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

a skateboard, and skating shoes….

history, Amelie couldn’t stop her tears as

face.

was about to holler for Steven to come out when Amelie

she took step after careful

old alley and finally reached

the shopfront, and

shoe patterns were

styles, she couldn’t help but

anywhere, so she could only proceed further to look for him.

yard lay at the back of the

at an antique shoe machine. His

hair was a mixture

him, perfectly still.

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

she doubted herself a

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

so much either. He was a bonafide middle-aged

stature

weren’t this slow either….

to contain the sorrow in her heart, she called

man

he slowly turned

he did that, he revealed his wizened and wrinkled

and gentle from all the years spent on intricate

face, adding to him a

slowly took off his glasses as he finally recognized her.

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

there as tears fell from her

hurriedly went to her and took her hands. “It’s really you, Amy-you’re back.

so happily this morning.”

away the tears on her face. “Child, why have you

thin?”

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

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

she wanted more than anything to give herself a heavy slap or

you’re back.” Steven was obviously happy

ask too much as he led Amelie outside. “I’ll whip something

always loved Amelie to bits, and he would always

through a lot of trouble, he would still do everything he could to provide her with all the

to the moon and back, but she chose to go to the Alston Family to

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

cheeks once again as she hugged

comforting her like he used to do in her

two finally went back

room, they caught sight of

adorable little girl in between the shoe

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