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, “It’s a

her artwork.

be as dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but it

both hers and Hannah’s drawings

the voice record button and started, “My cousin and I drew these, old

message in response. “You two draw well! Do you mind

joyfully gave him the

both photos

read well, but the light in her eyes grew brighter

this what being praised

tells me I do

attention

looked at Lilly as she thought about

is a bad girl who schemes and is here to rob me of

not like

play with her that afternoon, she went

small buckets and catching fish in a shallow pond

was once again turned away

without seeing her daughter.

areas were surrounded by high walls while

and the back mountain were only separated by iron railings that integrated

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

her discomfited. My daughter is a good girl. What

called out from the top of her lungs. “Over here,

was catching fish with Hannah when

looked up to see the woman on the other side of

around. “Huh? Is that Mommy’s

immediately covered her ears. “No, you didn’t

and ran back inside with the buckets. “Hurry up,

the image of the ‘person’

safety of the manor

a loss for

it’s because of

she entered the Crawford household, Hannah had been constantly criticized by everyone around

she was leading

was livid. As her aunt, she absolutely

**

Josh returned from their remedial

were present as it was a

boring being home all

she bit down on her fork. “What is

the term ‘camping’ meant as she had never

and explained, “Camping means going out into the wild and living

“But we have

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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