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Putting Down Roots:

Chapter Two: Setting Out my Eden:

As I walk away from the surgery, I smile for the first time in what seems like forever. Elliot and Mia are pestering Booty, and she is biting them back, I watch the little black ball of fluff as she yaps at Mia and Mia yaps back, I can't ever remember being so carefree before and so damned happy, yes happy. I was always on the peripherals looking in at their growing up fun, and now I am part of it, until I fuck up that is, again those self doubts are raising their ugly heads, so I breath in and out deeply, I calm down and smile at my siblings and the fluffy pet. I will not phone the last expensive charlatan I hired; his attempt at explaining his lame idea of me going through a re-birthing process, which meant me exiting a faux birth canal, to re-birth a new me, well let's just say it sent me flying out of his office, tout de suite, as they say, he was way more disturbed than me. I will have to look for a local guy.

"Chris, when are you coming back to Seattle?" Elliot is now nursing a bitten finger, good girl Booty...

"I'm in no rush; it's only forty minutes in Charlie Tango, and an hour and forty by car, so I can cut down the days I spend in Seattle and even hand over more responsibility to Ros. I am head hunting two people to help Ros as we speak.

"Christian, Seattle is home, Mom and Dad are there."

"Mia, did you not hear me, it is less than two hours away by car. I need this time away, I need me time Mia, have you forgotten who persuaded our parents to let you go to Paris, remind me again, just how far is Gay Paris from Seattle Mia?"

"That's not fair Christian; all the best culinary schools are in Paris."

"Mia, dear fickle Mia, there are schools all over America with teachers who are the best chefs in the world, for fucks sake I employ seven of the world's best chefs in my own restaurants and hotels. I know you only really went there, because the crush you had at the time was going to live in Paris and try to become an artist, what happened to him? Oh yeah, he ran off with Lily, your best friend. Mia do you really think I don't have you watched over there? Why else did you think our parents agreed so readily to allow you to go? I also know you are now living with a guy in my apartment there, and I know dear sister, that it is none of my business how you run your life, so please leave me to run or ruin mine, please?"

"You have me watched you sneaky son of a blow fish..." I nod my head.

"Wow that was an epic rant Bro, who is the fucking guy Chris; I give a shit, even if you don't. I want a name of the man who is about to get a visit from Cap-n-Crunch."

"Really, stand down Elliot; it seems our brother jumped the gun a little, in his presumption to know me properly, and really you still call your knuckles Cap-N-Crunch, stop dragging them on the ground when you walk you Neanderthal..." She whacked him hard, ouch...

"Who is it Chris, she ain't gonna spill the beans?" He looks angry, I was too, but when I got the report Taylor assured me it was just Ryan, he's new to this sitting around doing nothing crap and was on the verge of quitting, when he was taken in by Mia. My home in Paris is not wired with cameras, however we do have the inside lady, my housekeeper there who says they are a couple. She changes the beds and does the washing so I presume she is telling me the truth, even if Mia can't. After a talk with Dad, I calmed down and realised she was older than me when she started having sex, and she had every right to explore that side of things, so taking my father's advice I agreed to let it run its course. He is her father after all; however, he will be watching my grandparents when he returns home, that's a given.

"Her close protection officer, Paul Ryan, I'm paying him to protect her and wadda ya know he's sleeping with her." Let my little sister wriggle on the hook, all she has to do is be honest with me and admit to the liaison, and I will do my very best to come to terms with it, as a good brother should do. Then I realise what a hypocritical bastard I am, when have I ever been honest with her, with them or with anyone? Double standards Christian, is a double edged sword, be careful you don't impale yourself; sauce for the goose is still sauce for the gander. Oh crap, she looks like a wildcat...

"Ha, that's where you are wrong Christian; we haven't slept together ever, he was following me here there and everywhere and the guy hated it. I moved him into the guest room, so he had some home comforts, and he is on call if I need him I have been having the bad dreams again and he helps me to calm down, my mom is jumping and I can't stop her, he just comforts me with no hanky panky, you moron..."

