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My Ana is not weak and most everyone knows this by now. She takes no prisoners
and she doesn't take any crap from Mr. Grey as y'all have already seen.
Ana and Christian clash but they do have feelings for each other. It's just gonna take Christian awhile cause Ana ain't gonna give him the time of day . No pushover Anastasia Steele here
There is a lot more going on that y'all will know about in a few more chapters. I am revealing some in each chapter. I hope y'all stay with me. If I reveal everything at once my story will be over too soon.. Hope y'all stay with me through this roller-coaster ride
Thank y'all for your time and patience to read and review my first story ~~All mistakes are mine thank y'all
Well it's morning and everyone is up already drinking coffee when Ana walks into the great room they all look up and see her
"Good morning y'all. Hope everyone had a good sleep?" She says
A round of good mornings can be heard as she walks to the kitchen and makes a cup of coffee
Christian walks to the kitchen and pours another cup of coffee and looks at Ana
"Good morning Anastasia, I hope you are ready for breakfast? I called an order in for all of us. Hope you don't mind?" He says rubbing the back of his neck
She rolls her eyes and looks at him and smirks "Christian thank you but I was going to cook my famous biscuits and sausage gravy with scramble eggs and bacon. But it's too late now." She says laughing and looking at Christian's face
He saw her roll her eyes but knew better than to say anything
Ana saw the look he gave her Humm she says to herself… We are going to revisit this later. Cause he didn't like me rolling my eyes very interesting and why does it bother him so much?
After a very fulfilling breakfast they all had you could still hear them grumbling about not getting Ana's biscuits and gravy as they all walked to Christian's office
"Oh please shut up." Christian says to them
They walk in Christian's office and Ana goes over to the board and starts writing more on it
"Here are some more facts and initials y'all that we need to go over. But first we have to figure out these initials." She says
She adds more initials on the board and they all get busy trying to figure out more names
"Let's write the names on the board y'all?"
They all walk over and write their names one at a time
ESRGPB
E- Edward, Eden, Elliot, Ellen, Elizabeth, Edgar, Elena
S- Sarah, Scott, Stephanie, Steven, Stone, Samantha
R- Rob, Roger, Raven, Rosalyn, Randy, Ritchie
G- Gary, Greg, Gwendolyn, Garth,
Gloria, Gabby, Grace
P- Peterson, Paul, Patty, Pam, Parker, Patterson, Pearl, Preston
B- Bobby, Barry, Bailey, Brenda, Brett, Bonnie, Blair, Becky
"Humm, interesting." Ana says
MREDGJA
M- Mike, Marty, Mia, Max, Mason,
Margaret, Madison
R- Rose, Randy, Rosalie, Richard, Rosalyn, Ritchie, Richmond, Roberts
E- Ethan, Eddie, Elaine, Ellen, Ester, Emily
D- Decker, David, Dawn, Dawson, Denise, Danielle, Davis, Daisy
G- Guss, Gladys, Gerry, Glen, Gordon, Gordon , Grey
J- Jerry, John, James, Jeremy, Jenny, Jamie, Jonathan, Joan, Joe, Josh
A- Allen, Allison, April, Andy, Andrea, Aaron, Alphonso, Abe
"Wow I must say y'all have stepped up to the plate and gave us some really good names. Some of these names we all know who they are but are they all involved? Do we have any idea who started this?" Ana says looking at all of them
Christian walks over to his desk and looks at some papers thinking really hard
" Ok who wants to go first?" Christian says looking up from his desk
"Well Mr. Grey, we have all these names now and some of them are very close to you, they are family. Some are colleagues, some co workers and some I think you consider friends." Barney explains rubbing his neck
"That's true to a point. Not going to get into all that right now. My next question is why do we have my siblings up there? Elliot, Mia and my mothers name up there?" he ask dumbfounded even though he is the one that put Mia's name up there himself
"I'm just trying to understand why I really thought of Mia. I know what I said earlier but it's hard to comprehend her involvement, much less Elliot and no way Grace could have anything to do with this." He says
"Sugar no one said they were involved, they are just names that match the initials that are up on the board. But I am curious about Mia." She says
He looks at her and shakes his head. Is she telling me the truth or does she know more than she is saying?
"Christian I am going to go out on a limb here and ask when was the last time you checked Mia's accounts?
I know you said she has her own credit cards and you give her whatever she wants." She says
He doesn't say anything
"Now the question is why and what the fucking hell does a twenty one year old need with all those credit cards and going shopping all the time? Going out partying all hours of the night. Charging everything to you no matter that you gave her cards and put money in her account." she stares at him waiting for him to answer
He looks at her shakes his head and gets up from his desk walks around to stand in front of her so close that she has to look up at him
"If you think you are trying to intimidate me, think again. It ain't happening in this lifetime or any other you are dead wrong and you should know that by now that I am not yours to control in any way shape or form. So back your ass up." she says between gritted teeth
He takes one look at her and moves the hell away from her
"Ms. Steele, who gave you the right to question me about what I do with my own damn money?" he says but he knows he just fucked up royally again… yes dickhead you sure did..and you are the one that gave her that right to do as she has been doing..do you want your money back? Hell I do. I want to be able to go where I want to go and fly my helicopter and anything else I used to do. I mean we used to do you dumbass… Oh shut the hell up
"Mr. Grey you can and will correct me if I am wrong but from my understanding and the contract I signed it states I have every privilege known to man to do as I see fit to find those that stole your money. I am just following up on my job and asking very important questions that pertain to this case we are all working on. Now would you answer my questions or would you like for me to ask Jason Taylor who handles all your personal accounts?" she says looking him right in the eyes
"Anastasia, I have not checked any of Mia's accounts lately. Yes she has her own credit cards and a bank account I periodically put money into for her." he says
"To answer your other questions about her fucking shopping, partying and charging everything to me especially when she goes to my club or out to eat somewhere." he glares at her "Yes I know she does. Happy now?"
