Chapter 7

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EL. JAMES own all the FSOG main characters, all the mistakes are mine and I just owned the plot and imaginary characters.

Previously.

I'm standing in front of an old house, the house was surrounded by a starkly formal garden which was the size of a small park. High, closed spaced iron railings surrounded the house and garden. Beyond them was a road and beyond the road was a tangle of dark trees that make up an ancient forest. Who is the owner of this old house? Why do I stand in this place? Before I could answer my question my eyes catch a glimpse of two people who stand side by side. I think they are mother and son because the woman I see holding the children's hand tightly. From their eyes, tears flow down to their cheeks and fears drawing on their faces."Help... Please help us, Anastasia!! " I try my way to be close to them but whenever I am close they become further."Wait… wait for me, please! Tell me how I can help you!!" I shout to them so they could stop but before I could walk into their house. The front door shut down and leave me alone in their lawn. But the voices of both mother and son still clearly heard by me."Help. Help us, Anastasia..!"

alarm sound blaring around the room*

I'm a jolting wake up from my sleep, my clothes were drenched from the sweat. What.. What kind of dream I have? I never have this kind of dream before whenever any spirit needs my help. They just come to me and let me know what their wishes for me to help them with. God, did the dream I had is a sign of something?

Turning to the digital clock beside my bed, I'm surprised that now already seven o'clock in the morning. Oh gosh, I think I'm going to late today and I don't have enough time to make my dinner to eat later in the office. Half walk half runs I walk to my bathroom do my business and finish the rest need to do before going to the office.

I opted to wear a simple light beige pantsuit with a white top and my flat shoes. Without putting any makeup on, I rush to go to work, I hope I am not gonna be late today. A half-hour later, I was inside the GEH lobby. God, I'm almost late but fortunately, the road not too packed this moment so the cab I hire can speed off to bring me to GEH.

"Yaaaaa...holddd on!!" I sprinted to the elevator and shouting at anyone who already inside to hold the door for me. Great, The door opens up. It's kind of them to hold it for me so I'm sure I'm not that late today. Thank Lord.

"Thank you for holding the door for me." Without a look at the one who's kind enough just now, I try to calm my half ragged breath.

"God, I am not running the full range but I feel like crap now, my dad must be proud of me now if he knows his daughter got a short breath for doing short jogging…thank to my "natural athleticism". I mumble to myself without a care other people can hear me. Until someone chuckles listen to my rumbling when I turned to see the one who chuckled. My face becomes mortified because the one who help me no other than our freaking handsome CEO.

"Good morning, Sir." He funnily looking at me and not ashamed enough to hide his amusing laugh by listening to my rumbling just now. Oh gosh, way to look like a fool, Anastasia. I curse myself for being late adding being embarrassed by the look of your boss.

"It is a very good morning, Ana." His voice full of amusement with is eyes training at me without care if I become uncomfortable with it.

God, I can feel it that my face changes with six shades of pink.

GWEN POV

"Babe, are you sure will be okay to cleaning this place alone, right?" Ros my girlfriend asked me for a thousand times that I'll be okay to clean and tidy our new house alone cause she needs visiting GEH today.

"I'll be fine, babe. It would be okay to set my working place alone, it's not heavy work cause the only things I need to do is decorate my office room like what I had planned before. But, when you are on the way back home can you bring us dinner? I'm not in the mood to make our dinner tonight." I gave her puppy eyes which make her do anything I want, Ros and I are campus couples when both of us attended Harvard and our relationship still going strong until now.

"Everything you want I'll give you, babe. How about I order the food from Italian resto near GEH, the food it's so yummy and you will like it, okay?" After agreeing with whatever dinner she will bring home tonight, we said our goodbyes. And I continue to set my home office on the second floor.

Ros and I had moved to our new house in Bellevue area three days ago. We bought this kind of old house after found it on the internet, the house is a classic with a tall gate and had Victorian-style mansion with wide garden and some big trees around and outdoor swimming pool. Our new house also relatives far away from the other neighbour house so it gives us privacy. The old owner of this house is sculpture artist who moved out from this house after his wife and son MIA without any news and no one knows where they are. With the house being too big for him alone, he decided to move out and buy a smaller house away from Seattle.

"Ring..ring..ring…" the doorbell ringing, who had come here this moment? Is it the mover who comeback because leave something behind? It's impossible, we don't have any neighbours who stayed close and no one knows yet where is our new house.

"Wait...coming.." I shout so the person outside can hear me.

