All characters belong to E. L. James and all mistakes are mine.

CPOV

It's been a couple of months and we still cannot find Heather. Whoever is helping her is hiding her well. Taylor pulled the roster from the night we went to the bar and no one stuck out to us. This is like finding a needle in a haystack.

This is driving me insane. They could end up dropping the solicitation charges, against Elena, if Heather is not found. The charges of child molestation are sticking though she plead not guilty. I still cannot believe she did that. She's delusional.

I glance at the picture on my desk and it makes me smile. It's a picture of me and Bailey. Gail was babysitting, one day, and I had come home from work. She was crawling around on the floor pulling herself up and walking around the furniture. As I stood there watching her, she let go of the table she was holding on to and held her balance for a while before falling on her butt.

I immediately walked over and picked her up and she had the biggest grin on her face. She looked at me and said "Yay!" I responded with tickles to her belly. I took that picture of us to commemorate that special day for her.

I think I purposely rush home by close of business just to see her before Ana picks her up. I have grown so accustomed to having her around. I found one of her pacifiers in my home office and I keep it as a memento on my desk. I have grown to love her so much.

Ana's and my friendship has progressed. I am glad. If only there was no sexual tension between us. Having Bailey has changed her body for the better. Her clothes love her curves and so do I. The fit her like a glove. I swear my hand is going to get callouses at the rate that I'm jacking off.

Mom and dad have finally halted their "Get Ana to love us, again" campaign. I swear I though mom was going to have a nervous breakdown because Ana still will not acknowledge them. When she sees them out, she speaks, but mom tries to hold a conversation.

Mom even went as far as trying to be in the hallway when Ana and Bailey left the pediatrician's office. I told her she should get rid of her stalker tendencies and that she is not helping her case. She's lucky Ana didn't call the cops.

Mia is another problem. I have no clue why the women in my life are so determined. Bailey is determined to walk, Ana is determined to act like my parents and sister do not exist, though she acknowledges them when she sees them, and mom and Mia are determined to win Ana over. Why do women have to be so complicated?

It's the end of the day and I text Taylor that I'm ready to go home. I hope Bailey is still there.

APOV

Bailey is starting to talk more and she's trying to walk. She's also started biting thanks to the top and bottom teeth that she now has. She thinks it's funny when she bites. Not sure how I'll break this habit. I'm waiting for her to say mama, but so far, her first words are JJ for Jason and uck thanks to Elliot.

Flashback

I open my door on this Saturday afternoon to find the wrong Grey.

"Something smells good, looks like I'm just in time." Elliot says walking through the door.

"Christian is in New York. What are you doing here?"

"I know where the douche canoe is. I'm here to see my little sis and my favorite girl." He says picking up Bailey.

"Dinner is almost ready." I say walking back into the kitchen.

"Holy cow, have you see this?" He says excitedly.

"See what?"

"Bailey can stand on her own. She'll be walking soon." He says as he takes out his phone and videos her just standing there.

"Uh, yes. I've seen her do it several times. Actually, she did it for the first time for Christian one day last week."

"Awwwww, well there goes my sending the video to gloat." He says sulking.

"Dinner's ready. C'mon"

He picks up Bailey and as he's getting ready to place her in her high chair, she bites his shoulder.

"Fuck!" he says rubbing his shoulder. "She bit me. You little stinker." He says making her laugh and he gets to see her four teeth.

End Flashback

Ever since then, she has the work fuck ingrained in her head. I'm sure dad will be so happy with her first words when he comes to visit in a week.

CPOV

I'm going over some spreadsheets when Taylor knocks on my door and comes in without waiting for me to tell him to enter.

"Sir, we have a situation." He does not look happy. In fact, he looks pissed.

"What's wrong Taylor?" I ask looking at the envelope in his hands.

"I thought I received all of my mail, already?"

"This was just dropped off. I need you to look at these." He says placing the envelope on my desk.

I open the envelope and feel my knees go weak with what I see. In the envelope is picture after picture of Ana. There are even a few of Ana and Bailey. What disturbs me the most is the picture of Ana's apartment door.

"Where the fuck was the guard stationed outside of her door?" I'm seething.

"In the next picture, sir."

I look at the next picture and have to close my eyes to count to ten, but that's not working. I open my eyes and rub them because my eyes must be deceiving me. The guard is asleep in the pictures.

"Who. Is. This? What is his name?" I ask.

"That's Parker, sir."

"Jason…"

"Already on it, sir. He's in Welch's office now. There was something else in there, too."

I reach in and pull out an index card. It looks like it has blood on it. The writing is barely legible, but I'm able to decipher it: You can't keep that bitch and bastard safe forever. I can still get to them. I will soon have forever. xoxo

"SON OF A BITCH!" I shout as I throw my coffee mug against the wall. Andrea walks in cleans up the mess and brings me another coffee mug without batting an eye.

"Where is Ana, now?"

"At Divinity, sir. Reynolds and Ryan are with her."

"Take me to Divinity."

APOV

I'm in my office going through some orders and reservations when one of the waitresses knocks and tells me I have a visitor.

"Thank Diane, show them in."

