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| The big mogul |
From the beginning I despised
Christian. I was sick when the interview took place, and because I send Ana, I
felt kind of responsible for her mood swings. I got that creepy feeling when we
did the photo shoot at the Heathman for the WSU Newspaper. The way he walked
into the suite, so sophisticated so gracious, so not his age. And because of
that, all I could think about was; “dude
you are twenty-seven years old. Please act your age.” And then there was the
way he looked at Ana during the photo shoot. His face so intense so willing, I
thought for sure he wanted to eat her. When the photo shoot ended he asked her
to walk with him, I had a weird feeling. Not long after that Ana came back to
ask the keys to my car. I took my chance to tell him I didn’t trust him. But
apparently Ana did and I trust Ana, so I had no choice but to let her go. My
heart broke when she came home and I saw she cried. She came with this excuse
that she was almost run over by a bicycle, and as I know she has two left feet
so, I believed her. But still there was this weird feeling that she wasn’t
telling me the entire story. But I let it go.
When we had
our last finals we went out and Ana’s friend José came along. There I met the
most beautiful man, Elliot. Turns out he is Christian’s older brother. And then
she didn’t come home for the night and I was so worried when I woke up. I was
about to get up to call her but to be honest I got a bit side tracked with
seeing Elliot sleeping next to me. Elliot told me, Christian took Ana home,
because she fainted and puked all over the parking lot. Apparently he took her
to the Heathman. Then she called me in the morning. I was so happy to hear from
her. I couldn´t wait for her to come home. But I was reluctant to the fact that
Elliot needed to go home. He said that he was hitching a ride with Christian.
There was
this time, in the beginning of their relationship, when we were still living in
Vancouver, he took her to Seattle. I asked her to text me as soon as she
arrived. But she didn’t. I tried to call her. I texted her, and even left a
voicemail message. But she didn’t answer. I almost got to the point to step
into my car and drive myself to Seattle. Because all kinds of horror scenarios
ran through my mind, so when I stepped out of the front door I bumped into
Elliot. He told me not to worry. That she was safe with Christian. Looking at
him in the eyes I knew I could thrust him. But in the back of my head the
picture loomed that Christian tied up Ana and tortured her and then left her
for dead, because who know what was running through that sick mind of his. But
in the end I was glad Elliot stayed the night so I was a little preoccupied.
The next morning I wanted to give her another call, but I got sidetracked while
I looked at Elliot sleeping next to me. His face was so handsome. I could
barely believe he was Christian’s brother, but then again he was adopted as
well as Christian. So you must’ve known how I felt when I finally listened to
her voicemail message, that she was okay and safe.
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| Packing to move to Seattle |
The day came when we finally
got our degree. I was valedictorian, and Christian, because he is an
exceptional entrepreneur major benefactor for the university, had the honor of
presenting us with our degree. When all the speeches were done and we finally
had our degrees, Christian barked his orders at me to go get Ana. He wanted to
speak with her immediately. And
I always dreaded by the fact he called me Ms. Kavanagh or Katherine. I believe
it was Elliot who told Christian to call me Kate. But I think he didn’t because
I was soon to be a reporter at The Seattle Times. It was like he was afraid
that I would out anything of him in the press. But I couldn’t do that to Ana. Later
that week we would move to Seattle to finally step into the big bad world of
our employed adult life. And finally I got to meet Elliot’s parents and his
baby sister Mia. She lived in Paris and she was home. So Elliot’s parents
invited us to come over for dinner at the Bellevue. We were talking about
vacation and I overheard Ana having a conversation with her mother. Ana missed
her mother. So I was kind of childish to bring it up at the dinner table, but I
loved to look in Christian’s eyes, the look of losing all control. But Ana
scolded me for that. So when I heard that Elliot was going to join me in
Barbados I was so happy.
The day I brought Ana to the airport, I tried to tell her
again about Christian. But she assured me that I had nothing to worry
about. So with a heavy heart I drove off
back to our apartment. A few days later it was my turn to lie on the beach with
margaritas, and a few days I completely forgot about the situation back in the
USA, because I knew she was safe with her mother Carla in Georgia. I was so
happy when Elliot called and said he was near our hotel. I decided to focus
only on him, because by the time Elliot joined us, Ana was back in Seattle and
back in the hands of that control freak. So when Elliot arrived I didn’t think
much about anything else but us, if you know what I mean. The days flew by and
we had to go back to Seattle. I was glad to see Ana again. Ethan flew home a
couple of days earlier, he was going to stay with Ana and I at the apartment
until he found something for himself, because he wasn’t sure wether to go back
to College or get a fulltime job.
I called Elliot to tell we were about to board on the plane
when he told me Christian’s psycho ex-girlfriend held Ana at gunpoint in our
apartment. Ethan made me promise him not to call Ana before I arrived in
Seattle. The entire flight home I was so mad. So mad at Ana for not calling me.
