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.

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

furrowed her brow. After a moment, she let out a

She remembered now.

Uncle Gilbert’s

ignored her

uncles want

me?” Lilly asked

the bed nodded vigorously. Bryson added, “Lilly, I’m your Uncle Bryson. We’re

take you home, Lilly. In the future, no one will dare to bully you or

of the men in

were going to take

abandon her again

her and starve

she was, the Crawfords felt even more tense

children. One by one, they looked at

eldest Crawford boy; he was 40 years old and had two children.

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

customary inflexible, rather harsh way, his

he was a taciturn person and found it difficult

thick

inched closer to Lilly’s bed and very tenderly caressed her hair. In as gentle a voice as he could muster, he asked,

the ceiling in silence for a while before replying, “I don’t

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

had been what Mommy named her. She didn’t have any other

had this child passed her days in the Hatcher household

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

gaze in his direction with an effort, staring at this person who called himself her Uncle

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

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

dumbfounded

child was asking if she was allowed

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

words almost

girl was afraid she would be starved and

sort of abuse had she endured

and inadequately dressed for

no one would be there with her when she awoke in fright,

biting his lip until he almost drew blood so he could suppress the tears that

brothers were so enraged they clenched their fists tightly. However, they did not dare give vent to their anger for fear of

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