Accidental dreams 02
Bellevue school district headquarters:
Using the contact number my friend Alice Wharton, Chief Emergency Room Nurse supervisor. She been part of the underground railroad for abused woman and children to hide from their abusers since her college days.
The door says DR. Kathleen DeCloud, Deputy Superintend of Advance Program(AP) and Special Education. I knock, enter as I'm beckoned in. Sitting I look at a woman like me, professional and at the peak of her career.
"Mrs. Grey, our friend called me. vouching for you. What can I do for you?"
"please call me Grace. Here is the transcripts for my father's ward, who is staying with us to complete her education." I hand her the file, with the newspaper printout of Anna's father murder on top.
She reads the article; reviews the file. Her brow purses, "I see your problem. She could take the second chance program. But from this (raising the file) your looking to start her as a sophomore in AP. I can't just put her in that based on this. Now long has she been out of school?"
"Since her father murder." I say honest is the best path to get her into school.
"If she could come in; A test out for freshman and Sophomore. It would be easier to place her."
"I can have her in tomorrow. I have no doubt she will do well on the test." I say relieved.
"Given that tomorrow is Saturday. I will ask the friendly exam proctor to conduct the test 9am at a room at the Northeast library in Seattle just north of Hawthorne Hill. Since it's out of the school district, I can use it as a transfer of units. To verify the transcript. If she can pass the test. I will call you tomorrow night with the results and if she can start Monday at Seattle Prep High School." She looks hopeful.
"Thank you. We will be there at the time. I have no doubts she can do this." I striking confidently.
Shaking hands, I leave. happy at the chance for Anna to move forward. The only downer is she can't take Art. The hunters know she's gifted a painter. I'm surprised she not a drawer; Just painting, wood carving, sculpture. She also can't take Choral. I hope Cary can but these evil people in jail or disappeared them.
I find the thought having a very certain happy appeal. The only other time this type of brutal idea popped up in my mind was with the Pimp that tortured Christian. I push the thought back into there cage.
Arriving at home, I find Anna crying on the couch. I hold her as she weeps. After a while, she calms. Wiping her eyes. "Thank you, Grace, I waited till Christian left. To just have a good cry. I've held it in so long. I couldn't cry at dad's funeral, or show any emotions. They would have used it against me. I just can't believe I'm here and Christian loves me."
"Anna, my Dear. Everyone could use a good cry, once in a while. But you have to study. Your taking challenge exams tomorrow; Freshman and Sophomore. Do you need anything?" I ask holding this brave woman.
"I think I'm good, I've been studying SAT Subject Tests and AP Tests study books. I think I will do well, at least to be a Sophomore in High School." Anna says in her shy and Self-deprecation style. I know around Christian, she is bold and confident. By herself; she's shy, gentle, and being excessively modest. I marvel at her compassion and putting other ahead of herself.
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Saturday night:
Christian is pounding the piano. As Anna sings. I dance with Elliot and Cary whirls Mia. Anna grueling twelve hours of exams has resulted in her starting Monday as a AP class Sophomore, with half of her Junior year credits. So Little miss torch singer, belting out some Nina Simone hits, Ray's favorite singer; is a genius.
Tonight, we party, celebrate the moving forward in our lives. Christian is this Wednesday buying his first company. Anna goes to school Monday. Elliot is heading back to school tomorrow. Mia is excited that Anna will be in school with her, except she a freshman. Christian got Anna a Promise ring to ward off the high school boys.
Anna has a very wide range of music, and mimics several singing styles. Her family Painting of us, is amazing. It took her less that ten hours to create it. I plan on hanging it in Cary law office.
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A week later:
I am relieved that the week is over. Mia is serving a three-day suspension for kicking the asses of two bullies attacking Anna. Anna managed to avoid injury. Christian wanted to go there and stomp the assholes. But Anna talked him out of it.
Anna was too afraid of blowing her cover to fight back. Luckily Mia and a Junior football player jump in and stopped them. I hope the junior doesn't become a problem.
Cary got there, since I had a terrible couple of days with back to back children trauma surgeries. My feet ache, my hands are numb. I lay out on the couch, with an ice pack on my head. I feel someone massage my feet. Looking down the couch. Mia is massaging my feet. This is the first time she's ever done this for me. it feels heavenly, my daughter is taking care of me.
