Chapter 29
CHRISTIAN'S POV:
I'm just laying here now watching as my angel still sleeps. She needs this rest, and I'm not going to wake her until she is ready. As I watch her steady breathing and gently move her hair from her beautiful face, I heard a soft knock on the door. I didn't want to wake up Ana by hollering out so I carefully removed my body from hers and stood to answer the door. As I cracked the door open I saw Taylor standing there with a worried look on his face. That's never good!
"Sir, I have something to show you," He began telling me of a newscast that I must be made aware of. I need to see this for myself, so I tell him to give me a few minutes and meet me in my office. I go back into the bedroom and see Ana is just about to wake up; she has stretched and reached her arm to my side of the bed. She is a beautiful sight! I approach her as she is fluttering her eyes open, and before she speaks a word I'm there lying down beside her.
"Baby," I start off softly, as I run the back of my fingers down her cheek, ending with twirling her hair, "I need to go talk to Taylor before he leaves, if you would like to get into the shower I can be there in time to wash your hair if you like."
With a big grin on her face she agreed with me, and I helped her up to go into the bathroom. I told her I would be right back, it won't take me long. I'm glad she didn't ask any questions on what I have to talk to Taylor about, I want to know first before she does, so I know what to tell her. I head on down to my office and see Taylor sitting there in the chair across my desk with my monitor facing him, and I go take the seat right next to him.
He starts to play what looks like a breaking news coverage, and I can't believe what I'm seeing. Someone is telling the world that Ana was aboard a plane crash, and she is believed to be dead. I'm still considered missing, only a handful of people know that I am just hiding right now, waiting for the right moment to come out. I didn't want to jeopardize Ana's return, and I didn't want the hassle of the paps. We are still hidden away, but I don't know for how long. What does this news coverage mean?
Just as if he was reading the question in my mind Taylor begins to speak, "I think someone out there knows that you are still alive, and thinks that Ana is gone for good. This may be their idea, to have you believe that Ana is dead and have you stop searching for her. This may have been Hyde setting it up before we got him, but he didn't turn in the fake story, someone else did. It could be Roads or Yahr." He does have a point. Someone out there wants me to believe that Ana is dead, because if I would have not gotten to her in time, I probably would believe this news story. Of course, I would validate the authenticity of it before planning a funeral… I don't want to think about that! My Ana is safe, and in the shower right now waiting for me! I couldn't bare the thought of her not being in my life, and I won't dwell on it either.
So I let Taylor know to get Welch and whoever else on it and find out where this story came from, I want to know if this was Hyde's set up or someone else who wants to fuck with my head. I am tired of people trying to get in the way of our happiness, and I will shut them down immediately. I finish up with Taylor, I know he will make sure we have something before the end of the day, but I also know that he is on his way out to where he has Hyde. I want that loose end tied up first. I bid Taylor good day and go back to the bedroom where I will find my love.
I entered our bathroom and saw her standing under the shower looking as sexy as ever. Down Grey, it's too soon to think such thoughts. I try to control myself as I strip myself of my clothes and climb in behind her. She jumped for a moment at the contact, but then just melted into my hands as I grabbed her body wash and started to wash her body, trying hard not to think any sexual thoughts. But damn this woman makes it hard to do that! I rinse her off and turn off the shower and quickly grab the towels for her and I, I can't stand naked next to her much longer! Wrapped up in the towel, I carry my wife into the bedroom and set her on the bed. I can feel her eyes on me as I gather up some comfortable clothes, sweats and t-shirt for the both of us, and we dress.
I don't know how I'm going to tell her about what I saw, but I know I'm going to have to. She will see the coverage or at least hear about it soon, and I don't want her angry at me for not telling her. But I want to feed my wife first, and I want to see my little man and spend some time with him. My mom has been great caring for him here, but I know that Ana would like some time with him as well.
As we head into the great room where everyone is sitting around either reading or watching TV or on their phone and Ana is the first one to go up to Grace to retrieve our son. I love watching her with him, I can see the love in her eyes that she has, and I can feel along with her that she doesn't want to let him go. I led Ana carrying Teddy into the kitchen to see what we could have for breakfast, and Gail is already setting up our plates. I offered to hold Teddy as Ana ate, but I was shot down. I don't know how anyone can feed themselves one-handed while caring for a baby in the other, but Ana seems to be a pro. I am in continuous awe of this woman!
After breakfast and some light conversation, Teddy started fussing a bit. I guess little man is hungry too. So Ana and I carry him off into his nursery, and she sits with him in the rocking chair. Adjusting herself to feed, she sang a sweet little lullaby and rocked as Teddy fed. It's just amazing how natural this process seemed, and I couldn't tear my eyes away. I sat on the other chair and just watched as Teddy began to slow his suckles and drift off to sleep. Ana rocked him just a bit more and then looked at me for some help to put him in the crib. I went over and took him from her arms and slowly placed him down, still sleeping and grabbed the baby monitor. We left the nursery door partially open and went into the great room, holding each other close by our sides. I love this, I don't ever want to part from her side.
