Spoiled by Eight Uncles

Pursing her lips, Lilly stared at Cheryl.

Although Cheryl looked nothing like her stepmother, the expression on the girl’s face was all too familiar to Lilly.

That was the trick her stepmother always pulled, and her daddy would turn around and give Lilly a piece of his mind.

Even though Lilly did nothing to deserve any of that!

Lilly was forthright with her answer. “I didn’t push you. You fell on your own.”

Biting her lip, Cheryl wiped her eyes in distress. After giving her eyes a good rub, she said, “Yeah, I know you didn’t mean to. It was my fault…”

Lilly pressed her lips together.

Other children might be dumbfounded in Lilly’s shoes, not understanding what was going on.

However, Lilly had been in this position far too many times.

She turned to Bettany and uttered, “Granny, I didn’t push her. I was getting up after finishing the food, and Cheryl suddenly fell.”

Bettany picked Lilly up and gave an affirmative answer, “It’s okay. I trust you didn’t push anybody. Maybe somebody can’t tell the difference between intentional and accidental.”

She made a point to look at Cheryl.

Lilly blinked her eyes and fell into thought.

Tina awkwardly jumped in, “The kids were just fooling around. I should have paid closer attention…”

She tried to cover up the whole thing as harmless horsing around between children.

Nevertheless, the Crawfords were not going to let it go.

Bettany callously said, “So? What are you trying to say? Are you expecting our darling to apologize to you?

“Or are you trying to give us the wrong idea about Lilly? What? So we would think she is bad and Cheryl is good? You are foolish to flatter yourself.”

The family ignored their child and took someone else’s child under their wing. Now, they had the nerve to point fingers at Lilly.

Bettany did not hold back with her choice of words.

Color washed off Tina’s complexion… That was not the end of it. The other Crawford family members chimed in to give their two cents.

Anthony curtly snapped, “The last person to frame Lilly is still sitting in jail.”

Hugh had a deadpan look. “It’s the parents’ duty to educate their children. It’ll be too late if you don’t start now.”

Gilbert faintly uttered, “What are you thinking to pull this sort of stunt? Don’t you think it’s embarrassing?”

The Crawford family took turns jumping down Tina’s throat.

earth

really got up

that Cheryl screwed up by trying too

Cheryl was young and only meant well. The Crawford family should not rip into

Mr. Anthony… Let us take

her face, Cheryl choked

my fault either way… Don’t be mad, Grandma

trying to stop herself from crying out loud. Yet,

so miserable. She had the look that no one would

whole thing did not sit well

Cheryl mean by either

dragging Lilly down

then, Lilly approached with a plate of salad in hand and cautiously made her

they thought Lilly was so nice to try

an out, Tina jumped in, “Oh, Miss Lilly. That

away her tears and magnanimously uttered,

dumped the whole plate of salad

glint as the salad

stopped

details, Lilly said, “Here you go. That’s intentional! The one

can you differentiate between intentional

Lilly took everything

Lilly felt the need

it was easier to

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

poured salad on the hem of her skirt just now,

outfit was drenched in salad dressing. She

“How can you do this

plate in her hands, Lilly innocently blinked

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

as she genuinely explained

they were flabbergasted,

had to say that Lilly could not

her face. That was a good thing about being kids. They were free to do whatever was on their

Nothing held them back!

be with

Cheryl’s face and skirt. Feeling attacked, Cheryl burst out

do this to me? You can’t do this even if

crying for real this time. The girl was

She said, “I’m sorry!”

did not believe she was

could now

that Lilly had apologized, Tina

to force a smile and pat Cheryl on the back. She said,

saying, “No, I don’t want to

at a

I’m