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?

help but light

cheerfully answered, “It’s

he studied her artwork. Her art skills

not be as dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but it was

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

the voice record button and started,

message in response. “You two draw well! Do

turned to ask Hannah and joyfully gave him the go-ahead

both photos posted on

the light in her eyes grew brighter when she

being praised is

Mommy praises me and tells me

can still get attention

as she

girl who schemes and is here to rob me of

like that at

company and no one willing to play with her that

and catching fish in a

but was once again turned away before she had even set foot

way she was willing to leave without seeing her

high walls while others were surrounded

manor and the back mountain were only separated by iron

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

daughter is a good girl. What if she becomes a rebellious child

top of

with Hannah when she suddenly

up to see the woman on the

began to look around. “Huh? Is that

covered her ears. “No,

took Hannah’s hand and ran back inside with the buckets.

the image of the

safety

at a loss for

course, it’s

Hannah had been

she was leading Hannah

her aunt, she

**

from their remedial lessons that

eight Crawford sons were present as it was a

Hugh nudged Lilly, “Isn’t it boring being home all

down on

‘camping’ meant as she had never been exposed to

means going out into the wild and

we have a house? Is it no

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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