The story is mine but as I said before without EL James this wouldn't be possible. Thank you Mrs. James
A special thank you again to Paula Donovan for being a dear and listening to me
Again thanks for the positive words of encouragement from y'all.
Chapter 2
Ana looks up from the table and sees Christian walking toward her with the waiter right behind him
"Sorry it took so long." he said
"Not a problem."she says
"Would you like a glass of wine?" he ask smiling at her
"Yes, that would be lovely. Thank you." she says touching his hand
Christian smiles and raises her hand to his lips for a kiss
He hears her gasp and smiles and slowly puts her hand back on the table still holding it
Ana just looks at her hand then glances up at Christian smiling and takes her left hand and brings her glass to her mouth
During this time the waiter is standing there looking at the gorgeous couple waiting for them to order. He doesn't want to disturb this moment they are having
Ana says her glass down clears her throat looking at Christian then the waiter
Christian smiles and Ana sees him blushing. Well that never happened before. Will wonders never seize? This is a moment to remember. Never thought I'd see the day that Christian was embarrassed in front of me…she laughs to herself
"Are you ready to order sir, ma'am?" the waiter ask looking at them
"Ana, would you like me to order for you? I still know what you like." he asked her
"Well now let's see if you remember my favorite food."
She smirks at him
Oh Anastasia challenge accepted he says to himself smiling
"Yes please bring this lovely lady the best New York Strip steak you have cooked medium with a baked potato smothered in butter and sour cream. A salad with the house vinaigrette dressing and buttered rolls .
I'll have the .. Ana stops him holding her hand up
"He will have the black cod with asparagus and a side salad with the house vinaigrette." She smiles at the waiter and Christian
"Perfectly done my lady." He says
"That will be all for now thank you." He says giving menus back to him
"Very good sir, I will have your order shortly."
and he walks away
"Wow, we still know what each other likes." Ana smiles at him
"Seems that way." he smiles back
Christian asks Ana about her business and how long she is staying in Seattle.
"Oh I'm not quite sure yet. I'm planning on moving back here but I have to make sure my plant in Georgia is up to snuff." She tells him
"Are you thinking about building a plant here? You said you were going to build some more. I was just curious if you thought about here or the surrounding areas." He says
"I've considered it nothing definite yet. Daddy says it's a good location. I just haven't looked around for a location yet. I will need plenty of space for plants and parking. I'll also need it to be in a place tractor trailers can have easy access to without going through downtown or residential areas." She says looking at him
"Wow, well you know what you need. Now how much acreage are we talking about? You said plants so I assume you were referring to more buildings for different facilities right?" He ask
"Absolutely cause I can't have everything in one plant. It would be a disaster waiting to happen and OSHA would shut me down. Each department has temperature control and some of the areas are hazardous. She says
"We have a department for glass, one for plastics and so on. Juice department, fruit and vegetables. Ok time to stop. I'm sure I'm boring you." She laughs
"Not at all Ana it's all fascinating and I can see it in your eyes and the smile on your face you love talking about your business." He says
She just smiles at him
"Ready to get out of here? I have a few pings on my phone and so should you." She says looking at her phone
Christian takes his phone and looks at it
"Sure do, let's go." He says getting up to help Ana out of her seat. Before he can, the door slams open and in walks none other than the bitch and some of her girls. They start walking toward their table. Elena is pissed and the girls are just following their mistress like good little subs
Ana looks amused. Christian looks mad and ready to kill someone
Christian is about to explode by the look on his face
"Christian honey calm down, it will be alright." Ana says gently rubbing his arm. She feels how tense he is
"Mrs. Lincoln, what the hell do you mean busting in here like a wild pack of animals starving for food?" He says
"You are not allowed in here, heads will roll now get out."
He yells at the bitch and looks at all of them like they are shit on his four thousand shoes
Ana just sits there smirking at them waiting on her turn to put the bitch in her place
Before Elena can open her mouth Ana stands up beside Christian and starts talking
"Y'all need to learn some manners. None of you were invited to this meal. Shoo , scat be gone, get out of here before I find a broom and sweep the trash out." she glares at them, raising her hand and shooing them away
"Who the hell do you think you are talking to and shooing me away like some damn dog?" Elena looks at Ana like she could kill her
Ana walks up to Mrs. Lincoln and just glares at her for a few minutes not saying anything just giving her a death stare
"Ah but Mrs. Lincoln, that is what you and your trashy girls are." Ana replies
Yikes you could hear a pin drop as quite as it was
Elena gasps and throws her hand back to slap Ana.
