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?

couldn’t help but light up when he

answered, “It’s

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

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

and took a picture of both hers and Hannah’s drawings before sending it to

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

“You two draw

gave him the go-ahead after getting Hannah’s

had both photos posted on his social

light in her eyes grew brighter when she

being praised is

and tells me I do a good

get attention even if

at Lilly as

Lilly is a bad girl who

not like

willing to play with her that afternoon, she went seeking

with small buckets and catching fish in

earlier but was once again turned away before she had even set foot

without seeing her

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

separated by iron railings that integrated themselves with the

was through the iron railing that Winona noticed her daughter from

a good girl.

called out from the top

fish with Hannah when

up to see the woman on the other side

around. “Huh? Is that

ears. “No, you didn’t hear

back inside with the buckets. “Hurry up, there’s a monster behind

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

sprinted off into the safety

at a loss for

it’s because of

entered the Crawford household, Hannah had been constantly criticized by everyone around

she was

As her aunt, she absolutely despised the

**

Drake, and Josh returned from their remedial lessons that

eight Crawford sons were present as

Lilly, “Isn’t it boring being home all day?

her questioningly as she bit down on her fork. “What

sure what the term ‘camping’ meant as she

grinned and explained, “Camping means going out into

we have a

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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