CH 10: Suspicions

Aunt Grace had gotten back from her trip and told Christian that he needed to help her declare his father was legally insane. He took the brandy away from her.

"You're the one who has gone insane," he told her.

"Christian, listen to me. Jack Jr. was the one who found your father, he was in the next town over. And you won't believe this, it's a religious community!"

"What's your point, Grace?"

"My point is this while we have been taking care of business your father has completely out of control."

Christian laughed. "Really is that right? Did he finally find religion?"

"This is serious!"

"No, it's not, Aunt Grace. My father doesn't have a repentable bone in his body for one. And second, I really don't care. I have more important things to worry about."

"You have got to be joking with me! Everything is going to hell in a handbasket. With your sister on the loose with his shares, there is no telling what will happen with the family business."

"I think you're making too much of this," Christian told her.

"How can you be so calm about this? If we don't do something about this…"

Christian began to cover his ears. "Look, Aunt Grace, if you want to go after my father more power to you. I'm done with all the lies and deceit! Besides, I have more important things to think about!" he yelled to her.

"What is more important than our business, Christian?" Grace yelled at her nephew.

"Me!" Ana shouted across the salon in the yacht. "I think he means me, Mrs. Grey." Ana told her.

"I know...that you two are together and that every moment you two spend together is to be cherished…" Grace started saying.

Ana went to stand by her fiance as she revealed her news to Grace. "I had a test done recently and it turned out that I am HIV positive. I got it when I was raped by Jose Rodriguez, he was one of the up and coming Grey Executives. Now what were you saying about important things?" Ana asked her as Grace stared back at Ana in shock.

On the docks, Elliot was explaining to Jessica that she shouldn't be their on the pier late at night. There was a recent murder there and you can never be too careful.

"Oh my! Is that the same one that Christian and Ana almost witnessed themselves?" Jessica asked.

"Yes, the very same one. So, that's why I don't understand why you of all people will be out here all by yourself."

"What do you mean?"

"Ana shared with us that you are a rape victim as well." Elliot told her.

"She did? Well, she and I have become very good friends. That's why I came to see her."

"I get that, but it's late and she and Christian may have turned in by now. Why don't I take you home?" Elliot suggested.

"No, that's okay. I can just call a cab." Jessica replied, but Elliott's phone rang, he told Jessica to give him a moment, as he took the call.

Meanwhile back on the yacht, Grace had just learned about Ana being tested for HIV and that it came back positive.

"I had no idea...why didn't you tell me?" Grace asked.

"After the way you treated Susan, I don't think so." Ana told her.

"I overreacted," Grace began to explain.

"No, Aunt Grace, you were mean spirited." Christian stated to her.

"You never even gave her a chance," Ana also replied.

"I was worried about Nick."

"No, you were selfish. That's why you came here tonight. You only see things through your perspective, your money, your blasted company. That's all you were thinking about," Christian replied, harshly.

Grace realized what they were saying. She went to Ana telling her she was sorry and giving her a hug. They explained that she would need a second test to confirm the results then she would start treatment.

"I will do anything I can to help you, both of you." She told them holding Ana's hand on hers. "For no other reason than I love you both. I will get out of your hair. Take care of her, Christian," Grace told her nephew.

Elliot got off the phone and his partner came over to them and asked what Jessica was doing there. Jessica told her she came to see Ana and Christian but didn't realize how late it was and that she was going back to her place. When she left Cleary turned to Elliot.

"I think we found our suspect. The man who got stabbed to death had some red auburn hair stuck in his nails,and it's the same color as Jessica's."

"Yeah, I'm getting quite suspicious of her too. She came down here by herself and yet she claimed to be a rape victim. But, I'm not buying it." Elliot told his partner.

"Okay, well, let's go tell Cutter about this." Clearly stated starting to walk away.

"We can't until we get more proof. We just have to watch Jessica very closely."

The next day, Christian was back at his office. He was looking at his fiance's picture when Grace walked in.

"Christian, are you busy? I didn't see Ana out at her desk," she pointed out. "I wanted to inform you that I hired an attorney to handle your father and to try to declare him insane."

