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

cheerfully answered,

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

Lilly’s artwork, but it was filled with

used her grandfather’s phone and took a picture of both hers and

the voice record button and started, “My cousin

message in response. “You two draw well!

and joyfully gave him the

had both photos posted on

the light in her eyes grew

this what being praised

Mommy praises me and tells me I do a good

attention even if

as

who

not like that at

willing to play with

with small buckets and catching fish in a shallow

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

leave without seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered about outside the

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

were only separated by iron railings that integrated themselves with the very

railing that Winona noticed her daughter from a distance, and found

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

out from the top of her

fish with Hannah when she suddenly heard Winona’s

on the other side of

look around. “Huh?

immediately covered her ears. “No,

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

called to mind the image

into the safety of the manor without

a loss for

course, it’s because

the Crawford household, Hannah

she was

her aunt,

**

and Josh returned from their remedial lessons that

eight Crawford sons were present as it

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

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

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

going out into the wild and

“But we have a house? Is it no

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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