Married to the Mob?

Ch 37: Who was it?

I didn't know what to think. Ana was crying to me telling she was having flashbacks and I wanted to protect her all I could. I wanted to help her. The problem was I didn't have any idea how to help her, so I took her to the hospital her brother who is a doctor at. I prayed he would know more than I did.

"Help us! Please someone help us! Dr. Steele! Rick!"

He came running to us, me holding Ana asking what was wrong. I told him that she was experiencing flashbacks again. As she was talking to her brother he took her in an examining room. Her brother asked me to stay outside the room, however I told him I was her husband. He says he understood but that he needed to talk with her privately.

Christian reluctantly left the room, telling her he'd be right outside. Just as the door closed; her cell phone rang.

"Hello," Christian answered.

"Christian, it's Kate, can I talk to Ana, please?" Kate asked.

"No, she can't talk right now." He answered abruptly.

"Why not? Where is she?"

"Cedars, Emergency room." Christian hung up the phone.

Meanwhile Ana was getting treated by her brother. He was looking at her very closely.

"You can stop this anytime you want, Ana," Rick said, looking at his sister.

"Stop what..."

"Stop this act or whatever you're doing. There is nothing wrong with you."

"Rick, I..." she tried to explain but he knew better.

"Ana, don't even try it. So why are you doing this? Try the truth this time."

Ana sat on the bed knowing her brother was right.

How did I get myself in this mess? Never mind, I know how.

"Okay, look, we got into a fight and I wanted him to spend some time with me...but he wouldn't."

"That's a good way to strengthen your marriage," he said getting up from the bed. Leaning against the wall he said, "Faking having flashbacks to get your husband's attention, that is very inventive."

"It worked didn't it?" Ana asked her brother sarcastically.

He asked her to tell him what was really going on because he knew her too well. She wouldn't pull a crazy stunt like this without a better reason. Ana ignored his question and asked him to not tell anyone. Jose, Kate and Christian all came into the room. Jose stood next to Ana

"What's going on, are you having those flashbacks, again?" Jose asked, touching her face at the time.

"Yeah..." though she hated lying trying to keep up this charade for Christian and her sake.

Christian was watching Jose with Ana when they entered the room together.

After Kate and Jose came to the hospital we all walked into the room together. Right away he went to Ana asking if she was okay. He was touching her face as I looked on. I hated to see him that close to her but at the same time he had been through this before with her.

Jose asked her brother why it was all happening again. Rick told him, he didn't know, but was going to find out.

"You're going to beat this again, I know you will." Jose replied to Ana confidently.

Ana sighed saying to him, "Thanks, Jose. You were always there for me."

"Rick, why don't we send her to the specialist out in California?" Jose asked.

Christian was getting a little tired of Jose sticking in no in their business.

"What the hell are you doing?" Christian asked him. That should be me consoling my wife not her ex.

Jose explained to him looking in Christian's direction, "I know what she went through before..."

"Yeah, well I know exactly what she went through she told me. I'm the one taking care of her and take your hands off my wife and get the hell out of here!" Christian shouted angrily.

Jose stood up and faced Christian. As the men tried to face off, Ana's brother pushed them both outside of the room telling them to back off.

"I'm her husband..." Christian replied.

Ana asked if Kate could stay leading the men out.

"Great performance, Ana, you had me believing you weren't doing so good as well."

"Oh god, was it that obvious?" Ana asked, panicked.

"No, it wasn't." Kate replied and continued, "So this was the only thing you could come up with to keep him from going to the docks, right?"

"Yeah. I overheard Christian tell his grandmother, that he was in love with me. I just couldn't do it, Kate. I couldn't betray Christian like that. I didn't know if you had called already and I didn't want to take the chance of him being there. We have to think of another way."

Rick came back into Ana's room just as she told Kate they had to think of another plan. They looked back at him.

"I'm glad you're both here," he said to both girls. Kate tried to get up and leave but Rick cut her off saying, "Look, you both need to stop these games. Are you in any danger, Ana, just tell me yes or no?"

"No, Rick, I'm not. I told you what was happening."

"Yeah, I know what you told me, but I'm not buying it."

Christian just walked into the room his hands on his hips.

"What's going on?" Christian asked, while they all looked at each other. He continued,"I'm not going anywhere until I know what's wrong with my wife."

"Ana isn't doing very good right now so I'm keeping her overnight for observation. She will see a specialist and we will talk in the morning. I better go get you a room, Ana," he replied, leaving the room.

Rick asked Kate to leave to which she did leaving Christian and Ana alone. He was concerned for his wife.

He gently spoke, "I know you're scared. Do you want me to spend the night here with you?"

"No. That's okay. I need to get some rest anyway."

Christian waited with Ana until her brother could get her a room. He saw Jack outside the door window and excused himself to go and talk to him.

"What do you want? What's going on?" he asked, Jack.

"I thought you should know that the FBI showed up at the docks. I have the pictures to prove it."

Jack was showing Christian pictures from his phone of the FBI rummaging through the shipment and arresting their men.

I didn't want to do this to Christian, as I became very fond of him, sort of like a brother to me. But I know Grace and how ruthless the woman can be. I made him think it was Ana the one who called the FBI.

Christian didn't want to think Ana would do this to him.

I told Jack I didn't believe him that Ana tipped them off. He showed me a picture on his cell showing me our guys getting arrested. I turned my head looking into her room wondering to myself, please, Ana, please tell me it wasn't you.

But then again I thought to myself, she knew about the shipment coming in. I didn't want to believe that my own wife would set me up. And now with her having flashbacks? Was it a coincidence? Just what was really going on with her, I questioned.

A/N: Hmmm...the plot is thickening. Any guesses on who is behind this?