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I am going to put Elliot's analyzing up from the last chapter because Chrisitan didn't get to respond to Mrs. Stone about her analysis his brother
Next and last Elliot Grey, is your older brother correct Mr. Grey?" she asked him "I apologize Mr. Grey name is Cora Stone and I am an Analyst for the FBI and a friend of Ms. Steeles and her father Raymond."
"A pleasure to meet you Mrs. Stone." he says
"Ok now Elliot I have heard what everyone is saying and what Ana put on the board. Now I'm going to analyze your brother from what I have learned today. Elliot is jealous of you and wants to be you. He is tired of taking a backseat to his baby brother and he wants his own limelight so to speak. Yes I see where you helped him start his company and you never offered any input to help him bring it to the top. As I am looking at his background check he is number 6 on the list of businesses and you are number 1 for the last 6 years since you hit millionaire status. I feel like Elliot has been left out and you didn't ask him if you could help him build his portfolio higher with his company. Yes he is doing very good now as a millionaire but he is wanting more. Does any of this make sense Mr. Grey? In other words he is tired of being in the dark." she says
"Mrs. Stone I don't believe it was my place to step in and help Elliot unless he asked me for help. I did not want to step on any toes..so to speak and he was and is doing very good on his own. I am extremely proud of him. Yes we have had our differences on matters about going out and him visiting me. I am not the type of person to go out clubbing like he and my sister are. They both tell me I am an old fuddy duddy cause I act older than I am. But I am ok with that, it doesn't bother me at all. Then there are my weekends that I like and would rather stay at home on the weekends and destress and no, none of my family know of my lifestyle. I know that you all know cause Ana said there was an extensive background check done on me and everyone associated with me. But please let me say my lifestyle was safe, sane and consensual and they all were adults in their mid to high twenty's in age. Which I am sure you all know that too," he looks around the table
"I guess to a certain extent Elliot is envious of all that I have. But I started this when I dropped out of college and I was a millionaire by the age of twenty one and did all on my own with no help from mom or dad cause they wouldn't give me my trust fund. But I never made him feel like I had more than him. I didn't go around flaunting my money in his face. Unless what I always gave Mia and let's be honest I did give her just about anything she wanted. I know I pushed Elliot away but I did the same with the rest of my family. Yes, Elliot always tried to get me to go to lunch with him. He would either call or show up at my office. I would have Andrea tell him I was busy or at a lunch meeting unless he just barged into my office like he does sometimes. I hated that because sometimes it would be a work lunch and once or twice he saw Mrs. Lincoln there as we were going to lunch. He never said anything, just looked at me and turned around and left. I know I hurt him and he never liked her anyway but we did have a business together"….he said
"I am guessing he told our mother and that's why she would call me later and talk because big mouth had run his mouth to her. I do remember when I would come over and give our mother flowers or a bottle of wine he would call me a big spender but I just blew it off. I am not sure he wants to be me though. He isn't the type to wear thousand dollar suits and shoes. He is the jeans and t-shirt wearing guy. Also let me say I love my brother and I would have helped him if he had asked me." he said
"Thank you Mr. Grey for your input on your brother. Yes you have very good points on him and yes you are right it wasn't your place to help him as he started his business. I am sorry if you took it the wrong way that I said it. I meant that his business could have been higher up but I understand why you didn't because he never asked for any of your expertise in business. I did not mean that you should have jumped right in and offered your help."
"Now that you have mentioned your mother Grace shall I continue with her?" she ask
he looks at her and around the room saying nothing then nods his head
"Yes ma'am please do." he tells her
"Now I am reading what Ana wrote on the board about your mother Grace Trevelyan Grey and after I finish I will analyze her
Grace Grey I really don't know why she would be involved in this crime unless she wants a big piece of this pie. Christian basically turned his back on her and the family for a while and she barely saw him unless she called him at work to join her for lunch some days. Most of the time he was already having lunch with Mrs. Elena Lincoln but Grace didn't know that.
She was tired of asking him to Sunday Brunch and she was fed up with him. He treated them unfairly, never inviting her or family out to eat. Pictures always showed him and Elena. That made her mad at times. She was glad he had a friend in Elena but Grace was his mother not Elena. But are they good enough reasons to do this?
