Chapter 14
CPOV
"Well, someone must have done this." I tell Anastasia. "It would have been nice to know you had a threat, this matter could have been taken care of sooner, and what happened tonight wouldn't have happened the way it did."
"I didn't block him, and I'm only ever with you, or at home with-"
A knock at the door interrupts her, and soon Taylor pops his head in.
"Pardon the interruption," He says, "But Ms. Kavanagh is here to see Ms. Steele."
"Oh my gosh," Anastasia says, "Yes, send her in."
Katherine practically flies into the room and grabs Anastasia in a too tight hug. I know I don't like her, but this immediately pisses me off because Katherine doesn't know what's wrong and she could have harmed Anastasia.
"Oh, Ana, I saw the news, and they showed a video, then I called your dad and he said it was José who had done this." Katherine continues rambling on and on. "I didn't think he would do something like this, he was our friend. I just thought it was an innocent crush, I never thought he would go this far, and now he's gone."
I resist the urge to roll my eyes at her concern for her so-called friend.
"Ana, I am so sorry, this is all my fault." Katherine continues rambling.
"What you talking about, Kate?" Great, now Katherine has upset Anastasia. "How can any of this be your fault?"
"I did it, Ana, I did it. I caused this, it's all my fault." It's all her fault? Why?
"You did what, Kate?" Anastasia asks the question in my head. "I don't understand what you're talking about. Please, calm down and tell me what's the matter."
"He was driving you crazy, and I couldn't handle seeing you like that, so I- I- Errrr..."
"What the fuck did you do, Katherine." I finally speak up, demanding to know.
"I'm sorry, Ana, I really am." Katherine sniffs, "Um, after about a week of José harassing you, I took your phone, iPad, and laptop, and I blocked José from contacting you in every way possible so I wouldn't have to see you get so annoyed with him. I didn't think he would go crazy like this, because of not being able to talk to you, I just wanted him to stop bothering you."
She begins to cry hysterically and my sweet Anastasia comforts her.
"You did what?!" I can't control my outrage at what she's done. "Are you fucking out of your mind, she could be dead because of you!"
"Christian!" Anastasia scolds me.
"Anastasia, this would have been nice to fucking know!" I try to stay in control so I don't take this out on my girl, however, "If we had known you had a threat, we could have been more alert to the situation, instead of getting blindsided!"
"I'm sorry." Katherine fucking Kavanagh continues to sob.
"Oh, quit with the fucking waterworks." I growl at her.
"Christian, can you just... not right now." Anastasia tells me sternly.
Great! Now I've pissed off my girl when it's Katherine fucking Kavanagh that's always causing shit for Anastasia.
How can Anastasia even be friends with her?! Katherine is such a selfish bitch.
I throw my hands up in surrender and sit in silence. This night is just getting better and fucking better; first we have a prick who could never take no for an answer that tries to kill us, then a very angry father who tries to knock me out for kissing his daughter, now a selfish bitch of a friend who hides the whole mess, and it's me Anastasia is upset with. I don't know how a man can piss off his girl so many times in one night, but I've somehow managed.
At least now I know the mystery of who blocked Rodríguez. I was ready to blame Taylor, and all along it was that dipshit friend. I am not saying Katherine caused this, but she sure as hell didn't help. Thankfully the systems at GEH can access all blocked files, so I will have access to all the crazy shit that has been sent to Anastasia.
I already have Barney working on getting the messages ready for me, not that I want to read them, but I think I need to.
Anastasia is busy trying to comfort Katherine, when it should be the other way around, while I'm trying to keep my mouth shut.
If I had my way, I would have Katherine thrown out of the room. Inconsiderate? I don't think so, Katherine selfishly took matters into her own hands without informing Anastasia which consequently put my girlfriend in harms way. If I had known this fucker wanted her, wanted what's mine, we would have known to watch our backs.
Thank fuck Anastasia has Sawyer on her, and thank fuck it's late so visiting hours are over, which means Katherine has to leave.
"Christian, that was so uncalled for." Anastasia begins as soon as Katherine is gone. "Kate was being a good friend and she made my life a lot easier, so I didn't have to deal with that."
"I'm glad you seem to think so." I completely disagree.
"You have no idea what that week was like for me."
"Yes, you're right, I have no idea," I snap sarcastically. "I have no idea because you didn't tell me anything, so don't put that shit on me, Anastasia! Katherine should of never took it upon herself to do that, it has made that fucker go off the deep end, and look where we are now!"
"Stop with the blame game, okay?" I can hear the annoyance in her tone, she's on the verge of tears, and this is the last thing I want, for us to be fighting.
"If it's anyone's fault, it's mine. It's because of me that all this has happened. It's my fault he is dead."
She bursts into a full on sob, and it kills me to see her like this. She should not be crying over this fucker. It's nobody's fault but his own.
I rush to her side and hold her, apologizing for upsetting her and kissing her head over and over as I comfort her.
