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

answered,

brow as he studied her artwork. Her

Lilly’s artwork,

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

record button and started, “My

a voice message in response. “You two draw

ask Hannah and joyfully gave him

soon had both photos posted

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

what being praised is

me and tells me

can still get attention even if

at Lilly as she thought about

bad girl who schemes and is here to rob me

like that

to play with her that afternoon, she went

were now armed with small buckets and catching

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

her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered about outside

by high walls

back mountain were only separated by iron railings that

her daughter

My daughter is a good girl.

the top of her

fish with Hannah when she suddenly heard

looked up to see the woman on the other side of the

to look around. “Huh? Is that

“No, you didn’t

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

to mind the image of the

into the safety

a

course, it’s because of

Hannah

she was leading

aunt, she absolutely despised

**

and Josh returned from their remedial lessons

eight Crawford sons were present

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

as she bit down on her fork.

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

means going out into the wild and living

“But we have a house?

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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