Kate and her meeting
Ethan Kavanagh, Kate's brother had a Master's Degree in Financial Management, had crossed his career at Harvard, and when Anne spoke with him on the phone, he was delighted with the idea of helping her, did not hesitate a moment and took the first flight To NY, so as soon as he settled with them in the apartment (he would sleep on the sofa), he asked for everything related to the hotels and he went to work
In the next few days everything was a nebula, Mike returned from Seattle with everything finalized and arranged to prepare all the documents for Ethan to represent Ana, when all the arrangements were finished, Ethan was already in charge of everything; A month had passed, all goods were already owned by Ana, and because of this, Ethan began a tour of the hotels to talk to the employees, explain the new situation and see what needed to be fixed and how it could be improved
The changes in Ana's life were very sudden in the end, when she had been in NY for two months and had already learned a lot about administration, but the books remained her passion so she decided that once the whole learning process was over, The place that corresponded to her in SIP like Director, but always with the aid of Jim.
Thanks to Kate, and her insistent comments, Ana agreed to visit her mother's apartment, and both saw the space and the place, they decided to move to live there, Ana, began to change their way of being, always felt in the background The sadness that had accompanied her for so long, but lately she tried to be more cheerful, tried to inject more life into her routine and with the help of Kate, also began to change the way she dressed, retained its simplicity, but began to dress a little More elegant, and although it would take a long time, she also decided that she would try to forgive her mother, she still kept the letter she had written, and now when she read it she did not cry.
Kate's boarding school was over in three months, so she would return to Seattle, waiting for her at the Seattle News, Ana hoped that everything would be done to be able to get back to her.
In these two months he had become very close to Mike, and he was totally fascinated with her, she seemed to him a very brave, simple and very admirable young man, because when he came into trust with her, she had told him part of his story, And although he had not gone into many details, it was clear that she had suffered a lot, and this made some of his admiration for Carla lessened.
Ana liked Mike, felt that he had found a friend in him, and enjoyed his company, knew that he was a very handsome young man and although he had never mentioned anything loving to her, she had discovered him several times looking at her in a strange way, and Although it did not give wings to him, it felt flooded.
Others 2 months later
Ana was alone in her apartment, she was admiring the wonderful view, from every corner of the apartment you could see the city of New York, although it was not the penthouse, the view was incredible. She was absorbed in looking at the Chrysler Building, when she heard the elevator door open, she turned and found a furious Kate, she could see the red of her face and how she threw her bag on the table in the lobby
Without a word the new arrival went to the kitchen, Ana followed diligently leaving on the table a manuscript she was reading, although she was not actively in SIP, any important decision was consulted with her, and some manuscripts were sent to Approval. She did not have the experience, but in the end she was the owner and she liked Jim to take her opinion into account.
SIP was making a lot of progress and thanks to the new management, the company had started to exploit more the computer field, were evaluating the possibilities of the e-book and even Ana had started looking for other buildings to relocate since according to the latest valuations , The structure of the building needed much arrangement.
As she approached the kitchen, she could see Kate pouring herself a glass of white wine and drank it in a single gulp, then refilled it, then emptied it once, Ana hurried over to Kate and took the bottle Of the hands, It was sure that if she kept to that rhythm in less than two minutes I would be drunk …
-Kate for God - pushing the bottle away and placing it on the kitchen counter - you can decrease your drinks, if you continue this way I will have to drag you to your room.
"Anna, please, it's been a bad day, and I need to relax," Kate said, coming back to the bottle, but Ana was faster and took her in her hands and pulled her away.
"Let's do one thing, I'll cook you something to eat, you tell me your day and according to that I'll give you the bottle."
"All right," Kate said, sitting on a stool and resting her head on the counter.
Ana opened the refrigerator and removed several items and began to prepare quickly, because of the way Kate was, she knew that soon she would take the bottle again, and at least she wished she had something in her stomach, she prepared two submarines and sat down Next to her friend, put the bottle in the middle, served his glass and Kate and moved to speak, took a bite of the sandwich.
-My boss, the damn son of a bitch, he goes on questioning everything I do, he does not care that I'm an intern, learning, he thinks that I should give 100% of myself, and although I do it seems to be a little . - After saying that she took a bite of her sandwich, when she swallowed it, she took a long sip of her wine, although it did not finish it was ready. - the case is that one of the reporters "stars" (she said with irony) is sick leave, so among several colleagues were distributed their work, but there was one, nobody wanted, so I offered to And my boss agreed.
She took another bite of her sandwich and chewed mechanically, Ana knew that Kate was very capable, so she did not understand that it could be what bothers her.
