Kate's POV

"Why the hell can't I see her Jose? How bad do you think she is? Did you see Mr Grey's face when he was talking about Ana's injuries? It looked like he didn't want to say something, like Ana is in a really bad way. Jose, we can't lose Ana!" I guess shouting questions at Jose isn't going to help anything but Mr Grey's face looked tortured when he was talking to me.

I wonder why Grey is doing all this, he is a pretty intense guy from what I have read about him but he always seemed like a heartless business man, not someone that could care for someone he doesn't know. There must be more to this and I will figure it out as soon as I can.

I can't wait to hear the interview, I am sure something happened in there and it will be an excellent interview that I can pull together from it, I am sure Ana affected him in some way. She manages to do that to people but has never ever realised it, she is such a sweetie and I hope she is going to be ok.

Why aren't they saying we can go see her?

Grace's POV

I think about what happened this morning and just can't believe it, it's hard to process even after an hour and I try to reflect on whether we did something wrong, waited too long...

Ana was asleep, we gave her some extra sedation to ensure that she stayed asleep and I and the other doctors were working down the list of injuries and working out what needed to be done for full recovery. I knew that Christian was going to want to help with her recovery so I made sure I noted everything down including the recovery steps:

~ Left shoulder dislocated – now back in place – the arm has been placed in a sling and full recovery will require supporting now and then exercise – gentle at first and then strengthening exercises – nothing extra required at the moment.

~ Pelvis fracture – an injury that the scan showed as a hairline fracture. She thankfully doesn't need surgery but she will need to be immobilised – it will restrict the rest of the recovery of her limb injuries and it will be mighty uncomfortable.

~ Left Leg Femur fracture – surgical repair will be needed with a metal rod inserted in the inner cavity of the bone to stabilize and reinforce the site. Surgery is scheduled for an hour's time.

~ Left Leg Tibia fracture – this was a bad break with the bone protruding through the skin and it is the possible bacterial contamination and infection that is causing a great deal of concern. Not only that but the broken end of the bone cut into blood vessels and that was what caused the most bleeding at the site. She was very lucky that it didn't sever the artery but a lot of damage was done nonetheless, the dashboard that trapped her leg actually appears to have acted as a pressure point and stopped her from bleeding out but she lost a lot of blood, how she survived all those hours, I don't know. This will be fixed at the same time as the femur surgery.

~ Left Leg Fibula fracture – thankfully the segments of the bone aren't separately significantly so hopefully there won't be nerve injury but there will be pain, swelling, bruising, she won't be able to bear weight on it, she won't be able to move her hip or knee.

~ Right Leg – massive lacerations, the deep ones that have been stitched and hopefully won't scar too badly, the surgeon was very neat last night but if there is any infection, then the scarring will be more extensive.

As a leg fracture can take up to six months to heal and she has 3 breaks on one leg as well as the pelvis fracture and a sore right leg, the poor girl will be struggling for months. First she will be recovering from surgery then using crutches (once her shoulder is fine) and a whole program of physical therapy to restore normal strength. Urgh, it is going to be a long road of rehabilitation but at least it is all fixable.

Thankfully we have ruled out intestinal damage and spinal damage and are feeling somewhat optimistic that only one lot of surgery will be required now.

However, the injury causing us the most concern was the lung damage and the potential for a blood clot from the leg injuries and it was while we were discussing this and organising the Doppler test to check for blood clot activity that her blood pressure monitor went off again and it appeared she was struggling to breathe. There was a collective gasp as it looked like the worse case scenario of a pulmonary embolism might well be occurring so she was rushed straight to surgery.

I don't even have time to call Christian as we connected tubes and oxygen mask and rushed her back into theatre.

Sawyer followed us and stood outside the door – it struck me how loyal Christian's security are and I remember hoping that he would call Christian and tell him where we all were.

Christian's POV

Now, I have to go and give blood again and I am thrilled that at least in this way I am contributing to Ana's recovery and it pleases me no end that my blood will be part of her even if nothing ever happens between us.

Oh but how sweet was her comment "I think I'll be ok … as long as you are here," I don't care if she doesn't remember it when she is more lucid but I will remember it, it will keep me going long into the night, every night. That and the cute blush that flooded her face as she realised that she'd said it out loud has me smiling as I walk through the corridors.

I give the blood again and ask if they could take double, I don't need it, I am fit enough to regenerate quickly but they won't allow it.

Finally it's time to go back in to Ana and see how the doctors think she is going and hopefully move her to a suite but as I get to the room it's empty. There's no-one there at all, not even Sawyer – why the hell hasn't he called me.

Spookily, my phone rings as I go to hit the button to call him, "Sir, they have just rushed Miss Steele into emergency surgery, I caught a mention of pulmonary embolism." I hear this as though I am walking through a fog and I drop the phone and slide down against the wall, keening quietly.

The walls are closing in on me and I am losing all semblance of control and suddenly I realise why I had the visceral reaction when I saw Ana's injuries and why I am sliding into a massive panic attack now.

The only time I have known anyone suffering a pulmonary embolism was back at Harvard while I was in the rowing squad, I was driving back from the airport with one of the coaches. Ruby was a beautiful girl, who always gave me the space I needed, pushed me without pushing me too far and I had started to find myself thinking of her, especially when Elena visited and pushed my limits. I was beginning to see Ruby in my mind when I needed to get to a safe space in my mind and considering whether I could let her in where I had never let anyone else in.

Ruby drove a cheap little "zippy" car and she loved it but on the way back from the airport one day as we came home from a regatta, a drunk driver ran the red light and t-boned the car. The car had no safety features so Ruby sustained a number of injuries and died in front of me of a pulmonary embolism as they tried desperately to save her.

Again, it's happening again. Every time I open my heart, the person is taken away from me.

