Love Comes from Unexpected Places

Chapter Forty-Eight: Lorelei Hayward

Sophia shifted Mia in her arms knocking on the apartment door, she really wasn't sure what would happen when she meet Lorelei but she hoped that it went better than when she had last saw her parents.

Sophia watched as the door opened and a man in a suit looked before her with a stiff look on his face, she knew that this was going to be a very formal meeting.

"I'm Sophia Swan, I am here to see Ms. Hayward," Sophia said as she made sure that she had her fawn satchel jumbo dot change bag so that she had everything that Mia would need.

The man stared at Sophia hard for a moment before he closed the door in her face making her stare confused; she had double checked that this was the right apartment before she had knocked.

Shifting nervously, Sophia stood quietly as she wondered what to do now, she certainly hadn't been expecting the door to be shut in her face like that.

The door swung open again making Sophia raise her eyebrow at the man wondering if her grandmother had changed her mind about meeting her and didn't have the heart to tell her.

"Right this way Miss Swan," the man instructed stepping aside to allow Sophia to step inside with Mia, she looked at him warily as she stood in the foyer of the expensive apartment.

It looked so much more u-upscale than the small three bedroom apartment that her parents had that they never really lived in; they were always traveling on business and staying in fancy hotels leaving Sophia alone.

"Let me take your bag for your miss," the man said nodding at the changing bag, Sophia nodded her head as she allowed him to take the bag from her; the blonde looked around as she shifted her hold on Mia carefully.

The man set the bag down on the table in the hall before he signalled for Sophia to follow him to where Lorelei was waiting to meet her for the first time.

Sophia couldn't help but look around the apartment that had been her father's home when he had been growing up; she had never been there before and she felt so nervous about what she was doing.

"Madame Hayward, may I introduce Sophia Swan," the man announced showing Sophia lounge where Lorelei was sat having some tea; he stepped aside to allow his boss to see the blonde that had just shown up at the door.

Lorelei's blue eyes looked at Sophia that was stood before her and she felt tears well in her eyes wishing that this could have happened sooner and not when time was slowly beginning to ruin out.

Sophia looked so much like Lorelei had when she was her age and there was no denying that the blonde had Hayward genes in her; she was a typical Hayward woman even if she did carry her mother's name.

"It's wonderful to finally meet you Sophia," Lorelei whispered carefully getting to her feet, she might have only been sixty-one but her health was slowly declining now.

It had been the main reason that she had reached out to Sophia, she wasn't sure if she would be well enough if she had waited any longer and she wished to do this now.

Sophia stood nervously as she stared at the woman before her wondering what to say, she hadn't really thought any of this through before she had come.

"Please sit down," Lorelei instructed signalling for Sophia to take a seat, she was just as nervous about meeting the blonde; Jonathon and Caroline had spent so long trying to hide Sophia from her.

Sophia carefully sat down and settled Mia onto her lap, she glanced at Lorelei who had a tender smile on her lips as she stared at the two month old knowing that she was glad that Sophia had come.