My Sugar and Your Spice (Amelia and Leo)

Chapter 39

“What’s going on?” Amelie hastily asked.

Hearing that something might happen to her father, she felt her heart racing quickly.

Abby scratched her messy hair. “I’m not sure either. I was at the store buying groceries when I saw your dad walking out with a knife. I asked him why he bought a knife, but he didn’t even look at me. He just walked away angrily.”

“He bought a knife and left?” She hadn’t seen her father coming home, much less a knife.

What is he planning to do with the knife?

“Your dad has always been a quiet person, but he’d always greet his old neighbors. He never ignored us like he did today,” Abby continued.

“Do you know if my dad got in a fight with someone recently?” Amelie hastily asked.

This was no small matter, for a person’s life might be on the line.

Abby shook her head. “Your dad is an amiable person, and everyone on this street likes him. How could he get into a fight with anyone? Moreover, your dad doesn’t like to bear grudges.”

Amelie also agreed with Abby’s words.

Her father wouldn’t get mad at anything, save for matters related to her. He was especially loving and serious when it came to her.

“Did you see where my dad went? Which direction did he head in?”

The less she knew of her father’s reasons for buying the knife, the more anxious Amelie became.

“That way!” Abby pointed ahead. “Probably in the direction of the small train station!”

“The small train station?”

It was a small town, and the residents couldn’t take the high-speed train or a plane from there. They generally took the train if they were going somewhere faraway.

Is Dad going somewhere far from home?

Amelie asked Abby to look after Bria, then hastily ran off to pursue her father.

As she ran, she dialed Steven’s number.

The call went through.

“Dad, why aren’t you back yet?” Amelie tried her best to ask calmly, not letting her father catch on.

come home tonight. You and Bria can sleep in the small room in the back. I’ve already changed the sheets, and the blankets are new too,” Steven commented on the

to be in such a hurry?” she asked as she

and rest up.

of him, but she also feared that he might

then, a trishaw passed by

way to the

the desolate stone steps outside the train station, she caught sight of Steven’s

cigarette in his hand as he puffed

were already discarded in the small garbage bag next to him.

always particular about these things. He had never

bag sitting next to him. It must be the knife Abby was

ran over to him. “Dad,

He hastily hid the small black bag and tossed the cigarette away, rubbing his hands as he said, “What brings you here? Didn’t I ask

come home?” Amelie queried while looking at him. Then, she peered

are you going?”

his head in

to him. Then, with great familiarity, she took out the old wallet in his pocket and produced a ticket from

of the

city where Leo’s house

Amelie suddenly recalled Steven’s expression when Bria said Amelie could cook. She immediately

thoughts seen through, Steven pursed his lips tightly.

of doing there? Don’t tell me you’re going to kill

she spoke, Amelie was shocked

they treated you!” he said sullenly, his eyes obviously reddening.

looked at her, heartbroken. “My darling daughter was plump and healthy when she married into their family, but now,

first, he only thought that Amelie had lost a lot of weight, but when Bria mentioned how good Amelie’s cooking was, he realized that

he wanted Amelie to live freely in that home, not to be bullied like

a silent sword that pierced Amelie’s heart.

was dull but painful!

down her face like

go, Dad. There’s something I haven’t told you.

news took him by huge

have listened to you instead of going to Leo and getting married to

first, and he

win against her persistence, so he handed his precious daughter over to the Alstons.

inside and out; even her child and father had to bear the injustice.

regret in his heart.

hugged Steven as she sobbed and apologized

done when she was younger. “Child, don’t cry. Divorce isn’t a