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 light up

cheerfully answered, “It’s a

her artwork. Her art skills weren’t

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

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

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

was quick to send a voice message in response. “You two

joyfully gave him the go-ahead

had both photos posted

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

what being

me and tells me I do a good

still get attention even if I don’t

Lilly as she thought

and Mommy say Lilly is a bad girl who schemes

she’s not like that at

to play with her

armed with small buckets and catching fish in

turned away before

without seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered about outside

wasn’t completely enclosed. Certain areas were surrounded by high walls

were only separated by iron railings that integrated themselves with the very

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

is a good girl. What if she becomes

top of her lungs. “Over here,

catching fish with Hannah when

the woman on the other side of the iron

around. “Huh? Is that

her ears. “No, you didn’t hear

Hannah’s hand and ran back inside with the buckets. “Hurry

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

off into the safety of

a

course, it’s

she entered the Crawford household, Hannah had been constantly criticized

she was leading Hannah

aunt, she absolutely despised the

**

from

eight Crawford sons were present as

“Isn’t it boring being home all day?

questioningly as she bit down on

quite sure what the term ‘camping’ meant as she had never been exposed

going out into

we have a house? Is it

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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