"I swear if this fucker thinks for one second he's going to back out of this deal then he's got another thing coming." Christian spat as he stepped off the plane with Taylor and Ros following behind him.
"I'm sure he will have second thoughts once you tell him straight." Ros mused with a smirk to him as they headed into the airport.
"Sir I have a message from Mrs Jones to call her as soon as possible…" Taylor commented looking to Christian.
Hearing Taylor, Christian stopped in his tracks as he looked to him before he grabbed his own phone from his pocket and turned it on. Seeing that his mother had tried to call him, his face drained of colour. Grace was going in with Ana and so was Mrs Jones. It couldn't be a coincidence. Quickly dialling his mother's number he pressed the phone to his ear, she picked up on the third ring. "Mom what's wrong?" He quickly asked. "Gail told Taylor to call him and I've got a missed call off you."
"Darling I think it would be best if you flew back…" Grace told him softly.
"Mom what's going on?" He asked. "Is Ana alright?"
"She's going to be fine sweetheart…but you should come home. Ana's not well. She's had to be admitted to the hospital."
"Not well? What do you mean? Mother please stop being vague with me." He told her firmly.
"Christian I don't want to do this over the phone." She paused and sighed. "Ana collapsed in the hospital and she's been asking for you."
"I'm on my way." He told her before hanging up the phone and looking to Taylor. "We're going home."
"Is everything alright?" Ros asked with a slight frown.
"No Ana collapsed. I have to go." He sighed and looked to her. "I'm sorry Ros…I don't mean to leave you to do this…"
"Hey." Ros cut in looking to him. "Don't worry about it. I can handle this idiot. You go and be with your wife."
"Thank you. Any problems then call me. I'll try and help best I can over the phone." He offered a slight smile before he headed back to the plane with Taylor. The jet had enough fuel seeing as it was only an hour and half trip. Explaining to the pilot, Christian soon sat down and buckled himself up. He felt sick. He had no idea what was going on with his wife. He had all these questions running through his head, undoing his tie and unbuttoning his two top buttons he ran his fingers through his hair. He knew he shouldn't have gone to work.
When the plane eventually landed and hour and a half later, Christian quickly headed down to the waiting car, getting into the back while Taylor got into the driver's seat and sped off towards the hospital. As Taylor pulled up outside Christian quickly got out and headed into the hospital and over to the receptionist. "I'm looking for my wife Anastasia Grey." He told her.
The receptionist nodded as she began to type away on the computer before looking to Christian. "She's up on the fifth floor sir."
Christian nodded as he headed over to the elevator, Taylor following shortly behind him as they went up to the fifth floor. Stepping out as the doors opened he rushed down the corridor, spotting Gail and Ryan he headed over to them. "Mrs Jones…"
"Oh Mr Grey." Gail mumbled as she got to her feet and looked to him. "She's over in cubicle three sir. Your mother is in there with her."
Christian nodded. "Thank you….Ryan will you take Mrs Jones back to Escala."
"Of course Mr Grey." Ryan responded.
"Thank you…" He looked to Gail. "Thank you for being with her today."
Gail offered him a small smile before she left with Ryan.
Watching Gail and Ryan go, Christian then headed over to the cubicle. Going in he looked to his mother before he then looked to his wife, his face draining of colour. She looked so poorly. She had an oxygen mask on and he could see she had bumped her head. "Ana…" He whispered before he then looked to his mother. "What's wrong with her?"
Getting to her feet, Grace moved over to him. "I'm not sure yet darling. I'm going to chase up her blood test now. See what's going on."
Christian swallowed hard. "The baby? Is the baby okay?" He asked looking to her.
"We won't know until Ana wakes up. We'll need to do a transvaginal ultrasound as she's only in her early stages of pregnancy and we will need her permission to do that. We have no worries that there's anything wrong with the baby, there's no signs there is anything wrong but we will scan her as soon as she feels up to it."
"You can't do a normal ultrasound?" He asked with a frown.
"No sweetheart. It won't pick anything up yet."
"Why did she collapse?" He asked keeping his eyes locked on his wife.
"I'm not sure. She had a very high temperature, her blood pressure if very low and her oxygen level isn't great either." She explained to her. "We've taken blood to see what is going on, now that you are here I'm going to chase it up. I didn't want to leave her on her own."
"I knew I shouldn't have gone to work…" He whispered with a shake of his head. "I should have been here."
"Christian you being here wouldn't have stopped her fainting." Grace informed him as she gave his arm a gentle squeeze. "I'm going to chase up her results. I'll be back soon." She promised before she left the cubicle, closing the curtain behind her.
