Chapter 228
After hearing Matthew’s words, Amelie felt uneasy and even lost her appetite. Therefore, she left Bria
with Julia after she arrived and drove straight to Quinn Town, which was not particrly near since it
took her three hours to drive there.
When she arrived, it was already past 9.00PM. There were not many residents in the vige or any
special entertainment. The most the middle-aged and older folks did was group exercises, and they
had almost dispersed.
There were one or two that saw how luxurious Amelie’s car was and came forward to have a look. So,
she had no choice but to lower her window.
“Oh, it’s you, Elie.”
The two lived near Amelie’s home, so they recognized her and greeted her with bright smiles.
Following that, they looked at her car from all angles whilementing, “Have you made a fortune?
This is such a great car.”
The vigers were different from before and were now more knowledgeable. Therefore, many of the
elderly vigers could recognize luxurious cars.
As Amelie did not drive her car on herst visit, the two elderly women were surprised when they saw
her car.
She was anxious to get home but still smiled at them before greeting them politely, “Mrs. Olson, Mrs.
Drew.”
The two nodded, and Mrs. Drew reached out her oily hand that was used to doing chores and patted
Amelie’s shoulder. “Elie, you must’vee here to pick up your dad, right? That’s a good idea.”
Hearing her mentioning Steven, Amelie thought about what Matthew had said and asked, “What
happened to my dad?”
“You mean that matter? Jeez! I even feel embarrassed just talking about it!” Mrs. Drew used her wrinkly
hand to cover her face, but she was giggling.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Olson was calmer. She also ced her hand on Amelie’s car window and exined,
“Elie, your dad used to seem upright, but how did he turn into such a person? Men do develop bad
habits after getting rich. After your dad sold his artwork and earned some money, he started to… His
lifestyle became…Gosh!”
When Amelie heard it was about her dad’s lifestyle, she was not as anxious anymore. She was worried
about her dad’s health deteriorating or him getting into trouble. Since her dad stayed alone his whole
life for her, it was reasonable that he wanted to find someone to apany him during hisst years.
Therefore, she supported that idea.
In the meantime, Mrs. Olson was still criticizing. “How can he do such a thing? Even if he wants a new
wife, he should’ve found one that suits him. Why did he have to find such… Gosh!”
The two could not bear to continue anymore and asked Amelie to head home and see for herself.
Without wasting any more time, she drove toward her home.
Since thest time they returned, Steven retrieved the old house he used to live in and moved back in.
After arriving, Amelie parked her car and jumped out. Then, she pushed the old wooden door open
without being bothered by anything else. The door was not locked, so she easily thrust it open.
Subsequently, she nced inside and saw a dark, gloomy courtyard.
There was no light there, so her vision was blurred. However, she still caught sight of her father sitting
beside the well, bending over while pushing and pulling the lever of the well. In the meantime, water
was being pumped up from the well and flowed into a basin.
Then, he bent down to pick up the basin and ced it outside the concrete well, where someone was
sitting on a stool.
Amelie could not make out the person’s face, but her pale legs swinging back and forth were eye-
catching.
He ced the basin before that woman and uttered slowly, dragging his words. “Hurry up and wash
your feet. You should head to bed and rest early.”
The woman on the bench giggled, which somehow exposed her age to be a young woman.
It was then that Amelie realized the reason behind Mrs. Olson and Mrs. Drew’s behavior. So, my dad is
dating a young woman?
Hahahaha.
Laughter sounded again.
This time, Amelie turned on the shlight on her phone and shone it in Steven’s direction while calling
out, “Dad.”
The light from her phonended on his figure.
Vividly stunned, he rose to his feet and was shocked when he saw her. “Amelie, why did youe
here?”
It was then that she approached him and looked at him in the night. “You haven’t returned after a long
time, so I was worried and decided to check up on you.”
She was shocked that her dad would date such a young woman. Then, she looked worriedly at the
lady.
Since it was dark outside, Amelie could not make out the woman’s face. The only thing she noticed
was that the woman’s hair was hanging before her face and was not tied up.
Though her hair mostly covered her face, the woman seemed like she was about Amelie’s age.
Steven noticed Amelie was looking at the woman and coughed uneasily. “I wanted to return earlier, but
this young woman suddenly appeared at our house. I asked her where she lived, but she said she
doesn’t know. Then, I brought her to the police, but she started crying heavily. The police couldn’t do
anything, so we could only wait and see whether her family woulde and find her. There was no
ce to stay at the police station, so I brought her back here.”
After listening to his exnation, Amelie finally understood what had happened. It turns out that Dad
found a woman who has lost her way and not a girlfriend. I was right. Dad has always been upright, so
how could he have fallen in love with such a young woman?
Steven did not like talking to others, so he did not exin anything when the other vigers bumped
into that youngdy. That was why the vigers thought he was dating her and spread those rumors
around the vige.
On the other hand, Amelie did not tell him that she came because of the rumors, but she could not help
but worry about where that woman could go.
“Since her family hasn’te for her after so long, they might’ve given up on her. How about we bring
her to a shelter?” Not only did they not know where that woman came from, but she also seemed
mentally ill. Therefore, it was rather terrifying to keep such a woman around.
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After thinking about it, Steven nodded. “That’s not a bad idea.”
“Elie.”
Just as the two were talking, they suddenly heard a voice.
Amelie was taken aback and scanned her surroundings.
There was only her, Steven, and the woman around, so that voice…
“Do you know my daughter?” He was the first to react and looked surprisedly at the woman before him.
She nodded. “Of course, I know Elie. Elie is very pretty. She wears a princess dress every day and is
the prettiest princess in the entire vige.”
Hearing that, Amelie was at a loss for words because the girl she was describing was indeed Amelie
when she was a child. How does she know what I was like?
While thinking of that, she shone the light onto the woman while moving away the hair that was
covering her face. Steven also leaned over to take a look.
Since he had presbyopia, he could not see anything under the dim lighting.
However, Amelie slowly gained confidence that she had seen this face before. She racked her brain to
find out who this woman was, and a simr figure suddenly appeared in her mind. “You’re Liz!”
“Liz?” Steven became even more shocked. “How could she be… Liz? How could Liz be…”
Liz was the daughter of Steven’s former apprentice and had stayed with the Dillons for a long period.
Since her father did not send her to school, she became introverted and locked herself in the loft
almost every day.
However, the ‘Liz’ back then was alert and not mentally ill…