Chapter 4

Robert had found out where Holly lived the year before he knew she was remarried as well. It being Saturday evening he hoped she would be home. It was still early so he thought she should be. When he got there he was shown in and asked to wait. The maid had answered the door, then had gone to tell Holly there was someone there to see her. She was still getting ready for their evening so her husband, Hugh, went to talk to whoever was there. When he came downstairs he saw a gentleman there that could be around his age but that he didn't know. "Hello, I'm Hugh Nelson, how can I help you?"

"I don't think you can at all. I'm here to see Holly actually."

"What is this about?"

"That is between me and Holly."

"No, she's my wife and you will tell me what this is about."

Robert smiled and laughed just slightly, "It's my turn to mess with her life. She's my wife actually."

"What are you talking about?"

"I served her with divorce papers nine years ago after she returned from the dead. After I had already remarried, she didn't sign them. I'm here to finally end our marriage."

"Are you trying to tell me Holly is still married to you?"

"Robert Scorpio, maybe you've heard of me," Robert said with a little grin and held out his hand.

Hugh didn't shake it, "She told me he died. What kind of game are you playing here?"

"No game. I came here to get the divorce I wanted years ago."

"Robert!" The two men looked up to see Holly midway down the stairs. "You're alive."

"So he is who he says he is?" Hugh asked looking up at her.

"How is this possible? Where have you been?"

"That doesn't matter, I couldn't go home to my family because I had to protect them. I'm only here for one thing. Sign them and I'll leave," Robert said holding up an envelope.

She walked the rest of the way down the stairs and stopped by Hugh. "You show up out of the blue after all this time and that's all I get?"

"I think I made it pretty clear the last time I gave you divorce papers. I love Anna, I want to be with Anna. She is who I should legally be married to not you."

"Robert, Anna's dead. How do you not know that?"

"I told you I couldn't return home because I was protecting my family. Who do you think I meant? Anna and I were both on that tanker. I had just gotten her out of the room Faison had her locked up in or she would have been killed in that explosion. We were both injured, Anna still hasn't fully recovered."

"What about Robin? Shouldn't you have been there for her? You turned your back on your own daughter."

"I had to make a choice. Robin was with my brother and as long as I kept to the agreement I had made with the WSB she would be left alone. Anna was in the hospital, she was in really rough shape. If I didn't do what the WSB wanted the black box order would have been carried out for both of us."

"They would have killed you both?"

"You don't cross the WSB, Holly."

"I'm sorry. I don't know what you've been dealing with. Does anyone else know you're alive."

"Now that I've finally found Anna again, she does and Robin is waiting for me to return to Paris."

"She knows then?" Robert just nodded. "Give me the papers, I'll sign them." She looked at Hugh, "I have the life I want now. I don't want our past to interfere with what I have now." She took the papers and signed them, "What do we do now?"

"I'll file these before I head back to Paris, you should talk to your lawyer and see what you two have to do now. I just want this behind us so I can hopefully start over with Anna."

"What do you mean, hopefully?"

"Anna still has amnesia, she recognized me and eventually remembered my first name. That's all she has from before the explosion."

"Oh Robert, I am so sorry. Does Robin know about this?"

"Yeah, I explained all of this to her. She has a few exams she has to write then we're going to see Anna together. Anna is finally getting the proper treatment for her injuries and I hope that by seeing us will help her remember us and the life we had."

Holly stepped forward and hugged him, "I am so sorry that you had to come here. You shouldn't be worrying about a marriage that has been over for years." She put her hands on the sides of his face, "I should have signed them when you went after Anna. I should have accepted that she is the one you love. Please forgive me."

"There's nothing to forgive, soon all of this will be sorted out and we can both get on with our lives."

"Thank you, Robert. Is there anything I can do for you?"

"If by chance you talk to anyone that knows me don't mention you've seen me. There are a lot of people that still don't know I'm alive. I would like to be the one that tells them."

"I haven't really stayed in contact with anyone from Port Charles so that won't be a problem."

With the divorce papers in his hand, Robert gave Holly a kiss on the cheek, "Thank you, Holly. It looks like you were getting ready to go somewhere and I don't want to take up any more of your time."

"Robert I hope everything works out for you and Anna. Say hi to Robin for me and tell her I am very happy that she has her parents back."

"I will and Holly thank you for staying with her when I went after Anna."

"It was the least I could do. Robert, I will always think of her as my step-daughter." Robert gave Holly one more hug then he turned to leave. That had gone a lot better than he thought it would. Now that that was taken care of he could focus on Anna and doing whatever he could to help her.