Anyone Dares Bully you, Call Uncles! novel Chapter 527

Bettany's verbal demolition left Mabel with no pride at all!

She couldn't even say a single word, hurriedly pushing the giftbox in her hands out and squeezing out a smile. "Old Mrs. Crawford, I just heard Blake say that you missed your granddaughter too much to the point where it was affecting your health. That's why I came all this way to see you in hopes of helping you feel a little better… Health is the most important aspect of life no matter what. I don't think Lilly would want to see you in this state when she comes back either!"

Bettany nodded. "You're right."

Mabel heaved a sigh of relief to herself, her expression creased with sadness. "I know how you feel. I'm a mother too, I know how it feels to not be able to see your child."

Bettany glanced at her. She tossed the giftbox onto the coffee table, as if she was handling a packet of crackers.

Yena said at once, "Grandma Crawford, Mom spent so long choosing this gift. It really is pretty!"

Bettany glanced at the child before her, not knowing where to start.

It had to be said that the apple didn't fall far from the try.

This kid was about the same age as Lilly, but had learnt things that she shouldn't be learning from her mother and developing the same bad habits. She had not gone wrong… she had been wrong from the start.

"Is it? I don't believe so!" Bettany said.

Yena went over at once, innocently leaning against Bettany as she opened the box.

"It's a purple bracelet. Look, Old Mrs. Crawford, isn't it pretty?" Yena's eyes shone as she turned to look at Bettany.

Bettany leaned forward. She merely glanced at the bracelet once, and said, "It's not bad. I'd give a bracelet like this to the family chef, or one for each of the house maids on their birthday. It still works."

Mabel: …

Yena: …

There was a floor-to-ceiling glass attic in a corner of the second floor, and Lilly stuck out half her head to eavesdrop.

There was another head right above hers. It was Josh.

On top of Josh's head, was Hannah's.

Behind Hannah's head…

Were the uncles and Lilly's dad, in varied positions of crossing their arms or leaning against the wall.

They watched the old lady, firing at full force: …

Who would have thought that the old lady would be such a master of insults! She was truly skilled!

Lilly: I've learnt something new again!

Yena's face flushed as she lowered her head like her mother.

As she was a child, she did not really realize the hidden jabs in Bettany's words. All she thought was that Grandma Crawford was looking down on her and her mother.

Yena was sad beyond words. How could Grandma Crawford turn out to be this way?

Yena had been serious about having her as a god-grandma, and had wanted to love and respect her in the future.

Yet Grandma Crawford was just like the rest, looking down on her and her mother.

She had walked over, but Grandma Crawford didn't even hug her.

"Grandma Crawford, I know that you're really sad about Lilly being missing," Yena said softly. "That's why you're in a bad mood, right?"

"Mom said that the dead can't come back to life, so you shouldn't be too sad, Grandma Crawford. Lilly's gone to a beautiful heaven for sure, and she's having a blast!"

This was what she had heard the gentle mother on television say to her son whose dog had gone missing.

A little boy's dog had died from getting hit by a car, and his mother comforted him by saying: The dog must have gone to a beautiful heaven…

And so Yena was using it now.

The Crawford household looked empty and quiet when they just got here. She had no idea that Lilly was already back.

That was why she was trying to be comforting and caring:

"If Lilly was still here, she wouldn't want to see Grandma Crawford like this… Grandma Crawford, if you're sad, how about I keep you company from now?"

"Umm… how about I sing you a song?"

Yena's expression was completely innocent, looking at Bettany with her head tilted to the side.