Chapter 29

Robert and Anna walked into the office of Max Turner and his secretary greeted them. "Scorpio and Devane, we have an appointment."

She looked down at the appointment book, "Right, have a seat it should only be a few minutes."

"Thank you," Robert said then they turned and forced themselves to sit down. He took Anna's hand and they looked at each other, they are close to getting some answers. They just need to be patient a little longer. Five minutes later they were shown in, a middle age man stood and greeted them, "Max Turner," he said holding out his hand.

"I'm Robert, this is my wife Anna. We have some questions and are hoping you can help us."

"Have a seat. I will try to help. What brings you here today?"

They sat down and Anna leaned forwards, "We have a granddaughter, her mother is very ill and we want to know what our rights are in regards to adopting her. The father has had a lot of legal problems and we don't feel he is the right choice to raise their child after our daughter is gone."

"I haven't handled adoptions in a very long time."

"Oh, that's alright. We just want to know what our legal rights are as her grandparents," Robert said.

"You say the father has problems with the law, what are you talking about exactly?"

"He's been arrested several times for position of a controlled subsistence and he has spent time in prison," Anna told him.

Robert looked over at her. When she made eye contact he knew it was time to ask what they really wanted to know about. "You said you've handled adoptions in the past," Robert said. "Was it something you did a lot?"

"No, only a few very earlier in my career."

Robert nodded, "Right, and you know all the rules and regulations required?"

"I do, I'm sure there have been a few changes in that area since the last one I handled but it wouldn't be any trouble to brush up on that so I can help you with your questions."

"Good, because we have questions," Robert said.

"We have lots of questions." Then Anna got up and started pacing.

"You see we want to know what it takes to make a lawyer break the law. What it takes to make that lawyer sell a baby," Robert said still sitting across from Turner.

"Excuse me?" He didn't notice that Anna had locked the door.

"What made you do it?" Robert asked.

"Look I'm going to have to ask you to leave now."

Robert stood up, "That's not going to happen."

"Did you see the woman whose baby you sold?" Anna asked. "Did you know about her condition? Did you know that baby had a father, a sister?"

"What are you talking about. I handled a couple of adoption I didn't sell babies."

"Gloria Hudson!" Anna shot back. "You sold my son to her!"

"I, I don't," he stuttered.

"I gave birth while suffering from amnesia and my baby boy was taken and sold. You were the lawyer that handled the adoption."

He looked at her face and slowly it started to make sense. He felt that maybe he had seen her before. Then he looked at Robert, he must be the father. He put his head down, "She told me the father was dead. She told me the mother would never recover. I knew about the older sister. I overheard her talking on the phone, she was angry and was talking about making sure everyone involved suffered to the fullest extent. I don't think I was supposed to have any personal information. I really wasn't supposed to tell the adoptive mother anything."

"Why did you do it?" Robert asked. Max noticed the anger he was trying to control. "I need to know."

"The money. I got a lot of money. I was able to pay off all my student loans and still had enough left over to get on my feet again." He knew there was no point denying anything. "Are you going to tell the authorities?"

Anna pulled hers out first, then Robert did as she stepped up beside him. Then they showed him their credentials. "WSB." He let out a breathe, "Are you here to arrest me?"

"You are going to tell us everything you know about the adoption and you are going to tell us everything you know about Dr. Leisl Obrecht," Robert informed him.

"I don't remember that much."

"You better start remembering because we have ways of finding out every single even just slightly crocked thing you have ever done. You can either tell us what we want to know or you can plan to spend a lot of time in prison," Anna told him so calmly it was almost frightening.

"I was struggling financially when Leisl showed up. I was in some little crap bar and she came over and said she could change my life. I don't know how she found me but I guess she must have been searching out a lawyer she could manipulate. I told her I wouldn't do it if there was a chance the mother was going to survive so she took me to see you."

Anna and Robert looked at each other, "You saw Anna? Had she already had our son?" Robert stood up now, leaning on Max's desk.

"No, she was still pregnant. I saw a very weak woman and the doctor was telling me that if she survived childbirth it was unlikely she would survive more than a day or two after that. I believed her, I didn't know there was a chance you might survive."

"There was never really any question she would survive. The head trauma was the biggest injury she had. Yes, she had other injuries but none of them were life-threatening."

"How do you know that?" Max challenged.

"Because I've actually read her medical records."

Max leaned back further into his chair. "I didn't know alright. Maybe I just wanted to believe it so I could get out of debt. I regret what I did but that kid went to a very good woman that could provide a great life for him."

"That kid!"

Anna put her hand on Robert's shoulder and he stood up straighter then turned and started pacing. "Our son was raised in a good home you are right about that but he should have been raised by his family." Anna looked back at Robert who continued to pace. "Tell us what else you know about Obrecht."

