Written in the Stars
By Tvdfanpam
Chapter 40
Another Twist
The last three weeks had been very emotional for the Grey family. Mia saw the best specialists in their field for breast cancer and ovarian cancer. She had every test ran that could be ran. She found out the week before Christmas that she had a 40-85% higher chance than someone without the BRCA1 mutation to have breast cancer in her lifetime.
She didn't have it yet and that was good news! Younger women who had breast cancer usually had a more aggressive form of it than older women. She had to make the decision to have a double mastectomy or live with the knowledge that she could have breast cancer at some point in her life. Grace and Carrick were practically attached to her, they came back from their second honeymoon and had been going with her to doctors' appointments and mammograms.
Christian had Welch his head of security for Grey House run an extensive background check on Mia's biological aunt. Her story checked out and she was anxious to meet Mia. The family decided to have her come to the Greys' home in Bellevue Washington. Mia had been having tests run and doctor's appointments nonstop and she was exhausted and emotionally drained.
The whole family was there waiting with Mia for Sarah Johnson Brown to arrive. Drew Reynolds had gone with Taylor to pick her up and was surprised when she opened her door. Sarah Johnson Brown was the sister to Susan Johnson Reynolds who had been married to Drew Reynold's brother Benjamin who died from a roadside bomb in Iraq when he was in the Army before Mia was born. She looked just like her sister and so did Mia!
Mia was going to be surprised that she had an aunt and an uncle! Her adoption records had been sealed so there was no way of knowing before Mia did the DNA testing who she was related to. Christian and Elliott had both privately decided to take the DNA tests themselves since they all had been adopted by Carrick and Grace Grey. They were waiting for their test results. Who knew who they would find out!
Carrick opened the door for Sarah Johnson Brown who was followed closely by Drew Reynolds. "Sir, I just found out when I went to pick up Mrs. Brown that she was related to my late brother by marriage, his late wife's sister." Grace was stunned but recovered before Carrick did.
"Please, come in. It's nice to meet you Sarah. I am Mia's mother Grace Grey and this is my husband Carrick. It seems that you have met Drew Reynolds already. He's part of the security team for Mia's brother Christian Grey and his wife Ana." Grace introduced Sarah to the rest of the family: Elliott, Christian and Ana then finally Mia.
"Hello everyone. Mia it is nice to meet you. You look just like your mother did at that age. I brought some photos for you to see. Drew Reynolds is your father's brother, your uncle. I didn't know until he came to get me and he looked like he had seen a ghost! We were both young when your parents died and we didn't really know each other and lost contact over the years. You were put up for adoption when Susan died and Drew had enlisted in the Army himself at that point." Sarah was so nervous and rambling on about anything she could think of. The people in the room were staring at her. She looked like an older Mia!
Mia got up and hugged her new aunt then her new uncle. "Please everyone sit down. We have snacks and drinks in the kitchen." Grace and Ana got up and went to get the refreshments. The Grey family with the two new additions sat in the family room and talked and laughed and cried. Mia saw pictures of her parents' wedding and Drew and Sarah were in the wedding party! Mia also saw pictures of her mother pregnant with her and her father Benjamin in his Army uniform.
"I had good news and bad news." Mia began and Sarah and Drew sat up straight to listen. "In all likelihood, I will have breast cancer." She couldn't help but sob into Ana's shoulder. "It's bittersweet. On one hand, if I hadn't sent in that DNA test, I might not have known until it was too late for treatment but I wouldn't have found out I had any biological family either."
Sarah got up and moved over to where Mia was sitting and sat down beside her. "Your mother was almost five months pregnant when she found the lump in her breast and already a widow. She was adamant that she wouldn't have any treatments until you were born. She said she was a mother first and couldn't put your life in danger. The cancer was very aggressive and she was bedridden the last two months. She was so happy to have you and kissed you and told you she loved you when you were born. You were planned and loved." Sarah told Mia that her father did know about her before he died but Drew said he didn't know. They apparently were waiting to tell everyone until she was farther along.