"The assignment was an interview with a very successful businessman who was just in NY for meetings and some projects, and as it was certain my boss sent me to cover that interview. Nobody had told me who this famous person was, and I was very excited about the opportunity, I never thought about why nobody wanted to take the job
Anne bit the last of her sandwich and drank from her glass, watched Kate continue murmuring under her breath and ate her overshadowed sandwich, she had refilled her glass, and although she had not touched it, she knew it was just a matter of Minutes.
- Anyway, when I arrived at the offices I realized that they only gave me the address and the schedule, and since I was so happy, I forgot to ask the name, and when at the reception asked me who came to see I did not know answer. As I stare blankly at the receptionist, she was scared and made a signal to the guard who already stood next to me and told me that if I was not there with an appointment I retired, of course I put a scary face, But recover right away. I explained to the receptionist instead of the one who was coming, I showed her my card and looked at her with puppy eyes to believe me.
As Kate said this, she shook her head and sipped again, at least she had reduced her drinks.
"It seems to have turned out, because the young lady felt sorry for me and I typed in the name of my colleague, and with that confirmed that I was telling the truth, she gave me the visitor's badge, and told me to go up the elevator to the 30th floor. I did not want to force my luck I did what she told me, when I was in the elevator, remove my phone and call my boss to ask who I should interview.
She muttered something again, playing with bread crumbs on her plate. To Ana, all this seemed funny, so far, but she tried to keep a serious face so that her friend did not bother.
"I do not tell you everything that that ogre told me, the least he called me, was an improvised copy of journalist, and when he finished his tirade and his cries, and I had just reached the 30th floor, he threw the bomb. Kate lowered her face until her forehead touched the counter and covered her head with her hands, Ana who did not understand what could have been so bad, I touch her friend's hand trying to give her strength ...
"Tell me, Kate, what was it?"
-Christian Grey…. - Kate said in a whisper, looking up and looking at her with eyes of horror
Ana compulsively put her hands to her mouth to stifle an exclamation. Christian Grey, as Kate had told him (Ana had no idea who he was), is a very famous and influential businessman all over the US but lives in Seattle, and Kate had gone to interview him for the university magazine since he Was benefactor and would deliver the titles that year
All was well in the interview, according to what Kate told Ana, until curiosity made her friend lose her sanity. Kate with all the arrogance of a ruthless journalist asked Mr. Grey if he wanted to confess in this interview that he was gay, since he had never met a girlfriend, and he always appeared in public with his mother and sister.
This question prompted Mr. Grey to show off his reputation as a temperamental man, shouting at Kate from his office, barred her from entering his company premises again, but his anger not only got there, but Called the dean of the university to ask, what kind of teaching is the one they taught in that house of studies, and that although the donations to the department of agriculture would continue to forget to have their presence in graduation.
Needless to say, the Dean sent for Kate and gave a reprimand for them, but Mr. Grey's anger not only reached the dean, but also called Kate's father, to tell her daughter's audacity, for Of course, that this was a never-ending topic since Kate's father and Mr. Grey had business deals and that impertinence could have led to their breakup.
So until today the name of Christian Grey brings spikes to the skin of Kate, Ana considered that the statement that Kate made to Mr. Grey was very bad taste and totally out of place, and understood the anger perfectly, but The call of complaint to his father, seemed already a little exaggerated, and was rather the attitude of a petulant teenager.
She looked back at her friend who was still leaning on the counter.
"And what happened, Kate?" Ana asked, now with a trace of concern.
- What do you think? - Kate said again taking the wine from his glass in a single stroke, this time Ana no longer replied, understood perfectly the attitude of her friend. - I was frozen, in front of her secretary's desk, I just noticed the decoration and the logos of GEH, when she saw me, she smiled at me, but her face changed rapidly, she got up and approached me, and I was already defensive because at that moment I thought he had put my picture on the door as unwanted person, but the secretary came, because she saw me very pale, and she was scared, she thought I would faint. - Kate got up and went to leave the dishes to sink, and then went to the refrigerator and came back had a big piece of chocolate cake and two dessert forks, although Ana knew perfectly, that her friend in her state would end the Lot, without help.
-When I recovered from the impression, I smiled at the secretary, I apologized for sticking up and explained where I was coming from and that I had an appointment with Mr. Grey, but I did not give her my name, I said my colleague name - Kate said this and swallowed a big piece of cake, Ana waited for her friend to continue with what she was telling, her stomach was knotted, so she did not taste a bite, she knew it was a mistake to omit her name.
- the secretary asked me to wait and I did, I sat in the hall praying and trembling, I knew that I could not leave because no one had accepted this assignment, so I had no one to cover me and my boss would kill me, so I begged God that he has already forgotten his hatred for me ... "Kate shook her head sadly" but I was wrong ...
