Spoiled by Eight Uncles

Chapter 4 Would They Abandon Her Again?

Stephen went around the hospital looking for people, trying to find out what was going on. However, everyone he encountered told him that they did not know what was happening either.

By now, the Hatchers were so cold they were shivering uncontrollably in the icy corridor. The Crawfords would not see them either. It was becoming unbearable to wait there.

Paula was the first to admit defeat. “I’m going to see Debbie…”

Debbie was also warded at this hospital, but she was in the maternity wing.

Stephen and Richard could not stand it any longer either, but they did not want to leave so they had no choice but to keep on waiting in the interminable cold…

Incessant complaints filled their minds. They had no idea, however, that this was only the beginning of their troubles!

…

Lilly could hear the quiet beeping of machines around her. There were also people talking, but very indistinctly.

However, there was one voice in particular that was very clear.

“Lilly…Lilly dear…hey, little Tulip! You have to wake up soon, okay? If you don’t, I’ll…”

Lilly felt as if a small swarm of bees was buzzing beside her ear and chattering to her. It was just a little bit tiresome.

Who was this person talking to her?

Lilly’s eyelids fluttered slightly and she finally opened her eyes, only to see a snowy-white wall right in front of her.

A group of people surrounded her bed. Pursing her lips, she carefully scrutinized them.

Gilbert reacted enthusiastically; he was also the first to speak. “Lilly! You’re awake now! I’m your Uncle Gilbert…”

The rest of the Crawfords did not even dare to breathe; they watched Lilly tensely.

Lilly found herself at a loss. “Uncle Gilbert?”

Her pretty little face was expressionless and wooden. She looked just like a fragile porcelain doll.

It sounded as if she were repeating a foreign phrase.

Hugh’s mouth tightened into a hard line. Lilly was very thin; she was so tiny that the hospital bed seemed very large.

It hurt to see her like that, so much so that it was hard to breathe.

gently. “Lilly, I’m your mother’s brother. My name is Gilbert. You telephoned me earlier, do you

a moment, she let out a soft

She remembered now.

called Uncle

ignored her

uncles want

look for me?” Lilly

the men around the bed nodded vigorously. Bryson added, “Lilly, I’m your Uncle Bryson. We’re all here to take you back home with

felt as if something were constricting his throat. He drew a deep breath, then said, “That’s right. We’re here to take you home, Lilly. In the

at each of the men

to take

if they would abandon her again once they

they beat her and starve

Crawfords felt even more tense than

children. One by

was 40 years old and had two children. Liam, the second son, was

children; after hesitating for a moment, he asked bluntly, “Lilly, what are

this in his customary inflexible, rather harsh way, his siblings all glared at

in embarrassment. By nature, he was a taciturn

was so thick one could cut it

bed and very tenderly caressed her hair. In as gentle a voice as he could muster, he asked,

silence for a while before replying, “I don’t have any other name

a proper name; they’d discuss that when her stepmother gave birth to her baby

what Mommy named her. She didn’t have

heart. How had this child passed her days in the Hatcher household

anger, he asked, “Well then, Lilly, can you tell your Uncle Gilbert what you’re thinking right

with an effort, staring

had been so very dark but this man had broken through that darkness like a ray of light and rescued

“Uncle Gilbert…when we go

were dumbfounded when they

if she was allowed to

response, Lilly asked again in a tiny voice, “Will you

four words

she

she endured

was half-starved and inadequately dressed

she awoke in fright, and in summer no one would bother when

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