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CPOV
If there was ever any doubt that Ethan was here for any reason other than Ana it all disappeared once Christian laid eyes on him. He was sitting on a chair with his hands clasped tightly as they hung between his legs. His face showed how anxious he truly was and immediately every defense Christian had dropped. He had no reason to feel threatened, but he was feeling fear.
"What happened?" The words flew from his lips as he took his seat behind his desk. Ray and Taylor flanked him on each side.
"I know you sent Ana to Chicago." Ethan sighed as he leaned forward. "I haven't had the chance to see her, but I've been around Patrick. You guys have to move and quick."
The air in the room thickened as each man absorbed what they were just told. They already knew that the day Ana left they had to move quickly and they knew that 14 days was longer than they had hoped this would last. However, the reality of their situation was that Patrick Kelley lived like he was in Ft. Knox nothing and no one could get in unless he allowed it. Christian spent day in and out trying to find a crack in his armor and he just couldn't.
Ana was sent there to give them a way in. If they came to get her and made it seem like a rescue mission they could fulfill their true intentions of assassinating Patrick. Once Patrick was dead Christian would handle this Brian dude on his own time and his own way.
"Why? What have you heard?" This time it was Ray who cut in. Of course Christian expected nothing less if anyone wanted to get to Ana as much as he did it was definitely her father.
"Patrick is playing no games. He plans to have them wed in a month's time." Ethan shook his head as he stared at the three men before him. He knew it was going to take more than a miracle to take out the Kelleys.
"Fucking hell!" Christian swore as he slammed his hand down on the wooden desk. The only thought that ran through his head was how in the hell was he going to infiltrate Patrick's home?
What was going to be their way in? Everywhere he looked there was a security team twice the size of his and at every corner there were sensors ready to signal Patrick of their presence. It was an impossible mission. It was suicide.
"Boss I don't know how we're going to do that." Taylor's wary voice shook him to the core and anger rose in his chest.
"You think I don't know that Taylor?!" Christian pushed away from the desk only to pace furiously. He was fucked, Ana was fucked, they were all fucked. Unless, he got the only person in this room that had access to the Kelley residence on his side.
"Ethan," Christian began as he turned to face the only Kavanagh he could learn to like. " If you help us we could get inside. We could be inside before the month was over to take him out."
Ethan stared at the ground as he no doubt contemplated the consequences to his actions. Not only would he be on Kelley's hit list, but he would be turning against his own father. His father was no doubt one of Patrick's henchmen by now and if Ethan turned his back on that he was turning his back on his family.
APOV
She grabbed her stomach as her laughter reverberated off of the lavender colored walls. She rolled over onto her stomach as Brian sat across from her in the wooden chair that was at her bedside. She took a deep breath as his own laughter echoed off her walls.
After trying her hardest to figure him out she decided to give him the benefit of the doubt because as of right now she had nothing to lose besides her sanity, which would no doubt decrease with every moment she spent locked away in this bedroom.
"Oh God, I can't believe you did that." He said as Ana chuckled one last time. She had told him about one of the many times her father had had to pick her up from school because of her "tomboy ways". She was always a little fighter even as a child and when some punk kid tried bullying her in first grade, she'd made sure to give him a swift kick to the shin. Needless to say the school had to call Ray and he was forced to leave work to pick up his child.
Till' this day Ray laughed his ass off when he heard that story and so had Christian when she first told him. He just couldn't picture a little Ana kicking any one any where.
"Oh, I did," She sighed as she lay back against the pillows. "I used to get sent home a lot because I was a nerd you know? People always thought they could pick on me since I was so quiet."
"Yeah, little did they know that they had a mini Bruce Lee on their hands, huh?" Brian smirked as she giggled and nodded her head. It was true Ray had always been a big advocate of her being able to defend herself. Now knowing who she really was it all made sense as to why. He was preparing her to fight for her life should it one day come to that. And by the looks of things it had.
"Well-" Ana jumped up as a loud knock sounded off her door. Her eyes big as saucers looked towards Brian as he stood to answer it. There was only one person who would be coming to see her and she wanted nothing to do with him.
"Why was the door locked?" His cold voice gripped at her heart as her biological father walked into the room. Brian stood stiff with his hand on the knob as he bowed his head.
"Sorry Boss it was me."
"Don't let it happen again." He turned his cold eyes onto her. "I may not have raised you iníon but I won't have you being a slut in my own home."
"Patrick you are mistaken. We did not-" Brian was cut short as a man, who Ana presumed to be his father, walked in signaling that he must leave. With one last guarded look that he threw her way he left the room, leaving her to face Patrick all on her own.
"I'm sorry. I did not mean to disrespect your home. We were just talking," She hated the way her voice shook whenever he was around but it was a natural reaction. This man was beyond dangerous. He wasn't the most powerful mob boss in the whole U.S. for nothing. He killed her mother and if it wasn't for the deal he had with Brian and his father he would have killed her too. He was a monster that had no capability of loving someone.
"Hmm," He hummed as he walked around her bed only to sit in the exact chair that Brian had just occupied. " It is fine. As you are new here I will be lenient. After all, I can't have anyone thinking that I would harm my own flesh and blood."
Ana nodded as she tried to swallow the lump that had formed in her throat. She knew it was all an act and she knew that he would not hesitate at all to hurt her and she knew that she wanted to avoid that at all costs.
"Yes, sir, I understand." She kept her face stoic as he gave her a disapproving look.
"Yes, father is what we rehearsed Ana. It's all about appearance and respect over here. I am not sure how the Greys run things in New York, but you will follow the rules I have set up for you."
"Yes, father." She gritted her teeth as the words fell from her lips. If there was one thing she hated the most about this whole ordeal it was calling this scumbag father. She would and could never see him as such.
"After all, you're only 21, still so naive." Patrick smiled as he shook his head slightly. "There is still so much you must learn in this world Anastasia."
Before she could even think to form a response Patrick was on his feet and walking towards the door. Her head was spinning from everything he had said and everything that he didn't say but was implied. She was to obey his every rule and if she didn't there was to be consequences. The only problem was Ana's inability to follow any sort of rule.
"The door stays unlocked, but you may close it if you so wish."
Those were the last words he said as he walked out, leaving her to her own devices. She let out a deep breath as her arms shook beneath her. She rested her head on a pillow and pressed her face against it tightly as she felt the hot tears run down her cheeks and silently soak into the fine silk beneath them.
Okay guys! Tell me what ya'll think?! Remember Ana is psychologically going through a lot. She still has a fear due to her kidnapping and she knows Patrick is worse than Jack Hyde. I wanted to show all sides of her not just the bad ass side. Brian... Well I can't tell you what he is yet but what do you think of him? Poor Christian...will Ethan decide to help? Let me know your thoughts in your reviews! Xoxo
Oh and Iníon means daughter in Irish gaelic
