Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

The old man opened his mouth, preparing to insist that the Crawfords hit him.

Yet upon speaking, he found himself telling the truth. “It was my fault. I was going too fast on my motorcycle…”

“I’m old, you know… I… I saw the car coming and couldn’t react in time, so I hit it…”

The words left his children in shock!

His oldest daughter hopped to her feet, fuming. “Dad, what are you going on about?”

The oldest son was frustrated as well. “Don’t be scared of them, they’re trying to trap you into giving them an answer they want!”

The second son, who was the guy in the gray T-shirt from the start, said, “Dad, your mind’s still foggy, isn’t it? They parked the car by the side of the road, how was it your fault?”

The children piped up one after the older, blaming their father for saying the wrong thing.

The old man opened his mouth wanting to say something, but ended up keeping silent.

He could not do anything amidst his children’s frustration. He was a patient who had just come out of a surgery, but could only lay there with trembling lips as his children berated him.

Helpless and pitiful.

Lilly stared at the sight before her in a daze. Had she done the right thing?

The truth amulet had, indeed, gotten the old man to tell the truth.

But because he had told the truth, he had ended up getting yelled at by his children— which mean Lilly was to blame for this.

She had thought that she had been doing the right thing, but that didn’t seem to be completely the case.

Blake carried her into his arms. “I know what you’re thinking about.”

vulnerable hearts, making it easy for

done

were right

what others think of you, as long as you know

kind would make you a doormat,

no way you could please everyone

point in thinking about

should stick to it! What

your conscience was at peace about

the first to leave, with

coats and scrubs came in pushing a brand-new stretcher. For some reason, they looked

the patient’s bed in a matter

here and keep listening to the Reed children, all of them leaving

them at once.

had admitted

man had just finished surgery,

was going

they were going to let the Crawfords

no match for the

matter of seconds, all

could. The police officers came to hold them down, and they shouted that

when one was blatantly refusing to back down, even when they were clearly

people who truly believed they were right kicked up a fuss insisting they were

teary eyes on his bed, wanting to wipe his tears but being

They left soon after, telling the Reed children, “We’re just acting by the law. You can make a report

the truth, those

ward and their respective family members piped up

too much, they’re abusing their