The Garden

A Wanted Woman

Christian
I have to try to get in contact with Anastasia Steele. Mom might be able to give me some answers. I go shower and tell Taylor to change the codes and the garage codes to our spots. The locks are to be changed as well. Elizabeth and I were having sex for nearly a year. So she was trusted immensely by me. But I have to assure she can't get into my places and Taylor has that in hand and made calls immediately. Locks will be changed in the morning and codes now. It only takes keystrokes on a computer to change them. Barney and Taylor have that in hand. So I head to my office and wait on my security updates. Then I check emails. I call mom and ask a little more about Anastasia and she tells me that Anastasia has had a hard life. She met her and her father when he brought her in after a traumatic event where she was taken. They found her hiding behind a dumpster foraging for food two weeks after she was taken from a murder scene. She was still in the bloody clothing from that day. I am sitting here thinking this sounds very familiar to me. Then I recall seeing Anastasia crying in the garden and recall my investigation into how my biological mother had died and where. Mom finally tells me Anastasia was the little girl mom tried to save from being kidnapped that day unsuccessfully. They never showed the child. But she gave testimony against him and her mother at the age of three. He is still in prison, but the mother is free yet again. She served more time for an attack she put into action when she was 14. The guy was finally caught thanks to witnesses and that put her mother back behind bars. Taylor had it all checked out. They found photos of when they found Anastasia hiding behind the dumpster holding into a bag with food  in it. She fought hard to keep it. Until she saw her father. The reports about her were extensive and photos of her grabbing her father and hiding her tiny face from the world. He covered her inside his suit jacket. She was so tiny. Mom went on to say that gardens and books on gardens calmed her down. She could read and speak at a very early age. Mom said she sent the books home with her. Mom told me that she will never be one of my friends with benefits girls if she has anything to do with it. She made me promise that I wouldn't attempt to do that to her.
Grace
I tell Christian everything I knew and made him promise not to try the friends with benefits with like he has the others. Me and his grandmother T would make sure of it. I think Allison's parents realized who Anastasia was and she was the reason their daughter was killed. But not who killed her. They know she was able to give an accurate description of the man who killed Allison. I became attached to Anastasia when she was in the hospital. I am still wondering what her mother did to her that witnessing Allison's murder didn't effect her as much as seeing her mother in court did to her or the petite brunette nurses had.. I have never had Children ask me about any woman ever before. I should tell him and Elliott that I don't appreciate them having sex in the guest bathroom. That's got to stop. Mom spotted a condom in the trash can.
Taylor
Mr Grey asked to find more on the Steeles and I did. I don't know what happened, but we tried to locate the mother, but can't seem to find her and there's no death certificate. For some reason she stays off the grid after she is out of jail. When I started trying to find her, something odd popped up on my screen and I had to stop. I took a photo of the pop up and asked Barney about it. He told me someone is trying to prevent her being found or even searched for. I tell mr Grey and he asks me if I thought we might ask mr Steele about her possible whereabouts. I tell him that mr Steele seems the type to protect Anastasia at all costs and seems he has since for a long time. I ran searches on him and Anastasia. He is listed as an independent contractor, but it has nothing listed. He has a nice bank account. So does Anastasia. Ray was in the service, but that's all that is listed.
Christian
I have to think this through and decide if it is worth my time and if I can get around the promise I made to mom. This is a can of worms and I am not sure I can do anything else.
Raymond
I got a flag that someone was looking into Carla, me and Anastasia. Only one person that could be and he didn't get past my security measures. I am sure Carla won't come near Anastasia again, because it won't be Anastasia being hurt this time. This time Carla will find out exactly what she did to her own child. The psychologist has told me that she got some disturbing information from Anastasia under hypnosis. He can't elaborate what it was, because she is an adult now. But he did say her mother was a real monster. I tell to tell me something I didn't know. I look and Anastasia is sitting on the bench looking at the garden.
Anastasia
I feel at peace sitting her on the bench where I last saw Allison's Grey alive and trying to get to me before they did. She never saw the man or the knife that he used to slit her throat open, I felt the blood hit my face and my body as she collapsed in front of me. An Angel took her to heaven and they both waved goodbye to me. Then I was taken so where dark and damp. It must be hell.