Hey Readers, here is the next chapter of the story. I know it is a little short, but a little bit of a major bomb does happen in this chapter. Thank you to everyone who continues to comment and read this story your support means the world to mean. As always, I don't own Fifty Shades. Happy Reading!

Chapter 13 Lelia's Visit

After Leila's threats, I am left standing on the boat alone, wondering how I am going to get home. I shrug my shoulders now that I am left standing there with no one in sight. The marina is silent, the only thing that can be heard is the lapping of water against the boat. As I hop off the boat and begin my walk up the wooden dock, I notice one car still parked in the parking lot. As I get closer to the lot. That is when I notice it is C's car, still parked in the marina's parking lot, but he isn't inside of it. My eyes catch something silver on the seat as I try to door, wondering if maybe I can figure out how to hotwire this expensive car, maybe something that Jose taught me all those years ago will finally pay off. The door opens with no effort at all. There is a ripped piece of paper attached to a car key with an address of 30 El Portal, Sausalito, 20:00, tomorrow. I google the address, it is of a hotel called The Inn Above Tide. There is a short note on the back of the piece of paper in neat handwriting saying:

Ana, let's start over from the beginning. Meet me at the address that I provided, bring a change of clothes. Keep my car safe until then. Be safe and watch your back. Stay away from Lelia. I heard her threaten you. I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. I will be out of town until you see me tomorrow.~C

"What the hell did I just get myself into?" I mumble as I grab the key from the leather seat, sink into the seat, and start the car. I speed down the road, enjoying how fast this car can go, wishing one day that I could have a car like this. "Maybe one day." I grin to myself as my fingertips slide over the leather of the steering wheel as I sit at a red light, I crank the radio on, enjoying the song, singing at the top of my lungs. A car pulls up next to me. I look over, only to see Whalen, looking straight ahead, not paying attention. I quickly grab the pair of sunglasses that Grey has hanging from the visor, placing them on my face, just in time to see Whalen look over. His eyes give me a questioning look as he tries to figure out where he knows me from, but the light turns green and I take off speeding, leaving him in the dust. I head to the hospital to start a shift. When I get to the hospital, I realize that I have no shoes. "Just great!" I mumble as I wonder how I am going to make it into the hospital to my locker where my scrubs and sneakers are sitting. My eyes catch on a pair of nude heels sitting on the floor in the back seat. C must have grabbed them when I took off earlier. I put those on, and head into the hospital. The ER is bustling with sick children, the majority of them have the flu.

"'Tis the season for the flu." Grace sings in a happy mood today as she hands me a face mask after another nasal swab comes back positive on another case.

"Yes, 'tis." I smile as I slip the mask over my face, and head into the room to talk to the parents of my patient, and see how the little guy is holding up.

As I am finishing charting on a patient, Grace appears next to me, a smile on her face which hasn't disappeared all day as she says, "Hey Ana, did I tell you, my son, called me today to tell me he is safe. I am so relieved. He sounded good. This was the longest he has ever gone without communication. He promised me that he would call me again soon. I hate when he falls off the radar like that. I'm so happy to know that he is safe and well."

"I'm so relieved for you, Grace, that he finally called you." I smile at her as I go back to charting, determined to get out on time. As my shift is ending, I hear a page sound overhead startling me, "Ana, please come to the front desk." I ignore the page. There are several people named Ana in this hospital, that page can't be for me.

A few minutes later, another page goes overhead, "Will Ana Steele, please come to the front desk." My heart picks up speed. Who wants to talk to me. C said he was out of town until the next day. Jose is in jail. My mind races as I walk to the front desk. My eyes land on Leila, standing there, I see her before she sees me. I quickly find the recording app on my phone and turn it on as I push the phone back into my scrub top, wondering what the hell she wants. She smiles at me like I am her best friend in the world. "I don't have time for this!" I mumble to myself as I step closer to Leila.

"Hey!" She says, pulling me into a hug.

