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

cheerfully answered,

studied her artwork. Her art skills weren’t bad

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

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

started, “My cousin and I drew

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

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

had both photos

light in her eyes grew brighter when

what being praised

tells me I do

still get attention even if I don’t

Lilly as she

is a bad girl who schemes and

not like that

no one willing to play with her that afternoon,

now armed with small buckets and catching fish in

was once again turned away

was no way she was willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That

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

only separated by iron railings that

the iron railing that Winona noticed her daughter from

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

from the top of

was catching fish with Hannah when she suddenly

on the other side of

to look around. “Huh? Is that

covered her ears. “No, you didn’t hear

hand and ran back inside with

mind the image

sprinted off into the safety of

at a loss for

it’s

household, Hannah had been constantly criticized

was leading Hannah

aunt,

**

returned from their remedial lessons that

were present as

“Isn’t it boring being home all day? Let’s go camping at the

questioningly as she bit down on her fork.

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

going out into the wild

“But we have a house? Is

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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