I open the door but find no one standing in front of our door, it is so odd. Who just now rings our doorbell house? "Hmm..did I misheard just now? But I'm really sure that the bell was ringing. Ahh whatever, I still need to finish tidying my office!"

I close the door and planning to walk back to decorate my office when suddenly I heard the sound of something falling from the direction of the basements. I slowly walk towards the sound of that came from and remember what was said by the realtor, that the previous owner asked not to open or visit the basement for periods. Because he still had things that he had not had time to bring to move. stopping, I change to walk to the fridge. I need something sweet to drink and remember I had apple juice inside the fridge.

"Yeah..hehe.." from backyard direction I can hear kid voice laughing. Why is there the voice of a child when we don't have children in the house? And it will be impossible for children from the neighbourhood play in our backyard. For the second time, I walked in the direction the sound came from. From the window, I looked outside but there is no one or children playing in the backyard. Today was an odd day, first the doorbell ring but when I opened the door no one there and now the children like a voice from the backyard but like before no one there too. I got goosebumps by these odd situations.

"No..please, no. we just moved to this house. Please don't say that this house is haunted!" I am trying hard to ignore the screams of fear in my mind and continue to work on my unfinished decoration in my office. I'll wait for Ros to come back home, I hope she not back home too late because I can't trust that I'm not going to freak out when the odd things back.

"Dear, God. Please keep me away from the ghost and bless our home with the peaceful." I pray in my heart to be kept away from bad things.

Back to the GEH

APOV

My day full of helping Ros with the files for the new acquisition of a falling company in London. Ros also said she will need my help if she required to fly there for the meeting with the owner of the company. I would love to accompany her to London, this will be my first experience visiting other countries outside America. It will be like to kill two birds with one stone, I will go to London to be Ros assistant and I can use the free time to roam around the place nearby.

"Hey, Ana! Are you ready to have lunch with me girl?" Andrea standing across my desk, I almost forget if we will have our lunch together. She also wants to tell me about her doctor visit this morning, I hope her pregnancy is good and healthy.

"Wait a moment! Let me save this document first and I'm ready to have lunch with you, girl." I give her a smile.

Five minutes later both of us walking to the deli near our office, Andrea tell me if today she craves to eat a caesar salad and club sandwich. While she orders the lunch for both of us, I look around the deli to find an empty table for us to sit, it was lunchtime so the deli is surely full of other people who had their lunch here. I found a table in the corner of the area, it is good we can talk to each other without being disturbed by other people.

"Ana, I ordered this chicken sub for you complete with a glass of iced lemon tea. Is it okay with you sis?" Every time Andrea calls me 'sis' I feel so happy, finally, I found a friend who accepts me the way I am. Start the day one I worked for this company, Andrea treat me completely like a normal person, she does not look at me like I am a freak or odd girl who are not suitable to join the society of human beings.

"Thank you, sis. That's was the perfect choice for lunch, now tell me about your doctor's appointment today! Is the baby okay…" I ask her questions about her pregnancy.

"All is good, the doctor said my baby is healthy and the heartbeat is strong and I'm also in good condition. So don't worry! your 'God Children' is in good condition and he or she will come to this world in the next six months." She smiles brightly at me, but I'm on another hand can't believe she just said that her baby is my godchildren.

"Andrea... What did you say just now? My godchildren? Do you want me to be the godmother of your unborn children? Are you sure?" I choked up can't form any words, this is unbelievable we know each other in a short time but she already wants me as the guardian of her child.

"Yes, Ana. I want you to be the godmother of my baby. Will you be the one, Ana?" I can't answer her because I felt so overwhelmed by her question. I just nodded my head agree to be the godmother of her child. This is such an honour remember we become friends for less than a month but she trusts me completely as we have known each other for years.

"Thank you very much, Ana. That means so much to me." Tears rolling down from her eyes, I give her a tissue and tell her not to shed any tears. I want her to be back as old Andrea as Mark described before, a strong and amazing woman.

We continue to eat our lunch for the next 45 minutes and walking back to the office. On our way to the company, I feel like being watched from distant but when I checked around me nothing looks suspicious. Until I turn to look across the street from GEH, the figure of a woman wearing a white dress, her face looks very pale. No, not only her face but her whole body looks pale. She looked at me with her eyes focused on me when our eyes met each other I just realized she was the woman who came in my dream last night.

"Oh, Jesus…" it was really surprised me, I have thought that my dream last night just a dream nothing special about it. But now I know that dreams are a reality. That woman and the child are spirits who need my help. But what I can do to help them?