"Why in the sweet lovin hell would I be happy about you letting her run over you like that?" She says
"Damn Christian she is taking you for granted. Don't you see she is using you cause of her being your baby sister? Hell she tells me and everyone that she comes in contact with that you will do anything for her cause she's the one that got you to talking." She tells him and takes a deep breath
Again he just stares at her. He knows she is telling the truth
"Why would you let her continue to do that?
You are just letting her run over you since the day she found out that you spoke her name first and she lets everyone know it." She says
"You are not the one responsible for that girl. Her mother and father are but yet you feel…hell I don't know how you felt responsible when she was a baby and you were only six years old. You knew nothing about responsibility then. So I'm confused how you take it upon yourself to be the one to give in to her when Carrick, her own father, doesn't coddle her like you and Grace do."
She tells him
God the man is so damn stubborn. What makes him want to really do that for her? Entitled princess that she thinks she is. Don't get me wrong I don't hate Mia I just hate the way she lives her life and abuses Christian's generosity. Hell he paves the way for her
"Don't you think it would be a bit embarrassing by now? All her little friends are only her friends cause the girl has carte blanche to you and your money. I bet you she pays for everything those silly girls want." She says
He doesn't say anything just looks at her
"Well let me tell you Mr. Grey you and your baby sister ..she does air quotes for baby sister…doesn't have the sense God gave a Billy goat. When he said brains Mia ran thinking he said rain so she wouldn't get her precious Louboutins wet." She sighs and walks away from the idiot
He walks over to where she is standing at the windows but just before he gets to her she turns around glares at him and goes to sit down
He starts toward her again but feels someone grab his arm
Christian looks at his arm then the person holding it
"Don't go there? You know every word she just spoke is the truth and if you get in her face…I'm afraid she will put you on your ass sir." he tells him quietly and smirks at him
"Taylor you do know who you are talking to right?" He glares at him
"Yes sir, Mr. Grey I sure do and I'm trying to not only save your ass but the embarrassment that will surely follow. So it's your choice to stay put and you both calm down… or it's your choice to get yourself in trouble with her again." He says unhanding him and walking away
Christian just stares at his CPO Taylor and then at Ana
"Now answer why a twenty one year old needs all those credit cards, oh yes a new car, every year and those trips to New York and Paris. Is she not capable of getting a job or opening her own business since she took cooking classes from some of the world's top chefs in Paris? she ask him sighing
She hears not only him gasp but the room full of men too. Hell I don't care, he needs to realize that it is not right for him to be responsible for her. When her parents should take care of her and make her get a damn job. She is nothing but a spoiled brat and spoiled princess.
She uses him and the idiot doesn't seem to know or care.
He looks out the windows pulling his hair
"I don't understand it Christian and I know they don't…she says pointing to the guys…but they work for you and they wouldn't dare defy you about your precious little princess Mia." she says to him and throws her hands up in the air and gets up out of the chair and goes over to the ugly couch and sits down. Hell the bitch must have picked this out for him…tacky if you ask me
"Mia is my baby sister and I would do just about anything for her. Yes she is spoiled but she is my sister and everyone knows I didn't talk until she came home to us," he says
There he goes again
"So you think you have to be responsible for her cause she's the one that got you to speak again? Damn she was a baby, just a little baby.. you would have eventually started talking. It didn't have to be Mia." She says
Ana looks at him then around the room and stands up, walks to the chair in front of his windows and sits down.
"This is better than that old ugly uncomfortable couch there. I bet my watch the bitch picked that out for you didn't she?" he glares at her and she hears the guys snicker
"Let's not talk about my furniture and that bitch right now." he says
"Christian Mia is your sister yes no doubt about that but she is not a baby any longer. She needs to grow up and smell the damn coffee and be responsible for herself. She tells him
"You do more for her than you have ever done for Elliot or the other members of your family. You don't do anything for your dear mother unless she guilts you into it. Yes we are getting off track with her . We need to get back over yonder and away from these tracks that are taking us where we don't need to tread right now." she says raises and eyebrow at him
"We really need to put this aside about being responsible right now and get to the real problems that's going on here.