"Aunt Grace, I told you, I wanted no part of this. I've had enough of the lies and deceit to last a lifetime. I have more important things to concentrate than that. But if you want to waste your time on this, so be it."

"I know...you and Ana have enough to worry about these days."

"Don't come crying to me when all this backfires, that's all I'm saying."

"Do you know that your sister had moved into the mansion?" Grace asked him.

"Yes, she said she was staying there. But if you don't want her there tell her to move out."

"I can't do that...I have to keep an eye on her."

Christian looked back at his aunt. "I'm warning you, Aunt Grace, whatever vendetta you have going on with those two leave me and Ana out of it. Understand?"

"But…"

"I said, we want no part of it!" he shouted to her.

"Okay, okay, I get the picture. Don't say I didnt warn you."

"Hello, brother of mine!" Mandy said, coming into Christian's office.

"Mandy? What are you doing here?" Christian was curious.

"I've come to see my brother at work. You look good in this office. I also wanted to ask if there was any way possible to get a job here. I thought maybe we could get more acquainted to each other again."

Christian looked back at his sister and Grace. "I'd like to get to know you better as well, but I'm not sure this is the way to do it."

"I promise, I won't let you down. Plus I am now a major stockholder in this company and could help you run the company."

"Exactly what kind of title did you have in mind?" Christian asked Mandy.

"I don't really need a title, I just want a chance to prove myself as I am a part of this family. What do you say?"

Christian had wondered when his sister would approach him to work at the family company. They did need to get reacquainted again.

"Well, sister, you're in luck. I happen to be in a giving mood. Welcome to Grey Enterprises. We can discuss the details later." He told her as she smiled back at her brother.

"Thank you, Christian. You won't regret it."

"But let me make something clear to both of you," he said, looking at Grace and his sister. "I don't want any drama between the two of you. We all will work together as a team, or you will be gone. Understood?" he asked them. Grace and Mandy nodded back to him.

The next day at the diner, Elliot had called Detective Cutter to tell him what he and Cleary suspected. He came in joining them, sitting in the booth.

"So, I take it that you two have a suspect of the man who was murdered on the dock?" Cutter asked.

Elliot and Cleary looked at each other then both said, "Yes we do."

"Okay, let me have it." He told them.

"Her name is …" his voice trailed off when Jessica came into the diner and was talking to Kate. "She's over there," Elliot pointed out with his head.

Cutter looked over to see Kate and Jessica. Now he knew it certainly wouldn't be his wife so he assumed that Eliot meant Jessica. He turned back to them. "Jessica Martinez? You have got to be kidding me."

Rebecca and Carrick came home to Seattle, they had brought Nicole with them. Though she didn't want to be seen, she asked that Nicole's mother check her into the hospital and that she would be by later. However, Rebecca went to the hospital peeking in the door to watch Nicole being admitted.

A nurse happened to call on Rebecca's ex husband, Paul who came to see his fiance who was also a nurse as well. He had met Annie a year ago and they fell in love with each other. Though they had some rocky times throughout their relationship, they planned to get married later in the year.

Rebecca watched her husband and had a flash of memory again of he and their kids playing together. Her heart beat faster just thinking of her children. Carrick came in to find Rebecca's friend. He was asking her if she knew where Rebecca was as she thought she had been with him.

Back at the diner, Elliot and Cleary had just told Cutter that they think Jessica who was the one who killed the man on the dock. He thought they were kidding but they were saying that Jessica fit the description of what the perp looked like. They told him that the victim had some hair underneath the nails and they matched with Jessica's hair color, they were sure of it.

"Look, I get what you guys are trying to do, but you are cadettes and not police officers yet. And if you go and do something I hate for you to get in trouble."

Kate had asked Jessica if she wanted something to eat but she told Kate she was there looking for Ana and Christian. Kate explained that they didn't always eat their lunch at the diner. Jessica saw Elliot and Cleary talking to Detective Cutter. Jessica remarked the Cutter was very handsome and that he was single. Jessica thought it was very exciting they doing police work as she went over to them.