Ana sees it coming and grabs Elena's hand and flips her to the floor
"I know who I am and who I am with and you and your girls were not invited. So leave the premises if I remember correctly you are not allowed anywhere near Christian. You should still be in jail and you are in violation of the restraining order. Am I a Christian?"
she ask him walking back over to him
"Yes ma'am you sure are right." that's all he says
Elena just lays there steaming not believing what just happened
She looks at Christian he is trying hard not to laugh
"Don't just stand, there help me up." She yells at her girls
"Christian how can you forget everything I have taught you and helped you with. You need me not this little country bumpkin that is only after your money." she glares at Ana and starts to walk to Christian
"Touch him and you will lose that hand bitch. I don't like you never have and never will. You are nothing but a damn pedophile that prays on young boys." Ana glares at her and looks at Christian making sure he didn't hear what she said to the she devil
"You are the only one after his money. I have my own. I do not need or want Christian's. You are the damn gold digger and have used him from the time you got your claws into him when he was a teenager and since he got his business started until he finally saw the light and kicked your sorry ass out of his life and business for being a bitch and stealing from him." she dares her to deny it… but we know she will
"How do you sleep at night knowing that he has always helped you with anything you want and need? He helped with your expensive salons that only cater to rich people. You are a hypocrite Mrs. Lincoln when it comes to helping anyone. You are only in it for yourself. she glares at her
"You treat Grace like she is your best friend but you are just using her for your own gain and Christian too." she says
"You listen here and listen good you little backwoods bitch you don't know me and you don't know what hell I can rain down on you." she says walking up to Ana and getting in her face
"Mrs. Lincoln I am going to ask you one time and one time only get the fuck out of my face and if you don't you will be on the floor kissing it again." she says very slowly and a whisper
Elena is so damn stupid she just stands there but eventually moves back
"Christian are you going to let her talk to me like this?"
he doesn't say a word
Elena glares at her can't believe what she just heard
Ana finishes this conversation walking up to Mrs. Lincoln
"Mrs. Lincoln, you and your little entourage need to leave ." she says
"Elena glares at her "What are you going to do? Are you going to forcibly You are nothing to him he will use you and throw you away. I am the only one that has ever helped him and he knows that. He will see where he made a mistake and realize I am the only person that cares about him." she says looking at Christian
"Please Mrs. Lincoln, don't make me laugh, you are one mixed up confused broad. He doesn't need you." she says
Elena just glares at her and starts to open her that damn mouth again
Ana walks right up to Elena's face and whispers something that Elena never thought anyone would ever know
"Well I didn't want to have to resort to this so soon but bitch you leave me no choice. If you know what is good for you , you will walk out of here before the cops get here to arrest you for breaking the law. But first you are going to hear what I have to say." Ana says in a whisper for only Mrs. LIncoln to hear
"Now my nice time is over Elena oh I forgot Alice that's your real name and you have a few other aliases don't you Wanda?" she hears Elena gasps
"Now take your so-called girls Denise, Rhonda and Juile and get the hell out of here. Do you get my drift now bitch? I will take you down so fast your head will spin now leave on your own or I will throw your ass out. Don't think about opening your mouth to Christian because I know everything and I mean every little thing about you from the time you were born Alice May Carlton till now Mrs. Lincoln. You can hide but I will find you. I am not a Marine's daughter for nothing." she turns and walks to Christian
For once Mrs. Lincoln is speechless…will wonders never seize…Ana just smirks
"Ready sugar, let's get out of here?" she says
"Lead the way sweetheart." he says smiling but with a confused look on his face as he glances at Elena as they walk by
"Don't worry about her, I put her in her place. Besides when she leaves here the cops are waiting for her in the hall." she laughs
Christian looks at them with a smirk
"Bye ladies, remember your NDA's." Ana says
Christian can't believe she said that he gasps very loud and looks at Ana. She smiles and walks on by them
They walk out the door and sure enough the cops are waiting on Elena
They walk to the elevator laughing and go down get in the car and go back to Escala
Ana is thinking on the way to the penthouse if she should reveal everything she got on the bitch while she was in the shower earlier today . She read part of it and that part made her sick. She knew that bitch was trouble, that's why she ran the extensive background check military style on her. she debates on what to do
Christian looks at her and she just smiles at him
"You ok Ana?" he asks "Yes im just thinking about some things. Nothing to worry about right now." she tells him touching his hand
Or wait and see if Christian will tell her himself. The only reason she did the in depth background check was because as long as she has known Christian he has never done one on Elena and I know the bitch has her claws so deep in him he doesn't realize it. He told her she was a friend and Grace had known her for years so he saw no reason to check her out. Well that was just plain stupid
I just hope he has done one since we talked that last time
Christaian looks over at her. She is in deep thought
"Ana are you alright? Anything you want to talk about?"
