Chapter 6

Taylor POV

Christian is going out of his mind waiting for the chopper to arrive. He is in his CEO/Dom mode and is barking orders left right and center. Poor Jose is just sitting there numb. I know the boss is dying inside but he is keeping his mask in place and taking command.

The local police done a sweep through of the area were Anna was last seen and found one shoe and her bag at the entrance of an old bookshop and noting else. Her family was notified and they are on their way to the island. All traffic has been grounded from the Island and all roads are blocked. I made the boss notify HR back home to release a statement about the situation. This is going to be one big cluster fuck.

Sir the chopper is ready we have to go now. It's only a 6-seated chopper so it's the boss who is the pilot, Jose who is a total mess, Luke, myself , and 3 of our security . The rest will go back on the cruise. We get in and the Boss goes through all the pre checks and takes off without a problem. It's a short half hour trip back to the island but as soon as we land it's a media frenzy gone wild we have to quickly get the boss and Jose into the hotel for safety reasons. The hotel suit is set up better than the secret service. Thanks to Welch we have everything we need and more. Security is beefed up ten times what it was and the mission are in full swing. No ransom has been asked for so that only means one thing human trafficking. We did find out someone else had also hacked the ships passenger records but it was a dead end as to who.

Christian POV

I'm dying inside my chest is so tight I can hardly breath. My Anna is missing how am I going to forgive myself if we don't find her. It's my fault I didn't protect her. I should have sent her with security. We are in the hotel room and everyone is on high alert. The first 48 hours are the most critical, but how do you find someone without a single clue. I know we are not going to find her but I cant give up on her.I can't do this anymore.

"HI Mr Grey, my name is Jose. I'm Anna's friend its nice to meet you sir."

"Hi, Jose. Pleasure to meet you to. How may I help you?"

"I know you have not known my Anna for long but you don't know her like I do. She is not a one night stand type of girl. You were her first and she fell fast and hard for you. The whole time we were on the island she spoke about you. She told me you are the love of her life she just knew it. She said when you touched her it was like electricity running through her body. Sir you were her happy ever after..?

"Fuck Jose she told you all that? I have to go.

I storm out the lounge and I retire to my room and just collapse onto my knees, head in my hands and I weep like I am 4 years old again. The pain won't go away. Please make the pain go away? I just want her in my arms again, how the hell am I going to get over this? I cry myself to sleep for the first time in my life. When I wake up the tears return how do I stop them? I saw the sun go down and now its up again. Another fucked up day ahead.

An older woman walks into my room and takes my hand in hers and says to me in such a bold voice.

"Son, listen to me what ever happens from here on, remember she was happy with you even if it was for only one day. My daughter got to experience what love is and I have you to thank for that."

That makes me cry even more, because I realize, this is Anna mom comforting me when she is going through worse pain. When she leaves my room I pull myself together and jump in the shower to freshen up. I'm going to be strong for Anna. When I am all fresh and decent I look in the mirror and say. "I am CEO of GEH I will be strong and take control."

When I go out the room it is buzzing. People are running up down screaming commands. And there in the one corner is the strongest family I have ever seen. Being strong, for each other. You can see they are all cried out with blood shot eyes and red noses.

I walk over to them and they just stare at me not sure what to say. I put my hand out to her dad and say,

"Hi you must be Raymond it's a pleasure to meet you Sir, I'm Christian."

He takes my hand and pulls me into a hug and says to me.

"The pleasure is all mine son and thank you for everything. "

The same goes for her brother, sister and mother. I cant wrap my head around this what did I do, but take the virginity of their daughter and then to top it all off, I did not protect her. I retreat from them and go into the kitchen for breakfast and her family follows me to join me. If I'm being honest though they are making me feel safe around them. I feel a little closer to her.

This goes on for days, then weeks, then months with no leads, no Anna. I'm running GEH from here and looking for Anna. There is a worldwide search for Anastasia Rose Steele. Posters are going up with her picture. TV channels all around the world are running this story. Every newspaper is running the story. After the 3rd month her family went back home with only hopes of ever seeing their daughter again. I gave them an open invitation to visit with me at any time they want. Terry and I became very close and agreed we will keep in contact at least once a week. I couldn't leave yet. My mother and Father came down for a month to support me then they had to go to. After 6 months the cops sealed the case as unsolved and pulled out all their recourses. I was a complete empty man just going with the motions. After a year Taylor pulled the plug on the search and we all went back to Seattle.

3 weeks home and Escala is so empty and clinical, how did I ever stay here like this. I was in such a mess Taylor called my mother to sedate me because I was trashing the place. I only ate little bits of food, I stopped going into GEH. I was hitting the gym every chance I had. My body was in the best physical shape ever.

I was just sitting on my bedroom floor trying to remember what she looked like, when a familiar male voice came through my bedroom door.

"Son, listen to me what ever happens from here on, remember she was happy with you even if it was for only one day. My daughter got to experience what love is and I have you to thank for that."

I guess this is Taylor's intervention. Guilt trip bring in the Brother Terry.

"Christian, do you remember my mother telling you that?" It's time for you to pull your shit together. My sister would not approve of the state you are in. You look like shit man" Time to become CEO again.

Terry was right. Anna would be disgusted with me. How did I let this get so out of control? I am the master of control. I went to shower and shave. When I looked in the mirror I told myself this. You are Christian Fucking Grey, CEO of GEH. You are the master of your own universe. Its time to take control and live your life till Anna gets back. And I walk out to meet my guest Terry Steele.

"Taylor."

"Yes sir"

"Get the tools and meet me in the playroom in half an hour."

"Yes sir."

"Hi Terry"

"Hi Christian, good to see you looking better. Still look like shit though but there is improvement."

"Fuck off Terry. It took you long enough to get here and kick my ass into action."

And we both started laughing it felt so good to laugh.

"Terry would you do me the honor of helping us destroy my Sex Dungeon and converting it into a more productive room."

"It would be my pleasure Christian"

Terry and I became best friends over the year. I had told him all about my past. Never did he judge me once. Walking into that room I instantly feelt sick. I had to run to the nearest bathroom and empty my lunch. How did I ever have pleasure in there? Taylor, Terry and I stared to rip out the room taking all of our frustration out on the contents, smashing and breaking things. It's felt so good. I was out of breath and so were the other two men, the sweat dripping off our chins but it felt so good. I forgot what it felt like to be at ease. We just sat there for hours just sitting lost in our own thoughts, when Gail came to tell us supper is ready. Only then did I realize that all three of us were in tears. We were so spent we just sat their like nothing else in this world matters. The next day we pulled in a contractor and converted the room into a top-secret lab/geek pad for Anna it even had a fingerprint scanner added to the secret door. Terry knew all Anna's dreams so he worked with the contractor and designer to make the room perfect for her, when she comes back.