Ana POV
We have been on the ranch 2 weeks now and everything is great. We have had peace and quiet. Jake no longer needs lessons and is ridding like he has done this all his life. I have been studding the miniature horse books we purchased and everything seems pretty simple. I am down at their pens checking on the pregnant ones when I see someone approach. I am shocked to see Brax dismount and walk over to me. I can't help the tears running down my cheeks.
"Brax you came?"
"Ana I am so sorry for everything."
"No don't. There is nothing for you to be sorry for. Come here I have missed you." We hug for a bit and I can feel the tension in his body. We get into my carriage and I hook up Brax's horse to the back and go for a trip around the ranch. We chat for hours catching up on everything.
"Brax I can't believe you took so long to come and see me. It kind of made me sad."
"Ana I was in a bad place. I felt responsible for not being able to do anything. I know I couldn't do anything but it still ate at me. I am better now that's why I came out here to see you."
"Well I am glad. If you must know I never blamed you for any of this."
"Thank you. You don't know how relieved I am to hear that. Hey congratulations are in order?"
"Yes it is. The babies are due soon and they are kicking my butt. I no longer have all the energy in the world."
"It will return once the babies come."
"Yup I know. After they come will you be my personal trainer till I am back in shape?"
"Of course I will if your husband will be ok with it?" This makes me laugh. Christian is so jealous. I bet if I spend time with Elliot he will be the same.
"I will chat with him."
"Then it is ok."
"Did you come to the ranch alone?"
"No, I came with the entire Grey family. They are all up at the ranch."
"Are you are shitting me?"
"No I am not. They are all here."
"Ok then lets go." On the way back I get the fright of my life when I find Jake laying unconscious on the road.
"Oh Brax he must have been thrown from his horse. Go rush to the ranch with my carriage and get Grace here. Go and get help Brax Please. I will stay with him."
"I am on it Ana wait here." He rushes off and I feel so helpless. Jake moans a bit then rolls onto his back and starts laughing. I want to hit him so hard.
"What the hell is so funny?" I scream at him and he gets a fright.
"I almost had a heart attack when I saw you lying there not moving. Jake I thought I lost you." I cry out with tears streaming down my cheeks. He tries to hold me and I realize he has hurt his left arm.
"Jake keep still I think you must have landed on it when you fell."
"Ana it happened so fast. He stumbled and I lost my balance. I am sorry I was being careful."
"Jake calm down accidents happen. All I need is for you to be ok."
Christian POV
I have just saddled up my horse and Elliot's to go and join Ana and Brax. I am sure they have worked things out by now. Just then I see the carriage coming down the road at such a speed I am praying Ana is not in it. To my surprise it's Brax.
"Brax what happened? Is Ana ok?"
"Yes she is ok. Its Jake he was thrown from his horse. Ana wants me to bring Grace to check him out. When I left he was unconscious on the ground." I can hear the panic in his voice. I call mom and she grabs her medical kit. Her and dad get in the Carriage and we all race off in front to find my family. I have never ridden with such fear before. We arrive at the scene and Ana is sitting flat in the dirt and Jake has his head on her lap and she is stroking his hair. I run to them and drop to my knees in front of them.
"Baby is everything ok?"
"Yes he will be ok. I thing he just broke his left arm." Just broke his arm. I am freaked out. Mom checks him over and straps his arm to his body to prevent it from moving to much. We load him up and head back to the house. I feel so out of control. Mom says everything is going to be ok but my son is hurt and that is not ok. We spend 3 hours at the hospital and I can tell Ana is exhausted. Eventually mom comes out with a smiling Jake wearing an illumines green cast in a sling. He seems so proud of it.
"I am ok. They said I need to come back in 6 weeks for a checkup. I can go home now."
"I am so glad for that. Well, then let's get home because your mom needs to sleep." Ana falls off to sleep on the trip back and she looks so beautiful asleep next to me. I don't bother to wake her up instead I scoop her up into my arms and carry her to bed. I realize I wont be able to do this much longer as her belly grows. She is not as light as she used to be but I will never tell her that.
Taylor POV
Life for the boss and Ana seem to be going smoothly since we have been back from the ranch. The babies are due any minute now so its just a waiting game. Gail is driving me just as crazy as the boss. I can tell the boss hates that this is out of his control. Every day we go over protocol about getting them to the hospital as safely as possible. All is in order and we are ready. I have also had 4 extra security around Ana for the past 2 months getting used to her. They will be the babies personal security guards. Ana was first mortified to realize she will be going all over with 6 security men. I had to laugh at the boss while he was trying to argue with her that it's for her and the babies safety. Eventually he gave up and stormed out the house to cool himself off so I decided to step in. I took Ana to my office and tried to explain to her the danger her babies are going to be in. Eventually I resorted to showing her a few of the treat letters we have received everyday and she was as expected horrified and scared to death but, she folded and excepted the security detail. Of course I got a raise from the boss for that little episode. I still can't for the life of me figure out who has followed Ana. I get pictures of her all over the place. There have been a few threats about getting rid of her. The letter that came today had totally rattled my cage because who the fuck knows we are on this ranch?
To Mr T
Hello again. It's lovely to get the opportunity to chat with you again. As you are aware the time is getting nearer for them to finally meet us all. I am eternally grateful for the dedication and care my surrogate mother is showing towards my babies. I could have not found a better person for the job. When my babies are finally here and she is taken care of Christian and I can finally be the family I have dreamed of. We will have the marriage, the big house with the beautiful backyard for our kids to enjoy and most of all we will be a family of 5 and he will love me forever. He will soon forget about the women carrying my babies and love me for me. The hospital will be the last time you will get to see her so say your goodbyes now. We will all greatly miss Anastasia Steele
Love always ?
Fuck I can't even get my head around this. I showed it to the security team and have upped the security for the hospital trips all round. We decided to use Charlie Tango for both trips to decrease being on the roads for a while. Luckily for me the boss can land his helicopter right here at home. I decide to wait until tomorrow to show Christian then we will decide what to do. I radio Mac the pilot and get him to bring the chopper over to be here on standby. Just as I am getting ready to wake the boss up to tell him about this treat Christian calls to say the babies are coming. Fuck Mac better hurry his ass up or I am going to kick him something silly. Just as I get ready to walk out my suit I smile when I hear the chopper coming in to land. Grace has gotten us authorization to land at the hospital for 2 minutes that's plenty of time for us to unload Ana. I walk out to mac and he does not look happy.
"Mac what's wrong?"
"Taylor there is something wrong with Mr greys helicopter. I managed to land her here but she is not going anywhere soon. I have already called in a mechanic to see what's wrong with her." Fuck this is all I need now.
"Ok, Thank you Mac." I call the security with the change of plans and get the cars ready.