"What do you really want to know about Ana?" he ask her raising his own brow
"I want you or Taylor hell even one of your guys check her accounts and I need them to check Elliot's too. Because both of their names are on that board." she says pointing to it and getting up and walking to the board and grabbing a red marker and circling their names
"Did you not pull checks on Mia and Elliot ?" He ask her
"How about my mother, she is there too?" He glares at her
"I haven't had a reason to look into Grace's background until I found out about her and the bitch. But no, I haven't checked her out yet. I have her file though. When I ask for BGC's I get one on everyone involved."She says
" Yes I did but I didn't go into Mia or Elliot's accounts. I had no reason to until now. That's why I'm asking you to do it." She says
"Taylor give Anastasia whatever she needs on both of them." he tells Taylor
"Yes sir, Mr. Grey. Ana you will have everything in a few moments." he says Ana nods her head
"Now onto more serious matters. What the hell is Rosalyn or Ros's name doing up there with Andrea and Gwen?" she ask no one in particular
They all just look at each other no answers forthcoming
Who are all these other people? Can we put any names together to make first and last names to try and find out who the hell they are? she ask them
Yes ma'am give us a few minutes and we will have them for you." Welch says
" Thank you very much." Ana replies
Everything gets quite Humm wonder what they found
Taylor clears his throat and kinda looks sick
"Taylor are you alright? You don't look so good." Ana ask him
"One moment Ana." That's all he says
He walks over to Welch and shows him what he has found not only on Mia and Elliot but a few other names involved
Welch looks at him and then the reports. He can't believe his own damn eyes.
" Pull everything on all of them…they are all connected but why?"
"Why would they all be doing this? I don't understand either."
"Barney, come over here for a second, bring your laptop. We need more eyes and you are the IT man
Christian and Ana just look at them then each other. Christian shrugs his shoulders. Ana raises a brow
"What the hell is going on y'all? Someone better start talking."
Ana and Christian both say at the same time
" You don't want to know right now, neither of you need to know until we figure out what is going on." Taylor tells then pleading with them not to ask more questions
Again they look at each other and wonder what the fuck is going on
"Guys we need to know as soon as you figure it out. We will give you time. Right Ana?" She nods her head
"Thank you both." Barney says not looking up from his laptop. His fingers are flying over the keyboard like they were on fire
"Why don't you and I try to figure these names out?" Ana says to Christian
"Ok yeah come on." he says
"Do you know who these people are from all these names we have now?" she ask him
"I know some of the names and you do too. Like Andrea Decker she was a Parker but got married she has been my PA as long as I have had as Ros Bailey you know my COO and she started with me matter of fact we met in college and after she graduated I got her to come to work for me.. Gwendolyn or Gwen Ritchey , Ros's partner. Samantha Peterson is my PR person , Jonathan Roberts is my CFO." "Oh hell." they both look at each other…well looks like four perpetrators so far from GEH
"Do you know any of the other names or do your guys? I wonder if they do or is it just random names on the board." she ask him looking over at them seeing they are very busy at the moment
"I really couldn't say. We will ask them when they finish what they are doing. Let's not disrupt them. I know you are wanting the information on my siblings and you know what I really do too. I am not saying they are guilty but more curious." he tells her
"What are you looking for in their accounts?" he ask her
"Christian we need to know if money has been exchanged or any safe deposit boxes have been opened recently." she says
"When I look at their background checks and their files I can tell if they have any overseas and offshore accounts and how much is in them." she tells him looking right at him
"Why would they have offshore accounts?" He asked, looking dumbfounded like he didn't think they would. He knows it's to hide money. But why them and what purpose or agenda do they have? Why Steal From Me?
"You know when I look at BGC from my computer I will be able to see account numbers and amounts. Also any transactions and I can trace them if they have any." She tells him but he already knows how this works
"I am not only going to pull theirs but the Andrea's, Ros, Jonathan, Gwen and Samantha's too. We need all the players' information." she tells him
He just sighs but doesn't say anything for a few minutes
"Do you want to wait on them or try to figure out any other names?" She ask him
"Might as well wait cause I don't know all my employees at work or all my security. I know that sounds bad but when I employ over two thousand people I'm not able to meet everyone you know." He tells her shaking his head
Wow I knew he had a lot of employees but didn't have a clue as how many
"Don't you have a GEH in London and one in New York?" She ask him
"Yes, why do you think someone there is working with the ones here?" He ask her pulling his hair
" I don't know but anything is possible." She says
"Yes I guess you might be right, anything is possible."
"The reason I asked that is cause you and I are getting pings from your London office right now." she says glancing at her laptop and his
"Look and see if you know any of these people? They are not abbreviating their initials either. I think they might be doing this to set us off track." she says
"I have met David Aadams twice. He is my PR guy over there. Tammy Ellison is PA for my COO and Daniel James is CEO. I had to appoint them because I am president of the company. Why in the world would they be involved in this?"
"As I said I think it's to take us off track. See the way the lines breakup here and here? he nods his head and sees where these are red and this line below is green and starts breaking away from the top?" she says
"Yes I see all at so what does it all mean computer genius?" he ask her smirking
"I believe all that is really coming from here in Seattle, not London. Because the green here is breaking away and that means it is closer to us." she tells him
"Barney runs these names on your database top secret line please. But first come look at this and tell me if I am wrong please." she ask him
Barney walks over to Ana and takes a look at her computer and studies it for a few minutes and then goes and grabs his and walks back over to Ana
"Ms. Ana let me pull something up here, hold on a sec.
