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 swallow her

got up in

trying

meant well.

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

tears streaming down her face,

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

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

no one would

the whole thing did not sit

Cheryl mean by either

Lilly down in her

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

jumped in, “Oh, Miss Lilly. That isn’t

tears and magnanimously uttered, “It’s okay,

whole plate

glint as the salad was tossed onto

stopped Cheryl

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

you differentiate between intentional and

it turned out Lilly took everything Bettany said

was why Lilly felt the need to

said that it was easier to remember things when

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

on the hem of her skirt just

in salad dressing. She had never been so

“How can you do this

in her hands, Lilly innocently blinked her

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

little sweet pea appeared earnest with her bright eyes as she genuinely explained to

were flabbergasted, but…

family had to say that Lilly could not

a smile on her face. That was a good thing about being

Nothing held them back!

be with the young

Cheryl’s face and

can you do this to me? You can’t

crying for real this time. The girl was sad

She said, “I’m sorry!”

did not believe she was at

trusted Cheryl could now distinguish between intentional and

that Lilly had apologized, Tina

had to force a smile and pat Cheryl on the back. She said, “It’s okay.

I

a loss

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