Chapter 14
"May we join you?" Liz couldn't help but smirk at Robin when she saw her old friend sitting between the two men. "Unless you were saving a seat for another one of your admirers…"
"Sit down Liz." Patrick greeted his friends. "Lucky – good to see you out of jeans."
Lucky pulled at the tie on his neck. "Don't get used to it. The only reason I am in this thing is because my wife insisted."
"And you look amazing." Liz leaned over to kiss her husband.
"As do you Liz." Robin gave her friend a warm grin. "That dress looks amazing on you."
Liz was dressed in a dark green dress with a brocade fitted top and a chiffon skirt. "Lulu helped me pick it out."
"Are she and Dante coming tonight?" Robin hadn't seen Lucky's little sister since she was a baby.
Lucky shook his head. "No, she is meeting with a doctor in Manhattan about my mom." Laura had succumbed to psychomotor disassociation years ago. Luke had blamed himself, gone off the deep end and was currently off on some adventure while Lulu and Lucky searched for a cure.
Robin's eyes clouded over. "I heard about Laura and I am so sorry about what happened. Would you mind if I reviewed her case? I have worked with several doctors overseas on some new treatments for neurological disorders – I would like to be able to help her if I can."
"You know Laura?" Patrick had come to town after Laura's breakdown and Lucky didn't like to talk about his mom. Remembering the good times hurt him too much.
"She was great to Stone and me after we revealed we were HIV positive. She treated us just like anyone else, never shied away from a cut or a hug." Tears filled Robin's eyes briefly but she blinked them back. "Please Lucky?"
"Of course Robin." Lucky squeezed his wife's hand and then looked at the man who kept scooting closer to his old friend. "You must be Keith – Liz has told me all about you."
"And you are Liz's husband Lucky – nice to meet you." Keith had no illusions about where Liz's loyalties laid. She had been campaigning for Robin and Patrick to get together since the moment she discovered Robin was back in town. It was obvious from the way that Lucky glared at him that he shared his wife's opinion. "I understand that you work with Robin's uncle at the PCPD. I appreciate what you do to keep us safe."
"You're welcome." Lucky dismissed Keith and turned back to Patrick. "So, did you catch the game last night?"
"Well, well, well, look who's here." Carly glared at a table across the way as she and Jax sat down. "I can't believe that the saint had the nerve to show her face back in this town after what she did."
Jax rolled his eyes and poured them each a glass of wine. "Robin didn't do anything Carly and I thought we agreed that it was time you let this go."
"But my son won't even speak to me because of what she did."
"Michael won't speak to you because Sonny tried to kill AJ and you supported his decision to do so." It amazed Jax that after all these years Carly still tried to blame Robin for what had happened.
"AJ would have never known he was Michael's father if she hadn't told a truth that wasn't hers to tell." She pouted at her husband. "Sonny was a good father to him…"
"I swear to God Carly, if you start defending Sonny to me…"
Carly quickly shut up. For some reason Jax still cared about Robin and would not believe her when she said that Robin had destroyed her life. "Fine but I still don't have to like her being back."
"She has a new life and so do you. It's time to let the past go and concentrate on the future." Jax reached across the table and took her hand in his. "Now, we need to discuss whether or not Joss goes to public school or private."
Carly rolled her eyes. "Private of course."
Jax began talking about different schools but Carly barely heard him, her focus was on Robin. She sat there silently fuming as Jax tried to talk to her about their daughter.
"I am actually an Eagle Scout." Keith said proudly. "My final project was starting a recycling program in my town that is still going on."
"I was never a boy scout…"
Robin couldn't help but interrupt Patrick. "Shocker."
He threw Robin a little glare, "I was too busy teaching the girls how do to mouth to mouth." Everyone at the table glared at him. "I taught CPR."
"I finished at the top of my class in medical school at Harvard."
Patrick refused to let Keith upstage him. "Same here – John Hopkins."
"Sorbonne?" Robin was trying to get the men to stop posturing but it wasn't working. "Liz, would you mind accompanying me to the ladies room? I want to move before they start comparing their shoe sizes."
"Let's go." Both women stood up and left the table. "So, are you having fun?"
"Fun? Liz, were you at the same table I was?" The ladies entered the bathroom and went to the sink to check their makeup. "I mean, what was all that about?"
"It was about impressing you." Liz was thrilled that Patrick was finally getting out of his own way. "You have two gorgeous doctors competing for your affections. Don't fight it, enjoy it."
"You are horrible." Robin sighed. "I am just getting back into this dating thing. And after everything that happened in Jacksonville…"
"That was over months ago and it doesn't matter now. Robin, nobody here knows about that and they don't ever need to." Robin had confided in Liz and Lucky about the man who had stalked her one night not long after she had come back to town.
"But..."
"No buts." Liz heard an announcement that the auction was about to begin. "All we need to worry about is getting out there for the auction – I have a feeling that you are going to very popular tonight."
Robin just laughed and followed her friend out the door, neither one noticing that there was someone in the stall who had heard every word of their conversation.
Carly waited until she heard the door shut before she came out the bathroom stall. She walked over to the sink and stared in the mirror, a malicious grin coming to her face. So Robin had a secret.
She fixed up her lipstick and checked her hair, a plan already forming in her head. She winked at her reflection before heading to the door. "Let's see how Robin likes it when someone tells a truth she wanted to keep hidden."
