Chapter 38

Amelie hastily picked her up and looked toward the woman.

Meanwhile, the woman was looking at them as well. “Who are you? Why are you here?”

Her expression softened a little.

She roughly pushed her messy hair over her head, revealing her entire face.

“Mrs. Gordon?” Amelie recognized the woman as she called out.

When Abby Gordon heard the beautiful girl calling her that, she couldn’t help but examine the latter.

“It’s me, Amy,” Amelie introduced herself.

It was only then that Abby recognized her. With a stomp of her foot, she clapped both her hands on her thighs ‘Amy! It’s been years since I last saw you. You’ve grown even prettier now. I almost couldn’t recognize you, and I thought you were a celebrity from somewhere.”

Amelie smiled shyly.

Abby continued, “Sorry for just now. I thought my stupid son came back, so that’s why I threw the washbasin. You weren’t hurt, were you?”

“No.” Amelie wasn’t concerned about that. She looked up and gazed at the yard behind Abby. “Where’s my dad? Is he no longer living here? Or-”

A sudden extreme fear invaded her heart, and even her voice trembled.

“Your dad is fine.” Noticing Amelie’s pale face, Abby guessed that Amelie was overthinking things, so she hastily said, “He complained about how this house was too big for one person, so he moved into the smaller house at the end of the street. Our family is huge, so I discussed it with him, and he agreed to rent the place

to us.”

Abby grinned, a guilty look flashing across her face.

Even though they called it renting, she never paid him a single cent all this while.

Steven never urged her, so she pretended it never happened.

On the other hand, Amelie wasn’t in the mood to think about these things as she said, “Can you take me to my

dad?”

“Of course.” Abby thought that since she was living in their house, she should at least help them with this little request

As she strode with her thick legs, Abby took Amelie to the end of the street.

Soon, they found a small shop facing the street.

It was rundown and shabby, and it didn’t even have a sign.

“Your dad is in there” Abby pointed at the shop as she spoke.

Amelie looked at the shop

It wasn’t just worn-out, it was pitifully tiny.

A few items were piled outside the shop, and most of them were the toys she used to play with during her

childhood

bicycle,

bearing so much history, Amelie couldn’t stop her tears as they

face.

out

took step after careful

it past the darkened old alley and

interior wasn’t much more spacious than the shopfront, and

patterns were

couldn’t help but pause in her tracks and reached out to

anywhere, so she could only

at the back of the

he sat at an antique shoe machine. His back was bent over as his limbs moved

whereas his hair was a mixture of gray and

at

that this man in front of her was none

she doubted herself

white. When she got married, his hair was still dark with an occasional silver strand here and

a bonafide middle-aged man with broad shoulders and

stature

movements weren’t this

to contain the sorrow in her

man

slowly

that, he revealed his wizened

were calm and gentle from

glasses covered his face, adding to

glasses as he

steps toward Steven, sobbing. In her

there as tears fell

went to her and took her hands. “It’s really you, Amy-you’re back. No wonder the

so happily this

from head to toe, wiping away the tears on her face. “Child, why have you gotten

thin?”

was a stark contrast to her appearance now. Now, her chin was extremely sharp,

Alston Family. Instead, he worried greatly for her health, and

too cruel, and she wanted

back.” Steven

outside. “I’ll whip something up for

loved Amelie to bits, and he would always pamper

go through a lot of trouble, he

father who loved her to the moon and back, but she chose

and love for her with her whole heart, but she wasted her

Amelie’s cheeks once again as

on the back, comforting her like he

while later, the two finally went back

the room, they caught sight of

between the shoe racks, his eyes lighting up

led her to Steven. “Dad, this is

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