Holly had bundled Spencer up and sent him out with Bobbie and Ruby for a while so she and Robert and Luke could have some time alone to clear the air between them.

Luke was the first to speak

"So why don't you two tell me how this supposed marriage of convenience became more"

"Luke why don't you sit down" Holly said "I will get us some tea"

"I don't need tea darlin i need the truth" turning to Robert Luke adds "are you and Holly man and wife in every sense of the word?"

Robert hesitates only a second before answering

"yes, i love Holly very much and we are as close as two people possibly can be"

Holly felt the pain she saw in Roberts eyes as he told his once best friend that he had indeed been very intimate with her

"Luke please sit down and let us explain"

Luke was very quiet as he sat down on the sofa and looked at Holly, she wasn't the love of his life he thought but she was damned close.

"Luke, Robert and I were married on Feburary 6th of last year and at first it was merely an arrangement to keep me from being deported"

"Holly and I became very good friends those first few months pal, we were all the other had" Robert added

"So when did this friendship turn into more?" Luke asked.

Robert and Holly looked at each other and Holly answered

"A few months after our marriage there was a crisis at the hospital, Bobbie and Monica Quartermaine were held hostage and Robert was seriously wounded saving them, he was hospitalized in grave condition i thought he was going to die and it was during that time at his bedside that i realized that i loved him"

Lukes concern for his friend turned to horror as he said

"So you fell in love with him while carrying my child?"

"Did you have sex with him while pregnant with my baby?"

"Yes, we made love for the first time when i was seven months pregnant"

Luke leaped up from the sofa and lunged for Robert

"Why you son of a, how could you have sex with my woman while my child was inside her?"

"Luke please" Holly said "Please calm down and let me finish"

Robert spoke and said "Luke whatever happened between Holly and I had nothing to do with you or with little Spencer, it was a very natural loving act that happened between a man and a woman who had been married for months, hell we were in love"

"Luke please realize that Robert would never have done anything to jeapardize Spencer, I initiated it and frankly i do not regret one second of the time that we have spent together"

Luke couldn't believe what he was hearing, his best friend and the woman he loved were married and raising his child together. Luke walked to the front door and turned and said very sadly

"I loved you both and you have betrayed me and i'll be damned if I am gonna stand by and let you two play happy little family with my son"

with that he turned and walked out the door as Robert put his arm around Holly he said

"I love you Holly and whatever happens please know that the past few months have been the happiest in my life"

Holly knew that her life was about to change and the thought of losing Robert terrified her but the thought of losing Spencer terrified her more...

to be continued tomorow