HI EVERYONE
ALL OF YOU ASKED FOR THE SAME THING. FOR CHRISTIAN TO TELL HIS PARENTS ABOUT ELENA SO, HERE IT IS.
IM GOING SLIGHTLY OUT OF CHARACTER WITH GRACE AT THE END BUT I THINK SHES JUSTIFIED , AT THE END OF THE DAY, HER SON WAS ABUSED.
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I DO HAVE ONE MORE STORY TO UPLOAD, LIKE THE OTHER ONE ITS ONLY SHORT, MAYBE 6 OR 7 CHAPTERS AND ITS ALMOST WRITTEN TO COMPLETION.
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ANAS POV
"Be a good girl for Mrs Taylor, ok Pheebs" I hand my daughter off to Gail with one last kiss on her head. I don't trust a lot of people with my daughter, but I trust Gail Taylor.
During my six months as Christians sub Gail became sort of a mother figure to me. She taught me how to cook a few meals and she showed me how to do a fish tail braid in my hair. On the rare occasional that Christian would have to go to work while I was at the penthouse, Gail and I would have girls day at the spa or just go shopping. Watching how good she is with Phoebe makes me think of my mother and it makes me wonder what she would have been like with her granddaughter. The word giddy comes to mind.
"Don't you worry at all Ana, me and this little lady are going to have so much fun, aren't we princess?" She gets an excited squeal from Phoebe. She puts her down on the floor and Phoebe continues playing with the train set that Christian got for her which I think was more for himself really, he just won't admit it.
"You have my cell number yes? And the number to the venue the ball is at? Oh and what about Ryan's number?"
"Ana, Ana, Ana, calm down dear" she laughs "yes I have all the numbers and so does Jason. The three of us will be fine and we have Drew here too, so there is nothing to worry about. You can call me every ten minutes if you want to ease your mind"
"I guess I am panicking a bit huh?"
"It's a mother job to worry dear. Now you go have a good time and can I just say again, you look absolutely stunning"
"Thank you Gail...I'll see you tomorrow and thanks Again"
I head out of Phoebes room Just as she pulls Gail's hand down to play with the trains with her.
I am wearing a floor length deep blue gown that has a very small train with matching blue shoes and for my jewellery I am wearing my mothers sapphires that match my outfit to perfection.
I head down stairs and see Christian with his back to me looking out over Seattle from the window. I can see from here, even with his back to me, that he is thinking about what Elena made him do to me. I don't blame Christian at all and he knows this. He was a 19 year old who was brainwashed for four years before that night. I know his self loathing is sky high at the moment but with a little love and little effort I will have him back to happy go lucky man that was in the Caribbean with me.
"Have I ever told you how fantastic your ass looks in a tux?" I ask him and he started laughing before he turned around. When he did turn around the laughter stopped.
"You...you look...wow! Anastasia you look amazing! God I'm a lucky fucker" he strides over to me and mindful of my make up kisses my cheek but as he pulls away I land a smacker on his lips. Playfulness is how I am going to get him out of his own head.
"Come on Mr Grey, we have to tell your family we are getting hitched and then I want to show off my engagement ring to all the air head bimbos who look at you like you are a piece of meat and I want my ring to say "see this bitches? Yeah he's mine" and then...I have a little surprise for you Mr CEO" I smile coyly at him
"A few things wrong about what you just said baby, number one, it's OUR family now, not just mine, number two, I've never paid any of those bimbos attention but by all means flash your ring at them, it will also be a great message to all those fuckers that want into your panties and last of all...what's my surprise?" He grins at me like a little boy and for the first time since Elena came in this morning, he looks like my Christian.
"If I tell you Mr Grey it won't be a surprise..now come on, we have a ball to attend" I grab his hand and we head down to the parking garage with Ryan, who is my CPO when Luke attends family events with Mia, like tonight. Jason and Drew Reynolds, Phoebes CPO, are staying at Escala with Gail to help look after the baby.
When we get to the parking garage my jaw drops. Holy fuck!
In front of us is a brand new light blue Bentley SUV. I look at Christian and he is grinning at my reaction.
"Holy fuck is that yours?" I gasp out
"No actually...it's yours"
"What? Mine? But it's...it's freaking beautiful!"
