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 light up when he

answered, “It’s

artwork. Her art skills weren’t bad in the

as dynamic as Lilly’s

and took a picture of both hers and Hannah’s drawings

record button and started, “My cousin and I

quick to send a voice message in response. “You two draw well! Do you

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

photos posted on his

her eyes grew brighter when she was shown the

what being praised is

tells me I do a good

can still get attention even if I

as she thought

who schemes

not like that at

play with her that afternoon, she went seeking

were now armed with small buckets and catching fish in a shallow

had returned earlier but was once again turned away before she

no way she was willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered about outside the

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

manor and the back mountain were only separated by

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

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

called out from the top of her

catching fish with Hannah when she suddenly heard Winona’s

to see the woman on the

began to look around. “Huh? Is that Mommy’s

ears. “No, you didn’t hear

and ran back inside with the buckets.

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

into the safety of

at a loss for

it’s because

she entered the Crawford household, Hannah had been

she was leading

livid. As her aunt,

**

returned from their

were present as

Hugh nudged Lilly, “Isn’t it boring being home all day? Let’s go camping at the wetlands park

her questioningly as she bit down on her

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

going out

confused. “But we have a house?

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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