Chapter 26

"Grandma!" Emma jumped into Anna's arms as soon as the woman opened the door. Emma was staying the night with her grandma while Robin went on another date with Patrick.

Anna hugged her close while smiling at Robin. "I missed you both so much."

Robin smiled back at her mom. "Emma, why don't you put your things in your room while I talk to grandma?"

Emma nodded her head, kissed her mom on the cheek and then took her backpack up the stairs. Anna waited until Emma was out of earshot before she spoke. "Thank you for coming over with her. I was afraid you might send your uncle or Patrick."

"I wanted to talk to you." Robin took a deep breath and then spoke. "I love you mom – I always have and I always will. I just needed a little time to understand the decisions you made over the past few years."

"And now?" Anna was petrified that she would lose her daughter because of her inaction.

"I have realized that we all make mistakes. I told you I wanted to be gone and you took me at my word. Should you have realized by what I said that something was wrong? Maybe, but you also had other things to worry about and you took good care of my little girl." Robin blinked back the tears. "There is nothing I can do about the past but there is plenty I can do about the present and the future and I want my mom to be a part of that. It won't be like it was but I hope, over time, we will be closer than ever. You are still the woman who helped rescue me from Faison, who sat by my bedside and gave me the strength to go on when I developed DIC after Emma was born and held my hand when Patrick was exposed to HIV. You are a wonderful grandma and I love you."

Anna grabbed Robin and hugged her close. "I love you too and I will do everything in my power to protect you and Emma. I am so sorry I didn't see what was going on and I will never forgive myself for being so blind."

"I can't say I will ever forget it mom but I do forgive you." Robin held on to her mom for a moment longer and then pulled back, wiping away her tears. "I was wondering if you would like to join Emma, Patrick, dad, Mac, Felicia and I for a family dinner tomorrow?"

"I'm sorry, you and Patrick?" Anna knew that the couple had been seeing each other again but she didn't realize that they had made that much progress. "Is there something I should know?"

Robin laughed. "Not yet but we are doing better." Robin knew this was a major understatement – Patrick and her had seen each other every day for the last six weeks. There were family outings with Emma, date nights, consults at the hospital and some great nights in watching TV and doing crossword puzzles together. Robin had even agreed to have joint counseling sessions with Patrick to work on their communication skills.

"And how does Jason fit into this?" Anna had kept tabs on her daughter and knew that Jason was pursuing her daughter again.

"I promised to give Jason a second chance if he wanted it after he got all his memories back but I don't think it will be a problem. Jason loves Sam - he just needs to remember it." Anna noticed that Robin's voice lacked a certain amount of conviction.

"And if he doesn't?" Anna was concerned because Jason's brain damage made him unpredictable. "What if he gets his memories back and still wants you?"

"I'll cross that bridge if we come to it." Six weeks ago Robin had been certain this wouldn't be an issue but now she wasn't so sure. Robin had spoken to Jason a few times and he was making progress but the memories, even the ones involving Sam, were still focused on her. For some reason he refused to admit that he was getting any feelings back for his wife.

Emma came running back down the stairs with a doll in hand. "Look mommy – it's Anger!" Emma was holding a little red doll in a business suit. "From that movie!"

Robin laughed. "I love him." Robin smiled at her mom. "So you will bring Emma home and have dinner with us?"

"I would love to." Anna hugged Robin one last time. "I love you."

"I love you too."

"I want his vitals taken once an hour." Patrick made notes on the chart as he spoke to Epiphany. "Notify me if he gets a fever but other than that I do not want to be disturbed tonight."

Epiphany couldn't help but smirk at the doctor. "Any particular reason for that Dr. Drake?"

Patrick handed Epiphany the chart before heading to the elevator. "Good night Epiphany."

Patrick nervously tapped his feet as he waited for the elevator to arrive. He needed to get home and get supper set up for his and Robin's dinner. The doors opened and he jumped on, pushing the button for the garage. He looked around for a moment as he waited for the doors to close and remembered the many times he and Robin had stopped the elevator for a few moments alone together.

The doors were shutting when Patrick heard someone shout out. "Hold the elevator!" A hand got in between the closing doors and stopped them from shutting. Seconds later Jason stepped the reopening door.

Patrick shook his head. "Jason."

"Patrick." Jason stepped to the opposite side of the elevator and went to ignoring Patrick. He had had another successful session with Kevin and couldn't wait to tell Robin. He knew that Robin was seeing Patrick again but he had no intentions of letting Robin's ex-husband win her back.

"Another session with Kevin?" Patrick wanted Jason to reconcile with Sam. He was hoping that Robin was right and getting his memories back would send Jason back to his wife.

"I really don't think we have time to talk about this." Jason didn't look at Patrick while talking. "In fact…"

Jason was cut off by a screeching noise. Both men were thrown off balance by the elevator suddenly stopping. Patrick looked at Jason and shook his head. "Well, looks like we have the time after all."