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Chapter 10

The next day Sweeney had found a man to help Grace with the exterior of her shop and she was more than happy to say the least. The man had come later that morning and was at the process of fixing the letters of the shop.

"Sweeney?" Grace asked hesitantly from outside her shop.

After a minute or so Sweeney's face appeared from the balcony upstairs.

"What?" he asked irritated.

"I was wondering if you had any ideas for a name for my shop." She asked him smiling up at him.

"Why should I have?" he asked her in a gruff voice, glaring down at her.

"No reason…I just thought that you might have some ideas." She said softly, looking at him.

"No I don't!" he said and walked back to his shop, shutting the door behind him.

Grace looked at the ground and walked towards the front of her shop to see the work the man had done. She had angered him again. The thing was that she didn't know what to expect from him. She didn't know how he would react if she talked to him. He was very moody and difficult to handle. With a sigh she looked around as the man called her.

"Miss! What should I write here?" he asked her.

"Um…well I'm not entirely sure…" she said anxiously as she looked around.

"Gracie's." Sweeney said from upstairs making her jump at how deep his voice sounded. Grace turned to look at him stunned and he just smirked at her before walking into his shop again.

"Miss…" the man asked her impatiently.

"Yes…um just what he just said." She said to him smiling.

The man nodded and continued his work silently while she walked happily towards her shop to finish her pies. In a few hours the man finished and Grace paid him for his work. She looked at the letters and she smiled.

"Brilliant…" she whispered as she looked up with a smile before re entering the shop and closing the door behind her to stop the cold from coming inside. She rubbed her hands to warm them and took the pies from the oven and placed them on the counter.

"God…it's freezing today." She said to herself as she put the pies on a clean tray. She didn't have many costumers that morning and there wasn't much for her to do. She decided to sit at the parlor for a while and drink some tea to warm her up a bit. As she was passing by the door to go to the parlor she saw a man heading for Sweeney's shop and she sighed.

"Well…he at least has customers." She said as she entered the parlor and sat down at one of the chairs. She leaned back and took a sip from her tea while her eyes wandered around the quiet parlor. Her eyes spotted a drawer on the buffet that she hadn't seen before. She stood up from her chair and walked over to it. Hesitantly she opened it and looked inside. Inside there was an old book of recipes and she smiled as she saw it. She took it in her hand and closed the drawer. She returned to her chair and opened it slowly. Her eyes lit up when she saw the various recipes and interested, she started reading them. The book wasn't very big and soon she turned the last page and an old photo fell on her lap. She took it in her hand and looked at it curiously. In the photo there was a young man holding a baby girl in his arms. Both of them were smiling happily. With a small smile on her face she brought the picture closer to her face and then she noticed something. There was something familiar with that man. She squinted her eyes and then realization hit her. It was Sweeney. She raised her eyebrows and stared at the photo shocked.

"Sweeney has a daughter…?" she said to herself in disbelief.

She turned the picture around and she became even more confused.

"Benjamin…Barker…? But…" she whispered stunned.

"But…that's Sweeney…" she said to herself.

She was so lost in thought that she didn't hear the pie shop door open or Sweeney's footsteps coming closer.

"Why aren't you answering me, girl?" Sweeney said from the doorway and she finally looked up. She gasped and her eyes widened as she looked at him. She looked back to the picture and then to him and she was at a loss of words.

"What are you staring at?" he asked her uncomfortably. It was then that he spotted the photo in her hands and he came closer to get a better look at it.

He leaned over her and his eyes darkened when he saw the faces of the picture staring back at him. He took a couple of steps back and he glared at her angrily.

"Where did you get that?" he asked her in a throaty whisper.

"I…I found it…" she said hesitantly, still holding the photo in her hand.

"You found it? Where?" he asked her as he took a few steps closer.

"In that drawer. It was in the inside of this book." She said pointing at the book.

"Give me the photo, Grace." He said to her in a low voice.

"But…this is you…why is there a different name…" she said but he cut her off.

"Give me the damn picture, girl!" he said loudly making her flinch.

"But who is Benjamin Barker…that's you in here…" she said as she stood up from the chair and came closer to him.

"The photo." He said through greeted teeth putting his hand out.

Reluctantly she gave it to him and looked at him. He snatched the photo from her and without another look at it he put it in his pocket. He turned around and started walking towards the door but she grabbed his arm and stopped him from walking away.

'Wait, Sweeney. Please…why is that name on the picture?" she asked him pleadingly.

"None of your business." He said without looking at her as he tried to pry his arm free from her grasp.

"Who is Benjamin Barker…is that you? Why did you change your name…" she asked him again.

He quickly turned around and grabbed her neck in a tight grip, making her gasp.

"You are not to speak that name again in here! Is that understood?" he asked her as his face hardened and his fingers bruised the skin of her neck, making her gasp for breath.

Fearfully she nodded but he continued staring at her dangerously and he didn't let her go. His eyes traveled down her body and he leaned close to her lips but he stopped suddenly. He pushed her away from him and with a last glance towards her he left the room, his boots making extreme noise as they stepped on the wooden floor of the shop. He opened the door and closed it with a loud bang, leaving her alone and scared in the old shop.

End of chapter 10

Author's note: Thank you for reading!So Grace knows about his previous name...

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