I asked Gail to stay just as
long until Elliot comes home. She sees that I am and feeling well and she
agrees. I walk up the stairs and I crawl in bed, fully dressed. I leave the
bedroom door open so that I could hear everything downstairs. I hate that I had
to ask Gail to stay but, right now I couldn’t handle anything. I could hear how
Gail was entertaining Teddy, Phoebe and Ava. I don’t know what I would do if
Christian and Ana didn’t have Gail. Gail loved those kids as much as the kids
loved Gail. I turned from my side onto my back and I stared at the ceiling. I still haven’t called Elliot and I am
dreading the fact that I promised him. I grab the handheld from its dock and
dial Elliot´s office number. After a few rings, “Grey Constructions, Caroline
speaking, how can I direct your call?” I take a deep breath, somewhere is was
hoping that Elliot was in a meeting and he couldn’t talk to me that I had to
leave a message. “Hi Caroline, its Kate again. Is Elliot free to talk?” I
crossed my fingers hoping that she would say no. “Sure, I’ll direct your call,
hang on.” I was surprised by the way Caroline talked to me. Usually we talk
pleasantries but this time it looks like she was glad she could hand me over to
Elliot. “Baby, are you okay? I couldn’t concentrate on the meeting.” He sounded
relieved when I finally called. Slowly the tears are coming and I can’t keep it
together anymore. “I am so sorry babe, it’s my entire fault.” I say trough my
tears. “Baby, what’s going on? What happened? Are the babies okay? Are you
okay?” Elliot fires his questions at me. And I can’t take it anymore; I take a
deep breath and finally manage to find some words. “No Elliot, I am not okay.”
Before I can say more Elliot cuts me off and says, “Screw the next meeting, I
am coming home.” Before I protest against it he hangs up the phone. But I am
still to numb to call him back and I curl my arms around my tummy and softly
start to weep.
I crawl out of bed and walk to
the bathroom and start running a bath. I put in a few drops of bath oil and
soon the entire bathroom smells heavenly. I walk into my closet and start to
undress my myself. I watch my naked self in the mirror and stroke my tummy. “I
am so sorry my babies.” I whisper into the reflection. I grab my black with
lace robe of its hanger and I slip in on. I stride back to the bedroom and grab
my book of the bedside table and think about the time Ana almost ordered me to
read it. “You need to read this. It’s a
light read and you can read before bed time when Elliot is too tired to do
something else.” It almost makes me smile, but I can’t help me self that I
start to cry again. I stride back to the bathroom and slip out of my robe and
step into the bathtub. The heat of the water calms my body down, just like I
needed. I closed my eyes but I couldn’t keep them closed, because all I saw and
heard was Dr. Greene saying that I could lose my babies. It is echoing in my
head over and over again. Somewhere far away I heard Ava shouting “Daddy! Mommy upstairs and she is crying.” Her
high pitched voice echoes in the hallway and I hear her little feet running,
although I can’t hear where she is going. Later I recognize Elliot running up
the stairs. “Kate? Sweetie? Where are you?” I take a deep breath and sink under
the water making my hair wet and come back up again and see Elliot sitting on
the edge of the bathtub. “Sweetie, what the hell is going on?” When I see his
worried face I start to cry again. “I am a screw, Elliot. That’s what’s wrong.”
I wipe away some tears. Elliot slips out of his shoes and quickly undresses
himself. I move forward in the tub and the water splashes over the edge on the
floor. Elliot slips in behind and I lean back. “Tell me, what’s wrong.” He says
soothingly. While crying I told Elliot what Dr. Greene had said.
The days after Elliot took
some time off and he really spoiled me. It made me even guiltier. Of course Ava
was happy, now her father was around, and was upstairs lying on the bed. I read
book and watched TV. Elliot allowed me out of bed only for dinner. And every
night he took a long bath with me and massaged my back. And every day I felt
less guilty and stopped feeling like a failure.
The day finally arrived that
Ana and Christian would come home. I had secret phone-calls with Jason Taylor
and I knew when they would arrive so we could surprise them. I didn’t tell
Phoebe or Teddy and that morning I we told them that we would go somewhere but
it was a surprise. So the car was packed and we were on our way to the airport.
It didn’t take long before they knew where we were going. Elliot let us out at
the back of the entrance and drove away to park the car. While in the distance
we saw the GEH Jet approaching Teddy and Phoebe were ecstatic. Finally the
plane landed and the door opened and I told Teddy and Phoebe that they could go
closer. Ana and Christian came running down the stairs and hugged their
children. It made me weak in the knees but luckily Elliot supported me. I
stopped working at the office but I did some research from home for Mrs. Young
every now and then. I had weekly appointments with Dr. Greene, to keep track of
my blood pressure. And I was pleased to hear after 2 weeks all was heading in
the right direction.
After my appointment I decided
to pay my mother-in-law a visit. I already contacted Carrick to see if she was
working. I walked into the hallway and stopped at the elevator and pressed the
button. In the time Elliot was home we talked about hiring a nanny for Ava and
Christian helped us. We hired Victoria James. She was 24 years old and majored
in child psychology and Christian did a full background check on her and she
was cleared. Ava was happy with her and we were happy with her. When then doors
opened my phone rang and when I saw it was Elliot, I answered, “Hi baby,” I
said happy. “Wow, you sound relieved!” He
said relieved. “I guess all was good?” I
snort, “Yes we are heading in the right direction. Sorry babe, but I am just
stepping in the elevator and the connection might get lost. I am going to stop
by your mother and then I am coming home.” “Okay
sweetie, I’ll be home in an hour or so.” Elliot says and then the
connection fails. I press the button and
the elevator whisks me to the 16th floor and I step out and walk my
way to Grace’s office. I hear mumbling and hushed voices when I reach her
office. And because her door is aloof I don’t think she is with a patient so I
knock on the door and I push it open and a person with a ski-mask and a syringe
and injection Grace with something. I don’t know if this person saw me but
quickly I turn around and make my way back into the hallway and stop at the
office on the left side. Christian order Welch to post the Hospital when Grace
was working. With a loud bang I opened the door and shouted, “Grace, I mean Dr.
Grey , I mean Mrs. Grey, somebody is trying to kidnap her.” Welch shoots up
from his chair and barks orders to the other security people and in a blur they
run out. The only one who is left behind is, Ms. Prescott. “Mrs. Grey, you are
shaking like a leaf. Please sit down.” I do as she says and can’t do nothing
else than gaze straight ahead. Ms. Prescott pulls me out of my reverie as she
hands we a glass of water, I look up to her, “Thank you.” I give her a half
smile.
Suddenly the door shoot open
again and I jump up, Welch is on the phone barking orders. Something about a
S.W.A.T team. I tune out most of the noise and rock to and fro on my chair. The
next three hours have been kind of lost. It all went by in some kind of blur
and the next moment I am sitting next to Grace, while she is lying there on the
hospital bed……
