This chapter is really short and the next one will probably be short, too. After that I'm going back to longer chapters, but for this part it just felt like dragging it out if the chapters would have been longer.
Ana's POV
We arrived in Aspen three days ago and I like being here. Christian only took Ryan and Reynolds for security with us, since we don't need so much security here as we need in Seattle where the media is crazy about us. Of course, here are paparazzi, too, but unlike the ones in Seattle, they keep their distance and are just happy to get a picture or two of us and leave as soon as they have their shot.
I would have prefered to take Taylor and one of my security guys, but that would have meant telling Christian that I not really feel safe with Ryan and Reynolds. I was thinking about telling him, but he seems to be so carefree and happy ever since he visited Ella's grave that I couldn't bring myself to tell him. After all I promised him that we wouldn't talk about any heavy topics.
That's why I also haven't told him about Ray. I'm still upset that he waited so long to tell me, but then again, if he would have told me earlier or insisted on a paternity test while I was still a child my mother would have left us back then, maybe even before she had Patrick ... so in some ways it was a good thing he kept it to himself for so long. And it's not like he wasn't my dad before. He was and always will be my daddy. So this changes nothing for us. What's more on my mind is all the Lambert money. I know I can't keep it, but at the same time I know that when Frank Lambert and his father died in that car accident, they were the last members of the Lambert family.
So, if I don't keep the money it would mean giving it to my mother as she was the widow of Frank Lambert. But only thinking about giving my mother all the money gives me nightmares. She would probably manage to do the impossible and spend it all. I wish I could get Christian's take on the situation, but again we promised each other to relax and have a good time until Teddy is born and this topic is not exactly one that will be easy to deal with. I thought about talking to Kate about it, but she is so happy after her honeymoon with Elliot, that I don't want to bother her with my problems. Jose is in LA, so I can't talk to him either and I don't want to discuss this on the phone.
So, I guess I have to figure this out myself. I don't know if it is because of the hormones or because all of that has happened over the past year, but I feel out of balance for the last weeks. I get pissed about the most silly things and I don't like it. I remember feeling like this once before and I ended up trashing my parents livingroom and beating my sister. I really don't want anything like that to happen again, but maybe it's really just those pregnancy hormones and it will hopefully pass soon.
This morning Christian went fishing with Elliot and Luke. Kate, Mia and I want to go to the spa. I hope after that I will be a little more relaxed. Christian called them to make an appointment for us and made sure that they had three massage therapist there who are trained in special techniques to give a massage to pregnant women. I'm really looking forward to this. I'm only 27 weeks pregnant and my back is already killing me. I still have 13 weeks to go and if my backs keeps aching like this I'm sure by the end of this pregnancy no one wants to come anywhere near me, because I tend to get in a really crappy mood if my back hurts and I can't move like I want to.
"Ana are you ready, we want to leave" Mia calls from downstairs and I have to smirk. Since we came here she doesn't come anywhere near the master bedroom. I guess she is still a little traumatized from the last time we were here, where she came in and saw Christian in his birthday suit. I can't help but giggle thinking of it. Jeez, that was almost exactly a year ago. Time really does fly by, I muse and take my purse from the bed, to go downstairs.
At the spa I can finally relax for while and just enjoy myself. One of the massage therapists is also trained in acupuncture, so Mia and I decide to try that too, while Kate almost starts to scream in panic at the thought of it.
"Oh my god, can I take a picture of the two of you" she giggle when the therapist has put in all the needles and I glare at Kate. We are not supposed to talk right now and before I can flip her off she is snapping pictures of us.
"Stop it" Mia murmurs, but Kate has already put her phone down.
"So, how does that feel?" she asks and I give up. "Kate, we are not supposed to talk, so shut up or I will find enough of those needles around here to make you look like a hedgehog." I snap and she pouts.
"Okay, got it. Man, what is wrong Ana, you are cranky those last couple of days." she mutters but I just close my eyes and shut her out. I really want to yell at her to shut the fuck up for once, but I can't we are not alone at the spa.
And just when all the needles are removed and we are getting our pedicure Ryan comes in.
"Apologies, Mrs. Grey, but you, Miss Grey and Mrs. Grey have to come with me. Mister Grey wants you back at the house now."
"What, why, look if Christian wants us to return fine, but I have four more toenails to be painted, we will leave after that."
"I'm sorry Mrs. Grey, but we have to leave now, right this moment" he says and now I'm pissed.
"I said no, Ryan. We will be outside once the pedicure is done." I snap and he scowls and turns around, not even 30 seconds later my phone rings and I know from the ringtone that it is Christian.
"Ana your phone" Mia prompts and I switch it off.
"It's Christian, I don't want to argue, but I want my toenails done and..." I can't even finish my sentence when Ryan barges in again and this time he just lifts me up.
"Mrs. Grey, Miss Grey, please follow me, we are leaving" he says gruffly and starts to walk. What the fuck?!
"Put me down, Ryan. What the hell are you doing, I need to change" I yell at him but he ignores me and a minute later Kate, Mia and I are in the car only wearing our robes.
