A.N
You may want to have some tissues…
I won't write in detail about Ana and Christian's ordeal as I know it's a sensitive subject for some readers.
Enjoy the chapter!
Much Love
K xx

Pouring them a drink, Christian took a deep breath as he sat himself at his desk, glancing to Elliot as he sat the other side he slid the tumbler over to him before taking a sip of his own.

"Christian what the hell is going on?" Elliot asked looking to him.

Christian sighed as he looked to his brother. "What I'm about to tell you…must not be shared with anyone. Mom and dad already know…I'm telling you now because it's unfair to keep you in the dark any longer. Can I just get everything out before you start asking questions?" He asked looking to his elder brother.

Elliot frowned. This does not sound good. Taking a sip of his whiskey he simply nodded. He was bracing himself for the worst.

Christian smiled a little to him before he sighed and began his story. He started with Ana's and why she left and what happened to her. He kept his eyes on Elliot as he spoke. Elliot was as protective of Ana as he was so he knew this was going to be a kick in the teeth for him, especially considering he had always hated Elena. Elliot's instincts were always to protect yet Ana was someone he couldn't. As he spoke he saw Elliot draining the contents of his tumbler before pouring himself another. Holy shit he was going to be shit faced by the time this was finished. Taking a breather he then went on to explain his side of things. What happened when Ana left and what Elena did to him and introduced him to. To say that Elliot was horrified was an understatement. The colour had drained from his face. He looked like he had seen a ghost.
As he finished speaking he finished the rest of his drink he then looked to his brother who looked deep in thought. "Elliot…"

"Why the fuck didn't you come to me?" Elliot demanded looking to him. He wasn't angry at Christian. He was mainly angry at himself. How could he have not known? How could he have not seen what was happening right in front of his eyes?

Christian sighed as he looked to him. "At the time I didn't see what she did as wrong. It wasn't until Ana came back and told me everything that she did to her that I saw her for what she truly was."

"You still should have come to me!" He told him with a frown. "Surly a part of you knew what she was doing was wrong? She was like fucking thirty at the time, even older! You were fifteen!"

"Of course I knew it was wrong but she was hot and older! I didn't want to really pass up the opportunity. Ana had left…I was a mess and didn't know what to do. Elena was just…there."

"How convenient." Elliot hissed with the shake of his head as he grabbed the whisky bottle and took a large gulp from the bottle. "Fucking hell Christian…I should have seen it…should have noticed your change."

"How could you?" Christian asked looking to him. "I actually thought she was helping me and in some messed up way she did…"

"Because you went from being a right little fucker to behaving…when Ana left it destroyed you. You were lost. Fighting. Fuck you broke Billy Roman's nose for asking where Ana was! Then you just changed…" He shook his head. "Yeah but she was the one who sent Ana away in the first place. She's fucked up bro. She might have helped you but if it wasn't for her in the first place then you wouldn't have needed helping. She got rid of Ana to get to you and it worked. She knew what she was doing. She preyed on you. She's a fucking paedophile. Fuck, what she did to Ana is bad enough." He sighed heavily. "I'm sorry Christian." He whispered, hanging his head. He felt so ashamed of himself right now. How could he not see?!

Christian listened to his brother. He felt so guilty. He knew he should have gone to him but he just didn't want to say anything. Didn't know how he could tell someone what was going on with Elena. At his apology he looked to him. "Sorry for what?" He asked with a frown. He had no idea why he was apologising. Elliot didn't do anything wrong.

"For being a shitty brother. If I had paid more attention to you then chasing skirt I might have been able to stop that bitch getting her claws into you." He whispered before breaking out into a sob. "I should have been there for you."

Christian looked to his brother, his heart breaking. He had never seen Elliot cry. Getting up he moved over to his brother and bent down in front of him and sighed. "Elliot please don't blame yourself." He whispered to him. "I hid it well, it's not like I wanted it to stop at the time…you are not a shitty brother. I wouldn't want anyone else as a brother. I know I don't show it much but you and Mia mean everything to me." He sighed and for the first time in his life he pulled his brother into a hug and hugged him tightly. "You are not a shitty brother." He repeated once more, tears running down his own cheeks.

Elliot broke into another sob as Christian hugged him. They have never hugged. Moving his arms around his brother he hugged him back just as tight. "I'm going to fucking destroy that bitch." He whispered to him. "I promise I won't let her get away with it. What she did to you and to Ana. I'll fucking end her man."