They said hello to Jessica and Cutter said he remembered interviewing her when Ana's car got vandalized. Jessica looked over at Cleary.

"You look different from last night without your hooker clothes and all…" Jessica pointed out.

Cutter looked back at Cleary as he was not happy to hear this bit of information. Jessica could sense the vibe as Cutter asked if she could excuse them as he talked to the cadettes outside. They left to go outside as Jessica said to herself, "Oh my, could it have been something I said?"

Cutter talked to the cadettes telling them that what they did could get them in a lot of trouble by portraying themselves as police officers. He told them under no circumstances do they do that again. Cleary stated to their teacher that he taught them not to always go by the books if they had suspicions. They began to tell Cutter that they were both on night surveillance on the dock.

"Detective Cutter, with all due respect, we feel that Jessica who had been a rape victim herself, would kill anyone who tried to attack her again. We think it's possible she was on the docks that night and saw the victim being attacked by the man and pulled out a knife on him then ran off."

"Is that so? So if that's the case, where is the rape victim that Jessica supposedly protecting?"

"Herself sir," Elliot told Cutter. He looked at them both and realized that their story did make sense.

"I have to say that your story is plausible." Cutter told the cadets.

Meanwhile, Jessica was still inside talking to Kate as she drank her hot tea. Kate told her she puts honey in her tea to make it more soothing when she is under the weather.

"I was wondering, where is the blonde lady who used to work here, I think she's Elliot's mother?" Jessica asked. "I only ask because I haven't seen her in a while."

"Oh you mean, Nadine? Yeah, she left out of town. Actually she went to Florida." Kate told her.

"How nice for her to take a vacation," Jessica responded.

"To be honest, she moved there."

"You mean she is staying in Florida?" Jessica asked.

"She wanted to start over again. I know she misses her family but I think it was good for her to get away."

"That's great. I'm happy for her."

Outside, Cutter was telling them that although it is possible that Jessica was the suspect and that they needed more proof. But he wasn't happy that they were investigating this while being cadettes and gave them a twenty four hour suspension. He told them to stay away from Jessica for now.

Kate and Jessica had got into talking about Nadine's visions. She told Jessica that Nadine saw flashes of a murder taking place.

"A murder?" Jessica asked.

"Yes. It was very scary to say the least. She saw white roses and a candlestick, and the roses were covered in blood."

"Wow! That is some vision," Jessica told her creeped out by this. "Did she ever see who was being killed?"

"Yes she did. Nadine said it was a woman." Kate told her as Jessica got very nervous and spilled her coffee. Kate asked her if she was okay.

Later, Rebecca showed back up at Carrick's place. He told her that he arranged for her to see her children at the park. He explained that she couldn't talk to them just yet, but at least she could see them.

Ana and Christian made it back to the hospital clinic. She was there to confirm the original test of being positive. Her appointment was at four o'clock. However; before they entered into the clinic she was nervous about going in.

"Ana, it's okay. We will get through this thing together, you and me, remember?" Christian asked.

"I'm tired of being afraid. I'm just want this to be over so I can start treatment."

"I understand that. But just so you know, whatever happens, I'm there for you." He told her.

"I know...I just want to go on living and stop fighting death. I know it's going to come out the same, I just don't want to hear the same words again."

"I love you, Ana. Now let's get in there and find out what we can, okay?" he asked.

When they walked in Wyatt had offered them some candy as it was halloween. Christian told him that they were there for the results, but he was trying to get their mind off it a little. Wyatt called down to the lab to get the results and told them the number. He hung up saying it wouldn't be long now.

Back at the diner, Jessica told Kate she needed to head back to the office to do some more work. Cutter offered Jessica to take a self defense class, he told her since she was attacked herself, that it might be good for her.

"Thank you, I will keep it in mind."

"Im sure you could do some damage to someone if you really wanted to," Cutter remarked to see what kind of reaction he could get.

"Hmmm...like i said, I will keep it in mind. I really must be going."

