When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie)

Chapter 38

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

was a little bicycle, a

history, Amelie couldn’t stop her

face.

Steven to come out when Amelie

took step after careful

it past the darkened old alley and finally reached

the shopfront,

patterns were various and

novel styles, she couldn’t help but pause in her tracks and

her father anywhere, so she could only proceed further

at the back of the house.

an antique shoe machine. His back was bent over as his limbs moved to operate

were slow, whereas his hair was a mixture of gray

stared at him,

glance that this man in front of her was none other than her father,

she doubted herself a

this white. When she got married, his hair was still

so much either. He was a bonafide middle-aged man

stature

movements weren’t this slow either….

Unable to contain the sorrow in her heart, she called in a low voice.

working man

he slowly turned

did that, he revealed his wizened and wrinkled

were calm and gentle from all the years spent on

covered his face, adding to him a hint of a bookish aura.

his glasses as he finally

her raging emotions, she wanted to hug him, but she

simply stood there as tears

“It’s really you,

singing so happily this

wiping away the tears on her face. “Child,

thin?”

stark contrast to her appearance now. Now,

into the Alston Family. Instead, he

like she had been too cruel, and she wanted more than

I’m so glad you’re back.” Steven was

“I’ll whip something up for you.

loved Amelie to bits, and he would

it were the middle of the night, or if he had to go through a lot of trouble, he would still do everything he could to provide her with

and back, but she chose

should’ve been repaying her father’s grace and love for her with her whole heart, but

regret rolled down Amelie’s cheeks once again as she hugged Steven

firmly on the back, comforting her like he used

while later, the two finally

arrived at the room, they caught

child…” Steven gazed at the adorable little girl in between the shoe racks, his eyes lighting

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