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.

to, so I won’t be able to 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 other end of the

emergency is it that you have to be in such

and rest up. I’ll be back tomorrow.”

she couldn’t get anything out of him, but she also feared that he might leave on

trishaw passed

way to the small train station on the wobbly

train station, she

bent back, a cigarette in

in the small garbage

always particular about these things. He had never smoked before, nor had he

next to him. It must be the

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

if you don’t come home?” Amelie queried while looking at him. Then, she peered

are you

head in silence.

familiarity, she took out the old wallet in his pocket and produced

the ticket was

was the city where Leo’s house was

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

his thoughts seen through, Steven pursed his lips

what are you thinking of doing there? Don’t tell me you’re going

she spoke, Amelie was shocked at her

ask them how exactly they treated

and healthy when she married into their family, but now, she’s become emaciated!”

lost a lot of weight, but when Bria mentioned how good Amelie’s cooking was, he realized that the Alstons might not have been treating his

he had refrained from visiting the Alstons and contacting Amelie because he wanted Amelie to live freely

was like a silent sword that pierced Amelie’s heart.

was dull but painful!

streamed down her face like

go, Dad. There’s something I haven’t told you. Leo and I… filed

him by huge surprise.

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

of their marriage at first, and he had stopped

he couldn’t win against her persistence, so he handed his precious

inside and out; even her

felt an unspeakable regret in his

Steven as she sobbed and

his daughter lovingly, his heavily calloused hands caressing her hair like he had always done when she was younger. “Child, don’t cry. Divorce isn’t a bad thing. I just want you to be safe and