"Well from I have read it seems like your mother is somewhat jealous of her friend Mrs. Lincoln even though she is the one that sent you to her when you were a young teenager." she says looking at him
"Yes Mr. Grey I have read all the files and as everyone here I know all about your life from A to Z.
"Mrs. Grey knew Mrs. Lincoln when they were younger and lived in the same town years ago. Mrs. Grey didn't recognize Mrs. Lincoln because she changed her name from Alice to Elena. She also had blonde hair but when your mother knew her she had brown hair. Later on as their friendship grew Mrs. Lincoln told your mother they were friends when they were younger." she said
"She also waited until you were older and getting into trouble before she told her. Now that is odd, very odd." she says
"Now comes the questions. Why did she never tell your father she remembered Mrs. Lincoln when Mrs. Lincoln told her That they were in Elementary school together for three years. They were just kids. So why not tell her husband she knew her? It's not like they did anything wrong in elementary school. I mean they were too young to get into any trouble. It wasn't like they were in high school doing bad things right? Why did she demand that you go over to Mrs. Lincoln's and work and not communicate with your father before sending you over there? Why all the secrets? A couple more question: why did she listen to Mrs. Lincoln instead of asking you how you were doing and what changed you so fast when she said leave you alone? Now this is the big question why did she wait to tell Grace who she really was until you Mr. Grey started getting into trouble and was a teenager?" she said looking directly at him
"Do you want to answer any of these before I give you my analysis on your mother Mr. Grey?" she ask him
"Well let me say first I do not believe my mother would have anything to do with this even though I did treat her badly most of the time. I stayed away per Mrs. Lincoln's orders because I knew if i didn't I would get beat and the beatings were hell." he said
"I listened to her instead of my mother and father because she said they would hate me, send me away if I told them what she and I were doing. You have to understand I was fifteen years old. You read my file you know what I went through." he says
"Now about my mother not talking to my father about her and Mrs. Lincoln knew each other when they were younger, just kids. I don't have any idea expect Mrs. Lincoln had already got into my mothers head and like she did me and manipulated her. I don't see where she could blackmail my mother on anything. I don't know why she would wait until I was a teenager and start to get into a lot of trouble before she told my mother who she really was." he says
"Thank you Mr. Grey." she says
"Grace is a pediatrician, one of the best. She has one of the highest reputations around and she knows how to treat children she knows what to look for to see if they are healthy . To see if they are being taken care of at home to look for injuries at their visits. To listen to the children and the parents. She also knows just by looking at someone if they are in trouble or need help." she says
"What I see is she is always busy even when she and her husband adopted you and your siblings. I have talked to some colleagues of mine and we all have come to the same conclusion.. they should have waited before adopting you. I am sorry to say this to you but they already had one son they adopted and then Mrs. Grey saw you and fell in love with you. That is understandable but she wasn't equipped or really prepared to handle a child that was mute and scared when she first met you." she said
"For one reason she was in high demand at her hospital and she had other things going on that kept her busy: your brother , her husband, she was on call and when she wasn't she had to go to work sometimes. She didn't take the time to understand that she really needed to be home with you and help you adjust to living with them. She should have helped you with your haphephobia, no touching issue but she put you off on therapist after therapist and none of them could help you because you wanted your parents attention and they didn't have time to give it to you as they should have. She didn't try to bond with you like a mother should have." she said
"Then lo and behold they go and adopt a baby that they had no business taking in. They had you with your issues that they should have taken care of first. Yes I understand you were there for your baby sister and cared for her, looked after her. You knew she was a baby and she wouldn't hurt you so you bonded with her . You helped your mother with her, you held her to your chest and it didn't hurt you. That was when your mother should have stepped in and took over and tried to persuade you to let others touch you. But she didn't take the time to feel you out and see if she could start the touching process and then hugging. They were just happy you were letting your baby sister close to you and they were even happier when you spoke her name." she said
"In my opinion as I said Grace Grey wasn't ready to adopt you. She is a poor excuse for a mother who didn't prepare you for anything. She wasn't there for you are your siblings. She pushed you all to the side and cared more for her reputation than she did her own children. She spoiled your sister and gave into everything she wanted especially after you allowed her anything she asked for.
