

sight left her discomfited. My daughter is a good girl. What if she becomes a

called out from the top

fish with Hannah when she suddenly heard

on the

to look around. “Huh? Is that Mommy’s

“No,

ran back inside with the buckets. “Hurry

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

into the safety of

was at a loss for

it’s because

household, Hannah had been constantly criticized

she was leading Hannah

her aunt,

**

Drake, and Josh returned from their remedial lessons

present as it

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

questioningly as she bit down on her fork. “What is camping,

meant as she had never been exposed to

explained, “Camping means going out into the wild and living

have a house?

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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