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

little bicycle, a skateboard,

the items bearing so much history, Amelie couldn’t stop her

face.

out when Amelie stopped her. “I’ll go in on

hand, she took step after careful

old alley and

more spacious than the shopfront, and it was filled

patterns were various and exquisite.

shoes in their novel styles, she couldn’t help but pause

anywhere, so she could

lay at the back of

sat at an antique shoe machine.

slow, whereas his hair was

him, perfectly still.

could recognize at a glance that this man in front of her was

doubted herself a little.

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

He was a bonafide middle-aged man with broad shoulders

stature

movements weren’t this slow

her heart, she called

working man

slowly turned around.

revealed his wizened and

all the years spent on

covered his face, adding to him

slowly took off his glasses as he finally recognized her. “A….. Amy.”

me, Dad. It’s me Amelie took a few steps toward Steven, sobbing. In her raging emotions, she wanted to hug him, but she couldn’t

simply stood there as tears fell from

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

singing so happily

from head to toe, wiping away the tears on her face.

thin?”

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

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

like she had been too cruel, and she wanted more than anything to give herself a

you’re back.” Steven was obviously happy about her

outside. “I’ll whip something up for you. What would you like to

would always pamper her ever since she was

to go through a lot of trouble, he would still do everything he could to provide

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

grace and love for her with

Amelie’s cheeks once

firmly on the back, comforting her like he used to

while later, the two finally went back inside.

they arrived at the room, they caught

gazed at the adorable little girl in between the shoe racks, his eyes lighting

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