Meanwhile Carrick and Rebecca were discussing about her children. She had went to the park to see them but it wasn't enough. She wanted them to know she was alive and well. Carrick argued that if she goes to see them now unannounced it could hurt them even more.

"Is this about Paul?" Carrick asked.

"I don't know what your talking about," Rebecca claimed. "My children deserve to see their mother. This has nothing to do with their father."

"Oh, I think it does. I know you saw him in the hospital when you were sneaking around. It bothers you that he is with someone else doesn't it." He stated to her. Rebecca slapped Carrick then tried to again when he grabbed her hand midway. "I wouldn't do it if I were you. I'm the only friend you have right now." He growled to her.

The stalker who had been following Ana and Christian now was back at a computer. It was after four and the results should have been in by then. Wyatt had printed off Ana's results, he was looking at it as was stunned with the results.

"I know...I know what it says. You don't have to tell me," Ana told him as he held the paper in his hand.

"No, your results came back negative," he exclaimed to her.

Both Ana and Christian looked down at the paper he had in his hand. While they were looking at the paper the stalker was back to his or her tricks again by changing the results.

"I didn't work this hard just for it to fail now. Oh please, don't let it be too late," the stalker stated.

"I can't believe it!" Ana said, shocked. "I'm negative? I'm really negative?" she asked Wyatt not believing it.

Ana sat down in a chair while holding the piece of paper in her hand. "You mean I'm not sick after all?" she asked again.

"How can this be? I know we should be happy but this is big, Wyatt. How could the first test come up positive then the second come back negative." Christian wanted to know.

"I can't explain it. "

"Come on, man, this is torture," Christian told him.

Wyatt was picking up the phone when he looked over at the computer again and it read Positive. "For crying out loud," he said, going to the computer again.

"What's wrong?" Christian asked, as he and Ana looked at the computer screen and it read positive. "What the hell is going on here?" Christian yelled.

"I'm not sure...I know when I printed this paper it said negative. And now...I don't know what to think anymore." Wyatt told him frustrated as well.

"This has got to be some kind of a sick joke!" Christian explained, as Ana looked at the computer screen. She was so confused.

Nick came in to see what was going on. "Hey there, I could hear you all the way down the hall. What's going on?" he asked.

"Oh nothing but the lab screwed up Ana's test results!" Christian yelled.

"What do you mean?"

"She had a second test to confirm the first one but the print out says she is negative this time."

"That's great right?" Nick asked confused.

"But the screen says positive."

"How is that possible?" Nick asked Wyatt.

"We don't know."

"Ana, I'm so sorry, this must be making you crazy," Nick sympathized with her.

"She's not the only one," Christian stated as he paced the clinic.

"I can only imagine how you feel right now. I'm surprised that you hadn't put your fist through the wall right about now. Listen, I'm going to go down to the lab and see what's going on myself."

"I'm coming with you," Christian told Wyatt.

"No, please don't go," Ana pleaded with her fiance. "Let Wyatt go, the way your feeling, you're liable to scare them off."

"I want to get to the bottom of this, Ana," Christian stated to her.

"I know, me too. But we have to be patient." She told him trying to calm herself down.

Wyatt left to find out what is going on, meanwhile Nick was telling them that maybe the second test is the one to go by. Ana said that is a great theory, but she told them both that the right result for her is on the computer screen and the print out was false.

Christian assured Ana that if Wyatt wasn't back in five minutes he was going down there himself to get some answers.

The stalker meanwhile was in the hospital system and was saying, "I had to be on time. I had too."

Back at Carrick's place, he and Rebecca had been arguing about her wanting to talk to her children. His phone rang interrupting them. Lillian was calling to let Carrick know that Nicole Jones had come up missing at the hospital and that they couldn't find her. Rebecca was worried about her friend.

Christian and Ana were waiting for Wyatt to come back to the clinic. Jessica showed up and walked into the clinic.

"I hope this isn't a bad time," Jessica said, peeking in the door as she came in further.

"It's a really bad time," Christian told her.

"Its very important. I have some forms I need you to sign," Jessica told Christian. "They are IRS forms and if they aren't signed and sent in today…"

"Your bringing these to me now?" Christian asked angrily.

