Written in the Stars

By Tvdfanpam

Chapter 39

Mia's News

After everyone left for the evening, Christian and Ana went upstairs to check on Mia. Elliott had stayed behind to check on his little sister and he was in the room with her facing her on the bed when Christian and Ana walked in. He wiped her tears.

"How are you feeling Mia? Are you worse? Do we need to call someone?" Ana asked not sure what to do. Grace and Carrick were out of town on a second honeymoon to Paris France and unavailable until Friday.

"No. I will be fine." She wasn't though. " I just, I um, I did something and didn't tell anyone and now I am suffering for it." Mia said tearfully. "I was curious about my heritage so I did one of those DNA tests that are all the rage and found out that I have the BRCA1 mutation." They all stared at her in shock.

"What does that mean exactly?" Christian said, walking over to the bed and scooting Mia over and sitting down beside her. He took her hand in his. Ana walked over to the other side of the bed and sat down.

"That means that I am at a higher risk of developing breast cancer or ovarian cancer. I opted to have a Genetic Health Risk report done when I sent in the DNA sample since I am adopted. And," she took a deep breath, "I found out that I have an aunt, my mother's sister. Apparently, my mother died from breast cancer. She found a lump when she was pregnant with me and she waited to take treatment. By the time she had me, the disease had advanced so far that treatment wasn't an option any longer. She died when I was three months old."

Ana crawled over to Mia and held her why she cried. "When did you find out?" Ana asked gently.

"I got the results in the mail two days ago. I was able to track down my birth mother through Ancestrydotcom and learned of my aunt that way. I contacted her and she lives in Seattle and wants to meet me. She was 10 years younger than my birth mother and was unable to adopt me herself. I want to meet her."

Christian and Elliott exchanged looks. "Mia, give me her name and I will have my head of security run a background check on her. She might want more than to just meet you. If everything checks out, Elliott and I will go with you to meet her." Mia nodded tearfully.

"Can you call mom and dad and tell them? I didn't want them to know that I was curious about my birth family and didn't have the nerve to tell them. This is my punishment for sneaking around." Mia sobbed into Ana's shoulder.

"Mia, they won't care. First things first, you need to schedule a complete physical tomorrow. Mom and dad would tell you the same thing. Then we will see where you stand and go from there. You are not alone and if something is found, we will get you the best doctors to take care of any problems." Christian texted Taylor to come upstairs immediately. He knocked on the door a few seconds later, apparently having ran up the stairs. Sawyer was hot on his heels.

Christian stepped outside and shut the door. "Call Stephen and have him go get my parents. Tell him it is an emergency and we will pay him double time and a half. I will call my parents and let them know to be ready for pick up tomorrow afternoon at the Paris Airport. I need you to call Andrea and have her get me the name of the best Surgical Oncologist specializing in Breast Cancer and I need it tomorrow morning." They stared at him in shock. "Mrs. Grey is fine, it's Mia." Taylor nodded and he and Sawyer left.

Christian walked into the master suite and shut the door. He dialed his mother's number and she picked up on the first ring. "Christian, is everything all right? Is it the baby? What is wrong?" Grace was frantic since it was the middle of the night in Paris.

"Mom, get dad and put the phone on speaker phone." He waited while she woke his dad up and came back. "Mia got some bad news this week. She is devastated. She did one of those DNA tests without telling anyone and paid to have a Genetic Health Risk assessment done too and the results came back that she has a BRCA1 mutation. She found out she has an aunt on her birth mother's side and that her birth mother died from breast cancer after giving birth." There was stunned silence on the other side.

"We need to get her a complete physical to rule out anything. Tell her we love her and we will be on the next flight home tomorrow." Grace said tearfully. "I can call in some favors and get her an appointment tomorrow with Dr. Havens." Christian interrupted.

"Stephen is flying out of Seattle tonight. He will pick you up tomorrow afternoon in Paris. I can fly in any doctor you need, just tell me who the best is and I will get them here."

"Okay. We have a plan. Tell Mia we are on our way and not to worry."

A/N: the story needed a little drama.