he ask her
"No, I am fine, nothing to share right now. Just got my mind on a few things I need to check on when we get back home. I have been running background checks on everyone that is involved with you. I mean very deep background checks of the kind that Welch, Barney or even Taylor can't get the info I can." she says looking at him
Christian glances at her real quick cause he is driving and raises a brow
"Ok but you would tell me if something was wrong right?"
he ask
"Yes , yes of course I would." she says looking at him
He lets it go for now but he knows she is keeping something from him. What in the hell did she say to Elena to make her back off a while ago? She wouldn't say anything as we left she just glared at us. I will find out
They are back at the penthouse and Ana walks toward his office
"Christian I need to look at a few things then we will discuss what all those pings are with Taylor present ok?" she says
"Ok you do what you need to do. I am going to fix a drink. Probably going to need a strong one right?" he says
Christian goes to the bar and grabs a bottle of Bourbon and pours a glass. Take a long swallow and it burns like hell going down.
He thinks back to the restaurant and still wonders what Ana was talking in whispers to Elena about. How does she know about the girls and the NDA's? He wracks his brain but nothing comes up. Guess I will have to wait and see what she has found out. he says pulling his hair
Oh hell she said deep background checks on everyone. Damn I bet my billions she knows everything. Oh damn what am I going to do? She will hate me and never speak to me again. No, no, no my Ana would not do that. why not asshole you treated her like scum all those years she was trying to be there for you when you were so damn stuck up and didn't have the time of day for your best friend back then. So I will ask again why she should not hate you? You didn't want her around because everytime she came around you were with Mrs. Lincoln and had no time for her or your family. Remember those days? …damn shut the hell up I know what I did back then but I needed it she said she help me…keep believeing that hag helped us she beat us and let us fuck her when we were good. But when bad we were beaten to within an inch of our lives. Remember now asshole? I hate my inner voice but he is right so damn right… I'll just sit here and wait on Ana to call me in my office.. he laughs at himself because it is his office
Lets see what my spy detected .. she says rubbing her hands together
she can't believe what she is seeing
Oh my God how on earth can someone be so mean after everything that man has done for them. I can not believe my eyes. Oh lord this is going to kill him when he finds out. Not one but four people and I am guessing there is more from what I am looking at. Sweet Jesus they have deeds to everything he owns not just his homes but his businesses that are paid for. she just shakes her head
How are they all connected ? How did they all get involved in this? Why do they have a vendetta against him? He helps everyone so why steal his livelihood from him that he has worked so hard for? Damn these questions
I gotta call daddy right now
" Hello Ray Steele speaking." "Daddy are you busy? I really need to talk to you. I am at Christian's in his office. He is not here." she says
"Ana what is going on? Have you got any leads on your spy setup that Walter installed for you?" he ask
"Oh daddy you won't believe what I have found and it's not good it will destroy Christian. I mean literally destroy him. How could people that he has known for years do something this horrible thing to him? He helps so many." she says crying barely able to talk
"Calm down and let me catch up on your spy operation and then we will be on the same page ok." he says
Yes my daddy has the same setup I do
"Ok daddy." she says and she waits on him
I sure am glad I saw all this before Christian did. Because the pings I got are different from his. I know I told him he would get them too but this is a different setup I am on right now. The other one is that we will look at together and this one when daddy and Carrick and whoever else needs to be here when I spill the beans. I hate, hate , hate these people they need to be strung up by their toes and left out to dry
"Annie are you there?" he ask
"Yes daddy I am here." she replies
"Annie this is major bad I mean why would they do this to him? Are you sure this is accurate and do you have everything that you need to confront this head on? You know you are qualified to handle this on your own. I, Walter, Carrick and Taylor will be there to see this through with you when you locate everything and have all the proof you need to bring this group of criminals to justice." he says sighing