"Ana, are you okay girl? your face looks like you have seen a ghost, what happens, Ana?" Andrea beside me looking at me with concern in her face. Should I tell her or not?

"I'll tell you later, now let's get back to the office. I still had work that needed to be finished before the end of the day." I give a little tug at her hand, I stroll a little bit quicker and press the button for the elevator bring us back to the 20th floor.

"Ana, you know right that's you can tell me anything either it is about yourself or about your ability to see the things we are normal people can't see in naked visions." I detect the sincerity in Andrea voices, she knows about my ability to see the spirit after Mark's incident last time. But I'm not ready to tell her about more when she is pregnant. It just will make her worry and worries are not good for her right now.

Instead of telling her any details, I just give her a smile to mask my true confusion at this moment.

"No, Andrea. I am fine and I know that I had you who I can tell anything whenever I need to talk to someone. Thank you for being my friend and not thought of me as a freaky girl." I gave her hand a little squeezed which she squeezes back.

"You're not a freak, Ana. You are a normal girl but with the additional ability to help others in need of help. So don't think of yourself any less, please!" Andrea's eyes pleading at the mine to believe her and I just nod can't say anything because I'm so glad somebody really cares about me.

When the elevator stops on the executive floor both of us walked out and headed to our respective work desks. But our steps stopped because Ros called us both to follow him walking toward Mr Grey's office.

"Andrea and Ana! Come with me please ladies!" Together we walked into Mr Grey's office with Ros leading the way and just walk in without knocking first.

"Nice to see you, Ros. Can't you knock first before walk into my office?" Mr Grey who are reading the document at the moment looking a little bit annoyed by Ros sudden entrance. But his frown face changed when our eyes meet with each other. He smiles his megawatts American boy smiled and it makes my heart flutter. God, am I had a crush on the big boss?

"Don't be annoyed by my sudden entrance, Grey! You know I never knocked before whenever I came to your office, and I know that you never bring your date to the office before. So I safe to come to your office without announced." Ros statement feels like cold water splashed on my face and wake me up from my crush on Mr Grey. Of course, this handsome Greek God had a date, Anastasia. He won't be a single man who would be interested in you. Quickly I masked my disappointed face by putting a neutral face so no one recognizes my dejected feeling.

"What the fuck you are talking about, Ros? I never dated or had a date with any woman and you know that!" Mr Grey shouting at Ros. I'm a little bit surprised by his sudden mood-changing but Ros and Andrea look like not affected by it.

"Shut up, Christian! Now you guys listen to me carefully! This Saturday I invite you all to come to my new house in Bellevuew. Gwen and I would love to you guys all to come and have a weekend together at our house and we will have a pool party, so you girls need brings your best bikinis. And you Christian don't put your ugly mug in a bad mood because I want the other guest feeling happy to visit my house. Understand?" Ros tells us. Wow, I can't believe it, just like that she ordered Mr Grey without being afraid fired by him.

"Wow, congratulations on your new house, Ros. And I would love to come to visit and join the party. I will bring my best bikini." Andrea playfully talk about the bikini when I just speechless standing around them.

"Anastasia, are you okay girl?" Ros ask me. I look at my surroundings and found that all of them look at me.

"Oh, sorry. Congratulations Ros on your new house, but I don't have any bikini." I say without thinking twice. All of the people in this room suddenly laughed at my words. Huh, am I say something funny? I can't form any words and just waiting for them to stop laughing. Mr Grey the first one to stop and look at me with the same eyes he looked at me this morning in the elevator.

"Oh my God, Ana. You are so cute, girl!" Ros says.

"Oh, Ana. Don't worry, I will lend you my bikinis collection or we can go to buy a bikini for you after work on Friday." Andrea offering me to help with the bikini.

"Oh, my sweet Anastasia. You are really God miracle for my dull office life after you joined as my PA, my day never been dulled anymore. You know how to refresh my boring office time with your presence." Ros says. Mr Grey does not say anything but just look at me amused, he would think that I'm such an odd girl. Who in this modern-day world doesn't have any bikini? Ahh..

"Yes, you are a God's gift, Ana. Without you, my Mark's would never be found and he will keep wandering can't go peacefully." Andrea's eyes become moist and I know she will start to cry in a minute by talking about Mark.

"Andrea, stop it! Don't forget your time crying about Mark already finished, now you need to move on and be Andrea who is a strong independent woman. You promised to him, remember?" I give her a hug to calm her down. I know she can't move on from Mark that easy but I don't want her to be miserable whenever remember about Mark.

Ros comes and joins in our group hug, she tells Andrea that she never will be alone because we always staying by her side. We are just one call away whenever she needs us to cheer her up or as a shoulder to lean.

