Chapter 26

After getting Robert checked in they went to Mike's house next. When they knocked his mom, Sharon, answered the door. "Hi, Adam. Mike said you'd be here soon. He's just helping his dad with something out back they should be in soon." She looked at Robert, "Hello, I'm Sharon."

"Robert," he said and shook her hand.

She looked him up and down, "Mike said he just knew you had to be Adam's father when he met you. I see it too, he doesn't have your eyes though."

"No, those are more like his mother's but they are most like his older sister's."

"Yeah, it was so strange meeting shorty and looking into my eyes in someone else's face."

"Shorty?" Sharon asked.

"Yeah, lost boy here calls her that. Robin's not very tall but you don't want to mess with her either."

"You call him lost boy?" she asked Robert as they walked into her living room.

"No, I call Robin shorty and she calls me lost boy. Mom and dad stick to our names or terms of endearment."

Sharon had known Adam a long time and she loved seeing him look this happy. She knew how important this had been to him and thought finding out he had parents too was better than anything he had ever dreamed of. "This is so great that you found all of them. So do you all live in, where was it again?"

"Port Charles. Robin lives there with her husband and daughter. Anna and I both just happened to have time off so we both showed up there to visit just after Adam arrived."

"Mike told me you are thinking about staying there. What does Gloria think about that?"

"I am staying there. Now that mom and dad are moving back I want to move there as well. Gloria has to accept that I need to do this."

She looked at Robert, "You're moving there? Was this something that you had been planning?"

"No but things have changed a lot this last month and with any luck when I talk to Anna later she'll tell me we have an apartment to move into when we get back from our fact-finding mission."

"Mike said something about you being some kind of secret agent or spy?"

"Mom enough. Sorry about that, once she gets started the questions just keep coming," Mike said as he walked into the room followed by his father.

"Hi, you must be Robert, I'm Ken."

"Nice to meet you," Robert said and shook his hand.

"Can I offer you a beer?"

"I'd love one," Robert said and followed him into the kitchen.

"Your mother is a fool letting that man wander around by himself."

"MOM!" Mike said in shock.

"She has nothing to worry about. Trust me."

"Oh really," Sharon said sounding intrigued. Mike knew his mom was a bit of a flirt and had more than once caught both his parents checking out other people but as far as he knew that was as far as it went. Adam was also aware of Sharon's wandering eye.

"I'm still pretending I don't know what was happening just before I got to their hotel suite this morning," Adam said and Mike started laughing. "They really like each other," Adam said with a grin.

"Come on man, let go up to my room for a while. I want to hear how things are going with you and Paula." Adam smiled and blushed ever so slightly then followed Mike out of the room.

"These are my girls," Robert was saying to Ken as Sharon walked into the kitchen. He was showing Ken pictures on his phone.

"How many girls do you have?" Sharon asked jokingly.

"Three generations of Devane woman." Robert turned his phone so she could see it. "That's Anna, our daughter Robin and our granddaughter Emma."

"She is a little cutie. Your daughter definitely looks like her mother."

"This has to be my favourite picture at the moment though." Robert found the one he was looking for then showed them. Robin had whipped cream in her hair and was trying to get some on Adam. They both had big smiles on their faces, you could tell they were both laughing. "They might not have grown up together but they have already bonded and they like being silly together. Adam goes over to Robin's quite a bit. Emma is calling him Uncle Adam now," Robert told them with a smile. His phone started to ring and the picture changed to one of Anna with the word Luv as the caller id. "Excuse me." Robert turned then answered the phone. "Hi, you."

"Hey, sexy. So I have some news."

"Do we have a place to call home now?"

"We do, Robin agrees that it's perfect for us and the view of the harbour is breathtaking."

"I can't wait to see it."

"What are you up to? Did you already go talk to Gloria?"

"We're over at his buddy Mike's place, I'm visiting with his parents. We've already picked up Adam's car and it went well. He talked to her for a bit and we're going back tomorrow before we leave to give them another chance to talk."

"That's good. I don't want to keep you but I just had to tell you about the apartment."

"I'll call you later this evening, once I'm in bed."

"I'd like that. Love you."

"Love you too." Then he ended the call and went back to where Ken and Sharon were standing.

"Do you have another picture of your daughter, I want to see her eyes," Sharon said. Like a very proud papa, Robert showed them lots of pictures of his family.

...

Mike was laughing at Adam, "Come on man, she was checking out my dad."

"She does that. I'm sorry," Mike said still laughing.