Christian pulled back and looked to his brother. "We know she won't get away with it. We have a plan. And now that you know you can help us but for now you must keep Mia in the dark. Until we talk to her she is not to know the code for the elevator and under no circumstances do we let her know that Ana is back. We can't risk it getting back to Elena."

"Bro my lips are sealed." He promised him before shaking his head as he wiped his eyes. He felt like such an idiot for crying but he couldn't believe what Christian and Ana had gone through as kids. They were just kids and that woman did those horrible things to them. He wanted to end her. "Fuck, I actually want to kill that old bitch." He told him before sighing. "You do know this is not going to go down well Mia don't you? She's going to be heartbroken…"

"Believe me you are not alone. When Ana told me everything she did to her…I wanted to kill her. I couldn't let her get away with it." He told him before he sighed and nodded. "I know. When we told mom and dad…I've never seen her cry so much."

Elliot shook his head in disgust. "What kind of animal does that to a fourteen year old girl? And who the fuck raped her?" He asked looking to him. "He's much to blame along with that twisted bitch." He sighed. "That I can believe…"

"We'll be learning about him this afternoon. Ana saw him yesterday when she went back to her hotel room. She completely freaked out and locked herself in the bathroom until I got there. Taylor got the footage from the hotel and Barney managed to get an ID for him and he's finding out how he is linked to Lincoln. We're meeting at GEH later today. I haven't told Ana yet but with Ray and Kate here they should know too, especially as it could affect our plan. The more updated everyone is the better for everyone."

Elliot nodded be he frowned, confused. "Who's Kate? Ana's mom is called Carla right?"

"She's Ana's friend from New York. She made a presentation that will show everyone Elena has abused including Ana…we're going to expose Elena at the Labour Day party…"

Elliot nodded to his brother as he listened to him before he relaxed back in his seat and looked to Christian. "Whatever you need. Count me in."

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"Thank you Sawyer." Ana smiled as she climbed out of the back of the SUV, popping on her sunglasses she headed towards the airport. Going in she glanced around before she smiled to herself as she spotted a familiar blonde and her dad alongside her. They wouldn't spot her because she was wearing her red wig. Pulling off her sunglasses she headed over to them. "Looking for someone?" She mused looking to them.

Ray's face lit up as he spotted his daughter. Going over to he smiled as he pressed a gentle kiss to her head. "It's good to see you." He whispered to her with a smile. He was dying to just wrap her up in arms and hug her but he learnt a long time ago it was not safe to do so.

"You too dad." Ana whispered with a smile to her father before she then grinned to Kate before smirking. She looked a bit worse for wear. "You alright there Kate?"

"The flight sucked." She grumbled with a pout. "Turbulence was a bitch and your dad just laughed it off."

Ray chuckled as he looked to Kate, he had grown a fondness for Kate, she was like a daughter to him and if it wasn't for Kate they wouldn't have gotten as nearly as close to getting the information they needed on Elena. "It wasn't that bad."

Kate scoffed as she looked to him completely gone off. "I genuinely thought we were going to die. I've never been on a flight so bad."

"Well the main thing now is that you are here." She smiled to them once more before she looked to Sawyer then back to them. "This is Sawyer. He's my CPO. Perks of dating Christian I guess..."

"Dating?" Both Ray and Kate asked looking to her.

Ana nodded a little. "Short version? We argued. We talked. We cried. We confessed. We kissed and now Christian and I are together…" She told them with a slight chuckle before she smiled to Sawyer. "Sawyer this is my father Ray and my best friend, Kate." She introduced as they headed back to the car. She didn't want to talk about her relationship with Christian, especially to her father. She knew he'd ask way too many embarrassing questions. Ana climbed in the back with Kate while Ray got in the passenger side while Sawyer put the bags in the trunk before getting into the driver's side.

Ray raised an eyebrow as he followed them to the car. "He hired a bodyguard for you? I knew there was a reason I liked that boy." He mused with a grin before nodding to Sawyer. "Good to have someone watching my little girl." He told him as he got in the car.

"Dad." Ana groaned with a shake of her head as she settled in the seat as Sawyer began to drive.

Kate looked to Ana. "Got to say Steele…I'm loving the red on you! You look hot!" She beamed with a grin.

Ana smiled to her friend. "Thank you. Although it is only a wig. I wasn't brave enough to go through with it permanently."

Ray looked to her. "Has she seen you?"

Ana shook her head. "No. Though it was a close call the other night. She turned up at Christian's place when I went there for food. I hid in his bedroom while he got rid of her."

