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 up

cheerfully answered, “It’s a

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

as Lilly’s artwork, but it was

picture of both hers and Hannah’s drawings

started,

response. “You two draw well! Do you

to ask Hannah and joyfully gave him the go-ahead after getting

had both photos posted on

well, but the light in her eyes

being praised is

and tells

attention even if I

looked at Lilly as she thought

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

not like that at

company and no one willing to play with her that afternoon, she went

with small buckets and catching fish in

was once again turned away before

seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered about

surrounded by high walls

back mountain were only separated by

Winona noticed her daughter from a distance, and

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

Winona called out from the top

fish with Hannah when she suddenly heard Winona’s

to see the woman on

began to look around. “Huh?

covered her ears. “No, you

ran back inside with the

image of

off into the safety of

a loss for

course, it’s

household, Hannah had been constantly criticized

was leading

was livid. As her aunt, she absolutely

**

returned from their

eight Crawford sons were present as it was a

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

bit down on her

‘camping’ meant as she had never

going out into the wild and living

we have

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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