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

cheerfully answered,

her artwork. Her art skills weren’t bad

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

grandfather’s phone and took a picture of both hers and Hannah’s drawings before sending it to Lawrence

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

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

turned to ask Hannah and joyfully gave him

photos posted on

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

what being praised is

and tells me I

still get attention even

as she thought

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

not like that

one willing to play

armed with small buckets and

but was once again turned away before

she was willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That was why she

were surrounded by high walls while others were

the back mountain were only separated by iron

noticed her daughter from a distance, and found

My daughter is a good girl. What if

top of her lungs.

was catching fish with Hannah when she

the woman on the other

began to look around. “Huh? Is that

covered her ears. “No, you

hand and ran back inside with the buckets. “Hurry

mind the image of the ‘person’

off into the safety of the manor

a

course, it’s because

entered the Crawford household, Hannah had

she was leading Hannah

aunt,

**

returned from

present as it was

Lilly, “Isn’t it boring being home all day?

down

quite sure what the term ‘camping’ meant as she had never been exposed to

“Camping means going out into the wild

was confused. “But we have

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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