Everyone in the room was crying. Christian took Ana out of the room. He was afraid it would be too upsetting for her. She couldn't imagine going through all of that; losing her husband then having breast cancer and being pregnant. She sobbed into Christian's shirt. "Life is so unfair sometimes."
"Baby, we need to go home. You need to rest. This is too sad and stressful for you. Please, let me take you home." Christian pleaded with Ana as he held her close. "We can see Mia tomorrow. We need to take care of our baby now."
Taylor and Sawyer left with Christian and Ana. She went to lie down in their bedroom when they got home and Christian went to the baby's room and sat down in the rocking chair. He went in there a lot when he couldn't sleep at night and imagined rocking his son to sleep. He thought about his life before he was adopted and the time spent with his mother. The only thing that stuck out in his mind was her telling him they were from Detroit.
He got up and put the stuffed teddy bear back in the chair and left the room and went to his office downstairs. He sat behind his desk and took a notebook out of the desk drawer and made a list. He wanted to find out if he had any family in Detroit Michigan. What if he had any aunt or uncles out there? He never had wanted to know before but Mia's ordeal changed his thinking.
"Hey baby. Whatcha doing?" Ana said as she came in and sat down on Christian's lap when he moved his chair out. "I couldn't sleep for thinking about Mia. I hope she is going to be okay. I don't know how I would cope with wondering if I was going to have breast cancer or not. Maybe we can check into breast cancer research and see if there are any tests being done on women with the mutation. There has to be a way to know for sure if she will have the disease or not."
"That is on my list of things to check into." Christian kissed his wife softly on the lips then placed his hands on her belly. He loved feeling his child in there. "I want to find out if I have any living relatives." He said softly. Ana ran her fingers through his hair to comfort him. "Who know if they would even want to know me but I would feel better if I knew if there was anyone out there."
"Why haven't you done that before now?" Ana asked gently. "I figured you would want to know if you had any gold digging relatives out there." Ana said seriously. "Surely, if people thought they were related to you, they would think they were entitled to their share of your wealth." A lot of people thought that they were entitled to their rich relative's money even though they didn't do anything to earn it!
"I felt disloyal to my mom and dad. They have given Elliott, Mia and me the best childhood. Our mom and dad were so happy to be parents, they told us every day growing up how lucky and happy they were to be our parents. I didn't think I needed any more family. But seeing Mia's face today when she met her aunt and found out Drew was her uncle, I saw that same wistful look on Elliott's face that must have been on my own face." Christian sighed really big. "If they want money or need money, I would probably give it to them." He confessed. "I can't explain the feeling. I used to think that we didn't need anybody else but Mia is thrilled to have more family. She always wanted more siblings. Mom and dad said their family was complete when Mia joined but now that we are having our own family, I want to know more."
"I guess I understand, I think. You want to know who else is out there. You want our son to have a big family. I can see that. I never had aunts or uncles, both of my parents are only children and their parents are gone. You want to make sure he doesn't grow up alone."
"It's just I found out how important family is to have around you when you go through something like what Mia did. She wants to live every day to the fullest surrounded by her family because she doesn't know when her last day will be. I want to do that too."
Taylor walked in with the reports that Christian had asked for earlier. He had Drew Reynolds background check. "It lists one brother deceased, one sister in law deceased. I guess we never had the need to dig any deeper."
A/N: I recently met an uncle that had been put up for adoption in 1959. He grew up in the same town as his half siblings and never knew it! He found my sister on Ancestrydot com. That was a strange conversation to have with my sister when she asked me if I knew that Grandma D had given a child up for adoption. Our family knew it but the adoption records were sealed until just recently and we had no way of finding out who he was or where he was.
He said his birth mother gave him the greatest gift when he was put up for adoption. He had a magical childhood and I like to think that is what the Greys did for their children.
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