Ana POV
I'm sitting in the back of an SUV wondering just what my fiancée has up his sleeve. He sent me home from work early, arranged for Gail to babysit Marie for the evening and even had an outfit laid out for me on our bed when I got home. I would normally think he had something really romantic planned but he has me wearing jeans, an cute 3 quarter sleeve tan shirt, and a scarf with a pair of brown boots.
I look up and see Taylor looking nervous, too nervous for my liking. Usually Sawyer is my bodyguard but he had some appointment to go to so I have Taylor today while Ryan takes Christian. I hope Ryan doesn't go into shock having to put up with CEO Christian Grey all day. I really only think Taylor is able to do it because he's just done it for so long. Which brings me back to why he is looking so damn nervous.
"Taylor, what in the world is putting that look on your face?" I can't help but ask.
"Um, Miss Steele, it seems we are being followed by that truck behind us. I've taken three wrong turns now and they won't get off our tail."
I down around and my face drains of all color.
"Taylor, we're in trouble. The driver is Steven Morton and that in the passenger seat is Miss Bitch Troll herself, Elena Lincoln. I'm going to call Christian and let him know and then call Gail so she can make sure to keep Marie locked away in the house and not let anyone in the gates. I think I'm even going to send them into the secret room and lock themselves in just to be safe. How did he know we were here Taylor? How long has he been following us?" I ask Taylor in pure panic. I decide to call Gail first because when I turn around I can see them make a left turn while we continue straight.
"Gail. It's Ana. Listen to me and listen carefully. Steven Morton is in town. Yes I know just listen. He was following Taylor and I but he just took a turn away from us. I need you to take Marie and bring her into the secret room, lock yourselves in and come out only with instruction to do so from Mr. Grey, myself or Taylor understand? Tell Marie I love her. Thank you Gail." Now onto Christian. This will not be fun.
"FUCK!" screams Taylor. I look up just in time to see none other than Steven's truck coming to barrel into my side of the SUV. I see that Elena is missing and then my whole world goes black.
Christian POV
What in the world could possibly be taking Ana and Taylor so long? They are 30 minutes late! That's it, I'm calling Ana. Her phone rings and rings with no answer. Now I'm starting to worry. She always answers her phone. No matter what. My phone starts ringing and I see it's my mother. That's odd. She's usually at the hospital working at this time.
"Grey."
"Christian, sweetie. It's Mom. Um, I was wondering if you knew a young lady by the name of Anastasia Steele by any chance?" I swear my heart just started beating 100 times faster.
"Why Mom?" Fuck, I even sound panicked to myself.
"Christian. I just need to know if you know her."
"Mom, you're supposed to be at work. Is Ana there? Is that why you are calling?"
"So you do know her. Interesting. I think that maybe you should come down here."
"Mom listen. I will explain things to you but I need to be clear about one thing, NO ONE and I mean no one is to know that Miss Steele and I know each other. Do you understand?"
"Christian, what in the world? Are you into something illegal? Do I need to get your father down here? You're worrying me Christian."
"Mother I will explain it all when I arrive. I'm on my way. No, it's nothing illegal. Well, not on my part anyway. And actually, bringing Dad may not be such a bad idea. Call him and tell him to meet us down there."
"Not on your part? Oh my goodness Christian. Just get down here!"
"I'm coming Mom. And listen, that women means the world to me, I need you to make sure she's fine." And with that I hang up, before I spill too many secrets. I'm completely panicking right now. Something's happened to half of my reason for living, secrets are about to come out and this information is going to rock a lot of people's world.
