Chapter 11

"Are you sure you don't want us here?" Patrick asked. Robin was getting Emma ready to go. She was sending them out for the evening. "If he's right this is going to be a very emotional evening."

"It'll be emotional if I have to tell my parents. Tonight we're just two people looking for an answer. Adam is going to be affected by this more than me."

"If he turns out to be your brother you are going to be very affected," Patrick insisted.

Robin walked over to Patrick, "I know you want to be here to support me but if Adam's wrong then there's no problem. If he's right, my brother and I will have to figure out how to deal with this."

Patrick put his arms around her, "What are you hoping for?"

Robin put her head against his chest, "I honestly don't know."

"You must want this to turn out one way more than the other."

Robin leaned back in his arms and looked up at him. "If he turns out to be my brother, I want answers. Mom and dad are going to want answers. If he's not, I feel sorry for him because he doesn't really have any other leads about who his parents were. The information his mom gave him is either wrong or made up, then he's left wondering where to get the answers he's looking for."

"Always so logical," Patrick leaned in and gave her a kiss. "We'll go but we'll be back."

"Good 'cause you live here," Robin smiled as he picked up Emma gave her a kiss then watched them leave. Adam should be there soon so she went to the living room and got the envelope from her purse. She put it on the coffee table and just sat there staring at it. She didn't know how much time had passed when she heard the doorbell. Slowly she got up and went to the door, "Hi, come in."

"Hi," Adam followed her inside. "You don't look all that excited."

"I don't know how to feel. This is big for you. For me, it's either nothing or life-changing."

"Good point," Robin went and sat down so Adam followed her and sat down beside her. "Is this it?" he asked and picked up the envelope.

"Yeah, I think you should be the one to open it."

Adam looked at it, flipped it over a couple of times then looked at Robin. "I'm a little nervous."

Robin grinned at him, "Open it when you're ready. There's no rush."

"I have wanted to know who my parents were for years, to meet my sister. I just wanted to know about them. I never thought that just a few weeks after my birthday I might have those answers." Adam looked at the envelop again. "Here goes nothing." He ripped it open and pulled out the paper inside, slowly he read it. He took a deep breath and handed it to Robin.

She looked at him then read the paper, "Well that's pretty clear, 99.99% we are siblings." They sat there in silence, neither of them knowing what to say. Robin re-read the paper, there was no mistake she had read it correctly, Adam was her brother.

"What do we do now? How do we tell our parents that they have two kids?"

"I have a brother. Adam, I have a brother," she smiled and her face lit up. "You're my baby brother."

"You're my little big sister."

"Really, the short jokes start already?" she asked with a grin.

"The way I see it we have eighteen years of teasing to make up for. Might as well get started Shorty."

"Oh, I see how it is, just because you got dad's height you think you're so special. I know how to use the Devane wild streak and the Scorpio cunning to my advantage. You won't know what hit you."

They were both laughing then looked at each other and smiled then hugged each other. "This is as far as I thought my search would take me, find my sister get to know her, find out what I could about our parents and hope I could have some sort of relationship with her. I never wanted to let myself think they might be alive."

"They're alive and they are only a ten minute drive away."

"How do we tell them I'm their son? I still can't believe they don't know there was a baby."

"We take the test results and we sit them down and we tell them. We then let them process that however they need to. I'm not sure how they are going to react."

"Should we tell them tonight? Let them know then give them time to let it all sink in. How long do you think it will take before they want to talk to me?"

"If we go talk to them tonight, we could be there a very long time, or it'll be very quick then we'll be asked to give them time alone together. Then when they have talked it all out they will contact us."

"So there's no point waiting. They need to know so we can all move on however that might be."

Robin grinned at him, "Yeah, you're a Scorpio. There's no point waiting. Come on I'll drive I just need to leave Patrick a note."

They didn't talk much on the way to the Metro Court, they joked with each other a little, but it was more out of nervousness than anything else. When they got there Robin asked what room her mom was in, she was sure she'd know where her dad was and that he would come to her room. They walked up to the door of room 728 then looked at each other, "Ready?" Robin asked.

"Ready as I'll ever be."

Robin knocked and waited. What if she wasn't here how long would they have to wait, she should have asked for her dad's room number as well. Then the door opened "Hi mom. Can we come in?"

"Of course," Anna stepped aside, why had Robin brought this young man with her she wondered. "What brings you here?"

"Do you know where dad is? Can you get him to come here?"

"Robert," Anna called to the open door inside her room. He quickly appeared in the doorway, "Robin wants to talk. She brought a friend."

He looked over at Robin, "I thought once we married her off she would stop bring home men."

Adam tried not to laugh, Robin looked at him and they grinned at each other. "You're in the next room? That's convenient," she said.

"This room happened to be empty so I didn't have to carry her bag far when she showed up at my door."

