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For a long time they sat on the floor and held each other, even after the tears had run out. Finally Robert moved to stand up, causing Anna to hold onto him even tighter.
"Don't go." She pleaded as tears began to fall.
"Shhh, just to the couch, come on this back isn't what it used to be." He joked, as as Anna blankly stared at him. Robert picked her up, noticing how she tensed in his arms at first, and set her on the couch with her legs draped across his; instinctively she curled into his chest.
"How?" She asked after a long while.
"Look it doesn't matter."
"Yes! I need to know. What kept you from coming back? Was it beca..because of" Her voice broke
"No!" Robert fiercely replied. "My god, Anna no. I love you, nothing that psychopath did to you was your fault, I wanted to come back to you, to you and Robin, my family. I couldn't come back, I tried, my god Anna did I try. Every day I tried to escape, it wasn't until yesterday that I could. Please believe me."
"Escape what?"
"Prison." Robert said plainly.
"You were in prison? For what? Damn it Robert what happened!"
"Okay... After the explosion I woke up in a room chained to a cot. I tried to get free but it was no use the chains were strong, so I waited it out. After a day Faison was there." He felt her stiffen. "I asked about you, I didn't know if you survived or not. He refused to answer, god, Anna my heart was breaking, I had no clue what happened to you. Long story short Faison had me thrown in a Russian prison, where I stayed until, two days ago when Frisco found me."
"I'm so sorry, Robert this is all my fault." She went to get up.
"Hey listen to me, I don't blame you, not at all for any of it."
"It was all my fault!"
"No luv it wasn't."
"Yes, it was!" Anna screamed. "I tried to save her, I took the assignment, I kept flirting and trying to get to him no matter what it took. It's all my fault!" Anna sobbed.
"None of this was your fault."
"That's because you don't know the truth."
"The truth about what?" Robert asked confused. Before Anna could answer her phone rang.
"Umm it's Robin." Anna said unsure.
"Don't answer yet … please." Knowing he needed to finish talking with Anna before reappeared in their daughters life.
"She's going to worry."
"Just give us a few minutes."
"Okay."
"I want to see her, god Anna I miss her so much. She must be all grown up by now, which of those careers did she choose, what's she like I want to know everything."
"She's beautiful, and smart so smart, very successful; she's perfect, she got the chance to grow into everything I ever dreamed for her." Anna whispered the last part.
"What does she do, is she married, children?"\
"I'll let her tell you about her life, but no she's not married, and she doesn't have any children."
"Our little girl grew up, and we missed it all."
"I know, but we can't get caught up on, she needs us, and she got to live Robert, we may have missed it but she got the chance to have a life."
"Tell me about her?" He begged.
"When I came back one of the first things Robin told me was that she didn't realize how much she needed to tell me, the same goes for you; trust me it will be better to hear from her."
"How should I do this, I can't exactly show up on her doorstep after thirteen years. I luv it's dad I know it's been a while but just thought I'd check in? She's never going to go for that, and I I cant explain all of it to her she doesn't need that burden"
"I can go with you... If you want?" Anna said shyly.
"Would you?"
"Of course."
"Thank you." Robert stated awkwardly.
"I should call her." Anna said as she walked out of the room.
"Yeah."
