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?

eyes couldn’t help but light up when he

cheerfully answered,

studied her artwork.

be as dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but it was filled with childlike

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

voice record button and started, “My cousin

two draw well!

turned to ask Hannah and joyfully gave

both photos

well, but the light in her eyes grew

what being praised is

tells me I do

attention even if

at Lilly as she thought about

girl who schemes and is here

she’s not like that

her mother’s company and no one willing to play

now armed with small buckets and catching fish in a shallow pond

had returned earlier but was once again turned away before she

way she was willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered about outside

areas were surrounded by high walls while others were surrounded

by iron railings that integrated themselves

noticed her daughter from a distance, and found her playing with

a good girl. What if she becomes a rebellious

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

Hannah when she suddenly heard

the woman on the other side of

around.

her ears. “No,

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

called to mind the image of the ‘person’ from

safety of

was at a loss for

it’s because of

household, Hannah had been constantly

she was

was livid. As her aunt, she absolutely

**

and Josh returned from

were present

all day? Let’s go camping at the wetlands

questioningly as she bit down on her fork.

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

grinned and explained, “Camping means going

have a house? Is

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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