Chapter 4 –

Christian POV

I can't lose my family! Ana, Carter… I can't believe this is happening! I knew things were going to well and worried not having security with us all the time would be a problem. We only had issues when we had events to attend but if I would have just went with my gut this might not have happened!

"Christian, we don't know the details yet and Tanya could just be making it sound worse than it is!" Mia said as she placed her hand on my shoulder. I was not going to let this go unpunished!

I stood up as we reached the garage and got in Jasper's truck as I pulled out my phone and dialed Jenks. He answered with his typical "Jenks". "Jenks, this is Grey. I want Tanya in jail and I intended to press charges. Contact with our attorney to make this happen. We need to find out what she meant and how she was involved in Ana's accident." I said as we made our way out of the city. Next on my list was to get in touch with mom or dad.

"Christian, from what I was told in your office….. well….Ana was on the way home from the doctor with Carter." Jasper explained. "That bitch! She lied to me again. I thought I had that on my calendar for today and she told me Ana called to let me know it was rescheduled." I was beyond pissed and more things were making since. I had only hired Tanya a few weeks ago after Margaret retired. My family are friends with her parents. She was in need of a job and had been in that line of work. Her resume was stellar and so were the reference I checked. Her background was clear which I took flak for from her family. I always do background checks on people who work for me. She has been annoying as hell and hits on me frequently like I pay her any attention.

"Christian, there was no way to know she was mental." Mia said as she tried to get in touch with mom or Rose. I pulled my phone and called Sawyer who was off today. "Mr. Grey" he said on the first ring. "Sawyer, Ana and Carter have been in an accident and we are on the way. I know you are off.." I didn't get to finish my sentence. "I am on the way. Where is she and Gail and I will head that way." He said quickly and I could hear the car start up. "

"According to my last communication the accident was in between the house and the roundabout." Jasper said as he glanced at Mia.

Something was not right and they were not telling me something. "I am on it boss." He said to me before handing up. "What are you not telling me." I said as we trudged through traffic in the pouring rain. We were interrupted by Jasper's phone. "All I know is they don't know where the car is but it .. she left you a message and then called Emmett. She left a message that apparently did not end until after the car had settled and crashed." Jasper said as he glanced at me. I closed my eyes at my memory of that stretch of road. It has a good deal of curves, trees and the river running along one side. My heart spikes as I think about all the possibilities. "Jasper, do you have a recording of the message. They are there with her so maybe it is just something minor." I asked not sure I really wanted to hear this message.

"We really don't have those details. They got the message and headed off to get to them. They only just called me to tell me about the message but would not go into detail." Jasper said. We were interrupted by Mia's phone again but this time it was our lawyer. "Christian, we have Tanya at the police station for questioning. We also tracked down the afternoon timeline from the navigation and diagnostic program. It appears that the system showed normal operations until she pulled out of the doctor's office parking garage. The brake fluid gage began to slowly decrease until it ran completely out. We also pulled the video from the parking garage and we show her pulling into the deck and get out of the car. After she enters the elevator a dark figure walks by and shoots out the light over that area of the garage. The figure then appeared to kneel out of view at the front of the car. After the figure runs off, Ana returns and hesitates so she must have been on alert cause she immediately placed the baby in without hooking him up and got in. I can only guess she got in and then hooked him up. Our guess is the break line was cut." He said as I just closed my eyes and shook my head to keep my temper at bay. Who ever tried to hurt my wife and did hurt her will pay dearly for this and if Tanya had any connection she will also pay. I don't care who her family is and how well they know mom and dad! This is my family!

"Thanks for the information, I can only assume this had been turned over to the police and they are questioning Tanya?" I asked which he acknowledged before we dismissed the call. We were approaching the round when we saw the police lights blocking the road. I had never been more thankful for Jasper being a US Marshall at that moment because he flipped on his lights and went around to where the officers were blocking the road.

"US Marshall Whitlock, we need to get through." He said in his formal voice. "Sorry sir but we can't let any one through right now. We have an underwater entrapment and two life flight helicopters on scene." A soft "fuck" came from Jasper's mouth and the officer's words rocked my world. My body suddenly filled with a sense of dread! Ana's biggest fear was coming true! We had many talks about our fears before Carter was born. "No…no…." I chanted and moved to get out of the car. I was going to get down there. "Sir, the victim is family, my brother, her husband and baby's father is with us." Jasper said in a cool and calm voice. I was falling apart ready to rip my heart out of my chest.

"On through then, it is three miles down just past the sharp curve." He said as he looked back at me with sad eyes. No…no.. they are alive… they are going to be ok…" At that moment I could not tell you what occurred in those moments between the officer's explanation and arrival at the accident sight but I was not prepared for what was before me.