Barney starts flying through the keyboard
"Ms. Ana damn look here you are right and it is to make us get off track there is no pings coming from the London office they are all originating here in Seattle." he says shaking his head
"I need you to get me the employee list for both please and also the one for GEH here. London may not be involved but never want to leave a stone unturned.
I do believe we have a conspiracy going on." She tells him with a deadpan look. Her face was emotionless but she was dead serious
"I thought that this was just a few people but it's not, it's an out right conspiracy." She yells
(A conspiracy exists when two or more persons come to an agreement concerning the commission of a felony and decide to commit it)
They all, stop and look at her like she is crazy
Christian is waiting for her to say more but it's like she has shut down. He looks at the guys and they just shake their heads not knowing what to do
"Ok y'all get me everything and I mean everything y'all have on all the employees that work for Christian at his companies here and there and all the security no matter who they are." she tells them
They jump like they have all been shot and move like they are on they are on fire
"What can I do Ana? I just can't sit or stand here waiting for news of my livelihood to crumble more than it already has." he says
"Christian I need you to get me the names of your attorneys and do you trust them all?" she ask him
"Anastasia right at this moment I don't trust anyone but the ones in this room." he tells her sadly
"That reminds me y'all do not talk to anyone but our teams no one outside of these teams we have coming in. The less people know the better. Make sure no one else is around when you discuss these matters. It is imperative that this is hush hush. Do we all agree?" Ana ask them
"Yes ma'am they all say
"I am so sorry this is happening to you boo but I promise we will find out who is doing this and they will not know what hit them. I promise whoever is behind this the ring leader or leaders will feel my wrath and they will wish they never crossed you." she says rubbing his back
he smiles when she calls him boo
"I am like everyone here in this room when it comes to your welfare there will not be a stone left unturned until we find the bastards who are doing this." she tells him
"I want to know why they are doing this to me. I have always treated them all well, paid them above normal wages and helped any of them that needed it. So why turn their backs on me now? Why wait till now, why not before?" he ask
"I really wish I had the answers for you but all I can say is they are greedy bastards and wanted more than just your millions they wanted your billions and I guess now was the time for them to strike and do it." she says
"You know we don't know when this started or how it started and where. Was it here at GEH or at one of your other GEH's or possibly one of the companies you have under the GEH Umbrella."she says
"I didn't think of that. What about some of my enemies, their companies like the ones I did Hostile takeovers on and really pissed them off?" he says to know one in particular
"That's possible sir. You never know how mad or upset you made them." Taylor tells him
"Damn we need more people here, we can't possibly do this all on our own." she says
"Taylor get your most trusted security and my guys Davidson and Carter in here they ain't do anything right now." she says
"I'm wondering if I need to call daddy and the other guys now or wait till we have more concrete evidence?" she says rubbing her forehead
"Ms. Ana, that is your call. You are the boss of this operation. We look to you." Barney says and they all nods their heads agreeing with him
"Christian we are going to make your home Grand Central Station for the foreseeable future. Are you alright with that? Or they can come and go if you prefer but we need all hands on deck at a moment's notice and you have plenty of room and I know you have corporate apartments available here one floor down." she tells him with a serious face
He thinks about his playroom upstairs. Looks over at Taylor and Taylor shakes his head looking upstairs. Well damn the man is on the job
Taylor walks over to him and says "No worries taken care of early this morning." " Thank you." Christian says
"I guess I have to be. We have to get to the bottom of this. Taylor bring in the guys that are working with you and the security that you trust and can spare." he tells him sighing
"Yes sir, Mr. Grey will get right on it now." he says
"Jason, can you call Mrs. Jones and see if she could possibly come and get the two corporate apartments ready for our guest please?" Yes sir, I will he says
"Barney, do you have anyone you can trust that uses the dark net like we do and will be willing to sign an NDA and come here to help?" she ask him
Barney just smiles at her and says "Yes ma'am been waiting for you to ask me. I will get my two most trusted friends right now."
"As a matter of fact you know one of them." he says grinning like a loon
"Well are you going to tell me or am I going to have to pull teeth to get the answer?" she giggles
"No ma'am, it's the president's niece Maddy. You remember her right? he ask Ana nods and smiles
"We were just little girls the first time I met her, then again when the president ordered me to his office she was there. That was a few years ago. Well I be damn get her ass here like yesterday. By the way does she know any of this yet?"she ask him
"Just what the president has told her not a whole lot." he says
"Good the less they know right now until they all get here the better. Never know when there are spies around." she tells them all
"Ms. Ana I can bring in two very trusted G. B. I. guys that I swear my life on." he says
"Get them here now how many does that make? My dad, his two guys, my two security guys. Mine are five in total." she says
"I have two and Welch has two, that's four. Taylor, any idea how many you have coming on board yet?" Barney ask him
"Taylor shakes his head and tells her and them "Nothing definite yet but I do know four security guys from here and three or four that we use periodically. They all have signed NDA's and are all FBI retired agents we have used a lot of times." he says looking at her
"Ok well let's wait until you can give us a definite answer
" Lordy mercy y'all know we have been at this straight for eight hours. Don't know about y'all but my tummy is telling me to feed it. How but y'all? Ready for my homemade lasagna and garlic bread with my homemade sweet Georgia tea?" She says rubbing her tummy and smiling
They all just stand there salivating and licking their lips
"Have mercy with those looks, I better hop off this train and get to it." She giggles more
She sees Christian about to say something and she knows it's about her sweet tea
"Not one peep out of the peanut gallery about my sweet tea you hear me Mr.?" She says daring him to open his mouth
She walks to the door waiting on him she knows he can't hold it in
"Anastasia, do you think I would diss on your sweet Georgia tea? You wound me darlin girl." He says laughing
"Ha ha very funny…not" and opens the door walking out smirking at him
"Gentlemen let me warn you her tea is delicious but she is from the south remember and they make everything different than we do here and as she says sweet, she means swweeeettttt."he says laughing really laughing and the guys join him. Cause they never hear him laugh and they all need a good laugh
Ana can hear them all laughing that makes her smile
We all need a good laugh cause I am afraid there is going to be a whole lot of pain coming when we all get down to the nitty gritty of this conspiracy.