I feel my arm being taken and massage. I peek and see Anna sitting on the floor. Working the knots and sore muscles of my hand and arm. Within a short time, I fall into sleep. Happy sleep.
I feel someone carrying me, the soft cushion of my bed. I peek a look at my naked man, undressing me. I let him. Waiting, playing possum. As he leans over to cover me with the blanket. I grab his neck and roll him under me. We kiss and suck our way to orgasmic nirvana.
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Three weeks later: C-pov
It's been a hard week, I am moving forward with the company. I've already began the selling off of the first company, and three more are due next week. Everything is humming along nicely. Dad is very surprise at my success, but see's it more my hard work.
I lay in bed with Anna in my arms. She much better now she in school. Soon, I dread she'll move to her own room. The nightmares have lessened. She not as jumpy. I cuddle her deeply into my body. Only sour note is this Junior sport guy trying to date her. He's not taking the promise ring seriously. I might have to punch his teeth in.
With the third company; I find my partner in crime: my alter business ego. Roz Baily is a fiery Red head and business genius. The Glass ceiling has stopped her rise, her lifestyle has limited her options. Her rough and brash style is a perfect foil to me. After a knock down drag out fight in the board room. We both are bloodied and beaten. Looking into her eyes, I see the inner person. She extroverts to my introvert. My daring and courage is matched by her cover all the bases and know where your leaping mentality. Alone we are half of the equation, together; we are a hell on wheel CEO and COO team. Over beers, we quickly bond and start in earnest to conquer the world.
After a hard day at work, I arrive to find my girl giggling and studying with the Junior sports star. I start for him, blood lust clouding my eyes, when she jumps into my arms kissing and loving me. the rage disappears as Anna has short circuited me.
"Chris. This Malcolm Forbes, my protector at school." She coos reaching for his hand.
"Mal. This is my fiancées Christian Grey. "she hugs my side. He sticks his hand out to shake, I really want to rip it off. Anna elbows me, I shake. "both of you sit!"
"I will not have the two best guys' in my life right now jealous of each other. Mal?" Anna stares him down.
"Forbes isn't my really name, my mother and I fled my dad. He beat the crap out us, whenever he had a bad day or drunk or stones. The underground got us out here, new identity's. Mom's working at a factory, low wages not able to make descent money as an accountant. I was told Anna was also on the train. To watch out for her." Mal says.
"Mal?" Anna ask, tapping her foot.
"You can't tell anyone not even my mom. I like boys." Mal, says blushing and hiding his face.
"That one of the reason I'm going to hanging with him in school. As cover till he comes out. He's up for a full college scholarship in football." Anna states. God, I love this woman. Caring and compassion.
"Ok, if he's bullshitting us, (turning looking him dead in the eye) your dead." Taking a deep breath. "Howe is this going to work?"
"Well everyone seen the promise ring, so Mal is going to act the player. Chasing a taken woman. You're a long-distance relationship down in San Diego where you moved from Virginia. Mal chasing me, will take the heat off his being suspected gay. Plus, he's all my girl and my Anna. A few group social events. Everyone will believe I'm playing you both. Hand-holding, no kisses or anything beyond the batter's box. So chill Grey. you have me, now and always." Anna speaks then pleas.
"Ok. I understand. What about Mia?" I ask
"She solid with it, think this will be good for both of us. I lend cover for his gayness, he stops the bullies. Besides my best friend before was Gay. I miss him and his mother. His dad was with mine." I tear up and hide my face in his warm, soothing chest. Listening to the heart beat just for me.
"Gee Anna. I'm sorry I thought you were like me, hiding from a father?" Mal says hugging her to me.
"No, her evil mother and third husband. They killed her dad. putting her on the run." I tell him.
"Look? if this is too much, I can do without girlfriend thing. I can take the heat. Anna, you don't have to stress over it. ok?" Mal says. I find new respect for him.
"Mal, if Anna ok with it so am I."
