Hey y'all! Y'all's response to this story has been crazy. Thank you so much. I also wanted to let y'all know that there is a Pintrest board to go along with this story. The board is called Fifty Shades of Hidden Happiness or my Pintrest name is Rose White. Also, the only changes in the last chapter are spelling and I noticed that I accidentally added a paragraph twice. I know this chapter isn't very long and doesn't have all the answers, but have no fear the next chapter is already written and will be up tomorrow, I have to find some way to keep you coming back for more. Now without further ado here's the answers you were waiting for.
Christian POV
Well, here goes nothing.
"Actually, I guess the story really starts when Ana was 14. Her mother, Carla, and step-father, Ray, who adopted her eventually, divorced because Carla had been cheating on Ray for years. Ray had put up with it because he loved Ana and knew that if they divorced Carla would take Ana away with her. This ended up being exactly what happened. Carla eventually asked for the divorce because she met a man by the name of," I pause and look over at my perfect daughter, the daughter that I didn't meet until she was a year and a half old. She's watching her favorite princess and has no idea the horror story I'm telling right now is really as much her story as it is Ana's. I turn back to my parents, lower my voice, and say his awful name, "Steven Morton."
"Steven insisted that Carla bring Ana with her to Georgia, even though she honestly would have been perfectly fine leaving Ana behind and never having to deal with her again. All was peaceful for about 6 months, then Steven started sneaking into Anastasia's room when Carla wasn't home. She was 15. She resisted him to begin with but he would beat her when she would. She started losing hope little by little; he was getting his way anyway so she fought less and less. He started to get bold and would sneak in at night when Carla was home but asleep, eventually Carla found out about it but turned a blind eye because Steven had money and she didn't want to be married for a 4th time. She's on her 5th marriage by the way. Anyway, 11 days before Ana turned 18 Steven and Carla went to a Halloween party. Steven got very drunk and was careless that night with Ana. He also beat her so badly she almost died. She didn't wake up for three days. A neighbor found her when they heard Steven with her. She was rushed to the hospital but refused to tell them anything. She was there for almost three weeks recovering. After being there I believe it was nine days they ran some blood work, turns out she was pregnant. Steven Morton was the only possible father. Because she was still 17 for another day they called her mother to inform her, who in turn told Steven. Steven told Carla not to worry about it, that he would go and take care of it. He went to the hospital and demanded that she got an abortion. Ana, being Ana, refused. She instead struck a deal with him. He was to leave them alone and sign over his parental rights right then and there and in exchange she wouldn't press any charges against him. She had him up against the wall and he knew it. He didn't like it but he did as she requested, and true to her statement she has never told a person of authority what he did and she has never pressed charges."
"That's just awful Christian. She must be a strong person to endure so much at such a young age. And to choose to keep her child, that's amazing" my mother points out.
"That's because Ana is amazing Mom. Ana and Marie are the best things to ever happen to me." That brings my mom to tears. I'm not stupid. I know that she has been really worried about me my whole life. I feel guilty for the pain I've caused her I really do, there was just nothing I could do about it. I know she thinks I've distanced myself even more these past three years but that's just not the case. I became a family man. Christian Grey, a family man. No one saw that coming. There was no way for me to leave them every Sunday when the weekends were family time and the holidays I wanted to spend with my daughter and fiancée. While I would have loved to be able to share all these times with both my family and Ana and Marie, it just wasn't possible. Elliot always has a new girlfriend and we couldn't trust them not to talk, same with my parents' staff. Plus the paparazzi that always follow me around would have been bound to catch a picture of us.
"Well that explains how Marie came to be, but how did you get involved with them, and why keep it a secret from us? You know we can keep a secret Christian." Mom half asks half scolds.
"Look Mom, this wasn't an easy decision, I promise you I wanted nothing more than to share this part of my life with you but it just..." and we are interrupted by a doctor walking in.