"You told him everything?" Ray asked.

Ana nodded. "Everything." She confirmed before sighing, her eyes pooling with tears. "She went after him dad. I left thinking I was doing what was best for Christian but she still went after him."

"Miss Steele, Mr Grey has asked that I take you all to GEH. There have been some developments regarding yesterday's incident." Sawyer piped up as he looked to Ana in the mirror.

"What incident?" Ray demanded looking to his daughter. "What happened?"

Ana looked to her father and sighed a little as she quickly wiped her eyes before the tears fell. "I went back to the hotel to get my stuff as Christian insists I stay with him until my place is ready…while me and Sawyer were in the elevator…he got in."

Ray's face practically drained of colour. He knew exactly who she meant. The monster who robbed his baby girl of her innocence. "You sure it was him?"

Ana nodded a little as she looked to him. "Not really a voice you can forget." She told him with a little shrug. She felt and probably looked so deflated.

"Did he know it was you?" Kate asked softly. She looked like the Ana she knew when they first met. Vulnerable Ana.

"He didn't see me. I pulled Sawyer into the corner with me. Told him to pretend like we were making out and that he wasn't to see me. Sawyer did a good job but just hearing his voice…it bought it all back. I practically ran to my room and locked myself in the bathroom until Christian came to get me." She admitted with a defeated sigh. "Guess it was wishful thinking on my part that he would have disappeared. I have been so focused on destroying Elena…I completely forgot about him." She shook her head and looked to him. "Anyway…Christian's head of security got the footage from the elevator and they sent it to someone who can track him down and get information on him. I'm guessing that's what Christian wants to see us about. They probably got a name." She told him. As they pulled into the underground garage of Christian's building, Ana climbed out of the car as Sawyer opened the door for her and headed over to the elevator, her dad and Kate following behind. As Sawyer punched in the code to get to Christian's floor, Ana looked to her father. "How's mom?"

Leaning against the elevator wall, Ray smiled to his daughter. "She misses you."

"I miss her too. I can't wait for all of this to be over with." She looked to her dad. "You're still going to move back to Seattle right?" She asked looking to him before looking to Kate. "You too?"

"Of course we will Annie. Your mother is packing as we speak." Ray told her with a smile. Truth be told he couldn't wait to move back to Seattle. New York wasn't the same. It wasn't home.

Kate nodded. "You're my best friend, Steele. I'm wherever you are. Besides. You have a nice two bedroom apartment. I'm sure you could do with the company."

Ana smiled to Kate. "You know you're more than welcome to move in with me."

Kate grinned to Ana before she looked up as the doors opened. Following Ana and Sawyer out she glanced around and raised an eyebrow. "Wow…Grey sure knows how to work in Style…"

Ana smirked as she looked to her friend. "You don't know the half of it." She told her before following Sawyer into a conference room. Seeing Christian sat at a large table with Elliot one side, Taylor next to him while a guy on a computer sat a few seats down next to a projector.

Seeing Ana, Christian smiled as he got up. "Ana." He smiled and made his way over to her and pressed a kiss to her cheek before looking to Ray and offered him his hand. "Mr Steele. So good to see you again."

"Oh enough with the formalities Christian. I've known you long enough." Ray laughed shaking his hand. "But it's good to see you son. Thank you for looking after my girl."

"Trust me Ray. I'm not letting her out of my sight." Christian told him before he smiled to Kate. "You must be Kate."

"That I am." Kate confirmed with a smile.

"I'm Christian and there is my brother Elliot and my head of security, Taylor." He looked to Ana and Ray before gesturing to the guy with the laptop. "This is Barney Sullivan. He's one of my security advisors and investigator. He's also very handy with a computer." He looked to them before gesturing them to sit down.

Ana smiled to Barney before she then moved and sat down next to Christian. She felt sick. She didn't know why she felt so nervous.

As soon as everyone was seated, Sawyer moving to sit next to Taylor, Christian looked to Barney and gave a slight nod to him. "Tell us what you found Barney."

Barney nodded. "Okay before I start, Miss Steele I'm going to show you a picture. Can you just confirm for me that it's your attacker? I know you recognised his voice but I want us to be 100% sure it's the right guy."

Ana's jaw clenched but she nodded all the same. They had to do this. As Barney got up and handed her the iPad she looked to the picture before she gave a slight nod and quickly handed it back to him. "Yeah that's him." She mumbled.