"But for now, I'm hungry" my stomach growls, quickly followed by Anna a Mal. Heading in we eat. I ask question about his mother accounting qualification. She sound perfect for my company. I need to flesh out the company to make thing run better.
The next Friday: I pick up the girls and Mal from school. Mal mother, Irene is fitting in perfectly at GEH. Mal is a hit with Elliot when he comes down from Stanford. The two jocks are pumping iron and running plays. Christian has a cannon of an arm, and mad playing skills. Anna ache that he never got chance to shine because of his touch issue.
Elliot knows Mal gay, could care less. But he understands the need for discretion. Christian is enjoying having a male friend. The season change, and before I know it the summer is here. I've already signs up for a full summer schedule.
A=pov
Walking into summer school, I hear someone shouting my name. turning it's Jose. I tear up, I've not seen him since the funeral. "HEY Anna banana what up?" Jose in his cheerful happy go lucky way. I grab his shirt and back him in an alcove between lockers.
"What are you doing here?"
"Chill Stee_"
"Don't ever say that name. I'm Anna Trevelyan here. staying with my distance cousins the Grey. you?"
"Ok Anna. Mom died a couple of months before high school ended. I got shifted to foster family than an old VFW friend of our dads took me in. Given the sit that happen after you left. I changed my last name to Samael's; Jose Samael. The couple I live with are the Cazador. Their good people friends of our dad's. if you need anything?" Jose tells me in his please listen voice.
I hug him. Kissing his forehead, he has to bent down, while I'm on tip toes. "I'm sorry about your Mom. I'm fantastic, I'm safe with the Grey's and engaged, that's a secret till I graduate." He hugs me.
"we need to get to class. I have math, history, lunch, physics and humanities. How about you?"
I blink. "that my schedule too. So cool. We have to make up how we met. I just came back to Washington state half way thru last semester. I have no ties to VFW or Military." I tell him as we rush thru the halls.
"easy I'm from San Diego, we met at Disneyland. Years ago, were pen pals till we lost touch. We just met in the hall." He smirks as we arrive at the door.
"I can't believe how much you've grow since Disney. I'm stunned where in summer school together. I lost track when I moved to Virginia." I play along as we enter class and take our seats.
"Sorry about your folks dying, your living with your cousins. I bet there cool, like me living with my uncle since mom past. This summer is looking up.
"ALRIGHT CLASS SETTLE DOWN; MY NAME IS MISTER HALLORAN. THIS IS JUNIOR CALCULUS. IF YOU'RE NOT SIGN UP. GET OUT. ANY AIRHEADS, SLACKERS OR IDIOTS WHO THINK THIS WILL BE AN EASY CLASS. GET OUT. IF YOU STAY; I WILL DO EVERYTHING LEGALLY ALOUD TO SEE YOU PASS THIS CLASS AND MOVE ACADEMICALLY FORWARD." The teach yells, after a few people leave we get down to work.
At lunch we're thick as thieves. So far, we've both avoid the evil ones. Started new lives, with good people. We live just three miles apart. My BFF is back with me. I feel pumped.
Several boys try to harass me, Jose just chase them away.
"I can tell you need my fashion sense. Who dresses you?"
"My cousin Mia, your nemesis in fashionista domination of me. You'll have to come over a study and check out my wardrobe."
"Anna I'm not Gay, right now. Latter I'll come back out, but don't want them finding me because of it. Someone firebombed the LBGT center while I was helping clean up after a party. Thomas thinks they were hoping to flush you out."
"OK. My new BF is also in there with you, he needs a sports scholarship. So, I'm his love interest."
"what about the fiancée?"
"Chris is cool, him and his brother are Bf with Mal too. I think you'll get along with them also."
"think so? Well we better head to physics. You may have to tutor me?' he jokes as we head to class.
After school, he calls his uncle, they'll meet us at Grey Manor. I forgot who's picking me up. Mal pulls up in the Chevy him, Chris, Elliot and Carrick are rebuilding. I make the intros and we get in. Jose gets in next to Mal. Their lost in the moment. "Guy's audience!" that breaks the spell. We pull away.
