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?

help but light up

cheerfully answered, “It’s

he studied her artwork. Her

dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but it was

took a picture of both hers and

record button and started, “My cousin

message in response. “You two draw

and joyfully gave him the

photos

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

this what being

Mommy praises me and tells me

attention even if I don’t

as

girl who schemes and is here to rob

she’s not like that at

company and no one willing to play with her

buckets and catching fish in a

once again turned

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

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

only separated by iron railings that

Winona noticed her daughter from a distance, and found

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

top of her lungs. “Over

with Hannah when she

to see the woman on

around. “Huh? Is that

her ears. “No, you

with

mind the image of

sprinted off into the safety of the manor

at a loss

it’s

the Crawford household, Hannah

she was leading

aunt, she absolutely despised the

**

and Josh returned from their remedial lessons that

sons were present as it was

all

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

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

grinned and explained, “Camping means going out into

was confused. “But we have a house?

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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