I do not own FSOG, FSD, FSF, any of its characters of affiliates. They belong to E. L. James and I will not profit from this.
So liking the fact you all like the POV changes, it's not easy to write especially Ana and Christians because I end up mixing up who's POV it is and having to go back but I like doing it, gives more depth to the story in my own entirely biased opinion *smirks*
Ana
"Luke are you ready?" I ask as I buckle Amaya and Amelia into the double stroller, we're going clothes shopping as my little girls are growing far quicker than I can keep up with.
"Yeah, are you sure you wouldn't prefer to check in with Christian Ana? I mean you have only me and Hendricks watching the three of you." He looks apprehensive, it's been twelve weeks since Hyde was set free, there's no need for all the drama now he's obviously not coming after us.
"No I don't want to face my husband right now Luke, he'll just have a tantrum, please let me just enjoy this time with my children?" I ask him, I'm trying to wean into telling Amaya and Amelia that they're going to be having another sibling. I'm about two months along now and I know it won't be long till I'm beginning to put on weight and they'll want to know what's going on.
"Fine but just so you know I didn't agree to this." He says in mock sternness. He doesn't agree to a degree, there is something they're all hiding from me but due to keeping my stress levels down for the baby I can't cause a fight to find out what it is.
"I know." I smirk before heading inside.
Luke
I hate that Ana doesn't realise the threat. We've seen no sight or sound from Jack Hyde since the week he left prison and we have some of the best technology as well as best men and women working twenty four hours a day trying to find him. No one should be able to avoid us this long even dead we should have found him but nothing, he's that good.
Of course with Ana not knowing this when she was making the decision to only bring me and Hendricks shopping with her I couldn't really push her to rethink. Even one more man could make the difference if something were to happen but as long as Ana does what she can to get her and the girls to safety then we're ok, there's no need for Ana to put ten years of kickboxing training to use right now.
Ana
"Mommy! I need a potty!" Amelia announces from the pushchair as I add some clothing to the basket that's hanging on to a couple of the four handles.
"Right now?" I sigh, it's a mission almost to get these girls to use the bathroom.
"Right now!" She whines loudly.
I look over at Luke and Hendricks who are behind us, I still look like I have an entourage just to go shopping, his stupid and unnecessary.
"There's a disabled toilet that would be safer to use on the south side Ma'am." Hendricks says, I nod and head in the said direction with the pushchair.
Once outside the disabled toilet Luke goes inside first and scans it. It's just a bathroom big enough to fit a wheelchair in but with me and Christian trying to teach the girls about bathroom privacy right now it's impossible for me to go in there with her.
"Ok Mommy will be right here waiting with Amaya, do not lock the door ok?" I say as I undo the button on her jeans. "And make sure you wash your hands."
"Ok Mommy." She smiles a toothy smile as Luke exits and gives a small nod that it's ok for her to use.
I wait patiently as Amelia uses a toilet but when she screams my heart plummets and I burst into the room knowing that Amaya will be safe with security.
"Mommy! Mommy!" She screams her little finger pointed towards the corner of the room.
A damn spider. She screamed because of a damn creepy crawly.
"Oh Amelia, it's ok come here baby." I open my arms out to her and she runs into me while Luke sorts out our little spider problem. "It's just a spider baby it can't hurt you."
"Teddy said that spiders bited you and den you be a fweak." Amelia hiccups as I hold her tight, smoothing her hair back.
"The problem's taken care of Ana." Luke says after a few seconds.
"Did you go potty baby?" I ask and Amelia nods. "Did you wash your hands?"
As she shakes her head I take her over to the sink and then help her wash her hands without becoming soaking wet.
"Mrs Grey… Ana we have a problem."
"What is it?" I ask spinning to see a very pale Luke Sawyer.
"Amaya isn't in her pushchair."
My whole world freezes. I stare at my bodyguard in disbelief as Amelia washes her hands. He's kidding right.
"Hendricks is notifying the security and they should lock down the department now and the police will be called."
"Call Christian." I whisper as I pick up Amelia into my arms. "Now."
This is a customer announcement. This store is now on lockdown, please report to your nearest customer service desk. This is a customer announcement. This store is now on lockdown, please report to your nearest customer service desk.
The announcement plays over and over again as I step out of the bathroom. The buggy is there in front of me but as Luke said there's no Amaya.
"Luke where's my daughter?" I ask him desperately. "Please find my baby."
"Mommy where's Maya?" Amelia asks innocently.
"We don't know princess, we just don't know."
Kyle Hendricks
This is all my fault. I was too busy checking out the fucking shop assistant who was wiggling her ass to the in-store music to see anyone approach the pram. I'd already seen Mrs Grey and Sawyer enter the bathroom and I found it quite amusing to know that Amelia had been scared of the spider.
