Saving Kate
Chapter: 13
Pairing: Robert & Holly
Rating: PG
Robert approached the table. "Alcazar threatened you, Holly?" he asked. "If he did then we have a major problem on our hands."
Alcazar flashed a smile. "Holly and I were just discussing your daughter." he said. "I was telling her how you sent Skye and my son away to keep me from them."
"Mrs. Scorpio." Robert corrected him. "And I did exactly what Skye asked me to do. I'm sorry things ended the way they did, but it was Skye's choice, she wanted to be away from you. Now, my wife and I are going to sit down to a nice, quiet lunch with our daughter and you're going to disappear from sight."
"Trying to tell me what to do?" he asked as he stepped closer to him. "That might just be..."
"A mistake." Robert interjected. "I don't think so. You're just a some lowlife mobster who thinks he has a few tricks up his sleeves, but you need to think again. I will do absolutely anything to protect Holly and Kate. Anything."
Alcazar nodded. "As long as Mrs. Scorpio stays away from Anna then we won't have a problem." he replied. "You think you can manage that super spy?"
Robert smiled. "Look, thug, you may like controlling the women in your life, but I don't." he said. "Holly is her own person and if Anna annoys her you can bet that she's going to do something about it without any help from me."
"Well, well, what do we have here?" Anna asked as she approached the table. "A happy little family outing?"
Holly completely ignored Anna and focused all her attention on Kate. Nothing was more important to her than Kate and Robert and no one was going to take that away from her, least of all Anna Devane.
Robert stepped away from Alcazar and back toward Holly. "Come on, luv." he said as he reached for her hand. "We'll dine somewhere else."
She placed Kate in her pram and covered her with the blanket. "Anywhere would be better than here."
Anna leaned forward and softly brushed her fingertips over Kate's curls. "Hello, Kate" she smiled. "Wow you certainly have your mummy's hair." She watched as the baby's eyes slowly opened and she found herself looking into what appeared to be Robert's eyes. Anna slowly backed away from the pram.
"What's the matter, Anna?" Holly asked.
"Nothing." she breathed out. "Nothing at all."
Robert placed his hands on the handle of the pram. "If you'll excuse us, we have something much more important to attend to." Robert told them. "Anna, when you see Robin, tell her that Holly and I missed her today at Kate's christening, maybe she could stop by the townhouse when she gets time."
Anna nodded, still in shock. "Sure." she agreed.
Alcazar took her hand and led her over to the bar. "Are you alright?" he asked. "Do don't look so good."
"Holly." she said with tears in her eyes. "Holly had Robert's baby."
"You knew that a week ago." he pointed out. "As soon as she came back to town."
"Yeah, but I thought that she was lying." Anna cried. "I thought that the baby belonged to someone else, but now that I've seen Kate, now that I've looked into the baby's eyes, I know that Holly's telling the truth."
Alcazar nodded. "Why does this upset you so much?" he asked. "Robert can have a child with whomever he pleases and it has nothing to do with you."
"I just never expected him to have a child with Holly after all these years." she said. "I thought Robin would be his only child, but now he has Kate and with her of all people."
Townhouse
Robert changed Kate of her christening dress and into a pink sleeper before placing her in the bassinet. "Be a good girl and take a nice long nap for daddy, Katie." he said softly. "And when you wake up Mummy will be home." He pulled the blanket up over her and then quietly exited the bedroom.
He went downstairs and began setting up a romantic dinner for just the two of them. After their lunch was interrupted at the Metro Court he decided that Holly deserved his undivided attention and that's exactly what she was going to get. He lit the candles and dimmed the lights and then uncorked the bottle of champagne, leaving it to chill in the bucket. Robert wanted everything to be absolutely perfect when Holly came home.
Twenty minutes later Robert heard the door open and then close. Holly took off her coat and scarf and then carefully made her way down into the dining area as she took in the setting before her. A smile automatically appeared on ger face. "Robert?" she called out.
"Hello, luv." he said as he walked out of the kitchen.
"What's all this?" she asked.
"This?" he asked as he pulled her into his arms. "This is a romantic, private, uninterrupted dinner for just the two of us."
"Really?" she smiled. "You actually think we can go through the whole dinner uninterrupted?"
"I'm certainly willing to give it a try."
Holly captured his lips in the softest, most loving kiss. "Robert." she whispered as she pulled away and looked into his eyes. "I love you."
tbc...