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

answered, “It’s

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

not be as dynamic as Lilly’s artwork,

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

the voice record button and started, “My cousin and

voice message in response. “You two draw well! Do you mind if I post these

ask Hannah and joyfully gave

soon had both photos posted on

her eyes grew brighter when she was

this what being

praises me and tells

can still get attention even if

as she

bad girl who schemes and is here to

not like that

her mother’s company and no one willing to play

small buckets and catching fish in

again turned

leave without seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly

by high walls while others were surrounded by

the back mountain were only separated by iron railings that integrated themselves with the

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

top of her lungs.

Hannah when she suddenly heard Winona’s

the woman on the other side of the iron

look around. “Huh? Is

covered her ears. “No, you didn’t

back inside with the buckets.

mind the image of the ‘person’

sprinted off into the safety of the manor without

was at a

course, it’s

Crawford household, Hannah

was

her aunt, she absolutely despised the

**

Drake, and Josh returned from their remedial lessons

eight Crawford sons were present

it boring being home all day?

tilted her questioningly as she bit down

meant as she had never been exposed

means going out into the wild

“But we have a house? Is

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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