Freed (Fifty Shades as Told by Christian #3) - E.L. James Page 0,221

in Seattle; I have the CCTV footage to prove it. This is worth exploring.

I e-mail Welch and Barney and ask them if they tracked the movements of the white van that Hyde used before he arrived at Escala.

Perhaps they’ll come up with something.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

I hang up from my phone conversation with my mother and catch Ana’s monochrome eye. She’s gazing down at me from my office wall with her disarming smile, her eyes bright and brimming with intelligence. It’s been only three hours since I saw her, but I miss her already. I wonder what she’s doing right now? She’s probably at work and if all has gone to plan, Ray should be settled in his room at Northwest Hospital where my mother will keep an eye on him. I hope he’s comfortable, or as comfortable as he can be. He seemed to enjoy the flight from OHSU to Boeing Field, but he’s not a man who likes to be the center of attention—quite the opposite, in fact. A little like his daughter.

And here I am, missing her.

Last time I saw her, she was heading to the hospital in an ambulance with her father.

I glance at my watch.

She’ll definitely be at work.

I type a quick e-mail.

From: Christian Grey

Subject: Missing You

Date: September 13 2011 13:58

To: Anastasia Grey

Mrs. Grey

I’ve been back in the office for only three hours, and I’m missing you already.

Hope Ray has settled into his new room okay. Mom is going to see him this afternoon and check up on him.

I’ll collect you around six this evening, and we can go see him before heading home.

Sound good?

Your loving husband

Christian Grey

CEO, Grey Enterprises Holdings, Inc.

I press send, then open the report on my desk and start to read. But almost immediately the ping of a new e-mail distracts me. Ana?

No. It’s from Barney.

From: Barney Sullivan

Subject: Jack Hyde

Date: September 13 2011 14:09

To: Christian Grey

CCTV around Seattle tracks the white van from South Irving Street. Before that I can find no trace, so Hyde must have been based in that area.

As Welch has told you, the unsub car was rented with a false license by an unknown female, though nothing that ties it to the South Irving Street area.

Details of known GEH and SIP employees who live in the area are in the attached file, which I have forwarded to Welch, too.

There was nothing on Hyde’s SIP computer about his former PAs.

As a reminder, here is a list of what was retrieved from Hyde’s SIP computer.

Greys’ Home Addresses:

Five properties in Seattle

Two properties in Detroit

Detailed Résumés for:

Carrick Grey

Elliot Grey

Christian Grey

Dr. Grace Trevelyan

Anastasia Steele

Mia Grey

Newspaper and online articles relating to:

Dr. Grace Trevelyan

Carrick Grey

Christian Grey

Elliot Grey

Photographs:

Carrick Grey

Dr. Grace Trevelyan

Christian Grey

Elliot Grey

Mia Grey

I’ll continue my investigation, see what else I can find.

B Sullivan

Head of IT, GEH

I gaze at the contents of his e-mail and wonder when Hyde started scouring the internet for information on my family. Was it before Ana started working with him? Or was it after he’d met me? I’m about to pen a response to Barney when Ana’s reply to my earlier e-mail pops into my inbox.

From: Anastasia Grey

Subject: Missing You

Date: September 13 2011 14:10

To: Christian Grey

Sure.

x

Anastasia Grey

Editor, SIP

Oh. Feeling a tad deflated, I glance at the enigmatic, smiling goddess on the wall. I thought we might indulge in some e-mail banter.

She’s normally so good at that.

This is not like her.

From: Christian Grey

Subject: Missing You

Date: September 13 2011 14:14

To: Anastasia Grey

Are you okay?

Christian Grey

CEO, Grey Enterprises Holdings, Inc.

While I wait for her reply, I sift through the address file that Barney has attached to his e-mail. A couple of GEH employee names, and one from SIP, jump out at me: the highest-profile name is Elizabeth Morgan, the HR director at SIP. Her name stirs something in the back of my brain, but whatever it is, it remains elusive. I’ll ask Welch to follow up on her when we next speak, but it’s hard to conceive that any of these people could be involved with Hyde.

I dismiss that train of thought and wonder what’s up with Ana. I’m tempted to pick up the phone and call her, but as I reach for it, another e-mail arrives from her.

From: Anastasia Grey

Subject: Missing You

Date: September 13 2011 14:17

To: Christian Grey

Fine. Just busy.

See you at six.

x

Anastasia Grey

Editor, SIP

Of course she’s busy. She’s missed a few days of work, and my girl is nothing but conscientious.

Grey, keep it together.

I go back to Barney’s e-mail and read through his list one more time. It doesn’t yield any