Chapter 7

My heart then thundered with a perverse fury that would shame all the angels. The lying, conniving bitch! This piece of trash is very lucky that there are cameras on us, because for one slight instant, I was reaching for my piece to blow her sorry ass away! I calm myself as I realize that killing her was just what she wanted so she could evade the trial and the sentencing. She knows she is on her way up the river and there is no one or anything that can safe her. Her own files convict her!

"Christian Grey, you say? Hmmm, that's not a name that shows up in any of your paperwork or files. I don't see a connection."

"Miss Steele, you don't see a connection between a father and his daughter."

I smile. Got her! She just played her hand. "Earlier you said you did not know anything about Rory Pearl's daughter and now you are targeting Seattle's favorite son as the father."

"I … I…" Her face was a pasty white. "I want to go now. I have nothing else to say."

I close the file and stand up while placing the files into my briefcase. "Thank you for your time, Mrs. Lincoln. It has been enlightening." I am almost laughing as I knock on the door for the guard to let me out. Before I leave, I turn to Elena. "You do know that you will be convicted. I suggest you make right with the Lord."

"There is no god." Elena said lowly. She hung her head waiting for me to leave so the guards could remove her from the interrogation room safely.

By the time I arrived at my offices, Ross was waiting for me with more information that he was able to glean from our sources in our former jobs. After washing my face and refreshing up a bit, I read through the reports.

"Where did this new evidence come from?" I ask. "I don't remember the forensic team finding a single hair on the denim jean jacket."

"It was planted. We know who and why. Robert Lincoln had his son plant it because Grey was never implicated in Elena Lincoln's case."

"I am assuming that Robert Lincoln knew for some time what his ex-wife was up to, and he probably knew about Grey being one of her child victims."

Ross nodded and produced a few more papers. "It seems after Grey became a multi- millionaire, he went after Robert Lincoln and his timber empire." A hospital report containing descriptions of the injuries that was suffered by Elena Lincoln by the hand of her then husband was brought to Ana's attention. "It seems when Robert Lincoln learned of his wife's tastes for young flesh, he walked in on a session of Elena being fucked up the ass by a juvenile. Since the boy was underage or very protected, his name was never disclosed, but Robert supposedly put his wife in the hospital after a horrific beating."

"I assume that the boy was Christian Grey." Ross nodded. "And did Robert Lincoln serve any time for this assault."

"Not one day, not even arrested. The Lincolns went on to divorce about a year later and then Elena opened her salons with the help of the Grey family."

"You mean Christian Grey." Ross nodded agreement once again. "It was his money, but it was funneled through the family since they were such great friends." Ana shook her head. "Ok, so what about this planted hair… is it Grey's?"

"Yes, and no. It's not Christian Grey's hair, but Elliot Grey's hair." It was Ana's turn to do the goldfish face that she like to see on Christian's face when she trumped him. Ross fumbled through a few more papers to show her the report. "It seems while at the bachelor party, Elliot did leave the private rooms to use the public bathroom and Robert Lincoln, Jr. did the same. There was an altercation between the two…

"Wait one minute, why didn't I know this?" I am appalled that my security did not report this incident.

"It happened so fast, and it was forgotten because of the Lincoln Party getting out of hand with the girls. Besides, it was the public bathroom and we do not have cameras in there. Back to Lincoln Jr. and the older brother Grey, they had words, a few punches were thrown and Lincoln, Jr. backed down when the club's security was called in. This is how we learned of this."

"Ok, so how did the hair get planted?"

"LJ, short for Lincoln, Jr. had one of his fuckbuddies who used to work at the Fed labs do it for him. She, of course, is no longer employed with the FBI and is up for prosecution. LJ was questioned and he gave it up that he planted the hair, not caring which Grey was questioned for Rory Pearl's death."

Ana growled as she wiped her hair out of her face. "Ok, we have evidence tampering, which means that we are no closer to knowing who slept with my sister on the night that she was killed." She sighed. "I have another question, what caused LJ… wait…he had to know about the jean jacket."

Ross touched the side of his nose. "I think you have come to same conclusion that I have."

"LJ was the one with Rory that night."

"Bingo!"

"Wait a minute, if it was LJ, why didn't he take Trista?"

"I think Mama Lincoln found out that she was being investigated by many agencies, and LJ thought he was helping her if he got rid of Rory. Maybe, Rory was blackmailing them, and she knew too much. Her papers told us about the black-market dealing for young children, prostitution, and other illegal activities. Rory was a liability to Mrs. Lincoln."

"That means that Junior knew about his mother's activities."

"That's why he is being held in protective custody as we speak. Not even his parents know that he has been detained."

Ana knew that the Lincoln family had some demons, but damn! This was more that she expected. Murder to cover up sex trafficking. "Can it be proved that he gave Rory the shot?"

"Give him a few days in solitary and he will talk." Ross declared. "I think we caught your sister's murderer."

"I don't know, Ross. Somethings not adding up. There are too many gaps. How is Robert Lincoln involved? Why did he want evidence planted and how did he get his son to do it? Did Robert tell LJ about his mother's proclivities and about her relationship with a young Christian Grey? Is LJ being used for revenge? Why advertise Trista as merchandise to be sold on the dark web? Was that Elena? LJ? Or was it, Robert? Who else knew about Trista and her paternity?" Ana looked up at her friend. "This is far from over, Ross."

The gaps that Ana pondered kept her from her other clients. She tried to sit back and see who would benefit from killing Aurora and selling Trista on the black market and who would be hurt the most by it. All roads led back to the Lincolns. But, why? What was there to gain unless they could cast doubt upon their one common denominator, Christian Grey. Lincoln, Sr. would no doubt feel vindicated by seeing the boy/man who was fucking his wife in prison. Elena would probably feel a certain sense of glee knowing that she got to fuck his head one last time, and LJ? What could he gain by framing Grey for the murder of Aurora? Something was missing.

Ana sat on the floor of her office with all the reports and photos spread out in front of her. If LJ was the one who shared Aurora's bed that night, why did he leave Trista? She went to the file from the Seattle PD about Trista's photograph on the dark web. It was dated after, Aurora was dead. Aurora had declared in her letter to her sister begging for help that Elena knew about Trista and had threatened the child's safety…and Aurora even said not to trust Christian Grey. Why? Did Aurora think that Grey had ties to Elena's nefarious businesses?

"Do not trust Christian Grey or his lap dog, Elena Lincoln!"

Her sister's words haunted her. Why didn't she trust Christian Grey? Did he do something to her that caused this mistrust?

"Fuck, I need more answers." Ana said aloud. "I need more answers from Christian Grey."