"Yes it is, but not as beautiful as you. I picked the colour because it matched your eyes and it's a thank you, from me, for agreeing to be my beautiful bride"
I don't care that Ryan is here. I hike my dress up and jump in Christians arms kissing him all over his face while telling him thank you.
It takes us another twenty minutes to leave because I was playing with all the buttons? I've never been in such a luxury car but I love it.
During the ride over while Ryan is driving, Christian showed me the button to raise the privacy glass. With the windows so heavily tinted we are effectively completely invisible to the outside world. I slide over onto his lap and whisper in his ear all the naughty things I'm going to do to him in the back if this car and by the time we pull up outside the venue I've got my Christian back fully.
As we go through the press run I am carful to keep my left hand in Christians so that the paps don't get the money shot of my ring. The cameras go wild when Christian kisses me and I know that will the the picture that will grace tomorrow's front pages.
When we get inside Ryan leads us to a room just off to the side where Grace, Carrick,Elliott, Kate, Mia and Luke are waiting for us. We exchange hugs and I make sure to keep my hand in Christians so they don't see my ring.
"Ok everyone I'm sure you're wondering why we have asked you here...well we wanted you all to know first...it is my honour to tell you all that this beautiful women Miss Anastasia Rose Steele has made me the happiest man on earth and has agreed to marry me" he holds up my left hand for everyone see just as everyone erupts in cheers.
I think my hearing is damaged because of how loud Mia and Kate are screaming. They both start jumping up and down when they see my ring and it makes me giggle.
"Oh my god I always wanted a sister and now I will have two! Oh we are going to have so much fun planning! We can go to Paris to find our dresses Ana and OH MY GOD! We should have a double wedding!" Mia's enthusiasm is over whelming. I look up just as Christian manages to pry away the death grip that Grace has on him and I catch his eye in a silent "help me"
"Mimi calm down. Ana and I are getting married next month and we would like to have it at Bellevue if that's ok mom?" Christians asks Grace and judging by how happy she looks I think she would jump off a bridge right now if he asked her.
"That is fine by me honey"
"Why are you getting married in a month? Your not...ya..know...in the family way are you Steele?" Kate ask while looking at my belly.
"No Kate I'm not pregnant. We both just feel that we have wasted enough time these last two years so why wait?"
After we have been hugged and congratulated we go back into the ball room. The elite of Seattle are here tonight as it's a hospital fundraiser event and it always looks good to give to charity. I get a little rush as we walk around and mingle when I see several women eyeing my husband to be but I get a thrill when I slowly creep my hand up his chest and they spy my ring. That's right bitches he's mine. All mime.
I can tell that Christian is getting the same type of thrill when he introduces me to his business associates. He's been changing how he says it all night. He started by saying "This is my fiancé Anastasia" but as the night has gone in its now "I would like you to meet MY wife to be MY fiancé Anastasia Steele, soon to be Grey".
"why don't you just pee on me Christian? because I don't think you have quite marked your territory yet" I whisper in his ear as we are sitting at our table and he starts chuckling. He leans over and tucks my hair behind my ears and then starts whispering in a way that sets my panties on fire.
"I didn't know you were Into water sports Miss Steele but if you really want me to Im sure It can be arranged" he ends by biting my ear making me yelp a little. I pull back so I can look in his beautiful grey eyes.
"You are such a pervert"
"Guilty as charged baby, but I'm your pervert" he smirks at me and I pull him in for another quick kiss. I place my hand on his thigh and slowly start sliding it up. I think now is as good as time to tell him my surprise. I lean in so only he can hear me
"Christian, remember I told you I have a surprise for you?"
"Yes baby"
"Well tonight Mr Grey it's just you and me, Gail and Taylor are looking after Pheobe over night and I have booked us a suite upstairs so tonight...Sir...Im All yours"
"Fuck baby! God you drive me wild" he takes my mouth in a heated kiss and the room around us disappears...until Grace says something that makes us break apart.
"Elena dear, I didn't think you would make it in time" when we both look around there she stands. Dressed in all black with bright red lipstick she looks like the slapper she is. My blood runs cold when Grace embraces her and she hugs her back. Just the thought of her dirty filthy hands on something as pure as Grace makes me want to vomit and feeling the muscles bunch up tight in Christians body, he feels the same.
