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.

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

brow. After a moment, she let out a soft

She remembered now.

called Uncle Gilbert’s phone

ignored her

her uncles want

you come to look for me?” Lilly asked in a thread

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

home, Lilly. In the future, no one will

looked at each of the

were going to take her

they would abandon her again once they brought

her and

how silent she was, the Crawfords felt even more tense

experience handling children. One by one,

boy; he was 40 years old and had two children. Liam, the second

interacting with children; after hesitating for a moment, he asked bluntly, “Lilly,

he said this in his customary inflexible, rather harsh

a taciturn person and found it

tension in the air was so thick one could cut

to Lilly’s bed and very tenderly caressed her hair. In as gentle a voice as he could muster, he asked, “Lilly darling, why don’t you

stared at the ceiling in silence for a while before replying, “I

had told her that she didn’t need a proper name; they’d discuss that when her

She didn’t

his heart. How had this child passed her days in the Hatcher household without even a

“Well then, Lilly, can you tell your

in his direction with an effort, staring at

dark but this man had broken through that darkness like a ray

trembled slightly and she asked, “Uncle Gilbert…when we go home, am

the Crawfords were dumbfounded when they heard

if she was allowed

response, Lilly asked again in a

words almost

afraid she would be

of abuse had she endured in

half-starved and inadequately dressed for

nightmares, no one would be there with her when she awoke in fright, and in summer no one would bother when she was drenched in sweat

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