Chapter 30

"Her temperature is down to 100.6." Epiphany smiled at Patrick as she finished taking Robin's vitals. "I'll finish the blood draw and…"

"I'll do it." Patrick took the tray from the nurse.

Epiphany nodded her head. "Of course doctor." She had known Patrick Drake for years and never seen him like this over a woman. "You did wonderful work here."

"It was Robin." Patrick expertly finished the blood draw. "I just followed her lead."

"Well I'll be damned – I never thought I would see the day."

"What?"

"The day you showed even the slightest bit of modesty." She favored him with her kindest grin. "I'll get these right down to the lab and have Kavi put a rush on it."

"Thanks Epiphany." Patrick watched the nurse leave the room and then turned back to Robin. "Okay, we need to talk Soltini. I gave you this antidote over 12 hours ago and you are still not awake."

"What," her voice was soft as she finally spoke, "just because you administered the antidote I'm supposed to be instantly healed?"

He jumped onto the bed and took her hand in his. "Something like that." He reached over and stroked her cheek, happy that she was finally getting better. "How are you feeling?"

"Tired but hopeful." She squeezed his hand. "You, on the other hand, look terrible. You need some rest."

Patrick wasn't surprised in the least that, even though she was sick, she was concerned about him. "Here's the thing – the woman I am crazy about has been sick and I can't rest until she is better."

"Could you rest if she promises that she is feeling better?"

He cocked his head to the side. "Maybe a little bit."

"How about if she asks you to hold her for a little bit and take a nap with her?" Robin winked at him. "Come on Dr. Drake, we could both use a nap."

Patrick didn't need to be asked twice – he slipped off his shoes and laid down on the bed with Robin. "If you insist."

"I do." Robin wrapped his arms around her and sighed contentedly. "This is nice."

Patrick kissed the back of her head and closed his eyes. "Yes it is. Go to sleep Robin and, if you are good, I'll bring you a fudge mocha ice cream bar later."

"Really?" She sounded exactly like Rylee in her excitement and Patrick laughed.

"Yes so shut your eyes and get some sleep." He softly stroked her arms. "The sooner you get better, the sooner I can take you out on our first date."

"You think you've earned a date?" Robin snuggled in closer to him. "That's presumptuous."

"I saved your life – that earns me at least one date."

"Maybe." She coyly answered. "But if you are too exhausted to…"

"Shut up and go to sleep Soltini." He kissed her cheek this time and hugged her closer. "We can work out the details later."

Keith stood outside Robin's door and watched the two of them together. There was a familiarity between the two of them, a comfortableness that he had never had with Robin. Shaking his head, he turned and headed back down the hall. It was time to go.


Gwen walked into her apartment and headed straight to the bar to pour herself a glass of scotch. It had been a long week at GH and all she wanted to do was get drunk and forget it had ever happened.

She sat down on the couch and took off her shoes before lying back and taking a drink. In a million years she had never thought she would do what she had done but she didn't regret taking Mr. Craig up on his offer. Dr. Soltini was recovering and would be perfectly fine and Gwen now had no doubts where she stood with Patrick. The only reason she had stuck around Port Charles was for him and now that it was obvious that he was head over heels for Robin there was no need to stay anymore.

She pulled out a card from her pocket and made a call. "I did my part – now you do yours."

Jerry smiled at the woman's audacity but a deal was a deal. "Of course Dr. Miller – where would you like to work?"

"Somewhere warm – how about Greece or Spain?" Gwen was a loner with no family to keep her in the states.

"I think I know the perfect place for you." Jerry looked around the lab on Cassadine Island. "I'll make the arrangements and have you here by the end of the week."

"Perfect." Gwen knew that Patrick was going to make her life difficult now that he had figured out that she had injected Robin with the mutated virus. Luckily for her, he had no way of proving it. She had deposited the syringe in a sharps container down in the ER and she had worn gloves every time she touched it. Gwen was smart and she had covered her tracks well.

She closed her eyes and was just about to drift off to sleep when she heard a pounding on her door. "Just a minute." She waltzed over to the door and opened it to find a man standing there with two other men behind him. "May I help you?"

"Dr. Gwen Miller?" The sandy haired man had a straight forward manner as he addressed the doctor.

"Yes?"

He pulled out a pair of cuffs and quickly turned her around, pinning her to the door as he slapped on the cuffs. "Homeland security - you are under arrest."

"For what!" Gwen didn't fight him as he cuffed her – her hands were too valuable.

"Aiding and abetting a known terrorist." He held up a picture of James Craig. "This man committed an act of biological terror on Port Charles and you were spotted assisting him."

"Wait – he was just asking me for an update on a patient." Gwen was shocked at the turn of events.

"Do you do all your updates in the supply closet?" He turned her around and shoved her to the other men. "Please take Dr. Miller down to the station and I will wait here for crime scene team."

Gwen continued to protest as the men dragged her out of the building. The man walked into her apartment, closed the door, and walked over to the bar. Moving deliberately, he poured himself a glass of scotch and took a drink before pulling out his phone and making a call. "Dr. Miller is in custody and on her way to a WSB safehouse as we speak."

Robert smiled at Anna who was sitting by his bed. "Thank you Frisco."

"No one messes with our girl Scorpio – you know that." Frisco had only recently found out about the number the WSB had pulled on Robert when he was promoted to Chief of the agency. Shocked and angered about what the agency had done to his old friend, Frisco was doing everything he could to help the man out. "Just get better and give the girls my love."

"Will do." Robert hung up the phone. "Dr. Miller will be detained indefinitely for her part in the biological terror attack on Port Charles."

"We can't keep her locked up for years Robert." Anna was furious about what had happened to her daughter but she also knew that the doctor's medical knowledge made her valuable.

"That's true but we can offer her deal." There was a twinkle in Robert's eyes as he thought about what the WSB had planned for Gwen.

"The same kind of deal they offered you?" Anna had to admit that it was the perfect way to deal with the doctor.

"Look, the important thing is that she will pay for what she did to our daughter and never to be able to hurt Robin again." Robert leaned back in his bed. "So, tell me more about this great-granddaughter of ours. Her name is Rylee?"

Anna's mood instantly lightened. "Yes and she is the most amazing little girl. The other night we were watching a movie and she…"