This is just thoughts runnin through Ana's head as she prepares dinner
I just can't figure out for the life of me why Mia and Elliot would be involved. I still don't know why Andrea would be unless she is helping Ros and Jonathan. But why is Gwen in the picture? Why would they want to steal from him though? He has always paid way above average to all his employees, especially his salary employees.
What is the vendetta that his PR Samantha has against him and who is she helping and how? She has no access to anything but how to handle his life, the part that consists of pictures being taken around various places and wanting to know more about him. She stops rumors. She has no access to any of the other offices or I wouldn't think she would. Hell is she even involved or is just her name up there to throw us off
What is going on with Mia? Is she up to something I can feel in my bones? When I asked her about coming to work for me..she hesitated. That's not like her. Any other time she would have jumped at the chance to get away from mommy and daddy and especially Christian and his goons as she calls them. Mia, Mia what is going on in your head? I pray you are not involved in this mess but my head is telling me you are. Are you jealous of what your brother has and are you mad at him for taking everything away from you Little Princess? But this started before he took everything away right? Or have they had problems before now that I know nothing about?
Now dear Elliot, what are you up to? You have a very productive company and make three times what other companies are pulling in. You are already a millionaire so what is your beef with your brother? Are you jealous of what he has and want it for yourself? Who would have brought you in on this?
"Now comes Ms. Andrea Decker PA extraordinaire. She has been with the company since Christian got it up and running I know either seven or eight years now. So why is she involved and who brought her on board to ruin him? She has access to just about everything that goes on at GEH and knows everything about Christian and his whereabouts. What he does most of the time and she always books his appointments and travels. So yes she could be helping someone
"Now Ms. Ros, what are you planning? Are you the mastermind behind this conspiracy that is going on? If so, how did you get everyone on board with your plans?
Why would you do this to Christian you knew him in college and he gave you a job when you graduated, granted you had to move from Boston but you said you and Gwen were looking forward to living in Seattle and you working for him . I remember her telling me that
Does Ros want her own company? Or does she want to take over GEH? Is she tired of being number two and want to climb the corporate ladder and become number one? Are you jealous of what Christian has and has made of himself? Are you being blackmailed? Have to try every angle
CFO Jonathan, what are you planning and who convinced you to get your hands dirty? Are you involved with someone there and helping them? Is someone blackmailing you to do this? Are you greedy and want part of Christian's wealth for yourself? What has he done that makes you jump in the fryin pan so to speak
Gwen I am not comprehending what she is doing on the list except she is Ros's better half. I'll have to think about her some more. I do know he had Ros working long hours but he worked right along with her. I know she took company trips a lot but so did Christian. Most of the time Gwen went with Ros when her job permitted her to take time off. As I said Ihave to think more on Gwen
Dear Grace showed up too. Are you working toward destroying your son in the process of destroying yourself? What is your reason for this if you are in with all of them? I will say it again: is someone blackmailing you? Is this payback for all the times he was a bad boy
You have been his mother for over twenty years. You took him in and adopted him knowing all about his issues and loved him. You were there for him in all his bad times as he was trying to adjust growing up but then he got worse and you couldn't handle it so you handed him over to a damn woman that beat him within an inch of his life and ruined him from having friends and had him turn his back on his family. Or for having a real relationship and the kicker, the main one she took your son away from you.
Were you tired of him always getting in trouble and getting expelled making you look like a bad mother not being able to help him even though you are one of the most sought after pediatricians in all of Seattle.
The whole time he was with her you never questioned why he had changed so much so quickly. Did you not care as long as he was not disgracing the family name?
You listened to a woman that had no children and never raised one . So how would she know what was best for your son, a fifteen year old boy with issues that you could not handle but you thought she could?
Now comes another thought: why didn't you ever tell Carrick that you knew Elena oh excuse me Alice when you realized who she was? Humm that's strange don't you think and you never talked to Carrick about Elena wanting Christian to work for her. I thought you always shared family problems with your husband but there are two things you haven't shared. But sorry Grace he is going to find out soon enough and God help you when he does…. Ok enough about all that for now… I just had to think some things out about them two….
