John Flynn's POV

Goodness, this night gets better and better, I feel a bit like I am heading down Alice in Wonderland's rabbit hole.

Not only am I dealing with Cecilia, one of Christian's ex-subs who has breached security at Escala but now Taylor is telling me that she caused an serious accident involving a young brown haired girl who interviewed Christian today. Not a sub, he was quick to inform me, simply an interview for a university newspaper. This indicates that Cecilia is in a really bad place if she has been stalking Christian and apparently followed and attempted to murder a complete stranger that looked like a potential sub that just happened to walk out of GEH. Who does that?

Now, Grace has called me and said she doesn't know why Christian is blaming himself for an accident that has happened today but that he is retreating rapidly into a state of self-loathing that is going to need immediate attention.

Oh the webs that are weaved around this young troubled man!

Carla's POV

Oh My! I get to fly in a private jet, isn't it beautiful, this Christian Grey must be a very rich man. I wonder why he is doing all this? I wonder if my little girl has been having a relationship with him without telling me. Hmm, I really should talk to Ana a little bit more to know what she is doing in her life, but I have so many other things going on.

Wow, look, there's even a bedroom in the back, I wonder if they have used that yet.

Oh, I hope Ana is feeling better soon so that we can have some fun together.

Goodness, there is a man-in-black waiting for me, how exciting.

Taylor's POV

I don't appreciate having to leave Gail to go pick up Miss Steele's mother but Gail says she's fine and it would be better that I go so that I can perhaps convince Christian to come home. I can't say it enough, Gail she is an amazing lady and despite the Boss being a right royal pain in the …. Gail adores him and is worried from what I said has happened today. She has also packed some clean clothes for him as she knows that he may well not want to come home.

Have I said how amazing I think Gail is? She says she's not worried about Cecilia and what happened because it is all under control, the only thing she is worried about is Cecilia's mental state. Of course she is! Gail told me that Cecilia was nothing like when she was Christian's sub, even though she was rather crazy when she was here, the Boss didn't seem to notice until the end of the contract and he couldn't finish it quick enough. Anyhow, Gail said that Cecilia's eyes now somehow seemed vacant and lifeless and with an eerie light in them that was disturbing.

However, now that Cecilia is under Dr Flynn's care, Gail feels safe and says that I should go and collect Miss Steele's mother so that I can explain what I know and that it will give her mother something to comfort her, knowing that the best is being done for her daughter.

Now though, having met Miss Steele's mother, I wonder whether she truly cares about her at all, she certainly seems concerned but weirdly, she appears to be happy to have travelled in a private jet and seems to think that her daughter will be up for some sort of socialising with her. I gently try and let her know that the accident was one of the worst I have seen and that she is in for a long recovery, I don't want to say "if she survives". I can't say any more as I don't know Miss Steele's situation but from what I saw in Christian's face, I feel glad that he is in control of her health care because I don't think her mother would be able to provide the emotional or monetary support that is going to be needed.

Ana's POV

Where am I? What is going on? Oh, I hurt everywhere! Why can I hear Ray? Who is that other voice, it can't be, it sounds like Christian Grey, is that my mom?

Slowly I open my eyes and I am looking straight into sorrowful grey eyes, I want to shake my head but I can't move anything and then I see the spark and hear that velvet voice say "She's awake, oh my god, Ana, you're awake" and his face splits into the most amazing smile. I don't know what I have done to deserve that but it lights a fire deep within and I try to respond with everything I have but I can't, I can't do anything with all the tubes attached to me.

Then I see him pushed aside by my mother and I realise that Ray is holding my left hand gently and my mother has actually been shocked into silence and is crushing my right hand.

I hear the call go out for Dr Grace Trevelyan-Grey and then looking like an angel in white the most beautiful older lady dressed in doctor's whites comes rushing into the room with a look of concern on her face that changes to a brilliant smile as she realises that I am awake.

"Welcome back Miss Steele, how are you feeling?" she asks as she quickly checks the monitors "I know you can't talk with those tubes, but can you wiggle your right hand if you are ok, and your left hand if you need some pain relief?" She smiles when I wiggle my right hand and says "I should be able to remove the breathing tubes once we can check your charts and lung function and then you should be able to speak. Mind you, please don't be brave and not accept pain relief, you can have as much or as little as you require and your body has a lot of healing to do so make sure you have some."

She gives my hand a squeeze and says she'll be back in a minute, once she has discussed my situation with the other doctors. I can feel the energy rise again in the room but I am exhausted and close my eyes, desperately trying to not fall asleep again.

I almost break when I hear a quiet "Oh Annie, what happened?" and I open my eyes and am shocked to see Ray in tears, I have never ever seen him cry and I realise I must look awful. Poor Ray, he has always looked out for me and he looks like he is absolutely helpless because there is nothing he can do. I wonder what has happened to my body but to be honest, I don't really want to know, from the pain everywhere I don't think there is any part of my body that isn't damaged and suddenly a thought hits me.

I am supposed to be sitting for my finals in a week, I should be home studying, how am I going to do that now? If I hadn't gone to do that stupid interview, I wouldn't be lying here today and I wouldn't be missing out on my chance to graduate, it's all Christian Grey's fault so I glare at him and he literally takes a step back, his shoulders slump and his eyes drop. Wow, that's weird! Does he know what I am thinking?

Christian's POV

Oh my god, she hates me, I can see it in her eyes, she knows, she knows that I caused this, what am I going to do? I can't stand those big blue eyes looking at me with such anger so I turn to leave, I have to go, I can't be here, I am only causing her more pain.

As I reach the door and start to open it, I hear one of the monitor alarms go off and Mom comes running, pushing me back into the room as she opens the door.

"What happened?" she asks desperately.

Ray says quietly, "When Christian here went to leave the room, her blood pressure spiked" and he looks at me with a questioning look and I realise that not a lot gets past Ray. I respect him that little bit more, his quiet love for Ana was something but he is nothing, if not observant and I know that if anything is ever to happen between Ana and I, he will be watching me like a hawk.

As if anything is going to happen between us, I don't deserve her. I don't deserve anything good in my life, I am a monster and here lies a beautiful girl tarnished perhaps forever by my past, nothing good will ever happen in my life, I know it but I am not leaving this room if it means that doing so damages Ana, I can't cause her any more distress.