Chapter 26

Anna wasn't sure when the door was unlocked. She had spent three days sitting in that room. There were no windows, one door and the air vents were way too small for her to fit through. She was given three meals a day brought in by a guard with two other guards behind him, guns drawn and fingers on the triggers. Anna needed to be alive to help Robin so she bided her time and waited. She slept in short bits. The rest of her time was spent going through filing cabinets.

It was while she was going through the cabinets that Anna had found a file on Robert also. She was shocked to discover that he had been placed in a medically induced coma. The files also gave Anna the one bit of information she had been missing. Anna had been under the mistaken impression that Obrecht was behind everything but it turned out that she was just another pawn in the game. The true mastermind was Helena Cassadine. This bit of information cleared up a lot for Anna. She was fairly certain that she now knew where Robert was and why Robin was so adamant about marrying Nikolas. She just had to get back to Port Charles in time to stop the wedding and save Robin and her father.

She had begun to think that Obrecht had lied to her and had no intentions of letting her go. Leading Anna to Robin's file was a way to torture her and it was working. But this morning when she woke up, Anna was surprised to see the door was cracked open. She carefully crept over to the door, opened it and looked into the hallway. It was deserted. Everyone was gone.

Anna quickly made her way out of the clinic and found her car still where she had hidden it. Even though the hospital was in a cellular dead zone, purposely, Obrecht had still had the guards take Anna's cell phone so Anna couldn't call anyone on her way to the airport. She got to the airport and boarded the first flight she could to Port Charles. She would have a short layover in New York City but she would be back in Port Charles tonight.

Robin was standing on the dock looking out over the water towards Wyndamere. She was meeting Nikolas here and they were going to walk over to the Metro Court together for the rehearsal dinner. Robin had chosen this spot for a particular reason. This was one of her favorite places to think and gain perspective. Something about looking over the water calmed her and helped her regain focus on what was important. Her loved ones were safe and she did love Nikolas even if she would never be in love with him. That was enough, it would have to be.

She felt a pair of arms wrap around her. She knew instantly that it was Nikolas – the grip was too low to be Patrick. "What are you thinking about?"

"How tomorrow night at this time I will be Dr. Robin Scorpio-Cassadine." This wasn't a lie, she just didn't mean it the way Nikolas thought.

"I know what you mean. I can't wait either." Nikolas was truly excited for the wedding but there was something else in his voice and Robin heard it.

"So, you want to tell me what you did or should I just guess?" Robin turned around and looked at him. She was pretty sure she knew what had happened - Nikolas had gotten into it with Patrick.

"You got me. Don't be mad." Robin opened her mouth to speak but Nikolas stopped her. "Let me speak first and then you can yell at me. Yes, I went to speak to Patrick and yes, we did have a small disagreement but he needs to back off. I know you don't want to hurt him but he needs to understand that we are together now."

Robin shook her head sadly. She knew Nikolas thought he was doing what she wanted. "Anyway, I said my peace and left however I did tell him not to come to Wyndamere to pick up Emma tomorrow because I would have Alfred drop her off."

Robin pulled away, upset. "That was not your decision to make. Damn it Nikolas, I'm trying to make this work and avoiding Patrick is not the way to do it. He needs to see us happy together so he understands."

Nikolas was surprised at her anger but he understood it. "You're right and I'm sorry."

Robin settled down and laughed. "You keep saying that and we will have a very long and happy life together. Here is what is going to happen. Tomorrow we will drop off Emma together after the reception and let Patrick see for himself how happy we are. We will be on our way to the honeymoon suite at the Metro Court and it will only take a minute."

Nikolas sighed. "Fine - I guess you have a point." He looked at her. "I meant to ask you, are you sure you don't want to go somewhere else? I have a jet at my disposal you know."

"I appreciate it but the truth is that I have spent too much time away from Emma and home as it is. I want to start having a normal life as soon as possible, something I haven't had in years. You know – working, homework and dinner with the kids, date nights. Once we get settled into our lives maybe we can take a family vacation but for now I want to stay in Port Charles. Do you understand?"

"I do." Smiling, he held out his hand. "Shall we, the future Dr. Scorpio-Cassadine?" Robin took his hand and walked with him to the Metro Court.