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Christian's POV
I kept rubbing her back gently. She was so tense underneath my arms, and although both Ana and I tried comforting her and talking to her, she still remained quiet. She kept nodding… and I realized that her mind was somewhere else… rather than anything we were telling her… She kept flinching away from Ana's touch. She tried being gentle… but it was never enough… Her nose was still bleeding, and we both were getting concerned. It's been almost half an hour then.
'Christian, I think you'd better call Grace or Carrick…' She told me as I held my daughter's pale form before she crumbled under my arms, whilst Ana went to bring another facecloth to try and help her get cleaned.
'Baby…' I called her gently. She was exhausted and her eyes were closing on me.
'Mhmm…' She replied.
'Are you tired?' I asked her gently while she nodded in agreement. 'Peanut, I know you are tired, but you have to stay awake… ok?' I asked her again while she nodded again.
'I have an iron taste…' She commented as she coughed up again and little blood cloths were coming up on the tissue I handed her. I realized that the nose bleed was a little more serious than we thought. At that moment Taylor entered the room.
'Christian…' He started as he stopped in his tracks as he took in my daughter's form while I sternly stared at him. '…what happened?' He asked confused as he moved forward and took in her face.
'Your daughter attacked my daughter.' I replied with no emotion, while his face lost every colour. I thought he was about to collapse, if he didn't sit on coffee table. 'You obviously didn't know about this?' I asked surprised.
'I didn't know they were to meet!' He replied again as he grabbed a new tissue while Ana joined us with some more clean water and a new facecloth. He placed the tissue under her nose gently and squeezed a little bit above her nostril. 'I used to suffer from a lot of nose bleeds… Put your head a little forward…' He ordered gently while she obliged. 'Can you hold it?' He asked her again while she replied a barely audible 'yes…'
'Ana…'
'Go…' She replied as Gail joined us. 'We'll take it from here…' She smiled weakly. I could see that she was holding her tears inside. 'Don't forget to call Grace…'
'I won't…' I replied as I made my way to my study with Taylor on my tail.
'What happened?' He asked again.
'What happened is that your daughter thinks that she can use people as she likes Taylor… My daughter only had the best interest for her… and she confronts her and beats her up in the park…' I replied sternly. I felt anger and hate towards Natalie like never before. She was never like this. What had gotten into her?
'Are you sure Christian?' He asked again not quite believing.
'Taylor there is a park full of witnesses, and two old people helped Sera… you can call them now if you don't believe me.'
'Do you know what was said…' He started while I cut him off.
'Yeah… Natalie didn't quite keep the conversation to the two of them… she wanted to let everybody know… you talked to her already about the chemistry camp?' I asked him.
'Yes… and we had some disputes…'
'Well… she took it against my daughter because you don't trust her… she told her that she deserved to die instead of Jason, and not to mention the blow she gave her…' I added.
'What?' He asked astonished.
'She left her in the park alone and called her a whale Taylor…' I replied sternly again. 'Taylor I am not going to stand for these… this is practically bullying… I respect your daughter… but I have to look after mine…'
'Natalie said that?' He asked himself more than me.
'Yes she did… and if you don't believe me, you have the witnesses.' I replied again. 'Taylor, get her under control, or else I will ruin her…'
'Wow… hold your horses Christian… I know my daughter isn't perfect… but ruin her?' He replied sternly back.
'Taylor if by what she said, will make Sera relapse or suicidal again, I will make her pay… She's not taking my daughter away from me…' I replied again. 'I respect you and you have all my support, but what your daughter did is unacceptable…'
'…but Ruin her Christian?'
'Oh yeah…' I threatened. 'She won't be able to find neither a job or a school that will accept her… she already thrown her education away, and now she's sabotaging my daughter's recovery…'
'Christian please… at least for me!' He begged. 'Whatever she did wrong, I'm sure we can fix it…'
'Fix it?' I replied as I moved closer to him. 'Have you seen in what state my kid is?' I confronted. 'Taylor… get her under control and we'll see…' I ordered as I left my study.
Taylor's POV
Fuck… She's barking up the wrong tree. What has she done! She's messing up with the wrong people… and Christian does keep his word. I squeezed the steering wheel under my arms. I was so angry at what she did… how could she? Not only this may cost me my job… but she just ruined Sera… I couldn't forget her bruised face. She was returning to the closed person she was… and this time it would all be because of my fucking daughter's stupidity.
Christian's POV
'Mr. Grey…' Sawyer grabbed my attention as he entered the living room.
'Yes…' I replied back.
'I… I have this addressed you Sera… It's unregistered…' He replied back as he held the envelope forward in his hands.
'Did you scan it?' I replied as I took it in.
'Yes… the results show it's Silver…' He replied back while I saw Sera's eyes fill with tears.
Sera's POV
I recognised the handwriting. It was Natalie's… and there was something silver in it. I could only assume what it was. There was no second guessing. I didn't want to face it… and most of all, I didn't want any questions… I stopped mum from aiding to my face and grabbed the face cloth.
'It's fine…' I replied, as I flinched from her touch. 'I'll do it on my own…' I replied again as I took the facecloth and made my way to the bathroom. I was tired of the constant stares and worried looks. I was tired of the visual talk… I knew they weren't going to let this stop here… but I didn't want to deal with it.