Grace POV
Oh geez, my day has been crazy busy so far and I still have 3 hours left in my shift. I just sit here wondering about my family. Mia is in Paris right now studying abroad. I'm so looking forward to her coming home soon. I know she's enjoying her time out there, out of all three of my children she is the most easygoing. Elliot is a close second though. He has a new girlfriend right now, but that's not really new. He always has a new girlfriend. This Kate however, I'm not so fond of. She tries too hard, that's for sure. I'm an amazing judge of character and I can just tell that Kate is hiding something, and dark side that I don't want my son caught up in. I would talk to Elliot about it, but she'll be gone before long so I don't really see the need to. And that just leaves my middle child Christian. He's the one I'm the most worried about. He needs to find some happiness. He's defiantly been lighter these past, well I guess three years, but I have a strong suspicion he's keeping something from us, and that I don't like. He knows he can always come to us so I just can't figure out what it is. Of course, he's always been one to keep secrets. I think he's waiting for us to turn our back on him like his birth mother did, and well, that's just not ever going to happen. He may not be my flesh and blood but make no mistake, that boy is my son. Oh no, there goes my pager. The children's ward has been so slow today I guess it's not really a wonder that I'm being paged to the ER.
When I get down there my heart stops. That's Jason Taylor, Christian's bodyguard.
"Dr. Grey, I've got this one you take the next ambulance, they say it doesn't look good. Car accident. The passenger was worse off than this man who was driving."
"His name is Jason Taylor. He's my son's security. His wife Gail Taylor works as my son's house keeper. You need to get someone to call her and get her down here. She'll want to know straight away."
"Yes ma'am."
Okay, I need to get into doctor mode. I just know that Christian is coming in that next ambulance and if they say it looks bad, well, I need to be a doctor first and a mother later.
"Jane Doe, looks to be in her early 20's. Unconscious when we arrived at the scene." They keep going with her stats but I'm frozen for a moment. Why is this strange women with Taylor? They were in the same vehicle. Maybe Christian is keeping a secret from me. But why? What in the world could be wrong with this women so he wouldn't tell me?
"Dr. Grey?" That's all it takes to snap me back into myself.
"Yes okay, let's get some X-Rays done and some blood work. We need to figure out all that's going on inside."
Jane Doe's phone starts ringing and I grab it to see who it is. The name "Christian Grey" is flashing across the screen with a lovely picture of this women and him with their faces close together and oh my! That's an engagement ring on her left hand. Seems there is more going on here than even I know. I need to find out her name and call Christian. They take her away and bring me her pulse. I go into her wallet and look for her ID. There it is. Anastasia Steele. Well, I guess I need to call Christian and let him know.
Christian's phone call has left me reeling. I immediately pick up my phone again and call my husband.
"Hello?"
"Carrick dear. Um, it seems you need to get down here to the hospital immediately."
"Is it one of the kids? Christian? Elliot? Mia? No, she's in Paris! You? Grace what is going on?!"
"Carrick calm down. I'm not even sure what's going on. All I know is that none of the kids or myself is hurt. Now will you please come down here? Christian is on his way here and he told me to call you to come. There is a young women here who seems to have some relation with him and that is really all I know."
"Okay, I'm on my way. I'll be there as soon as I can."
We hang up and I figure maybe I should go ahead and call Gail while Ana is still having tests done.
"Hello? This is Gail Taylor."
"Gail darling, it's Grace Grey, Christian's mother."
"Oh, hello Dr. Grey. How can I help you? Christian's not in right now."
"Yes I know I was actually calling for you. I think you may want to get to the hospital as soon as you can. Taylor was in a car accident and I figure you'll want to be here. Christian is on his way to deal with the young women that was also in the car."
"Oh my goodness! Is Jason okay? Is Ana okay? Oh Grace, I don't know if I can come down at the moment."
"Gail, I'm not sure why you wouldn't be able to make it right now, but I really do believe Jason is going to need you. Anything else should be secondary." I'm confused. If this was Carrack I'd already be in my car!
"Marie, Marie, what would I do with Marie. Well maybe if we took extra security. I'm sure Mr. grey couldn't argue with that. Plus, he'll be there. And if Ana's hurt she'll want Marie." Gail is whispering all of this to herself, sounding like she's having a debate. And just who is this Marie?
"Dr. Grey, I'm going to be leaving soon. I'll see you there." And with that she hangs up. This is turning into a really strange day.
Within minutes of letting Jason's doctors know that I called Gail for them Christian arrives.
