THE HEIR HE NEVER KNEW

way from the bustle of the city center in a peaceful area of Stockholm. The shop was the only thing she had to depend on . Elliot, her six-year-old son, was playful

ul yellow daisy, Elliot shouted.

nore the sick feeling in her

, Grandma wi

the counter, bills that she was unable to pay. The phone had been disconnected, and the rent was

months, she had been dreading this one thing. Just this morning, the letter that threatened to take everything away had arrived. Her hands were shaking as she

re but she had no one to turn to for assistance, and shop's sales were slow and the debts kept piling up. She turned to look at Elliot, who was now s

name, but she knew who he was from the few times he had visited. his eyes darting to the stack

ng okay?"

ed heavily on her, yet she didn't want to bother

le behind, t

, "I'm sure things

true as his voice wasn't as convincing as he wo

s's T

ract wife had begun. Every profile he'd looked at was more inappropriate than the last. In his opinion the women were eit

hat went by felt more like a prison term as he thought about his grandfather's ultimatum,

s what he needed. The search was just getti

ment suddenly felt uncomfortable. He got up and locked

a moment from the thoughts that

the second time he decided to take the call. He pressed t

on momentarily left his phone. He noticed a lady standing there carrying some flowers, but before he could stop hi

herself from falling. Immediately she bent do

r to pick up the flowers and suddenly he stopped when he saw her face. She was beautiful with silky dark hair f

flowers. He noticed she wasn't wearing ma

ry," he

kept an eye on

ded to him, her

s fi

looked like she had seen his face before. Rasmus's chest pounded a little, but sh

ned pull. But he brushed it off as soon as it appeared. She was simply another face in

eally am sorry,"

grossed in, but it brought him back to the present. His

n't se

d stood with the f

was just abo

," he

hold your flowers while

can manage,

look back and as he did, he found that she was staring at him.

ff his mind. He shook his head

y another face

just found out he c