Ana's Thoughts over
She checked the oven and made sure the lasagna was cooking right and had the bread ready to go in next. Her sweet Georgia tea was ready so was the salad and even her lemon meringue pies. She looks at all the food and smiles. Damn I been busy while thinking
The buzzer goes off for the oven time to take my lasagna out and put the bread in. Wow five pans of lasagna I hope that's enough for all of us. I still don't know how many will be here yet. Oh well time to take a break and go check on them
"Hey y'all ready to put those pins and paper down and come chow down?" she ask them
Just as she asks the elevator doors open and they hear what sounds like a thousand feet walking in.
"Come on, let's go see who all has made it. I for one am starving. I hope you made enough for everyone?" Christian says smiling and sniffing the air.. "Cause it smells delicious and I might not leave any." he laughs
They all walk into the great room and see nothing but bags and a room full of men and a few women
Ana is the first to speak.. "Hey there y'all welcome to the castle or fortress in the sky." she says smiling at them
"My name is Anastasia Steele. I am a business owner and also N.C.I,S. and a few other alphabet services.I am not sure if any of you have heard of me." she tells them
They all look at her in awe and smile very big
"Yes Ms. Steele we are well acquainted with your name and skills and your business. Well I am I follow you in both your careers my name is Bethany Rogerson I am retired FBI nice to meet you young lady." she says holding out her hand to shake Ana's
"Wow, I am honored to meet you as well." she says
"Now before any more introductions are made I need to go and check on dinner. I hope y'all brought your appetites with you." she says as she walks to the kitchen
The ladies follow behind Ana and sit at the breakfast bar.
"My word that smells heavenly." Mrs. Rogerson says
"Thank you, it's just lasagna and garlic bread, all homemade of course. Do you ladies like sweet tea? I make my sweet Georgia tea and it is to die for I tell y'all." she says turning around and opening the oven and taking out the four pans of garlic bread and sits them on the stove and opens the next oven and takes out the lasagna pans
"Can we help you with anything? By the way my name is Nancy Allen I am also retired FBI." she says
"Very nice to meet you Mrs. Allen I am assuming y'all are Mrs. right cause I see rings on your left hands?" she says
"Yes ma'am we are and no worries about our spouses they understand the nature of our jobs. Mine is retired from the Marines." says Mrs. Rogerson
"Mine is retired from the FBI." says Mrs. Allen
"Alright if one of you would grab that stack of plates and the other grab that stack of rolled up silverware and set it on the bar here while I get the spoons ready for the lasagna we will be ready to eat buffet style if that suits everyone?" she says
Ana walks to the great room and says
"Come on y'all hungry people grab a plate and silverware and help yourselves we are eating buffet style tonight. I have water , my sweet Georgia tea, unsweetened tea if you prefer that and some very fine wine that Christian has. So help yourselves to whatever you would like. There is lasagna, garlic bread , toss salad with strawberry vinaigrette dressing and for dessert we are having homemade lemon meringue pie so dig in and enjoy." she says grabbing her glass of tea
"Please feel free to take your plates to the huge table over yonder in the dining room and we will all join each other soon as we fill our P plates."she says
"Ana this looks delicious as always thank you." he says smiling and kisses her on the cheek
"You are quite welcome Christian and thank you." she says returning his smile
"After we all eat we will bring all the papers and files and the big board out here cause there ain't nowhere near enough room for all of us in his… she points to Christian and says his office." and smiles
All you hear around the table is moans and oh my lord delicious and I want the recipes
"Would anyone care for more? We have plenty. By the way, have the security guys eaten? I never saw them come in." she ask
"Yes Ana, they all grabbed plates and loaded them up and I believe they took a gallon of your tea with them back to the security office." Christian says laughing
She laughs out loud and giggles…. "I wouldn't doubt that it was either Davidson or Carter cause them two can't leave my tea alone." she says
"Well they have a very good reason not to because it is awesome and I love it. I haven't had sweet tea this good since I was in Atlanta, Georgia at the bureau that was years ago." says Mrs. Rogerson
"I see everyone is finished. Would y'all care for dessert now or later it's only seven thirty pm?" she says smiling
They all push away from the table and stand up with their plate in their hands
"No ma'am, that was the best lasagna I have ever eaten and the garlic bread was perfect." Welch said rubbing his belly and smiling
Yes they all say it was delicious and they enjoyed it and thank you for feeding us
"Where do you want us to put the plates, Ms. Ana?" Barney ask
"Just set them on the counter. I will take care of them later, thank you." she tells him
"Alright if everyone wants to get settled in their rooms first I will show you where you will be staying for now. I assume you all are staying right?" Christian ask them
"Yes sir, Taylor told us it would be better to stay here so we all could work on this together at a moment's notice. He said you all need more eyes on this situation. Oh I am sorry my name is Walter Bonds I am a retired Marine and Official FBI part time." he says
"Well very nice to meet you Mr. Bonds." she says
"Now let's get y'all settled and let your dinner digest then we can get down to business." she tells them
As Christian is walking up the stairs leading the way to the rooms for our guest.. he turns and ask Taylor
"Did you get ahold of Mrs. Jones and will she be able to oversee the apartments down below?" he ask
"Yes sir, she is down there now. Luke met her with the keys and she should be just about finished with everything." he says " She will call me when she finishes so I can take the rest of the guys down there to their rooms." he says
"Very good thank you Taylor and please have her to come up here for a moment." he says
"Yes sir, Mr. Grey I will tell her." he replies
"Barney, when is your team coming?" Ana ask him
"They are on the way now. They should be here within the hour." he tells her
"Wonderful then we can all begin to sort this damn bullshit out. I am so pissed at all of them and hell I don't know who is involved and who isn't yet. Does that make sense to any of y'all?" she says
"Yes ma'am it does make sense but you are right we don't know who is involved and who isn't." Taylor says
"Were y'all able to get the names of all the employees at all the GEH locations?" she ask them
"Yes ma'am sure was and there was a total of seventy five hundred in all three locations including security." Barney says
Wow didn't know he had that many employees
"Have you pulled BGC's on any of them?" she ask
