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

answered,

as he studied her artwork. Her

Lilly’s artwork, but it

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

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

was quick to send a voice message in response. “You two

to ask Hannah and joyfully gave him the

soon had both photos posted on his

couldn’t read well, but the light in her eyes grew brighter when she

this what being praised

Mommy praises me and tells me I

attention even if I

Lilly as she

say Lilly is a bad girl who schemes and is here to

not like that at

mother’s company and no one willing to play with her

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

earlier but was once again turned away

no way she was willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered about outside the

completely enclosed. Certain areas were surrounded by high walls while others were surrounded by

back mountain were only separated by iron railings that integrated

the iron railing that Winona noticed her

her discomfited. My daughter is a good girl. What if she becomes a

top

catching fish with Hannah when

the woman on the other side of the

began to look around. “Huh? Is that

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

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

called to mind the image of

the safety of the manor

a

it’s because

the Crawford household, Hannah had been constantly criticized by

she was

As her aunt, she

**

Drake, and Josh returned from their remedial lessons

present as

home all day? Let’s go camping

she bit down

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

grinned and explained, “Camping means going out

was confused. “But we have a house?

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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