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

really got up in her

that Cheryl screwed up by trying too hard

was young and only meant well. The Crawford family should not rip into

sorry, Mr. Anthony…

tears streaming down her face, Cheryl choked with

fault either way… Don’t be mad, Grandma

wept in sniffles, trying to stop herself from crying out

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

thing did not sit well

did Cheryl mean by either

Lilly down in her

approached with a plate of salad in hand

it because they thought Lilly was so nice to try

in, “Oh, Miss

tears and magnanimously

whole plate of salad all over

bracelet twinkled a flashing scarlet glint as

stopped

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

can you differentiate between intentional and

turned out Lilly took everything Bettany

was why Lilly felt

easier to remember things when

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

salad on the hem of her skirt

her outfit was drenched in salad dressing. She

“How can

the plate in her hands, Lilly innocently

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

little sweet pea appeared earnest with her bright eyes as

were flabbergasted,

say that Lilly could not have done a better

was a good thing about

Nothing held them back!

was how it should be with the young heiress of the Crawford

the residue from Cheryl’s face

accused Lilly amid the cries, “How can you do this to me? You can’t do this even if you’re trying to teach me…

crying for real this time. The

She said, “I’m sorry!”

still did not believe she

trusted Cheryl could now distinguish

apologized, Tina could no longer point

back. She said, “It’s okay. You know kids.

“No, I don’t want to be friends

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