"Ana when is this going to go down? Do you have a definite date yet or are you anywhere close to shutting these bastards down and retrieving Christian's money and assets ?" he ask shaking his head
"Daddy I am trying to locate all the overseas accounts and numbers.. I knew there was a paper trail and there is no footprint this baby can't find. I just wish y'all would have told me a little sooner I could have been already working on it. What I don't understand is why some of them are in cahoots with each other." she says
"Annie I can't answer that but we will get it out of them one way or another. Mark my words on that." he says
" I sure am glad I went ahead and got involved with the guys at N.C.I.S. and the president. They taught me a lot and so did you." she says
"Lordy sweet girl I am too. We will all be there when you tell Christian just give me a heads up." he tells her
"Now onto better things. Are you planning on moving back to Seattle or going back to Georgia and running your baby business?" he ask her
"Daddy right now I am up in the air about it. Christian asked me the same thing earlier at dinner. I don't have a definite answer yet. I am taking Mia back to Georgia with me when I leave if she decides to go to work for me there. I should have an answer from her by Monday, she said." she tells him
"Well Annie whatever you want to do I will stand with you. You know that cause after your mother passed away it's just been the two of us and we stand together. So if you want to look for a place there to open a new business just let me know and I will check it out for you?" he says
"Alright daddy will do now I am going to get off here and go find Christian and go over these other messages we received earlier. Nothing like what we talked about. Love you daddy see you soon I hope." she says
"See you later Annie I love you too sweet dreams when you go to bed goodnight." he says
Ana gets up stretches and walks out of Christian's office to find him she puts on a smile when she sees him sitting at the kitchen island and walks over to him
"Have you checked your phone messages from the notices we got tonight?" she ask him
"You know I wanted to but I thought I would wait on you to explain all of it to me." he says looking at her with his brow raised into his hair
"Have a seat Anastasia, let's get to it. I know you are worried so come on spill it. You were never one to beat around the bush when you wanted to tell me something . So I know this has to be pretty bad stuff because you are playing with your fingers and looking everywhere but at me." he says taking her hand in his and rubbing his thumb over her fingers
"I guess you still know me so well." she says raising her eyes to him he just shrugs his shoulders
"Christian what I am going to show you you will not like and please don't believe I will think anything less of you because I know this wasn't your fault." she says softly to him still holding his hand
"Alright let's get it over with. I know what you are going to say." he says
"Oh sugar you have no idea what I am going to say. Well maybe some but not all because it is nothing you are aware of ." she says looking him dead in the eyes
Christian looks uncomfortable now. What the hell does she know ?
"Ok Ana tell me." he says breathing hard
"Calm down Christian I haven't even started yet. You are going to pass out if you don't stop breathing like that. Take deep breaths in and out, come on, do it with me."
she says, rubbing his back.
"Good, your breathing is getting better, don't want you to pass out on me." she says
"Want me to continue or wait a while?" she ask him rubbing his back
"No, I am good now. Do your worst." he says whether he wants to hear it or not
Ana gets the papers she printed out and lays them on the bar between them and lets Christian look at them before she says anything
He looks at the top page and looks back up at Ana
"My God how did I not know this?" he says shaking his head "I trusted her so much she helped me or thought she did." he says to no one
"Christian look at me? It's ok you didn't know any of this. Your guys didn't either, they couldn't get the information like I could. I went stealth military no one knows I went in and got all this on her, She will never know I was in her computers at her home or business." she says
Christian just looks at her without saying anything . He is stumped. How could my so-called friend do this to me?
