Chapter 25

Patrick woke up the next morning and looked over at Sabrina who was sleeping peacefully. Patrick on the other hand, hardly got any sleep the night before. While he was of course happy that he and Sabrina finally knew who was responsible for their car accident and losing their son, Patrick was worried about Anna and her plan to raid Crichton-Clark. From what Anna told him, Victor was an equal match for her and if anything went wrong Emma could lose her mother and grandmother in the same night.

Most people knew that Patrick was not a very religious man, but he silently said a prayer for Robin and Anna to come home safely and for everything that followed. Patrick knew it wasn't going to be an easy road for Robin, especially since it appeared she had essentially been kidnapped twice within the same number of years. He couldn't imagine what she going through and although he felt terrible that he hadn't realized that Robin was only trying to protect him and Emma, as he looked over at Sabrina lying beside him, he knew that she was his future.

"Daddy!" Emma said excitedly bursting through the door seeing he was awake, not realizing Sabrina was there and still sleeping.

Patrick tried to motion to Emma to be quiet, but it was too late, Sabrina was already awake. "Good Morning Baby," Patrick said as Emma came over to his side of the bed, kissing her forehead. Pulling her into bed with him and Sabrina, Emma noticed Sabrina.

"Oh, good morning Sabrina! I didn't know you spent the night!" Emma said snuggling in between the two of them.

"Well Daddy got home late, so I decided to stay," Sabrina said as the memory of yesterday afternoon and last night quickly returned to her. She looked over Emma at Patrick asking if he had heard anything. But he just shook his head. Maybe no news is good news. She was just thankful to have Emma and Patrick with her where she knew they were safe.

Sabrina was trying not to think about everything too much, but it still kept her up for most of the night. She could tell Patrick was worried too, but because she didn't want to be another source of worry, she tried to act like she was okay. She was relieved that she finally knew the reason that Gabriel was taken from them. She hated the reason for it… It didn't make any sense that someone's life had to be taken in order to prove some kind of point.

Sabrina thought she should feel better knowing what happened but all it did was make her feel guilty. Guilty that her happiness with Patrick and Emma came at Robin losing them. She knew what it was like to grow up without a mother and was so happy for Emma when her mother came home. Sabrina kept trying to remind herself what Patrick had told her yesterday. That even when Robin came back he kept thinking about Sabrina. That she was the one he wanted his future to be with. She reached over Emma and held Patrick's hand, thinking a little reassurance never hurt as he gave her hand a tight squeeze.

"Daddy, can you make pancakes for breakfast?"

"Pancakes?" Patrick asked teasingly.

"Please…" Emma said.

"Sure, we can do pancakes," Patrick said, as all three got out of bed to head downstairs, grabbing his phone from the night stand hoping Anna would reach out to them soon.

As the three sat at the table eating breakfast, they all turned toward the door when the doorbell rang. Patrick and Sabrina quickly glanced at each other knowing it was strange for someone to be there so early on a Sunday morning.

"I'll get it," Emma said excitedly getting up from the table.

"Sit down and eat your breakfast, I'll get the door," Patrick said tousling her hair as he walked by.

Patrick opened the door, shocked once again to see Robin on the other side with Anna. "Robin," Patrick said causing Sabrina to look their way just as Patrick pulled her into a hug. "I'm so sorry. I didn't know…"

"I know. There's no way you could have," Robin said as she pulled away from her soon to be ex-husband to take in the scene of Sabrina and Emma having pancakes.

"MOMMY!" Emma said running from the table and directly into her mother's arms.

"Hi Baby," Robin said. "I'm so glad to be home with you!"

"Please don't go away again Mommy!"

"I won't."

Sabrina rose from the table taking in the scene of Emma reuniting with her mother as Patrick greeted Anna. She walked over to the door to join everyone else.

"Sabrina," Robin said as she picked up Emma who refused to let go of her and Patrick came to stand by Sabrina's side, taking her hand in his.

"Hi Robin. I'm really glad you're home safe," Sabrina said honestly meaning it.

"Thank you."

"Mommy, come have breakfast with us. We're having pancakes!"

"Please, go ahead. Patrick made plenty," Sabrina said. "Patrick and I need to talk to Anna for a minute anyways."

"Yay! Come on Mommy, let's get a plate for you," Emma said dragging Robin toward the kitchen.

Once Emma was out of the room, Patrick and Sabrina turned toward Anna. "Anna," Sabrina started to say. "We are so glad that you were able to rescue Robin. What about Victor Cassidine?"

"We have Victor in custody. Robin told us that Victor hired Rafe to run your family off the road in order to scare her, to show her that he was in control of her and that he could do what he wanted to her loved ones whenever he wanted to."

"Oh god, so it's true," Sabrina said as Patrick wrapped his arm around her, pulling him closer to him.

"Unfortunately, yes. Victor forced Robin to watch video of the accident with him and the two were surprised when they saw you in the front seat at that traffic light. It was just supposed to be Patrick and Emma in the car. Not that Victor cared when he found out that your son died. He just used their grief to keep Robin under his control."

"Anna, thank you so much for all of your efforts. I feel much better knowing that my family will be safe with him in custody."

"You're welcome. I am glad that we were able to bring some closure to you both. Not that it will make the pain of losing Gabriel any easier."

"No, it won't. But a least we now know what happened and that the person responsible can't hurt us anymore," Patrick said.

"Thank you," Sabrina said. "Please join us for breakfast. Patrick must have known we were going to have visitors this morning, he made enough pancakes for everyone."

"Thank you, Sabrina. That sounds wonderful."

"Emma," Patrick shouted into the kitchen. "Grandma Anna is going to join us. Grab a plate for her too please!"

"Yay!" They heard Emma shouting from the kitchen causing them all to laugh. Even in the most awkward situations, that little girl had a way of making everything seem all right.

They headed over to the table, as Emma and Robin emerged from the kitchen with extra settings, moving things around a little so that Emma could sit near Robin. Once everyone was settled, Sabrina raised her glass of orange juice for a toast. "To Robin, who is finally home safely."

"To Robin," Everyone else echoed Sabrina, as she silently hoped that Robin's homecoming didn't cause her to lose everything again.