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 could

Crawfords really got

screwed up by trying too

well.

I’m sorry, Mr. Anthony… Let us

down her face, Cheryl choked

It’s my fault either way… Don’t

trying to stop herself from crying out loud. Yet, she was sensible

appeared so miserable. She had the look that no one would have the heart to put the

did not

mean by

dragging Lilly down

with a plate of salad in hand and cautiously made her way

had mixed feelings about it because they thought Lilly was so nice to try and resolve things with

out, Tina jumped in,

her tears and magnanimously

the whole plate of salad all

twinkled a flashing scarlet glint as the salad was tossed onto

sure stopped Cheryl from

said, “Here you

you differentiate between

took everything Bettany said

why Lilly felt the need to explain

was easier to remember things when put into

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

only poured salad on the hem of her skirt just now, so

was drenched in salad dressing. She

lost it. “How can you

the plate in her hands, Lilly innocently blinked her eyes. “I was only teaching

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

appeared earnest with her bright eyes as she genuinely explained to

were flabbergasted,

say that Lilly could

on her face. That was a good thing about

Nothing held them back!

with

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

Lilly amid the cries, “How can you do this to me? You can’t do

was crying for real this time. The girl was sad and

She said, “I’m sorry!”

not believe she was at

Cheryl could now distinguish between

apologized, Tina could no longer

force a smile and pat Cheryl on the back. She said, “It’s okay.

“No, I don’t want to

at a

to Bettany. “I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. I’ll take Cheryl