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.

wished the earth could

got up in

Cheryl screwed up by trying too hard to get

and only meant well. The Crawford family should

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

down her face, Cheryl choked with

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

crying out

one would have the heart to put the blame on

not sit

Cheryl mean by

dragging Lilly down in

plate of salad in

had mixed feelings about it because they thought Lilly was so nice to try and resolve things

in, “Oh, Miss Lilly.

tears and magnanimously uttered,

the whole plate

red bracelet twinkled a flashing scarlet glint as the salad

sure stopped

said, “Here you go. That’s

you differentiate between intentional and

out Lilly took everything Bettany said to

was why Lilly felt

said that it was easier to remember

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

on the hem of her skirt just

outfit was drenched in salad dressing. She had

it. “How can you do this to

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

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

little sweet pea appeared earnest with her bright eyes as she

were flabbergasted,

that Lilly could not have done a

a good thing about being kids. They were free to do

Nothing held them back!

with the

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

amid the cries, “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 time. The girl

She said, “I’m sorry!”

still did not believe she

trusted Cheryl could now distinguish between

apologized, Tina could

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

I don’t want to

a loss

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