After our group hug in Mr Grey office, all of us back to our respective work. Ros the first one who was walking out then Andrea and I but before I leave Mr Grey suddenly ask me to stay for a while.

"Ms Steele, can I have a word, please!" Mr Grey said to me, make me halt my step and turn to look at him.

"Yes, Sir." I don't know what he wants to talk about. So I just standing in the middle of his place waiting for him to start talking.

"Are you have your dinner at the break room again today?" Huh..

His question surprised me.

"Hmm, No, Sir. This morning I was late to wake up and don't have enough time to make my meals box. So I will leave earlier than my usual today because I need to cook at home." I explained to him, but why he asks me about it.

"Ahh, well. Will you have dinner with me like yesterday than?" He surprised me with his offers to have dinner together. I am so gobsmacked by his question.

"Huh.. But why?" Really Ana? I am speechless and I don't know what I want to ask him.

"Actually, I kinda like to have someone to accompany me for dinner as you do last night. It felt so good to not have to eat dinner alone, and have someone to talk with." He explained to me and his face blush a little bit. What, the Almighty Mr Grey blushing? Wow.

"Do you think that a good idea, Sir? I mean you are kind of a famous man and paparazzi also like to tail you anywhere. What if they get your picture with me? Don't you think it would make us in trouble?" I'm a little bit hesitant to say yes, but from the look of pleading on his eyes make me soft.

"Don't worry about it, Ana. What do you think of having our dinner in my office or in the break room? Like that no one will spot us and we had our privacy without wondering if somebody took our picture." His eyes pleading with mine and honestly, I would like to have dinner with him.

"I think it was a great idea, and yes, I would like to have dinner with you, Sir." I smile at him and my answer really earns a big beautiful signature smile of Mr Grey.

"Thank you, Ana. What do you like to eat? Chinese, Italian or anything else?"

"I can easily eat any food and not too picky eater. What about we go with your favourite food? What do you like to eat so much?" I ask him

"I really like mac and cheese so much. Would you like to have it as our meal tonight?" Wow, he likes comfort food, I can not believe it.

"Wow, you have a good taste, Sir. I like mac and cheese too, so I'd like to have it for our dinner tonight." His face beaming with a beautiful smile.

"Ok, see you later miss Steele! I will come to get you at your office when our dinners are ready."

With that said, I walked out of his office to back to my desk and finishing all the work I have for the day.

I try not to think about the spirit in my dream last night and this afternoon. I had never seen or met her before and last night experience also new for me. It's so odd that I had a dream about them before we met. It's not, as usual, I can see or help them when we meet somewhere I accidentally went to. Never came in my dream and came to visit me. God, give me a hint to solve this problem. I would like to help her and the kid it is what they need from me.

I could barely think straight when Ros sauntered to my desk and say that it is time to go home.

"Ana, I will be off for the day and tomorrow I will come a little bit late because Gwen needs me to accompany her to her doctor check-up. You know she was in bad condition last month because she worked like a madwoman. So, can you handle my phone calls, please!"

"Yes, Ros. I hope everything will be fine with Miss Gwen and I can't wait to meet her this Saturday." We say our goodbyes and I continue to work with the document.

Suddenly I feel really sleepy and without knowing it my eyes closed and let my soul wander to another place.

I'm standing in the middle of the family room, I heard someone playing the piano. I faintly hear the sound of Fur Elise symphony, I stride my feet towards the sound of the piano. but before I found out where the music came from, there stood a little boy in front of me. he waved his hand to signal me to follow him. without thinking I walked following him until I stood in a place I didn't recognize at all.The corridor stretched out in front of me, it seemed to be getting longer, and the door the end seemed to get further away as I walked through the flickering darkness. The windows along the corridor appeared to be open- not very wide, but enough to let in the night wind. Which stirred the long white curtains so that they blew inwards like sails as I walked past.A shadow flickered and moved all around me. I caught a movement out of the corner of my eye. Looming shaped curled darkly up the walls and flitted across the ceiling partly my own shadow as it moved along the corridor. And partly the shadows of the shrouded marble bust and statues that lined the way. Why this place had so many statues around the place?I saw the kid from before ahead of me, a black shape in the shadowed darkness. "Where are you going?" I shouted at him."Just follow me!!" He shouted back. "Come on you nearly there!"But my step suddenly halted when someone tapped my shoulder. When I turn my body to face the one who tapped me, I gasped looking at it."No….No…" I can't believe what my eyes see in front of me.

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