Once at Grey Manor the two are all googly eyes. I laugh as Chris bounce out for introductions. I googly eye my man. Kissing him like the very essence of my life. Looking back as we head in. Mal and Jose are lip locked. "Guy's get in here. we have Cookies!" I tease
That night the family work out the details of our interactions. Covers, and safety procedures. Chris is happy Mal has a boyfriend, A Jose has cover as an old friend. Plus, Jose is going out for basketball and track. So, they can sport's bond and interact. Their deeply in love. Con-Amour
The evils tried to attack my old friends, to flush me out of hiding. Jose had to flee to San Diego. Carrick is hot on their trail. They've started using minions to hunt us. Carrick is shredding their money and forcing them to pull back. Already the threesome has retreated back to Georgia. I might if things work out graduate as Anna Steele.
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Beach Bingo Party
After summer school before fall starts. We all escape to the shores of sunny Texas outer islands. Here we can be ourselves. Chris is relaxing for the week. Mal and Jose are making us look tame and prudish. Just before Summer school; I moved into my own room. Although if one of us is stressed we sleep together.
The adults are happy I'm in a separate room, but understand how reliant I am on Chris. I love his thinking and care of me. I paint up a storm, with the new paint easel and cabinet combo. I love how Chris and Elliot salvaged the wood from my old one. So, I'd have something from my father.
The Greys had a lawyer friend destroy my former Art Agent. He was getting thousands of dollars while giving me just enough to live on, starve on. I still have trouble believing my painting are worth that much. The wildflowers notch at dawn painting sold for seventy-seven grand.
I was one of my best works. A mountain ridge of wildflower in the sun beam of dawn thru a notch in the mountains, before the sun peaked over the mountain range. Like a spot light, just on a patch of color. Vivid and spiritual. I remember seeing it for the first time. How the light travel down the ridge, till the sun burst over the mountains to explode the sun on the fields of flowers and wake the insects. I painted fourteen canvases, all I had. There in the Southern Cascade mountains
I have forty-two canvases stored in a temperature & humidity controlled storage unit. My new art dealer is moving them one and two at a time in New York. My pseudonym is L. S. Rosanegro: Lambert Steele Rose black. My birth name, my real name, my middle name and the reason I use a pseudonym. I must live in the dark. Till evil is dead or jailed.
I'm shocked when Grace shows me an Art magazine about my works and how brilliant and talented I must be. The mysterious black Rose of Canada. Which is how the criminal first dealer explained me. I'm suppose to be fifty, crippled with arthritis and survived four husbands, all died mysteriously early in our marriages. I nearly pee myself laughing on the carpet. My new dealer is portraying me as fifty, with a small dog, widowed and nomadic; Following my painting muses.
Little do the realize I'm sixteen, junior in high school hiding from my murderous mother and her husbands, with my future in-laws and my soulmate. Who just closed a fifty-million-dollar tech deal. I sculpted him a beautiful name plate pen and pencil holder from blood wood and inlay of Christian Grey name in yellow Citrine. The money stone, superstition is it brings prosperity. Perfect for my man.
On the back side are pictures of me. I want him to never forget what he's working towards. Not wealth just because he can, but a life worth living.
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c-pov
Texas beach, late, near midnight. Bonfire nearly out.
just me and dad are left at the bonfire. I look out into the half-moon lite sea. Wondering what tomorrow holds. Just relaxing in the silence.
"why did you change son?" dad ask me.
"I think it was the whole your going to die, life flashed before my eyes thing."
"Is that it?"
"no, I mean I thought about all the things I wanted to do, say. How my fears and loathing, feeling unworthy of love or family. It all seemed stupid. meaningless. Emotions I had suppressed and discounted exploded as i knew i was about to die. The regrets of everything I should have done, said. How Ella did everything she could, but never had any support, that why you started Coping Together. To help kids to not have my experience. I knew I had to forgive and let the anger go, Ella wasn't to blame and neither am I." I drain the bottle.
"I remember seeing the lake and think salvation. A second chance; then smashing thru Anna painting, nearly killing her. The big ass rock, catapulting thru the air: with the only thought fu#$$k up me had falling towards the lake; I just killed a person I never met. The lake speeding into me; the relieve as the blackness took me, this is was always my fate, meaningless death. I remember waking to Anna dragging me out of the deep-water. Her touch electrified me, her eyes looked into my soul. For the first time in my life I connect with someone. I felt emotions explode and course thru me. scaring me, and yet comfortable; needed even."
