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Chapter 25

Taylor's POV

I wheel Ana from her room to take her to Christian's. She knows there is something more going on. She has a gift for being able to read people and know when they are hiding something from her. Everyone on the security team has a hard time keeping anything from her. I think Sawyer is the only one who can keep anything from her. Him and his pretty boy charm, makes me want to laugh. What I am about to tell them feels me with dread. I don't know that Steven Morgan is involved in this, but it is too much of a coincidence for him not to be. Jose and Jack were not smart enough to come up with this on their own. Having someone involved that who is a virtual unknown to us makes him even more dangerous than ever. We enter Christian's room and one look at Christian has Ana in tears.

"Hey babe. Wheel her next to me please." Christian says as we enter. I don't say anything, wanting to give them time together.

"Oh Christian! I was so worried about you. When you and Hyde fell to the ground I passed out. I was so scared. I never should've let you stay out of the safe room." Ana begins to cry. She places her head down on his bed. He strokes her hair. I close the door and wait for her to calm down. Christian tells her that it is all over and everything is okay. I feel terrible with the news I'm about to deliver them. Christian finally looks up at me, without speaking, he knows something isn't right.

"Taylor, what is it?" He asks me as I step closer.

"Sir, perhaps we should speak about this later?" I ask as Ana looks up at me and gives me her death stare.

"Taylor, you need to tell me what is going on. When I spoke with Ray, I knew something wasn't right. You know something, don't you?" Ana sits up and asks.

I run my hands through my hair and then say, "We have some information regarding Steven Morgan. It was Mr. Steele who provided the information."

"What did you find out Jason?" Christian asks me and I take a deep breath before I continue.

"The man is not Steven Morgan. He is using the identity of someone else. He is someone Mrs. Grey know. Sir, he is her former step father, Steven Morton. Ray says he has had some cosmetic surgery, but he was still able to identify him from the photo we have of him from Grey House." I say to them. Ana's eyes grow wide and she becomes pale.

"Ana? Ana, are you okay?" Christian looks at her and asks. She doesn't respond, but she does close her eyes and places her head in her hands.

"This can't be happening. No no no no. Not him. Anyone but him." Ana started to say while her head is still down. Christian looks as confused as I feel right now. She has never spoken about 'husband #3' to anyone, so we have no idea what she is referring to.

"Taylor, can you give us some privacy please?" Christian asks and I nod before stepping out of the room.

I close the door behind me and go in search of Ray. He is the only person other than Carla that might be able to provide me with the reason Ana is acting the way she is. Even when Hyde kidnapped her and Mia, when she faced him in court she appeared fearless. This time all I saw in her face was fear. If she is scared, then I have a feeling we should all be.

Christian's POV

Once Taylor leaves the room I look over at Ana and try to get her to look up at me, but she won't. Her body is shaking and I begin to worry her blood pressure might be on the rise again. It seems like the strong woman I know has disappeared. Knowing that Ana is so scared makes me feel helpless. I can't hold her in my arms and I don't know what to say. I shift closer to her and move her hands away from her face.

"Ana look at me please. Don't shut me out. Talk to me baby. Tell me what happened with him, please." I plead with her as she looks into my eyes. All I see in them is fear, something I never thought I would see in her eyes.

"Christian, I can't. Don't make me relive that. He is an evil person." She tries to move away from me, but I keep hold of her hand.

"Ana, I can see how scared you are. We need to know why. We need to know what he is capable of. Please talk to me sweetheart. I will never let him get near you. You are safe with me." I tell her as I move her hair from her face. My hand caresses her cheek and she leans into it, closing her eyes.

"You're right. You need to know what happened." She takes a deep breath and positions herself as close to me as she can get without being in bed with me.

"Take your time. Don't be afraid. I will make sure he doesn't get close to you." I reassure her as she give me a small smile.

"You know that I lived with my mom and him for a little while, but I've never told anyone why I left. Even Ray doesn't know the exact reason I wanted to come back, and he has never pushed for details. Anyways, he was a very controlling person and liked to drink. He would drink until he would blackout some nights. I didn't mind those nights, but the nights where he would just get drunk, they were worse." She stops talking for a moment and stares off into space.

"One night was really bad. My mom had gone to work that day and ended up having to work late. He wasn't happy about that and he had been drinking. He was pretty drunk when it came dinner time. I made some pasta for dinner. He was unhappy with it and threw it at me. He grabbed my arm and twisted it so hard that he broke it. After yelling at me and telling me how pathetic I was, he pushed me to the ground and left me alone. I had hit my head when I fell. I don't know how long it was, but I woke to my mom shaking me. She took me to the hospital. She told them that I had fallen down the stairs, but I'm sure she knew what really happened. After that day, I refused to go back to living in that house, so she sent me back to Ray." She says and lets out a sob.

"Ana, why didn't you tell me about this sooner?" I pull her hand up to my lips and kiss it.

"I didn't think he would do something like this. All these years of nothing from him, I figured he found someone else to torment." She turns and looks me in the eye.

"We will deal with him Ana. You won't have to see him. He doesn't know that I know who he really is. This is a good thing. We have an advantage over him right now. He thinks I want to buy his company, so I'm going to meet with him as soon as I get out of here." I say to Ana and her eyes grow wide.

"What if he wants to hurt you? What if hurting you is his way of hurting me? Please, let Taylor and the security team deal with this." She looks at me and I can see the pleading in here eyes.

"Ana, I will have Taylor with me. I will never be alone with him. Don't worry about me please. want your focus to be on you and our family. You need to be healthy for our children." I lean forward and kiss her forehead. Being able to say children instead of child puts a smile on my face.

"Okay, but don't leave me out of the loop Christian. I need to know what is going on, otherwise I will be worried. Promise me." She stands and takes my head in her hands.

"I promise Ana. You will know what happens. Now come lie next to me and rest. I've missed you." I say and scoot over to make room for Ana.

It doesn't take long for her breathing to even out. Once I know she is sleeping, I take my phone and start texting Taylor. We need to have a plan in place for when I get out of here. With Ana being released before me, I also need to find a place for her. Since there is still a potential threat, I'm tempted to send her back to the Tahoe house, but know if I do that she will stress even more. I need to keep her close, but finding a place at last minute is going to be hard. That's when I get an idea and send a text to my father. I know Ana might not like this plan, but it might be the only way to keep her safe.