I hope you like the next step in my story! Call this the sequel... but I am the chapter and stories together as I prefer it.. I am excited to see where this one goes!

Ashes to ashes

Phoebe's POV:

"Now calling all passengers; on our flight from Boston to Seattle. Can all first and business class passengers please proceed to the gate" The stewardess announced.

I grabbed my ticket and proceeded to the gate. I didn't look at her as I didn't want her to see the redness in my eyes. Only 24 hours ago I was trying to determine which party to spend the night at with some friends, I was talking to Eva on the phone and thankful to have handed in one of my last papers for the second last semester for my undergraduate degree at Harvard. The biggest issue I had in life was deciding if it really was medicine that I wanted to do now at Harvard, or accept entrance to the Harvard law school. But now all of that seemed minor, I was rushing home to the funeral of a family member.

There were five men that had always been in my life and meant the world to me. Now in no particular order of affection of love (with the exception of my father) the first of these remarkable men were my father; the one and only Christian Grey who had taken over the business world in his 20's and whose good looks made him Seattle's most wanted bachelor until he found my mother.

The second was my grandfather Carrick Grey, who was often my voice of reason and advocated for me in many disagreements with my dad as a teenager. The third was Taylor, my dad's right hand man and security personnel. Regardless of his job titled he had long become family and in many ways was my second father. I even told him things some times before my parents even after the Brent issue to work out their likely response.

The next man was my uncle Elliot, the only man I ever saw who was able to engage in a game of friendly insults and jeers with my father, but he was a wonderful uncle to me. He made me laugh when I didn't think I could and he always had my back. I spent a lot of time with Eva growing up and there for saw him frequently. The last and not least was my only brother, Ted or Teddy if you prefer. The only other person who knew exactly what it was like to grow up in our house; He was my consciousness and my protector whilst being the greatest brother ever.

Now at the age of 21, I was going back home to watch them bury one of them. So much had happened to them all and me in the last several years, it was even becoming a blur at bit. After graduating from high school, I was accepted at numerous colleges. I was considering WSU but even my parents encouraged me to accept the place at Harvard, of course with security and many visits from my parents, but I that came with the Grey identity and surname. I did end up moving in with Ted and Hayley, whose relationship had proven the test of college and the real world. Much talk had been had over marriage but they just always seemed that they were comfortable with the ways things were.

After college, Hayley worked with the Bank of America and Ted did exactly what he told when he left home for college and went to work by dad's side. Dad didn't go ahead with his threat of cutting Ted off over the internship, and Ted did go to Brussels. It had been an amazing experience and had matured him a lot professionally and in world financial matters, plus the contacts and connections he made was impressive! Ted's new connections with people in the right places and his natural gift for being a smooth talker meant that he was able to process deals and acquire resources at an impressive rate.

Dad and Mom, of course didn't really change over the years. They both remained very committed to their work and each other. As I have gotten older I have realised how deep their relationship was and as much as I tried I had failed to find another partner that would complete me as much as they did for each other. My father remained as controlling as ever, but after the Brent issue, my parents and I started to talk frequently and about everything. I suspect that there was a lot more to their sexual relationship than they ever told me, well once they tried to elaborate but I stopped them. That was one side that I didn't really need to picture in the dark.

My grandfather and grandmother were now very much retired! They were close to their 70's but were still very fit and capable. Grandpa had had a minor heart attack a few years ago and it made them realise that their time on the earth was limited so they just now to enjoyed life. They spent a lot of time traveling and spending time with their family. They came to visit me a few times each year in Boston which I honestly enjoyed actually.

My Uncle Elliot had always remained the funny man to me. He had been a brilliant builder with company and had won numerous environmental awards. Personally I would define his as the grown man who never truly grew up. He was been a fantastic father to Eva and there were times as a teenager where I would have wanted him to have been my dad.

Taylor had remained loyal to my father. He stayed by my dad's side always unless of course I was on a date and he then became my shadow. I would have expected him to retire with Gail, but they both chose not to so few years back. Of course they did scaled back their work load. Mom and Dad had a second housekeeper and Sawyer took over the areas that Taylor no longer cared for.

I looked at my watch and we would be landing in 30 minutes. I refused the use of the company jet as I knew that if I came straight to the airport I could get on a flight and come home, rather than waiting for GEH to go from Seattle to Boston and back again. I closed my eyes realising that I was now going home for the first time with one of the men in my life dead. I would never see them, talk to them or be able to tell them that I love them.

When we had landed, I got off and went into the terminal. I smiled as I saw Taylor and then burst into tears. He came towards me and put his arms around me.

"Let's go home Phoebe. Everyone has arrived and they are at your grandparent's house. They are waiting for you." Taylor said comforting. With his arm around me, I collected my bags and went to see my family.

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