She is lower than pig shit hell I don't want to be anywhere near her. God I trusted her so much and she does this to me. Oh my lord she not only used me but my mother too. I am going to kill the bitch
"Christian please breathe, you have to calm down before you have a panic attack. I really don't want to have to call Grace." she says grabbing his hand
She waits a few minutes before she shows him the next page she has
"Now what you are looking at on these papers comes from her office at Escalva and her home office computers. She is stupid for putting all this on either one. But it wouldn't matter to me because she left a paper trail and a huge footprint when she did all this. She is not smart enough to save all this in certain places that would be hard to find. But I can find stuff no one else can . I am not just an average girl that tinkers with computers and I am sure you are beginning to realize that right?" she says and he looks at her nodding his head
"Ok this might come as a shock to you but I know everything there is to know about Elena Lincoln." she waits on him to say something
"Continue please. I need to know what you are talking about." he tells her
Ana takes a few deep breaths and looks at Christian
"Well for starters her name is not Elena Lincoln her real name is Alice May Carlton from Boonville, Missiour . Her parents are deceased and she has no siblings." she says waiting for that go sink in
"Go on I am listening." he says
"The only family she had years later was her ex husband Everret Moore he divorced her sorry ass for adultery with his best friend and later she was found with a fourteen year old boy she had tied up in their basement he never knew about." she says
"He came home from work and heard screaming and walked down to the basement to see what was going on and found his ex wife Alice with a young boy. He was bleeding and begging to be set free." she looks over at Christian
"He just turned around and walked back upstairs and called the cops. They came and took the young boy to the hospital and called his parents. She went to jail and served seven years for rape and molesting him." she says sighing
"Oh my God I need a break." he was as white as a sheet and ran to sink and threw up
Ana walked to him and got a wet rag and put it on his forehead.
"Feeling better now? Here rinse your mouth out." she hands him a glass of water
"Christian you were just one of many, you were not the first and you are not the last. This is a pattern with Pedophiles: they find troubled teen boys and say they are helping them trying to make them a better person. They need their guidance to teach them control. They offer sex to drag you all into their lair. Once they have sex with their victims they have them hooked. Of course, how many boys refuse sex with an older woman?" she says
Christian doesn't say anything he just sighs and shakes his head
"I am sure she told you this was the only way you could have sex because of your touch issues." she says
"I don't know how she got to you. Yes you were hell on wheels at school fighting and getting expelled from school many times. But you have a loving family and your mother God Bless Grace's heart. She loved you from the moment she met you in that ER room." she says with tears in her eyes
"Ana you know what I went through as a child and growing up. Hell I fought all the time then the drinking started and it escalated from there it got worse than better. Suspended from school so many times for fighting as you just said. But you know the guys just wouldn't leave me alone and the girls wanted to date me but I was afraid they would touch me and I always thought they just took me in because I was just the son of a crack whore. I was sure they were just waiting to get rid of me." he says letting all that sink into her head
She was so tired of him putting himself down like that. His self loafing has always been his problem. Not thinking himself worthy of love because of his mother . Jesus, he was four freaking years old. What child would know what to do in his situation? I just get so worried over him. I have always wondered how a four year child knew what drugs were and how the hell did he know what a whore was. Who told him about that? I still wish he would have talked to me instead of that bitch.
"Damn Christian I know all that. Remember I was there too and so was your brother Elliot but you never acknowledged us during one of your bad days at school. You just ignored us and said leave you alone. I tried to be a good friend to you like always but you were pushing me away even before the pedo got her hooks into you."
she said looking at him
"Why was that Christian? I always thought we were best friends growing up. We were always close even though you are a few years older than me. Anyway it doesn't matter now we have other things to discuss."
"Ana the only thing I can say is I was not a good person back then and not in a good place. I am sorry for the way I treated you back then and over the years. Please forgive me if you can." he has tears falling
"Ana say something tell me what I have to do to make it right between us again? I miss the close friendship she had. Some days I would just sit in my office at GEH or here and wonder where it all went wrong. Well I know where most of it went wrong the bitch got to me. She said I need to focus to be in control of myself. My family and mainly you would be a big problem to me becoming the man she said I needed to be. Why in God's name did I listen to her? he says hanging his head and pulling his hair
"It's going to be alright Christian , we are going to take her down and she won't know what is happening." she says smiling at him and wiping his face with her fingertips
"How can you stand to be around me Ana? I am no good for you or anyone. That bitch has ruined everything good in me." he says
"Please tell me what you said to her at the club that made her shut her mouth." he says smirking at her
"I basically told her I knew everything about her from her birth until now. I told her what her real name was and I thought she was going to have a stroke." she says laughing
"I also told her to take her girls and leave and said each one of their names. She gasped so loud I thought the bitch had lost her breath." she says
Christian gasped himself just now and looked over at Ana
"How did you know that the girls were Elena's and knew their names?" he ask her
"It was all in her files in the report . You still haven't gone through all of is a doozy." she tells him
"Ok now what else do you know about Elena Lincoln and myself besides what you have already told me?" he says
she sighs "Well I know she got all the information from Grace on how you were doing at school. That's the way pedophiles work. They gain inside information on their victims from their families. She became good friends with your mother and used Grace for that purpose to get close to you." she says
"I have one question and then we will continue this." she waves her hand at the papers
"Ok what do you need to know? You look downright scary right now." he says
"Who told you that your biological mother was a crackhead and a whore? You were only four freaking years old. How in God's name would you know those words? That has bothered me for so long." she says looking at him
He thinks for a minute rubbing his forehead
"I remember walking by Carrick's office one day and the door wasn't closed all the way. I stopped when I heard him and my mother talking about me. I know I should have walked the other way but I wanted to know what was being said. You know me, I am curious about things.
