Chapter 26: The Grey Files

Her nerves were raw. Ana had to concentrate to keep herself calm. She was waiting for Tracy in the Seattle Public Library in the fiction section. They did not say a word as Tracy slipped a stack of files about four inches thick into Ana's soft sided messenger bag. Tracy patted Ana's hand then left as quietly as she arrived.

Ana waited for ten minutes then left the library and made the drive to her home. No one said anything as she came through the door and went straight to her office. She closed and locked the door. She did not want to be disturbed.

The files sat on her desk for awhile before she even opened the first manila folder that was labeled: Christian 15. There were various pictures of Christian as a young man. He was so handsome. He was slender but there was a promise of the body that he would develop as he grew older. She would have been smiling to see these pictures but knowing that they came from Elena's files, she felt sick. She went through the photos but stopped when she came across of a nude Christian asleep on a bed. The next photo was Christian tied up spread eagle and gagged. These photos made Ana sick to her stomach. The next files were about the same, Christian at different ages in different poses of bondage and naked. The worst one was of Christian lying nude on a bed on his stomach and the welts of a cane were very evident. Ana had tears in her eyes. How could anyone treat her Christian like this? Why did he agree to do this? She came to the file which was of Christian at age 21. His male beauty stared up at her from that a photo. It was the only photo that Christian was dressed. There was some of him naked as a submissive, but that there were a few where he was the dom. He was wearing a pair of jeans that hung from his hips. His chest was bare and Ana could see the scars that marred his chest. He was not smiling but looked pissed off. These must have been Elena's insurance policy against Christian. The last file was of her. Photos of her at dinner with Christian, with Kate and Mia, and even photos of her walking into SIP before it was Grey Publishing. The photo that made her stomach turn was a copy of their wedding photo with her face marked out with a black marker. Included in her file was Christian's NDA that he signed when he was just fifteen years old. Ana knew enough about the law that this contract was void because a minor could not sign a legal document without their parent's permission. This is how Elena kept Christian from telling his parents the truth about her.

Ana picked up her cell phone and called Christian. He answered on the second ring.

"Hi, baby." He said happy that she called.

"Hi." She cleared her voice. "I need you to come to the Ranch immediately. A situation has arisen that needs your attention."

Christian felt the hair on the back of his neck rise. "Are you alright?"

"Yes, but I need you here now." Her back was killing her even sitting at her desk. She rubbed the small of her back to ease the pain. "I will expect you here in thirty minutes."

Christian was shocked to hear the line go dead. She hung up on him after issuing him an order. He had to laugh. Ana was a control-freak. She was his equal in every way.

Christian was at the Ranch in less than thirty minutes. Brady escorted him to Ana's office, knocked, then waited until she unlocked and opened the door. She motioned Christian into the room, smiled at Brady with a nod, then shut the door and locked it. "I am sorry that I was so short on the phone." She said as she sat behind her desk. She picked up the files and handed them to him. "I acquired these today. I thought you might be interested in them." She watched him as he opened the first file and he flinched. His grey eyes shot to her and she couldn't tell if he was angry or afraid. They were blank.

"Where did you get these?" He asked more sternly than he really wanted.

"From the files of Elena Lincoln." She answered lowly. "They only get better as you get older. There are also photos of me. She had me followed at one time."

"How did you get them?" Ana did not answer. She shrugged her shoulders. His eyes went to the files. His heart was pounding in his chest. He went through the rest of them and kept his emotions in check until he came to Ana's file. He was furious that Elena had followed his Ana. When he saw the wedding photo Ana thought he would have an embolism. "Fuckin bitch whore!."

"I also found your NDA signed at the tender age of 15. You do know that it is not enforceable."

Christian shook his head. "It is a legal document. Only the "Contract" is unenforceable."

"Christian, no minor can sign a legal document without the permission of their parents. You signed that NDA at age 15. She fucked you over and kept you that way." She handed him the faded piece of paper with his adolescent signature on it. "Now, will you admit that she is a pedophile?"

Christian had to close the file. Seeing himself in such positions made him queasy. "You never told me how you came by these."

"No, I didn't." She sat back in her chair. "Just know that these are now yours. Elena doesn't have anything on you. These were taken out of her personal files and her computers were scrubbed." She grimaced as her back pain worse. "Call it a very early Birthday present."

"Ana, how?" He stood and leaned over her desk on his fists.

"Christian, don't try to intimidate me. I have my sources and I am not at liberty to tell you."

Christian stood straight and looked down at Ana. He was frustrated beyond words that she will not tell him how she acquired this material. The old Christian would have dominated her either through his temper or he would use his sexual sexpertise. He sighed heavily knowing that he would not find out unless she decided to tell him. "Alright, then, I apologize for my behavior and thank you for this."

"I suggest that you destroy all this or better yet…use it to have Elena Lincoln prosecuted for the pedophile that she is."

"I can't do that without the whole world knowing what I used to do. It would ruin my family's name and my business." He sat down and stared into space as if remembering memories. From the look on his face his memories were not pleasant.

Ana was about to say something when her cell phone began to ring. "Grey." She put her finger to her lips to say "Be quiet". "What else? ….Alright…Send all that to Detective James Morris and a copy to the D.A. Let the bitch burn….thanks…yes, I will call you later." After Ana switched off her phone she smiled a very satisfied smile at Christian. "It seems that Mrs. Robinson will be investigated for molesting young boys."

"Ana, what have you done?" Christian was afraid and angry.

"I didn't do a thing. I just have some friends in high places that were told about Elena and they finally got the goods on her. I just had to make sure that they didn't find anything about you." She kept her cool. "I won't let her hurt you anymore…and frankly I am sick of having that bitch in my life. By the time the law is done with her she will be too damn old to wield a cane or sexually abuse any more young boys. You do realize that you were not the only underage boy in her life."

"You have gone power mad." He accused lowly ignoring her last statement.

Ana had to laugh. "Well, isn't that the pot calling the kettle black. Christian, what I am I have learned from you. You are just seeing yourself. So before you go thermonuclear on me, just remember that you would have done the same damn thing if our positions were switched." She stood feeling the muscles in her back pull and contract. Automatically her hands went to the small of her back. "Now, if you will excuse me, I am going to take a nap."

"You are not going back to GP?"

"No, I am going to rest today. I'm not feeling well. Dr. Wesley suggested that I take a rest day and not do anything. So I called in and told the minions that I am staying home."

"I can rub your back, if you want." He said it with love and not with a leer. "Or would you like me to fix you a nice hot bath

"No thank you on the bath. I am too big to climb in and out of a tub." She smiled at him. "You better get back to work, Mr. CEO. You have an empire to grow for Teddy and Phoebe."

Christian stood and walked over to her and gently kissed her lips. He held her hands lifting them to his lips. "Thank you, Mrs. Grey for having my back."

Ana gave a gentle smile even though her back was killing her. She just wanted to climb into her bed and relax. Even though Christian was being sweet, he was not Eva. She wished that Eva could be here now. Eva knew how to keep her calm. Eva was the medicine and the therapy that Ana needed.