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 swallow her

got up in

by trying too hard

Cheryl was young and only meant well. The Crawford

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

streaming down her face, Cheryl choked

fault either way… Don’t be mad,

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

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

did not sit well with

Cheryl mean by

dragging Lilly down in her

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

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

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

and magnanimously

dumped the whole plate of salad all over

scarlet glint as the

stopped Cheryl from

said, “Here you go. That’s intentional! The one before was

differentiate between intentional and

it turned out Lilly took everything Bettany said to

Lilly felt

said that it was easier to remember things

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

poured salad on the hem of her skirt just

her outfit was drenched in salad dressing. She had never

“How can you do this to

her hands, Lilly innocently blinked her eyes.

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

with her bright eyes as she genuinely explained to Cheryl the difference between intentional and

they were flabbergasted,

Lilly could not have done a

smile on her face. That was a good thing about being kids. They

Nothing held them back!

should be with the young heiress of the

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

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

tell Cheryl was crying for real this time.

She said, “I’m sorry!”

did not believe she

trusted Cheryl could now distinguish between intentional and

had apologized, Tina could no longer point

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

a bit before saying, “No, I

a loss

a stiff smile, she turned to Bettany. “I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. I’ll take Cheryl