Grace POV
Right when I'm about to find out how my son's life got turned upside down, well actually maybe Ana just turned it right side up, anyway I see the head doctor I assigned to Ana's case come in and interrupt Christian's story. I assigned a good friend of mine Dr. Tyler Norris to help on Ana's case as now I can no longer be objective.
"Grace, I need to speak with you a moment please" Tyler requests.
"Is this about Ana? Mom if it is I have to know" Christian jumps in. I can't really blame him can I?
"Tyler, please come in. I'm sure you remember my son Christian. He's here as Anastasia's family. Is she who you need to speak to me about?"
"Yes she is actually. We found something I think you may be interested in. Christian can I please ask you what your relation to Miss Steele is?"
"Why? Why does it matter? Is she okay damn it?!" Christian asks in a raised voice. This gets the attention of little missy sitting in the corner. She whips her headphones off and looks at Christian with the cutest annoyed face I have ever seen.
"DADDY! What did Momma tell you 'bout yellin inside? It iz not vewy nice and I'm TRYIN ta watch my pwincesses ova here!" She gives him a big eye roll and puts her headphones back on. Did this little girl just put Christian in his place? I think she did. Carrick seems to voice my thoughts.
"Well Christian it seems like you have two women keeping you in line and I'll be damn if that wasn't the cutest telling off I've ever seen."
"Yes Dad, Marie certainly inherited her mother's attitude. Speaking of whom…" he turns back to Tyler. "Look patient doctor confidentiality binds you not to tell anyone outside of this room who I am to Ana right?"
"Yes, as long as it's not illegal I can't say anything."
"Well then I'm her fiancée, now will you please tell me how Ana is?"
"Yes, sorry. Ana is suffering from many different injuries right now but I'm sure you know what we're most concerned about," Tyler is looking at Christian like he is supposed to know something that is clearly written on Christian's face that he has no idea.
"I'm sorry but I really have no idea what you mean. Ana doesn't have any medical conditions that I'm aware of that would be relevant at the moment." At this statement Tyler pales considerably and turns to me.
"Grace, can I please see you outside for a moment? Please Grace." He looks so helpless, right as I'm about to agree to walk outside with him Christian speaks up.
"Fucking tell me damn it! What in the hell is wrong with my Ana!"
"DADDY! Do not make me puts you in times out!" Oh now that was precious.
"Daddy is sorry sweetie. Watch your princesses now." He whips his head around back to Tyler. "Tell me damn it!" I almost preferred the yelling as opposed to this almost silent, but still very commanding whisper.
"Um, well, have you noticed any changes in Ana lately? Any vomiting, weight gain, mood swings?" Oh no, I can see where this is heading a mile away and the Christian I know is going to be none too happy about it.
"No, I haven't noticed any of those. Well, maybe the weight gain, but it was nothing I was really concerned about. Why do you ask?"
"Well while we were doing an ultrasound of Ana's abdomen to determine what the cause of what looked like swelling in her abdomen we found something we didn't really expect to as we had not gotten the blood tests back yet," my ever impatient son cuts him off right there.
"Right, right, okay, so what is it that you found?"
"Well, we found a heartbeat."
Poor Christian is in such a state it's not clicking in his brain yet.
Christian POV
He found a heartbeat? He found a heartbeat. I feel like I'm missing something. This is good right? Ana's heart is beating. Why in the world is my mom crying?
"Well, that's good right? Ana's heart is beating. She's alive. I don't understand what blood tests have to do with that."
"Maybe I should explain better, we found more than one heartbeat. Actually, in total, including Ana's there are four heartbeats."
If someone was looking for my heartbeat right now, I don't think they'd actually find one. FOUR heartbeats. Four. Including Ana's so that leave three extra heartbeats. Now, I'm a self-made billionaire, I'm far from stupid but what he's saying sounds a lot like he's trying to tell me… "Ana's pregnant? With three babies?"
"Yes, otherwise known as triplets" the smartass doctor informs me.