Barney nodded sitting back down and typing away on his computer before he bought up a file on the big screen. "His name is Jack Hyde. Thirty four years old, originally from Detroit. He does have a criminal record most of them are drug offences when he was younger but there was an arrest a month after Miss Steele's attack. Too put it bluntly he was pissed out of his brain and was caught driving. He was fined and released."

"Guilty conscience?" Christian asked looking to him.

"Possibly. It seemed he had a problem with drugs and alcohol most of his life and he admitted himself into rehab for four months after his arrest. Ever since he has been clean and he moved to L.A."

"Connection to Lincoln?"

"That's where it gets tricky." Barney sighed as he pulled up another file. "I can't find a solid link between the two. What I do have however are bank transfers. Now two days before the attack Hyde received fifty thousand dollars from an offshore account to which we know Lincoln uses a number of them. When looking at her finances the same amount was transferred from her account to an offshore account the day she grabbed Miss Steele. "

"Why is he back in Seattle?" Ana asked looking to him. "You said he moved to L.A."

"He's here on business. He owns a number of book stores in L.A and he was looking to expand. According to the information I have he'll be leaving for L.A tomorrow. He has no intention of staying in Seattle."

"Has he had any contact from that bitch?" Elliot piped up looking to Barney.

"None. I tracked both their cell phones. Not only have they had zero contact with each other they haven't even come within thirty feet of each other. No emails either."

"So she literally paid someone she didn't know to rape me." Ana commented looking blankly ahead of herself.

"He was twenty four when he raped you. He's as just as much a paedophile as that woman. Probably was high on drugs as well." Kate commented her voice laced with revulsion.

Christian looked to Ana. Moving his hand to hers he interlocked their fingers and gave her hand a gentle squeeze.

"I need some air." Ana mumbled as she pulled her hand from Christian's and got to her feet. Heading over to the balcony doors she slid them open before going out, closing the doors behind her as she leant on the railing, pulling her wig off she tossed it onto a chair before she looked ahead of herself, tears rolling down her cheeks.

Watching his daughter go, Ray looked to Barney. "You able to keep tabs on this guy when he gets back to L.A?"

Barney nodded. "I should be able to sir."

"Good. When this mess is sorted with that bitch I'll be going after that piece of scumbag." He seethed shaking his head.

"I'll make sure I know of his whereabouts at all times."

Christian looked out to Ana as he watched her before looking to Elliot. "Elliot will you go with Sawyer and take Ray and Kate to Bellevue." He looked to Ray. "My mother is very eager to speak to you."

"Sure no problem." Elliot commented as he got to his feet and tapped Sawyer on the shoulder. "Come on big guy."

"Look after my girl Grey." Ray told him as he got to his feet and looked over to his daughter. He knew she would need space to think but also knew Christian wouldn't let anything happen to Ana.

Christian nodded. "We'll be at my parents' house soon. No doubt my mom will insist you stay with her. Kate you're welcome to stay with me and Ana. I'm not sure when Ana's apartment is going to be ready."

Kate smiled and nodded. "Thanks." She looked to her best friend one more time before she followed the others out. She hated seeing her friend like this. She didn't deserve it. Hell she wouldn't wish this on her worst enemy. What Ana went through, as well as Christian and those other boys was absolutely callous.

"Barney thank you. I'll be in touch." Christian told him before he looked to Taylor as Barney left. "Is it done?" He asked looking to him.

Taylor nodded. "Yes sir. Ryan confirmed it all just before the meeting started. He sent me pictures and everything looks perfect."

"Good." Getting to his feet he looked out to Ana. "Get the car ready, we'll leave as soon as she's ready." He told him before he headed over to the balcony and joined Ana. Seeing her tear stained cheeks his heart broke. Gently pulling her to him he wrapped his arms around her, pressing a kiss to her head, tightening his arms around her as he heard her break into sobs into his chest. Nothing he would say would make anything better for her. All he knew was that he had to be there for her. He could reassure her all he could but he knew deep down right now it wouldn't make a difference. Everything was too raw for her right now. She needed time.

"I'm sorry." Ana whispered between sobs as she clung onto Christian's shirt tightly.

"You have nothing to be sorry for." Christian told her as he looked down to her, cupping her face in his hands he bought her face up to look at him, gently wiping away her tears with his thumbs. "He might be leaving Seattle but this is far from over. He will get what's coming to him." He promised as he looked to her. He wasn't going to let that fucker get away with it and he knew Ray and Elliot wouldn't either. Jack Hyde was going to regret the day he accepted that money off Elena Lincoln. He'd make sure of it.