She did not discipline you, they brought you home after you got into fights at school and talked about sending you to military school to teach you a lesson and how to behave and how to control your anger." she said
"You hear them talking but they never ask what we can do son to help you. No they said you were a disappointment you would never amount to anything. Am I right there Mr. Grey?" she asks him and he just nods his head.
"Thank you." she says
"Finally, what kind of mother would let her fifteen year old child go to a neighbor's house even though they know them to clean rubble every day and the weekend and never ask how they are doing. How is school going? Are your grades getting better? How could you do homework if you worked from the time you got to Mrs. LIncolns until you left after dark? Did no one ask if you found the time to do your homework? No, she only said she was proud of you, not what happened to make you better. What were you doing at the Lincolns. Because Mrs. Lincoln said you were doing better and to leave you alone. What mother would take the advice of her best friend that doesn't have children and just how much rubble and wood can one person's back yard have that took you what six years to clean? Was your parents so blind and manipulated by this woman like you were that they didn't care what the heck you were really doing over there? Did they not see you as you came home limping and bruised? DId they not ask what happened? Did your mother not even try to look at you with her being a doctor for God's sake? she says
"I will say this if she couldn't see what her own son went through with her best friend she doesn't need to be a pediatrician cause how will see what is going on with other children if she can see in her own child?" she says
"Do you agree with this analysis Mr. Grey, I really want your opinion?" she says
"Yes ma'am I do and you are right. I don't see how she let Mrs. Lincoln talked her into me coming over in the first place. Because mom knew that I didn't like her and didn't care to be around her. But she told me it would be good for me. So I went and well you know what happened from there. When I would come home beaten and bruised and sometimes barely able to walk I made myself stand up straight and push on. Because I knew if I didn't my mother would ask Mrs. Lincoln what happened to me and I would get beat for not trying to hide my bruises." he said
"Mother would sometimes see me as she walked by my room as I was changing shirts if I forgot to close my door all the way and she would see my back. I would always say I fell or a tree limb or something got me. You know she never offered to look at me and see if I needed any stitches because of the bleeding. She never once ask if she could help." he says almost in tears
"You know this went on for six years and I always wondered why they never asked what I was doing or what they were building that took so long or how much they were adding on. They should have gotten suspicious because you never saw any moving trucks, work trucks or anything." he says
Ana walks in as he is just saying the last part. She walks over to him and hugs him and says it will be alright Boo we will get through this I promise and he smiles at her
"Mrs. Stone anymore Analyzing this morning?" she ask
"Not right now I think we all need a breather." she says
"Well good it's lunch time and we are having my homemade specialty Crack Chicken Sandwiches chips and mixed fruit and for dessert your favorite Double Fudge Brownies with vanilla ice cream." she says
"What in the world is a Crack Chicken Sandwich?" Christian ask laughing
"Oh don't laugh till you try it Mr. Grey is very good . I saw the recipe and just added my touch to it. It's very good. Come on yea of little faith." she says giggling
"Yum what are we sitting here for? Let's go I am starving."he says and picks her up throws her over his shoulder and runs into the kitchen
Everyone hears them laughing and turns and looks and they all start laughing
"Christian Grey put me down and if you drop me I will drop you." she says laughing
Christian swings her down in front of him
"Sweetheart I would never drop you or cause you to be hurt. You are to special to me and I mean that Ana."he says
"I know you do Christian. Oh you and I are going somewhere after we eat. We need to talk and get some things straight." she says
He looks at her but doesn't say anything
"Oh my goodness Christian it will be ok but we will be talking about a lot of things ok." she says
"Ok let's eat so I can have some brownies." he says
"Help yourselves there is plenty. I still sweet tea and there is water and if anyone would like a glass of wine or a beer we have that too. No one is going anywhere or driving and I think it would be alright to have something to drink if y'all would like to." she says
"Might just take you up on that offer Ms. Ana." Barney says and she smiles at him
"Oh my lord Ana this is delicious what all is in it?"he ask
"Chicken of course, Crispy bacon, Green bell peppers, Red bell peppers, Vidalia onions, chicken broth, ranch dressing seasoning, two blocks of cream cheese, garlic, shredded sharp cheddar cheese, salt and pepper.' she says
"Damn that's a lot of ingredients but mercy it sure was good. I am going to have to go for seconds." he says smiling and gets up kisses her on he cheek and goes back for more
