Written in the Stars
By Tvdfanpam
Chapter 22
Back Home
The honeymoon was wonderful. They took the boat out and fished and swam in the ocean and had romantic candle lit dinners on the patio and watched the sunset. Ana was sad to go back to Seattle. They sat in the jet and cuddled as the plane left Florida. "I want to come back often." She said softly. "That was the best week of my life. Thank you Christian." She kissed him. He caressed her face.
"I'm glad the wedding is behind us. We have our whole life in front of us." Christian took a deep breath. "Ana, I did something and I need to tell you. I don't know how you will feel about it but I need to tell you regardless. I vowed not to keep secrets from you."
"If you are trying to tell me you promised my mom a house if she would come to my wedding, I already know. She told me. She also said to tell you she was sorry but she couldn't accept it." Christian smiled at his wife in relief.
"I would go ahead and do it if you want me to." Ana shook her head no.
"She had a scare last week. She thought she lost the baby. She fell down the stairs and had to go to the hospital. She said her whole life flashed before her eyes and she didn't want to die thinking she had to be bribed to come to her daughter's wedding." Ana had tears in her eyes.
"Is she okay now?" Christian asked. Ana nodded yes.
"She has to be on bedrest until she delivers. The baby is fine but she has high blood pressure. That is why she never had any more children before now. There was so much she never told me. She also saw a therapist for years to cope with the death of my real father. I guess he was the love of her life. She loves Bob and wants this baby. I think she finally has grown up."
"So you will just forgive her for the way she treated you all these years?" Christian asked, disgusted.
"Yes. She's my mom. I still love her." Ana said seriously. "Life is short and I am not going to waste it feeling sorry for myself or holding a grudge against her. I am going to be a big sister. I want to have my little brother in my life. It was hard growing up as an only child."
"Okay. But she better watch herself. I will be waiting for her to screw up. When she does, I will let her have it." He warned his wife. "It's a little too convenient to me for her to have a change of heart now."
Ana stiffened beside him. "That may be true but I am going to give her the benefit of the doubt."
"Are you ready to start your new job?" Christian asked trying to change the subject. "Next Thursday?"
Ana nodded, still a little hurt by what Christian said about her mom. "Yes. But I have a meeting to go to Wednesday afternoon. The term starts on Thursday though." She turned her head and wiped a tear out of her eye. "Can we agree to disagree on my mom?" She asked softly.
"Ana, your mother was so mean to you growing up. She will have to show me with her actions that she has changed. I won't say any more about it though." Ana nodded and Christian took her hand and leaned over and kissed her. "I hate for you to be upset about anything and I will do anything to make sure you are always happy."
"I guess time will tell." They sat in somewhat uncomfortable silence for the remainder of the flight home. Christian nudged Ana awake.
"We're home baby." He helped her up and they gathered up their belongings and left the plane and got in the waiting car. They sat in silence on the ride back to Escala. They drove into the parking garage and parked and got out. They walked into the elevator and went up to the penthouse. "Gail brought your clothes up and put them in the closet, Mrs. Grey. You can go down later to your former apartment and see what else you want brought up."
"That sounds good." Christian reached down and grabbed Ana when the elevator dinged and he carried her over the threshold of their home. "Welcome home Mrs. Grey." He kissed her softly and she melted into his kiss. He let her down.
"It's good to be home." She said as she kissed him back, putting her arms around him. "I love you Christian."
"I love you too Ana. I'm sorry. I will try to be more understanding about your mom." He was sincere and she kissed him again.
"Thank you. That means a lot to me. New start, new beginning. I don't want there to be any secrets or bad thoughts between us. Never be afraid to tell me how you feel. I may not always agree but I will always want to know how you feel."
"Well, that's good because you are stuck with me Mrs. Grey." He picked her up and threw her over his shoulder and ran with her into the bedroom. He let her down and kissed her again. Gail had set the mood for them by scattering rose petals on the sheets that had been turned down. A silver bucket with champagne was chilling on the bedside table and two champagne flutes sat next to it waiting for a toast.
Christian locked the door and went over and opened the champagne and poured them each a glass. "May we always be as happy as we are right now." They clinked glasses and drank a toast to each other.
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