"Mom! Where is Ana?!" Christian asks me in what can only be described in pure panic. He's is in a ridiculous state right now.
"Christian calm down. Anastasia is alive, but unconscious. She is having tests run right now. Jason is actually awake but also going through tests. I've called Gail and she should be on her way now."
"Wait. Gail's coming?"
"Well of course Christian. Jason is hurt, why wouldn't she come?"
"Fuck! This just keeps getting worse." I'm honestly baffled right now. Why is Gail coming such a big deal?
"Look Christian you just sit right here and I'm going to go check on Miss Steele and Jason and see if there is anything I can do." He sits but that's the only response I get. I see Carrack at the end of the long hallway so I start walking towards him to explain all this. I get about 10 ft from Carrack and see a little girl turn the corner. You can tell she's running away from her parents.
"DADDY! DADDY! DADDY!" she starts screaming. I turn to see where he father is, but the only person in the hallway I see is Christian. She keeps running though, now with determination. Christian does not need a child mistaking him for their dad right now so I turn to her to head her off.
"Sweetie, that's not your Daddy. Why don't I try to help you find him?"
"Dat is my Daddy dough. Tristian is what Momma calls hims." Now this is just crazy. My son would NOT have a child and not tell me. I look to Carrick and he's just as confused. By the time I turn around again she's off.
"Daddy! Daddy!"
"Hey Princess," Christian responds. "Did you come here with Miss Gail? Let me guess you ran away from her right? What did Mommy and Daddy tell you about holding her hand when you're not at the house? Someone could steal you and then what would we do? We love you too much baby girl." That's it. I really think I'm going to pass out. I start to fall and Carrack catches me. He has a daughter? My son has a daughter and never told me. Now that I get a better look she is the splitting image of Miss Anastasia Steele. Christian looks up and sees us.
"Mom, Dad, it's not what you think." It better not be.
"Daddy. You have a Mommy and Daddy?" The little girl speaks up.
"Yes Princess. Mom and Dad, meet Marie Steele Grey. Is there somewhere we can go to talk in private? There is a lot that you don't know, and it looks like I'm going to have to explain it now."
Christian POV
I grab Marie and follow Mom and Dad into a conference room.
"Daddy, where's Momma. She tolds me she was commina see you. Miss Gill and me had to go in da seket room and Momma said we hadda stay there." Those words just made my heart stop. That room is for a Steven Morton emergency and a Steven Morton emergency only. I have got to speak to Gail right now.
"The secret room? Momma made you and Miss Gail go in the secret room?" I ask just to be sure.
"Yep!" She says proud of herself.
"Okay Princess. Listen you are to stay by me at ALL times okay? Do not run away from me and remember what we do if we see that bad man?"
"Yes Daddy! We scream for help and we run to the closest security man or you, Momma, or Miss Gill."
"Perfect Princess. Now listen why don't we watch a movie on Daddy's iPad while he talks to these nice people? I have your headphones for you to listen to the movie with. How does that sound?"
"Otay Daddy. Can I watch the one with the Princess whose Daddy died? With the mouse?"
"Of course Princess. Daddy will play Cinderella for you. Now why don't you have a seat in the big chair over there in the corner and I'll be right over here if you need anything. Wait, do you need to potty first?"
"No Daddy. Miss Gill had me go wight befowe we comes here."
"Perfect." I set her up and turn around to see my parents shocked faces. Yes, I guess this is a side of me they're not quite used to seeing.
"Okay, first off, let me just say I did not go off and have a child and not tell you, and that the reason you don't know anything about Ana and Marie is for safety reasons and safety reasons alone. If there was any way that people knowing about my family was safe I would have told not only you but everyone else too. Now, what I'm about to tell you can NOT leave this room, no matter what. I understand that because of today's events things are going to change, but the details need to stay here and not go any farther. Understood?" They both give me a nod. Obviously still too shocked to form words. I take this and continue with my story.
"This all started about three years ago…."
Disclaimer: I own no characters other than Marie.