"There are plenty, y'all don't be shy." she tells them she walks over to her daddy and sits down
"Daddy Christian and I are going for a drive after he finishes his second helping. I am going to tell him the secret and a few more things and hear what he has to say. I think we will be alright. I know he is going to be hurt by all this but dammit he has to know who is doing this and why. I still can't believe it is them and how could they keep this hidden from everyone for so long. I just don't know what it is going to do to someone else when they find out the truth. I know it is going to be hard." she says
"Annie my love we have to do what has to be done and telling Christian is the right thing to do. I know you want to confront them but you can't yet. You will get your chance and I for one can't wait to see you in action when you do go all GI Jane on their asses." Ray says
"Ready to go Ana? Do you think we will be safe going out with all this going on, especially with all the paps down there?" he ask her
"Yes we will be fine and they won't even know it is us leaving. We will look like an old married couple driving around in a minivan. But don't worry we will have security with us even though I can protect us. It will be better to have someone cover six out there. So let's go get ready." she says
They walk out into the great room and everyone stops and looks at them and starts laughing
Ray walks over to them and can't help but look at them both and he says "Can we help you to your car? Y'all look like y'all might need walkers or wheelchairs. You both are about ready to fall over." he says doubling over laughing
"Ha ha very funny daddy not." she says
"We will be back later, daddy probably in the morning or early afternoon. We have our phones and security will follow us. As of right now all the culprits are accounted for at their homes, but anyway they have no idea what is about to hit them head on in a few days. We are safe or we wouldn't be going out. I love you daddy see you later." she says
"Take care of our girl, young man or you will answer me." Ray says
"Yes sir Ray I sure will." he says
They get in the elevator and go down to the basement and walk out and go and get in a blue minivan with Ana driving. Because everyone knows that Taylor drives Christian everywhere. They drive out of the garage with their security waiting on the side to follow them. They drive through the gate and out into the chaos of a thousand paps waiting on Christian to drive out
They drive right by the paps they don't even notice that it is not them but an elderly couple and move out of the way
"See I told you we would be alright." she tells him smiling
"Yes you did and I didn't doubt you." he says
"Now where are we going my lady?" he smirks at her
"I will show you just a little bit. It is a surprise and I know you love surprises don't you?" she giggles
he glares at her and huffs turns from her and looks out the window. Then back at her again smiling
"Anastasia Steele you know I hate surprises now tell me please." he says
'Oh hold your horses we will be there in a little bit. I don't want to tell you and I know you will like it." she says
They drive in silence for a while both thinking about what the other is going to say. Christian is worried about what she has to tell him in secret and what else she has to say. He wants to talk to her about their past and how they can get past what he did to her and why he did it. He never really told her and to this day she doesn't know the whole truth as to what really pushed him away from her. But she will as soon as I can tell her.
I wonder if I should go first and spill my guts to her or let her decide what she wants to do. I am scared about what she is going to tell me. I know I have to keep my anger in check. I also know security will be there close by. Hell I know Ana will take me down if I act stupid. I know the first thing I will want to do is hit something, beat the hell out of whoever is doing this, throw whatever I can get my hands on and scream and holler. I hope we are someplace where no one is around.
What is he thinking about over there so hard? I see his brows lift, his face scrunch up his hands, make fist and dig into his palms. I know he is worried and probably scared of what I have to tell him. I wish it didn't have to be told and I wish I didn't have to tell him. But I decided it would be best coming from me without a bunch of Feds around looking at him.
I know what he looks like when he is hurt and I don't like that look. It's the look of a four year old scared to death, sad and lonely. I know he will scream and holler probably throw things if he sees anything in reach. Curse like a sailor, be angry and can't blame a damn bit. If he starts to act stupid I will put him in his place and he knows I will. As in stupid I mean wanting to get in the van and go hunt the thieves down and kill them. I know my Boo even after all this time I still know him. I wish I didn't know a lot of the things that are stuck in my head but that can't be helped. I know he hoped I never would have found out. But I told him I was doing deep water background checks on everyone that included him and the BT
Well we are almost there. I hope it is completely finished. I want to see it and it will surprise Christian when I explain it. I know he will be happy or at least I hope he will be. I am excited and not even there yet.