Our smiles quickly turned to shocked expressions as we entered the room, I did not expect to have the TV on any news stations, but there it was… the same news story Taylor showed me earlier, but now they have updates on more of the passengers thought to be in the wreck as well. Everyone had stopped what they were doing and just watched the television with wide eyes and open mouths. I hold Ana closer to me; I can feel her body shaking as she's watching herself on the news. Pictures of her and I are shown, and I'm still reported missing, and not part of the crash. But a name does come up that concern me, along with his picture and short telling of his escape. I look down to Ana as I know I haven't told her yet about Hyde. I felt that she needed to know that she was safe first, before she could know what she needs to be safe from. She is now safe from Hyde, Taylor and Sawyer is seeing to that. But there is still threat out there, Roads and Yahr are still free. I don't know if they know that Ana is safe with me, or if they think Hyde went thru with his plan and she is gone. Either way, they are still a threat, and they will be caught.
As I watch my wife watching the news story, I feel terrified of what she may be feeling right now. She turns her face to mine, and the look in her eyes told me… and I don't like where this conversation was going to go.
"Hyde." She says rather angrily to me, "Mother fucking Hyde."
Whoa! Ok, Ana doesn't normally swear, and if she does it's usually not as vulgar, but there was anger dripping from her voice and her eyes felt like daggers. Oh God, I hope she's not directing it to me! Shit, I'm in trouble here!
"Let's go to the office, baby," I calmly suggest. She stares for a moment more then turns and huffs her way towards the office. Damn, she's angry. I glance around the room to see my family just staring at me, wondering if I'm going to be alright. They must have seen the look on Ana's face before she stormed out, and they know that I have to follow.
Alright, here goes!
ANA'S POV:
I've had a nice morning so far, but I didn't expect to see what I saw on the TV. I'm being reported dead, killed in a plane crash… along with Jack Mother Fucking Hyde. Yes, I swore, and did it feel good to say it that way! But now I know who was behind it all, and as much as I would like to be angry about it, another part of me took over and I started to sob. I don't know why, but I don't have it in me to be angry right now, and especially at Christian. I know he didn't tell me anything, and I don't know if he really planned on telling me or if he was going to just keep me hidden from it all. Come to think of it, I know nothing about my rescue or who was behind it and why. But maybe right now is not the time for me to know everything, I just want to be with my family, and feel safe. I wonder if why we are still here is because they are still out there, I just want to go home and feel normal again.
I am deep in my sobbing when I felt Christian lift me up, set me on his lap, and cuddle me into his chest. It feels good, and I know I need to let this out a little before we talk. Christian wasted no time in starting this conversation. "I'm so sorry I haven't told you yet," he sounded so broken, as if he was going to start crying himself. I lifted my gaze to meet his, and see tears threatening to fall. "I wanted to wait until you were ready, and I didn't want to see you unhappy. I have been over the moon since you came back, and I didn't want to lose that with you."
Christian snuggled into me, and I snuggled right back. I didn't want him to say anymore, so I silenced him from saying anything more by placing my lips to his. It was a soft touch, and slow, but we both needed this connection. We slowly broke away and I looked into his grey orbs swimming in unshed tears as I spoke, "I don't need to know anything, I'm sorry for getting angry. I just want to be safe, and I want us to go back home. I need us to go back home, and I don't want to look back on this."
I gave a little smile that he reciprocated, and we both embraced each other again. "I will never let anything ever happen to you again," I can hear him whisper before he held on tighter. And I know that he will hold true to his promise, to the best that he can. I trust he will.
"So, what are we going to do?" I ask softly, "The world thinks I'm dead right now, and you are still missing. Are we going to tell them the truth?"
"I'm not sure exactly how we are going to handle this baby, but I do know someone wants me to think that you are dead, and I think that maybe we should play on it to drag whoever else is behind all this mess out of the woodwork. I'm not going to worry about it at the moment, I'll talk it over with Taylor and Welsh, but baby," he grabs my chin to look him right in the eye, "I promise you this will be all behind us soon."
? POV:
Why haven't I heard anything yet? Christian should have come out by now, and especially since I know he's seen the news, he has got to believe it and give up that damned search! Get a clue Grey, she is now dead to you, gone forever! It's time to move on, and I know how you can do that. I'm tired of waiting; I'm going to have to take the next step myself.
If there is nothing new tomorrow, I will begin.
A/N:
Thank you again to all of my followers, favorites and reviews… I'm sorry it was longer for the update, and I have no real excuse except for life. I hope it won't be long until the next one, and ? will be revealed. Time for a little more action! Please review! ~DeNae~