Watching his mother go Christian then moved to the chair beside Ana, gently taking her hand he pressed a kiss to it. "Ana, baby…" He whispered to her. "Baby open your eyes for me…"
Eyes fluttering open, Ana looked to her husband sleepily. "You're here…" She mumbled through her mask.
"I'm here." He whispered to her as he kissed her hand once more. "You're okay I'm here."
"What's going on?" She mumbled trying to take her mask off.
"No baby, keep it on." He told her as he gently took her hand off the mask and put it back on properly. "We're not sure what is going on." He told her. "They're running tests. My mother has gone to chase up your results now." He told her softly. "Baby you didn't say you felt this unwell this morning…"
"I thought I'd be okay after something to eat…" She mumbled before she held onto his hand tightly. "Don't leave me." She mumbled before drifting off to sleep once more.
Frowning as he heard her, he then sighed once more seeing she had drifted off to sleep before he looked up as his mother came back in with a nurse. "Mom, did you find out anything?" He asked looking to her.
Grace smiled to her son before she looked to her nurse. "Let's check her vitals again first please." She told her before she looked to her son. "We'll talk more in a few minutes." She told him before looking to the nurse as she took Ana's temperature, blood pressure and check her oxygen level.
"Temperature is down to a hundred, BP is eighty nine over sixty and oxygen is eighty eight." The nurse told Grace.
"Okay let's get another bag of saline up, I want the fluids to continue until she's discharged, especially if she's going to have another round of morning sickness, she can't have another dose of Tylenol yet but let's get her started on the penicillin and let's get a nasal oxygen mask on her now her levels have come up." Grace instructed before she looked to Christian.
"Is she going to be okay?" Christian asked. They were talking and he had no idea what any of it meant. He just wanted to know his wife was going to be okay.
"She's going to be fine." Grace told him with a soft smile. "She does have an infection."
"What kind of infection?" Christian asked looking to her.
"A viral infection, it can be cleared up with some penicillin and she should be good to go home in the next couple of days so I'm going to have her transferred into a private room so you can stay with her." Grace explained with a smile as she moved her arm around him. "She's going to be absolutely fine." She promised. "Normally you can just fight off some viral infections but because of everything that happened to her, her body found it harder to fight it and consequently made her a bit poorly. Mrs Jones said she was sick not long after breakfast so she's got a saline drip up to keep her hydrated. She's in the best place right now."
"Is it safe for the baby for Ana to be on penicillin?" He asked looking to her.
Grace smiled and nodded. "It won't cause any harm to the baby." She promised to him. "We'll keep her in for a few days so we can put the penicillin in through her drip so it gets into her system quicker and get rid of the infection. Hopefully when we check her vitals later this evening the penicillin would have started working and her temperature will be back to normal along with her blood pressure and oxygen levels and she will start to feel a bit more normal."
Christian nodded a little before looking to his mother. "I'm guessing she didn't have her check-up then?"
"No, but when she's awake we will do the check-up. Mrs Jones has bought her some things for Ana, fresh clothes; pyjama's that sort of thing."
Christian nodded to his mother before he then looked to his wife. "I'll put her in her pyjamas." He told her looking to her. "I don't want to risk her freaking out if other people touch her."
"Her bag is the other side. I have to go and see to some other patients. Your father will be here soon." She looked to him. "I haven't told Carla or Ray that's been admitted back in…."
Christian rubbed his forehead a little. "I'll give Ray a ring in a bit." He told her before he went around to grab the bag and pulled out Ana's pyjamas.
"Here…" Grace whispered as she went over to Ana and detached her cannula from her saline drip. "When you're got her changed call a nurse and she will attach her back up." She told him before she then headed out to give them some privacy.
When his mother had gone, Christian looked to his wife and leant down and kissed her forehead. "Baby wake up for me…" He whispered to her, moving some hair from her face.
Eyes fluttering open as she heard Christian's voice, Ana looked to her husband as he hand moved to look for his.
Seeing her looking for his hand, Christian took her hand and smiled. "I'm here." He whispered before sighing. "Baby I need you to sit up for me…I'm going to put your pyjamas on for you."
Ana frowned as she heard him and looked at him. "What? We'll just wait until we go home."
"Ana you have to stay here for a few days…you have an infection and they need to clear it up. It's why you didn't feel too good." He explained softly to her.
Hearing she had to stay, Ana's entire body instantly stiffened as she looked to him. "I can't stay here…" She whispered to him, her jaw tightening.
