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

got up in

admit that Cheryl screwed up by trying

well. The Crawford

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

her face, Cheryl choked with

fault either

crying out loud. Yet, she was sensible enough

miserable. She had the look that no one would

whole thing did not sit well with the

Cheryl mean by

Lilly down in

with a plate of salad in hand and cautiously made

had mixed feelings about it because they thought Lilly was

an out, Tina jumped in, “Oh,

her tears and

dumped the whole plate of

a flashing scarlet glint as the salad was tossed

sure stopped Cheryl

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

you differentiate

out Lilly took everything Bettany said to

felt

easier to remember things when put into

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

of her skirt just now, so

drenched in salad dressing. She had never

lost it. “How can you

Lilly innocently blinked

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

appeared earnest with her bright eyes as she genuinely

were flabbergasted, but…

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

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

Nothing held them back!

it should be with the young heiress

face and

this to me? You can’t do this even

real

She said, “I’m sorry!”

still did not believe she was at

now distinguish between intentional and

had apologized, Tina could no longer point

Cheryl on the back. She said, “It’s okay. You know kids. You fight today,

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

at a loss

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