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 when

cheerfully answered, “It’s

as he studied her artwork. Her art skills weren’t bad

as dynamic as Lilly’s

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

and started, “My cousin

to send a voice message in response. “You two draw

Hannah and joyfully gave him the go-ahead after

both photos

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

being

praises me and tells me I

still get attention even

Lilly as she thought about

girl who schemes and is here to rob me of my

she’s not like

no one willing to play with her that afternoon, she went seeking out

buckets and catching fish

turned away before she

she was willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered about

Certain areas were surrounded by high walls while others were surrounded by the lake as its

only separated by iron

noticed her daughter from a distance,

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

called out from the top of her

with Hannah when she suddenly heard Winona’s

see the woman on the other side of the iron

to look around. “Huh?

her ears. “No, you

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

mind the image of the ‘person’ from the

safety of the manor without

was at a loss

it’s because

the Crawford household, Hannah

she was leading Hannah

As her aunt,

**

from their remedial lessons

were present as it was a

it boring being home all day? Let’s

down on her fork.

term ‘camping’ meant as she had never been

grinned and explained, “Camping means going out into

confused. “But we have

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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