Anyway they mentioned my bio mother and said something about they way she looked in the morgue. he said
"Grace said she was shot up with drugs and raped repeatedly. I didn't know what all that meant because I was only eight years old. They never talked about her around me. I never ask either of them about her." he says
"Well why do you say that everytime I bring up different things about your teen years and the bitch? You say that you were not a good person back then and your mother was a crack whore. That seems to be drilled in your head. Did Elena say that to you? Did she tell you your mother was a crack addicted whore? Is that why you always call her that?" she ask him
"Where do you think Elena got that information from to say that to you?" she says
"Oh damn Grace told her that's the only way she would have known because I never did. Damn it to hell she got all the information from my mother to use against me." he says grabbing his hair
"My mother told her when I had good days and bad days at school. That's how she knew before I told her. Cause if I lied to her she would know it. Damn glad I never lied about the bad days cause the beatings would have been three times as bad." he says not looking at Ana
he walks around the bar to the refrigerator and opens it and grabs two bottles of water
"Hell I don't blame my mother, I guess she needed someone to share my troubles with. But damn why didn't you see your mother, they are friends?" he says
"I don't have an answer for that." she says
I don't blame Grace for anything, she was bamboozled the same as you were." she says looking him dead in the eyes . she needed to see his reaction to what she was saying
"Damn, how could I not see what was going on with her and me? he says sadly
"Don't blame yourself you did nothing wrong, it was all her leading you astray offering you sex if you were good and got better grades at school and quit fighting." she says
"But I wanted it and I went back for more. She said she could help me control my temper and anger and give me an outlet to help me. She also said if I was bad she would punish me and damn the punishments were harsh." he said remembering them
"I wonder why I kept going back. I could have stopped and never said anything to my parents. Then I remember I got to fuck her and she sucked me off." he says nothing daring to look at Ana
"She told me that if I told my parents they would hate me and not believe me. She said what we did was so special because I was the only one she has ever done this for. You know as I got older I was wanting to quit but then she said she would train me as a Dom herself. Now as I think about it I know she did that just to keep me in her claws. Hell she had all the power not me and until I realized what the bitch had done to me I guess she was still in power she was the one in control not me. Damn I am so stupid." he says outloud and pulls his hair
"Christian that's the way they work, they reel you in and they have you hooked not just with sex but scaring you if you tell anyone. She made sure to keep you away from your family. She didn't want any other influence but her own." She says
"Yes I know that now. It has taken me a while but I'm going to do everything I can to put that bitch in prison. Do you know how much she has stolen from me by any chance?" He ask
she looks at him and says
"Yes she has stolen in excess of three hundred million over the course of seven years since she started her salons. She has someone at your company putting money into an offshore account but calm down. I know the account numbers and in a matter of days it will be all back in your bank." she tells him because he is about to go nuclear
"Look at these spreadsheets. Right here she shows a profit and on this page here she shows a major loss. See the difference? Look at each entry she is in the black on all these spreadsheets but if you look at the ones she sends to your finance department at GEH they show major losses so she asks for help. Not help with making her business better . No, she asks for money every time . If it were me I would be asking for assistance on how to improve my losses wouldn't you agree with me? She says
"Now these papers here show that she is another financial advisor but he doesn't work for you. So I'm assuming this advisor has been helping her doctor the books. The ones you have from her salons that are as fake as her tits are." She tells him
Christian is looking over the spreadsheets and listening to Ana . He nods his head.
