The Lost Heiress and the Secret Billionaire

oman sitting on the floor of a tiny apartment, be

s religiously and had finally had a good amount of savings. But her scholarship had been pulled out from under her feet,

h the rest, they would

They might start

ents. Poverty was a trap, and if you fell into it, it was near impossible to get

ther. They couldn't afford a hospital visit, for either of them, so she made sure to sort any

save up so much in the first place. By restricting what they ate, where they went, by basical

o just go do

ng, but then she f

sound of her mother's vo

nything about it, just for Abby to work everything out for them and make sure they always h

iday somewhere, nowhere fancy, just a house on the beach somewh

o start all from t

didn't let her disappointmen

r mother wouldn't even know all their savings had just gone down the

ed. "Be sure to lock up after yourself when

ntly. Though, just two days ago, someone ha

d through, but it looked like someone

hat broke in would quickly find that t

aved at her mother, still looking at her sc

urvive. They

always survived. Her mother and her. As far back as she could remember, it had onl

at she was older, those all seemed like fairytales. Of a prince that would come and save them

ad dreamed up to tell a littl

r. But less out of the need for him to be there, and more because of how much e

ppy with her life, she only ever thought of her father when things got

to her father too. But he wasn't there. He had never been there.

ve to study when she got home, but for now, she needed to clock in as many hours as sh

ast or trickling hot water. She always, much preferred the hot water. And if she

cold in their apartment, but the flower shop she worked at wou

uld work on her assignments during her break, slip

n't have much choice, she would be fired on the spot

t something entirely

looked like he was waiting for the bus, and Abigail waved to him, trying to get h

ed, maybe he c

h, and pretty soon Abigail was

they would tend to it, before opening up for customers in the morning. They also had a small cof

wasn't perfect, that was for sure, but it was very close to it. They had

ing ten hour shifts as a waitress somewhere with so

king to buy flowers for someone they already had,

worker, greeted as she wal

y," Abby

ked Clary, she would always say Abigail was the beautiful one between them

e garden, but Clary stayed indoors almost always, and her skin was st

hort, so I think you can get some of those," Clar

them fresher for longer. And many cold storages dotted the place, sealing the cold in

e came asking for help, they let them choose on their own. Abigail almost considered breaking that rule, s

it. If he really needed he

machine. They were allowed to have three hot d

et from at work. Her mom did the same thing at her work, and all they would have to do was

t be forever. Soon, she would graduate law school. She would get

a basket with her, and began cutting f

troubles would

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her," a man spoke

d purple flowers, brown curls blowing in the wind, with