Chapter 21
"Oh mom, I love it!" Robin gazed lovingly at the painting her mother had brought her of the French countryside. "It will look perfect over the fireplace."
"Exactly what I thought." Anna smiled, pleased that everything was going according to plan. A half hour later the painting, with the bug hidden securely in the frame, was hung over the fireplace. Robin had made some tea and the two women sat on the couch admiring their handiwork.
Zach came in the door. "Hello." He went over to the couch where the two ladies were sitting and gave his wife a kiss. "You look great."
"Thank you. Did you see what my mother brought us as a wedding present?" Robin gestured to the painting.
Zach looked at it and smiled. "It's beautiful. That is the perfect spot for it. Thank you Anna."
"You are very welcome." Anna got up. "Well I need to get going – your father is taking me out to dinner."
Robin raised her eyebrows but Anna just laughed. "Nothing like that. I'll see you tomorrow."
She kissed Robin and headed out the front door. Zach sat down next to Robin, pulling her close to him. "I'm sorry about last night. I know that came from out of the blue for you."
Robin nodded. "You need to understand something, I almost died having Emma. I'm not being dramatic, you can read my medical file, I literally almost died. Then after I had her, I suffered from post partum depression and, Zach, I don't know if I can risk that again."
She cradled his face in her hands. "You need to understand that my hesitation has nothing to do with Patrick. This is about me."
Zach nodded. "I know but I still can't get this vision out of my head of a beautiful little girl with your dark brown hair," Zach gently ran his hands through Robin's hair, "and my blue eyes. Can you see her?"
Robin closed her eyes and pictured the child he was talking about. She could see her but her eyes were dark brown, not blue. "How about we agree to wait a few months before we decide on anything? We just got married and I want to enjoy it, enjoy spending time with my new husband. I'm not saying no, I'm just saying not right now. Can you live with that?"
Zach kissed her passionately. "Of course I can. As long as I have you, I can live with anything."
Anna pushed through Robert's front door. "Has Frisco had any luck?" Anna was afraid they were running out of time.
"Not yet. He has been trying to figure out who he can trust at headquarters but that takes time; you know that as well as I do." Robert studied his ex-wife, something was wrong, he could feel it. "You want to just tell me what is bothering you?"
Anna looked at him and sighed. "Zach is pressuring Robin to have a baby."
"The hell he is, there is no way my daughter is having Jason Morgan's child. Maybe I need to go and have a little talk with him." Robert was furious at the thought.
"No, Robert. Robin doesn't know who he is. She thinks that her husband Zach is asking her, not her ex-boyfriend Jason." Anna knew it was confusing to her and Robert but for Robin it was simple – Zach was her husband.
"I know." He sighed and changed the subject. "Did you get the painting in?" Robert went into planning mode to get his mind off of the possibility of Robin being pregnant with Jason's baby.
"Yes, it is hanging over the fire place."
Robert smiled at her. "Good. Between it and the bug at his office, maybe we can figure out how to turn Zach into Jason and end this whole nightmare once and for all."