It has been 6 months since our sons were born. James and Teddy are the perfect additions to our family.
Piper and Penny are fabulous big sisters. They help us with the babies and they are so smart and cute. They are much happier about the twins ever since they became mobile.
Christian has, yet again, exceeded my expectations as a remarkable father and husband. He goes above and beyond to make sure we are all happy every day.
I still have days where I'm sad that my Dad couldn't be here with us. We haven't gone over to his place where he lived when he died. My old place. I'm planning on going over there soon to go through his stuff and possibly donate some of the stuff we got him to a shelter for homeless people.
We are also considering renting the house out as well but I'm not sure about that yet. I guess it depends how the house makes me feel, now that my Daddy is no longer there.
Since it is Saturday, my husband and I have decided to head to Dad's house and get that out of the way.
We are taking an SUV so we can fit stuff into it to donate or just take home.
As we pull up, I take a deep breath and Christian opens the door for me. We walk in and I can smell him. Tears are stinging the back of my eyes but I manage to keep my composure.
As we enter the living room, we find hospital gloves and other evidence that this is where they picked up my Dad. The tears are suddenly falling from my eyes now at that thought. My husband holds me and walks me out of that room and he helps me go through all of my Dad's stuff. I take all his clothes and have Christian put them into the SUV.
In that moment, I decide that I'm going to keep this place for friends and family when they visit from out of town, or if they just need a neutral place to stay temporarily.
We clean out the fridge and leave it empty so the smell of rotten food doesn't fill the house.
We take some photo albums and paperwork and we take it all to the SUV. We're going to have Gail come over to clean. We decide to take everything but the furniture with us and we're going to hold his stuff in our basement of our home and possibly donate some other stuff as well as his clothes.
A couple of hours later, we decide we have enough and we're sending someone to box up the rest of his personal belongings. He must have moved stuff here from my childhood home to here. This thought makes me smile.
"We've been here all day. Are you ready to go, Ana?"
"Yeah. We're going to keep this place as an off site guest house for people coming to visit."
"That can be managed."
"Also, his clothes and maybe some household items need to go to some kind of charity or something so he can help other's in need. That's what Dad would've wanted."
He smiles at me. "of course baby."
I take his hand and give him a sweet kiss. "let's get out of here."
We go out to the SUV and he helps me in and we go home and have staff help Christian carry everything except the clothes to the basement.
We spend the rest of the day with our babies, Penny, Piper, Teddy and James. Tomorrow, we are going to donate Dad's clothes to various charities that involve men.
6 weeks later
We finally got all my father's clothes given to various charities and ended up donating money to their causes.
The boys are now almost 8 months old and Piper and Penny are closing in on 2 years old. Our children are so good. Piper and Penny continue to be great big sisters. They are all so smart.
Tonight, we are headed to the Coping Together Gala at the Grey's manor. Kate and I went out for a spa day yesterday to get properly groomed for this event. Technically, we got groomed for our husband's benefits. But that is beside the point.
Today, we went to our favorite hair dressers and are getting our hair styled and our nails and makeup done.
When I return home from the hair dresser, I find my handsome husband all dressed in his tuxedo and playing with the kids. I approach him and wrap my arms around him and give him a sweet kiss. "I'm going to get dressed baby."
"Okay baby."
I go up to our room and throw on my sexiest lingerie, gown and jewelry and look at myself in the mirror one more time before heading down the stairs.
I am greeted at the bottom of the stairs by my handsome delicious husband. "You look absolutely stunning Mrs. Grey."
"You're looking pretty handsome yourself Mr. Grey." I give him a sweet kiss and we tell all of our kids goodnight and give them hugs and kisses.
Once we arrive at the Gala, Christian gets out and comes around and helps me out. I take his arm and he leads us to the huge tent in the back yard. Our pictures are taken as we walk into the tent. Christian takes me around and introduces me to everyone that he knows, which is apparently quite a few people.
We have our champagne and soon, we make our way to our table with the rest of the Greys.
"Ana, married women can now take part in the first dance auction. Would you please participate?"
I look at Christian and he just winks at me. "Sure Mia."
"YAY!!" he comes around the table and engulfs me in a huge hug.
She finally goes back to her seat and we have our dinner and then a lot of auction items are bid on.
I lean into Christian. "will you please win me?" I whisper in his ear.
"of course baby." He gives me a sweet kiss.
Finally, it is time for the first dance auction and Mia practically drags me to the stage.
Most of the girls are auctioned off for anywhere from 5 to 10,000 dollars.
When it is finally my turn, the DJ introduces me and the bidding starts with husband for 1 million dollars. Another man bids against him. The voice sound familiar and gives me the chills. I can't see faces from up here because of the bright lights on me.
Christian and this stranger continue to bid on me and Christian eventually wins me for 25 million. Who the fuck was that other man?
He comes to the stage and offers his hand and helps me down off the stage. "do you know who that other man was Christian? His voice sounded vaguely familiar."
"No baby. I didn't see him. He was hiding in the shadows."
I nod. "take me to the boathouse for a rendezvous before your very expensive dance?"
He smiles brightly and takes my hand and leads me out of the tent and he scoops me up so we can move quickly to the boathouse before we are spotted.
Once inside, he locks the door and his lips crash into my own. He carries me upstairs and lays me on the couch, his lips still firmly connected to my own. Within moments he is fucking me hard and fast and it is glorious.
After we come down from our highs, he gets up and helps me up and we help situate each other's clothes so we are presentable.
"How do I look husband?"
"You look perfect. Me?"
"Absolutely handsome." I run my fingers through his hair to tame it. "Now you are perfect baby."
He takes my hand and we leave the boathouse. I hear a rustling sound like someone is in the bushes. I turn around and don't see anyone so I shake my head and we continue to the tent.
Once we arrive at the tent, they call time for the first dance so I take my handsome husband's hand and he takes me to the dancefloor and holds me close and we sway to the music. I still feel like someone is staring at me but I choose to ignore it.
When our dance is over, we go and talk more with the Greys. I lean into my husband. "I need to use the ladies room. I will be right back." I whisper to him.
"Okay baby. See you soon."
He kisses me sweetly and then I grab my purse and head to the ladies room. Once inside, I use the bathroom and freshen up.
As I'm leaving the restroom, I am grabbed by my arm. I turn and I'm stunned into silence. Before me is Steve Morton. I gasp. "It can't be. Daddy killed you."
"we don't have time to discuss that. You're coming with me." He stabs me in the arm with a needle and everything fades to black.
Christian's POV
It has been 20 minutes since Ana went to the bathroom so I decide to go look for her. I walk up to the ladies room and knock on the door. A lady answers and says that the woman I'm describing isn't in there.
Now I'm getting worried. I decide to call her but I hear her phone ringing nearby so I follow the ring and find her purse on the ground near the restroom. I pick it up and quickly go in search of Sawyer, who is supposed to be following her everywhere.
"Sawyer, where is my wife?"
He looks at me startled. "I I don't know. I saw her go into the bathroom earlier."
"Well she isn't there anymore. Her purse which holds her phone was laying in the grass close to the bathroom. Let's get everyone looking for her."
"Yes, sir" he says and he contacts the other guards to help look for her.
We thoroughly search the property and she isn't anywhere to be found. Fuck. "Check CCTV and let's get on it fast. Has she pushed her panic button?"
"No. We're not sure if she is even wearing it because she usually wears other jewelry to events."
"Fuck. We have to find her."