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 skating

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

face.

was about to holler for Steven to come out when Amelie stopped her. “I’ll

took step after

made it past the darkened old

more spacious than the shopfront, and it was filled with shoe patterns.

shoe patterns were various and

saw the colorful shoes in their novel styles, she couldn’t help but pause in her tracks and reached out

anywhere, so she could only proceed

the back

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

whereas his hair was a mixture of gray and

stared at him, perfectly still.

in front of her was none other than her father, Steven

doubted herself a little.

got married, his hair was still dark with an occasional

so much either. He was a bonafide middle-aged man with broad shoulders and a

stature

weren’t this

her heart, she called in a

working man paused visibly.

he slowly turned

that, he revealed his wizened

all the years spent

black-rimmed reading glasses covered his face, adding to him a hint of

glasses as he finally recognized

her raging emotions, she wanted to

tears fell from her eyes.

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

happily

from head to toe, wiping away the tears on her face. “Child, why have

thin?”

her face, which was a stark contrast to her appearance now. Now, her

she married into the Alston Family. Instead, he

and she wanted more than anything to give

you’re back.” Steven

whip something up for you. What would you like

bits, and he would always pamper her ever since she was a

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

back, but she chose

been repaying her father’s grace and love for her with her

cheeks once again as she hugged Steven

the back, comforting her like he used to

long while later, the two finally

at the room, they caught

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

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