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 up

answered,

studied her artwork.

Lilly’s artwork, but it was filled with

her grandfather’s phone and took a picture of both

hit the voice record button and started, “My cousin and I drew

quick to send a voice message in response. “You two draw well! Do you mind

turned to ask Hannah and joyfully gave

both photos posted on his social

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

what being praised

praises me and tells me I do

get attention even if I don’t

at Lilly as

and Mommy say Lilly is a bad girl who schemes and is

like that at

mother’s company and no one willing to play with her that afternoon, she went seeking

small buckets and catching fish in a shallow pond in

once again turned away before she had even

no way she was willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly

enclosed. Certain areas were surrounded by high walls while others were surrounded by the lake as its natural

separated by iron railings that integrated themselves

Winona noticed her daughter from a distance, and found her playing with

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

top of her

Hannah when

to see the woman on the

to look around.

her ears. “No,

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

image of the ‘person’ from the

off into the safety of the manor without looking

at a

it’s because

since she entered the Crawford household, Hannah had

she was leading Hannah

aunt, she absolutely despised the

**

from their remedial

present as it was

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

questioningly as she bit down on her fork. “What is

term ‘camping’ meant as she

and explained, “Camping means going out into the wild

confused. “But we have a house? Is

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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