"Hey you doing alright over there?" she ask him
'Yes ma'am just thinking. Got a lot on my mind. Got a question: would it be alright if I talk first when we get to wherever we are going? Or would you rather rip the bandaid off and tell me what this secret is? It is your choice you know and I really want to know and I really don't want to know." he says looking at her
Ana takes a quick glance at him and her eyes are back on the road before he can yell at her. She smiles at him
"Let me think about it until we get there ok?" she says
"Yeah sure no problem." he says
"I know you don't want to know what I am going to tell you. I can wait until they are brought to justice and you can see them yourself but you can't confront them." she says
"Yeah I know that and can it really be that bad?" he ask
"Oh sugar you have no idea just how bad it is. I don't want to tell you. I would rather just say the case closed after it's over and put all your money and assets back in place for you but I can't do that if they won't let me. Anyway, the SEC is going to throw the book at them and it won't be a pretty sight to see." she says sighing
"Ok let's talk about something else. By the way how much further do we have to go?" he ask her
" About thirty minutes I would say. So if you want to talk, go ahead." she says
"Ok but this isn't what I want to talk about later. I know you heard what Mrs. Stone said about Grace earlier right? she nods her head
"Alright now do you agree with what she said about Grace wasn't fit to be a doctor if she wasn't able to see the signs of abuse on her own child how could she diagnose someone else's child. Well she didn't say those words but that is what she meant in her own words. She also said that they shouldn't have adopted me with all my issues. I agree with her they shouldn't have but I am glad they did because there is no telling where I would have ended up and I might have never talked or met you." he says
"Well I agree with her that Grace should not have adopted you and I don't know what Carrick was thinking either. They both have demanding jobs where they have to be away from you and Elliot. How did they know how Elliot was going to be around you when they weren't there? Anything could have happened without saying it did but you never know. They have one little boy and uh oh here comes another and this doesn't talk or wants to play with his older brother. Elliot could have been mean to you, possibly pushed you down and hurt you and you couldn't tell anyone." she says
"She said that they should have worked with me to help with my haphephobia and not sent me to all them therapists they paid thousands of dollars for." he says
"I agree with that assessment too. They should have tried to bond with you especially when you took such good care of your baby sister back then. You touched her and held her close to you. You knew she was a baby and wouldn't hurt you. They should have pushed it a little and said come here son let me hold me I won't hurt you I love you instead of standing there looking at you like that. I am sure Grace was crying and Carrick probably had tears in his eyes but neither offered to hold you and congratulate you on holding your baby sister and speaking for the first time." she says
"Yes she was, she was so happy but like you said neither said congrats or good job son we are proud of you. Dad never spoke a word he looked and smiled." he said
"Well I would say some couples think they are ready to be parents but they are better off with a dog at least it knows where to get food if it is not taken care of at home." she says, sighing. '
I am still trying to come to terms with why they would adopt a baby when they had me and Elliot, especially me, who needed a lot of care and attention. It was like they didn't care and needed another child to ignore. That is what they did you know. I would hear her crying and I would be the first one to check on her after she cried more than a little bit. Here I was not quite six years old when they brought a newborn baby home. She was almost newborn just a few months old." he says
"I know and I don't understand why they didn't do that either. I know when Mia got older they doted on her more than they should have but as she was growing up just like you and Elliot she was pushed on the nannies y'all had. I know once I heard Grace say Mia knows her nanny more than she knows me. But for the life of me I know she knows I am her mother, that's all that matters she said." Why would she say that and not try to raise her own child?" she says