Anna was staring at the young man standing with Robin. "What can we do for you this evening?" she asked.

"I think we should all sit down," Robin suggested. Adam pulled the two chairs from by the table over so they were across from the love seat. He and Robin sat in them so Anna and Robert sat on the love seat. "I told you I was helping Adam. Sorry, Adam Hudson, this is Anna Devane and Robert Scorpio." They all shook hands then Robin continued, "Adam is adopted and came to Port Charles looking for information about his biological family."

"My mom had promised to tell me what she knew about them when I turned eighteen. She knew I had a sister somewhere and that my family lived here at the time of my parent's death."

"Did she know more about your sister? That isn't a lot to work with otherwise," Robert said.

"She told me she was in her early teens when our parents died and that her name is Robin."

"No. No, this isn't happening," Anna said as her eyes filled with tears.

"Luv, what's wrong?" Anna got up and walked out of the room, "Excuse me," Robert said then got up and followed Anna into his room and closed the door. Anna was already pacing back and forth. "Anna you need to talk to me."

"He has your grin, he looks like you. Did you notice their eye? They have the same eyes."

"Anna you can't think he's our son."

"Yes I can," Anna shot back.

Robert's mouth was suddenly dry, he swallowed then asked, "You remember before the explosion, don't you? I've never asked because I didn't know what you did or maybe didn't want to remember, but you remember before don't you?"

"Yes, I remember. I remember the hatred Faison felt toward you. I remember how angry he was when I told him. I remember him wanting to raise our child as his because he believed I would finally love him if he was good to our child."

"I saw you that night. I saw your stomach. You were carrying my baby," Robert said as tears formed in his eyes.

"I was." Anna wiped her tears. "I had just found out and was going to tell you when you got back from New York, then he took me." She stopped moving and looked him in the eyes. "I was pregnant."

"How did this happen? I saw the reports about your injuries, it never said anything about a baby being born or you having a miscarriage. I thought I must have been mistaken."

"If that young man is our son someone took our baby and gave him away. They didn't just break us apart they made sure our kids weren't together," Anna concluded. Robert steps toward her and put his arms around her as she started to cry. When the tears stopped she looked up at Robert, "She wouldn't have brought him here if they didn't already know one way or the other."

"They were talking about test results earlier today. I think we should go back in there and hear them out."

"OK," Robert turned but kept one arm wrapped around her, he held her left hand in his then they walked back into the other room. When they sat down Anna was right beside Robert and he held her hand in his. "Can we see the test results?" Anna asked.

Adam looked at Robin, "Yeah," she pulled them out of her pocket and handed it to Robert. Adam watched his parents very closely as they read them.

Robert held it so they could both read it. They both teared up then Anna turned and Robert put his arms around her. He stroked her hair and whispered in her ear while she nodded. Adam looked at Robin again and she mouthed 'just wait' to him. Anna sat back and Robert wiped the tears from her cheeks. They turned back to face their children and smiled.

"I thought I was crazy when you grinned at us and it was Robert's grin."

"That's why you grabbed dad's arm."

Anna started to stand and found her legs were slightly wobbly. Robert stood and offer her his arm, Adam stood up as well and stepped forward. "I thought I lost you. I knew I had been pregnant, then there was this boat explosion,"

"Robin has told me a lot about both of you and how you were all separated."

"Oh good. I don't remember about a year of my life and never thought if I had given birth I wouldn't have been with my baby, or know where they were. I hadn't even gotten to tell your father."

"I wasn't sure I could believe what I had seen on that tanker. I had access to her medical files and there was no mention of Anna having a baby, or losing one."

Anna took Adam's hands and looked at them, smiling to herself when she realized she had counted his fingers. "I would talk to you at night, I told you all about your big sister. I talked about your daddy a lot and how I hoped you'd be a boy so he would have a son." They both were in tears, Anna reached up and wiped away Adam's tears. "I have a very handsome son." Then they hugged each other, Anna squeezed him tight not wanting to let him go.

Robin had stood up as well she looked up at Robert, he was watching Adam. She could tell he was studying his face. He noticed she was looking at him and smiled, then looked back at Adam and Anna. He couldn't deny there was clearly a resemblance. Then as Adam and Anna separated Adam opened his eyes, the same warm shade of brown as Robin's. He knew Anna had noticed all of this already because she knew even if it was a very slim chance, she could have had another child. This young man standing in front of him was his son.

"I never thought I would meet my parents."

"I never thought I would have a son." Anna stepped aside a little as Robert reached up and touched Adam's face. "You are a welcome surprise," then they hugged as well. "I'm not sure what else to say. I'm still playing catch up."

"Let's all sit down again," Anna suggested. She took Robert's hand and they sat together.

"Good idea mom," Robin said as she sat down. Slowly Adam sat as well.