"Nightmare crap, not again? You two are the bane of my life with your night terrors; for fucks sake get over it all ready. Your mom jumped and your mom died because of drugs. Shit happened to them, not you and I swear you don't need to keep blaming yourselves you were four for fucks sake, and Mia until you saw the video link someone sent you, you didn't even know your mom, I suppose we should be grateful she didn't throw you into the Sound too!" Ouch, that hurt...

"I'm sorry you were the perfect adoption for mom and dad, we were the damaged ones, not you Elliot, you knew your mom and dad loved you, you have pictures and happy memories, what do we have?" Touché Mia...

"A fucking good life, with two wonderful parents and a family that loves you, so get over it and be thankful for what you have and not the crap you don't need any more, and my fee is a smile and a fucking good night's sleep, okay?"Elliot has a point, but I have other things that have damaged me too...

"Okay Elliot, but Christian, try asking me next time, what's going on, before you Christian Trevelyan Grey, get it totally wrong again. I am not like you two, I am still a virgin and I am twenty two, when did you lose yours, fifteen didn't the whore say. Elliot was not that far off that mark either, so don't throw stones you fucking overprotecting morons, you two live in fucking big glass houses, do you two want me to throw stones?" Shock and awe Mia, way to stun your two fucking stupid brothers baby girl, Elliot and I are stunned and shocked.

One, that she's a virgin still, and two, that she actually stood up to me and Elliot... Finally, she has a backbone and is being strong, it may be wrapped in silk and designer dresses, but she has it and is using it, where as mine, mine I lost years ago to the botoxed bitch. I failed to stand up to her and say no, I was used, and in ways that I hadn't realised until the family talk. I now know it is going to take me time to accept and adjust, but I will crawl out from under this feeling sorry for myself phase, that is just as soon as I get my backbone back.

"Booty, do you want to come with Daddy to work?" I ask my dog, I may have lost my balls too, Taylor please help find my balls and backbone; they may be filed under the lost file, called getting a life?

"He is coming home with me, I need to work on some recipes I have, and Gail says the new kitchen is a dream, can I take the car and do a really big shop, and the crap you got yesterday will kill you Christian?" Wow has she a split personality disorder, I'd still be ranting, why isn't she?

"Yeah, take mine I can go in Elliot's, are you two stopping a while?" She loves my SUV, and wants one for her birthday, in fucking pink!

"I was heading back Monday with Mia, who is back in Paris Tuesday, so you are your own until you know your people move in, then the gossips will really have something to talk about, how are you going to explain security following you everywhere?"

"He could tell them they are fickle and or live in a lie for eleven years; I mean you can keep a secret Christian, if it suits you I mean, so why can't I have some of my own? I mean would have been so hard to say you used escorts, we asked you all the time were you seeing anyone, but you lied to us, we thought you were fucking gay for god's sake, mom even did a course at work, ready for when you came out as gay to us." Mia has a point, but how does one say yes, actually I am, and I will be I seeing her again later and whipping my submissive non girlfriend for my pleasure, do you want to meet her hog tied and being fisted, do you want to come and watch me get my kink on? I wonder if my mom did a course in that?

"Okay then, would increasing your allowance get you off my back then?" I opened a can of worms and she isn't happy...

"Do you think I'm that shallow?" I shake my head at Elliot, he is about to come back with a snide remark.

"Well, how about I throw in a new car for your use in Paris, Mia?"

"Oh what sort and what is the increase in allowance going to be?" Apparently, my sister is that shallow.

"You upset me too Chris." He cannot be serious.

"Fuck off Lelliot, you got your new car three weeks ago and you have just landed the biggest job you have ever undertaken. Now do we take Doodle Bomb here with us?"

"She's registered as Booty now, you know with the two hotties? I think that's like her name now Bro, it's all official, she is Booty Trevelyan?"

"She was so good in there weren't you Booty?" Elliot and I fawn over the puppy whilst Mia peruses the main street.

"It isn't very, err, busy here is it?"

"You should see it on a weekend." I joke...

"Christian, it's sort of Saturday, what do they do for nightlife and crap?"