So I walked to the lavatory and tried to call her. But she didn’t answer.
After a very unpleasant flight, we finally arrived at
Sea-Tac. And when we arrived at the apartment nobody was there and so I tried
to call Ana again, but again no answer. I was hoping she was with José so I
tried to call him. He told me they were going out for a drink at the ZigZag
tonight. I told José to keep his mouth shut and that I would come to surprise
them. Elliot went to his parents, and I called Ana at her job. Luckily she
answered and I told her I was back in Seattle, totally beat and wiped out. I
said I was going home and would see her later. The day I came back in Seattle
was also the day everything changed.
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| BFF |
I was getting myself dressed after a nice long shower and I
stepped into my car and I drove to the ZigZag. I remember as it was yesterday,
a huge burden fell of my shoulder when I saw her safe and sound.
It felt so good when I wrapped her in my arms. José offered
to get some drinks and that it happened. When I answered my phone, I thought it
was Elliot who missed me. Because I missed him. I can’t remember I was so in
love with somebody ever before. But anyway he wanted to talk to Ana and I got
confused. Ana changed completely, Elliot told Ana that Christian never came
back from Portland and that his helicopter was missing and so was Christian. In
a hurry we went to Escala waiting for news. I saw how devastated she was. She
was sitting in front of the fire place just staring. And then it hit me. She
was really in love with him. Like I was in love with Elliot. The minute he
stepped in the living room unharmed and didn’t even stopped to call home
because he wanted to go home as soon as possible I saw in his eyes that he
loved Ana as much as she did him. He was so happy to see Ana. And to be honest
I was glad he was back too.
We all went home and I went back to the apartment alone and
I needed something from Ana’s room. Then the biggest shock came. When I stepped
out of Ana’s room and closed the door I heard that something fell on the ground
and so I stepped back in to pick it up. I noticed it was Christian’s blazer and
when I bend down to pick it up; my eyes were lured to a white paper in the
pocket. And my journalism mind was piqued. After staring at the paper for a
while I decided to read it. I read it with horror. I mean the things that were
on it, hard limits and soft limits. It was printed in my mind. I couldn’t shake
the feeling Christian had hurt Ana. So I decided to confront Ana with this. I
had to know if she was okay! But I couldn’t do it over the phone; I needed to
do this in person. I decided to wait the tomorrow because I would see her
anyway, because Mia organized a birthday party for Christian.
So as soon as they walked in, I grabbed Ana away and pulled
her in to the kitchen. But I should’ve known that Christian would follow her.
And the only thing I could think of was two birds, one stone. I was so mad at
Christian, so mad that I could rip off his head. And then Christian told me Ana agreed to
marry him. It was all going so fast, I mean I leave for sixteen days and she’s
already marrying the guy she just met. She sends Christian away so we could
talk amongst ourselves. So when I looked at her straight in the eyes, I could
see nothing but love. She really loved him. So I knew it was okay. But I still
wanted to know what was up that contract. Because there were all these weird
things on it. And she promised me, she would tell me soon. And then all hell
broke loose again. When I saw Ana walking upstairs I wanted to go to her, but
Elliot stopped me. He told me that they needed to sort it out themselves.
So with a heavy heart I let it go, and tried to enjoy the
party.
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| Ana's big day |
But over the years Christian changed, for the good. Well,
he still gets jealous whenever another guy talks to Ana. Or when we would go
out for lunch, he calls her ten times, to check if she’s okay. Not to mention
when my brother comes in for a visit. His eyes don’t leave Ethan. And talking
to strangers, was of the question, don’t you remind of the situation when they
were in the Bahamas, right??
But somehow I felt like Ana was provoking him. As if she
liked when he got mad. And when I asked her about it, she was all smiles.
A few months later it was my turn to walk down the aisle. I
was marrying the men of dreams. Elliot and I tell each other everything and so
also that Ana came to him before the wedding, that she warned him, because
Christian told Ana that Elliot was a lady killer. He had many girlfriends, and
that I was the lucky one, that I was the one he would spend the rest of his
life with. Oh my god, I am getting in so
much trouble for this. But you guys
wanted to know…
Then there was the kidnap and Ana getting pregnant with
Teddy, and later with Phoebe. Elliot and I became parents. So you guys can see
a lot has changed. And I got to know a totally different side of Christian. One
who would walk through fire for his family. And I admire that about him. I know
he has his weaknesses but he is strong enough to bite through that and fight
for his family. Ana has changed so much. She is a strong, confidant, energetic
woman and I have Christian to thank for that. The bottom line is, I needed to
know Christian before I could really trust him. And I do now. Because he is not
only my brother-in-law but also my best friend’s husband.
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| Christian with Teddy |
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| Christian with Phoebe |
This woman who writes this is very talent.. I can't wait for the next story...
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