"Before you came in it was getting uncomfortable. She was just staring at him, it was like dinner with Gloria all over again. I was worried some other nasty secret was going to suddenly come out." Then they both started laughing. Mike was already laying on his bed, Adam let himself fall into the chair in the room. "Man was it weird being at my place."

"How'd that go? I'm glad she stopped calling me all the time."

"I could tell she's not happy that I'm planning to stay in Port Charles. I don't really know what to say to her either. How messed up is that? I grow up with her, now I feel strange around her. If dad hadn't been there I don't know what would have happened."

"Are you still angry? Like what's going on?"

Adam knew Mike wanted to help him get past all this so he knew he could tell him what he was going through. "I am angry but I don't know at who. There were other people involved. Dude, there was a doctor, a lawyer, they're the ones that took me away from my mom, not Gloria. I know those are the people I should be angry at, I get it but..."

"You're still confused, that makes sense. What do your mom and dad say about all this?"

"If it wasn't for them I know I would still be so mad at Gloria. They're chill man, they don't blame her at all. They're going after the lawyer and the doctor. When me and dad get back they're taking off to get answers. They know where they both are already."

"They tracked them down, just like that?"

"Yeah, I guess. My uncle is dating a lawyer, she's the one that told them where to find the lawyer Gloria used. They used their WSB connections to track down the doctor. That's the person I think they really blame. I've heard a little bit about this doctor and it sounds like she was connected to the guy that took mom from dad and Robin."

"No way. So were they always planning on stealing you?"

"I don't know. Robin told me about people trying to use her to get to them, they'd threaten her, she was even kidnapped. So yeah this could have been planned if someone wanted mom to suffer. Or after the accident, the doctor saw it as a way to make a lot of money."

"They'll find out though, right?"

Adam looked over at Mike and smiled, "Yeah. I think they will."

Mike could tell this stuff was bothering his friend so he figured it was time to change the subject. "You know what, I want to hear about you and Paula."

"Oh man, she is so sexy. Her lips are so soft. I should be back in time so we can go to this party she wants to go to. When I said I wanted to take her out for dinner before it she said it would be our first official date," Adam said with a big grin.

"Yeah, this is the kind of stuff I want to hear."

"Since she's been there we've hung out like five times, the last couple times I got to kiss her and yeah now we're dating."

"Does she know you've had a crush on her forever?"

"Do I need to tell her that? She knows I like her and have for a while."

"Yeah keep it at that," Mike said then grinned at his buddy. "What are we doing tonight?"

"I don't know, I told my dad he's hanging out with us for a while before we ditch him."

"He's OK with that? You dragged him all this way just to leave him behind."

"Yeah, he wants me to hang out with you and our other friends. The trip back is why I asked him to come. We're gonna get to spend a couple of days just hanging out together."

"That sounds pretty cool man." Mike got up, "From everything you've told me about him he sounds pretty cool. Let's go hang out with the parents for a bit then we'll get out of here."

...

Robert had enjoyed his evening with Adam and Mike. He could tell they were really good friends and it was fun getting to see Adam so at ease and having a good time. They had gone to Teddy Burger again, there they had seen a few more of Adam's friends. It sounded like there was a party they were all headed to so Robert excused himself and went back to the hotel.

Robert got ready for bed, in just his boxers he stretched out on the bed. All he could think about was talking to Anna. He picked up his phone and called her, "Hi beautiful."

"Hi," she answered. "What are you up to."

"I'm alone in my hotel room thinking about you."

"Hmmm, and I'm here missing you. I know you only left this morning but,"

"But we've spent enough time apart. Are you in bed?" he asked with a grin.

"I am." She bit her lip, they'd had many phone conversations while in bed. Some were a little more interesting than others. "I wish you were with me."

"What are you wearing?"

Anna looked down she was in shorts and a tank top, "Nothing."

"Ahhh, you're teasing me. I was thinking about you here in bed with me, I really wish you were here with me."

"Just think about how happy you'll be to see me in a few days."

"I will be very happy to see you. I love you so much."

Anna smiled, "I love you too. I think I should let you go before we get carried away."

"What's wrong with getting carried away?"

"You be good."

Robert smiled, "I always am, that's what keeps you wanting more."

"That is true."

"I'll call you tomorrow. You can tell me about our apartment then, tonight I've got other things on my mind."

Anna laughed slightly, "I could tell. Good night, I love you."

"Night, love you too." Robert hung up a smile on his face, he was so happy he had her in his life again.