My job is over, Mr Grey will fire me and I should just be lucky he doesn't fucking kill me in the process. His daughter is missing, and it's my fault.
"The store is on lockdown Mr Hendricks, would you like to look at the CCTV footage and see if you can identify Miss Grey and track her movements through the store, we should be able to find her like that." The store manager is shocked and furious that Mr Grey's daughter has gone missing right in his store. They're regular customers in this too expensive department store.
"That would be a good idea. I'll just confer with my partner. Will you have somewhere suitable for Mrs Grey and the other Miss Grey to sit and have a drink while we search?"
"Of course they can use the staff room, I'll have all the staff out looking for Miss Grey."
"Sir we've got a visual here." One of the store security has me and the manager hurrying over to him. There is a picture of Ana and Luke running into the bathroom and me checking out what's going on. Then I laugh and turn away and spot the beautiful looking shop assistant.
It takes just twelve seconds for our unsub to unbuckle Amaya and hurry off.
The store manager turns to me scowling and I know it's just a miniature version of what I'm going to get off Grey before he fires my ass.
Ana
We're shown through to the empty staff room and Amelia is given a juice box and someone makes me a tea with the bag out, I wonder who told them, I wouldn't be surprised if how I like my tea is now general knowledge. Luke leaves me with two of the stores security. I don't mind because I know it's because he's going to help Hendricks locate Amaya.
This is all my fault. If I'd just brought all the security with me then this wouldn't have happened. Having an entourage with me when I'm shopping would be totally worth it to have both my daughter's home in one piece.
"Mommy where's Amaya?" Amelia asks innocently as the tears spill freely down my cheeks.
"I don't know baby, I just don't know." I tell her, what's the point lying to her, she knows her sister isn't here.
"Daddy's gonna be real mad, he tells us never to wander off." Amelia says, it's somehow adorable that she thinks Amaya has just wondered off and if it wasn't for the harsh truth that someone has my baby then I would even have smiled.
"Where the fuck is she?!"
I look at Amelia who looks at me with wide eyes at the sound of Christian's voice coming through the door.
"I told you so." Amelia says quietly.
I manage a small smile through my tears just as my husband burst through the door.
"Ana, Amelia." He breathes as I jump up and we embrace with Amelia squished in between us.
Christian
This is entirely my fault. If I'd told Ana about the security risk with Hyde being missing my daughter may still be here. Ok Ana was stupid too, she took her eye off the ball by taking less security but before Hyde was free she would have only taken Luke and they'd have been fine.
And that Hendricks fucker, he's not only fired but he'll never work in Seattle again I'll fucking make sure of it.
Ana sobs hysterically into my chest. She's heartbroken. The truth is going to come out now and she's going to blame me and I just know it. I need to get her out of here, the news has already broken, the press are all outside the store and there's police everywhere.
"Excuse me Mr and Mrs Grey?"
We turn to see a Detective stood in the door, he looks good, like he knows his stuff.
"Yes?" I bark as Ana tries to pull herself together while holding tightly to Amelia.
"I'm Detective Harrison, I'm the lead on your daughter's case. Have you got a recent picture of Amaya Grey, we'd like to get it on the AMBER alert."
"I have one." Ana says handing me Amelia though it looks like it pains her to do so.
She goes into her purse and pulls out a photo wallet, she only got those printed yesterday on her way home from work.
"Uh… most of these are of Amaya and Amelia together… no one will be able to tell the difference…" Ana says through her sobs, it's breaking my heart, this is all my fault.
"What is the difference between the twins?"
"What does it matter?" I bark, this is not the time to make chit-chat.
"It will help in identifying her when she's found. Make it easier for people to recognise her."
"Amaya has a freckle just off her left eye." Ana says as she hands over a picture of Amaya out on the meadow. Ana has become quite photographer since the kids have been born going from one Nikon to the next reading and researching a lot of things about frames. A lot of the pictures she's taken of the kids over the years look professionally done, including the one she's just handed over to this Detective.
Amaya is wearing a simple white halter-neck dress with a three quarter sleeve denim jacket. Her hair is in a messy pony tail and she's blowing a kiss towards the camera through the high grass that's unfocused. She looks more like she's six and not three.
"Thank you. We will need to talk to you both…"
"We'll do it at our house. I'd like to get my wife and daughter home now."
"Of course Mr Grey." I like this Detective, it seems he knows his place. "We'll keep you up to date with our progress."
"Keep in contact with Jason Taylor, he's my head of security." I reply firmly, I think this is one of those few events where I'm going to have to just sit down with my wife and be on the phone. I can't leave her in this state but I have to do everything in my power to bring Amaya home.