I sip my beer, shaken in my confession.
"I knew from the moment she touched me, she was mine, my reason for living, existing. Our first kiss was shattering to me. The emotions she gave me. accepted from me. everything I previously had thought about love. Went right out the door. All of Eliana's shit just proved to be so much horse shit. I was free and happy and worthy of love. Unconditional love." I say laying back watch the meteors streak the star filled skies.
Dad scoot next to me, take my head to his shoulder and starts talking about the constellations' in the sky; the mythology and stories. Till I fall asleep. I wake in Anna's arms as the dawn blast thru the window screen. I feel so loved. Family, friends and this goddesses in my arms.
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I watch the house on the average street, in the average suburb, in the sleep town of Savannah Georgia. I see the trimmed yard, stupid yard decorations. The home depot flower beds, must replant those monthly. I drive to a bar on the water front. Here the sick and perverted drink. I watch two of the three drinking and planning.
Adams is working in his office. The gimp is nothing but a money source. Morton's drug and loan sharking has dried up. Carla's hooking is harder, with the rumor mill on fire about her STD. I light a smoke; the Misses will be pissed. I suck the rotgut watered down JD they serve. A hard man, sits next to me. we say nothing. I watch the two evil shits laughing. I look at the man beside me, toss a twenty on the bar and leave. My flight to Miami then New York, LA and Las Vegas before I arrive home to my loving wife and family.
In LA: I use a public internet café to access the local Savannah news.
Police arrest Carla and Bob Adams for the assault on Edward Morton. Mr. and Mrs.'s Adams lover and drug dealer. Police believe a falling out over money and drug was the motive. Morton has a long criminal history. As does his former wife Carla Adams. Morton was take to Chatham general county hospital. He is expected to be confined to a wheelchair for life. Mrs. Adam received thirty stitches in her face as well as several broken bones. While Mr. Adams was found stabbed in the groin. Sources say he's no longer physically a male. Police are looking at several associates of theirs as accomplishes in the assault, drug dealing and prostitution ring. Police seized more than a ton of pot in the Adam's garage and at least four tons at a warehouse owned by Morton. Police source say large amount of meth and heroin where missing from the warehouse according to informants. Neighbors are in shocked. We expect more charge to be laid on the defendants by the DA, who's ramping up his re-election campaign. More to follow. GBS NEWS: YOUR SOURCE FOR NEWS.
He would have been worth every penny; But Major Steele and Staff Sergeant Rodriquez had a lot of friends. Many in the black op' world. The police now have motive, evidence and best of all a neat package.
The police just need a plausible motive. Their dumb and lazy, not stupid and gullible. For a while at least the family is safe. I hate doing this shit. But I learned as a young JAG officer in Korea, sometimes you just have to get the assholes drunk, a let him out in the mine fields. Let God take his fate.
I calm my mind as the flight lands at SEA-TAC. Walking into the free area, I see my Wife waiting quietly reading a romance novel. Seeing me she lights up, I rush to hug her. "Cary, I love you. forget the guilt. You did what you had to do to protect our children. Besides as granddad always said play the man's game, you play by the man's rules. They thought we'd play by the law, while they didn't. We tried legal first, now other rules. Our family is safe." Gracie's hugs me.
"For a little while. Hopeful enough to see Christian and Anna married. Come my love. I reserved a room at the Fairmont." I gleeful grab her ass.
"Carrick Grey it's not yet 10am## !"
"Gracie's get your sweet ass moving before I caveman you over my shoulder. Move it wench. Your man is horny for your dripping hot pussy" I say loud enough to turn heads.
Grace moves like she's late for a surgery. Red faced and hip swinging. We don't make the hotel before we give the cameras in the garage a triple x show. Has I check Mrs. Grey's wetness and response with my very talent tongue. I planned for just tonight at the hotel. We didn't come up for air till Grace had a shift Monday morning.
The kids can handle themselves for three days. At least arriving home, the house isn't burned down.