Chapter 12

Taylor heard a beeping sound just prior to Ms. Steele's nurse leaping from her chair, iPad in hand.

The sounds coming from Ms. Steele's room had been escalating in volume for the last few minutes. Part of him wanted to check on the couple but knowing all the events of the last 24 hours he decided to give them their privacy for as long as possible.

The nurse came to a stop in front of him. He was blocking the door having been ordered not to allow anyone to enter the room unannounced.

"Mr. Taylor you need to step aside, Ms. Steele vitals are showing signs of distress."

"Of course, just let me announce you. There could be a nonmedical reason for the change in her vitals."

The raised her eyebrow at him with a look that said you must be kidding me.

"Oh, believe me it is always better to knock with these two." He turned and knocked on the door and counted to three in his mind before opening the door.

When he entered he was met with one very angry looking Ms. Steele and one very lost looking CEO. Clearing his throat, he announced. "Mr. Grey, the nurse needs to check on Ms. Steele."

With anguish in his voice he asked, "Can it wait a little while? We are having a very deep conversation at the moment."

The nurse quickly stepped in the room and asserted, "No, Mr. Grey it cannot wait. Her blood pressure, which has been consistently very good, has become extremely elevated and I need to assess her medical status right now."

When she reaches her patient's bedside she took notice of her redden face and tear stained cheeks. Whenever is going to between these too needed to end now. "Gentlemen, please leave the room while I evaluate my patient."

Christian was immediately on the defensive, "I don't think." But before he could finish his sentence Ana interrupted.

"Christian, go to your meeting with the police commissioner. You were supposed to be there fifteen minutes ago, and I need some time to digest all the information you have revealed to me. So, please for now, just go deal with your meeting and all the text messages and phone calls you have been ignoring."

"Ana, I don't want to leave when you are so upset. What if you decide to leave? "

"Christian, where the hell do you think I'm I going to go? They haven't even put the cast on my leg yet. For now, just go and give me some space. We will continue this discussion later."

Ana turned her face away from Christian when he bent down to kiss her, and his kiss landed on the side of her head. Fully dejected he stood back up and whispered, "I'm so sorry, Baby."

He slowly made his way across the room hoping for some response, but none came. Right before leaving the room he cried, "Later, Baby."

When the door clicked close the tears she had been trying to hold back fell like rain. The full-on sobbing tears raked over her body which began shaking sending her blood pressure even higher. The nurse took control of the room i-Pad and changed the lighting to the light blue color and started the ocean sound that Ms. Steele had seem to enjoy the night before.

After making the changes she addressed her patient. "Ana, you need to calm down sweetheart. Can you try to take some deep slow breaths?" She paced her breath pattern to slow deep breaths hoping Ana would follow her.

After ten minutes Ana's blood pressure had dropped dramatically, and the nurse addressed what she saw as the cause. "Ana, are you in trouble? Do you need help to leave a situation?"

The nurse's question took Ana by surprise. So much so that she smiled and chuckled. Did the nurse really think she need help to get away from Christian Grey. When all she had to say was the word RED.

"Well the fact that you are laughing is a good sign. So, it's just trouble in paradise then?"

That statement caused Ana to laughed even harder. "I guess you could say that. When Christian thinks he knows best he's a giant ass."

That statement caused the nurse to smile and say. "I could see that about him. If you need someone to talk to I'm here. I'm a great listener and I have signed an iron clad NDA. So, I can never speak about anything I see or hear while working around Mr. Grey, his staff, his family, you or anyone who is around you."

Anastasia snorted at that statement and reply. "Yes, that sounds like my egotistical, egomaniac, control freak, asshole boyfriend. I'm so sorry about that."

"No need for you to be sorry it happens more often than you would guess. So, if you need to talk about anything my lips are sealed, forever!"

"I'm not sure you can help me with this. Has your significant other ever divulged your super kinky, alternative lifestyle, sex life to your father?"

The nurse gasped out load. "I always thought the man was a genius, but apparently I was mistaken. Does Mr. Gray have a death wish?"

Ana snorted, "Oh Jennifer, it gets better. If you want to hear things you will never be able to bleach from your mind I'll share. I need to talk to someone and my best friend is out of the county for the new year."

"Oh, I'm all ears and my guilty pleasure is dark mafia romance books. I don't think you could tell would cause me to need to bleach my brain."

"Well we'll see about that."

Ana laid out Christian's early childhood abuse and adoption then jump forward to falling under the pedophile's clutches. His move from submissive to dominant. How the bitch troll was still controlling him by screening his submissive until Ana entered his life six month ago.

"So now here I am in the hospital as a result of a car accident that apparently wasn't an accident." Ana confessed.

"Wait a minute I saw pictures of you and Mr. Grey in the wrecked vehicle, of course it was an accident." Jennifer countered.

"Oh, it was a car crash all right, but the car that ran into me was driven by the bitch troll pedophile using a car she purchased from one of Christian's prior submissives. I guess she thought she could pin the blame on someone else by using a car still in their name. I just found out today that Christian has been trying to cut the bitch troll out of his life and she has been threatening to come after me. She's also been threatening to expose Christian's BDSM lifestyle to the world with copies of his contract she obtained from two of his prior submissive. Our golden boy is sure she coming to go public with the information when he refuses to help her with the legal mess she is in for leaving the scene of an accident. They have video proof she was driving the car and had been circling the area where Christian lives for hours.

"Wow, Ana I don't know what to say." Jennifer responded. "That's a hell of lot to take in no wonder your bleed pressure went through the roof. We do need to keep it down, so if feel you are to stressed-out I can put in a request in for the doctor to prescribe something for you."

"I hope that won't be necessary, but I will keep it in mind."

Just a Jennifer was heading to the door it opened and Raymond Steele entered the room on a mission. "Good Morning Mr. Steele. I am going back to the nurse's station to check on the timing of the casting of her leg. Until that happens enjoy some time with your daughter."

"Thank you Jennifer I will." When the door had closed behind the nurse he turned to his daughter and stated. "Saylor told me Grey is in a meeting, so I think it is time for your and I to have that talk about your boyfriend."

"Daddy you know I love you to the moon and back, and Christian told me everything he revealed to you last night. While I am pissed at him because my sex life is my business, I am so not going to discuss it with you."

She paused and took a couple of deep breaths before continuing to speak. "I will tell you this much.

I am safe.

I am loved.

I am not trapped in this relationship and I can leave anytime I want to leave.

I can stop anything I am not enjoying with one word and I have never had to use it.

In a true BDSM relationship the submissive is the one with the control."

"Now ,that is all and I'm going to say on the subject."

"So, how did you sleep last night?"