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 up when he

answered,

he studied her artwork. Her art skills

be as dynamic as Lilly’s

both hers and Hannah’s drawings before sending

voice record button and started, “My cousin and I

“You two draw well! Do

to ask Hannah and joyfully gave him

had both photos

well, but the light in her eyes grew brighter when she was

what being praised is

and tells me

still get attention

looked at Lilly as she

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

like that at

to play with her that afternoon, she went seeking

and catching fish in a

was once again turned away before she had even

her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered about outside the

high walls while others were surrounded by the lake

the back mountain were only separated by iron railings that integrated

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

My daughter is a good girl.

Winona called out from the top of her

catching fish with Hannah when

to see the woman on

around. “Huh?

“No, you

Hannah’s hand and ran back inside with the buckets. “Hurry up, there’s a monster behind

the image of the ‘person’

off into the safety of the manor without

a loss

course, it’s because

entered the Crawford household, Hannah had

she was leading

As her aunt, she

**

Drake, and Josh returned from their remedial lessons

were present as it was

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

down on her fork.

meant

grinned and explained, “Camping means going out into the

have a house? Is it

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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