My Sugar And Your Spice

Chapter 39

“What’s going on?” Amelie hastily asked.

Hearing that something might happen to her father, she felt her heart racing quickly.

Abby scratched her messy hair. “I’m not sure either. I was at the store buying groceries when I saw your dad walking out with a knife. I asked him why he bought a knife, but he didn’t even look at me. He just walked away angrily.”

“He bought a knife and left?” She hadn’t seen her father coming home, much less a knife.

What is he planning to do with the knife?

“Your dad has always been a quiet person, but he’d always greet his old neighbors. He never ignored us like he did today,” Abby continued.

“Do you know if my dad got in a fight with someone recently?” Amelie hastily asked.

This was no small matter, for a person’s life might be on the line.

Abby shook her head. “Your dad is an amiable person, and everyone on this street likes him. How could he get into a fight with anyone? Moreover, your dad doesn’t like to bear grudges.”

Amelie also agreed with Abby’s words.

Her father wouldn’t get mad at anything, save for matters related to her. He was especially loving and serious when it came to her.

“Did you see where my dad went? Which direction did he head in?”

The less she knew of her father’s reasons for buying the knife, the more anxious Amelie became.

“That way!” Abby pointed ahead. “Probably in the direction of the small train station!”

“The small train station?”

It was a small town, and the residents couldn’t take the high-speed train or a plane from there. They generally took the train if they were going somewhere faraway.

Is Dad going somewhere far from home?

Amelie asked Abby to look after Bria, then hastily ran off to pursue her father.

As she ran, she dialed Steven’s number.

The call went through.

“Dad, why aren’t you back yet?” Amelie tried her best to ask calmly, not letting her father catch on.

to attend to, so I won’t be able to come home tonight. You and Bria can sleep in the small room in the back. I’ve already changed the sheets, and the blankets are new too,” Steven commented

to be in such a

mention anything. “Be good and rest up. I’ll be back

but she also feared that he might leave on

then, a trishaw passed by

trishaw and made her way to the

outside the train station, she

there with his bent back, a cigarette in

were already discarded

about these things. He had never smoked

saw a small black bag sitting next to him. It must be

over to him. “Dad, why are

saw her, he froze a little. He hastily hid the small black bag and tossed the cigarette away, rubbing his hands as he said, “What brings you here? Didn’t

go to bed if you don’t come home?” Amelie queried while looking

“Where are you going?”

lowered his

up to him. Then, with great familiarity, she took out the old wallet in his pocket and produced a ticket

the ticket

city where

recalled Steven’s expression when Bria said Amelie

his thoughts seen through, Steven

what are you thinking of doing there? Don’t tell me

spoke, Amelie was shocked

they treated you!” he said sullenly, his eyes obviously

plump and healthy when she married into

mentioned how good Amelie’s cooking was,

had refrained from visiting the Alstons and contacting Amelie because he wanted Amelie to live freely in that

concern was like a

dull but

streamed down her

Dad. There’s something I haven’t told

took him by huge

have listened to you

their marriage at first, and he had stopped

persistence, so he handed his precious daughter

out; even her child

an unspeakable regret

she sobbed

always done when she