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?

but light up

cheerfully answered, “It’s a

her artwork. Her art skills weren’t bad

be as dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but

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

and started, “My cousin and I

“You two

gave him the go-ahead after

had both photos

the light in her eyes grew brighter when she was shown

what being

Mommy praises me and tells me I do

get attention even if I

Lilly as she thought about

and Mommy say Lilly is a bad girl who schemes and is here to

not like that

play with her that afternoon, she went

girls were now armed with small buckets and catching fish in

was once again turned away before she had even

seeing her daughter. That was

completely enclosed. Certain areas were surrounded by high walls while others were surrounded by the lake

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

her daughter from a distance, and found her playing

discomfited. My daughter is a good girl. What if she

called out from the top of

was catching fish with Hannah when

the woman on the other side of

began to look around. “Huh?

“No,

inside with the buckets.

called to mind the image

safety of the

a loss for

it’s

entered the Crawford household, Hannah had been constantly criticized by

she was leading Hannah

her aunt, she

**

Josh returned from

sons were present as it was

home all day? Let’s go camping at the wetlands

her questioningly as she bit down on

what the term ‘camping’ meant as she had never

explained, “Camping means going out into the wild and

was confused. “But we have a house? Is it

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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