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Recap: Ana was having a nice evening at home and planning things for her next big author when another bouquet of white lilies was delivered to her apartment. This time there was a card that had a big 'X' in the same make and shade of Ana's lipstick. Ana called Christian thinking the flowers might have been from him and she confessed that she lied about finding out who the first bouquet flowers were from. Christian went to the apartment with Taylor and Taylor left to do some digging whilst Christian stayed with Ana to calm her down and keep her company.
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Stalked: Chapter 6: Incident 4 (Sunday June 19th 2016)
Ana
"So, do I need to buy another dress?" Mia questioned with a knowing smirk on her lips.
"A dress?"
"She's talking about you and Christian" Kate stated and handed me a full glass of wine.
"I still don't get it" I said.
"She's hinting that about you and Christian getting married" Kate explained.
"Married?!"
"I know you two have gotten extremely close and I know that he has spent most of the week here. I'm just thinking that maybe I might need to buy another dress, for another wedding" Mia told me.
"No Mia. Don't go shopping for any dresses" I said.
"Not yet anyway" Kate teased.
"Stop it you two" I scolded.
"All jokes aside, I'm glad you and Christian are finally together. I always knew you would end up together; I used to see the way you would look at each other"
"We're just seeing how this goes; we're not putting pressure on ourselves or even a label on it. Right now, we're just spending time together and being there for one another" I declared.
"Ok Ana, no pressure" Kate replied.
Kate and Mia shared raised eyebrows at one another and then took a sip of their wine. I appreciate their support with this Christian thing but I don't want them to get overboard with what is going on and I don't want them talking about weddings or anything like that, especially in front of Christian, I don't want him to be scared off. This last week has been a difficult and emotional week but Christian and I are dealing with it the best we can and as far as Mia's accusation that he spent the week here, well that is not quite true, yes he has spent a few nights but he was worried about my safety.
Christian seems to think that I may have some kind of stalker, it does make sense with everything that's happened but I really have no idea who could be stalking me or why. Christian and Taylor have looked into it as well but they have also come up empty, everything that has happened; the flowers and the car tyres, there is no evidence to point towards an individual, they are being really careful about keeping themselves hidden which freaks me out all the more. Clearly this person knows me extremely well and I'm guessing it is someone that I know or have come into close contact with in the past couple of years but I just don't know who. I've been wracking my brain trying to come up with something but I'm coming up blank.
I looked over at Kate and Mia; they were so engrossed in some bridal magazine that they hadn't even noticed their glasses were empty; mine was also empty so I grabbed all three glasses and headed to the kitchen. The bottle was nearly empty but there should be enough for one more glass each. I looked at the other 2 empty wine bottles on the side and groaned, I'm going to have a bit of a wine headache tomorrow, we've essentially had a bottle of wine each and I don't do good with wine, especially the day after.
I brought the wine glasses back into the living room and handed the glasses back to Kate and Mia, who welcomed them happily.
"Thank you for hosting girl's night Ana" Kate said as she finally put down the bridal magazine.
"My pleasure, it's been nice just spending time with the girls" I admitted.
"You're not getting bored of my brother already are you?" Mia joked with a laugh.
"No, not at all" I replied "Can I ask you something about Christian?" I asked and she nodded "Has he always been so... over protective?" I questioned.
"Yes" Mia and Kate said at the same time.
"When we were kids, he was so protective of me and Elliot, if we had any issues at school with any of the other kids, Christian was the one to take care of it. Christian will protect the ones he cares about until his last breath" Mia explained.
"When Elliot and I went to dinner with Christian once, some stupid guy tried chatting me up. Elliot took it as a compliment that he was with the 'hottest girl' but Christian got really protective, he warned the guy off... it was really intense" Kate said.
"All he wants is for you to be safe" Mia stated.
"I know and I appreciate everything he has done over the past week, I guess I just never took this thing seriously until now. I thought it might just be some idiot's idea of a joke but Christian seems to think it's a bit more than that" I admitted.
"I can't imagine what you are going through right now but just remember you have Christian Grey helping you through it, that man has more security than the Queen of England. Whatever it is, he will get to the bottom of it, don't be afraid... and if Christian isn't there, you have us and I dare someone to try and hurt you with us around" Kate argued.
"I think I'd be more scared of you two than Taylor" I laughed.