"Someone from the staff of the spa will bring your clothes and purses back to the house later" he mutters as he starts to drive, but I ignore him. Is this a joke?
"Can you at least tell us what the hell is going on?" Kate hisses clearly as pissed of as I am.
"Mister Grey will fill you in once we are back at the house." is the only answer she gets and I am too pissed to talk. I know something must have happened, but I don't care. I'm already at a point where I feel like I'm about to blow and this is not helping me to feel any better.
Arriving outside the house I don't wait for anyone and storm inside only for Christian to yell at me.
"Why the fuck are you ignoring my calls and switch your fucking phone off?"
"Because I wanted five fucking minutes of peace and quiet and I don't think that this is too much to ask for! I told Ryan we would leave as soon as our pedicure was done, which would have been three or four minutes, instead you ordered him to carry me out of the place. Do you have any idea how humiliating that was? You know what forget it" I yell back and get upstairs into our bedroom where I slam the door shut and grab some cotton balls and nail polish remover from the bathroom.
A minute later Christian comes in. "What are you doing baby?"
"I'm trying to reach my god damn toes to removes the polish, because I don't have that color here and I don't want to walk around with 6 painted toes nails and four who are not painted." I snap and he sides down on the floor and takes my feet in his lap.
"Let me do that. And I'm sorry. I just panicked and needed you here where you are safe. I never wanted to humiliate you, I was just sick with worry." he says and takes the remover and cotton balls.
"What is wrong?"
"Taylor called me about an hour ago. He is on his way over here along with three more security guys. Hyde managed to escape from the mental facility"
I stare at Christian, trying to comprehend what he has just told me. "When?"
"They are not sure. Sometime between 7 pm last night when they locked him into his room and 7 am this morning when they discovered that he was no longer in his room. They think a member of the staff must have helped him to escape, the security tape showed nothing."
"Oh my god, and now, I mean what are we going to do?"
"For now we will stay here. It is very unlikely that Hyde will manage to get here, so we are safe here. But until we have more security here I don't want you to leave the house. Reynolds checked the entire house and all the cameras are running 24/7 now, so this place is safe. I'm thinking about us staying here until he is caught, with police looking everywhere for him he won't be able to make it here without getting caught."
"Why didn't you tell me this before you had Ryan carry me out of the spa?" I ask and Christian raises one brow at me.
"Baby, I had every intension to do so, but you didn't answer my call and switched your phone off." Shit, he is right, I did that.
"I'm sorry. I'm just ... I don't know. I guess it's all those pregnancy hormones. I feel like biting someone's head off or yell at someone for no reason."
"I've noticed that, but I asked my mom and she said it's normal. Your hormones are all over the place and you are slowly reaching the stage of pregnancy where you are just uncomfortable for most of the time. So if you want to snap at me or let me have it for no reason it's okay."
"Well, you are the one who knocked me up, so I have a reason" I pout and watch him remove the polish from my toenails.
"Fair point well made Mrs. Grey." he smirks and kisses my toes. "Has the massage helped you a little?"
"It was okay, but what really helped was the acupuncture. I never tried that before, but it was good. I think I will find someone in Seattle who can do that for me like once a week until Teddy is born."
"Are you sure it is good if you do that, that often?"
"I don't know. I will ask Dr. Greene at our next appointment, maybe she knows someone." I shrug and he gets up and sits next to me on the bed.
"Are you still mad at me?"
"No, can we cuddle. I'm too tired and cranky for sex right now, but I want you to hold me." I give him my best puppy eye look and he grins.
"Sure, come here baby" we cuddle up in bed and I feel myself relax a little.
"He won't come anywhere near you Ana, I promise" Christian murmurs.
"I'm not worried about me Christian. I'm worried after what happened in the mall that this sicko is after you."
"Baby, you never need to worry about me. I can defend myself and I have security."
I nod and just enjoy having him hold me for a while, but suddenly I feel really tired.
"I think I'm going to sleep for a while, I'm really tired" I whisper and yawn.
"Okay, I have some calls to make, do you need anything?"
"Maybe some fruit, just an apple and an orange, so I can have a little snack once I wake up."
"Sure, I put it on your nightstand. Sleep baby." Christian kisses my temple and gets out of bed and I fall asleep before he is even out of the room.
I wake in the darkness and feel Christian's hands slide over my belly and up to my breasts.
"How late is it?" I whisper sleep drunk but I don't get an answer, instead his hands find their way under my shirt and suddenly I freeze. I know Christian's hands and those are not his, they feel coarse and who ever is behind me in bed is breathing loudly. I close my eyes for a second praying that I'm mistaking or that this is just a really bad nightmare.
"Christian, talk to me" I whisper silently praying that I will hear my husband's voice, when I reality everything inside me already knows that this is not him and all the hair on my body is standing to attention.
"Well, well, Mrs. Grey. Seems like your husband is unavailable right now, but don't worry honey. I will take good care of you. It's time for you to know what it feels like to be with a real man"
Oh my god. I know that voice. It's Jack Hyde...
Yup, I did it again...cliffhanger ;-) but I promise to have the next chapter ready tomorrow or Saturday