Saving Kate
Chapter: 1
Pairing: Robert & Holly
Rating: PG
November 4th 2006
Robert sat in his livingroom sipping scotch as he flipped through the local news paper. Port Charles was more boring than he ever remembered. Especially without Holly. He wandered where she was. He hadn't heard a word from her since she took off in May. "Holly, Holly, Holly." he sighed. "Where are you?"
He was beginning to think that coming back to Port Charles was a mistake. Robin did nothing but push him farther and farther away whilst she put Anna up on a pedestal. Anna, who was shacking up the one of the towns most notorious mobsters. Lorenzo Alcazar. Anna had even given up her career as a secret agent for the man, but then again she never really was that smart.
He couldn't seem to figure out why he stayed around. Sure he got to be around family and friends but it didn't seem like a good enough reason to stay anymore. Australia was where he belonged. It was his home. His home with Holly. He couldn't seem to get her off his mind.
Port Charles International Airport
Holly Sutton stepped off the private plane with precious cargo. Very precious cargo. The plane ride had been a long one. She never thought she'd be so happy to see Port Charles again in all her life. She wanted nothing more to head straight to bed but it just wasn't possible. She needed to go to the Quartermaine's, but first she had to find Robert.
"Welcome, Ms. Sutton." Jackson said as he opened the car door. "How was your flight?"
"Tiring." she answered as she walked toward the car. "Did you find Mr. Scorpio?"
"Yes." he replied. "Is that where you'd like to go first?"
"Yes." Holly answered. "It's important that I speak to him before we go to the Quartermaine's."
The drive seemed as though it took longer than the flight to Port Charles. Instead of focusing her attention on the past, Holly entertained herself with the precious baby that sat to her right. To be in the middle of such turmoil, turmoil that would only get worse, Kate seemed to be a content baby. Then again she was only a week old and not fully aware of her surroundings yet. Holly felt the car stop but she was so entranced with Kate that it didn't register.
"Ms. Sutton." Jackson said as he opened the car door. "We're here."
Holly took a deep breath as she prepared to come face to face with Robert. She slowly slid out of the car, but nothing, nothing would prepare her for what she was about to see. It was the townhouse. Her home with Robert. Holly felt her heart flutter as she struggled to breathe.
"Are you alright?" Jackson asked.
"Fine." she breathed out. "Just fine."
Jackson leaned in the car and undid the seat belt around the baby carrier and removed it from the car. "Would you like me to carry her in?"
Holly snapped out of her daze. "No." she answered as she took the carrier out of his hand. "I can take it from here."
"Would you like me to wait?" he asked.
"You can go." she told him. "This may take a while."
"Call me when you're ready." Jackson replied as he handed her the diaper bag
"Alright." she agreed as she started toward the house. Holly made her way down the sidewalk and finally up to the front door. She rang the bell and anxiously waited for him to answer. A few moments later the door opened.
Robert was taken by complete surprise. "Holly." he finally breathed out. "Where have you been?" he asked. "Why didn't you tell me you were leaving? And where did you get that?" he asked as he pointed to the baby.
"Russia. Didn't have time. Didn't think you cared." she replied. "And as for 'that' it's what I'm here to talk to you about."
"I'm sorry." he apologized. "Please come in." he said as he opened the door up father. Holly slowly entered the townhouse, she felt memories of the past flooding forward, memories she fought to keep locked away. She felt dazed as Robert lead her over to the sofa. "Please, have a seat." he instructed. "Is she your's?"
"Kate." she corrected him. "Her name is Kate." Holly said as she sat the baby carrier down on the cocktail table and then took a seat on the sofa.
Robert looked over the tiny baby. "Kate." he repeated as he watched Holly removed her from her carrier. "She's tiny."
"She's only a week old." she replied as she cradled the baby in her arms. "I'm here because you and I need to discuss Kate before I head over to the Quartermaine's."
"Quartermaine's?" he questioned. "Why would you be going to the Quartermaine's?"
"Whilst I was traveling I ran into this pregnant woman who looked very familiar yet I couldn't seem to place her." she explained. "After seeing her a few more times it dawned on me that I had seen her picture before. In Luke's wallet."
"Skye." he concluded.
"Yes." she answered. "Skye. I approached her and we talked for a while. Eventually she told me that you were responsible for her disappearance, that you helped her hide from the baby's father."
"That's right." he replied. "I did."
"Kate is...was Skye's daughter." Holly told him.
"Was?"
"Yes." she answered. "Skye died shortly after Kate was born. I promised her that I would raise her daughter and keep her safe, keep her away from Lorenzo Alcazar."
"Do the Quartermaine's know that Skye's dead?" he asked.
"No." Holly answered. "I plan on telling them, but I wanted to talk with you first. Skye wanted Kate to be raised near her family and I find it virtually impossible to do so when Alcazar lives in the same exact town. I can't break Skye's dying wish. I really need your help on this one."
tbc...