"Well I will tell you this and I hate to say it but once this all comes out with Elena your mother will be asked to step down from her job. No one wants their child around someone that knows a pedephile." she says
"Oh my God everything is going to come out about me and I will lose my company and everyone will be jobless. Damn why did mom have to meet that bitch and why the hell did I have to listen to her about helping Mrs. Lincoln. Hell fire, why did I stay with the bitch and let her do all that shit to me?" he says pulling his hair
"Christian calm down, you are not going to lose your company and your employees will have their jobs. It is all taken care of." she says
"What do you mean it is all taken care of? What did you do Ana?" he ask looking at her
"I took everything she had on you off her computer at her home and the one she was using in her salon. Don't worry if she isn't in jail and she pulls them up on her computer they will show they are there but they aren't." she says
"So your Stealth Mode got them all?" he ask
"Yes it did and I also got in her safe damn that woman had money and passports ready to go. She was using three other names and the jewelry she had was probably worth a million bucks. I took all the USB drives that were marked Christian from three safes that I could find. I also went to her dungeon and man it was scary." she said shivering
"Yes it is a scary place to be in but you know at one time I was more scared of her than the damn dungeon of hers." he says
"Ok well anyway she had USB drives on you down there with pictures and some of them made me so sick I had to run to the bathroom and throw up. ANyway I got all of them and opened her safe there and found not only more of you but other boys under age. You know you weren't her first and you sure as hell weren't the last. There are hundreds of pictures of boys she has had for over thirty years from the dates on some of them." she says
"No, no, no she told me I was the only one I was special. She lied to me the whole time. She said I needed that to be a better boy for my parents and for her. She said she would help me become strong and control my temper the way she knew best for me. She said as long as I did good I would get rewarded but if I fucked up I would be punished. And damn the punishments hurt like hell let me tell you." he says and it's like he can feel them even now
"It's ok Boo it's all over no need reliving what that bitch did to you. I will say this in the nicest way possible but did you ever think that after you left her at the age of twenty one that she wouldn't continue where she left off with you? Were you so damn brainwashed and manipulated that you believed every damn thing she said?" she said
He is thinking…well I could tell her she helped me and I was getting my dick sucked and fucking and older beautiful woman. What young boy would turn that down? Yeah I know not many but I guess I wanted to feel something, anything so I let the bitch beat me too. Thinking back I wonder where she learned all that shit as if she said she never had done that before? I am so damn stupid she had a dungeon in her basement. Hell she already was a dominatrix not just playing the part of wanting to be one. Dumb, dumb, dumb Christian
He looks up at Ana…oh hell
"Tell me you didn't hear all that? Please say no." he says
"Sorry Boo can't lie, yes I heard it all. Amazing what you think of when you have time to open your mind right?" she says
"Yeah but I will say this even though you all don't think so. She did help me do better in school and gave me the money for my company." he says
"You know you are one stupid man Christian Grey and we are here." she says putting the van in park, getting out and slamming the door. She just walked away from him to the side of the house she is looking at
he sits in the car for a few minutes wondering what he said to make her say that to him
he goes walking around the side of the house she took off to. Oh my lord this is gorgeous, whose place is this? Did Ana buy it and show it to me? Is she staying here and not going back to Atlanta? God I hope she is staying
"Ana, Anastasia, where are you woman?" he yells for her
he hears her giggling and walks toward the sound
She is standing on the dock not too far from a huge boathouse and an equally huge catamaran. Damn is that hers? hell it is bigger than mine.
