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

answered, “It’s

her artwork. Her art skills weren’t bad in the

Lilly’s artwork, but it was

grandfather’s phone and took a picture of both hers and Hannah’s drawings before sending

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

send a voice message in response. “You two draw well! Do you mind if I post these on

joyfully gave him the

had both photos posted on his social

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

being praised is

tells me

get attention even if I

looked at Lilly as she thought

is a bad girl who schemes and is here

not like

one willing to play with her that

buckets and catching fish in a shallow pond

but was once again turned

willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly

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

by iron railings that integrated themselves with the very

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

discomfited. My daughter is a good girl.

Winona called out from the top

fish with Hannah

woman on the other side of

to look around. “Huh? Is that Mommy’s

“No,

with the buckets. “Hurry up, there’s a monster behind

immediately called to mind the image of the ‘person’

safety of the manor without looking

was at a

it’s because

since she entered the Crawford household, Hannah

she was leading

As her aunt, she absolutely despised

**

and Josh returned from their remedial lessons

were present as

nudged Lilly, “Isn’t it boring being home all day? Let’s go camping at the wetlands

tilted her questioningly as she bit down on her

wasn’t quite sure what the term ‘camping’ meant as she had never

means going out into the wild and

was confused. “But we have a house? Is

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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