"I just thought that…"

"You didn't think period, Jessica. I'm not signing anything right now," he growled to her.

Nick was watching their exchange, he thought Jessica seemed kind of nervous. He certainly wasn't a fan of hers at all. Ana tried to calm Christian down telling him that Jessica was only trying to help.

"Jessica, can this be done another time?" Ana suggested calmly.

"I'm sorry...I was only trying to help." Jessica stated. "How are you doing, Ana?"

She sighed. "There's been a mix up with my test results."

"Oh? How so?" Jessica asked.

"We got two answers."

"Wow, are you sure. What are you going to do?"

"We don't know. Wyatt is down in the lab trying to find out."

"I'm going down there to see what is keeping him. Do you want to go with me?" Christian asked Ana.

"You go ahead, Christian. I can stay with her." Jessica told him.

"Wait a minute, Christian. Hold on a second." Nick told him as they went down the hall. "Can I talk to you for a moment about Jessica?" he asked his cousin.

"I know...I should have never went off on her, I know she was only trying to help." Christian told him.

"Yeah well think again, cousin." Nick told him.

Christian was confused by Nick's statement. "What are you talking about?"

"I don't think Jessica is such a good friend after all."

"Where is this coming from?"

"I don't like her, Christian. Neither does Susan for that manner. I will tell you something else, I think you should keep Ana away from her. Far away." Nick suggested. "Jessica had said some really lousy things to Susan about being HIV positive recently and I thought you should know. I'm telling you, if she were a man, I would have knocked her out by now."

"Whoa, wait a second, slow down here. Exactly what was said?" Christian asked.

"Something to the effect that Susan was going to get sick real soon and that she was going to have a miserable slow death."

"She said that?" Christian asked, not believing it himself.

"And more. I'm telling you she painted a grizzly picture to Susan. If that is how she talks to Susan, imagine what she could do to Ana. I think you should keep Ana away from her altogether."

"I hope that Susan told her off."

"Are you kidding me? She was so stunned she didn't know how to react. What do you say to somebody when they attack you like that? I'm not sure if you noticed lately but Jessica seems to be fixated on the both of you, especially Ana. I'd watch out for her."

"I will just have to have a talk with Ms. Martinez. But it will have to wait, I need to find Wyatt."

"You go ahead, I will stay with Ana." Nick told him.

Just as soon as he walked back in he saw Jessica trying to persuade Ana to leave with her and that Christian could get the results for her.

"Jessica, that's okay. If Ana wants to leave I can take care. If you have something to do then go ahead."

"I'm here for Ana, Nick. I will do whatever she wants," Jessica told Nick.

"Jessica, thank you but I'm staying."

Christian and Wyatt came in from the lab. With the printed results. Christian showed her that it was negative.

"This is a true results, Ana, they came back negative." Wyatt told her.

She couldn't believe it! Her test came back negative. But she was still confused on what happened. Nick told her to pay attention to the second result. Ana pointed out to them that she didn't know which one to believe. Christian told Wyatt she had a point to all of this. Wyatt explained that it was a glitch in the system.

Christian just didn't understand how the computer could print out negative and come up positive. He asked Nick to read it also to which he did.

"I don't understand what happened either. All I know is that the lab tech said he entered it in as negative." Wyatt told them. Nick read over the computer screen then the paper. He had a bad feeling about this.

"How many other results have been affected?" Nick asked Wyatt.

"We don't know that yet and it's going to take some time to get through all of that."

"If there was a virus that would mean that there would be other errors in the results," Nick told them all. "Okay how many other people have access these results?"

"No more than 3 or 4 technicians including me. Each results is completely confidential, that's why we use numbers instead of names. But I assure you I have talked to each person who ran Ana's results and they all say they put it in as negative."

"Something isn't making any sense here, if the lab techs are doing their job, then there has to be something wrong with this computer."

"Or somebody switched Ana's test results," Christian explained.

"Who would do such a thing?" Ana asked.

"Someone very sick," he told her.

