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

Crawfords really got

admit that Cheryl screwed up by trying too hard to

only meant well. The Crawford

sorry, Mr. Anthony… Let us take it

down her face,

It’s my fault… It’s my fault either way… Don’t be

stop herself from crying out loud. Yet,

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

thing did not sit

did Cheryl mean

Lilly down in

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

family had mixed feelings about it because they thought Lilly was so nice to

jumped in, “Oh,

tears and magnanimously uttered,

dumped the whole plate of salad

a flashing scarlet glint as the salad was

stopped Cheryl from

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

differentiate between

it turned out Lilly took everything

why Lilly felt the need

often said that it was easier to remember things when

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

salad on the hem of her skirt

in salad dressing. She

lost it. “How can you do this

the plate in her hands, Lilly innocently

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

her bright eyes as she genuinely explained to

they were

say that Lilly could not

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

Nothing held them back!

how it should be with the young heiress

the residue from Cheryl’s face and skirt.

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

crying for real this time. The girl was

She said, “I’m sorry!”

Lilly still did not believe she

Cheryl could now distinguish between

had apologized, Tina could no longer point

She said, “It’s okay. You know kids. You fight

a bit before saying, “No, I

a loss

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