Chapter 7

Robin was digging through the refrigerator, looking for something to snack on. They had gotten home a couple of hours ago after getting the all clear from Jason and immediately got reacquainted with their own bed. But now Robin was starving and wanted food. She saw some left over roasted chicken from the other night and pulled the container out. She grabbed a fork and stood at the counter. She had eaten a few pieces of chicken breast when she felt Patrick's arms come around her.

"Hey, nothing for me?" She giggled and then fed him over her shoulder. "Mmm, thank you. I think we both worked up an appetite up there. Why don't I get a plate so we can eat like civilized people?" He grabbed a plate and she put some of the chicken on it and then put the container back into the fridge.

They went to the table and she sat in his lap as they shared the chicken. "Not warming it up?" He was surprised, she usually didn't care for cold chicken.

"Not today. It will take too much time and we only have another hour before the kids get home. I was hoping for a quick snack and then a long shower with my husband." Robin fed him another piece of chicken and gave him her best sexy smile.

"Oh really? Well, I think that can be arranged although I have to ask what has gotten into you this weekend? Not that I am complaining, but you have been insatiable." He grabbed another piece of chicken off the plate and fed it to her.

She thought about it for a moment. "I guess seeing him Friday night just made me appreciate us even more." She purposely didn't mention Nikolas's name, there was no need. "I am so grateful every day that you saved me from marrying him and that we were given this amazing second chance. I love our children, I love our life and I love you, so much." Tears formed in her eyes as she spoke, overwhelmed with emotion.

"And I love you and our children and our life, so much. Don't ever doubt that." He looked down at the plate and realized that they had finished their snack. "How about instead of telling you how I feel, I take you upstairs, take you into that wonderful shower of ours and show you?"

He kissed her and then picked her up, carrying her up the stairs to their bathroom to make another memory in their shower.


"Mommy!" Emma ran into the house and jumped on her mom's lap, closely followed by Mac, Mal and Felicia.

"Hey baby. Did you have fun this weekend?" Emma nodded her head enthusiastically while Robin smiled at her. "Whoa." Robin was caught off guard when Mal decided to join his sister on her lap. "Careful buddy, Mommy is not 21 years old anymore."

Mac and Felicia laughed at the sight before them. Mac looked around the living room. "Where is Patrick?"

Patrick walked out of the kitchen. "Right here Mac. You really didn't think I was going to leave her alone, did you?"

Emma looked at her Uncle Mac. "Uncle Mac, why can't Daddy leave Mommy alone?"

Robin quickly covered. "He just meant that since it's Daddy and I's anniversary, he hoped he would be wherever I am. Why don't you two go upstairs and unpack? Daddy and I need to talk to Uncle Mac and Aunt Felicia for a few minutes."

Emma looked suspiciously at the adults. She was 10 now and had started catching on to the fact that she was sent to her room whenever the adults didn't want her to hear what they are talking about. "Okay but if there is something going on, I want to know about it."

Robin laughed. "I promise if there is anything you need to know I will tell you myself, okay?"

Emma studied her mom and then nodded her head. "Come on Mal." She and her brother both picked up their overnight bags and, after giving kisses and hugs to their aunt and uncle, headed upstairs to unpack.

Mac smiled at Robin. "She is so much like you."

"I know and it scares the hell out of me." Robin shook her head.

Patrick could sense that Robin needed a moment alone with her uncle. "Hey Felicia, I know you are responsible for those amazing cheese fries at the Haunted Star and I was wondering if you could come in the kitchen and help me add it to our recipe book?"

Felicia caught on right away. "Of course." The pair headed into the kitchen and left Mac and Robin alone to talk.

Mac sat down on the couch with his niece. "Okay Robin, you want to tell me what is going on?"