I call the number that Christian gave me,

"Welch" the man's voice is gruff and sounds as if he could lay off the cigarettes.

"Yes, this is Ana Grey, Christian gave me this number"

he clears his throat, "Yes, ma'am Mrs. Grey, what can I do for you?"

I then say "I am not sure exactly what it is I am needing, but I need to make sure that this stays between you and I."

He is silent for a moment and says "Mrs. Grey, this is highly against protocal, Mr. Grey would..."

I then stop him and say "Mr. Welch, Christian is very much aware of my needs for your service and has promised to allow me to handle this situation without his interference, that is why he gave me your number"

He hesitates and states, "I see, will Mr. Grey confirm this?"

I am a bit irritated by this man, always answering to Christian, everyone works for him, my ever domineering control freak fifty.

"Mr. Welch your loyalty to my husband is commendable, but I fear thatyour loyalty would impede us from doingbuisness together, I need to be for sure that you will keep my matter private and will not inform my husband of anything that we discuss."

He huffs and mutters something about athis woman trying to get mekilled.

"Mrs. Grey, I am not comfortable going behind Mr. Grey'sback like this."

"Well thank you for your time, I will have to hire my own private investigator. Thank you for yourhonesty." I hang up and then sigh in defeat.

It takes him all of five minutes to call me back,

"Mrs. Grey I am sorry I doubted you,after speaking to your husband Iunderstandwhat i am to do.Now can you give me a name of who it is you want me to investigate? I promise I will be discreet and will not disclose any information to your husband."

I doubtthat this is true, knowing Christian he is saying what he thinks I want to hearand plotting behind my back and making itseem as if I am handling this on my own. What choice doI have? IfI do go with someone else Christian will find out what they know. I might as well cut out that middle man and just use Welch. I give him the name with the understanding that is the most crucial information to keep from my husband,

"I had a restrainingorder against him, but i am not sure if this is the same that sent me the flowers, but he is the firstto come to mind."

I can hear him typing on a keyboard in the background and he asks me

"Why did you get a restraining order against him?"

I don't want to disclose this, I do not want Christian to know the details.

"If you cando thiswithout that information, it would be great."

He then says "I will see what I can do, I will call you as soon as I have anything"

I then sigh in relief "Thank you, Mr. Welch"

"Mrs. Grey, you have a phone call on line two"

I pick up the phone and hit the button that is blinkingindicating a holding call.

"This is Ana Grey"

The voice on the other end of the line is disguised, "Hello, Anastasia, you look lovely today."

I gasp "Who is this? What do you want?"

The voice laughs and it sounds soevil

"What do I want? My dear Ana banana, that would be too easy, I can't just tell you what I want. I have to show you. give you clues, build up the suspense."

I then say "I don't have time for games. Tell me what you want or leave me alone."

I go to hang up and he says "Don't hang up, Anastasia, you will miss some very crucial information if you do. The first thing I want is to see you in person"

I shake my head

"No, not going to happen"

He chuckles again

"You were always one for going against anything I said."

I now know that this is who I think it is.

"It was worth a try, I must admit, Ana, I am impressed with the amount of security you surround yourself with, butjusthow confident are you in the securityat Seattle's most prestigious private school your children attend?"

Now I see red.

"You leave my children out of this, or so help me..."

He cuts me off "It's amazing what a mom would do for her child, just ask your own mom what she did for you."

He then hangs up. I don't even realize I am shaking until Hannah comes into my office.

"Ana? Are you okay? Should I call someone? You look sick."

I shake my head.

"I have to go, I need to leave right now"

I run out and Sawyer is standing close by.

"Mrs. Grey?" I point to the car.

"Lets go to the kid's school"

I command as he opens the door for me and I get in and pull out my phone and call Christian, he answers after two rings.

"Ana?"

I try to hide the panic in my voice.

"Christian, the children" I can hear him shift in his chair

"What about the children, Ana? Whats going on?"

I try to gather my thoughts and say what I need to say

"Heknows where thekids go to school, he wanted to meetwith me, and I told him no, and he asked me if I was confident in the security of the school"

Christian cuts me off

"Whoa, whoa, Ana, calm down, where are you?... Taylor lets go"

"To the school" he says answering Taylor and I tell him

"Sawyer and I are on our way there now"

"I will meet you there, now tell me baby, who is he? Do you know him?"

"I know who it is, it is Stephen Morton, my ex stepfather."