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Jess was scheduled in to see John Flynn the next morning, though she wasn't particularly happy about the decision, grumbling about it under her breath through her breakfast, which was a stack of pancakes that Gail had made for her. Christian had more or less ignored her comments, smiling slightly with amusement.

As Christian was getting ready to take her, Jess was sat in her grey jeans and a blue long line best top, sat with her hair down and looking annoyed as she tapped her fingers on the edge of the leather sofa

'This won't be painful Jess, he's not a bad guy, you'll probably like him'. She simply scoffed and shook her head 'I'd doubt it, can we just get this over please?'.

John Flynn was intrigued to say the least, very much looking forward to seeing this girl that Christian and Elliot had essentially 'saved'. The very fact that Christian Grey had voluntarily allowed someone into his life who wasn't a member of his staff –or Ana- just confused and fascinated the psychiatrist.

John looked up as Christian entered his office, wearing a casual white shirt with the top two buttons undone and black suit trousers, looking like he'd walked straight out of a fashion magazine.

Christian shook John's hand 'John, this is Jessica Radcliffe-Cole, Jess, this is John'. The handshake she gave him before sitting heavily into a chair was hardly enthusiastic.

John nodded 'do you want Christian to step outside or are you okay with him being here?'. She shrugged 'I don't really care to be honest, he can stay if he wants'.

Christian rolled his eyes and sat down next to her on another one of the plush leather armchair style chairs.

John leant forward across his desk 'so, what do you want to talk about Jess?'.

She sighed, sitting back in the chair and looking bored already 'I don't know, you obviously want to ask me about my family and stuff, this isn't the first time I've been in one of these chairs'.

John smiled slightly, looking amused 'well, let's start there then. What can you tell me about your parents? I know you've spent some time in care'.

'My parents? Interesting tem you've used for them there John, I think 'parents' insinuates a certain level of care doesn't it'. Her voice was icy and she looked annoyed, jaw tight as she glanced away from both the men in the room.

'So, you don't get on with them, that much is obvious, do you want to elaborate a little?'.

'My Dad is Lieutenant Commander James Radcliffe, he's in the British Navy. He's tried over the years but he doesn't get the time off much. He offered to have me go live with him in the UK but I'd be on a military base on my own when I wasn't packed off to boarding school. Admittedly he's sent me money from time to time but he doesn't really contact me much…after he found out about, uh, what happened- he visited once, that's it'.

Christian was about to ask questions but Jess continued speaking

'Well my mum gave birth to me then fucked off; by the time she came back I was already placed in care. Hailey Cole has never put me above her booze and whatever the drug of the month is. That bitch has had me in and out of her life when it suited her most. She let me stay with her on and off over the years- all I wanted was a parent and yet she threw me out over and over and over again, my mum threw me back out again after I-…she didn't want me any more'.

Christian leant forward slightly 'Why? What happened?'. Jess swallowed, hands clasped tightly, tears forming in her eyes as she blinked furiously to try and keep them at bay, looking out of the window pointedly. 'I don't want to talk about it, okay, please can we just…not talk about that'.

Flynn nodded 'of course, what do you want to talk about?'. Jess quickly wiped her eyes with her sleeves and sighed 'anything but that'.

Christian and Flynn met eyes and John continued 'okay, well, why did you run away from your care home, multiple times in fact'.

Jess shrugged 'no one gave a shit about me in most of them, why should I stay? My whole life I've been an inconvenience to people. And then I decided to leave and never come back, the last time I knew it was my last chance. It was leave or be thrown out'.

John frowned 'why? What changed?'.

Jess opened her mouth to speak but closed it again, looking sad, her voice quiet 'I really don't want to have this conversation with you today, I'm sorry- I know you're trying to help but I'm just beyond help, alright?'.

Without another word Jess stood up and left the room quickly, walking directly out of the office.

Christian followed her out into the street, barely able to keep up with her. Jess was effectively power walking, not quite running but her long legs were striding quickly through the crowds of Seattle.

He hurried to catch up with her, calling her name for several blocks as she weaved between the crowds.

Christian eventually caught up with her, spotting Taylor and Ryan moving not far behind them; clearly having spotted them leave Flynn's office.

Christian caught Jess's arm and turned her around to face him, seeing the angry tears in her eyes and the despairing look she had.

'Jess, what the hell is going on? Please, talk to me, I want to help you, you need to tell me what happened'.

Jess and Christian were standing in the middle of a busy moving street of people, most people just moving around them or glancing quickly at Jess's facial injuries.

She opened her mouth to speak 'Christian…look when I was-'. A loud shout from across the street made Jess look up sharply.

Jess paled and suddenly, without any warning she was running away. Christian looked around quickly and saw a group of three men sprinting after her, recognizing one as the manager from the Strip club.

By the time he's registered what had happened, Jade was off like a rocket, running surprisingly fast down the street, the men following her only speeding up behind her.

Anyone guess what happened? /what's wrong?

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