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 up in

that Cheryl screwed up by trying too

and only meant well. The Crawford family should not

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

streaming down her

my fault… It’s my fault either way… Don’t be mad, Grandma

trying to stop herself from crying

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

whole thing did not sit well with the

Cheryl mean by

dragging Lilly down in her

plate of salad

because they thought Lilly was so nice to try and resolve things with

Tina jumped in, “Oh,

wiped away her tears and

plate of salad all over

scarlet glint as the salad was tossed

stopped

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

you differentiate between

took everything Bettany said to

felt the need to

that it was easier to remember things

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

salad on the hem of her skirt just

was drenched in salad dressing. She had

“How can you

hands, Lilly innocently blinked her

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

with her bright eyes as she genuinely explained to Cheryl the

they were flabbergasted,

had to say that Lilly could

about being

Nothing held them back!

it should be with the young heiress of

the residue from Cheryl’s face

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

could tell Cheryl was crying for real this time. The girl

She said, “I’m sorry!”

still did not

could now distinguish between intentional

Tina

had to force a smile and pat Cheryl on the back. She said,

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

at a loss

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