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 could

really got up in

Cheryl screwed up by trying too hard to

only meant well. The

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

her face, Cheryl choked with

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

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

She had the look that no one would have the heart to

not sit well with the

did Cheryl mean

Lilly down

Lilly approached with a plate of salad in hand and

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

Tina jumped in, “Oh, Miss Lilly. That isn’t

and magnanimously uttered,

plate of salad all over

twinkled a flashing scarlet glint as

sure stopped Cheryl

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

can you differentiate between intentional and

took everything Bettany

felt the need to

was easier to remember things when put into

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

the hem of her skirt

her outfit was drenched in salad dressing. She had

it. “How can you do this to

hands, Lilly innocently blinked

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

earnest with her bright eyes as she genuinely

were

family had to say that Lilly could not have done a better

good thing about being kids. They were free to do whatever was on

Nothing held them back!

how it should be with the young heiress of

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

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

Cheryl was crying for real this time. The

She said, “I’m sorry!”

did not believe she was

Cheryl could now distinguish between intentional and

Tina could no longer point

back. She said, “It’s okay. You know

for a bit before saying, “No, I don’t want

a loss for

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