"Can we ask you a few questions?"

"Dad this isn't an interrogation."

"I know that. I want to know a few things about him that's all. Adam when's your birthday?"

"I was born on August 7th 1992."

"I carried you to term then. I knew you should have been born early in August." Robert heard the little wobble in her voice and put his arm around her. She leaned into him then said, "You kept me safe, he hated that it was Robert's child I was carrying but he wouldn't chance hurting you."

"He never did anything or tried anything?" Robert asked. He hadn't known how to ask these questions before.

"Threats, but I told him proudly I was with child and thankfully he never tried to touch me."

Robert put his other arm around her and kissed the top of her head, "Thank god. I couldn't bring myself to ask before now."

"Who's he?" Adam asked.

"Cesar Faison," Robin answered.

"Right, you told me about him."

"When did you meet Robin?" Robert asked.

"A couple of days after I got here, I told her about my search for my parents and that even though the timing didn't line up correctly she was the only person close to the clues I had and that she might be my sister. She was shocked, we talked for a long time that day then the next day we did the," he gestured at his mouth.

"Swab test. Patrick did it so there wouldn't be a lot of questions. Then we just had to wait for the results."

"I kept looking for other people that could have fit the information my mom had given me but there wasn't anyone in the state of New York that was killed in an explosion who was expecting or had a daughter named Robin."

There was so much going on in their heads, there were questions that needed asking but they couldn't find the words. There were things that needed to be said but nothing would come out. Robert and Anna sat together watching their children, listening to them but couldn't get out any words.

"There were little thing I had noticed about him that made me think he could be right. Our eyes are the same and he looks a lot like you, dad. I was trying not to notice just how much. He has the impatient Scorpio gene, having to wait a week and a half for answers was killing him," Robin told them with a smile.

"Are you two alright?" Adam asked noticing they weren't saying much.

"I think we're both in shock still," Robert said, Anna had a hold of his hand and wouldn't let go his other arms around her again. "This is a lot to take in."

"Maybe we should leave for tonight. That will give you time to talk, time to process everything," Robin suggested.

"You aren't leaving town any time soon are you?" Anna asked.

"No, I want to stay and get to know all of you. Robin said you'll both be here for a couple of months so I want to stay here too."

"Don't you have school this fall?" Robert asked.

"I am taking a year off, I've been planning on spending this year looking for my family for some time. I didn't think it would happen so quickly or that I would have parents. So I have no commitments to go back to."

Robin and Adam stood up, so Robert and Anna did as well. They all walked toward the door, Anna let go of Robert and took Adam's hand. "If I had known you were still out there somewhere, I would have looked for you. I would have told Robert and Robin about you. There was so much pain and sadness when we all found each other, I couldn't add more by telling them about what might have been."

"I understand, I'm just glad I've found you all."

Robert looked at Robin then hugged her, "You had to know for sure before you told us."

"Yes, I couldn't tell you until we had the results." She squeezed him a little tighter, "It worked out perfectly that you are both here."

"Not just to hear this news but to help each other deal with our emotions. I think we have a very long night ahead of us. We were going to take Emma to the zoo in the morning but it might have to wait until the afternoon."

"She can't tell time yet so don't worry about it," Robin smiled then they turned back toward Anna and Adam. "Tomorrow night I want all of you at my house for dinner, we can talk more then."

Anna smiled then hugged Robin, "Thank you for bringing your brother to us. I wish he had always been with us, that the four of us had gotten to be a family."

"There's still time, we're all here now mom." Anna started to tear up again, Robin touched her cheek, "You kept him safe, you made sure he made it into this world even if you don't remember his birth and now he's come back to us."

They all said goodnight then Robin and Adam left, as they walked down the hall Adam looked at Robin, "Should we have left them alone, won't your mom need you or something?"

"One thing you should know about our parents, the only person Anna Devane needs is Robert Scorpio. She needs her family to be safe and happy, she needs to make sure she does everything in her power to make that happen, but tonight they just need time together. They will always help each other through anything. Even heroes sometimes need a hero and they have each other."

"So we drop a baby bomb on them and they just need each other. You said they aren't a couple, would there be other people they are going to want to talk to?"

"Were you watching them? Did either of them look like the person they were hanging on to wasn't the person they needed at that moment?"

"No, the little whispers and holding each other. I could see it, without words they were supporting each other." When they got on the elevator Adam turned to her, "You said they still love each other and I think that's what I saw tonight so why aren't they together?"

"I don't know for sure and there's probably more than one reason, but I think a part of it is because of how much it hurt to lose each other twice before. We only lived together as a family for a short time but they were both the happiest I had ever seen them during that time."

"That's actually very sad, they should do what will make them happy."

"Preaching to the choir, lost boy."

"Lost boy? Oh it's on now," he smiled and they both started laughing.