HI EVERYONE
SOOOOO THIS IS THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE TIES THAT BIND US.
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I LIKE TO END MY STORIES STRONG WHILE I STILL HAVE THE BUZZ TO WRITE THEM. I HATE IT WHEN AUTHORS HAVE A REALLY GREAT STORY AND THEN DONT UPDATE FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS AND THEN WHEN THEY DO YOU CAN TELL THAT THE HEART IS NOT IN IT, OR THEY JUST DONT FINISH THEM, WHICH I HATE.
I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS FOR NEW STORIES AND I CANT WAIT TO POST THEM.
NOW BACK TO THIS CHAPTER.
I MESSED UP IN THE LAST CHAPTER WITH THE WHOLE "HEARING THE BABIES HEART BEAT AT 4 WEEKS" AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL I HAVE NEVER BEEN PREGNANT LOL
THIS CHAPTER TIES UP THE LOOSE ENDS AND THERE WILL BE TWO TIME JUMPS
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ANAS POV 7 AND A HALF MONTHS LATER
Holy crap I'm like a whale! A big, fat whale!
I am 8 and a half months pregnant and I am huge! I haven't seen my feet for like a month, my boobs are gigantic and I have heart burn like a bitch!
This pregnancy has been so different than when I had Phoebe. For a start I have Christian, who has been my angel throughout all of it. He has been the worlds best husband doing everything for me, and I mean everything. He hasn't let me lift a finger and if I even mentioned I had a slight craving, he would rush out to the store. He has never sent security to do any of the food runs as he said that it was his job as the husband. The only time he got slightly irritated with me was when I was about 6 months I woke up in the middle of the night craving fried chicken. He threw on a pair of sweats and a tank top and made a 3am dash to the nearest drive thru. When he got home I practically tackled him for the bag, took one bite, and then threw up all over him. To say he was not pleased is an understatement.
I would like to say that I have had a drama free pregnancy but I haven't.
The day I killed Elena, John Flynn and a team of specialist came to evaluate Lelia and they took her to a mental facility on the east coast which was paid for by Christian. Unfortunately she became more and more unstable and three months after she was admitted she was found hanging in her room with a make shift rope that she made by ripping her blanket and tying them together. Christian blamed himself because he didn't notice the signs when she was his sub but after a lot of time talking to John he finally accepted that he did all he could. We paid all her funeral costs and Christian made a donation of over ten million to a charity that deals with mental illness and he put it in Lelia's name.
The officer in charge of Elena's case made sure that Christians name was not released as one of her victims which we will always be thankful for as the media storm it caused, even without his name was unbelievable.
I sold all of the Esclava salons along with Elena's house, her car, all her jewellery and her apartment in New York and with the money I split it and gave it to her other victims. They don't know where the money came from but all of them woke up one morning over a million dollars richer. I know money will not erase what happened to them but none of them got the chance to bring her to justice so I hope that the money will help them have a happy life from here on out.
Taylor and his team tracked down Veronica and Nathan but unfortunately we won't be able to get justice for Christian or myself. Veronica died four years ago in New York, she was thrown onto the sub way lines after being mugged and she was hit by a train. Nathan Brown is in prison in Texas for a combination of crimes from tax evasion to causing death while driving. He was off his ass drunk and he ran a stop sign hitting a car coming the other way killing the driver. He will spend the rest of his life in prison so there is no point trying to get a conviction for what he did to me but I know that Christian and Taylor have a guy in the prison who makes Nathan's life hell.
On a happier note though the Grey family is going from strength to strength.
Mia and Luke got married a few months back with Taylor as best man and me as her best woman. The wedding was the social event of the year and they are very happy together. As a wedding gift Christian had part of our property fenced off and he paid Elliott to build them a house which they love. They haven't said anything yet but I know Mia is pregnant. Last month I went for a check up with Dr Greens office and I saw her walk out with Luke smiling at a sonogram picture. They are having the whole family over this weekend for dinner so I would think they are announcing it then.
Kate and Elliott are also expecting another baby due in three months. They are having another little girl who they plan to call Cassidy Mia Grey.
Christian and I debated on wether or not to find out what we were having and after changing my mind a hundred times Christian made the decision for me and we found out we are having a little boy who we are going to call Theodore Raymond Grey. Phoebe is so excited about being a big sister and every morning she walks up to me, gives me a kiss and then pats my bump and says "Mowning Ted Ted"
I break out of my day dreams when I hear the front door open and close and Christian walks in with Phoebe on one arm and a big bunch of roses in the other.
