A/N: I was going to write some other stuff today but figured I'd nice and post this. Didn't want to keep you hanging too long.

Chapter 51

How long had it been? When would the doctors finally come and tell him what was going on? There had been doctors that came to talk to him but they were his friends and they were trying to offer him support but they didn't have any information about Anna. What was happening? What was taking so long? Were the boys alright? Why was no one telling him anything? Tiffany was now there with Sean and Felicia. Robert knows one of them had told him that Filomena was keeping Robin at home and hadn't told her anything yet.

Sean offered him a coffee, Robert took it but didn't drink it. He was just holding the cup now, playing with the lid mindlessly. It felt like he had been waiting for days when he finally saw Dr. Harris walking toward him. Robert stood up needing to know what was going on. She saw the worried look on his face and just started talking. "Anna is alright. She started to go into premature labour but we were able to stop it. The babies were in a little bit of stress but they are doing fine now."

"Can I see her?"

"She resting. I'd like you to wait just a little longer before going in. Can I ask what happened, what lead to this?" Dr. Harris asked.

"She had just read another news article about the charges Lavery is now facing and she got very worked up. I've been trying to keep her calm but this mess with Lavery just keeps getting worse. She walked into my office already very upset, she was yelling and then she was grabbing her stomach and I knew she was in a lot of pain."

"If those babies are going to stay where they are she can't get worked up like that. She is 32 weeks along and the babies should be alright if they came now but I want them to stay where they are for at least another two weeks if not longer."

"What can I do? How can I help?"

"You need to do whatever you can to keep her from getting upset again. I want her to stay here for observation. She may even have to stay here until the babies are born."

"Whatever it takes, I just need her to be OK."

Sean had been standing beside Robert while Dr. Harris told him about Anna. "You know what she's going to ask you to do."

Robert turned and looked at him. "Will you come with me. If she's going to send me away I want you there helping me so we can find out what really happened to Camellia quickly."

"What are you talking about?" Tiffany asked. She and Felicia had been standing close by listening as well.

"Anna is upset that the NYPD is going to add Camellia McKay's murder to Duke's charges. They don't even know that she's dead but that doesn't seem to matter. That was what she was so upset about right before this happened," Sean explained.

"You think she's going to send you away at a time like this?" Felicia asked Robert.

"I think she is going to ask me to help Duke so she isn't worried about him going to jail for something he didn't do. As much as I know she would want me here with her I know it will mean more to her for me to go help Duke."

"Robert if you want to go in and see her now you can. You can not let her get upset," Dr. Harris told him.

"Alright," Robert turned to follow her down the hall to Anna's room. It felt like time stopped when the door opened and he saw her lying so still in the bed. There were monitors beeping as she slept. There were three heartbeats being monitored and he breathed a sigh of relief, they were alright. Robert pulled the chair over beside the bed and sat down. "You scared me Luv. I was so worried I was going to lose you." He took her hand in his and kissed it. "You need to rest but I had to see you. Andy and Alex are alright. Apparently, you all thought it would be a good idea if they got here today." Robert put her hand down then touched her stomach with both hands, putting them about where he knew the babies usually were. The one on the left kicked him first after a few minutes. "Hi, Alex. You two need to stay in there just a little longer. Dr. Harris says another two weeks at the very least would be good." He smiled when Andy started kicking. "Hi, Andy. Did you head what I just told Alex? You just hang in there a little longer alright." A tear rolled down his cheek, they were all OK. The boys were still where they needed to be and Anna was doing alright as well.

"Why are you crying?" Anna asked sounding exhausted.

"I'm just happy you are all going to be alright. You supposed to be resting. The boys and I were just talking about the fact Dr. Harris wants them to stay put for at least another two weeks." He leaned in and kissed her tenderly.

"I don't really remember much but I know at one point she was worried they might be coming today."

He touched her cheek gently, "You need to stay calm, you can not get work up or you might go into labour. Apparently, you were starting to go into premature labour but the doctors were able to stop it. You may have to stay in the hospital until the boys are born. Dr. Harris isn't sure about that yet."

"How do you feel about that?"

"I think you will do whatever the doctor tells you to make sure there are no other problems," he told her with a little grin.

"I thought you might take her side," Anna said smiling weakly at him.

"What do you need me to do?"

"I think you already know what I'm going to ask you to do."

"We couldn't find anything about Olivia before."

"No, but if you can find out something about Camellia that might be just as good."

"I will only go to New York if you promise to follow your doctor's orders. You need to take care of yourself and make sure you aren't worrying about what I'm doing. When I have news I will call or come see you, you can't be watching for news updates."

"I will do my best."

"Yes, you will. Anna, I love you so much."

"I love you too. Will you stay with me for a little while?"

"I'll stay until they kick me out. Sean has already agreed to go to New York with me."

"Good, now come here and hold me." Robert smiled then got on the bed with her, Anna put her head on his shoulder and quickly fell asleep.

...