"So you're saying that someone could have broke into our system?" Wyatt asked Christian.

"Is that possible?" Ana asked.

"It happens all the time," Nick told Ana.

"But not here. Nothing like that has happened like that before until now."

"Yes, but you've also never had two different results from the same test either."

"But that's insane for someone to switch the test results," Ana told her fiance.

Wyatt told them all that they have state of the art system and if someone had tapped into their system they would know. Jessica chimed in agreeing with him.

"I'm not sure about that. I recently interviewed a hacker and he said that it wasn't hard to do it. But it would take weeks to find out who possibly did it."

"What do we do now?" Ana asked.

"I hate to say it, but we bypass the computer all together. Ana, I know this has to be very difficult so it's your call."

"So you're suggesting I take the test again."

"Just to be on the safe side. And I will look over the entire thing myself."

"What do you say, Ana? Once and for all take the test again to be sure."

Ana sighed out. "Okay, I will do it."

"I think that's the best way to do it. This time there will be no glitches."

"Okay, let's do it." She said, as she allowed Wyatt to take her blood again. Once he did, he told her that he would have it first thing in the morning.

They all left his office as Ana and Christian went back to his yacht. They just held each other tight as neither could sleep a wink. They arrived the next morning awaiting the results to come in. The stalker came into the hospital and borrowed a lab coat at they slipped into the lab. He or she grabbed another person's vial of blood. This person was saying they were going to trade places with Anastasia Steele as they took the paper off. Rebecca had been in the hospital hoping to find Nicole. But her ex was there and she had to hide somewhere.

"Oh, this is just too easy," the stalker said outloud. Just then the door flew open as Rebecca hid in the lab, startling the stalker who dropped the vial of blood.

"Look at what you made me do! I'm going to kill you!" the stalker shouted.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Rebecca said, horrified.

"You're going to pay!" the stalker screamed at her but Rebecca kneed this person, causing pain, allowing herself to get away.

"Shit! Now what am I going to do?" the stalker asked outloud.

Rebecca went home to Carrick's place. Once she came in he asked how Nicole was. When she didn't answer he asked what was wrong. She told him what happened in the lab. He asked if she was okay, she said yes, as she got away from the person.

The other lab tech came in telling the person he needed to get some results in for Wyatt. He was looking for the vial when he saw that the stalker had it in their hands.

"That's the vial I need. Thanks!" the lab tech said, grabbing from them.

While the lab tech got to work on Ana's results, Wyatt came in just as the stalker was about to try to do away with the tech. Wyatt asked him about Ana's results and he said he was working on them now. The stalker told them that they were heading out and left.

Ana had told Christian she needed to take a break, and went to get her a drink of water. Just as the stalker walked out of the lab, they almost ran into Ana as she was in the hallway. But the stalker managed to manuever out of Ana's sight. She walked towards the lab door thinking that they were working on hers right now. The stalker looked right at Ana without her knowing it. They left the hospital angry knowing that Ana would get the correct results this time.

"Damn it! All that hard work I did went down the drain. That's okay. I'm going to have to do something else to make them pay. And I know just what to do," the stalker said, creepily.

Ana and Christian were waiting patiently for Wyatt to come back with her results. The clinic door opened as he came in looking at them both.

"Is that the results?" Ana asked.

"It sure is. There is no other way to say it but it came back negative." Wyatt told her.

"I'm negative? You mean I dont have HIV?" Ana asked, not wanting to get her hopes up again.

"You're sure?" Christian asked looking at Wyatt himself.

"We repeated the test several times. There is no way you are carrying the HIV virus."

"And you're sure than this is not wrong?" Ana asked again.

"I'm sure. You are negative." Wyatt told her.

Christian grabbed Ana as he twirled her around happily. "It's over! Its finally over!" They hugged Wyatt telling him thank you for everything.

A/N: So, Ana results are negative and can finally move on. But it seems that Nick and Susan are suspicious of Jessica as well as Christian. Is Jessica up to something? If she is why? Stay tuned. It might be a week or so before I update again. I am almost finished with ch 11. Thanks for being so patient with me.