My Shadow

An Interesting Party

Jose
I had heard about Anastasia and her parents, but getting videos of them in action is truly amazing. I can't get them to give me permission to use the footage and neither will Theresa or anyone else for that matter. Mia asked that I don't use it because of the trial against Ashley could depend on seeing the videos and putting them out to be seen by the public could cause Ashley to go free. That I understood. The DA asked for all my footage of the events that day.

Mia
I finally got Jose to agree to what was asked of him regarding the videos of the party especially where Anastasia and her parents saved me and  Gideon from Ashley. I can't let him know anything that I know about Anastasia and her parents. It's better he not know anything about them except that they saved me and Gideon from Ashley. The rest of the party was put back on track by my favorite person Gideon. He got everyone back on track to our celebration. If this had been a real wedding we might not have seen Ashley coming.

Gideon
I was very grateful for Anastasia and her parents for saving Mia and me from Ashley. I found out that I wasn't her only target and neither was Mia. Theresa Prescott was as well. My people lost her in a crowd and she showed up here and hurt Theresa Prescott and came straight at Mia and me to get rid of us. I definitely felt the bullets fly past my feet and into the floor. Anastasia was fast enough and told me to stand completely still and I did exactly that. The party had been eye opening and we realized that no matter how good security is we need to be able to defend ourselves against people like Ashley. Mia would have but she can't fight a loaded gun with just her hands and feet. Anastasia came prepared for Ashley. Ray and Carla made sure she was safely hidden when Anastasia saved me from being shot and killed.

Mia
Gideons family wanted to know who Ashley was and we told them about her and they were surprised she was able to get into the party. She had stolen a uniform from the hotel staff along with a badge. They found the employee tied up in a storage closet. She was taken to the hospital and they had to relieve the pressure off her brain and she's in a medically induced coma. Prescott was lucky enough to not be hurt as badly as the employee. They got her family to her as soon as they could locate them. I am just glad she will be serving time for this. She can't get bail and her parents are angry because she failed to marry Gideon. We were in court for the bail hearing and it wasn't a pretty sight. Between the Cross and the Grey families the judge had to tow the line and he did. The party ended up being pretty fun after all the chaos. Elliott, Timothy and Alexander were hanging out and found there way to the hotel bar and were sitting by three young ladies who were in town on business. They looked like reporters, but I wasn't going to burst their bubbles. They will find out soon enough. Elliott knows if they ask certain questions they are definitely trying to get information and not getting to know him. I am sure the Cross family know the same.
Gideon had someone watching them anyway and Elliott has his own security.

Elliott
The young ladies were asking too many questions without asking our last names and I gave them a wrong name and saw all the girls eyes widen and then look closer. That told me they were waiting around for a story. I am sure they all gave us fake names as well. Tim and Alex gave Harry and William as their fake names. I of course am waiting for Gia to meet up with us and I just wanted to get away from the drama at the party. Anastasia and Christian have decided to meet us here and Gia is bringing a male coworker to even out the male to female numbers. Charles has been with her design team forever and just lost his wife to a back stabbing incident six months ago. She was killed at her job and the person has yet to be found. Cheryl Duncan was just promoted to vice president of a company that was about to move into a bigger office building and she was packing up her last box when she was killed. Gia and Charles arrive and we introduce him to everyone. Linda, Susan and Tia are now focusing on getting to know anyone but me and Gia. Anastasia and Christian are just enjoying the conversations.

Anastasia
I can tell these so called girls are reporters and they are older than me. They can't pull off the party girl act they are trying to present. They might all be married for all we know. The paparazzi have been playing games lately and we have been alerted to their subterfuge and since the Cross families are in Seattle they have New York paparazzi in the area and they are excellent at pulling stunts like this to get a story.

Christian
Anastasia and I spotted the same things about these women pretending to be young business women just enjoying a drink at a hotel bar. Yeah right. If you are looking to meet someone a hotel bar isn't the way to go. Only married people on business trips are here unless they are meeting a client or a mistress in the bar and they go to their room. We listen to the three strangers trying hard as hell to get private information from all of us and we all deflect. It was funny to watch them get frustrated. Eventually they all gave up and stormed off after admitting that they knew who we were. We told them we knew as soon as we sat down that they were reporters.