"I guess they know where the action is, I got K's number she is gonna show me some later. Want me to ask her to bring a friend for you?" Elliot flashes his phone and grins, and of course this means he will be getting some action, damn it I will need ear plugs...

"No, I'm fine for now thanks Elliot. Mia, here sit in the back with Booty; she really should be in her carry bag." Mia is ignoring me...

"What is she, did you ask, I would guess a Labrador or a cross thing?"

"Yes Mia, Ana says she thinks she is a pedigree and yes a black lab. Who could give such a sweet thing away, I mean look at her eyes?"

"Whoa Bro, that injection mom gave you, was it full of lady junk? I swear you boobs have got bigger too..."

"Argh, my brother the boob connoisseur, no Elliot I did some crazy hours with Claude, to rid me of some tensions and did some harsh upper body work."

"Okay you two, let's get home before this turns into a proper bromance." Mia has such a nice smile.

"Okay snarky pants, you will need to head out for supplies, they don't have a lot of choice here."I counter.

"Why did the mall go bust, it's needed around here? I mean there is no clothing stores, no good food market, well not that I can see and where the hell is a beauty salon? Talking of salons, are you still going to be part owner of Esclava?"

"No, I am calling in my markers and she has thirty days to repay my loans or they become mine, pity you didn't finish beauty school, you could have had them!"

"I'd rather be pampered, than have to pamper some other person's body, perhaps Elliot can retrain he's good with his hands."

"I may do that Little Sis, I am I'm told, I'm very good at the deep tissue, inner massage."

"Urkkkk, you are a sick man Elliot Trevelyan Grey." Mia and Elliot have always had this jokey and fun connection and it's nice to be part of it.

"Mia, drop the Grey please, and scream a little lower." We head home and place the puppy in her playpen, she has everything she needs and Mia says she will be back as soon as she finds a farmers market. Elliot and I reluctantly leave her with Mia, but Ana said the jabs would make her sleepy and she needs her sleep... Here balls, here balls, where are you, my poor missing balls? My inner Christian is a sad bastard and so I'm depressed a little and confused a lot... We drive the short distance to the abandoned building, the one I passed on my way into town and it has the potential to be huge, there are four lots not even being worked on. Perhaps there is room to improve and add in even more retail and leisure facilities?

"Elliot, did Jose get the plans from your buddy?"

"He did; Josh is kind of glad you stepped in, and he's like some work out of it, he's really good in construction. He just didn't have the backing to go it alone; his wife was the one who told him to take the project from the developer. She has been busy you know, trying to find backers to finish it and get some of their money back. She is a feisty and savvy business woman."

"I work alone Elliot, you can subcontract all you want, but GEH is my business and this is my project."

"Okay, but if you need help she apparently has the connections."

"Thanks Elliot, but no thanks. I have my own finance teams and my own money. Ros has been doing this just as long as I have and I think we know what we are doing."

"I guess that's a shut up Ell?"

"No, I appreciate you looking out for me, I do, and it means a lot especially after this week's reveal."

"Yep a week ago today we found out my little baby brother is into whips and chains, wait I have just the song on my iPod for you." He messed around and out of his overpriced sound system came the voice of Rihanna and her ode to kink whips and chains.

"Funny thing is it's on my iPod too..." We laugh as we pull up and Elliot's team is all ready here. I am about to turn off the music when I see a face from my fucking past. Fuck...

"Elliot, how's it hanging mate?" Mate, that's an Australian accent, and as I look towards the smiling woman, I cringe. Susannah, she left my service and moved to Australia with her husband, and now she's on my doorstep again.

"Fine Josh, really good actually, meet my brother Christian."

"It is a pleasure to meet you, your brother and I butt heads all the time, but I have yet to meet the brother he is so proud of. Josh Browning, and this is my wife Susannah, she has been my rock since we lost our trousers on this one. She whips my ass all the time, you know, for not seeing what she did, that the developer was clueless. Here Susie, meet Christian Grey." I'd rather not thank you. Will she dare initiate contact? She walked forward and smiled.

"Hello Mr Grey, we are happy to be in bed with you as they say." I gulped; she fucking went there.

