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.

can sleep in the small room in the back. I’ve already changed

to be

mention anything. “Be good and

feared that he might leave on the

a trishaw passed by

the trishaw and made her way to

the desolate stone steps outside the train station, she caught

back, a cigarette in his hand as

were already discarded in the small

her father was a shoemaker, he was always particular about these things. He had never smoked before,

saw a small black bag sitting next to him. It

hastily ran over to him.

small black bag and tossed the cigarette away, rubbing his hands as he said, “What brings you here?

if you don’t come home?” Amelie queried while looking at him. Then, she peered into the small

“Where are you going?”

his

with great familiarity, she took out

of the

city where Leo’s house

you… going to the Alston Residence? Amelie suddenly recalled Steven’s expression when Bria said Amelie could cook. She immediately

through, Steven pursed

you thinking of doing there? Don’t tell me you’re

was shocked at

ask them how exactly they treated you!” he said sullenly, his

was plump and healthy when she married into their family, but now,

thought that Amelie had lost a lot of weight, but when Bria mentioned how good Amelie’s cooking was, he realized that the Alstons might not have been treating his daughter with due

years, he had refrained from visiting the Alstons and contacting Amelie because he wanted Amelie to live freely

was like a silent sword that pierced

dull but

down her face

Dad. There’s something I haven’t told you. Leo

news took him by

Dad. I should have listened to you instead

first,

the end, he couldn’t win against her persistence, so he handed his precious daughter over to

even her child and father had

felt an unspeakable regret in his

as she sobbed

like he had always done when she was younger. “Child, don’t cry. Divorce isn’t