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

answered, “It’s a

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

dynamic as Lilly’s artwork, but it was

of both hers and Hannah’s drawings before sending it

record button and started, “My

voice message in response. “You two draw well! Do you mind if

Hannah and joyfully gave

photos posted

light in her eyes

this what being

and tells me I do

get attention even if I don’t

looked at Lilly as

and Mommy say Lilly is a bad girl who

she’s not like that at

play with her that afternoon,

now armed with small buckets and catching fish in a shallow

was once again turned away before she had

she was willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That was why she blindly wandered about outside the Crawford

walls while others were surrounded by

only separated by iron railings that integrated themselves with the very

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

a good girl. What if she becomes a

the top

with Hannah

up to see the woman on

began to look around.

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

hand and ran back inside with the buckets.

the image of the ‘person’ from the night

the safety of

was at a loss for

course, it’s because

household, Hannah had been

she was leading

aunt, she absolutely despised the

**

from their remedial lessons

sons were present as it was a

all day? Let’s go camping

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

meant as

and explained, “Camping means going out into the wild

have a house? Is it

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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