When I was told I could go into his office, I took a deep breath and walked in. He was on his back talking on the phone, and I stood in the door looking at him, Ana never, in my life, I was intimidated by a person, but this man - nail forcefully the fork in the portion of cake -, makes me feel tiny Can you believe me?
Ana, who knew Kate's character well, knew that she was not worried about anything, nothing or anyone ... well, except perhaps Christian Grey.
"It was the longest minutes of my life, until he finished his call, when he hung up, turned around and did not look at me, went to his desk and was muttering an apology when he looked up and saw me - Kate said this in a chirp, Ana imagined the scene, and thought that her friend had not come out well.
In thousandths of a second his face went from kind to furious, his eyes lit up and And with a shout he asked me what I was doing there, how I had come in. Shouting, he called her secretary, who came in like a bolt of lightning, and spat on her to immediately call security to get me out of the building, she who did not understand anything stood in the middle with a lost look, which earned her a Scream louder, made me stagger back to his seat, I tried to explain to him, I came from the magazine to replace Miss White who was sick but did not want to listen, fists on his desk told me to leave His sight, and never to appear again, there take advantage to apologize for the previous interview, and that made him more hysterical, began to shout to security to be escorted.
Ana heard this with her mouth open, she knew that Christian Grey had been very angry with Kate, but she hoped that the time elapsed, had made him let down his angry attitude towards his friend, apparently had been wrong. Kate, who had already finished with the cake, was pouring a new glass of wine, thinking that perhaps something stronger had been better.
"The worst was when I got to the magazine, my boss had received the call from Christian Grey himself and he had told him that I was forbidden to approach him because of an unprofessional attitude I had during an interview, And that if they continued to have "pseudo-journalists" like me, he would consider avoiding giving more interviews to that magazine.
-Did you get fired? - Ana said in a whisper, thinking that if Mr. Grey had done this, he was a despicable being
"No, he just asked me not to get close to him, thank God his hatred for me did not come to that much, and I think that's because of my father, but my boss was not happy at all, he told me that interview had been Very difficult to get, and because of my fault was lost, that I had said that Mr. Grey did not want to see me in painting, and finally, a string of things, which is no longer worth repeating. What I'm suspended without pay this week, or what's left of it ...
Kate finished this statement by drinking the last thing in her glass.-
It was about eleven when Kate staggered to her room, the first bottle of wine, two more had followed, Ana had taken at most four glasses and the rest Kate, it can be said that with each drink, Kate launched an expletive Against Christian Grey and told him anything but cute.
When Anna went to bed after leaving everything in order, in the dimness of her room, she thought of everything Kate had told him, understood that he was so annoyed, she had not asked if he was gay, she had told him it was Gay, and yes, it was not one of the brightest moments of her friend, it made her think, because he had never appeared in public with anyone else but his family, she understood that he was an attractive man, but never had Google, It had not seen any magazine, in which it appeared, but to tell the truth It was not curious either.
She shook off these ideas, and her mind wandered to the charity dinner she had this week, Kate would accompany her and also Mike, they would all go in friends plan, would have liked Ethan too, but was busy in Germany checking the operation Of the Hotel there and then it would pass to France. Dinner was for a foundation that helped children who were victims of abuse and it was something that touched Ana's heart very closely, and she had the impression that it also touched her mother's. Thinking about her mother and the last time they had seen each other, she closed her eyes and hoped that the dream would find her.
The rest of the week had passed in a sigh and with it had arrived the day of the dinner, was the first time that Anastasia attended these type of events, in all the time that had been in New York, had been much interested in the Charities, she learned that her mother supported many entities, which made her heart soften a little more thinking about her.
She had participated actively in several projects, but had never been part of the dinners or galas that were made to raise money, she made her donations in private, which were very generous, but it seemed that the more donated she received, the hotels , Were very profitable and SIP was starting to take off.
So she decided to help in a more tangible way to her opinion, with Mike's help, managed to buy a building that was in very poor condition, which had several apartments and a giant patio next door in a secluded area, had it restored in Record time and opened there a new temporary housing facility of one of the foundations that was crowded, this of course was taken with great joy by all who worked closely in the foundation and had decided that the least they could do for her, Was to entertain her, and therefore the dinner that was celebrated today was in her honor and of step to raise funds to continue supporting those who needed them.
Anastasia did not want anything done in her name, but when they told her that the children she helped, they had made her a present, and they would give it to her that night, she could not refuse.
In order for everyone to be happy, she had made sure that every child who was to participate had a new etiquette, although she always bought clothes for each foundation, this time for all participants to look elegant.
