Too Much to Bear, My Love novel Chapter 672

Chapter 672 Filial But Not Close

The next day, with Tony in her arms, Amelia was about to head to St. David’s Church with Oscar when she ran into Eleanor as soon as they stepped out the door.

“Lia!” Eleanor’s arms were laden with all kinds of gifts. Seeing how lightly dressed the three of them were, she guessed that they were going out. “Where are you going?”

Amelia’s eyes flickered. She smiled and said, “Why didn’t you give me a call when you’ve come all the way from Saspiuburg, Mrs. Hutton?”

“I went back to discuss the divorce, but it didn’t work out. I missed you and Tony so much. Here are some supplements from Saspiuburg for you guys.” Eleanor raised the bags in her hands. “Could you open the door and let me bring the gifts in?”

Amelia had Oscar open the door for her.

After putting the gifts away, Eleanor turned to face them. “Where are you going, Lia? Would you mind if I joined you?”

“Oscar and I plan to go up to St. David’s Church today.”

“Are you not well, Lia? Is it serious?” Eleanor asked anxiously.

Amelia shook her head. “Don’t worry, Mrs. Hutton,” she reassured the older woman. “I’m fine. I just want to pray for a friend.”

Eleanor heaved a sigh of relief. “That’s good. Let me come with you.”

Her inclusion made the trio a quartet.

As soon as the four exited the elevator, they saw two familiar silhouettes, the Hutton siblings, standing before the elevator doors.

Eleanor scowled.

Amelia Hutton approached them with a frown. “Why did you come to Tayhaven without telling Sean and me, Mom? We were so worried about you.”

“Go home,” Eleanor said tartly. “I have settled here.”

Amelia Hutton took a deep breath and willed herself to calm down.

She then walked up to Amelia Winters and Oscar and greeted them politely, “Hello, Amy. Hello, Oscar.”

“Good to see you here at Tayhaven too, Amelia,” Amelia Winters responded in kind.

Amelia Hutton gave her a lingering, meaningful look. “Can we talk, Amy?”

“Oscar and I are going to church. We can talk when I get back if you don’t mind.”

Amelia Hutton glanced at Oscar surreptitiously, and a plan hatched in her mind a moment later. “Do you mind if Sean and I tag along, Amy?”

Amelia Winters fell silent.

Eleanor pulled her daughter away. “Stop pestering us. Return to Saspiuburg with your brother. Your father and I are destined to get divorced, not to mention that it doesn’t help that he’s trying to avoid having to face me. I just need to split my time between these two cities for two years, and my marriage will have broken down enough for me to ask the court for a divorce.”

Amelia Hutton clenched her fists although the smile remained on her face. “Sean and I are just worried about you, Mom.”

Eleanor scoffed, “If you were worried about me, you wouldn’t have taken your father’s side and tried to bring me back right now.”

Amelia Hutton was dumbstruck.

And so, the original family of three doubled in size.

Oscar sat in the driver’s seat of the first car, while Amelia was seated in the back seat with Eleanor and Tony in her arms. Craning to look at the car tailing theirs, Amelia remarked, “Your children love you, Mrs. Hutton. You might as well clear things up with them. Of course, this is only my advice. You don’t have to take it.”

Eleanor lowered her gaze as she tickled Tony.

Amelia watched her. She sighed inwardly but did not say much else.

The four of them arrived at St. David’s Church in silence. Amelia Hutton and Sean pulled up next to them as soon as they exited the car.

Oscar carried Tony with one arm and held his wife’s hand with his other hand as they ascended the church’s famous flight of stairs with Eleanor and her children in tow.

Amelia Hutton reached out for her mother’s hand. “Let me help you, Mom.”

Eleanor glared at her wordlessly.

After the prodigious feat of climbing five hundred steps, the party gasped for air for a long time.

“Why would they build a stupid church so high up?” Amelia Hutton grumbled under her breath.

“Watch your tongue!” Eleanor reprimanded in a low voice. “We’re in the House of God, Amelia!”

Amelia Hutton pouted in response to her mother.

The six entered the church. Amelia Winters and Oscar fell into prayer almost immediately upon sitting on the nearest pew. Amelia Hutton, however, took her mother aside. “You’ve caused enough trouble, Mom,” she whispered. “Come back to Saspiuburg with us at once. Nobody’s going to treat you like family while you’re here.”

Eleanor gazed at the family of three who was offering their tithes. Her throat felt a little dry.

“Look at her, Mom,” Amelia Hutton said in an attempt to be rational. “She already has her own family. She doesn’t need your maternal love anymore, but Dad and us two still need you. Come home without causing trouble, will you?”

Eleanor withdrew her gaze. “Return to Saspiuburg with your brother, Amelia,” she repeated, looking irritated.

“Do you know that Dad is sick because of you, Mom?” Amelia Hutton cried anxiously.

Eleanor’s steely gaze finally quivered.

“Dad was admitted to the hospital three times while you were away, Mom,” Amelia Hutton pressed on. “The doctors say he’s depressed and overworked. If this continues, the chances of his cerebral hemorrhage will increase to eighty percent. You and Dad have been married for over thirty years, haven’t you? Are you really cruel enough to turn your back on him?”