"Hey mama!" She screams and he puts her down and she runs to me
"Hey bug, did you have fun at work with daddy?" For the last month or so Christian has been taking Phoebe to Grey house twice a week so I can catch up on my sleep because between wanting to screw Christians brains out and moaning like a whore in church because of heart burn, I haven't been sleeping very much during the night.
"Yep me has fun, daddy gotted me a bike and Taywer take me all ober the buwding and me meeted lots and lots of people's mommy. Daddy says me the boss so me had my own badge for the lel-lel leibrator, see" I have to stop myself from laughing over how she says elevator and I make a big fuss of the security badge that she has around her neck.
"That's great baby I'm glad you have fun with daddy. Why don't you go into the den and mommy will bring you in a snack while you watch Dora?"
"Otay mommy" she toddles off towards the den where we have her set up with lots of toys and a big assed TV so she can watch Dora the explorer which she is obsessed with.
I look up at my beautiful husband who holds out the roses and smiles at me.
"Here baby these are for you"
I try to get off the sofa but I can't so I crook my finger so he leans down over me where I kiss the life out of him. I hear the roses drop to the floor and he stretches out over the top of me, making sure not to put any weight on my bump.
When we finish the kiss I pepper his jaw with butterfly kisses and he smiles.
"Thank you for the flowers Mr Grey, to what to I owe the pleasure?"
"Do I need a reason to buy my beautiful wife flowers?"
"No you don't...remind me tonight to give you a proper thank you" I kiss him one more time and he grins and then sits down pulling my feet onto his lap rubbing them making me moan.
"Ohhhh that's soooo nice, I think you need quit your job and become my full time foot massager"
"Well I don't know about doing this full time but I do need to talk to you about something"
"Shoot, what's on your mind handsome?"
"Well I've been thinking about this for a long time...I'm stepping back from GEH. I'll still own it but Ros will be full time CEO. I will just be a consultant on the bigger deals"
"Christian are you sure honey? GEH is your baby"
"I'm sure. I'm not saying that I will never take my chair back but for the foreseeable future I'm out. We have more money than we will ever be able to spend and I dont want to miss out on all the mile stones with my children because of meetings and business trips. I want to travel the world with you Mrs Grey and I was thinking when Teddy is a few months old I want to take you on a proper honeymoon. Well, as proper as it can be with two kids in tow. I want to take you on your grand tour Anastasia, across Europe" he smiles and I melt. God I love this man.
"That is a fantastic idea and if I could get up right now I would kiss your face off but I can't move so be a dear and bring me your lips please" I pucker up and he laughs and bends forward and kisses me.
"How is my boy today?" He asks as he splays his hand over my bump just in time for Teddy to kick the spot where his hand is
"As you can tell your boy is fine. He's been doing summersaults in there today"
"I want to have lots of children with you Anastasia" he whispers as he kisses my bump and I think now is the time to bring up something I have been thinking about for a long time.
"I love having your babies Christian Grey...but...I've been thinking and it's totally ok if you don't want to but..."
"But what?"
"How would you feel about...and remember you can say no because it's a big life altering decision...but I was thinking about maybe, and I'm not saying like now, but one day...adopting a child"
He just stares at me for several seconds without blinking and I don't think he is on board with the idea so I backtrack.
"Christian it's ok, it was just an idea, we don't have to do it" he stops me by placing a finger on my lips.
"Anastasia, I didn't think I could love you anymore than I already do but baby I just fell even deeper" he leans over and kisses me again and pulls back and all I see in his eyes is love.
"So do you think we should? Like I said not right know but maybe in a few years?"
"Yes I think we should. We both know what it's like to be without parents and we both know what abuse is like. We have so much and if we can make a child's life better by giving them unconditional love then yes, I am a million percent in favour of adopting one day"
"You know what I can picture in my head when I think of our future?" He shakes his head and a bit of his copper hair falls over his eye which I stroke back In to place.
"I picture a portrait of our family. Us sat out in the meadow surrounded by all our children, you with a few gray hairs at your temple making you look even hotter and me fussing over our children making sure the picture looks perfect. I know that we both had it hard when we were younger but we have the perfect life now. We have a beautiful daughter, a bouncing baby boy on the way and we have each other. I love you and our family so damn much that I worry that one day I will wake up and it will all be a dream" I let a few tears fall and Christian scoots over and wraps me in his arms.
"Anastasia I promise you this is not a dream, see" he smacks me on the ass making me squeal and giggle at the same time
"We do have the perfect life Mrs Grey and you know what? We deserve it. And I promise you that one day I will hire the best damn photographer in the state and we will take that family portrait"
"Will you promise to have a few gray hairs too?" I grin up at him
"I am sure Phoebes teenage years will take care of the gray hairs for you"
"I love you Christian Grey"
"I love you more Anastasia"
15 YEARS LATER, ANAS POV
"Pheebs I promise you, your hair looks fine, now scoot" I roll my eyes at my 18 year old as she re arranges her hair for the tenth time Before leaving my bedroom.
