Spoiled by Eight Uncles

The little spatula had knocked Winona with such force that she momentarily let go of Hannah who dropped onto the floor. Winona stumbled backward onto the road, almost getting hit by the passing car. She came to her senses at the very last second, jumping out of the way and narrowly avoiding a crash. However, she took a fall by the roadside and hit her head on the curb.

“Are you crazy?!” the car driver shouted as he drove past.

Liam quickly scooped a shellshocked Hannah into his arms. Anthony eyed the little spatula lying on the floor. It was a gift from Gilbert to Lilly for her to use as an accessory when she played house. Who would have thought it would be the weapon to knock Winona out and cause her head to bleed?

Lilly fidgeted with her tiny hands, looking uncomfortable. “Uncle Anthony, I might have used too much stwength…” Her Uncle Anthony had always warned her not to display her strength in public. Oh no, she made a boo-boo.

Anthony looked at his niece’s guilty face and ruffled her soft hair. “It’s alright, Lilly. She deserved it.” Anthony was not too worried since they were only among family right now.

From afar, they could see Winona lying on the ground, clutching her bleeding head and moaning in pain. Her head was ringing as it bled profusely. She could feel a growing bump on her forehead, caused by the rock her head had landed on when she tripped.

She grasped for air and let out a strangled sigh as she cried. “Liam, it hurts… hug me please…”

Members of the Crawford family, who had been discussing the commotion in hushed murmurs and whispers, all turned to look at Winona Jackson.

Liam was not one to say much usually, but even he was stunned by his ex-wife’s antics. “Are you sick? Hug you? I’d rather hug a pig.” Winona remained silent.

is finalized. Don’t make things difficult for us, or I’ll guarantee you

yet the Crawfords could not find it in them to have a sliver of pity or empathy for her. She wondered if any of them had a beating heart. She could not understand why they were so

idea about begging the Crawfords to take her back. She should have refused to leave on the very day they kicked her out of the house. Her regretful thoughts were interrupted by the sound of loud sirens blaring in the air. Not long after, two police cars stopped by the road

move! Winona Jackson, you are under arrest!” one police officer shouted as the rest of them pointed their guns and batons

end up being arrested, when she was clearly the

you arresting me…?” she asked

officer produced an arrest warrant from a file. “New evidence has turned up against you in the murder of May

could not find any conclusive evidence to prove that she was the murderer. What could they have possibly found now? Were they trying

feigned shock as best as she could. “Who is May Lee? What are you talking about? I don’t know

on the paper belong to you, Ms. Jackson,” the police officer explained before producing another document from his file.

could this happen? Winona thought to herself. How could this actually happen? It

to put her in handcuffs. She took tentative steps backward with a blanked-out expression as she stammered, “Wh… what are you talking about? Liam… what’s happening? How did I end up

Crawfords were stunned into silence. Did she lose her memory from hitting her head too hard? The timing was suspicious, but at

head to one side as she considered Winona’s confused state of mind. “Uncle Anthony, what’s wrong with

Lilly a piece of her mind, but she swallowed her pride in hopes of putting on a good show for the Crawfords. “Oh no, my head… my head hurts so much. I… can’t remember anything. Why am I

at a loss at what to do, but the commanding officer took charge quickly enough. “We’ve seen plenty of criminals who claim insanity or memory loss, so

up to Winona and grabbed her by the

me please!” Winona cried out pitifully. “Why are they taking me away? What’s going on?! I’m not pretending here.

Unfortunately, it was of no use in the eyes of the law, since a person could be