"She had me handle the paperwork so Ms Hudson could have adoption papers. She was the one that found her as well, I just did the stuff to make it look legal. She was the one that was there when the baby was born and she delivered him to Ms Hudson."

Anna suddenly thought of something, "When you were at the hospital was there anyone else there that didn't seem like they were medical staff?"

"I don't know that was a long time ago. What I do remember is because I have always felt bad about my part in that adoption."

"Think, was there anyone there that looked more like they might have been guarding me?"

Max thought about that for a minute, "Yeah. There was a serious looking man that was outside the room, Obrecht talked to him before we went in. I just assumed he was hospital staff. I'm sorry, I don't know who he was."

"Have you been in contact with Obrecht since?" Anna asked.

"After she had given the baby to Ms Hudson she came to see me to give me my final payment. She told me I should have no further contact with Ms Hudson and that if she ever contacts me and asked me any questions about the birth parents tell her they wanted a child but that I should not be talking to her because of the circumstances surrounding the adoption. That was after I had already told her that there was an older sister, I told her the name and I think I even told her where I had heard she lived."

"That was how our son found us. So thank you for at least doing that," Anna said.

"There is nothing else you can tell us about the doctor?" Robert asked.

"No, I haven't talked to her in years. I have no idea where she is, I'm sorry. I would tell you if I knew."

Robert grinned, "Good thing we already know where she is." He took Anna's hand then they turned to the door. He looked back at him, "Oh and if you are lying or you try to warn Obrecht we will know. We will ruin your life if that happens, understood?"

"Yeah, I swear I don't know where she is. I couldn't contact her if I wanted to." Max Turner was sure of one thing, these two meant business.

"Thank you for your time," Anna said as they opened the door and left. They nodded at his secretary as they left. Once they were outside Anna looked up at Robert, "Do you believe him?"

"I think I do, yeah."

"So do I. When do we leave?"

"Let's go check out, hopefully, we can get a flight out tonight," Robert said. They weren't wasting any more time. They were going to get answers one way or another.

...

Adam went over to Robin's when he got off work, he was hoping that she might have heard something from their parents. As soon as he sat down in the living room Emma came over and crawled up on his lap, wanting him to play with her. Happily, he started playing with her, he already loved her and liked that she had taken to him so quickly. Robin came back into the room with drinks for them. "Have you heard from them today?" she asked.

"No, that's why I came here. I was hoping you had."

"When mom called she told me they were just about to get on a plane, they're on their way to Switzerland already."

"So what did they find out from the lawyer?" he asked.

"Not much, I don't think. Mom did tell me they talked to him this morning. He told them he did it for the money."

"That was what we all kind of thought already."

"Yeah, they still needed to talk to him. This way they know a little more before they go after the doctor."

"Do they really think she'll admit it?"

"They know it was her, she can try denying it but they know she took you away from mom. They aren't going to just say hey did you take my kid and accept it when she says no."

"Yeah, do you think they are going to keep us informed about what they find out?"

"While they are working on this they will check in with us but I don't expect them to keep us posted about how their investigation is going," Robin told him with a smile, knowing he just wanted to know what was going on.

"K, so what are you making for dinner?" he asked smiling at her.

"Did you just invite yourself over for dinner?"

"Yeah, I gotta eat," he said then started laughing. "Emma doesn't want me to go. Right, cutie? We are going to go play in your room so mommy can cook, right?"

Emma's face lit up, "Yeah!" She got off his lap and started pulling on his arm. He got up and started following her out of the room.

"Hey lost boy, that was very much like dad of you."

He smiled ear to ear, "Thanks."

Robin liked when she noticed him do something that reminded her of either one of their parents. Being over here with her was probably a good idea for him tonight anyway, he'll drive himself crazy wondering what their parents are up to unless he has something to do. She knows when they have some information they will tell them both but she didn't know how long that will take.

...

Robert and Anna walked into their hotel room, there was a table they could work at a love seat and bed. It was late so Anna went and threw herself on the bed. "What's the plan Scorpio?"

"Now that we're here I want to do a little digging into this doctor and her career. See what we are working with and what we can use to get in to see her."

"Yeah, that can wait until morning though, right?"

"Yes, it can." Frisco had passed on some information about her but they still wanted to have a little more.

"Do you think she'll admit her connection to Faison?" Anna asked.

"Anna, I think as soon as she sees you she's going to know why we're here. That's why I want to have a plan about how we're going to approach her."

"She's going to know I'm the woman Faison was holding prisoner, that I'm the woman whose baby she stole. That doesn't mean she's going to let on that she knows that."

"That is true," Robert said as he joined her on the bed. "Order some room service then hit the sheets?" he asked then grinned at her.

She laughed as she shook her head slightly, "We could order something to eat," she ran her hand up his chest. "or that could wait a little longer," she said grinning at him. Robert grinned back then leaned in kissed her.