Chapter 7

Robin was nervously picking away at the gauze covering her wrists as she sat in the living room at Wyndamere and waited for Maxie to arrive with her daughter. Nikolas had called Maxie as soon as they landed and made arrangements for the little girl to reunite with her mother. Robin was thinking about what she was going to say to her when she felt a hand lightly touch her shoulder.

She turned around and saw Helena standing over her. "Did you really think you could escape me little bird?"

"NO!" Robin screamed as the hand began shaking her.

"Robin, Robin!" Nikolas was trying to wake Robin up as softly as he could. He moved his hand to her face and gently brushed her cheek.

Robin reacted instinctively. She jumped up off the couch and away from the hand. "Robin, hey – it's okay." Nikolas put up his hands in a surrender motion. "It's okay – I'm here to help you."

"Oh God Nikolas – I'm sorry." She put her hands to her face and tried to calm herself down, taking deep breaths in and out. Robin sat back down and let the tears she had been trying to hold back fall down her face. "Maybe I shouldn't do this."

"Do what?" Nikolas was worried – Maxie would be here at any moment with Emma.

"Disrupt Emma's life once again. I'm a mess and she has a normal life now – one that doesn't include me." Robin wiped the tears away as she spoke. "Helena made sure I knew about what was going on with my family here in Port Charles while I was gone. I know that Patrick and Sam are getting married."

"Were getting married – past tense." Nikolas stopped her. "They were going to get married but he went to find you and she moved out. Plus it just came out that Jason is still alive yesterday." Nikolas decided it was best not to reveal that he had known that Jake was Jason all along.

"They found him?" Robin couldn't help but feel relief at what Nikolas was telling her. "I was told he had died again after we tried to escape."

"No, he was injured and had plastic surgery. He and Liz became involved and were actually going to get married but Carly figured it out somehow. I don't know it's a huge mess, but the bottom line is that Patrick is not getting married to Sam." Nikolas hugged his old friend. "And Emma deserves to know that you were kidnapped and that you didn't want to leave her."

"You were kidnapped again?" Maxie stood in the doorway with Emma. "Someone took you?"

"Mommy?" Emma stepped forward and studied Robin carefully.

"It's me baby." Robin was nervous as to how her daughter would respond to her.

Emma took a few steps closer. "Someone took you away from me?"

Robin's tears reappeared as she nodded her head. "Yes."

"You didn't want to leave?"

Robin shook her head. "No, I wanted to be with you. I love you more than anything."

Emma considered what her mom was saying and threw herself at her mom, jumping on her lap and wrapping her arms around Robin's neck. "I love you more than anything too mommy."

Robin put her arms around her daughter and held her close while Nikolas pulled Maxie into the hall. "They need a few minutes alone."

"What is going on Nikolas?" All Maxie had been told was that Robin was home and she needed to bring Emma to Wyndamere.

"My grandmother kidnapped Robin right after she escaped from the clinic. She forced Robin to claim she was broken and then hid her away to work on some projects for her." Nikolas shook his head. "I got to her just in time."

"How long have you known?" Maxie had heard rumors that Nikolas was finally turning into a true Cassadine.

"I found out yesterday. Jerry Jacks called me and told me that his grandmother had Robin and was going to auction her off to the highest bidder. I called Jax and got him to bid on her while I tried to convince my grandmother to give Robin to me." Nikolas felt extremely guilty that one of his closest friends had been dragged into this scheme.

"She was selling her off?" Maxie felt sick to her stomach as she considered what could have happened to her cousin. "Did Uncle Robert's enemies know about this?"

"Yes which is why I needed to have a couple of different plans in place to get her out of there. I was ready to send in mercenaries if it meant getting Robin away from Helena safely." Nikolas looked in at Robin and Emma still locked in a tight hug. "I just wish I had known sooner."

"Thank you." Maxie wiped away the tears from her eyes. "Keep an eye on them while I call Mac and tell them that she is here and she is safe."

"Don't worry Maxie – Helena is not going anywhere near Robin again." Nikolas took up position on the side of the door. "I have guards on full notice – no one comes on or leaves Spoon Island without my say so."

"Good." Maxie took a step outside and made the call. "She's here."

Mac hung up the phone and smiled at the group assembled before him at the safe house. Spinelli was doing a little souvenir shopping before the group headed out so it was just him, Patrick, Robert and Anna in the living room. "Robin and Emma are reuniting as we speak."

"Thank God." Patrick leaned back in his chair. "Are they at Wyndamere?"

"Yes and Nikolas has every guard on alert – if Helena so much as steps a foot on that island they are to throw her into a room until the WSB can get there." Mac knew that Nikolas had been involved in some questionable activities but he would never put Robin in danger. "There is one other thing."

"What?" Patrick was scared to hear there was more news. "Is she okay?"

"She's fine but," Mac paused, "apparently Jason Morgan is alive and living in Port Charles."

"What? How?" Patrick was confused – Robin had said she had been unable to save him.

"That's not the weirdest part – it's Jake Doe."

Patrick thought about it and shook his head. "I should've seen it."

Anna sat down next to him. "Patrick, I'm sorry."

"For what?" He wasn't sure what Anna was talking about.

"Well, Sam will probably go back to Jason." Anna watched him carefully.

"Anna, Sam and I were over the moment I found out the truth about what had happened to Robin. I am still in love with Robin and all that matters to me now is making her happy and keeping her safe."

"And if that means moving on without you?" Robert wasn't sure Patrick could do either one of those things for his little girl.

"If that is what it takes to make Robin happy then that is what I'll do." Patrick stood up. "What time is our flight?"

"The jet is refueling so we should be able to take off in about two hours." Robert watched as Patrick headed to the hallway.

"I'm going to go pack." He headed to his bedroom and shut the door. He opened up his phone and looked at a picture and him and Robin with Emma. "My family is waiting for me."