Chapter 36

Duke was back in New York but he was not looking forward to seeing Olivia. When he got back he called Camellia first, to see if she wanted to join him for coffee so they could talk. Duke saw her as he entered the cafe, "I am so glad you were free this afternoon." Duke gave her a little hug at the counter then they turned and went to sit at a table.

"I got off work an hour ago so your timing worked out perfectly. I'm glad you called, it's nice to have someone to talk to here."

"It is and I could really use someone to talk to today."

Camellia could tell something was really bothering him. "What is it, Duke?"

Duke exhaled then said, "You know I'm dating Olivia now, right? I don't love her and I don't think I ever will."

"Are you going to end things with her? You aren't looking for advice about how to break up with her are you?" Camellia asked with a smile

That made him grin, "No. I had been thinking about it but I don't think I can now. About two weeks ago Olivia told me she's pregnant."

"And you're the father?" Camellia felt she better be sure.

"As far as I know I am. She says I am and I don't think she's been seeing anyone else."

"You are going to have a child with a woman you don't love."

"It seems that way, yes. Camellia, I was using her to help me get over losing Anna, it was wrong I know that but that was all the relationship was to me. I never saw this going anywhere, it was never going to be a long term relationship. I believed that was all she wanted out of the relationship as well. We'd just have a little fun for a while then move on."

"Now it's a lifetime relationship. Are you going to marry her?"

"I don't know. I will be there for my child but I don't know if I can marry Olivia. Can I do that to my child? Have them grow up in a house where the parents don't love each other." He looked up at her, "There are days I don't really like her much."

Camellia put her hand on his, "You have some thinking to do. If you ever need to talk I'll be here for you."

"Thank you, I know I'll need to talk about this more. For right now, tell me about what you've been up to. Tell me how work's going. Anything, I just want to think about something else for a little while."

Camellia could tell he had really just needed to talk to someone about this, someone that wouldn't judge him. Now that it was out he needed a distraction. "I am really enjoying my job, sometimes it's a bit overwhelming living here but I'm getting used to it." They went on talking about her and what she had been doing. Duke really had just needed to tell someone what he was dealing with, now listening to her helped take his mind off his problems for a while. He couldn't forget about them but it felt good to hear that someone's life was working out for them.

...

Anna and Robert were waiting to see the doctor, it was Anna's first appointment and Robert had insisted on coming with her. With everything that had been going on Anna had started to realize she should have known there was a chance she was pregnant a while ago. There had been morning she hadn't felt well and she had even been sick a few mornings but it wasn't like when she had been pregnant with Robin. Had she really missed all the signs that should have let her know she was expecting? With the wedding and vacations and holidays, she had lost track of a few things. "Anna Scorpio," the doctor said as she walked in.

"Yes, and this is my husband Robert."

"Nice to meet you both, I'm Dr. Harris." She went on to ask Anna a lot of questions and then determined they should do an ultrasound. From what Anna had said she might be almost three months along already. "So I take it this is something you both want."

Anna looked at Robert and they both smiled, "Yes it is. We have a nine-year-old and really want to have another baby," Anna told her.

Robert held Anna hand as Dr. Harris started the ultrasound. She was looking at the monitor and not really saying much to them, after a few minutes she smiled at them. "Everything looks really good. I think you're about right for how far along you are I would say almost twelve weeks by their development." Then she looked up at them and smiled, "I hope you're ready for this. Do you want to hear the heartbeats?"

Robert looked at Anna then at the doctor, "You said heartbeats."

"I did, yes," then she turned the monitor so Robert and Anna could see. "Congratulations, you're having twins."

Anna looked at Robert and smiled, he kissed her then they listened to hear the heartbeats of their babies a little longer. "Well Scorpio, you said you wanted babies," Anna said with a big smile.

"I did Devane, I love you so much." He kissed her again. "TWINS!"

"I know." Anna and Robert couldn't stop smiling.

"I'll just get you all cleaned up then we can make your next appointment," Dr. Harris said. "Then you are free to go. Do you have any questions?"

"We were waiting to tell our daughter, and our friends."

"You are almost done your first trimester so if you want to tell people then I don't see why you shouldn't."

"Is it strange that I haven't really had morning sickness? Nothing very bad, just slight upset stomach, I was only sick a couple of time and thought I was maybe just not feeling well. There have been a few evenings I haven't felt well but I thought that might have been from working a little too hard."

"Every pregnancy is different, so no. You might find you have symptoms later in the pregnancy, or you might get lucky and not really have any real nausea."

"I could handle that," Anna said with a smile.

"Like I said everything looks good the babies look to be developing just fine and I don't see any reason to worry."

"Thank you so much," Anna said. They set up Anna's next appointment and when Anna was ready they walked out into the hallway. Anna was holding onto Robert's arm, they both had big smiles on their faces. "We need to tell Robin tonight. This is so exciting."

"We'll pick her up from school and tell her when we get home," Robert suggested.

"Filomena will already be there to pick her up so let's head home we can tell them when they get there. Then we can start telling other people."

Robert smiled, "Let's go."

...

Robin was surprised to see her parents when she got home, she knew they were both busy with cases right now and weren't usually home until around six in the evening. "Hi, what are you doing home so early?" she asked.

"Well we have something to tell you and we couldn't wait to do that," Anna said.

"Come sit with us, Filomena you should stick around for this too," Robert said.

Once they were both sitting Anna turned to Robin who was sitting right beside her. "So we have some news for you." Anna put her arm around her, "Robin, I know you are happy that your father and I got married. I also know there was something else you wanted." Robert looked over and noticed Filomena was already smiling, he grinned at her but didn't say anything. "Your father and I just came from a doctors appointment. You are going to be a big sister."

