Ana's-POV
"I am taking Teddy over to Gail's now Christian." I pack up his baby bag and sling it over my shoulder. "Alright baby, I have a meeting with the security team that should last most of your spa day."….. That seems odd, "You know it will be a few hours right?"…. "Yes I am aware of that Mrs. Grey, but I have a few things I need to wrap up with Ros."…..
I wonder if the threat is more serious than he is letting on, but I won't pry him for more information at the moment as I am running late. " I have to get Teddy over before Mia and Kate get here."
As I make my way to the security office to cross over to Gail and Taylor's appartment Sawyer comes out of the office, "Mrs. Grey, Ms. Kavanagh and Ms. Grey are entering the gates.'…. "Thank you Sawyer, let them know I will be back in a minute. I'm just dropping Teddy off before Franco and his team get here."…
I walk through the security office and down the hall to the garage up the stairs, as I reach the top I knock and enter. "Hi Ana, all set for your spa day?"…. "Yes, if you can bring him back in three hours we should be done."… "Ok, will that be enough time?"….. I giggle, "I hope so, not sure I could take anymore, thank you for doing this, I know it's your day off."…. "It's alright Ana, since I missed it last year, I wanted to make sure I get to see you in your dress before you head out."
Making my way back to the house I can hear Kate and Mia in the great room. "Oh these chairs are great when did they get these?"… I can hear Mia asking about the chairs for the spa day, as I enter the great room Mia comes up to me for a hug. "Hi Ana, how are you?" she practically crushes me against her, "I'm great Mia, how are you?"
"Good, where did you get the chairs?"…. "Left over from the remodel, Christian kept a few of them." I wont mention there is one in the red room now. Kate takes a seat in the far left one, "Wow these are so comfortable." I take a seat in the center, and Mia sits to my right as Sawyer comes in. "Mrs. Grey, Franco and his team are here."….Mia squeals, "This is going to be some much fun."….. "Thank you Sawyer", I stand to greet Franco.
Franco enters the room with his assistants, "Mrs. Grey you look magnificent as always."….. I giggle; Franco is so good at what he does and is so much better then the bitch troll. "Thank you Franco."….. After Christian decided to gift the salons to Elena, she went against his wishes and tried to contact him. Since the Grey's had already shunned her, the salons lost a lot of their business, as it seems once the Grey's quite going to Esclava the rest of Seattle's elite clientele soon followed. Two months later I was in need of a hair cut as it was becoming unable to manage.
I went to Christian to ask if he could contact Franco for a at home visit, He called Franco and offered him some extra work if he would come here and cut my hair, I also got him to include Kate and Mia.
Franco jumped at the opportunity, and was thrilled our grudge did not include him just the bitch troll. When he showed up and started cutting my hair he let us in on all the chaos at Esclava. Once we left just two weeks later they lost 60% of their clients and three of the technicians quite as well, Elena had no answers for why it was happening. The technicians knew what was going on in some sort of way they had to know something was up.
I told Mia to go and get Christian for me, because I had an idea that could fix this. Once Franco informed Christian on all the events at Esclava , that gave Christian all the leverage to get Elena out of Seattle, he offered Franco the job of remodeling the salons in any image he wanted. Once they are completed the Grey's will be his first customers, Franco practically jumped on Christian thanking him by saying that he knows he can get the other technicians back if this were to happen.
Christian made a few phone calls and by the time he had finished cutting our hair, Franco was part owner of the salons. Christian closed Esclava the next day and had the building remodeled, giving Franco what ever he wanted.
They changed the name from Esclava to Illusions, changed the colors form black and gold to silver and blue. Needless to say Illusions has been quite successful once Seattle's elite found out about the new salon the Grey's were going to. It also helps that Franco is so energetic and a lot friendlier than the bitch troll.
We make our way to the master bathroom where security has placed three chairs facing the mirrors that cover the wall where the sinks are as Kate, Mia and I take a seat and the technicians get to work on our nails as Franco starts on my hair.
Christians-POV
I enter the security team's office to begin the meeting, "Alright gentlemen, and ladies."…. I say taking a seat at the head of the table. Taylor is to my right with Sawyer to my left. "Let's begin."….. "I have just returned form a walk through with Ryan and Reynolds and it's just like last year, we are taking the same steps we did with your wedding to Mrs. Grey."…. I smile at the mention of our wedding, very fond memories, "And how did my mother take it when a team showed up with razor wire for the outside fences?"…. He smirks a little, "She was not very happy Sir. But she understands."…. "And the guards at the gate, and the backyard?"…."All taken care of Mr. Grey."….
"We will have two stationed at each location, and we have the list of all the guests. All have been ran through a back ground check, they all came back clean."… "Thank you Taylor."….. I turn to Sawyer, "There will be a lot of attention on Mrs. Grey, but a few celebrities should draw some of that away." Sawyer says as I nod in agreement. And start to think for a moment, "That will help and Mrs. Grey and Ms. Kavanagh will not be participating in the first dance auction this year. My sister can if she wants." At this statement Taylor tenses up. "I know what your going to say Taylor, and I know we agreed, but have you met Mia?"…. He cringes for a brief second, "Look Taylor it would be better to just keep and eye on her than it would be restraining her movements for the evening."… I smirk at him, "Besides if your that worried about her during the first dance auction you can always bid for the first dance."…. He puts his hands up like I have him at gun point, "That's quite alright Mr. Grey, wouldn't want to make her date jealous."
"Sawyer and Melissa are with Mrs. Grey tonight, Julie and Reynolds your with Ms. Kavanagh and Stacy your with Ms. Grey. You don't leave them for anything; you are there shadow if they are dancing you should stay as close as you can to them without drawing attention. Ok, let's go over what we have on the threats so far."
Ana's-POV
After our hair cut and mani, peddies, we get our legs waxed and eye brows plucked then we move into the great room for messages and facials. "So Mia what dress did you pick out for tonight?"…. I wonder what color her dress is going to be and who her for tonight is. "Ana it's a dark red and hangs just off the shoulders and I have a matching mask."
"So Mia who is the guy you're bringing?"…. Kate has been so curious about this all week, "Can't tell you, it's a surprise, besides you will meet him in a few hours."….. She giggles, but Kate doesn't look happy. "Alright Mia, I guess we will wait. So what about your new friend Ana, what's she like?"
Great another topic Kate has been dying to talk about, "Kate I'm sure you will like her, she's a lot like us. You will get along great, her sister in-law Sarah will be with her. She wants me to meet her, and she can't wait to meet you guys as well."
Mia and Kate exchange a look, "You know I don't have many friends, besides the two of you. But you are my sisters, which is great but I know you are a little protective of me."…. At this Kate laughs, "And we have reason to be Ana, hello... Have you seen all the crap that's went on in the last year?"…. At this I start laughing along with Mia, "Yes Kate I have noticed and even went through most of it, along with Mia."…. I look from Kate to Mia, "Just promise me that you both will behave tonight with Rachel, I really like her and her sister Sarah is a lot like Mia. So please be nice to her."
Kate looks to Mia and then back to me and raises her right hand, "I promise to be good." Mia recites the same line and I giggle at how crazy we all must be.
