Chapter 9

Patrick held Robin's hand and waited for her to wake up. It had been 4 hours since she had come out of surgery and he needed for her to wake up soon. "Come on babe, you have been sleeping long enough. If you don't wake up soon the kids are going to overthrow the guards and storm over here."

"Patrick?"

Patrick looked at her and kissed her hand. "That's it, come on."

Robin opened her eyes and looked at him. "Hi." She smiled and tried to sit up but cried out in pain before she got very far.

"Hey, stop that. You need to lay down." He pushed the call button and gently stroked her head. "Do you remember what happened?"

Robin leaned back and closed her eyes, thinking for a moment. "We had dinner and then we went upstairs together to, uh, take advantage of the kids being gone." She sighed and smiled at him. "We were in bed, we had just finished making love and we were exhausted."

"Yeah we were."

Robin shook her head at him. "The phone rang and," she tried to sit up again but Patrick stopped her, "the girls!"

Patrick kept her still so she didn't pull her stitches. "They are fine. Jason has all the kids under lock and key and we will call them in just a little bit."

Patrick wiped the tears off her cheeks and she nodded at him. "We left to go meet them and," she was having trouble remembering, "it hurt."

Robin reached down to her left side and felt the dressing on her wound. "I was shot?"

Patrick nodded, tears rolling down his face. "Yes."

"Again? In the same spot?" Robin couldn't believe it. "Why?"

"Dante is working on that. The good news is that, unlike last time, Carly was nowhere near you and you got actual medical supplies instead of duct tape and a paring knife."

Robin gave a little laugh. "That is good news." Tears filled her eyes. "But how about you don't make me laugh just yet?"

Patrick rubbed the tears away from her face. "God Robin, I'm sorry. Did I hurt you?"

Robin looked at her husband. "You could never hurt me. Never." She took his hand in hers. "Now, I want to talk to my kids."


Cam was surprised to see John sitting at the table in the morning. "I thought you were going back to the dorm."

"Plans changed. Jason asked me to stick around for a while." John didn't feel the need to explain why he was still there to Emma's boyfriend, it wasn't his house.

Cam grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down across from John. "Why?"

"He and Sam think I might be a target – you know, since I helped Emma and Stephanie escape last night. You can ask him if you want, he's around here somewhere. I know Sam was heading to the hospital to see Robin." John maintained eye contact with Cam and showed no signs of backing down.

Cam gave him a smile. "Yes, everyone was thrilled to get to talk to her. I'm happy that she is going to be alright." Robin had called an hour ago to assure her children that she was going to be fine.

The two men sat in silence for a few minutes while Cam drank his coffee and John ate his breakfast. Cam finished his coffee and got up from the table. "I guess I'll see you later."

Cam went outside and called Nathan. "Hey, can you do a background check for me? Yes, John Vine."