Chapter 2

"Don't you mean your ex-wife?" Robert's hit Patrick with a withering look. "You dropped my daughter like a bad habit so you could bed Morgan's widow. Don't act like you care about her now."

"I love Robin. I always have and I always will. She left me – remember?" Patrick was still in shock over what he had seen and not ready to have this argument. He tried to calm himself down. "Please tell me what happened to her."

Neither one of Robin's parents had a chance to say anything before Marucci came out of the room. "Patrick?"

Patrick turned around and looked at his colleague. "How is she?"

"She has a concussion and a lot of cuts and bruises but she should be fine. Her CT is clear, no broken bones and no internal bleeding. I am still waiting for the results from her blood work so we can see where her viral load is at. We will be taking her upstairs as soon as we can get her a room and then you can see her." Marucci was happy to be able to give Patrick some good news about Robin.

"Thank you." Marucci walked to the nurse's desk to begin getting Robin admitted and Patrick turned back to Robert and Anna. "It looks like she's going to be okay so please tell me what is going on."

Anna took control of the conversation. "I have been having a bad feeling about Robin for a while now – that something was off with the story she told us that night. When you told me you hadn't spoken to her in months and then she didn't come home for Duke's funeral, I knew she was in trouble. She would have never missed his funeral and she certainly wouldn't go for months without speaking to her daughter – at least not willingly. That just isn't Robin."

"So you didn't go to Scotland?"

"No, I went to Scotland but I called Robert as soon as I got there and had him begin looking for Robin. Robert joined me a month ago and told me that he had not been able to find her. There were no records of Robin even having left the United States. We called in every contact we could to try and track her down. We finally found out that there was a secret facility just outside of Port Charles that Helena Cassadine had set up right around the time of Robin's decision to leave town." Anna paused so Robert took over the story.

"We put together a team and went to the facility to mount a rescue operation. We got inside the gates and that was when we saw her – she was being thrown into the back of a van and the van took off. We gave chase but the driver lost control and crashed, flipping the van over." Robert's voice cracked as he remembered what happened next. "They must not have bothered to buckle her in because when we got to the van and opened the door, she was lying on the ceiling of the vehicle. We pulled her out and got her to the ambulance."

Patrick's guilt overwhelmed him. "So you're saying that she didn't leave us, that she was kidnapped again?"

Robert glared at the doctor. "That's exactly what I am saying. The woman that you told me you would love forever was begging for your help and you walked out on her. I never thought you were good enough for her but I did think you loved her."

"I do love her."

"You certainly have a funny way of showing it. She went to help a friend and you divorced her." Robert hated what Patrick had done to his daughter – not just the divorce but ignoring her cries for help.

"My son died and our daughter was hurt – she turned her back on us." Patrick needed to defend his decision.

"Because that is so like Robin – she is the first one to turn her back on the people she loves." The sarcasm in Robert's voice was evident. "Face it – you didn't like sleeping alone so you dumped her so you could pursue your next conquest with a clear conscience. You ignored everything you know about our daughter to justify your decision to walk out on her."

"It wasn't like that…"

"Really? And when you found out Victor Cassadine arranged for that accident to keep Robin in line – did you contact me and tell me? Did you even wonder for a second if the same thing was going on again and that's why she was gone?" Robert scoffed at Patrick. "No, you just concerned yourself with your latest bed buddy and wrote my daughter off."

Patrick looked away in shame. "Victor was dead – the threat was over."

"Because Cassadines are known for working alone and Helena has never threatened my family before? Grow up man – you didn't care. The mother of your child was in danger and you didn't care." Robert wrapped his arms around Anna. "No matter how I have felt about Anna over the years I would go to the ends of the earth to protect her and save her because she is Robin's mother and Robin needs her just like Emma needs Robin. Too bad you didn't feel the same way."

"Robin is being taken to her room." Epiphany interrupted the group. "She'll be on the 10th floor, room 1022, so if you want to head on up…"

"Thank you Epiphany." Patrick gave the nurse a weak smile as she walked away. "We can talk about this later."

Patrick headed for the elevator but Robert stopped him. "What the hell do you think you are doing?"

"Going upstairs to be with Robin. I want to be there when she wakes up."

"Like hell you are!" Robert pulled Patrick away from the elevator and stared him straight in the eyes. "You are not going anywhere near my little girl again."