"I'm sorry Mrs Browning, but as I told Elliot I don't need this to be a joint project, I am though very happy for Browning construction to be a part of Elliot's team, I have no need for backing, and we have everything in place." She grins, the fucking bitch...

"I was speaking metaphorically Mr Grey. We, Josh and I don't need the hassle; this project is too big for one person, unless it's the great Christian Grey."

"Yes well, it was mentioned by Elliot you had worked hard getting backers and I'm sure once the sale goes through you will be able to relax and take things easier, without the financial burden this place had on you, besides the contracts are all ready to be signed and in place, I never break my contracts."

"I'm going back to Australia as soon as the contracts are signed. I have business over there to sort out."

"If you mean our son is business? Then you do, he's missing his mum." I walk towards Griffin, Elliot's site chief. I try to block out her shrill fake laughter out and discuss the plans with Griffin...

"Griffin, so what do you think?"

"It's a couple of year's work and the plans are a little outdated, this place was last worked on three years ago, some of it has to come down and it's been shoddily done." I raise my eyebrow and he and the other guy follow me. "This is Jose Rodriguez, he has an idea it needs knocking down and using the plans you had for Chicago here and I have to agree, it's been a nickel and dime operation here."

"Sir, these are the plans you approved for Chicago, I have added in the hotel and the housing projects from two other sites to expand into the vacant lots. It will add in a half a billion to the costs, but the rewards will be tenfold Sir." I'm impressed.

"How have you got the plans for the hotel and the housing project from New Orleans?"

"They were mine, I submitted them into a competition with Grey Estates Incorporated, and I was lucky, they picked them for the two city developments you gave me a job and well now I work for your brother... Sir..."

"Were we at Grey Estates, not fulfilling your employment and job needs Mr Rodriquez? Why move to Grey Construction?"

"Sir, I'd rather be in a smaller company and be listened to and appreciated, than be walked over and ignored in a massive company, as I was with your company, or rather by my bosses at your company. I have never seen you before."

"Their loss is my brother's gain, and I am sorry you were treated like that, truly. Here, please put the plans in the tail gate and let's see what improvements you have made." He is eager to please. He has been up all night by the looks of his eyes and these plans are amazing, someone's head will roll for letting this gem walk away from Grey Estates. Elliot brings Josh and that woman to look over the plans.

"I'd like everything gone by the end of the week, take the ground level down to accommodate the underground parking, which Jose has recommended, and get everyone here ready to roll Monday at nine-o-five after the contracts are signed. Elliot every team you have needs to be here, I want this to happen and I want you to advertise in the three towns around here for workers, local if possible and use as many local suppliers too."

"Will do Boss, and Christian, what do you want, do you want Josh to be involved in the build?"

"Josh, oh yes Josh. Did you have anything to do with the substandard materials used?"

"No, the developer did that."

"Why as a builder and a construction expert would you not realise the consequences of using inferior goods?"

"To be honest with you, I was in Australia for the main developments, Susie had trouble with Josh junior's delivery, he was and she was in danger so I stopped over there for six months. I can't believe he's three already."

"He is three your son?" I look at Susannah, and she nods her head. "Yeah just, he had his birthday two weeks ago." I do the mental maths and I stare at Susannah. Is he my fucking son? "He was a poorly preemie baby and he is lucky to be with us ain't that so Suzie?"

"He is he was born at seven months Mr Grey." I let out the breath I was angrily holding on too, he could have just been mine at nine months, fuck me I nearly had a fucking major breakdown. "He has his father's big and beautiful brown eyes and jet black hair, and his temperament too. Josh, can we just concentrate on expanding in Australia and leave this to the Grey's we need to be with JJ?" Okay overkill on letting me know he ain't mine Susannah.

"Yeah, I would have liked to be in at the start of this, but hell when the next Browning makes her appearance, we can't have you flying here and there all the time, can we Baby?"

