Chapter 38
Mac sat by Robin's bedside, watching her sleep. His anger at Zach, well Jason, had been only been a little sated when he had punched the man but Mac still had plenty of it left. But right now wasn't about him and his anger, it was about Robin and the baby.
"What are you thinking about? How good it felt to punch Jason?" Robin woke up to find Mac smiling at her.
"It did feel pretty damn good but no – I'm thinking about how happy I am to have you home and safe." Mac took her hand in his. "You have got to stop doing this to me, I'm not a young man anymore."
Robin laughed. "I'll try to remember that the next time I get kidnapped."
"There won't be a next time because I am not letting you out of my sight. I told you not to leave me like that ever again." Mac reached up and gently pushed a lock of hair behind her hair. "I love you and when you didn't show up yesterday…"
"I'm sorry I scared you. Thank you for protecting Emma." Her parents had told her Mac had taken care of Emma after Victor took her.
"Anything for my girls, you know that." Mac looked at her. "The baby – that's what you were coming to talk to me about yesterday, wasn't it?"
Robin nodded. "Yes. When I was sick, I was a little out of it and Patrick and I," she stopped, not wanting to say it in front of her uncle, "anyway, there's a chance that the baby is Patrick's."
Mac had already figured that out by Jason's attack. "And you don't know how you feel about that."
"I was already confused before I found out that Zach was Jason but now, I am just not sure what my next move is. Both men swear that they love me and want to be with me and that, no matter who the father is, they will be there for all of us." Mac had always been Robin's rock and a great source of advice and guidance, both of which she desperately needed right now.
"I'm assuming that we need to wait for the baby to be born before we can find out who the father is because of your HIV status?" Mac had become an expert on HIV since his niece was first diagnosed years ago.
"Yes, any procedure would expose the baby and I will not put her at risk."
Mac smiled. "So you think it's another girl?" Robin nodded. "Not that I don't love my girls but I am still hoping for a boy just to shake things up a little bit."
Robin giggled. "Sorry but Patrick and I both think it's going to be a girl."
Mac didn't think Robin actually realized what she had said but he did. "And Jason – what does he think?"
"I don't know – he never said. He was kind of distracted by the fact that she may not be his."
"I can understand that." Mac did understand Jason's hurt and confusion, even if he hated to admit it. "We have 7 months to figure out this whole mess. Let's concentrate on what's important right now – you're home and you're safe."
Robin reached over and hugged her uncle. She decided it was time for a change of subject. "So tell me all about your night with Emma."