Chapter 55

"Jason?" Sam walked in to see her husband pacing the floor of the penthouse. "What's wrong?"

"He kidnapped her Sam. He took Robin and I am doing nothing to help find her." Jason's guilt was overwhelming him. "Robin gave up her freedom to bring me home to you and Danny. There has to be something I can do."

Sam sighed and ran her hands through her hair. "What do you want to do? Her family is calling every favor they have with every law enforcement agency in the world. Spinelli is trying to break into the Cassadine Industries computer system and the kids are hidden away – I really don't think there is anything else we can do."

Jason thought about it for a moment. "Yes there is." Jason grabbed his jacket off the back of the chair and headed to the door.

"Wait – where are you going?" Sam didn't like the look in her husband's eyes.

"To see an old friend."

_

"Georgie!" Emma ran towards her cousin and happily jumped into her arms. "I can't believe you're here."

Georgie laughed and smiled at Dillon. "No place else I'd rather be."

"Did you see the woods? Daddy won't let me go out there by myself but maybe if you and Dillon are with me…" Emma looked hopefully at her father.

"We'll see." Patrick smiled at her. "But for now, why don't you show Georgie and Dillon to their room?"

"Ok." She jumped down to the floor and grabbed Georgie's hand. "Let's go."

Georgie laughed and allowed herself to be dragged away, Dillon following them to the room. Patrick turned to Mac. "Any news?"

"No – Robert and Frisco have the place in Canada under surveillance but neither Nikolas or Robin have come in or out of the house since they got there." Mac tried to give Patrick a comforting look. "We will bring her home – it is just going to take time."

Patrick was about to say something when Hope began crying from her crib in the other room. Patrick moved but Felicia waved him off. "I'll get her – you two talk."

Mac sat down on the couch and Patrick joined him. "I know this is hard but we can take comfort in the fact that Nikolas loves her. He isn't trying to hurt her, he is trying to convince her to stay married to him."

"Is that supposed to make me feel better Mac? That the woman I love is with a madman who wants to keep her with him forever?" Patrick shook his head. "It doesn't. And now Emma is beginning to suspect that something else is going on."

"What did she say?" Mac wasn't surprised that Emma was suspicious – she was a smart little girl.

"She wanted to call Robin and when I said she couldn't she accused me of lying to her." Patrick shook his head. "I told her that Robin was with Nikolas and that seemed to satisfy her."

"Technically you did tell Emma the truth – Robin is with Nikolas."

Patrick stood up and began pacing. "I know. I'm hoping having Georgie here will be a good distraction for her. Those two are like two peas in a pod."

Mac smiled. "I know but it makes sense in a way. I mean, Georgie's supposed death is the reason Emma exists. Those two have had been tied together since the night Emma was conceived."

"I guess they have." Patrick smiled at the memory. Robin had come to him, upset from Georgie's funeral, and just needing to be with someone she loved. Patrick hadn't even hesitated to be that for her.

"We will get her home and you will be a family again – I promise." Mac stood up. "Now where is the grill? We stopped and got some steaks and hot dogs and I think a family cookout is exactly what we need."

Patrick couldn't help but laugh. "Let me lead the way."

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Nikolas watched the feed coming from the camera his man had installed near the cabin. It hadn't taken him long to find the group – the WSB computers weren't that difficult to break into for his IT guy – and now he watching the cabin closely so he could figure out his next move.

Robin wanted Emma and Hope back with her and he would arrange it somehow. In the meantime, he was moving Spencer from his boarding school to his Grandma Laura's place in Europe. Laura had moved back to her place in Paris to do some testing with Dr. LeGrasse and make sure she wasn't in danger of slipping back into her previous condition of psychomotor disassociation. Her treatment was experimental and guaranteeing her continued health meant extensive tests. It wasn't Wyndamere but it was a step closer and that would have to satisfy Spencer for now.

Nikolas turned his attention back to the computer monitor. Today had been wonderful, almost perfect, but he still didn't trust his wife. She was doing the right things and saying the right things but her walls were still up and showed no signs of coming down. Until he could fully trust her, heading back to Port Charles was not an option.

But bringing the girls here definitely was. He picked up his phone and made a call to his head of security. "Yes, I want you to start planning the rescue of Robin's daughters from their father."