As I'm looking back through the reservations, I hear someone clear their throat. I look up and gasp.

"What are you doing here?"

"Ana, please can we talk? I called your phone a few weeks ago, but when you answered, I panicked and didn't know what to say."

"It's a little late for that, now, don't you think? I have nothing to say. You have nothing to say, at least not to me. Nothing worth listening too."

"Please" She says falling to her knees as the tears start coming down.

"You have five minutes, Kate."

"Thank you" she says getting off the floor and sitting in the chair in front of my desk.

"I am so proud of you. Your own restaurant, a mother." She says trying to make small talk.

"Your time is ticking away and I'm very busy."

"Right. Ana, I miss you. I miss our friendship. I am so sorry for what I did. I should have had your back. I let you down and did not stand up for you. I promise from this day forward to prove to you that I am truly your friend and I'll go to bat for you against anyone."

"You seem to be under the impression that I want or need your friendship, Kate. Did you hurt me by turning your back on me? Yes. However, I've chosen to forgive you."

"Oh, thank God, Ana. Now maybe you can convince Elliot to come back to me now that you and I are friends again" She says releasing a breath.

"Who said we were friends? I didn't. I said I chose to forgive you. I harbor no ill will towards you Kate. I wish you well and hope the next friend or friends you find that you are less self-absorbed."

"Some people come into your life for a reason and some come into your life for a season. Your season is up, Kate. Once a season passes, you can't get it back. Christmas is my favorite time of year, but it can't be Christmas all day every day."

"Ana" She sobs, "I have no one. I stopped hanging out with Mia because it became too painful to see Elliot. You were my one and only true friend. Please, Ana don't shut me out."

"I'm not shutting you out, Kate. I just don't have a need for you in my life, anymore. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I refuse to let you back in. My dad always told me, when people show you who they are, believe them."

"Kate, I believe you are the conceited person that your attitude and persona emit. I can't have that around Bailey. I can't have that around me. Kate, your time is up. I wish you well. You can see yourself out." I say and start back going through the reservations for the restaurant.

Finally getting the message, Kate exits my office. I can hear her sobbing down the hallway.

"Ana, are you ok?" I look up and see Ryan and Reynolds standing in front of my desk. "We just saw Miss Kavanaugh leave here."

"I'm fine guys. Everything is good." I say giving them a smile. They look at each other, shrug, and exit my office.

"Ana, we need more napkins. Do you know where the extra case is?" The bartender asks me.

"They're on the second floor, Jeff. I'll grab them, I need to check inventory up there anyway."

I walk out of my office and notice the skeleton crew that is here preparing for tonight. I am so blessed that I have such a good, loyal staff.

I take the elevator to the second floor. Maybe I should have sent Jeff up here, instead. This floor gives me the creeps. I go into the supply closet and grab the napkins. I notice the door where the extra tables are, is slightly open. "That's odd."

I open the door and look around. "I might as well check these why I'm up here." I say to no one. Once I'm finished, I walk out and closed the door. I turn around and I'm stopped in my tracks by the person standing in front of me. She's wearing one of the staff uniforms.

"Who are you, and why are you wearing my staff uniform?"

She says nothing, but keeps staring at me.

"You better leave before I call the cops."

She still says nothing.

"My two bodyguards are downstairs, they'll come looking for me, soon." I'm praying in my head for Ryan and Reynolds to get here, now.

"He is supposed to be mine. You stole him. He loves me. We are going to be happy together." I have no clue who she's talking about.

"Uh, I have no clue who or what you're talking about. I'm going to ask you again to leave."

"You stole him. You bitch. She took him from me. We have to get rid of her. This time we will do it." She's having a conversation with no one.

I try to walk past her and I feel a sharp pain on my arm. When I look down, I notice I've been cut. When I look at her, again. She's pointing her knife at me.

"Please, I beg you. Please, let me go. I do not know what is going on." She starts mocking me.

"You just couldn't die, could you? I ran you off the road, but you would not die. I will make sure you die this time. Yes, yes, we will." She says shaking her head.

"Then Master will come back to me."

"Heather?" I say hesitantly.

She shoots her head up and glares at me. "Mistress told me you took him away from me. She thought she got rid of you, but you came back. You just keep. Coming. Back."

"Heather, listen to me. You should leave. If you leave now, I won't tell anyone about this."

"SHUT UP!" she pushes me into the wall and drops the knife. I realize in this moment, that I need to fight. I think of Bailey, I think of Christian and in an instant I feel an adrenaline rush as I grab her hair and slam her head into the wall.

I kick her in the stomach and begin punching her in the face. She grabs my arm and bites me.

"Ow! You bitch" I say as I manage to kick her into the wall. Once she goes down, I jump on top of her and start punching. I bang her head into the floor, but this crazy bitch still has a lot more fight in her.

She manages to free her arm and I never see it coming, she knocks me in the head with something hard and I go down. I'm going in and out of consciousness as I feel her dragging my body towards the end of the hallway, to the balcony. I'm trying to grab onto the walls to stop it, but my head is killing me and I can feel blood dripping down my head.

We make it to the end of the hallway and the last words I hear her say are, "This time I won't fail." Before everything goes black.