...
RAYPOV
I am about to fall asleep when there is a knock on my hotel door. I'm not expecting anyone so I wonder who it could be.
I get out of bed and open the door.
"Hello, darling." Standing before me is my woman.
"Hey, babe." I open the door wider for her to enter then close it behind her.
"I heard what happened," She tells me as she drops her coat to the floor, and fuck yes, she's naked. "I am here to make it all better."
I can't take my eyes off of her body enough to focus on what she said.
"You like what you see?" She asks me playfully when I don't respond.
"You know that I do." I tell her. "Now be a good girl and do what I like, I need a stress reliever."
After getting my dick well and truly sucked off, it's time to fill Ella in on what's happened.
I tell her everything, I've already told her about Grey being a sadist so she knows that much, but she didn't know Annie and him are together now. I also tell Ella about José Jr.'s death and how I think Grey had a hand in the events that led to it.
"Ray, we need to get your daughter away from this man. I have met men like him before, and it will only end badly."
"I know, but don't you worry," I tell her while I hold her in my bed, "I have a plan in motion with how I'm going to handle this."
"I am really concerned that he may have already got into her head. I have read and heard so much about these sadist men. He will make her do the most vile things, make her be his sex slave, and he will destroy her innocence. I'm sure he's probably already brainwashed her into thinking it's consensual. Just look at what these sick men do to young innocent women." Ella grabs her bag and passes me a load of information that she believes I need to know about this so-called lifestyle.
If I thought I knew the worse, Ella's photos are proving that I didn't, and causing me to freak out even more. What if he is doing this sick shit to my Annie? I have to get her away from this man, she is his prisoner, and he's forcing all this sick shit on her, torturing my daughter.
I'm going into that hospital first thing tomorrow morning and laying down the law, she will be coming home with me, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. I will get her away from him if it's the last thing I do.
"I just don't want anything to happen to her, is all." I know Ella is concerned, I am too.
"Why don't you join me tomorrow when I pick up Annie?" I suggest, setting the paperwork aside and hoping to get those vile images out of my head. "She's being released tomorrow morning and I think it's time you two meet. The three of us can go to breakfast together."
"That will be great, I've been dying to meet Ana."
"I can't wait for you to meet her." I kiss her head.
"Will he be there as well?" She asks curious.
"Yes." I growl, upset just thinking about Grey. "She can't get away from him!"
I am unable to sleep, looking at all those photos Ella gave me of what those women are put through has turned my stomach. I toss and turn even throwing up half the night, only to end up in front of my computer going through images of this sick lifestyle.
Photo after photo, I imagine it's my sweet little girl in these torturous positions, being beaten and fucked just to satisfy some sick monster.
How is a father supposed to react to seeing this? Knowing his daughter is with a man that enjoys this sick painful kinky shit. Am I supposed to just sit aside while my baby is being hurt for his pleasure? I've even went to a BDSM support group so I could learn all about this lifestyle, to try and understand this shit better, but it only left me cringing even more.
The next morning, I wake Ella up so we can leave soon. We're going to rescue Annie today.
I've been ready for hours since I couldn't sleep last night. While I'm waiting for Ella to get ready, I receive a text from the CPO I hired for Annie. It says he's here and on his way up to my room. I can speak with him while I wait for Ella.
I answer the door as soon as I hear him knock.
"Mr. Steele?" He asks.
"That's me, but call me Ray."
"I'm Jack Hyde."
We shake hands, and I allow him inside my room, so we can talk about Annie and the plan to get her away from Grey's control.
...
APOV
After all the drama of the night has taken it's toll on me and Christian, we finally went to sleep. There is a small recliner chair for guests to sleep on, but that's so uncomfortable looking that I just had Christian sleep in the bed with me. Not that he put up much of a fight, I think he wanted to be just as close to me as I to him. Although, the hospital staff didn't seem to approve of our sleeping arrangements.
As I lay next to Christian, who is pretending to sleep, I overthink everything that's happened.
We haven't been together very long, but I was expecting all hearts and flowers, dates and happiness, but so far, it's been nothing but stress and misery. Not us as a couple, just the events taking place around us. I'm scared to think if anything else happens, it may destroy our relationship. I can only hope we're stronger than anything that tries to pull us apart.
Hopefully things will be calm now. Maybe we can even move our relationship to the next level.
I know sex is inevitable, so I sent Grace a text last night asking if she would get in contact with an OB/GYN to make a hospital visit this morning. I know she'll know the reason why I need an OB/GYN, so I would of made the call myself, but I don't want Christian to find out what I'm planning. I just want to make sure Christian and I are protected before we take that next step. As embarrassing as it was to text that to Grace, she does know the best of the best.
Since it's morning, and the sun is sneaking it's way into my room, we better wake. I'm being released this morning and I want to get out of here as soon as possible.
To wake Christian, even though he's adorably faking, I softly kiss his lips.