"Yes ma'am some and my nifty computer is doing the rest as we speak." he says
"Very good news to hear. Now I need to go to Christian's office and start bringing everything in here. Come on y'all i'm gonna need more hands." she tells them laughing
They all follow her and once they are in the office they start grabbing papers , files and the board. Someone grabs the pins and markers. Ana grabs her laptop and Christian's. Barney looks at his and sees all kinds of stuff he can't take his eyes off of. He cannot believe what he is seeing. He is standing there like a statute
Ana sees how he is looking and so does Welch. They both know it is extremely bad news. Welch walks over to Barney and looks over his shoulder and gasps very loud and looks at Barney
"How is this possible man? I never would have thought this could happen and or why it would happen." he said
"Welch I have no idea but this means hell is going to rain hell down very soon and I don't want to be in their shoes or anywhere near them my friend." he sighs loudly
"Ms. Ana, have you got your computer set to run your BGC's on everyone that we have listed on the board from GEH and the siblings?" he ask her looking her in the eyes
"Barney, what is going on over there?" she ask him
Before he can answer her she walks over to them
"Oh my stars and garters, what the hell? How in the hell…how long has this been going on? I am stupefied. I don't know what to say." she says shaking her head
"Come on, we might as well face the music Welch." Barney says
"Hold on y'all let me do my checks. There might be more evidence we need. I have to run their names on through my stealth codes so no one will be able to catch what I am doing." she tells them
She walks back over to her laptop and gets out her small pin and inserts it in the side of her laptop and wakes it up. Then she starts typing like her fingers are on fire and gasps each time a new arrow appears which is a bad sign
"Damn Barney I thought you were fast as lighting but I believe Ana has you beat by a country mile." Welch says laughing
'My Jesus she is out of this world she is amazing. I could sit and watch her all day." he says to no one
"Guys y'all are not going to believe what I am finding out here. Hell I don't believe it myself and I am looking at it. It is unimaginable what lengths they all have gone to to try and hide all of this." she says out loud
They can't wait another minute to find out the suspense is killing them. They say to hell with it and walk over to her. They look at all the pages she has pulled up on so many people that it is unreal she did it so fast.
They start reading what she has up and they both gasp so hard they almost lose their breath
"Oh my Lord in Heaven what the hell is wrong with them? How could they not think that they wouldn't eventually get caught?" Welch ask
"This isn't only Christian's money, this is also GEH's. Now we have to call the SEC because they are embezzling money and selling trade secrets. Will this ever end? My Jesus I am so tired of all of them I just want to wring all their necks." she sighs and they agree with her
" Ana, look here. There are three initials GMR and it's for a company but I bet my hat it's not real. GMR stands for Gwen, Mia and Ros." He says
"Oh My goodness I see but why do this to him?" she says.
Just as she is about to grab her laptop and head out of the office another initial pops up on her screen, She sits down and gasps really loud. Oh my God how could this be true
Oh my God this will kill him when we tell him. I for one don't want to see his face
Barney and Welch look over her shoulder and sees what she is gasping about
"Oh my God." they both say "Do you think this is the mastermind behind all of this Ana?" "I do believe so but what I am not understanding is why now. Why did this just show up? she says
"I am printing everything out for everyone and hopefully it won't be long before we can get to the bottom of this. I have got to talk to daddy soon and give him this new information." she says
"Oh hell I better call him now hang on guys and we will walk out together. I don't need Mr. Control walking in on this phone conversation." she says
Phone rings twice "Ray Steele speaking." "Oh daddy do you not ever check your caller ID?" she says laughing
"One question: Is your computer up and running?" she ask him
"No but give me a sec. What am I looking for?"he ask her
"I am going to send you what popped up on my computer a while ago and I want you to look real quick and especially the bottom part and tell me what you see please." she tells him
"Ok I got it. she hears him gasp "Oh my lord Annie I never would have believed that why is this happening to him?" he says
"Daddy I don't know but we have to keep this quiet from you know who and does that person know I am NCIS? I never told them." she says
"Not to my knowledge but we will watch and see. You hold off on that one and let me do some of your deep sea tracking. I'll use the white house computer. No one can track that but us." I'll call you later Annie love you." he says
"Love you too daddy. You are coming right with your guys cause we need them? We have a house full of Feds right now and two apartments full downstairs?" she says
"Yes Annie we will be there tonight after I round them all up." he says "Ok bye daddy." she says
"Damn good thing we have all this extra help. We're gonna need it double time. Damn I hate to tell Christian about this but he has to know." she says… "but first lets go and meet everyone so we can assign their jobs to them cause that's what this has turned into a bunch of jobs." she says
They all three grab their laptops and head to the lions den now that is called Grand Central Station
Taylor walks into the office as they are walking out with solemn faces
"What is going on with you all? Y'all look like your puppies have died." he says
"Taylor please grab those sheets of paper off the printer I just printed out. There are a lot of them and also the papers on his desk that are marked urgent thank you." she says and walks out the door with Barney and Welch behind her
Taylor looks at them and realizes they didn't give him explanation about the look on their faces he just shrugs his shoulders and walks to the printer
He takes the papers off the printer stand and looks at them and gasps like everyone else did but he also has to sit down. This is going to kill Christian he says oh hell we gotta get SEC in here damn what a tangled web we have to uncover
Then he looks at the papers on Christian's desk and can't believe the name he sees printed out there. Why would that one be listed? Guess I better start showing Ana I can do my job. That girl is running circles around me and my team
Taylor grabs all the papers and walks out of the office
After getting the ones that are staying here settled Christian walks back downstairs wondering what if about him and Ana. He thinks about what she has accomplished and how far she has come. He's extremely proud of his girl
Christian Thoughts Of Anastasia
What if I hadn't tuned her away would we have been a couple
Would we have gotten married with a house full of kids now..he shakes his head and sighs I'll never know .
