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?

but light up when

answered, “It’s

artwork.

as dynamic as Lilly’s

and took a picture of both hers

record button and started, “My

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

gave him the go-ahead after getting Hannah’s

had both photos

the light in her eyes grew brighter when she was shown

this what being praised is

Mommy praises me and tells me I do a

still get attention even if

at Lilly as she thought about

is a bad girl who schemes and is

she’s not like that at

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

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

once again turned away before she

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

Certain areas were surrounded by high walls while

and the back mountain were only separated by iron railings

her daughter from a distance, and found her playing with

discomfited. My daughter is a good girl.

from the top of her

with Hannah when

the woman on the other

look around. “Huh? Is that Mommy’s

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

hand and ran back inside with the

immediately called to mind the image of the ‘person’

off into the safety

at a loss for

course, it’s because

the Crawford household, Hannah had

was leading

As her aunt, she absolutely

**

from their remedial lessons that

were present as it

“Isn’t it boring being home all day? Let’s go

down

what the term ‘camping’ meant

and explained, “Camping means going out

“But we have a house?

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

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