Chp 7 found

Taylor pov

June 26 Sunday

How two people in a modern world simple disappear in an ancient VW bug? Is drives me crazy. It been three weeks and nothing. The only lead a vague report from an Indian casino in eastern Oregon. Barneys working on the video tapes.

June 27 Monday 20000

Sleeping, Sawyer wakes me up for a telephone call.

"You looking for VW bug with a young couple"? drone thru the phone

"Yes "

"Copper head male and brown hair female good looking "

"Where are they?"

"North coast state beach, near Crescent City, California"

"Can you hold them?"

"No, but they paid till Thursday"

"Were on are way" hanging up the phone.

A fucking park ranger has spotted them, "Sawyer did he verify the license plate?"

Sawyer loading the car "Yes T, even the year."

I hesitate to call the Greys'; several other tips were false. We drive through the night. I drift to sleep waking in the breaking dawn of bleak Crescent City. Coffee and fast food we get to the park at 9am. Sweeping the camp site, we find Wanda the VW bug. Nosing in we block the car from leaving.

Sawyer goes to check the restroom while I check the camp site. Tent's empty. No trash. Where are they?

A park service man drives up tell me I can't block the camp site. "Have you seen the couple with this bug"?

He says "check the beach"

I walk to the beach scanning. I spot a head over a driftwood log. Walking toward the log, out of place in my suit and shoe, I hear singing. What the fuck Christian singing and playing guitar.

Looking over the log, Christian is sitting with Anastasia across his lap play guitar and singing. Stunned I shake myself.

"Christian!"

Looking up, he stares" Do you know me?"

"Yes, Christian I know you"

Smiling he calmly "Am I married?"

"No, you're not!"

Stroking the girl's hair "You're wrong, I'm married now!" and show his left hand ring finger a dark band. His girl has one too. O this get better and better.

"We married Sunday at a church in California"

"So who are you?" Christian says. Calmly and content, is he on something?

"I'm Jason Taylor your CPO, Close Protection Officer"

"You work for me?" "Yes"

"We'll meet you at the camp site, when we're done"

"You need to come now!" "No, we have till the shadow hits the second stick!" what the fuck is he talking about. He points at some stick stuck in the sand, he's build a crude sundial. The two look so happy and relaxed. I start to argue then walk back to camp site, the beach is relative clear. I wait on the edge of the beach, Sawyer joins me.

"Is that him" "yea, both of them"

"Why didn't you bring him in?"

"They want more time alone; we'll wait"

"The VW won't make it to Seattle. Junk it local?

"No, call Ryan get a car carrier, and get Stephan divert to a local airport" Sawyer quizzes look at me.

"She won't abandon the car, shift everything to the SUV"

We wait for the shadow to hit the fucking second stick, how long is that? I call the Grey's,

"Carrick, Taylor we found them. North California near Crescent City. Will fly out as soon as possible"

"Thank god, is he ok."

"Physical looks ok, memory still seem gone, but there are now legal issues"

"What legal issues?"

"I'll explain when we get them to Grey Manor."

"Is it the Girl?"

"Yes, and Christian "

"Leave the girl there!"

"Not possible, will explain when you see them!" fuck Carrick I'm not leave a girl here after all this shit. Beside Christian would fire everyone memory or no memory.

"Ryan 10 minutes out T" Sawyer chirps.

The couple is walking off the beach Grey arm over her shoulder, her hand against his chest, what she's touching his chest!

They're smiling, happy, kissing and oozing love and contentment.
"What the plan." Christian says eyeing the camp site pack up and in the SUV.

"Will tow the VW back to Seattle, while we fly you home."

"I'm from Seattle?"

"Yes, your family is worried!"

"They know about the memory? My wife?"

"Yes they know you've lost your memory, no about Anastasia"

"Call me Anna, what's Chris, Christian surname?"

"Grey, Christian Grey" It doesn't register, she hit the jackpot, the lottery. She stares up at him with pure love and innocents.

"Anna Grey I like the ring of that" smiles Christian at his wife

"I like these rings best!" holding his hand kissing his ring.

We load the VW and head to the airport, Stephan is an hour away. Christian asks about cash; we stop at a tourist store near the airport. We go in and they buy tourist Crescent City hoodie for his family. I notice Anna buys a x-large and folds into her lap, Ray's hoodie, she still has hope to get back too being daddy girl.

Arriving at the plane, Christian get out helping Anna. Then moves to the back of the SUV, starts pulling two bags.

"Sawyer will get those."

"Anna keepsakes are in those. She's lost too much already. Extra care with these. Sawyer isn't it"

"Yes, sir. Extra careful." Sawyer says looking not at Mr. Grey but at Mrs. Grey. I turn; she's doe eye and scared, what left of her past is in two small gym bags. Heart breaking for one so young and innocent, no idea who she's married to or the family about to land on her.

They board the plane and Christian gives his wife a window seat and buckles her in; Sitting next to her, hold her hand, calmly stroking her fingers. Their face lighted with awe as the plane takes off. Shortly Anna fall asleep, Christian goes to restroom, then wave me to a back cabin.

"Taylor, do you know about this?" handing me the photo.

"Yes, someone was trying to blackmail you. With old photo of you at BDSM club in Boston when you attend Harvard."

"Did I give direction about this?" he takes back the photo.

"Yes, find the blackmailer and fix them."

"Ok, that all" and return to the seat, Anna rise and he take the window seat and she crawls on to his lap and sleeps. He dozes a look of contentment and happiness.