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.

wished the earth could

Crawfords really got up in

up by trying too hard to get

well. The Crawford family should not

Mr. Anthony… Let us take it

down her face, Cheryl choked with

fault either way… Don’t be

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

had the look that no one would

thing did not sit well

mean by

was dragging Lilly down in

with a plate of salad in hand and cautiously made her

because they thought Lilly was

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

wiped away her tears and

dumped the whole plate

twinkled a flashing scarlet glint as

stopped Cheryl

details, Lilly said, “Here you go. That’s

differentiate

turned out Lilly took everything

why Lilly felt the

said that it was easier

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

poured salad on the hem of

salad

lost it. “How can you do this

in her hands, Lilly innocently blinked her

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

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

they were

say that Lilly could not have done a better

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

Nothing held them back!

be with the

residue from Cheryl’s face and skirt.

to me? You can’t do

real this time. The girl

She said, “I’m sorry!”

not

could now distinguish between

Lilly had apologized, Tina

infuriated, Tina had to force a smile and pat Cheryl on the back. She said, “It’s okay. You know kids. You fight today, but tomorrow you’re back to being best

saying, “No, I don’t want to be friends with

was at a loss for

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