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 swallow her

Crawfords really got up in her

admit that Cheryl screwed up by trying too hard

only meant well. The Crawford family should not

I’m sorry, Mr.

tears streaming down her face, Cheryl

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

trying to stop herself from crying out loud. Yet, she

appeared so miserable. She had the look that no one would have the heart to put

not sit well with

mean by either

dragging Lilly down in

with a plate of salad in hand and cautiously made her way to

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

out, Tina jumped in, “Oh,

and magnanimously

plate of

bracelet twinkled a flashing scarlet glint as the salad

sure stopped

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

differentiate

Lilly took

why Lilly felt the

was easier to remember things when put

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

poured salad on the hem of her

was drenched in salad dressing. She had never been so

“How can you do this to

the plate in her hands, Lilly innocently blinked her eyes. “I was only

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

eyes as she

they were flabbergasted, but…

Lilly could not have done a

her face. That was a good thing about being

Nothing held them back!

it should be with

cleaned off the residue from Cheryl’s face and

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

tell Cheryl was crying for real this

She said, “I’m sorry!”

did not

could now distinguish

Lilly had apologized, 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

a loss for

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