Chapter 38 Hannah’s Change Of Heart

Winona kept checking her phone and waited till it was nearly 11.

Hannah should be awake by now.

Helen didn’t seem worried. “Wait and see! Someone will call in ten minutes and ask you to return.”

“What if they don’t?”

The elderly woman shook her head. “That’s not possible. They will, at most, try to act as if nothing is wrong. There’s no doubt that they will call.”

Winona waited until noon, and yet there was still no news from the Crawfords.

She couldn’t stay and do nothing anymore. “No, I have to go check on her!”

Helen tried to stop her to no avail. Why is my daughter so impatient?!

What child could bear to leave her mother’s side? What was the hurry?

**

Back at the Crawford manor.

Lilly was drawing with Hannah.

“For you.” Lilly handed Hannah a piece of paper.

Hannah harrumphed. “I don’t want yours.”

Despite her barbed words, she still accepted the paper.

Lilly was confused. “I thought you didn’t want it.”

Hannah stiffly muttered, “Mine isn’t white enough. I’ll use yours instead!”

“…”

Both of them drew something. “I’m going to show everyone my art!”

She then went searching for Hugh.

Hugh took off his reading glasses and asked, “What did you draw today?”

Lilly showed it off. “Look, Grandpa! It’s an egg.”

The elderly man couldn’t help but laugh. “And you, Hannah?”

Hannah felt depressed at the sight of her cousin and her grandfather getting along so well. Does Grandpa not like me?

Her eyes couldn’t help but light up when he asked.

Hannah cheerfully answered, “It’s a hen!”

he studied her artwork. Her art skills weren’t bad

Lilly’s artwork, but it was filled with childlike

picture of both hers and Hannah’s drawings before sending

hit the voice record button and started,

a voice message in response. “You two draw well!

and joyfully gave him the

soon had both photos

well, but the light in her eyes grew brighter when she was shown the

this what being praised is

me and tells me I do

still get attention even

as

say Lilly is a bad girl who schemes and is here

not like

and no one willing to play with her that afternoon, she

were now armed with small buckets and catching

returned earlier but was once again turned away before she

no way she was willing to leave without seeing her daughter. That

by high walls while others were surrounded by the lake

the back mountain were only separated by iron railings

that Winona noticed her daughter from a distance, and found her

daughter is a good girl. What if she becomes a

called out from the top

catching fish with Hannah when

looked up to see the woman on the other side of the

began to look around. “Huh? Is that

covered her ears. “No,

Hannah’s hand and ran back inside with the

the image of the

safety of the manor without

at a loss for

it’s

since she entered the Crawford household, Hannah had

was leading Hannah

her aunt,

**

and Josh returned from their

present as

Hugh nudged Lilly, “Isn’t it boring being home all day? Let’s go camping

bit down on

the term ‘camping’ meant as she had never been exposed

going out

have a house? Is

Zachary snickered. “You bumpkin!”

cutleries aside and walked away with his hands in his pockets.

so great about

could just be playing games

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