Grace
Oh God no... Carry please don't...
My son is married?... Why is Carrick saying these things?
Carrick walks out of the door. Ana and Christian are comforting each other. Christian is whispering in her ear and Ana is crying shaking her head. I look across from me and see Mia and Elliot trying to find the best way to react to what just happened. I honestly feel the same as them. But I know I don't believe what my husband just said. Ana has always been there for my son.
I quickly stand to express my feelings. "Christian, Ana, Ray I have no idea why your father just said those things. I hope you know Ana that I do not believe in what my husband has said. I know you love my son and from what Christian has said, you have given him everything to follow through with his career. I am going to go to the garage and tell my husband to drive home by himself and call a car for the rest of us after we finish this lovely dinner." I was over to the door and with a second thought I walk over to Ana and Christian. I hug Ana and whisper thank you in her ear and I quickly summon the elevator and think about my husband.
It seems like I have been in here forever. When the doors open I see Carrick sitting in the truck and quickly exits when he sees me coming.
"What the FUCK was that?! You realize you just ruined a happy moment in there!" I scream at him
"Look Grace see reason. She just pops up out of no where. He has money and now she just steps in to play his wife. Come on you can't be this naive?!" He has the audacity to question my state of mind.
"Do you not hear yourself? She has always been his wife. Since they were in high school! And they didn't tell us because OF YOU! BECAUSE OF YOU I MISSED OUT ON MY SON'S HAPPINESS! And Ana told me about what her mom's estate left her. She needed someone to talk to back then and I do know for a fact that she had that money to help our son make his company. Plus how dare you question her morals too? With her father right there, you chose that moment to basically call her a gold digger in front of a man that can KILL YOU? How dumb can you be?" I ask livid at this point.
"Well the timing may be off but Ray asked and I answered." Carrick tries to defend himself.
"You know what? Just go home. I will get us a ride home. And on the way home you should think about how lonely it is because you need to get on this family bandwagon. We love Ana. She makes Christian happy. Now if you want to support THIS family you better get on board." I walk away from him and go back to the elevator. When I make it back into the elevator I take a deep cleansing breath. That man needs to get his mind right and he needs to do it fast.
Not once during this news did I think that Ana was using my son. Now that I know that she is actually the one who supported Christian's business in the beginning this just shows how much she loved him. Honestly, who gives up that much money to someone who they just 'tolerate'? She risked that much money for his happiness. She could have lost it all with the market but she trusted my son enough for her to take that risk.
By the time I make it back upstairs Ray, Elliot and Mia are finishing their dinner and Ana and Christian are no where to be seen.
"Where is the lovely couple?" I asked.
"They went to their room to talk for a minute." Mia said around her food.
"Okay." I sit back down to my meal. Hoping my husband did not kill this relationship before it got off the ground.
Christian
After what my mom said and what my dad said Ana was hard to console.
"I do not know what I said to make your dad not like me this much" she said sitting on the bed holding a pillow
"You did nothing wrong. My father is an asshole. You do not deserve what he was saying. You were there for me when I was young and impressionable and your dad was there to give me the father figure I needed at the time. To this day you have been the only one that has loved me fully. I know my parents love me. But what my father does not understand is how much you mean to me and how little money matters to you." I try to reason.
"I don't know Christian maybe we shouldn't just make your family deal with this. Maybe we should take a step back for them..." she just buries her head in the pillow with a shake of her head.
I do not want her to think about us that way. I love her and I am damn happy she is giving me this extra chance at being a couple. It just seems my father is fucking this up for me. What the Hell was that about anyway? He pulled this shit when I was younger. What he didn't count on was me being an adult this time. I can do whatever I want now and he can't do anything about it.
"Ana I love you. Thank you for giving me this chance but I do not care what they think. If my mom is happy that makes me happy and the same goes for the rest of my family BUT if someone is not happy for me that doesn't stop me. I want you here with me and I may not be the best man and you know I have made some mistakes but you know I will work hard to make them up to you." I hug her and eventually she hugs me too.
"Okay then time for cake." She says with a tear stained smile. God I love her.
"Come my wife. Go get me some cake." I hold out my hand to her and then we make our way back to the dinner table.
She walks to the kitchen and presents the biggest chocolate cake I have ever seen. I am just beaming.
She cuts me a good size piece. I tackle it with a fork. Everyone else is served after me...this makes me smile. She always cooks just for me it seems.
...
The night goes on and Elliot comes to sit by me while the ladies are talking to Ray about some wood working Mia wants done.
"You know bro that I am really happy for you." He says while looking straight forward.
"Thanks. I am really happy to have Ana back here with me. I know I took my business too seriously and was distant for which I have no excuse for. I just wasn't right without Ana here. I was mean and grumpy. I could not function with normal people because she was gone and I just went back to the way I was." I try to express what I was feeling to the best of my ability.
"Yeah I understand. I just hope you stay this way. It was kind of boring without you." He takes a drink from his beer.
"Yeah I am great entertainment" I say with a groan
"Oh yeah and it is so easy to piss you off now that Ana is back...she sure does look fine in those jeans she has on..." He says in a whisper
In no time I am up and hitting him with my pillow. I know he meant it as a funny joke but I just can't let him speak about her like that. I hit him with the softest and hardest pillows I can grab.
"Hey! ugh that hurts." He cries out in a fake voice.
"CHRISTIAN! LEAVE YOUR BROTHER ALONE." Mom yells from across the great room
I still hit him because I know he is just being a wuss.
"Christian" Ana sighs out and I immediately drop the pillow.
"Fine" I grumble out
I sit down and pout. Already Elliot is getting me in trouble
Ana comes and sits right next to me.
"Awe its okay" she coos and runs her finger through my hair. That does it. I leans my head in her lap and close my eyes.
...
I wake up to darkness. I am in my room. I turn my head and see that Ana is awake and watching TV.
"Hey" my voice croaks out
"Hey what are you doing up?" she asks
"Why aren't you sleeping?"
"Was watching Dexter. He is such a lovable character." she smiles
"Isn't he like a serial killer?" She is really nuts
"Yes but he only kills killers so he is a very weird good guy." she laughs
"Oh my Ana you have a weird way of finding the good in people." I laugh
"Hey! Watch it and you will see what a great guy he is." She raises her chin in the air in grace.
"Okay...you know this is the first normal conversation that happened naturally that we have had since you being here." I say with a smile.
"Yeah okay time to go back to bed." She fixes the covers over herself and I see she is only wearing one of my T shirts.
"Wait ... where is my family?" I look around the room half expecting them to be sleeping on the floor.
"Well Jason took them all home. Including my father which is really nice of him to do." She is now on a first name basis with my head of security. Damn
"Okay. Well what do you have planned for tomorrow?" I am curious.
"Well talk to Kate and Jose. Then move some of my boxes here." she says while laying down in bed.
"Will you text and call me tomorrow so I can know how your day is going?"
"Of course. Now sleep already." she scoots in place and I hug her to me and lay my head on her chest.
"Good night my Ana"
"Good night my darling Christian"
blissful sleep.
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What should they do the next day?
What should Carrick do?