Fifty Shades Darker Book 2 - Chapter 19 Part 2
“Mom, I’m good. What’s wrong?” Christian says reassuringly. She places her hands on either side of his face. “Christian, you’ve been missing. Your flight plan—you never made it to Seattle. Why didn’t you contact us?” Christian’s eyebrows shoot up in surprise. “I didn’t think it would take this long.” “Why didn’t you call?” “No power in my cell.” “You didn’t stop . . . call collect?” “Mom—it’s a long story.” “Oh, Christian! Don’t you ever do that to me again! Do you understand?” she half shouts at him. “Yes, Mom.” He wipes her tears away with his thumb and hugs her once more. When she composes herself, he releases her to hug Mia, who slaps him hard on the chest. “You had us so worried!” she blurts out, and she, too, is in tears. “I’m here now, for heaven’s sake,” Christian mutters. As Elliot comes forward, Christian relinquishes Mia to Carrick, who already has one arm around his wife. He curls the other around his daughter. Elliot hugs Christian briefly, much to Christian’s surprise, and slaps hi…