He moans as he pulls me closer to him. We snuggle together for a while longer, both not wanting to move.
"I get to go home today." I mention while I play with the hair on his arm.
"I know." I kisses my head. "Baby, I've been thinking..."
"Oh?" I ask, unsure if it's good or bad.
"It may be best if you stay with me at Escala for awhile, just until everything calms down. I'm sure the media are still going crazy with the shooting and I don't want anything else bothering you."
"I'd like that." I smile thinking of staying with him, and not in my own room either. "Your bed is amazing, it's so soft and comfy, and I will be able to spend some time in that library of yours that I love so much."
"You wound me, baby." He's being so playful today, I love playful Christian. "I thought the best part was being with me."
"Well, I thought that was too obvious to mention." I giggle kissing him.
I have to figure out a way to rid of Christian before Dr Greene arrives. I don't want him here while she's doing her thing, he'll surely be suspicious and figure out what I'm doing with an OB/GYN, and I want it to be a surprise.
"Knock. Knock." Grace says in a singsong tone as she taps on the door.
"Morning, mom." "Good morning, Grace," Christian and I say in unison.
"I don't mean to interrupt, but could I borrow Christian for a moment?"
This is perfect. While she's keeping Christian busy with whatever, I can have my appointment with Dr. Greene. Maybe that's her intention since she knows of my appointment. When Christian walks out to speak with his mother she gives me a wink, which confirms my thoughts, and yes, I do blush.
Luckily while they are gone, Dr. Greene is able to give me an examination, go through all the information about the birth control depo shot, and inject me. I know I want to have sex with Christian, that's the reason for the birth control, but Dr. Greene said it wont take effect until 7 days, so if we have intercourse before then, we'll need to use condoms for protection.
I'm not sure what Grace is talking to Christian about, but they aren't back when my primary doctor checks on me.
After my doctor is certain everything is fine, he says I can go home.
"Taylor says the paps are everywhere," Christian tells me when he returns. Maybe he wasn't just talking to Grace then. "He's coming up with an exit strategy while we wait for your doctor to release you."
"He already came through and released me while you were talking to your mom."
"Great, I'll let Taylor know."
Christian grabs our bag, that Mrs. Jones packed for us, and takes out fresh clothes so we can get dressed.
"Christian," I sing his name as I accept mine. "Would you do me the biggest favour ever?"
"Anything for you, baby." He chuckles a bit. "What do you need?"
"Would you kindly go on a spider hunt?" I ask him. "I want to shower before we leave and that massive spider is still on the loose."
He laughs as he heads inside the bathroom, where I last saw the spider. I only hope it's still in there and he can find it. I should of had Christian take care of it last night, but with all the drama of the evening, it slipped my mind.
"The spider has been caught and flushed," He tells me, coming out of the bathroom. "You are safe to enter, ma'lady."
I giggle, stepping up on my tippy toes to kiss my spider catcher, even though I know he's probably only saying that he caught the spider to make me feel better. I'm sure he would just love it if I came running and screaming out of the bathroom, naked nonetheless, if I see another or the same spider.
I wanted to shower with Christian like we did yesterday morning, maybe have another orgasm as well, but unfortunately this shower is not big enough for two, so I shower alone. I don't think Christian was too pleased about this either, but we are in a hospital, and I did agree to go back to Escala with him. We'll have plenty of shower time then.
And I can't wait.
Once I'm clean, dried, and dressed, I head back into the main room. Christian is already dressed and ready to go.
"Excuse me," Taylor knocks on the door to gain our attention. "I apologize for the interruption, but Sawyer said Mr. Steele and guests are on their way up."
I look at Christian and he glances at me with the same expression.
I really hope this is a civil visit, otherwise, I have no problem kicking my dad out if he's going to continue where he left off yesterday. I know he doesn't approve of Christian's sexual lifestyle, many don't, but he's judging it like so many others who don't understand it, however, that shouldn't matter because he should trust me. I'm his daughter for goodness sake.
"Good morning, Annie." My dad says as he walks in with some strange woman.
His glare towards Christian doesn't go unnoticed by anyone, but I'm too busy wondering who the lady is to bother with it, besides, he's always glaring at Christian whenever they are near each other. The lady he's with is wearing sunglasses and a large hat, which just makes her look stupid since we're inside.
"How are you feeling today?"
"I'm fine, dad." I tell him, eyeing the woman suspiciously. "Who is your friend?"
"Annie, this is Ella. Ella, this is my daughter I've told you about," He introduces us, but ignores Christian as he continues, "Ella and I have been seeing each other for a while now, Annie. She came into town last night, so I thought she could join us for breakfast this morning. What do you say?"
"It's so nice to finally meet you, darling." Ella tells me in a thick accent, removing her hat and sunglasses.
"What the fuck?!" Christian shouts, grabbing me and pulling me protectively behind him. "Get the fuck out of this room now, Elena!"
Elena?!