"My lord Ana, you are right. I always thought she had a head for business with Linc owning his own company. She said she helped him because she took business classes in college. " he says
Ana burst out laughing
" Oh Christian I'm so sorry I laughed but that bitch didn't even finish high school. " she told him
Christian just stared at her when she said that
"Ana never mind just show me more." he wants to know but he will wait
"Christian she has lied to you about everything. I am going to ask you a question and I want God's honest truth please. she says looking at him
Oh lordy what does she want to know now? he says
"Uhm ok what do you want to know?" He ask her cautiously
"I know how you are about Background Checks and NDA's." she kinda hesitates before saying anything else
"Anastasia, what about them?" He ask her
"Did you ever do a Background Check on her or have her sign a NDA?" She ask him looking at him now
"Didn't your lawyers or Taylor tell you you needed to check her out over the years ? My question is why the hell didn't you?" She looks at him her eyebrows are in her hair
Christian doesn't say anything just sits there with his eyes closed
"Oh heavens to Besty you never listened to them because she is your friend right ?" She says
"I'm going out on a limb here and asking, did she sign an NDA?" He says nothing
He just sits there shaking his head
"Ana you have to understand she was there for me when my family didn't know what else to do for me. She helped me or I thought she did. How dumb could I be?"
Ana walks over to him and hugs him
"You are not dumb or stupid you were just caught up in her web of deceit for so many years but you know after you became wealthy there were so many ways she could have hurt you business wise. I'm sure you talked to her about getting your business started. She said
He nods his head
"Uhm well she gave me the hundred thousand dollars I needed to start my company with. he says not daring to look at her
"So that's why you quit college because the bitch was right there to give you a handout, a mighty big one if you ask me. " she smirks at him
"Well, I talked to her and told her I wanted to quit college and told her my plans. Anastasia, you have no idea how many times I asked my father for my trust fund and he said no. I got tired of asking him and hearing all kinds of excuses from him." He says
"Christian, Christian have you ever thought about why he is telling you no? I bet you never did. All you wanted was your trust fund. You didn't care about his reasons, did you?" She ask him
Now he was getting pissed he knew what she was saying was true but dammit he knew that school was not for him because he already knew what he needed to know. College wasn't going to help anymore
"Anastasia I didn't need to sit in class and listen to the professor drone on and on about what I already knew. It was just a waste of time and hindering me from what I wanted to do. I had a business plan. I showed it to my professor. He said it was good but I needed to learn more. He said my plan was good enough to take to the bank to get a loan. I told Carrick that and he just shook his head and said I wasn't responsible enough to start a business because of my anger issues and my fighting . He said it would never work." he says
Ana doesn't say anything because she knows he isn't finished talking
"I showed him I could do it and look at me now. I am a Billionaire or I was before this shit storm started. Damn, can my life get any worse?" He ask her
"Does your parents know Elena gave you the start-up money for your company?" She ask him
"No they do not and I'm never going to tell them if I can help it." he says
"Well I'm sorry to be the barrier of more bad news but there is no way you can keep this or anything else involving that bitch from your family. " she tells him sighing deeply
"What do you mean I can't keep my secrets from my family?" He says staring at her like she has two heads
"Christian honey there are no more secrets, everything has to come out. Since you never used your brains and didn't make the pedo sign an NDA she can and will tell them anything and everything about what you and she has done." She says
"So the best thing for you to do is tell them first. They need to know why you basically turned your back on them and wouldn't have anything to do with them. You have hurt your mother and father but you know you hurt Grace the most." She says with tears in her eyes
"Will you come with me when I talk to them? Oh hell I need all my family to come here, it's a circus out there."
He says to no one
Christian grabs his phone
"No wait until later we still have things to talk about.
He looks at her and motions for her to continue
"Sugar I don't know how to say this to you so I'm just going to spit it out ok?" She says looking at him
He just nods his head thinking hell I don't know what she is going to say everything she has spilled so far
"Christian the background check I did on Elena Lincoln was so informative and in depth that everything and I mean everything came out." She looks at him. He says nothing
"Sweetheart it's your money you can do whatever the heck you want to with it but for my curiosity I want to know why you bought fifteen different women clothes and jewelry, paid or was paying for their education to help them in their careers." She stares at him
"Did you know the money you gave them they said they needed for one of their parents to help pay for surgery because insurance wouldn't cover it all? They lied to you and I have proof. Elena told them you were a sucker for people in need of help so they used you even though you were very generous to them." She pulls another page out and hands it to him
"How did your financial department not catch this?"
