Since I've got a lot of writing done the last couple of days and this chapter is really short, I've decided to post it today. Enjoy!

Grace

„See you later, Mom."

„Don't be late for dinner, darling." I call after my son and decide to sit down and read for a bit since all of my children aren't at home, which is rare and gives me some me-time.

Only two pages into the novel I'm currently reading my phone rings and I see my aunt's name flash on the scream.

„Hello Aunt Gail, how are you?"

„I'm fine, darling... I... oh dear, I don't know how to tell you this... but I had a visitor two days ago, a very nice young woman... she... she came to visit because she was friends with Christian when he was a child and teenager."

„Christian." I murmur and put my book away.

„Why was she visiting you?"

„She... oh Gracie, she is looking for him. The poor boy went missing almost six years ago and everyone has just given up and believes he is dead. Miss Steele, she is still looking for him, she seems determined to find out what has happened to him. That is how she found me... she asked me to give you her phone number she would like to talk to you."

„I... I have to talk to Jason first... I'll call you back, aunt Gail." I whisper and hang up before I speed-dial Jason.

„Hi Grace, Caleb, the girls and I are on our way to the supermarket, do you need something?"

„No, Jason something happened, Aunt Gail called... a girl came to visit her... she ... she is looking for Christian."

„I'll be home in ten minutes, sweetheart, don't worry, I'll deal with her." He says and I hang up... oh Christian, what are we going to do?!

Ana

I don't know what to do anymore. There is no way I can confront Elena or Carrick... and I don't think Elliot would even listen to me... I have thought about talking to Mia, but I just don't know if it's the right thing to do. After all, I don't even know what I'm accusing her parents of. I don't know if Elena did try to touch Christian or if they harmed him... I don't know anything.

It's so frustrating, I know he wouldn't have just decided to leave without telling me when there wasn't a good reason for it. And I also don't believe that he got killed by a wild animal because there would have been evidence.

Nick promised me his Dad would look further into Elena and Carrick, but for now, I have nothing to do. Christian never had any friends outside of our little group. So there would only be Kate left, but she is out of town and won't be back for another day.

I'm just about to look at everything we've found out again when my phone rings.

„Ana Steele." I say because I don't recognize the phone number.

„Miss Steele, this is Jason Taylor. My wife was informed by her aunt that you were asking questions about my wife's oldest son."

„Yes, I'm looking for Christian."

„I don't see how my wife could be of any help, her son was stolen from her when he was still a baby. She is very upset and I do not appreciate anyone making my wife upset."

„I was not trying to make your wife upset, I was trying to find out what has happened to her son. He went missing six years ago and no one seems to care to find out what has happened to him."

„I understand that, Miss Steele, but my wife doesn't have any answers for you and maybe you should just accept that he doesn't want to be found."

„No, I can't and I won't. I'm truly sorry for upsetting your wife... but I can't just give up. I will find out what happened to Christian. Have a good day, Mr. Taylor." I hang up and rub my face with both hands. Another dead end... but what was I trying to accomplish by talking to his birthmother anyway... this is so frustrating!

Three days later Lisa and I drive to Seattle to meet with Kate at a cafe. The moment I see her we both smile and hug.

„You look great, Kate. This is my friend Lisa."

„Hi, nice to meet you and you look great too, Ana." She says and we sit down.

„So, I've heard you are back to find out what has happened to Christian." Kate says.

„Elliot?"

„Yes, he called me to give me a heads up... so, do you need help to find him?"

„Wait, you want to help me?"

„Ana, you are not the only one who thinks the way the Greys are behaving in regards to Christian's disappearance is weird. If that was my son who went missing, I wouldn't stop searching for answers until I die, but they just stopped and moved on... it's weird. And I don't think he is dead, I think he ran."

„Why?"

„I never told anyone because... well, it could be nothing, it just... it gives me the chills even thinking about it now. A few weeks before he went missing, Mia, you and I were in the backyard and I went inside to use the bathroom. Christian was in the kitchen doing his homework while probably watching you through the kitchen windows. I told him to stop daydreaming about you and finally get the girl, but he shook his head and said not before he had finished college and made something out of himself, so he could give you everything you could ever want or need. I went to the bathroom and when I wanted to go back I saw his mom, she looked over his shoulder at his homework and then she... she touched him in a really creepy way. She was leaning over him so her tits were pressed against his back and then she ran both hands over his chest and down his stomach. He just jumped up and ran out of the kitchen. Neither of them knew that I saw it and I didn't know what to make of it at the time but I could never shake the feeling that maybe he ran because of her."

„Why didn't you tell anyone?"

„My God, Ana, could you imagine what it would do to Mrs. Grey if I just read more into it than there really was... and she had already lost her son. I told my parents but they told me not to bring it up because the Greys were going through enough, so I never told anyone." She says and I feel sick.

„Are you still hanging out with Elliot and Mia?"

„Not really, with Christian gone we all kind of lost touch. We talk from time to time, but we don't hang out like we used to."

„Kate, I don't know what to do here, I found out so much more and I don't know how to handle this. At this point, I feel like I need to confront Mrs. Grey, but at the same time, I'm scared she hasn't done anything wrong... I just... I need to figure out what happened... I owe it to Christian to find out the truth."

„Well, I'm here and I believe you are right, you need to figure this out. Christian deserves for his story to be heard and who knows, maybe by us figuring this out he will feel safe to come home." Kate says and I nod. I want so bad for him to be alive and come home, but there is also my fear of finding out that the Greys or maybe just Elena murdered Christian because he was about to tell that his own mother was acting inappropriately towards him.

At least now I have Kate on my side and if she is still as tenacious as she had been in our teen years, I know she won't let this go.

Back at home, I go to my room and Skype with my family in Boston before I lay down for a bit to take a nap.

In my dream, I re-live the night Christian went missing and how I thought that he wanted to tell me something completely different but then changed his mind. Maybe he was trying to tell me about what his mom was doing to him but after his siblings had reacted badly to it, he was scared to tell me. If that is true, I wish he would have told me because I would have believed him. We could have talked to my parents and gotten him out of there, there would have been so many ways for me to help him... but I also can't blame him for running if that is what happened. Just the thought of a parent touching a child in a sexual manner is so vile to me it makes me want to vomit.

„Ana?" I look up and see Lisa and Nick.

„Hi, something new?"

„No, well... shit Ana... my Dad has looked further into this and he wants me to come home immediately. I don't know what he has found, because he doesn't want to tell me, but he literally told me I either get home or he is going to disown me." Nick says.

„Don't fight with your Dad, Nick, go home take Lisa and Siobhan with you... if he is that insistent then something is really wrong and I don't want to drag you guys into it. Maybe once you are back he will tell you what has happened."

„What about you, we can't just leave you here."

„I'll be fine, I can't leave, not yet."

„I have such a bad feeling about this, Ana." Lisa says and I smile at her.

„Look, nothing is going to happen to me. Too many people know what I'm doing here, so if anything was to happen to me it would look way too suspicious. Besides, my Dad has a number of guns in the house, I know where they are and how to use them, so I'll be fine and I have Kate to help me out here while you guys can investigate further from Boston and send me updates."

„Are you sure?"

„Yes, I need to know what your Dad has found Nick, so please, go home and try to find out what it is." I say but he looks unconvinced, so I add:

„You know me, I'm a tough cookie, so please don't worry about me."

In the end, all three of them leave for the airport the next morning while I decide that it is time for me to confront Elena Grey with everything I have been able to uncover in the last few days...