"You're pregnant?" Robin asked excitedly. "You're having a baby!"

"I am, and that's not all. I'm having twins," Anna told her happily.

Robin hugged Anna tightly then jumped up and hugged Robert. Filomena was happily talking away in Italian as she came over and hugged them both. "Two Bambino. Oh, I am so happy." She kissed Anna's cheeks then touched her belly. She turned to Robert, "And Roberto you are here, you will help Anna."

"I will, I am very happy and so excited."

Filomena then turned and left the room still talking to herself about the babies.

"Do you know if they are boys or girls?" Robin asked. "Oh, maybe it will be one of each."

"We don't know that yet, but I think we should find out before they get here," Anna said looking at Robert.

"Yeah I think so too, I'd like to know," he said with a big smile. They had hardly stopped smiling since they'd left the hospital.

...

Sean had asked a few old acquaintances if they had heard anything about Cesar Faison since he had died. Sean explained about the other DVX agents that had been turning up alive and told them that was why he was asking about him. So far no one had any information for him but that didn't mean he was going to stop looking. This must have started in the Bahamas, that's where the first two letters were sent from and Robert and Anna had been there.

There was going to be a clue somewhere and Sean was going to find it. He wasn't going to stop until he had found Faison, he's out there and Sean knows it. There has to be something that will point to where Faison has been hiding. Faison has to have been doing something with his time and Sean will find out what that is. The man wants to play games and taunt Anna with these letters, Sean wasn't going to have it. There wasn't anything he could do about the past but he could make sure they have a future together. He didn't know what Faison was planning but he knew it wouldn't be good.

...

Duke knew he couldn't avoid talking to Olivia about what he was feeling much longer. Since he had returned she had been talking about how happy she was and how wonderful their life together was going to be. It was clear she thought they were going to stay together and that it was only a matter of time before they got married. Duke knew he wasn't ruling that out but he also knew it wasn't a given either. Now he had to figure out how to tell her how he felt.

He was busy making sure everything was ready for tonight when Olivia showed up. Duke knew he had to talk to her but when he saw Victor walk in just behind her he knew it wasn't going to be right now. Duke knew Julian knew about the baby but wasn't sure if she had told Victor yet and he wasn't going to say anything about it unless he did. "Hello Victor, I didn't know you were going to be here this evening."

"I have a few things that need to be dealt with this evening so I'll be in the back room most of the night."

"Alright, Anthony will be in there all evening." Duke knew Victor trusted Anthony not to talk about what went on while he was there. Anthony had been suggested by Victor and that was why he got to work the private bar.

"Good good, I want to have dinner with my daughter before I get stuck in meetings. Is the kitchen open?"

"Of course, are you sitting out here?" Duke asked.

"No, I think we will go to the back. I want to be settled in when my acquaintances show up."

"That's fine, Anthony will help you with everything you need."

"Thank you, Duke."

"Aren't you going to join us?" Olivia asked.

"No," Duke started.

"Let the man work, you know he's busy. I want to talk to you then I need to focus on my meeting. Duke has to make sure the club is ready to open, not worry about what you and I are talking about." Victor put his hand on her arm and lead her away.

Duke watched them walk away, he didn't think Victor knew about the baby yet. Olivia wanted her father's approval so much maybe she didn't want to tell him yet, or maybe that's what they are going to talk about over dinner and that was why she wanted Duke to join them. Whatever it was he didn't want to think about it right now. He didn't want to stress about that, he needed to focus on work and making sure tonight went smoothly.

...

With everything that was going on Anna hadn't even thought about the letters that had been coming the month before. It had been about a month since the last one and she had started to believe whoever it was sending them had given up on bothering her. They'd had their fun and had now moved on to something else. That was until she started going through the mail and saw her name on an envelope with no return address. Anna studied it for a full minute before finally opening it. 'Anna Devane, so beautiful, so wonderful. I will see you again and I will get you away from him, again.'

Anna reread it, what was this suppose to mean? Who was sending these and why? Anna got up and walked into Robert's office, she smiled seeing Sean there as well. "Hi Sean, I guess you'll want to know about this as well."

Robert looked up and instantly saw the letter in her hand, "Another one?" Anna nodded and handed it to him. Robert read it then looked at Anna before handing it to Sean. "Who the hell is behind these?"

Anna looked at the envelope, "This was mailed in Miami just like the last one. Whoever this is isn't in a big rush to come here. I think they want to mess with our heads more than anything. Like it's a game to them. Put us on edge well before they make a move, whatever that might be."

"Anna, I think you might be right," Sean said. That sounds exactly like something Faison would do, he loved to play with his target first. It says it right there, get you away from him, again. Faison agreed to help Sean because one, he wanted a way out of the DVX and two, because it meant Anna would be away from Robert. Was he still in Miami? That was where Sean was going to go, maybe he could convince Tiffany that he needed to go there for work that way if she insisted on going then she won't expect him to be with her all the time.

"Whoever this is, is annoying me that's for sure," Robert said. "Are we just expected to sit around and wait until whoever this is comes here and tries something? Do they think they can take Anna? What the hell do they want?"

"I have a few contacts down in Miami maybe I can have one of them do some digging see if they can trace who this might be. We know they were in the Bahamas now they seem to be in Miami. I can't promise anything but it's worth a shot," Sean offered.

"Thanks, Sean. Anything that might point us to whose behind this will help," Robert said.

"I make no promises but I'll see what I can come up with." Then Sean stood up and left Robert's office. He was going to find Faison and put a stop to this before he could cause Anna or Robert any more pain.