"You are pregnant, congratulations. I wish you well. Look, I have to walk around the project now, I will not be at the signing Ros is seeing to it, I am going away for a few weeks, for a holiday!" I feel the need to distance myself from both Susannah and her other friend, Elena, she will be on the phone and telling her of our meeting, of that I am sure. "In fact, I leave for Paris with my sister on Tuesday." Let Elena use her contacts and they will confirm my plane is taking Mia home. I nudge Elliot who is about to wake up to what I have just said.

"Well, I have an old friend to see in Seattle whilst we are there, you may know her Elena Lincoln, she was my mentor in business, before I met and married Josh here? It would have been nice to see you Sir, but there will be other times, look us up when you are in Australia." She fucking went there and Elliot has cottoned on. I need to liquidate anything I have in Australia. They get in their car and head towards fucking Seattle. I take Elliot to one side as the guys look over the plans.

"Was she one of the many you fucked in those sleazy clubs of yours?"

"Yes I fucked her all right, as you so correctly stated, but at Escala and yes, she was a submissive for a few months, before she left me for her husband."

"Wait, is that why you went white when she mentioned the kid, is it yours?"

"No, and yes, but as he was early no, no there is no possibility he is mine. I will however get him checked out, and do a check on the others and have Elena fucking Lincoln watched. Now what do you really think, can you do this?"

"What, you have gone from babies to construction I want details..."

"Not happening Elliot, you have been told as much as I can bear for now, just let it drop. I wouldn't have trusted working with Josh and her anyway, she and Elena are birds of a feather and yes they do stick together."

"I will have to live here for a good part of the year; I ain't driving here there and everywhere twice a fucking day."

"Crap, I didn't think that through, build an office and live in that. You are a slob."

"Umm, I say relaxed, where as you say slob, potatoes vs. patatoes..."

"Thank god for Gail..."

"Indeed, she washes my smalls really nicely."He counters. We spend a few hours walking and spraying yellow lines everywhere and I cannot wait to start. I make a phone call to Barney and Welch my security and IT guys.

"Barney, I want full and recent reports on all the fifteen, I also want all the information on Susannah Browning, Moore as was, and her child Joshua Browning, photos and medical files, blood sample too if possible."

"Is she claiming he is yours, I did the yearly check and nothing popped out on her, nothing has popped out since she left you Sir? The child is her husbands, and had I had any doubt's I would have red flagged them to your email account, however I will test again, if you wish?"

"No, she just stunned me by turning up here that's all. Thank you Barney; sorry for snapping at you too, I had a shock that's all."

"No need to explain, is she still there?"

"No, which is why I want you Welch to have Elena and her followed, oh and have me written into the flight plan for Paris, I may have told her I was off there with Mia."

"24/7 Sir, there is news on the Lincoln troll has shown she is in hospital at the moment having a few corrective procedures."

"Cancel her healthcare plan; it doesn't cover elective corrective surgeries."

"Very well Sir anything else?" I await the fallout from that.

"Yes, Elliot is doing a job recruitment for this palace, have want ads ran in all the usual places around here, locals wanted that sort of thing, they are to be here at nine at the West Field Mall on Monday morning; people do look online for jobs right?"

"They do, and word will spread. I have the financials on Esclava, they are very bleak and the place is running at a heavy loss, without your investment I give her two weeks before she loses everything."

"Good, so it's going to be a busy two weeks then, thank Welch for me, thanks Barney I have a hot date with Booty to get home too." He is laughing.

"I would say keep the activities of your sex life to yourself, Sir, but we happen to know that Booty is an eight week old black lab puppy, who is adorbs..."

"Mia...?"

"Yes, she wanted the best dog grooming centre in the area, she said she was taking her to be cleaned and pampered. I sent her to one in Portland and yes security were with her."

"Ryan? Or did you send Reynolds?"

"Both, one for Mia, and one for Booty, they are back in Montesano now and all is well." I laugh, thank them and end the call. Elliot and I head for home, well home for the foreseeable future, and it actually feels like I am home. I needed this place and this place it needs me...


Thanks for the followers and the favourites, I really am gobsmacked and it was going to be a one off, it won't be massive, but it will be different lol and if I said there is HAE AND NO CHEATING, that would spoil it hahahaha, it's a long and winding road... read my other two stories on here they will give you a clue as to how I write lol...