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

Crawfords really got up

up by trying too hard to get people to

young and only meant well.

I’m sorry, Mr. Anthony… Let

streaming down her

fault either way… Don’t

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

so miserable. She had the look that no one

thing did not

mean by

dragging Lilly

approached with a plate of salad in hand and cautiously made her

had mixed feelings about it because they thought Lilly

Tina jumped in, “Oh, Miss Lilly.

her tears and magnanimously uttered, “It’s

dumped the whole plate

scarlet glint as

stopped

“Here you go. That’s intentional!

differentiate between

took everything

felt

often said that it was easier

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

hem of her skirt

drenched in salad dressing.

it. “How can you do this

plate in her hands, Lilly innocently

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

appeared earnest with her bright eyes as

they were flabbergasted, but…

had to say that Lilly could not

a smile on her face. That was a good thing about being kids. They were free to do whatever

Nothing held them back!

be with the young heiress of the

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

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

tell Cheryl was crying for real this time. The

She said, “I’m sorry!”

Lilly still did not

Cheryl could now distinguish between intentional and

had apologized, Tina could no longer

pat Cheryl on the back. She said, “It’s okay. You know

for a bit before saying, “No, I don’t want to be friends with her

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