It's In The Water

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Christian
The restaurant has been getting rave reviews on it's food and the service is fantastic. Our new receptionist is like the guards at Buckingham palace no one gets by her while she is there. Anastasia misses her, but she offered her to me and I am very glad I took her up on her offer. We had the young ladies file sexual harassment charges against mr Smith. Anastasia got her apartment manager fired and a new one is now there. Who ever it is has assured mss Steele that he is a good guy. She got five months free rent after finding the apartment manager in her bed when she arrived home one night, she call3d the cops and he was arrested immediately. She had to throw her underwear away along with her night wear and her sheets. The owner had to replace everything if they didn't want to make the newspaper. She had to replace very private items as well. The apartment had to be scoured, finally she just had them bring in a hazmat cleaners to get the place cleaned thoroughly. This I was told about by Elliott who thought she might be in danger from the creep. But she hasn't told me about this yet. I don't know why it bothers me so much about Elliott knowing this, but she and Mia are friends so that might be why he knows.
Elliott
I have found a building to run my company in and Christian has followed through with our deal. Anastasia is now the manager f the Mile High Club and Head Chef. Mia is assistant manager and second Chef. She is the person behind the person and she is doing a good job.
Riley Rogers
I really love being in charge of the GEH reception area. If I can't stop the women from trying to sneak past I nod to security and out they go. I love assuring my bosses safety. Anastasia got me this position. I guess a small token might not hurt to send her, she isn't one for extravagance. A bottle of her favorite nail polish is a nice gift. I know she wouldn't expect it at all, but I feel a good deed should be rewarded.
Elliott
I finally got my degree and so did Anastasia. Things are looking up and I believe that my luck was good when Mia met Anastasia while walking around on the college campus. She thought she was registering to find out she was about to get her degree and knew the campus backward and forward and helped Mia get signed in and showed her everything she needed to know. It took several days, and then she found out Mia could cook and helped her get a job as a chef at the Mile High Club. They have been friends since then and although Anastasia is her boss they work very well together. She is good at nearly everything she does. I am now learning she is also able to restore cars. She has good friends that allow her use of everything she needs. She also knows self defense and was taught to shoot a gun by a friend that is now a detective in the Seattle PD. Something just draws you into wanting to protect her, but then you just know by being her friend will make life so much easier in your life. Her management style is different, but she has people who want to do their best jobs for her. I am different in the fact they just do as I ask and don't ask questions. They will ask Anastasia before they ask me if they did it right. We finally got them asking me.
Christian
I called meetings to get the construction company started and we use the last name Sullivan so it can grow without using the Grey name. Elliott was thrilled about that. The amount of m9bey it took was more than I thought but Elliott had done a lot of research and bargain8ng with people and got us things for less on better quality. He explained that when people see that Sullivan Construction uses quality equipment and the product ends up high quality it is well worth more then any advertisement could bring in in sales of their equipment. The ones who heard the real ideas they worked with Elliott and our first building turned into a housing edition and then the jobs just started rolling in. Without use of the Grey name. We had him remodel the Mile High Club as well. Anastasia not only was managing the club but she was creating new dishes and having various weeks showing off new dishes from her staff as well. Of course she offered discounts to those who were brave enough to try the new dishes out. That in itself brought in not only new customers, but chefs wanting to get on her lists to cook for free just for the notoriety of having been able to say they did it. But the food had to be good or they weren't put back on the lists. It made a few chefs very unhappy and there were some comments made. But Anastasia just said she wasn't the one that said their food was awful but the customers eating it lol. A few actually got better jobs after showcasing at my restaurant. We went so far as to start having a cook off nice a month and all profits went to charities. Everyone volunteered their services along with paying fr the food they cooked. I of course loved the fact no one ever got bored of eating at my restaurant. But with the highs come the lows in business. People get jealous and try to take away the gem you found. An irate chef chose to do just that and watched and waited for his chance to grab Anastasia as she was walking to her car. He had failed to realize that as a billionaire I have to be paranoid and my security takes my safety as top priority and as such my prized employees safety important as well. The issue was is that we had no idea that Anastasia could defend herself in more ways than one. So when Marvin Oliver came out of nowhere on the cctv footage we failed to see the gun holster on Anastasia's side so when he aimed his gun and took a shot. We failed to see the gun in Anastasia's hand and just saw him go down as she hit the ground and rolled behind her car.
Anastasia
I knew that bastard was going to be a huge issue after the bad comments from the customers about how bad his food was. I tried to stop the reviews getting out, but a reporter new to Seattle was invited by him under the guise of a regular customer did hm in and gave the story to every paper in Seattle. Guess she wasn't such a good friend or just telling it like it was. Our results were kept quiet, but I can't keep other customers from commenting as they are leaving. That's how it went, the hostess got complaints all night. We comped them and replaced their meals with whatever they wanted cooked and by whatever chef n duty. They chose me and Mia as we were tried and true. When I saw the guys gun pointing at me it was just as my instructors said my hand went right for my gun and he shit, but I aimed as I shot and went down after and rolled behind the closet big object for safety. I heard a voice, Miss Steele you can come out now.
Taylor
I called the cops and had mr Grey wait in the car as I checked on the man who was now writhing in pain on the ground. I cuffed him and used gloves and a plastic bag after taking photos of the scene. Including miss Steele hiding behind her car. I bagged her gun as well, she looked at me and I explained they would need it as evidence. We waited for the cops and the ambulance to arrive. I can tell this was the first time she has had to shoot at a human being because she was shaking like a leaf. The cops arrived and we decided to go back into the restaurant to view the cctv footage. Mia Sullivan was prepping for the next days breakfast specials. So she got some hot chocolate for Miss Steele.
Christian
I guess it is time to get you a bodyguard so we can keep you safe. She just stares at me and I don't think her thoughts are straight just yet.
Anastasia
Bodyguards? I need bodyguards? He shot at me.
Taylor
Then we see it, the blood was starting to show itself through her coat. Her coat is black. We get her down on the ground and call for an ambulance. I yell to her to stay conscious and she blinks at me and says why is it so bright in here? We hear her say who are you? She reaches out like she's trying to hold someone's hand and says take with mommy. We lose her just as the EMT's are getting to her and they are working on getting her breathing again. They finally get her breathing and start moving very quickly to the elevators.
Christian
I tell Mia that she would need to step in for Anastasia until she is able to come back to work she just nods and cries. I call Elliott to come over and help Mia out and explain that Anastasia was shot and I need to go to the hospital now.
Elliott
I will come right now. I finally get to the restaurant and get through the news reporters at the scene. I find Mia bawling her eyes out in the bathroom lounge area. She tells me what she knows and that she was prepping in the kitchen for the breakfast they had scheduled the next day. Apparently chef Oliver shot Anastasia over the bad press that his own friend had released about his horrible cooking skills.