"Oh I had a little problem I had to take care of Grace but I'm here now" she looks around the table and her eyes linger on Christian. She's practically eye fucking him. The look she gives me should kill me but instead I pull my shoulders back and decide to face her head on. I tap my fingers three times on Christians thigh so he knows every thing is ok. It's a standard green light that all submissive know to tell the Dom that they are ok in a particular scene if for what ever reason the sub was unable to communicate vocally.
He looks at me and gives me a very subtle nod. To anyone else it was just a twitch, to me it was to tell me that he's got my back.
"Good evening Elena" I say in the most preppy voice I can muster. The shock of me addressing her snaps her head to me and then she sneers.
"Good evening Anastasia, how are you dear?" Grace is beaming between us because she knows Elena is going to hear of our engagement. Little does she know it will probably give Elena a heart attack on the spot. We can only hope.
"I am on top of the world Mrs Lincoln...Christian asked me to marry him and I said yes, you're looking at the future Mrs Christian Grey" I smile and hold my hand up so she can see my ring.
Her face! The look on her face will stay with me, even if I make it to 1000 years old, I will never ever forget her face.
Her face pales, then her jaw drops, and then fury smothers her features. She grips her wine glass so hard the stem snaps, causing a small commotion as Grace cleans it up.
"'You can't marry her Christian!" Elena gasps and the whole table goes quite. Grace looks outraged at what she has said but Christian keeps his cool.
"Why would that be Mrs Lincoln?" He asks smoothly.
"She's clearly a gold digger Christian! You are a fool if you believe this little girl from a hick town can fulfil your needs! No! You must end this now!" She actually bangs her fist on the table and Grace leans in and gets in her face.
"Elena Lincoln I don't know what your problem is but you need to leave now. I will not have you talk to my daughter in law like that!"
"Your daughter in law! Grace you surly can't be happy with this?"
"You are right...,I'm not happy Elena...I'm ecstatic! My son is finally happy and I will not ask you again. Leave now" Elena gets up and stalks out the door but not before turning to me and giving me a menacing stare. I know its crass and I know it's unladylike but I can't help it. I give her the middle finger.
"Well I have no idea why she acted like that. Just ignore her harsh words Ana and I will deal with her behaviour tomorrow"
Christians face is a mixture of emotions. He looks sad, deafened and then resigned to his fate.
"Baby do you have the key to the room?" He asks me and I pull the key card out of my clutch and hand it to him. I give his hand an extra squeeze for support.
"Mom, dad, may I borrow you both for a little while? Anastasia and I have a room here and I need to talk to you about something"
His parents look a little perplexed but they dutifully follow when he walks away, leading me with him.
We get in the elevator and it rises silently. When we get to the penthouse suite Christian lets us in and I go straight to the mini bar and pour four glasses of scotch. I hand them out and then take a seat on the sofa. Carrick and Grace are seated opposite me and Christian is pacing the room.
"Son, tell us what is going on. I have to admit I'm a little scared Christian, I've never seen you look so...unglued before" Carrick tells him and Christian stops his pacing and sits next to me. I link my finger through his and in my head I am chanting, you can do it baby, you can do it.
"I never wanted you too find out...but recent situations have forced my hand. Please know that I love you both and I'm sorry in advance for disappointing you" he downs his scotch in one and then puts the glass down. He won't look at his parents and throughout the whole thing he stares at the floor.
It's like the flood gates have opened for him and he tells them everything, and I mean everything.
From Elena slapping and then kissing him aged 15 to the subs, leaving me out, that he contracted. They sit stunned. Carrick has downed his drink and then Graces.
"Ana, where do you fit Into all this?" Grace asks me and my heart drops. How can I tell this woman that I was a sub. That Richard Lincoln started me on what was a very dark path before I met Christian. Before I can open my mouth Christian beats me to it.
"Ana saved me mom. She made me see the light through Elena's darkness. She's good and pure" my heart swells with love for this man. He doesn't want for me to have to give the gory details of my past If I don't want too.
Grace gives me a look that tells me that she will not press for details right now, but she knows we are not being completely honest. The tears are streaming down her face and Carrick has poured himself yet another drink.
