Chapter 3

Ana.

I wake up in the middle of the night and to my surprise Christian is laying beside me, he looks so peaceful while he sleeps. I slip out of the bed and wrap myself up in the comforter and make my way to the kitchen to get a drink. The apartment is so dark and quiet, I half expect someone to jump out at me. I quickly grab a bottle of water from the refrigerator and make my way back to bed; I don't rush even though every part of my body is screaming at me to run back to bed. I stop halfway between the bedroom and the kitchen and just look out at the beautiful city, I have never seen it so still and quiet.

Just as I admire the view I hear a noise, like something being knocked over, I jump and run back to bed, it was probably just my imagination playing tricks on me. As I go into the room I realise how dark it really is and make a move to turn on the bedside lamp, but I notice it's been knocked over. My mind instantly panics but I figure Christians just rolled and hit the table, I fumble around in the closet until I find a switch and suddenly the room seems so much more alive, satisfied with the light that now eases my mind I make my way back into the bedroom, but I'm horrified and let out a scream that could crack glass.

Christian.

Usually when I sleep I'm plagued with terrifying nightmares, but tonight its dreams.

I dream of the future and it's filled with happiness and joy, and children and best of all Ana. I'm enjoying every second of it even though I know that in the morning it's going to be over and we never will have a life together, or have children. As I enjoy the beautiful images that fill my head I hear a blood curdling scream and I immediately sit upright in bed.

At the bottom of the bed is Ana, who is now pure white and shaking. I quickly get off of the bed and go to her, the closer I get to her the more frightened she looks, she has tears streaming down her face. I reach her and just assume that she has had a bad dream but she has her eyes locked in one place and I turn round to see what she is staring at with such horror.

CHRISTIAN WILL BE MINE, EVEN IF I MUST KILL YOU FOR HIM.

The words are written on the wall in red marker. I go to reach for my phone but it's gone so instead I grab Ana and go to my office. I pick up the phone and call Taylor, hoping to god he isn't sound asleep.

"Boss, what's happened, why are you calling this late?"

"Taylor get your ass to the apartment. Bring Gail; we need to have a chat."

No less than 15 minutes later Taylor comes through the door with a very worried looking Gail in tow.

"Sir, what's going on?"

"Follow me, Gail you stay with Ana."

I lead him into my room and his face goes pale. "Taylor this happened while we were asleep. I want to know how someone managed to get into this apartment undetected, and I need a sweep done to make sure they aren't still here. This can't happen. Meet me in my office in ten minutes; we need to discuss more security."

He nods and leaves the room, probably heading to the control room to get the security tapes. I go BAC to the living room to check on Ana and Gail. Both of them are sitting on the sofa with tea in hand, but neither of them says a word. Ana looks exhausted and so does Gail, so I suggest bed for them both but until the apartment has been checked I can't leave them alone. I grab some pillows and covers from my room and let them both rest on the sofa. Within minutes they are both fast asleep.

I catch Taylor as he heads for my office and suggest we both stay here with Ana and Gail to make sure they are safe; he agrees and sets a laptop down on the counter in the kitchen.

"Sir these are the tapes from this evening. I can't make out a face because it's dark but someone came from upstairs, in your ….um….. Room. I couldn't see them come into the apartment today so I went back a few days. Whoever this person is, they have been staying here for 3 days."

"Fuck. I haven't gone into that room for almost 3 weeks Taylor, but they must've known that to be staying there undetected. How did they get out?"

"That's just it sir, there's no footage of them leaving, my guess is whoever it is, must still be there. I've called in a few of the best guys I know to help us sweep the apartment. Tomorrow I have interviews set up to arrange more security personnel and the security system will be updated."

"Thank you Taylor, we don't make any moves until we have back-up, we don't know if they have weapons."

Less than an hour later Taylors guys are here and we can finally go and see who this person is. I'm guessing it's an old sub but it could be any one of them so I don't know what to expect.

"Sir, Welch managed to get an ID, Its Leila Williams; she's the one that made the threat."

"Fuck, I should've guessed." She was so attached to me and when I finally let her go she went a little bit crazy but I figured she was over it.

"There's more, she escaped from a mental institution, she has a lot of problems, and we don't know how violent she could be. We got some of her records, and in her therapy sessions she says she wants to be with you and that she would do whatever it took. Even if it meant killing people. She's dangerous sir." No kidding, I knew she was delusional but I never imagined she could commit murder.

"I'll deal with her Taylor; just make sure you are outside in case I need help."

He eventually agrees, but I can tell he would rather keep me out of harm's way, I know the only way she will stop is if I go to her.

I walk into the room and she immediately sits up and a smile spreads across her face.

"I knew you would come for me, sir. I've been waiting for so long."

"I couldn't leave you, but you have caused a lot of trouble tonight. We need to have a chat, my friend John is going to join us later if that's alright and then we can hopefully get back on track."

"Yes sir of course. I didn't mean to scare you I just wanted that girl gone. She was in your bed. You said you never let anyone sleep in your bed with you. I just got so angry because she was trying to steal you away from me, and I didn't want that."

"I know and I'm sorry for hurting you, really I am. 'I'm going to sit with you until John can be here then we can talk okay, but you do understand that you are sick and you need help don't you?" I regret it as soon as the words leave my mouth, she shoots up in anger but she looks at me and calms. She walks to my and wraps her arms around me and tells me how much she loves me.

I take the opportunity to inject the sedative into her and she goes limp within seconds. I call Taylor back in and he removes her immediately. They manage to get her out of the apartment and have her transferred to a highly secured mental institution. I know it was the wrong thing to do but she scared Ana.

My Ana.