She ask him
He looks sheepish now rubs his neck
"I didn't go through my financial department. Taylor has a special account setup for these things. I guess you know about cars too, right?" He says
Expecting her to blow her top he just goes and sits down waiting for volcano Anastasia to erupt. She doesn't say anything for a few minutes just walks over to his windows and stares out at the lights
"Sugar I know everything damn thing there is to know about you, Mrs. Robinson (aka Elena Lincoln and let's not forget Alice May Carlton and your previous fifteen submissives you have had over the years. Oh yes, let's not forget the money you gave them. Why in the hell would you put them in an apartment and pay their rent for another year after the contract ends? Did you think you owed them something or did you feel bad for them inquiring minds want to know?" with every word she walks closer to him until she is right in front of him
He swallowed and grabbed for his drink he needed a strong shot of Bourbon
"Sweetheart you even continued to pay their car insurance for the next year, hum." He was trying to smile but knew he was at a loss when it came to Anastasia Steele
"Sugarfoot as I said I know it all. There are more things I didn't mention. Want me to continue?" She glares at him
"No ma'am you are loud and clear." He says
"Alright now one more serious matter and I believe you need to bring Taylor in on this." She says
He grabs his phone and dials his CPO
"Taylor, please come in here. Thank you." He says
"Sir, you needed me?" He says looking between him and Ana
Ana speaks up
"Taylor, thank you for joining us. I need to tell Christian a few more things and I thought it would be a good idea if you were here with us." She says
"Ok Ms. Steele, what can I help with?" He ask her
"Uhm do you ever check the playroom that is upstairs?"
She hears them both gasp and Christian grabbing his hair
"Gail does but why do you ask?" He says
"You don't check it for cameras ever?" She ask him
"Anastasia, there are no cameras in my playroom. I would ask how you know but I already do." He says
"Ok look at these pictures here both of you and tell me this isn't your playroom or is it?" She says
"Oh heck fire damnation I'm going to kill them all."
Taylor doesn't say a word but takes off up the stairs and he hears Christian screaming downstairs
Taylor walks back downstairs and sees Ana has him calmed down somewhat
"Taylor what did you find?" He ask him
Taylor just throws five small cameras on the couch and shakes his head
"How did you know about the playroom and the cameras Ms. Steele?" He ask her
"I didn't know anything until I pulled this extensive background check on the bitch earlier today." She says to Taylor
"Sir I believe Mrs. Lincoln put these girls up to do her bidding so she could blackmail you and probably them too." He says
"I'm sure Christian told you about the bitch and her entourage walking into our private dining room and trying to talk to him." She says and Taylor nods his head
"Did he tell you I put the bitch in her place?" She says
"Yes ma'am I saw the video in full technicolor." He says smiling
"Alright now down to the very serious business we need to discuss about the pings we are getting on our phones. You are getting them right Taylor?" She ask
"Yes ma'am but I don't understand what is going on." He says
"Let's go to your office sugar and I'll show you both my findings on those that want to infiltrate your domain."
She says leading the way
They follow her not saying a word but just looking at each other
"Come over here and look at both of you. I need to know what these abbreviations mean. Have either of you seen this before?" She asked them. They both shake their heads no
"Well gentlemen until we figure out who these initials belong to I can't do anything more about them." She says
"But on a positive note I can let you look at the email recordings and you can take it from there. Only thing is you can not. I repeat neither of you can not afford to lose your patience when you see who they involve and you can't say anything to them. Am I a clear gentleman?"
They both agree not to interfere with her progress
"I am going to give you both copies of the emails and leave you to it. I need a strong drink right now." She says opening a her briefcase and handing them each stack of papers
As she walks out of the office and before she gets the door closed she hears Christian scream
"Taylor what the hell? How could they deceive me like this?" He says and Taylor doesn't know what to say
Christian starts cursing and throwing things
That's it for now. I am going over chapter 3. It will be posted next weekend. Sorry I didn't get this up until today I forgot it was Memorial Weekend
Wow thank you all for the reviews and following y'all are the best