Chp20 the 2nd movement Mia war

Seattle waterfront near Pike Market. Next to the Ferris wheel.

"Well Gabriel, you called this meeting." Were in the banquet room of a tourist trap next to the Ferris wheel. I watched Carrick enter slow, unsure. After the last few months, the Grey's are paranoid. Security is at the door. Carrick is un-happy losing his cell phone.

"Please sit I order beer and appetizers."

"I prefer to get this over. But thank you for the thought."

"Sit down Carrick, I prefer to not have to pick you off of the floor." He final sits. I sip my beer.

"About Mia stalker. I would like to apologies for lying to you and Grace. First I did not mean any harm or malice."

"What do you know about Mia stalker?"

"Well stalker is probably the wrong word. More correct would be boyfriend."

"Gabriel quit circling and state the facts"

"Always to the point Carrick, fine. Mia boyfriend in my son."

"Your son, the CEO of Black hole. The billionaire Alexander Coppersyth. Killer Coppersyth the mercenary. Lewis's trained assassin. Their relationship is over. I will move to shift your legal needs in the state to another firm. If your son comes near my daughter, I will end him. Do you understand" rise he moves to leave.

"Sit down Grey! You will sit. There is nothing wrong with my son having a relationship with Mia. A you had better get used to it." I seethe, I will not let anyone downgrade my son.

Reseated Carrick fume "you keep him away from Mia!"

"That is impossible Carrick, because she's been with him for the last two weeks."

"In Mexico, how Hamilton personal approved of the staff and location?"

"Well, yes he did. Thru West-core Security. Which my son owns. Which means Mia has never step foot in Mexico. That she is twenty-one-year-old and can and will make her own decisions. They both want this relationship. And demanding they quit, is guarantee to have them leave our lives." I will not bend; I will not lose my son.

"If he was honest, why hide from us, with the names, and staying in the shadows?" I must dare to be bold and steel myself for the worst.

"Because Carrick! When Lewis died he gave James a packet about his birth parents, and his family. James discovered he had a brother. He decided to try for a relationship with his brother. The last few months have accelerated that quest." I pause sip my beer. I hope the next sentence doesn't start another war. Carrick is trying to think about what I just said. Here goes the coup-de-grade.

"James was just two, I had already adopted him, when his birth mother died. She was a crack addict, she kept her eldest son. He suffered greatly at her pimp's hands. He was adopted by a really great couple. Despite his issues, he has become a really successful and great guy. When James found out two year ago. He started efforts to meet his brother, social and then personal, to ease the transition. But circumstance alter his plans. Along the way, he met and fell in love with his brothers adopted sister."

I let this sink in. Carrick is processing. He is getting to the last line. The emotions playing across his face are terrifying. I sip my beer. Carrick suddenly grab his beer and chugs it down. I refill his glass from the pitcher.

"Alexander I mean James has proof of the families' bond, legal evidence, not just here say."

"Lewis changed his name when he adopts him to Alexander Logan. I made him keep the name he was born with James. I still think of him as my James. From the Moment in that Detroit hospital, when I held him. He is and all ways be my James! My son." I lose track as I remember the child. My first moment with my son.

"The Evidence?"

"James has three independent DNA results. All show Christian has his brother. Here are copies, you can look but not keep, sorry" I hand him the DNA papers. I look out across the Sound. I wish to be anywhere but here. I think of the last nights in my suite, Tom's arms wrap around me.

"Aright the proof is here, how do we proceed. The relationship with Mia is going to be rough. Elliot and Christian are very protective of her. I'm not sure how Grace will react. I believe the real powers in this problem will be the girls. Anna and Kate have the boys wrap around their fingers. They are solid friend with Mia."

"I believe your right Carrick. But Christian and James will have to work out a relationship, good or bad. They really are two peas in a pod."

"This is the reason for the moving of Black hole out here. The house next door. All designed to ingrate you both into the family?" oh the Carrick attack. I was waiting for the crucible to fill.

"yes, the moving of Black hole out here. The house was a happy circumstance; I did not plan on in grating into your family. You all welcomed me in with open arms. The house that Elliot is remodeling and Mia design and is decorating is her's a James house. Not mine. An I hope that Christian and James can form some bond. I know James longs for family."

"Yes. We did welcome you in. I have never seen Grace so happy. After Elaine betrayal, I know she reviewed and double check all her friends, and found many of them fair-weather and false. She really views you as a new beginning, a chance to make real friends and relationships. We will have to tell her together. I hope she won't be hurt by this."

"Yes. I truly dread harming are budding friendship. I think the sooner would be better, before they return. And the situation gets heated."

"I will call Grace to meet us here. She doing paperwork at the hospital right now."

"Yes that a good idea. Should we order some food or wait for Grace? I have the room for the whole day."

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