"So you should be! Taylor might be ex-military and have a gun but I'm a dirty fighter and I'd kill someone if they tried to hurt you" Kate told me and I knew she wasn't kidding.
"I'm a good hair puller and scratcher" Mia jumped in, making Kate and I laugh harder.
Kate looked at her watch "Shit" She muttered and downed her glass of wine "I am so sorry Ana but I've got to go, I promised Elliot I'd be home half an hour ago" She stood up and started rushing around to collect her things "I'm going to be in so much trouble" She complained.
"I'll come with you" Mia said and grabbed her bag.
"Thank you girls for tonight" I said as I hugged Kate.
"Let me know if you need anything, I'm always just at the other end of the phone" She replied.
"And me... you can call me anytime" Mia stated as she hugged me.
"Thanks"
I opened the front door and Kate and Mia left, I watched them walk down the hall and waved as they turned to go down the stairs. I found myself checking the hallway but of course it was empty, however when I closed the door I did spot an envelope on the ground, it must have been slid under the door. The envelope just had 'Ana' written on the front, nothing else so it wasn't sent by post, it was hand delivered.
Maybe we were too loud and it was from one of the neighbours... maybe I'm kidding myself. I didn't want to open it, this is what my life has come to now, being scared to open envelops, how pathetic.
I walked back into the apartment and sat down on the couch, I played with the envelope in my hands for a moment before taking a deep breath and opening it. I pulled out the contents and studied them, it was pictures, surveillance pictures of me; coming out of work, driving, doing my grocery shopping, coming into my apartment building... just lots of pictures. Whoever this is has been following me for a long time. There are pictures of me with Kate, Christian, Hannah from work, authors. This has been going on for months.
My phone sat on the coffee table and I thought about calling Christian but I don't want to drag him further into my shit. All I do is bring him problems and baggage and I don't want to be that girl that is always in a drama. On the other hand, I'm scared and I always feel better when he's with me and wraps his arms around me, it makes me feel safe and secure.
I picked up my phone and hit dial on Christian's number.
"Good evening Ana"
"Hi... are you at home?" I questioned.
"Yeah, is everything ok?" He asked worriedly.
"I don't want to bug you if you're busy-"
"Ana, tell me what's going on"
"I need you to come over" I stated.
The front door knocked loudly and quickly, I rushed over to open it and found Christian on the other side. I wrapped my arms around him instantly and he hugged me back, I started sobbing into his chest as he comforted me. Christian moved us into the apartment and closed the door behind us, I let go of him and wiped my eyes.
"What happened?" He asked in panic.
I indicated to the photos on the coffee table "Put under the door tonight" I told him as he picked them up and started going through them "This has been going on for months, whoever this is knows everything about my life and routine. This goes further than just sending flowers... this is an actual stalker" I explained.
"I'll have Taylor look into it" He replied.
"No offence against Taylor but we haven't found anything out yet... what's going to be different this time?" I asked.
"Everyone makes mistakes" He argued.
"Not this guy! Whoever this is, he is good at what he does"
"Calm down" Christian placed a hand on my arm "Everything is going to be ok, I am not going to let anything happen to you" I sighed and he hugged me again "I am going to pack some of your things and you are going to come and stay with me until we get this under control, no arguments"
I nodded in agreement; I didn't feel safe here anymore.
"Thank you"
"I'm always here baby" He answered.
Christian disappeared into my bedroom and I heard him moving around and opening drawers, I can't believe this is actually happening. I could cope with a few flowers but this is just over the top, nothing about my life is secret anymore, I feel so violated and exposed. This person knows everything about me; they probably know about my family, do I need to warn them? Do I need to warn anyone else?
I'll get Christian to warn Elliot and Mia, just in case this asshole was watching them leave tonight. What if something happened to them as they were leaving? I need to call them.
"I've got stuff to cover you for a week" Christian said as he came out of the bedroom with a duffel bag.
"I need to call Kate and Mia, make sure they got home ok"
"I'll call Elliot and Mia when we get back to Escala" He said.
"What is something happened to them?" I cried.
"I'm sure they're fine... let's just get you safe and settled, then I'll check in with Elliot and Mia"
This chapter has been the BANE OF MY LIFE! I must have written and rewritten about 6/7 times and I still don't like this chapter but I promise you the next one will be much better, I hope you're not too disappointed!
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