Christian knows Anastasia knows more than she has told him. He knows Ana works for N.C.I.S. and a few different alphabet offices
I knew the woman was a genius when they were in elementary school. Hell, she was doing 5th grade stuff in the 1st grade
I knew Ana got her startup from making baby food in their basement when they lived in DC. Hell, her first customer was the president's daughter. That says a lot. Then to be on television cooking shows at such a young age. Yes my girl is a genius….wait a minute my girl…well she was my best friend and I did want more but I fucked that up royally
I know Ana makes a good living with all her plants she has opened and started more. I has no idea how much of a cash flow she receives from the government when they need her expertise
Does she need to get back to Atlanta to oversee her business? Hell I never asked her cause she has been so busy helping me
I am sure if she was needed someone would have called her
Is there any chance of us being together?
I know I screwed up years ago but I was fifteen year old boy with issues and needs that I couldn't put on my best friend back then
I know she would have helped hell she was helping me but as I said I fucked it up no the bitch did by getting in my head.
I still to this day remember the look on her face when I told her our friendship was over. She didn't say a word, she just sat there and cried tears rolling down her cheeks. God I was a bastard that day. Hell she probably wants nothing to do with me except help get my money back
Christian's Thoughts Over
He walks around the great room wondering where they all went
Well I guess I'll never know and I won't ask until we get these bastards in jail. I do want her in my life. If friends are all I get from her then so be it.
What about Ray is he coming with his guys has Ana called him
What is she keeping from me? They have been in my office way to long
Just as he starts for his office they all come out with gloomy faces all but Taylor he hasn't shown up yet
"What is going on with the gloomy faces? Did your puppies run away?" he ask
They walk past him and put everything down on the table and look around for Taylor and the rest of their team
"All will be revealed as soon as we take care of an urgent matter you are not going to like at all Mr. Grey." says Welch
'Barney where is your team? Are they here?" she ask
"Yes ma'am they are downstairs freshening up and eating dinner. They will be up here shortly." he tells her
"Mrs. Jones, is that you my friend?" Ana says walking into the kitchen where she hears pots and pans rattling and gives Christian a dirty look
"Ana oh my lord honey how have you been? It has been awhile but my you are as beautiful as ever." she says hugging the stuffing out of her
Laughing Ana says "I am doing good, just very busy. It's so good to see you but you do not have to clean up my mess. You were asked here to help downstairs. I have it up here but thank you for your help. It's always appreciated . Oh my gosh I didn't ask if you have eaten yet. There is plenty and I made my sweet Georgia tea." she says
Gail looks at Ana and laughs "Oh yes Ana I know about your tea it was delicious and sweet." She smirks at her
"Oh Ana thank you but I already ate with the guys that's downstairs. They brought me a plate overflowing with your amazing lasagna and all the fixings. Girl you went all out." She says
"What can I say but you never go wrong with lasagna right?" She asked her…." So glad you liked it. Are you going to be staying up here or downstairs to help the others? Oh my listen to me I'm sure you're going back to your sister's right?" She ask
"I'm not sure I will have to wait and see what Mr. Grey wants me to do." She says
All involved in the process of relieving Christian from his money
WHO DO YOU THINK WILL GET CAUGHT FIRST? Someone is going to get greedy
But they all are going down. God help them all.
BUT THERE ARE TWO MAIN PLAYERS YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHO WOULD HAVE EVER DONE THIS TO HIM..They thought they were just as good as Christian, but he had it all, and the question is were they jealous of him or did they truly hate him?
But why would they wait so long to do this?
I guess we won't find out until they are all behind bars
Thank y'all again for the wonderful reviews and follows and likes. I am so happy that y'all like the new twist I am putting on my story. There is more to come so sit tight it is just now getting down to the Nitty Gritty of who is behind all of this