Sawyer's POV

What the hell just happened to the Boss? Surely Miss Steele is safe in theatre so I ring T and quickly outline what has just happened, thankfully he says he's in the hospital and about to turn down the corridor to Ana's room now and will deal with the Boss. I decide to stay right here, I didn't like what I could hear through the Boss's dropped phone, I don't want to be there, the Boss wouldn't want me there, T will call me if he needs me.

Taylors's POV

Fuck, this man can take down a room of 50 hostile men in a business situation. He can physically take out 6 men in an ambush, I saw it happen when I wasn't his body guard (in fact it's the reason he ended up hiring me the very next day) and yet, a tiny girl has brought him to his knees.

I literally pick him up as you would a baby and carry him into the room that Miss Steele had been in and place him in a chair and call Dr Flynn, if there is anyone that can help him, it will be him – this is a broken man and I hope against hope that he will be able to help.

Grace's POV

Oh my, I think we've saved her again. How we are going to subject her to another operation to fix her leg I don't know but thankfully she has a fighting spirit – now to find my son and let him know.

"Sawyer, do you know where Christian is?" I ask and he clears his throat and in an embarrassed tone suggests that I get to Miss Steele's old room as he believes that Mr Grey may need me.

What a strange statement to make but it makes me hurry to the room and my hand flies to my throat as I see him there curled up in the chair in the fetal position – I swear, I am taken back to the very first time I saw him although this time he has a hulking body guard in Taylor blocking the door and Dr Flynn crouching in front of him attempting to calm him.

"Christian" I whisper into his ear "she's going to be ok" and boundaries be damned, I wrap my arm around his shoulder, my boy needs comfort and I am going to give it to him.

John Flynn's POV

I don't know if I am going to need to bring Christian in for psychiatric assistance as well, he is almost catatonic in front of me but I know we need to get him out of here before anyone else sees him, grief, lack of sleep and now some obvious memory (he's been moaning "Ruby, Ruby, Ruby") has triggered this state and I am going to need some help to get him out of it.

With a voice of pure mother's love I hear Grace tell him that Ana is going to be ok and I hope she isn't just saying that because from my read of the situation, while he looks broken now, I think that if Ana doesn't make it, he will be decimated completely and the fallout will be extremely unpleasant.

I watch professionally fascinated as Grace, despite being his mother is respecting most of his boundaries still and is just pouring whatever love she can into the "across the shoulder" hug she is giving him. Personally I'm shattered that he still can't let someone in closer than that, he looks like he'd like to bury himself in a normal hug to receive comfort but his demons are holding him back, even from his mother.

Slowly, he starts to unwind and eventually looks at Grace and says quietly "She's going to be ok? I am not losing her?"

With her voice heavy with emotion, Grace says "No darling, she's going to be ok. You can't see her because they are now fixing her broken leg so that she shouldn't need any further operations except for cosmetic ones perhaps later although they are being as neat as possible. She will be out in less than an hour and then in recovery and if you want to see her in there, darling, I can make an exception" and she gives him a squeeze and rises off the floor. Looking like she herself is going to break, she worriedly checks her watch and she says "I'll be back with more news as soon as I receive it", kisses his cheek and walks out of the room.

Christian's eyes follow her with a touch of reverence as though he still can't believe what has happened and then amazingly I see the mask come back as he unfolds himself and looks at me with a "What are you looking at?" look and says "Ok we've got work to do" .

And then amazingly he says he wants to discuss Cecilia – I don't know about him but I need a coffee, even for me, this has been a tough morning. "Let's go get coffee".

John Flynn's POV continued

Sitting across from Christian as he flexes his long fingers, unwraps a blueberry muffin and pulls it apart, you'd swear he was perfectly ok but the tic in his cheek from where he is clenching his jaw is a bit of a giveaway.

"Well, if my memory serves me well," I say "Cecilia was the girl after Leila Williams wasn't she?" At the affirmative nod I continue "And from your file notes, because I had to go back and re-acquaint myself, she was supplied by Elena as a tension release when there were a number of strange business activities occurring that were threatening your business? Someone had been attempting to hack your systems, then the attempted break in, the espionage and finally the extortion claim."

Christian is getting impatient "Yes, that's when I contracted her but she was wrong from the minute she walked in, she was clingy, wanted more of everything, for every dress I bought her, she wanted one in at least 2 other colours, she asked for and I gave her an expense account at Niemans but within a week had maxed it.. She kept attempting to breach her conditions like coming to the office and I was simply too distracted by what was going on that I didn't cancel the contract straight away, dammit, I needed the stress release". He looks really annoyed and I know it is at himself.

"Once I'd figured out who was behind all the business drama and terminated my contract with Cecilia, she didn't take it too kindly, she had managed to steal one of my credit cards, promptly maxed that out and then disappeared. As you would remember, it was actually her father Stephen who was the person attempting to damage my business and this had started before I contracted her – so I then realised she must have been trying to get into the business on behalf of her father and that deceit along with her father's put a huge dent in the work you had done to increase my trust in people – probably set me back 10 years if the truth be told."

Suddenly Christian stops and says "It's been a tough day and night, can you just clarify for me her surname please" and I respond with "Morton".

"Oh god, I need her back ground check again. In fact I need a new one done" and he's on the phone "Welch, background check, thorough on Cecilia Morton focusing on her father, Stephen Morton and every possible detail you can find on him, who he's been married to, what he has been doing for the last 10 years – go back as far as you can, see who he has lived with, who lived with him and quite frankly follow each of those links as far as you can".

"Why?" I ask because it is obvious that Christian is on high alert and radiating extreme tension.

"Because" he grinds out between clenched teeth, according to Ana's background check, her mum's third husband was called Stephen Morton".