Today we are taking a family portrait in the meadow that Christian and I talked about all those years ago. As promised he has arranged for the best photographer in the state to come here and take enough photos to fill an album with.
Like I always knew it would be, our family is big. We adopted two children and I gave birth to twins 5 years after Teddy was born making a grand total of 6 kids.
We didn't plan to adopt so soon but fate intervened when I gave birth to Teddy. He was born two weeks early and had to spend a little extra time in hospital in the ICU. While he was in there I made friends with a woman called Linda who gave birth to a little boy called Kevin the same day I had Teddy. We spent hours talking and she told me about her daughter who was the same age as Phoebe called Piper.
One day while Kevin was still In the ICU Linda's husband came in with Piper and she hit it straight off with Phoebe so when Linda mentioned she needed to go choose a stroller for Kevin I offered to look after Piper as she was playing with Phoebe happily and it was raining that day so Linda agreed. Little did I know, that decision saved Pipers life.
On their way back to the Hospital Linda's husband lost control of their car on a bend and they hit a tree. Linda died on impact and her husband two days later. When child protection services and the police turned up at the hospital and said that the children would be taken into care as they had no other family, Christian and I didn't even hesitate. We put forth a petition of adoption and with the help of Carrick we became their official parents a few months later.
I have many pictures of Linda and her husband and I have told Piper and Kevin that their parents were wonderful people who's lives were cut short tragically. I love them both as I would if I had given birth to them myself and I know that they will always have two guardian angles looking down on them.
A few years after the adoption I woke up one morning and was sick as a dog. Christian went straight out and bought a pregnancy test which was positive. When we went to our scan Christian fainted when Dr Green said it was twins.
Twins didn't run in my family and I encouraged Christian to trace his family history. It was tough on him but it settled something in him to know about where he came from. Turns out his birth mother had siblings who were twins, two boys, and after a bit of prodding from me, Christian got in touch with them. They were shocked when he turned up on their doorstep because they never knew that Eleanor, Christians mom, had a child. They told him how Ella, as they called her, ran away when she was 16 and they never saw her again. Putting all the bits together and going by the dates we determined that she must have ran away because she was pregnant. Being only 16 she never had a way to support her and the baby and she was befriended by the man who would later become her pimp and Christians abuser. We found out where she was buried and Christian and I went along with his two new found uncles to her grave. Christian put something to rest that day and it broke my heart when he kissed her head stone And said he loved her.
When our twins were born, we agreed to name one each. I named our little boy Christopher Carrick Grey and Christian named our little girl Eleanor Katherine Grey. Almost from birth we called them Chris and Ellie.
"Christian are you ready?" I yell out as I make my way down the stairs. I look out across the meadow where the 6 children are messing around.
Teddy and Kevin are chasing Phoebe trying to mess her hair up while Piper is filming then on her phone will Ellie and Chris cheer the boys on.
I feel strong arms wrap around my waist and I feel my husbands lips on my head.
"Mrs Grey you look beautiful" he whispers. I turn in his arms and kiss him. Just like I though, Christian has only gotten better with age and just like HE though, most of his Gray hairs are from raising teenage daughters.
Piper and Phoebe have not been hell raisers but they are both beautiful looking girls and the boys love them. Christian would not let them date until they were 17 But I think that Phoebe had a boyfriend when she was 15 and Piper 16 but what daddy doesn't know won't hurt him.
"Thank you Mr Grey, you look very handsome yourself. Shall we go get our picture done?"
"Lead the way Baby"
I take his hand and lead him out to the meadow where it takes the photographer twenty minutes to get us how he wants us.
Christian and I are sat side by side, Phoebe and Piper have their arms around their fathers shoulders and he has Ellie sat on his lap. Behind me Teddy and Kevin wrap their arms around me and each press their lips to my cheeks making me laugh and on my lap is Chris.
"Ok Grey Family, say cheese!"
"CHEESE!" We all say and then we all laugh and he snaps a few more when the kids pile on top of us.
A week later and our portrait gets delivered. The photographer sent us, not the one we posed for, but the one he took after when the kids piled on us.
When I look at it tears escaped me. When I look at the picture I don't see two parents who were broken as teenagers. All I see is one big happy family.
"Christian come help me hang this"
"Wow that looks great baby" he touched the picture and smiles. I hand it to him and he hangs it above the fireplace in our family room and we both stand back to admire it. We wrap our arms around each other and touch foreheads.
"And they lived happily ever after" I whisper
"They sure did Mrs Grey"
THE END
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