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

Crawfords really got up in her

by trying

young and only meant well. The Crawford family

Bettany! I’m sorry, Mr. Anthony… Let us take it easy… Just take

tears streaming down her face,

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

trying to stop herself from crying

look that no one would have the heart to

whole thing did not sit well with the

Cheryl mean by

dragging Lilly down in

plate of salad in

they thought Lilly was so

out, Tina jumped in, “Oh,

and magnanimously uttered, “It’s

whole plate of

a flashing scarlet glint as the salad was tossed onto

stopped Cheryl

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

you differentiate between intentional

took everything Bettany

felt

was easier to remember

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

salad on the hem of her skirt just now, so

drenched in salad dressing. She had never been so

can

innocently blinked her eyes. “I

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

little sweet pea appeared earnest with her bright eyes as she genuinely explained to Cheryl the difference between

were flabbergasted, but…

Lilly could

good thing about being kids. They

Nothing held them back!

how it should be with the young heiress of the

off the residue from Cheryl’s face and

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

real this time. The girl was

She said, “I’m sorry!”

still did not

now

that Lilly had apologized, Tina

on the back. She said, “It’s okay. You know kids. You fight today, but tomorrow you’re back to being best

for a bit before saying, “No, I

at a loss for

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