A Matter of Wife and Love

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.

the shop, and most of them were the toys she

childhood

little bicycle, a skateboard, and

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

face.

come out

hand, she took step after

old alley and finally reached

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

were

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

father anywhere, so she could only proceed further to look for

yard lay at the back of

at an antique shoe machine. His back was bent over as his limbs

were slow, whereas his hair was a mixture

at

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

she doubted herself a

married, his hair was still dark

so much either. He was a bonafide middle-aged man

stature

weren’t this

the sorrow in her heart, she called

working man

slowly

he did that, he revealed

from

his face, adding to him a hint of a bookish

took off his glasses as he

In her raging emotions, she wanted to hug him, but

there as

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

singing so happily

from head to toe, wiping away the tears on her

thin?”

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

the Alston Family. Instead, he worried greatly for her health, and this only made

been too cruel, and she wanted more than anything to give herself a heavy slap or

glad you’re back.” Steven

didn’t ask too much as he led Amelie outside. “I’ll whip something up

always loved Amelie to bits, and he would

if it were the middle of the night, or if he had to go through a lot of trouble, he would still do everything he could to provide her with all the

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

father’s grace and love for her with

down Amelie’s cheeks once again

on the back, comforting her like

long while later, the two finally went

they arrived at the room, they caught sight of

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

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