A World Apart

To Have And To Hold

Carrick
I am amazed about the skeletons in Anastasia Rose Steele's family closets. She herself was a victim the moment she was conceived by her horrible mother. When the smoke settled after the kidnapping, more bodyguards had to be hired to protect Ana until she safely made an iron clad will that made sure her mother received nothing from the Lambert estate. Jose Rodriguez Sr was asked to bring Carlas possessions to Seattle so attorney Campbell could find out if Carla had any of Lambert's jewelry. Apparently jewelry was missing from the estate and none had turned up as pawned. But the insurance company had went over all the pieces that were insured and found half of the jewelry was gone. Now that Carla is behind bars they could start checking for accounts and safe deposit boxes in any of her names. The problems with that is that with each name we also found a long list of addresses as well. We thought maybe she gave Ana something that might have given a clue as to what she had done with it.
Jose Rodriguez Sr
I flew back to get all of Carlas things with the attorneys and the Steele's plus Christian Grey and a whole team of security on board the Lambert Jet. We went through everything and what I was told was costume jewelry turned out to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. I went to the safe deposit box and got the rest and it turns out Carla had all the missing pieces of the jewelry from the Lambert estate. Her furs were actually fur coats and not faux fur like she said. She had even taken classic Chanel outfits. I had no idea they were worth a fortune. The things that struct me strange is a case with needles and vials of some kind of fluids. I had never seen it, but Carla was good at hiding things. The house was searched from top to bottom.
Campbell
We need to have the police involved at this point, it proves that Carla had something to do with the Lambert's deaths. The jewelry disappeared the night the Lambert's died. A report was filed and the insurance policy and company held up payment for a long time. Now it will be evidence in a trial. For the murder trial they had to try to find solid evidence and then she would be transferred to the state she committed the murders.
Jose Jr
I was told I was being transferred to the jail infirmary and would be going to trial for my part in Anas kidnapping and holding her hostage. I would have a public defender, my father was pretty mad at me. I just thought if I could go along with Carla and Morton's plan I could keep Ana safe and she would be so grateful she would fall in love with me eventually.
Ana
I am still recovering from the drugs Morton gave me and the lack of food and water. Christian has been by me all the time, he took calls and made deals and Roz was very understanding why he was with me. Now this trip to Texas to retrieve all of Carlas things. Something tells me we need to look further and in all her old names. We saw a lot of things and mom definitely had hidden things well. The FBI searched everything including things no one even thought about. We had to stay in the rental cars until they were done. Mr Rodriguez Sr didn't know she had hidden compartments in and around the whole house. She had been in on the complete design and they had to call in the architect and construction company to show them all the places.
Rodriguez Sr
No wonder the house took so long to build and far more money to complete.
FBI Sheffield
I stumbled onto the hidden areas behind the guest room wall. Carla was hiding quite a bit. If I didn't no better I would think she was a mob boss. She was definitely in charge of something and we just had no idea what it was or is at this point. If she didn't kill the Lambert's she ordered a hit on them all.
Christian
I am so glad Ana wasn't raised by this woman. Ray did a great job of raising her and hiding her from Carla. The background checks on Carla were very confusing to say the least and we now know why they were. She had aliases along with all of her married names and we only know because her social security number was the same for all of them. But the number wasn't for anyone living. I am very confused yet again. But the FBI can figure this out. I hope.
Raymond
Was I married to a serial killer or just a murderer? Hidden compartments and rooms and stolen property. I noticed my fathers antique Rolex in her jewelry box behind several compartments. Everything was photographed and catalogued and everything was signed for and we would claim the items that belonged to us or the attorney for the Lambert estate had his documents to show what they needed for proof of what was missing from the estate that Carla had in her home or safe deposit boxes.
Asia
Wow the jewelry alone makes me nervous to be around. This woman had a lot of people fooled, especially men. She used them for all they were worth. Luckily Raymond was not the kind to be used. I was thrilled when he finally asked me out. I knew he would be good to me and his daughter would as well. She really never had a mother or at least a good mother. She was nearly killed by her mother and Morton which in turn helped Raymond take full custody of her fr9m them. He never t9ld them he was moving out of the country. Ana refused to have anything else to do with her mom after they hurt her.