I own nothing. Fifty shades trilogy belongs to E.L.James.
At 7 when I go to Mia's restaurant she is already waiting for me.
"Hi" she says while hugging me.
"Hi, you're early."
"Yeah, I was with a friend before you"
"Okay"
"How about we have dinner first then we'll call her to ask whether she designs offices or not, as making appointment will take time and if she does you two can discuss about your requirements."
"If you didn't know whether she designs offices then why did you trick me into this. I could have finished some of my work." I somewhat shout.
"See, you are always working. You don't have time for your family. That's why I had to lie...well semi lie. But I miss you. Everyone does. You rarely come home on Sundays." She says very quietly.
I feel so guilty. But they can't love me. No one can. My own mother, who gave me birth didn't. My family doesn't love me they do it out of obligation. Only person I thought could love me, left me. I don't know what gave me the impression that she would stay... maybe the fact that she listened to me and didn't judge me.
Atleast I thought she didn't judge me.
She is the only human on the face of the Earth who knows me, the whole of me.
"I am really sorry Mia. I promise you, I will make a better effort from now on."
"Okay, let's order." She claps her hands and I chuckle knowing my sister has returned.
After a sumptuous meal of steak and Ceasar salad with red wine , Mia calls her.
"Mia, what's her name?"
"Anastasia Steele but she likes to be called Ana, She says Anastasia sounds as if someone is scolding her." She says laughing.
But my mind is stuck at that night when she told me exactly the same thing but didn't tell me her surname.
Steele it is, Had I known it earlier I would have found her.
Now I will.
Or maybe it isn't her.
Maybe my destiny is playing a dirty game with me.
Mia calls her, I ask her to put the call on speaker. If this Ana is my Ana then I am not going to let her go. I will recognise her voice, it was the sweetest voice I had ever heard.
She picks up the call after 4 rings,
"Ana Steele speaking."
It is her.
Ana.
My Ana.
"Hi, it's me, Mia"
"Mia uh Grey?" She asks.
"Yeah"
"Oh, Hi. I heard your restaurant's opening went good. Did people like it?"
"Oh they loved it. You even have one potential customer here."
"Really!" She giggles. It is definitely her. I can never forget this sound, her giggling is my favourite sound in the whole world.
"Yeah, my brother really liked it. He is asking if you design offices as he recently bought a new place for his office and he wants to get it furnished."
"Yeah, I have designed offices, not many just a few. Your brother can come to my office tomorrow and I can show him my past work, then he can decide whether he wants me to do the job."
"Cool, well I was expecting you to come to the opening."
" I would've come but Ted was not feeling well and I could not leave him behind."
Ted? WTF! She has a boyfriend.
Ofcourse she does.
She is beautiful.
But it hurts.
I have not even had a peaceful sleep since that night and she has a boyfriend.
Has she forgotten me?
No. She cannot, I will win her.
She is mine.
Her boyfriend cannot hold a candle to me.
"Well, we must arrange some sort of outing for all four of us."
Four? Mia also has a boyfriend. Oh God. Is this a night of revelations because I have enough for one day.
"That'll be great. And I am still holding you to that spa day."
"Yeah, we have to do that too."
"Well, give your brother my office's address and I will ask my assistant to pencil him in for 9. If that is okay with him."
I nod at Mia.
"Yeah it is fine."
"Okay, I'll see you soon. Keep in touch."
"I will. Bye."
On my way to Escala I remember that night...
Well I guess I leave too many cliffhangers.
And the chapters are short.
Next up is the flashback from two and a half years back.
It'll be a longer chapter.
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