Chapter 25

Robin approached Patrick's office door with some trepidation. It had been two days since they had formally announced her pregnancy to their families and she had no doubts that someone in her family had told Patrick. He had texted her this morning and asked her to meet him and go over a patient file but she was certain that he what he really wanted to talk to her about her baby.

Robin put her hand on her stomach and gently patted her baby. When Mac had told her that she had been missing for over a year and Robin realized that this couldn't be Patrick's baby she had been devastated. She even briefly considered terminating the pregnancy but her conversation with Nikolas helped her understand that, no matter what, this child was a part of her and she could never give her up.

Nikolas had been sitting there with her in her hospital room when she had a brief memory of Helena standing over her.

Flashback

Robin started shaking as the memory flooded over her. "Oh my God."

Nikolas pulled her close. "Robin, what is it?"

"Helena – she did this to me." Robin leaned into him. "I just remembered her standing over me and talking about these so-called wonderful plans she had for me. This must have been it." She started crying. "Nikolas, what did she do to me?"

"Robin," Nikolas began stroking her hair, "it will be okay. I am here and I will protect you and your child no matter what. I don't know what my grandmother did but as long as you are with me she won't touch you. All you have to do is trust me."

Robin nodded as she cried in his arms. "I do."

End Flashback

Robin took a deep breath and knocked on Patrick's door. She heard him yell for her to come in so she entered the room and put her best smile on. "Hey – you wanted to see me?"

"Yeah, uh, why don't you have a seat on the couch?" Robin sat down and Patrick sat down next to her. He pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket and handed it to Robin. "I need you to look at this."

Robin looked at him curiously but took the piece of paper from him. She opened it up and was surprised to see it was an e-mail from Liz.

Patrick,

I have discovered something and I needed to tell you because I know you will do the right thing. I am taking my boys and leaving town, we need to get away from Port Charles, but I wanted to tell someone what I found out – Jake is actually Jason Morgan. I don't know how it happened but you need to help him get his memory back.

The reason I know this is because I overheard Nikolas talking on the phone about it when I was visiting him at Wyndamere. He was ranting about how no one could ever know the truth and threatened me if I came forward. I feel horrible that I didn't tell anyone sooner but I was scared for me and my children.

Please Patrick, set this right and help Jason get his memory back.

Liz

Robin sat there is shock. "It can't be true."

"It is. We did a DNA test between Danny and Jake – Jake is Danny's father which means that Jake is Jason." Patrick reached over and grabbed Robin's hand. "You saved him Robin."

Robin smiled as the tears flowed down her face. "Jason's alive!" She pulled Patrick into a hug. "He is really alive."

Patrick hugged her close, enjoying this moment. "Yes, Robin, he is. In fact, he is with Sam and Danny right now. He is hoping that by spending time with them he will be able to recover his memory."

Robin pulled away as she wiped her tears away. "He doesn't remember anything?"

"No, all his memories as Jason are still locked away somewhere in his brain and we just have to wait for them to come back." Patrick looked Robin straight in the eyes. "Did you read the whole e-mail?"

Robin stood up. "She's wrong. Patrick, Nikolas would never keep Sam away from her husband – he wouldn't do that."

"So how did Liz know that Jake was actually Jason?" Patrick got off the couch and walked over to her.

"Liz has been in love with Jason for years, they even have a child together. They were living together and maybe she figured it out by herself." Robin didn't know what to believe but it was a possible explanation. "Nikolas and Liz have a very rocky history – maybe something happened between the two of them and this was a parting shot at him before she left town."

"Robin, you don't actually think that." Patrick couldn't believe she was defending him.

"What I think is that Liz has left town so we can't ask her which means there is only one other person to ask – Nikolas." Robin took one last look at the e-mail in her hands and then walked to the door. "I am going to go talk to my husband."

"Wait – I'll go with you." Patrick went to grab his jacket but Robin stopped him.

"No, I need to do this alone." Robin smiled at him. "I'll be fine. I'll talk to you later."

Nikolas was sitting in the living room going over an ELQ file when Robin walked in the door. He put the file down and smiled at her. "You're back."

Robin took a deep breath and walked over to the couch, sitting down next to him. "Yes and I need to talk to you about something." She handed the e-mail to him. "You need to read this."

Nikolas looked at her curiously as he took the paper from her. She watched him read it and saw a look of shock cross his face. "Jake is Jason – how did this happen?"

"Apparently I saved him although I don't remember doing it." She was still missing most of her memories from the past couple of years. "Did you read the whole e-mail?"

Nikolas looked back down at the piece of paper. "What the hell?" He looked at Robin. "Robin, I didn't know – I wouldn't have done that to Sam and Danny."

"Then why would she say that Nikolas?" Robin was trying to make sense of this.

Nikolas stood up and walked over to the fireplace. "Oh my God, I was in here talking to a staff member at ELQ on the phone right before I left for my trip and they mentioned Jake. I said that he reminded me of Jason. I turned around and Liz was in the room." He looked at Robin. "You were running some errands in town."

He sat back down on the couch. "Anyway, she told me that she was not in love with Jake and she wanted us to try again. I told her I love you and I am married to you. She got very upset and told me I would regret my decision, that she would make me pay for rejecting her." Nikolas took Robin's hands in his. "I guess this was her plan, make you think I knew about Jason so you would leave me. Given that fact that I just took control of ELQ, it was certainly a good idea. I swear to you Robin, I did not know Jake was Jason."

Robin studied Nikolas's face, looking for even the slightest sign he was lying to her but she didn't see anything. His seemed as shocked by the news as she had been. She smiled at him. "I knew it wasn't true but I had to ask. You know everyone else is going to believe it."

"I don't care about everyone else – I care about you." Nikolas leaned back on the couch and pulled her into his arms. She laid down against him as he wrapped his arms around her and placed his hands on her belly. "You, Emma and this child are all that matters to me – to hell with what anyone else thinks."

"But…"

"But I will talk to Sam and assure her that I didn't know. I owe my cousin that." He kissed the top of her head. "I love you Robin."

"Love you too."