Chapter 39 Love For Hammers

That weekend at the Stonethorn Wetland Park.

Stonethorn Wetland Park was located on the outskirts of Shercaster City and roughly took a five-hour drive, but the Crawfords decided to fly there by helicopter, shortening their travel time to an hour.

The wetland park overlooked a lush forest landscape. Their chosen campsite was the meadow right by the turquoise lake.

“Wow! It’s so pretty!” Lilly marveled.

Polly was perched on her shoulder and shrieking, “Wowow! So pretty!”

Hugh and Anthony were greatly amused.

Bettany watched all eight of her sons pitching tents and fetching water. It was an inexplicably warm and beautiful sight.

She couldn’t help sighing. If it weren’t for Lilly’s return, the Crawfords might never have been able to reunite.

She smiled contentedly at Lilly from her wheelchair.

Lilly was chasing after a butterfly with the parrot following close behind her on its feet and squawking.

Hannah wasn’t quite willing to follow along at first, but her laughter grew louder the longer she chased after Lilly. Their laughter reverberated throughout the grassy plains.

Lilly suddenly ran back with a purple clover in her hand.

“For you, Grandma! It’s a flower that grants wishes!”

Drake and Josh, the two little boys weren’t very close to Lilly and Hannah. Zachary, meanwhile, was slacking off on the air mattress with his legs crossed and scoffed. “Childish.”

Edward and Liam, meanwhile, were putting down the tent stakes. Said stakes were hard to hold despite having been already inserted into the ground.

“Where’s my hammer?” Edward asked.

Liam was taken aback. “You’re probably the only person I’ve met who carries a toolbox around for a camping trip.”

That was when Lilly darted over with a toolbox. “Hammers are right here!”

Edward’s toolbox was far from small. It was half the girl’s size.

The child was desperately trying to keep the toolbox high in the air to not drag it across the ground.

Her actions seemed strenuous, but she remained highly energetic.

Edward was quick to speak up. “Give it to me. I can do it myself.”

Lilly waved him off. “It’s okay. I can do it!”

She opened the toolbox and her eyes lit up at the row of hammers.

down. “What do you think? My set of hammers are pretty

girl nodded vigorously.

to hear.

head up and down. “Yeah! I

who stood a short distance away, twitched. My adorable

petite girl liked

hesitate to

since picked up a mallet and asked, “What needs hammering? I’ll

“Here.

“Okay!”

thicker than her arm. The stake was hammered halfway into the ground with a

“Bash! Bash!”

shouted as she

quick on her feet, speeding from

hammered firmly into the

were greatly

was putting away the hammer, a car drove up and stopped in

alighted from the vehicle and exclaimed with pleasant surprise. “You’re

her head and noticed Drake, who was quietly reading by the lake.

manner and spoke innocently, “Mommy, can we camp here?

mother was stopped before she could

aloof manner, “There’s a lot of us

means you’re

but smiled warmly when she found an open space a short distance away. “That’s alright. We’ll be

area anyway.

Cheryl’s father, chuckled, “I’ll

way the adults were looking at

a child five to six years of age yet her staged cuteness

a

with the hammer

was stealing glances at Drake by the lake. “Can we go there to play?

step back and pouted.

She then ran away.

was shocked

wasn’t even on

What’s wrong with her?!

“Why don’t you play with me instead? There are pine trees over there. We

of Hannah was of the night

to her assumption that Hannah hated Lilly. Having Hannah by her

going to do this

acting contemptuously toward her, however, was unexpected. “Who said I wanted to play with

she

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