"Hey, what can I do for you?" I ask, pushing her away. I am not her friend, nor do I want to pretend to be. She looks sad like I am hurting her feelings.

"Ana, I wanted to apologize for my actions earlier today. Grey told me that he told you I was pregnant. These pregnancy hormones are killer, you know."

"Actually, I wouldn't." I shoot at her.

She smiles at me as she says, "I would really like to be friends."

"No, you wouldn't."

"Yes, I would."

"Really Leila, after everything you have said to me and have done to me. You want to be friends?"

"Not really, I am here to warn you again. I want you to leave Grey alone. He is mine!"

"Grey's yours? Since when are people property?"

"Grey isn't property, but leave him alone. Just do it. I know that you are the reason that he came home with bruises a week ago. You are the reason that Jose almost killed him, and he couldn't do a thing about it." She snaps at me.

"Does Grey know that you left with Jose the other night when he wasn't home? When he was out at work? Does he know that you are Jose are kissing each other, probably doing more if you are pregnant."

"You know nothing. Just stay away from Grey, if you know what is good for you!" She says, her voice hardening almost like she is commanding me.

"And what if I don't want to?"

"Then I will make you." She says with a deadly look in her eyes as she moves her purse in front of her. "I wanted to show you this. Look!" She says, pulling out an ultrasound picture from inside her purse. Isn't my baby beautiful." I quip an eyebrow as if to ask her really. "That baby looks awful big for being newly pregnant, Lelia."

She smiles as if she is about to drop a bomb on me as she says, "Grey told me that you have been coming onto him hard, so I thought this would prove to you how solid we are. We are going to have a baby together."

"So he told me, but having a baby doesn't prove how solid you are in your relationship. All it takes is a little-unprotected sex." I snap at her.

"Sure, but Grey loved me enough to let that happen." She smiles at me.

"Are you here to rub that you are pregnant in my face. As I already told you that baby looks awfully big to be newly pregnant."

"It's because I'm not newly pregnant. I have been pregnant for quite some time. I just started showing so I figured I needed to tell Grey before he figured something was up. I recently just told him about the pregnancy. Jose, on the other hand, knew about it as soon as I found out. I was so excited when I got that positive pregnancy test."

"Why? Why was Jose the first to find out Leila? Is that why you were Jose's first and only phone call."

"You want to know why? You aren't stupid Ana, figure it out for yourself." My mouth hangs open as I put everything together figuring out the truth that Leila isn't pregnant with C's baby, but with Jose's baby.

"Why Lelia?" I ask, wanting to punch her in the face, wanting to hear the truth come out her mouth, wanting to know why she would cheat on C with Jose of all people. C seems like a good guy, Jose isn't.

"Because Jose loves me more than he loves you, and he told me so. He wants to be there for me and our baby. Oh, you weren't supposed to know that." She grins at me.

"Won't a baby complicate that. Jose isn't much of a family man. Wait, did you just say the baby is Jose's?"

"Perhaps." She smirks, "But if you tell Grey that the baby isn't his, I will track you down and I kill you because I will know the truth came from you. Oh, and I will track down your dear step-brother Mason, and might even kill him too. Bye Ana, have a wonderful evening." She sings as she walks away, swinging her hips, her hands resting on her small baby bump.

Tears fill my eyes at Lelia's threats as I turn off the tape recorder. It is one thing for her to threaten me if I tell Grey, but it is another thing to threaten Mason, he is innocent in all of this. Lelia is a bad apple. C needs to find out how bad she is. As I clock out, my head pounds with all this new information that I learned from Lelia. Grey deserves to know the truth, but how do I tell him without getting myself and Mason killed in the process.

Thoughts on Lelia's secret that she just revealed to Ana? Do you think Ana will end up telling C about Leila's little secret? Do you think Ana will go meet C at the hotel? This story will be taking a short break for the holidays potentially as I don't see myself having much time to properly edit the next chapter that I have currently written. I may update sooner, but I make no promises so as of right now my next scheduled update will be on January 5, 2019. Don't hate me, please. Until then I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!