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, and

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

face.

to holler for Steven to come out when Amelie stopped her. “I’ll go in on my

hand, she took step after careful step

made it past the darkened old

than the shopfront, and it

were various and

novel styles, she couldn’t help but

she could only proceed further to look for him.

lay at the back of the

he sat at an antique shoe machine. His back was bent over as his limbs moved to

hair was a mixture

him,

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

doubted herself a

her father’s hair wasn’t this white. When she got married, his hair was still dark with an

was a bonafide middle-aged man with broad shoulders

stature

this slow either….

in her heart, she called in a

man paused visibly.

he slowly

he revealed his wizened and wrinkled

and gentle from all the years

adding to

as he finally recognized her.

her raging emotions, she wanted to hug him, but she couldn’t bring

as tears fell

took her hands. “It’s really you, Amy-you’re

so happily

from head to toe, wiping away the tears

thin?”

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

Alston Family. Instead, he

cruel, and she wanted more

home. I’m so glad you’re back.” Steven

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

would always pamper her ever since she

had to go through a lot of trouble,

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

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

rolled down Amelie’s cheeks

firmly on the back, comforting her

later, the two finally

room, they

girl in between the shoe racks, his eyes lighting up

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