When Robert woke up he was surprised to find it was morning, the doctors and nurses had let him stay with Anna all night. She was still sleeping, her head resting on his shoulder, her body pressed against him. He had been so scared yesterday, not knowing what was happening to her. Now, as long as she remains calm and doesn't let herself get too worked up they should all be alright. The babies could be born now and they would more than likely be fine but their doctor wanted to hold that off as long as they could.

Robert brushed the hair off her face and she smiled as she started to wake up. "How long did you let me sleep?"

"We slept all night." Robert kissed her tenderly then started to get off the bed. "I bet you would like a little room."

"I love having you close to me." Robert sat in the chair that was still beside the bed and Anna took his hand, "I know you're only going because I asked you to but I hate that you are going to New York."

"Someone needs to go there and find out what's going on. Sean and I will work quickly and I'll be back here to welcome our sons into the world."

"Hopefully you'll be back here a little earlier than they get here."

"I'll be in touch, Luv. I'll call later tonight. I'm going to tell you this now. I am calling to talk to my wife who I am going to be missing like crazy. I will not tell her anything about what Sean and I are working on," Robert told her with a grin.

Anna smiled back, "I understand."

"I see you're finally awake." They looked over at the door, Dr. Harris had just entered the room. "How are feeling this morning?"

"A little sore, but rested. The boys are moving around so they must be alright."

"After the excitement, the three of you had yesterday apparently the best thing for you was having daddy here holding you. I was going to have a bed brought in for you Robert but watching the monitors it was clear you were having quite the calming effect on Anna and in turn the babies."

"Maybe I should wait another day," Robert started to say.

"No, you know I need you to go take care of that business we are not going to talk about," Anna insisted.

"Alright. I should go pack a bag. I'm sure Sean has already booked us a flight and we'll be leaving soon." Robert stood up and kissed Anna lovingly. "I'll call you later. I love you so much Anna Scorpio."

Anna smiled and touched his cheek, "And I love you Robert Scorpio. I love you so much." They kissed once more then Robert turned and left the room.

Dr. Harris knew there was a reason they were not actually talking about where Robert was going or what he was doing. She was glad that they both understood Anna needed to stay calm. "So there were a few friends that were hoping to see you last night but since you were sleeping they promised to come back to see you today. Some of them are on staff here and will be looking in on you throughout the day," she added with a smile.

That made Anna smile, she knew Bobbie was one of the first people she would be seeing this morning. There were sure to be a few of the doctors just popping in to say hi as well. "I guess I won't be bored while I'm stuck here."

There was a knock at the door then Anna saw Robin poke her head in the door, "I saw daddy as he was leaving and he said I should come and give you a hug."

Dr. Harris smiled at her, "You must be Robin, I've heard a lot about you and the best thing your mommy needs right now is a hug from you."

Filomena followed her into the room, "She insisted on coming to see you this morning."

"That's fine," Anna said smiling at her as Robin hugged her. "I have to stay here for a while, it may even be until Andy and Alex are born."

"They're OK, right? I didn't understand what Uncle Sean was telling us, only that they were almost born yesterday."

"That's basically it, so to make sure they wait a little longer to be born I have to stay here. Filomena can bring you to visit me while your daddy is away working."

"He told me not to talk about work with you."

Anna giggled a little, "Oh, did he? That's good because I don't want to talk about that. I hate to say this but I think it's about time you get to school. You only have another week before summer holidays."

"Alright," Robin gave her another hug and kiss then she and Filomena left again.

"Try and get some rest, I get the feeling you are going to have little visits like that the entire time you're here," Dr. Harris said with a smile, then she left the room as well.

...

"I'm telling you there is a lot Lavery isn't telling us. He's guilty and thinks he's smarter than the police and will get away with both these murders. That was why he was being so cooperative, he thinks he's smarter than us."

Molini sat looking at his partner. Over the last few weeks, there had been quite a change in him. He went from wondering who had killed Olivia Jerome to non-stop pushing that it was, in fact, Duke Lavey that had done it. Now he has become convinced that Duke also killed Camellia McKay and had gone to the press saying it was only a matter of time before Duke is charged with that as well. "You are aware that we still need proof. That we don't just get to send suspects to prison because you think they did it."

"I know he did it."

"Fine, then where's your proof?"

"I don't have the proof yet but I will. Then you'll look like a fool for doubting me."

"Oh really?" Molini shook his head, "Tell me what was Lavery's motive for killing McKay? Why did he let people know she was missing if he killed her?"

"Because he needed to brag about it. He needed people to know that he had killed her as well."

"I think you're going out on a limb there. Let's just say he did kill Olivia. There is basically nothing that links him to that murder. You know as well as I do a single witness saying a man with dark hair was in the area isn't enough to place Lavery there. So if he did kill Olivia and thought he was going to get away with it why would he suddenly tell us there was another woman missing, that you believe he killed as well."

"Like I said, he needed to have something to brag about."

"And you sound like a young punk that wants to make a name for himself. You think you'll get your name in the paper by sending an innocent man to prison for crimes he didn't commit," Molini told him.

"You want to have your name connected to this case because the Jerome family is involved. All people are going to remember about you, is that you were that young detective in over his head that was spouting off to the press when there was no case to back up any of his claims."

