My mystery lover novel (Richard and Amy)
Chapter 212 Father and Son Meet

"Amy, why did you bring so much food? We only brought milk and snacks here." Hilary took out the snacks she brought and shared them with Amy.

"I am good but thank you. I've already brought some. I don't want my children to eat too many snacks and I can keep the milk." Amy looked at the snacks and didn't give them to Allen. She fed him a lot of milk, so he could be tall and strong.

"Hi, Miss Newell, you've been back for so long. Did your husband come back with you?" Hilary wanted to know more about her for Richard.

"Call me Amy please," Amy said to them.

They had also wanted to call her Amy long ago, but they were afraid that Amy would get angry.

"My husband is abroad. He stays there to take care of my parents who are there for treatment." It was embarrassing for Amy to say that she was pregnant before marriage. They looked cute, but not very smart so she lied to them.

"Oh. You two are in different countries now." Hilary knew that Amy had remarried. What could Hilary do? What could Richard do? "Alright, you finished your food. I'll go wash the dishes. Allen, bring the fruit to them." Amy was about to go wash the dishes. "No, we ate your food and we'll do the dishes." Hannah and Hilary took the dishes and went to the kitchen to wash them.

Amy felt that they were quite interesting and simple, and it was quite comfortable to get along with them.

Amy did not have any friends abroad. She spent all her time on her work. Only now did she felt that it was pretty good to have friends.

"Amy, let's take a rest. It will be warmer in the afternoon, and we can go swimming. The swimming pool here is very clean. There's also an area for children. Allen can have fun." Everyone felt drowsy when they were full. After more than two hours' drive, they were also a little tired.

"Alright, then let's take a rest. We'll gather in the living room at three o'clock and then we'll go swimming together." After driving for two hours, Amy also felt a little tired. Then, they all went to nap. Allen put on his colorful pajamas, lay into Amy's arms, and soon fell asleep. He got up too early in the morning and was very sleepy at this time. Amy and Allen fell into a sound sleep, but next door, Hannah and Hilary couldn't sleep. They were still discussing whether to tell Richard that Amy was married.

"I don't think we should tell Richard. Let him replace out by himself. Then he will give up. He won't believe us anyway, so I don't think we should say anything," Hannah told Hilary. "But if I don't say it now and he replaces out later, will he blame me?" Hilary said worriedly.

Hannah continued, "You can pretend that you don't know. Why can't you keep it a secret? I think your brother would definitely go crazy if you tell him. If he replaces out by himself, he wouldn't blame anyone else." In the end, they agreed not to tell Richard. They would play dumb and let him replace out on his own.

"When Mr. Miller passed away, we weren't there, so she forgot about us. I feel sorry for her." Hilary recalled that when she heard the tragic news, they all went to replace Amy, but she had disappeared. "Is Amy really Mrs. and Mr. Newell's child? Why haven't I heard of her before?" Hilary asked Hannah.

Hannah grew up with Amy. Hilary thought that she should know.

"I don't know. When I was little, I knew that Amy had no mother but only her father. Her father loved her very much. He never got married again because he was afraid that the stepmother would treat her badly, just like her aunt. When Mr. Miller was rich, she asked him for money. Later, when he went bankrupt, she took over Amy's mother's house." Hannah kept talking about the past.

They chatted until three o'clock, and then they just got up.

Everyone gathered in the living room with their swimming equipment. Allen was so happy to hear that they were going swimming. He never swam before. He just watched other children learn to swim with the help of their fathers. His mother was too busy to teach him.

The water in the swimming pool was so blue and clean. It made people feel very calm.

Wearing a pair of colorful swimming trunks and a swimming ring on his waist, Allen looked like an experienced swimmer. No one would know that he had never even been in a swimming pool. "Come here. Come to Mommy." Amy knew that this was new to him. She asked him to stay close to her. She got into the water, and then slowly carried him down.

When Allen first got into the water, he felt a little scared. However, he felt warm and comfortable in the water. Slowly, he wasn't scared anymore. He could even float on the water with the swimming ring on his body.

Amy could swim well, but she didn't know how to teach her son. She gave up and just let him play in the water. Anyway, with the swimming ring, he would be fine.

Allen swam for a while. Amy wanted to go to the bathroom.

"Hannah, Hilary, please watch Allen for me. I'm going to the bathroom," Amy said to them.

"Alright. We'll be fine here," they answered.

"Hey, little buddy, you can't swim, can you? Do you want me to teach you?" At this time, a handsome man swam to Allen and asked him.

"You? Will you teach me how to swim? But I don't know you." Allen was alert to strangers.

"It's fine. I'm Richard, your mom's assistant. Hannah and Hilary know me." Richard extended his hand to Allen.

"Oh, my name is Allen. Nice to meet you." Allen also stretched out his little chubby hand.

They had a handshake.

"Richard, are you a good swimmer? My mom is too busy to teach me. I can't swim." Allen now completely trusted Richard.