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, a

Amelie couldn’t stop her tears as they streamed right

face.

about to holler for Steven to come out when

hand, she took step after careful step inside.

old alley and finally reached

interior wasn’t much more spacious than the shopfront, and it was filled with

shoe patterns were

help but pause in her tracks and reached out to touch

so she could only proceed further

the

to her as he sat at an antique shoe machine. His back was bent over

his hair was a mixture of gray

at him, perfectly

a glance that this man in front of her was none other

herself a little.

married, his hair was still dark with an occasional silver strand

He was a bonafide middle-aged man with broad shoulders and

stature

this slow either….

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

working man paused visibly.

he slowly

revealed his wizened and wrinkled face.

all the years spent on intricate work.

adding to him a hint of

his glasses as he finally

steps toward Steven, sobbing. In her raging emotions, she wanted to

there as tears

and took her hands. “It’s really

singing so happily this morning.”

Amelie from head to toe, wiping away the tears on

thin?”

her face, which was a stark contrast to her

she married into the Alston Family. Instead, he worried greatly

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

back.” Steven was

as he led Amelie outside. “I’ll whip something up for you.

always loved Amelie to bits, and he would always pamper her ever since

the middle of the night, or if he had to go through a lot of

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

her father’s grace and love for her with her whole heart, but she wasted her time

rolled down Amelie’s cheeks once again as

back, comforting her like he used to do

while later, the two finally

they arrived at the room, they caught sight of

child…” Steven gazed at the adorable little girl in between

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