Christian has his head in his hands to shield the fact that he's crying. I rub soothing circles on his back to try and calm him but it doesn't work.
"I'm so sorry mom" it's barely a whisper but Grace hears him and her face turns to stone. She stands up and walks around so she is standing right in front of him. She grabs his chin and quite harshly pulls his face up so he has to look in her eyes.
"Don't you EVER apologise for what that sick twisted inhuman woman has done to you Christian Grey! You are the victim here so why the fuck are you saying sorry? You were fifteen years old and regardless of how long it went on she was still in the wrong...put Mia in this situation...would it be Mia's fault if someone prayed on her when she was vulnerable?" He shakes his head violently at just the thought of Mia being hurt "I don't want to ever hear you apologise for that woman's sins ever again Christian, do you understand?"
"But all the subs I had...I"
"Stop! Just stop! I will not allow your self loathing to consume you on this. You said these women had safe words and contracts, did you ever do something, anything that those women didn't want? Did you ever hurt them to the point they bled?"
"No of course not. It was 100% consensual"
"Then I don't see a problem with it. You were all adults and from what I understand it's not that uncommon for people to practise that lifestyle. You're not a monster Christian, she is" she bends down and kisses his forehead and he pulls her down in a bone crunching hug.
When I start hearing Grace whispering "I love you my darling boy" I get up to give them some privacy. I pour myself another drink and go over to Carrick who is standing at the window looking out into the darkness. He hasn't said much but I can tell by how he is standing that what Christian has just revealed has knocked the wind out of him.
He turns and sees me and then wipes his eyes and then he shocks me by pulling me into a hug. I comfort him as best I can but he's almost a foot taller than me. Seeing Carrick like this puts into perspective just how many lives Elena's abusive has affected. Here stands a 6'4 hulk of a man, who commands respect from all who know him and is classed as a peer amongst peers, sobbing like a little boy into my hair.
He let's me go and then wipes his face with his hankie. He looks a little embarrassed so he looks back out the window.
"Whats his plan? I know Christian and I know he will have something, anything, that can bring her down"
Do I tell him about her blackmail attempt? He is the best lawyer in the state, surly he will know what to do?
"Elena is trying to blackmail him. She has some pictures that are...well, less than flattering and if they were released it could cause a backlash that would affect everything he is and everything he's worked for. She's giving him three days or she said the picture will become public"
"How much is she asking for?"
"Nothing. She wants Christian to end his relationship with me and he has to turn his back on Phoebe too"
"Thats insane! Why is she so Caught up on you and Christian?"
"She wants Christian and she can't get over the fact that Christian wants me" he looks at me and studies me for a moment or two.
"You were Into the same thing that Christian was into" it's not a question. I decide honestly is the best policy.
"I was yes" I can't look him in the eye.
"Did Elena abuse you too?"
"Yes but not I'm the same way she did Christian"
"Can I ask what she did?"
"She...she tied me up and burned me with cigarettes on the bottoms of my feet. I was fifteen when it happened but I didn't know it was Elena that did it until just before I moved to Memphis" he nods his head and then kisses me on the forehead.
We walk back into the living room of the suite and find Christian and Grace talking quietly. On seeing his father Christian gets up and asks to speak to him so they make their way into the dining room of the suite, leaving me alone with Grace.
I sit down and clutch her hand. She looks so fragile at the moment.
"Are you ok Grace?"
"If I said yes I would be lying. I can not believe that predator got her claws into my son, and how many other boys has she violated? That's what Christian and Carrick are talking about. The statue of limitations has ran out for Christian but I doubt very much he was the only one. Christian said something about removing Escalva from her control and then trying to find other victims to come forward and press charges" I nod my head in agreement. If Christian was her only victim then I'm the president of the world.
"It's funny Ana, I always promised that my children would always be safe and no harm would ever come to them but I feel like I failed. If I had only seen the signs. I'm a doctor, we are trained to spot abuse and yet my own son and I didn't..." A sob breaks her and I wrap my arm around her.
I don't know what to say to her. I've never been in this situation but if it was my child, I would want to rip Elena's eyes out.
Grace sits up and dabs her eyes with a tissue.
