Chapter 33
"You better be decent in there." Matt pushed through Robin's hospital room door with Maxie right behind him.
Patrick rolled his eyes at his little brother. "Ha ha Matt."
Robin winked at the couple. "Besides, I don't put out on the first date."
Patrick's response was quick. "Good thing we have been on several dates already."
"Anything involving the hospital or my granddaughter does not qualify as a date." She was teasing him and loving every moment of it.
Maxie sat down in one the chairs laughing. "Gee Matt, I didn't know I was getting dinner and a show tonight."
"That's me – always giving you more than you expected." He leaned down and kissed Maxie. "But you already knew that."
"Eww, I so did not need to see that." Patrick began helping Matt get their dinner set up. "What did you bring?"
"I have 4 bacon cheeseburgers with fries and 4 chocolate milk shakes." Matt handed Robin one of the shakes. "You get the first one as a reward for being such a good patient."
"Thank you Matt." She took a drink and sighed in contentment. "That is so good."
"Although I think you may be pushing the definition of good patient a little far." Patrick sat back down on the bed with his and Robin's food. He handed her a box and then opened up his own. "She has been nothing but trouble this whole week."
"Someone's got to keep you on your toes." Robin took a big bite of the burger and moaned happily. "This is exactly what I needed."
Maxie was having the same reaction. "I know – so good."
"I'm beginning to think that Mike put something in your burgers that he didn't add to mine." Matt didn't see the big deal with the burgers.
"I think it's a townie thing – Maxie and I grew up here and these burgers just feel like home." Robin continued to eat her burger as she held up her end of the conversation. "Anything exciting happen while I was in here – I mean besides my dad coming back from the dead?"
Maxie began choking on her burger and Matt quickly came to her rescue, patting her on the back until he could be certain that her airway wasn't blocked. She reached over and took a drink of her milkshake. "What do you mean your dad is back from the dead?"
"I thought Mac would have told you – my dad was working for the WSB for the last 25 years instead of being here with me." Robin couldn't keep the bitterness out of her voice. "He said it was part of a deal he made to keep me and my mom safe but…"
"Damn them!" Maxie stood up and began pacing the room. "I hate the WSB. That damn agency stole both of fathers from us. Thank God we had Mac."
Robin nodded her head in agreement. "I know but we can't change it – just figure out how to deal with it. And you're right, Mac is the best and we could not have asked for a better father." She got a small smile on her face as she noticed something shining on Maxie's left hand. "Is there something you want to tell us?"
Maxie stopped pacing and a smile filled her face. She sat back down next to Matt and leaned on him. "Matt asked me to marry him last night," she held up her hand to show Robin the ring, "and I said yes!"
Robin squealed in her excitement over her cousin's good news. "Congratulations!"
"Yeah," Patrick smiled at his brother, "that is wonderful news."
"Well she is a wonderful woman." Matt kissed Maxie on the cheek. "I am just thrilled that she has agreed to spend the rest of her life with me."
Robin started giggling. "And Patrick is going to be your brother-in-law."
Maxie turned to Matt with a deadly serious look on her face. "I've changed my mind."
"Hey!" Patrick put on his best offended voice.
Everyone started laughing and Maxie put him out of his misery. "Just kidding – I couldn't imagine a better brother-in-law now that you have finally gotten your head out of your ass regarding my cousin."
"Point taken Maxie." Patrick snuck his arm around Robin.
Robin laid back and put her head on his shoulder. "So tell me all about the proposal – did he get down on one knee?"
Keith signaled the bartender by putting up his hand. "Another beer please."
Coleman shook his head. "I'm cutting you off buddy. You are already way too drunk to drive and I don't want you getting alcohol poisoning on my shift."
"But…"
"I've already taken your keys." Coleman began wiping down the bar. "The only question I have for you is if you want me to call you a cab or get someone here to pick you up."
"The only person I would want you to call can't come and get me." Keith started tearing the label off his beer bottle. "She's in the hospital."
"Then why are you here?"
"Because she doesn't want me there." He tore off the label in one smooth piece. "I mean, how could she not want me?"
"I don't know man." Coleman saw a group of ladies at a table needed another round of drinks and quickly began pouring. He set a cup of coffee down in front of Keith before heading over to their table. "Why don't you drink this and think about a way to fix it with her?"
Keith stared at the black liquid as the steam rose off of it. "I can't fix it – she's in love with someone else."
"Maybe you can change her mind." Carly sat down next to him and smiled. "I know you love Robin, let me help you win her back."
"I don't understand." Keith remembered what Robin had said about Carly and how much the woman hated her.
"I want to made amends for what I did to Robin all those years ago and I need to know more about what she has been through to do it." Carly stood up and helped Keith off his stool. "Why don't we go back to my hotel? You tell me what has been going on with Robin and I can get you another drink and a way to win her back."
Keith was unsteady on his feet as he followed Carly out the door. "I really do love her."
"I know you do." She stared at the handsome man and shook her head. She would never understand why men were attracted to the mousy doctor. She helped him into her car and began driving. "So where was Robin living before she came home to Port Charles?"
"Jacksonville, Vermont – it's a little town north of here." Keith felt sick as he watched the street lights passing the fast moving car. "I think I am going to be sick."
Carly quickly pulled to a stop and let Keith open his door. He emptied out the last couple of hours of alcohol and wiped off his now sweaty brow. "I think I want you to take me home. I need to sleep this off."
"But…"
"Please drive me home." He gave her his address and then shut his eyes.
Carly huffed for a moment but gave in. She had the town where Robin had last lived and that was a start. Only a little bit longer and she would blow little miss perfect's world apart.