"You have too…but don't worry. I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying right here with you." He promised her.
Ana shook her head as she tried to get out of bed. "No…no I have to get out of here…" She mumbled. She had no energy but she was trying her best.
"Ana stop." Christian commanded softly as he gently moved her back into the bed.
"What if he finds out I'm here?" She whispered to him, clinging onto his shirt as tears pooled in her eyes. "What if he comes back for us?"
Christian's face dropped as he realised what she was on about. Gently cupping her face he looked to her. "He's not going to come anywhere near you." He promised. "I don't even know if he's still here…he might be in jail already." He wiped a tray tear that escaped her eyes. "But I'll find out." He kissed her head before looking to her. "Now come on. Let's put these pyjamas on." He whispered as he moved his hands to the bottom of her shirt and bought it up over her head.
"My cream…" Ana frowned as she lifted her arms up and let Christian take her top off.
"Urm…" Christian picked up the bag and dug through to see if Gail had packed it. Grabbing her toiletry bag he opened it up and smiled as he pulled the tube out. "Here it is." He looked to her. "Do you want me to do what I did this morning?" He asked curiously to her.
Ana gave a nod.
Pressing a kiss to her head he soon moved around to the other side of the bed so he could access her back. Pressing a kiss to her burn in the middle of her back he then applied the cream before continuing the process on all her burns just like he did this morning. When it came to doing her thighs he gently tugged her pants down before he tossed them on the bed with her top before he gently kissed around the burns before applying the cream before he looked to her and smiled as he pressed a kiss to her cheek before he grabbed her pyjama top and slipped it on before helping her with her bottoms. "Can I get you anything?" He then asked as he looked to her, helping her sit back against the pillows, perching himself on the edge of her bed as he took her hand.
"I feel like I need a sugar rush…" She mumbled looking to him.
Christian nodded as he kissed her head. "I'll see if there's a vending machine outside…"
"Don't go." Ana quickly told him, clinging onto his hand tighter. "Don't leave me here on my own."
"I won't." He promised as he pressed a kiss to her head. "I'll send Taylor, he's just outside." He got up from the bed. "I'm just going to be right outside." He told her before heading over to the curtain, pulling it slightly he looked to Taylor as he handed him some money. "Taylor, would you be able to go and get Ana a chocolate bar, she needs a sugar rush."
Taking the money, Taylor gave a slight nod. "Of course Mr Grey."
"And will you see if Jack Hyde and Elizabeth are still in the hospital. Ana's very on edge about them and I haven't had any updates from Clarke about them. I also need a nurse to come and attach her cannula back on."
"I'll get right on it sir." He told him as he walked off.
Closing the curtain, Christian made his way over to his wife. Sitting back on the bed he looked to her. "I haven't called your parents yet…"
"Don't…" Ana cut in looking to him. "I don't want them to worry."
"Ana…"
"No Christian I'm serious. Please don't call them."
"Knock, knock." Smiled the nurse as she poked her head around the curtain before she came in. "Let's get you re-attached Mrs Grey." She told her with a soft smile as she attached her cannula back up and smiled. "If you need anything just push the button there and someone will come." She told her before she left the cubicle.
"Sir…" Came Taylor's voice as he poked his head around the curtain.
"I'll be right back." He promised before he got up from the bed and headed over to Taylor.
"One chocolate bar for Mrs Grey." He offered him a chocolate bar before handing him another one. "And one for you, Sir."
Christian smiled a little. "Thank you Taylor."
"You're welcome. As for Hyde and Elizabeth? Hyde was discharged a few days ago and was escorted straight to prison…"
"And Elizabeth?"
"She passed away two days ago. She went into cardiac arrest. They were unable to revive her." He explained softly to him.
Christian gave a slight nod as he looked back to Ana who had dozed back off to sleep. "Thank you Taylor." He whispered before he then headed back over to Ana. Popping the chocolate on the side he soon tucked her in slightly before he sat down in the chair and just watched her. He didn't feel bad about Elizabeth. In fact he was debating on giving Prescott a bonus. The past week had been an experience. A scary one to say the least. All he wanted now was for his wife to get better. He knew she didn't want to stay in hospital and he didn't want her to either but right now they had no choice. Grabbing his phone out of his pocket he saw a number of messages from Ros. She managed to sort out the idiot in California who wanted to pull out of a major deal. A yawn passing his lips he slouched in the chair slightly, slipping his phone into pocket before looking to Ana once more, his own eyes starting to get heavy as he soon let his eyes fall to close. He needed to get some sleep. They were going to be in for a long couple of days.