"Have I ever told you why I adopted my three children Ana?"
"No I don't think so. I know Mia and Elliott were babies and Christian was four"
"I did it because I myself was adopted when I was 12. I was born in New York,right in the heart of The Bronx. I was raised tough and street smarts were more important than an education in my biological fathers eyes. He was a dock worker by day and an alcoholic by night. My biological mother skipped out on us when I was about six and so it was just me and my dad. I adored that man, yes he loved the bottle but I always had a hot meal and a warm bed.
I had just turned 11 when I came home from school one day and found my fathers best friend waiting for me with a police office. That day my father was hungover at work and he didn't see the fork truck coming at him. It hit him and crushed him, they told me he died almost instantly. So that left me 11 years old all alone in the biggest city in the world. I went into the care system and a few weeks later I was told that they had tracked down my fathers uncle in Detroit. He flew out and started adoption proceeding right away.
I left New York and moved to Michigan where I was treated like a princess. Don't get me wrong I missed my father every single day, still do, but Theodore and Maria Trevelyan were my parents in every sense of the word. God rest their souls.
Maria was a doctor and Theo was a lawyer and they taught me how to play the piano, they hired French tutors that taught me every day and as the years went by I was turned from "Gracie from the block" to a refined young woman. If it had not have been for them I don't know what wouldhave happened to me and I made a vow that when the time came for children I would give a home to a child that really needed that extra little bit of love and when I married Carrick and I told him what I wanted he was 100% on board with me
Elliott came to us first. We had our name down on the adoption list for a while and I didn't think it was ever going to happen and then one day a call came through about a three month old baby boy who's parents died in a car crash. I fell in love with him the moment he was placed in my arms.
Mia was a day old. Her birth mother was 14 and came from a very rough area of Detroit and she wanted her baby to have a better life than what she had had so she gave the baby up.
Circumstances brought me Elliott and Mia...but fate brought me Christian. The night he came into the hospital was supposed to be my night off. I had just pulled a double shift but instead of just going home to Carrick and Elliott I just...lingered. It was like something was telling me to just stay put...and that's when I saw him. He was being wheeled through the emergency room doors and I truly thought he was dead. His little body was so battered I didn't know how he would survive. When we got him in the exam room he was like a wild dog, as soon as someone would try to touch him he would bite and scratch and kick. We had to sedate him to get a good look at him and when his little body went limp and I removed his filthy tee shirt and I saw those burns my heart broke and in my head I said to myself "how could anyone hurt my little boy like this?"
He was my little boy from the second I looked at him. I patched him up and while he was still sedated I held him close to my heart and I vowed that nothing would ever hurt him again...and then Elena fucking Lincoln hurt my boy" she downs her drink and stands up looking into the flames of the fire that Christian must have lit.
I am stunned by Graces story. You would never think that Grace was from the Bronx, but it furthers my opinion on her. She truly is an Angel.
Carrick and Christian walk back into the room and Christian asks me if we can have a rain check on tonight because Carrick has the number of a private investigator who will help track down Elena's other victims but he will do it legally where as Barney and Welsh will do it by...other means.
We leave the room and walk towards the elevator...and bump straight into Elena.
What the fuck is she doing up here? Did she follow us? Before I can ask her Grace walks forward. Her head is held high but the look on her face I'd vicious.
Before anyone of us can stop her, Grace pounces.
She grabs Elena by her hair and yanks her down onto the ground and then let's a volley of blows rain down on her.
"How dare you touch MY son!...you evil pathetic BITCH!" Christian grabs his mother around the waist and hauls her off of Elena. I have to stifle my laughter when I see the handful of blond hair that is wrapped around Graces fist.
Carrick and Christian lead Grace towards the elevator and I have to literally step over Elena to get to the elevator. I can't help my self, I step on her fingers as I walk over her. She's cursing up a storm and just before the doors close she screeches at Grace.
"I'll get you for this Grace!"
"Bring it on Elena" and just for good measure for the second time tonight I flip Elena off causing Grace to laugh.
"What ever your plan is for Elena Lincoln, your father and I are behind you a million percent Christian"
"Thank you mom, I love you so much" he wraps her in hug and she clings to him
"I love you too my darling boy"