Both detectives turned to see who was talking. Barter knew who one of these guys were but not the older of the two. What the hell were they doing here and why were either of them talking about things they didn't understand. "We are talking about an ongoing investigation. This doesn't concern either of you."

"Would you shut up," Molini said as he stood up. Unlike his partner, he knew this man with Robert could only be one person and if they were here to help with this case he would take all the help he could get. Also unlike his partner, he knew they had the wrong man in custody and that the charges weren't going to stick. "You're Sean Donely aren't you? Randall Molini, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"I am, I hear you worked with Peter Ashby. He was a good agent, I got to work with him on a few assignments."

"He told me several stories about his WSB days. What brings you here today?"

Robert was the one that answered, "It seems you are trying to send an innocent man to prison and I have been sent here to prove Lavery didn't kill either of those women."

"Oh really, so just who sent you here?" Barter asked.

"My wife, she can't leave the hospital now until the babies are born because seeing that the NYPD are willing to let an innocent man go to prison has caused her too much stress. I take it it's you that said it's only a matter of time before Lavery is facing a second murder charge. Young and dumb, you are still too stupid to know the press can be just as big an enemy as it can be a friend."

"What is that supposed to mean?".

"It means you're going to be nothing but a joke after Lavery is let go before he sees a day in court," Sean told him.

"Don't waste your breath, my partner thinks he knows everything."

"Molini do you have a few minutes to talk to us?" Sean asked.

"Under what authority are you here?" Barter asked. "I know he's a PI, what about you?"

"Scorpio may have given back his credentials after that mission last year. I like to hang on to mine, WSB," Sean said holding up his credentials. That effectively shut Barter up. "We only need to talk to your partner, you can stay here and make up some more charges that won't stick."

Molini led Sean and Robert to an office so they could talk alone. "What can I help you with?" he asked as they all sat down.

"We are here to find Camellia. We don't believe she's dead and even if she is we know Lavery didn't do it," Sean told him.

"You sound very sure about that."

"He put his own life in danger to protect her last year now you want us to believe he turned around and killed her. If he had killed her why would he have pointed out that she was missing?" Robert asked.

"You were right about my partner being all talk and wanting to look good in the press. We have nothing that connects Lavery to McKay. We only have very shaky circumstantial evidence that could link him to Olivia's murder, I know we don't have a case that will stand up in court."

"Why was he arrested then?" Sean asked.

"Pressure from the higher-ups. Barter keeps saying he has a witness that is afraid to come forward because this is related to the Jeromes. Barter says he knows if he gets enough time he will be able to convince the witness to make an official statement."

"Have you talked to this witness?"

"No, not yet. We both have informants that only talk to one person. The fact nothing new has come from what his witness is apparently telling him makes me wonder if it's just some guy messing with the investigation."

"So for all you know there might not even be a witness," Sean pointed out.

"I want to think I can trust my partner's sources but I understand what you're saying."

"Did you ever find out anything about that guy Dino that had come to Port Charles?" Robert asked.

"Not much there, he admitted to being related to Olivia. He told us about the run-ins he had with you and Anna. He doesn't seem to have anything to do with Victor or Julian but I think he's trying to make it as a small-time thug. We watched him for a little while after talking to him but nothing really came of that."

"What did you mean by small time? What kind of things is he involved in?" Sean asked.

"We watched him meet with a couple of guys that are known to us. He works down at a warehouse but all we ever saw him do was sit in an office talking on the phone. We couldn't bug it but I think he might be a small-time bookie. Other than that he takes food to an apartment not far from the warehouse once a week."

That got both Robert and Sean's attention. "Who lives there?" Robert asked.

"Is it someone you can connect to him or Olivia?" Sean asked next.

"The officers never followed him inside. I don't think they even know which apartment he was going up to."

"So they were just assuming he was taking food up to someone. Do they even know if it was food he was carrying? What if he was making deliveries to his boss? What if that is where he collects the money from the bets he might be taking?" Robert pointed out. He looked at Sean and knew he was thinking the same thing. "Where he's holding someone prisoner."

Molini's mouth dropped open, that hadn't even occurred to him. He had hardly given Dino Antoinelli a second thought since talking to him and the brief surveillance they had done. "I'll talk to Barter, he did some of the leg work. The other officers were reporting their finding to him."

"Can you just check that for us, there's no need to bother your partner with this. We wouldn't want to be too much of a bother and I'm sure he's got other things he's working on," Sean said then looked at Robert.

Molini was quickly realizing they didn't care for Barter's attitude involving this case and they were going to do a little investigating of their our. "I'll get that information. Will you at least let me in on what you figure out?"

"Of course we will," Sean told him as they walked back out of the office. Once they had the information on where Dino worked and the apartment he had been seen entering Robert and Sean left the police station. As they left the both noticed the looks Barter was giving them. "I don't think Dicky likes us asking around about this case."

"I don't think so either," Robert agreed. "He seemed rather put out that we didn't want his help."

"Let's get checked in to a hotel somewhere in that area, then we can start watching for Dino see what all he's been up to," Sean said, then they left the station.