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.

the earth

really got

Cheryl screwed up by trying too

meant well. The Crawford family

forced a smile. “I’m sorry, Bettany! I’m sorry, Mr. Anthony… Let us take

streaming down her face, Cheryl choked

fault either way…

wept in sniffles, trying to stop herself from crying out loud. Yet, she was

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

did not sit well

mean by either

was dragging Lilly

with a plate of salad in hand and cautiously

they thought Lilly was so nice to

in, “Oh,

away her tears and magnanimously

whole plate of salad

a flashing scarlet glint

sure stopped

said, “Here you go.

you differentiate

Lilly took everything

was why Lilly felt the need

was easier to remember things when put

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

poured salad on the hem of her skirt just

her outfit was drenched in salad

it. “How can you do this to

hands, Lilly innocently

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

earnest with her bright eyes as she genuinely

were flabbergasted,

family had to say that Lilly could not have done a

was a good thing about being kids.

Nothing held them back!

with the young

Cheryl’s face and

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

Cheryl was crying for real this time. The

She said, “I’m sorry!”

still did not believe she was

trusted Cheryl could now distinguish between intentional and

apologized, Tina could no longer

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

I don’t want to be friends

a loss for

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