"There you thought you got lost." she says
"No was just admiring the view and what a view it is I must say." he says looking at her
"Come on down and let's sit on the dock. take your shoes and socks off, put your feet in the water, it's nice and relaxing." she says
He joins her in a matter of seconds and sits beside her admiring the view again and sees the name on the catamaran it says Little Annie. Well I be damn
"I assume that Little Annie is your catamaran right?" he ask her
she giggles and says "Yes it is mine daddy bought it for me when I opened my first plant. I was so surprised to see it and I had already been taking lessons to learn how to drive it well, not that one but one a little smaller than one." she says
he just looks at her before he says anything
"So you know how to drive that big yacht huh?" he says
"Sure do and one day soon I am going to take you out on it. Oh I know you have one too but mine is bigger and swifter in the wind than yours is I betcha?" she giggles
"Oh I don't doubt it is bigger but it can't keep up with mine out there on the ocean." he says
"Oh Mr. Grey is that a challenge to see who is the better captain of their yacht cause even though they are catamarans they are yachts cause of the size of them." she says
"Well Ms. Steele if you think you can pilot that as captain we will race them." he says
"Oh yea of little faith I not only think I can pilot my Little Annie I will and I will accept the race and I WILL WIN." she says laughing
"Don't get to high and mighty there little lady but you are on when all this shit is cleared up." he says
"Now tell me about this house that is behind us." he ask her pointing with his fingers
"Oh this old thing up yonder on the hill?" she says he nods his head
"It's my new home. I bought it three months ago just looking at the pictures and knew it was what I wanted. I had daddy come and look at it then Elliot came out and checked everything over a few days later. Only needed a little TLC and it's ready to move in when we get done with all this." she says
'Elliot is on the list why him?" he ask
"Well at the time he wasn't and I knew he was the best. So I got him to check out everything for me and he did." she says
"Um, do you think he is involved in this? I really don't you know." he says
"Let's go up to the house and get something cool to drink. What do you say?" she says
"Lead the way ma'am." he says
He knows she is hedging about talking about this. Well I stuck my foot in it by asking. And I wanted to talk about us first. I'll see what she wants to do
"How about an ice cold glass of fresh lemonade? I made it this morning and the guys had it in the cooler with the food we are going to eat later." she says
"Yes thank you Ana." he says walking to her and taking the glass she is offering him. He drinks some and moans loudly
"Wow that hit the spot it is so good and cold I think might get a brain freeze." he laughs
"Ok now that you brought up the subject about who is at fault with your billions do you want to know right now?" she ask him looking him dead in the eyes
"Yes, let's get this over with. I need to know so I can sleep at night. Or I hope I can after I hear all of it." he says sighing
"Alright when I tell you you can't jump up and start throwing things in my kitchen cause if you do I will drown your ass in the sound and you will never be found capiche?" she says
"Yes Ana I got it. I am glad you don't live close to anyone because I am going to probably scream and cuss like a sailor. I promise I won't throw or hit anything." he says
"One last thing you can say anything out loud with no names at all cause this is still a secret." she says
"Yes ma'am." he says
She leans over and whispers in his ear who did what and why they did it. Also who was all involved and waiting for him to blow his top . As she is talking he hears his gasp a few times then a deeper gasp then nothing. She looks at him
"He just looks at her his face turning red and he is holding his breath not saying anything
"Christian come on breath you gotta breath sugar. I can't lose you Boo come on breath with me , breath with me damnit. she slaps him …he comes out of it and starts to breathe with her… That's it, come on feel my heartbeat… and she puts his hand over her heart…breath with me in and out and in and out in and out that's it that's better are getting your color back." she says that's it breath in and out and she hands him a bottle of water
"Oh my God Ana what am I going to do? How am I going to handle this? This is not what I expected and how come no one knows this but you all? Tell me how long they have known all this? How am I going to cope with this fallout after everything is said and done? Oh my God what am I going to do ? How am I going to be able to tell them what I found? Damn this isn't fair it isn't right. How and why is all I want to know then I am going to…hell I don't know what I am going to do."he says
'From the phone records, recordings and their computers at least four years but one knew from the very beginning. I don't understand how one of them would want anything to do with the other one but I guess to each his own. You won't have to tell them the law will tell them when they are picked up and the others will hear so you don't have to worry about that part right now." she sighs rubbing the back of her neck
God I just want to scream out their names so I can go down to your gym and beat the hell out of your dummy you have down there." he says
"Now one more thing, those offshore accounts are all closed and no one can touch them. the money is still there in case they check but they can't do anything and besides they will all be picked up no later than tomorrow afternoon." she says
