Chapter 28
"Come on Sam!" Emma was running ahead of the group. Sam had decided a field trip to the park would be a reward for them all finishing their schoolwork. Mal and Danny were right behind her with Sam and their guard bringing up the rear. They got to the playground and went straight to the jungle gym.
Sabrina watched them from a distance trying to figure out how to get Emma and Mal away from the guard. They were so cute playing together. She had been watching them for about 15 minutes when she saw her opportunity. Mal and Danny were throwing a ball back and forth and the ball went past Mal. He chased after it and it brought him close to her.
"Mal?" She smiled at him.
Mal looked up and saw her. "Miss Talbot?"
"It's time to go to the zoo for our train ride – all we have to do is go get Stephanie. Come on." She held out her hand.
Mal hesitated. Daddy had told him not to go with Miss Talbot but he really wanted to see Stephanie. All of a sudden his sister ran over and took his hand. "Mal, what are you doing?"
"Emma, hi sweetie. Do you remember me?" Sabrina took a step towards the children and Emma stepped in front of her brother.
"No." She looked at her brother and took his hand. "What are the words?"
Sabrina was surprised, she was sure Emma would recognize her, even with her hair pulled back in a ball cap and sunglasses on. "What words?"
Emma did what she had been taught to do. She screamed. Within seconds Sabrina was on the ground with the guard cuffing her while Sam ran over to Mal and Emma. "Are you okay?" Emma nodded, holding her brother close. Sam had been getting some ice cream for the kids and left the guard in charge. She ran right over as soon as she heard Emma scream.
She looked at the woman the guard had tackled to the ground. "Sabrina?"
Robin stood there in shock. Her daughter? How?
"Stephanie, why don't you go play with your brother while I talk to mommy, ok?" He put the little girl down and she ran over to her brother to play while he led Robin into the hallway. "Please, let me explain."
"Mal's Stephanie?" Robin was putting it all together.
"Yes." He took Robin's hand in his. "I was devastated after I found out that Mal wasn't ours. It wasn't fair, Mal was supposed to be ours and we were supposed to raise him together. It was my dream for us. Dr. Obrecht destroyed that with her little trick but I am not one to give up. Dr. Endicott is a great doctor, not brilliant like you, but good enough to do a simple embryo implantation."
"You had a surrogate?" Robin's head was swimming. How could he have done this?
"Yes. Robin, I am so sorry that you didn't get to carry her but I am not going to regret having her. She is amazing little girl, so much like you. I have seen it since the day she was born and Spencer adores her." He looked through the door at their little girl and smiled.
"Stephanie, for Stefan?" Nikolas had always loved his uncle.
"Yes, Stephanie Anna Cassadine."
The tears streamed down Robin's face. He had betrayed her once again. She had missed out on the first three years of her daughter's life because of Nikolas. It wasn't enough that he stole years from Emma, he had deprived her of time with another child; a child she didn't even know existed.
"How could you do this to me?" She glared at him.
"Robin…"
"NO! You stole a piece of me and," she was so upset she could barely think, let alone speak, "you are no better than Helena. You used me in the worst possible way and I will never be able to forgive you for this Nikolas, never."
Nikolas ran his hand through his hair – this was not how he imagined this would go. "I know in time that you will forgive me and you will come to love Stephanie as much as I do."
She shook her head, he just didn't get it. "I already love her. I loved her the moment I saw her. How she came to be isn't her fault and I would never blame my child for that. I blame you and your sick obsession." She walked forward and stared him straight in the eyes. "I will never forgive you and we will never be together."
She turned around and began to walk away but Nikolas grabbed her and pulled her close to him, her back against his chest. He leaned down and whispered in her ear. "Yes we will Robin, one way or another, we will be together."