I shut the bathroom door and locked it. I didn't want anyone to come in there, and most of all nobody to tell me what to do. I quickly grabbed the plastic back and wrapped it tightly around my cast, and started the faucet. Warm water was running, I grabbed a some water in both of my hands and splashed it over my face. It was warm and nice. I was finally feeling a bit better. I rubbed it gently and when I saw that most of the dried blood was removed, I grabbed a dry towel and fixed everything to the best I could.
I realized that I had a week without any glasses for sure. I grabbed my contacts from the cabinet and tried putting them on with my left arm. It was harder like that and I was getting annoyed with every trial and error, but after a few trials, I managed to both put them on.
I took off my shirt and placed it in the laundry basket… I didn't want to go out of there as yet, so I lay down on the cold hard floor, staring at the ceiling, maybe something will fall over my head…
Christian's POV
I kept staring at the envelope in my hand. She knew what it was about, and didn't want to deal with it. We had just moved 10 steps forward… and we're back 8 or 9…
'Are you going to open it?' Ana asked as I kept rethinking.
'Yes…' I replied. 'I'm afraid of what I'm to find in here…' I added.
'Just do it Christian…' She replied again. 'This obviously shook her…' She added while I opened it and two pieces of what seemed to be a bracelet fell in my hand. I placed them together and it read 'Meine Seele Schwester – My Soul Sister'. There was also a small paper. I opened it and it read, '…because you deserve it… we are no longer friends…'
I felt bile rising again in my throat. How could she do this? I'm glad Sera didn't read this. I handed the stuff to Ana. I needed to let off steam and not let anger get the best of me. I could see she wasn't pleased with what happened either…
Taylor's POV
'Natalie!' I shouted from the door as Lisa came beside me.
'Shhh…. She's resting Jason…' She tried. 'She's been very tired these days…'
'Yeah… but not tired enough to beat up Sera!' I replied as I made my way to her room. 'Natalie get your ass up right now!' I shouted again in anger.
'Dad… I was sleeping…' She grumbled.
'I don't fucking care!' I replied again.
'Jason, would you mind telling me what happened?' Lisa interjected.
'What happened? You don't know?' I asked astonished. 'Our lovely daughter…' I started sarcastically. '…decided to blame her mistake and our mistrust in her on Sera… She beat her up to a pulp Lisa.'
'You did what Natalie?'
'I only punched her!' She replied. 'She was messing around it's not my fault!'
'It's not your fault Natalie? Her face is purple and blue! Her nose hasn't stopped bleeding. She has a burst lip not to mention that she's very dizzy!' I added. '…and why the fuck would you tell her that she should be dead instead of Jason!'
'Natalie… is this true?' Lisa asked getting on her nerves.
'No mum…' She lied.
'Oh… so now you're lying! You do realise that there are witnesses right? They told Christian.'
'Oh Jesus help us!' Lisa said as she took a seat. She knows as much as I do that Christian is a man of his word and he won't think twice to payback.
'That was a low blow Natalie! Even for you! The girl was trying to look up for you and for your information Christian told me about your sneaking to that fucking hotel which probably got you pregnant!'
'She still told Grey senior dad! If she hadn't had such a big mouth none of this would have happened.'
'Could you honestly be this stupid Natalie? I didn't raise you like this and neither your mother has Natalie! You're in this situation because of your fucking stupidity! She didn't tell you sleep with that fucker let alone us! We always taught you right! Where the fuck did we go wrong with you Natalie?' I confronted.
'Stop shouting dad!'
'Young lady, you may be pregnant but I'm still your father and you're still a child! This is my house, my home and it's your mother's and my rules!' I said again. 'Do you realise at the trouble you are getting me into? And you too for the matter? Do you realise that you may cost me my job?'
'He can't fire you dad!'
'Of course he can! I work for him…just because I'm close to them doesn't mean he can't fire me! And for the latter, if Sera relapses you are the one to blame!'
'Why am I the one to blame? IF she doesn't eat it is her problem not mine!'
'Fuck Natalie!' I shouted again as I felt my temper rising. 'You called her a fucking whale! You wished for her to be dead for God's sake!'
'You did what Natalie?' Lisa asked astonished.
'She's tough she can take it!'
'Well for your information she's a human if you haven't realized that Natalie!' I confronted again.
'What did Christian tell you?' Lisa asked.
'That this will not end here…' I replied. 'Natalie… you are going to fix this…'
'What do you mean?'
'You are going to apologize and go on your knees if you have to do in front of Christian and Ana…'
'Hell no dad… she betrayed me and there is no way I'm falling for that fucker!'
'Natalie mind your language!'
'That's… stop it… both of you…' Lisa interjected. 'Jason as much as I'm agreeing with you, we both have to realise that Natalie is not alone… she's carrying another person in her, and I don't want her to miscarry with stress…'
'You're right...' I replied. '…but this isn't going to end here…' I finished as I exited her room and left the two girls alone.
Lisa's POV
'Mum…'
'Shut up Natalie… I stopped this because you're pregnant… nothing more nothing less… I didn't expect this from you! She was there for you always… and you hurt her?' I asked. 'Natalie… you have to figure this out… your father and I won't stick up for you… you fucked up… you fix it…' I finished as I joined Taylor in the living room.
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