"Ok so I get everything back. What about all my properties they changed the titles on?" he ask her
"Sweetheart you will have the original titles in your hand as soon as these bastards are in jail and you know the best part they will be right beside the bitch she was picked up this morning trying to get a flight to Mexico. They busted her as Cindy Roper. They got her for child endangerment, pornography of small children on her computer and a million pictures where she has young boys all under the age of sixteen and my lord the video's that woman possessed. Some are there with the boys and some of them but it's her voice and they are calling her mistress Elena. So she is going away forever. Can you believe that?" she laughs
"God Ana I am so glad you got all that stuff out of there, I am sorry you had to see what I did and what she made me do, I feel so dirty and filthy. I don't want to even be around you right now." he says getting up to move away from her
"Hey, forget it all, and sit back down.' she says
"We still need to talk to Ana if you want to later after we all eat. Maybe we can go down and you can give me a tour of your yacht and we can sit on the deck and talk if that's alright with you?" he ask
"So she wasn't a part of this but she did steal all that money from me and her no good accountant. Well she is good but she isn't. She stole three hundred thousand dollars. I still can't wrap my head around that and no one was able to catch it but you. What was her name oh yes Kathy Beckwith….(Thank you for letting me use your name it just seem to fit not saying anything bad but your name just popped in my head)
How much time are they going to serve?" he ask
"I don't know but the SEC will be on them too cause they stole from the company and we have another SEC agent that will be there when we get back. I know this is tough but you are doing better than I thought you would." she said hugging him
"What do we have to eat? I am getting hungry again. We have been riding and talking for a few hours now? Do you want to invite the guys I am sure are starving?" he says
she walks to the door and yells for them and goes and sits back down
"Davidson, Sawyer y'all want to eat? We are through talking for now? Come on in we are having Pizza, my lemon pepper wings in hot sauce and ice cold beer. No one is on duty. We have more guys coming to relieve you both in a little while. By the way, we are staying here tonight. Just letting you know." she says
"Yes ma'am come on Sawyer let's wash up I am dying for her lemon pepper wings and the sauce she makes is out is out of this world but I will tell you man it is hot." he says laughing
"Grab that tray that is on the bottom shelf of the fridge. It has wings in it please." she ask Christian
"Ok anything else?" he ask
"Yes the ranch dressing is in the container right there on the second shelf with the red top on it. There is also celery in the bottom drawer if anyone wants any." she says as she sees the guys walk in
"Anything we can do to help?" Davidson ask
"Yes grab that cooler with the blue top it has the Corona's in and the one with the red top has all the other beer. If y'all want mugs or glasses they are in the cabinet to the left of the stove on the bottom shelf." she tells them
she walks back over to the stove and stirs her hot sauce and checks on the wings in the air fryer
"God that smells so good." Christian says walking back in the room
"Mr. Grey would you like a beer sir?" Davidson ask him
"Sure what kind do we have?" he ask
"Well for the little lady we have Corona's and for us whatever you want you. She packed some of every kind." he says
"Whatever you pull out will be fine just make sure it is cold." he says
Davidson reaches in the cooler and pulls out a Budweiser and a Michelob
"I'll take a Michelob thank you.' he says
Alright, the last of the wings are cooking. Y'all can start on the pizza. I just took it out of the pizza wall." she says giggling
They all look at her like she is crazy and ask
"What the hell is a pizza wall?" they ask her
She points to the brick opening on the wall
They all walk over there and look at it
"Damn Ana, that's nice. Did Elliot do that for you? Do I need one? I think I do?"he says
she stared at him like he was crazy…"You don't eat unhealthy foods remember?" she says
"Yeah well for this I just might decide to. Now did my brother do this?" he ask
"No, he recommended a guy to me and he came and built it." she said
"Can I have his name and number so Taylor can check him and then call him? Do you think he will have a problem signing an NDA?" he ask her
"Here is the information and no problem with an NDA he signed one for me. And you don't need to vet him unless you want cause daddy and I already did. He is on the up and up ex marine." she says
"Wow well that's good to know I'll have Taylor call and see when he can get to me. Do you think he would have a problem putting one in my penthouse? Oh never mind I am going to sell that place and move in my house.' he says
she just smiles at him. She knows he is playing it cool holding it all in and if he doesn't explode soon he is going to burst. He is to calm he doesn't want me to see him fall apart
Buzzer goes off and time to eat
"Come on guys grab a plate help yourself there is plenty as always. Got another pizza cooking now. Nothing like pizza, wings, cold beer and good company to make the night right." she says smiling at all of them
Yes ma'am's all around and thank you's
Hope you all enjoyed that. We are getting down to the wire on putting all these bastards away and then the healing process for some.
Thank you all again for the amazing reviews and taking the time to read my story