After having spent the night in Hollys arms Robert felt ready to take on the world. He left her sleeping soundly in bed and set out discreetly roaming the halls of the Quartermaine home looking for Lukes boudoir. He stood outside one particular room not wanting to knock but certainly hesitant to enter mostly in fear that Tracy may have desired to share her husbands bed the previous night. Just as he decided to go back to Holly the door to Lukes room opened startling Robert and fortunately it was Luke himself.
"Scorpio, what the hell are you doing out in the open, get in here man" Luke whispered while rushing Robert into his bedroom.
"I was looking for you" said Robert "I am ready to finish this business now so as I can get on with my life"
"Get on with your life with Holly?" Luke asked pointedly
Robert looked sheepish at this point and hesitated before answering "Maybe if she'll have me"
Luke grinned and patted his friend on the back
"I tend to think she will have you pal" Luke said while offering Robert a drink
"Isn't it a bit early for cocktails?" Robert asked
"It's never too early for alcohol in the Quatermaine home" Luke said sarcastically. The two friends shared a drink and then set about forming a plan that would draw Helena out into the open.
"We have to come up with some way of proving Hollys innocence" Robert said while pacing the room
"I hate to be the voice of reason here friend but are you certain she is innocent?" Luke asked gently. Robert thought deeply on the subject before answering Lukes question and finally responded
"I would stake my life on it mate, as a matter of fact i have staked my life on it already. Holly can lie with the best of them but she has never been very successful at lying to me" He said while looking Luke straight in the eyes.
"Well I guess if I had as much faith in her as you obviously do then I never would have lost her to you " "Come on let's go see if the lady is awake and go over our game plan with her" Said Luke leading Robert out the door and into the private wing that Holly and Robert have been occupying.
Meanwhile Holly awoke alone in the big bed and immediately knew Robert was not in the room with her. She jumped out of bed quickly donning Roberts discarded shirt and quietly opened the door to look out into the hall. At that moment Luke and Robert came into the hallway from a back stairwell and Holly breathed a sigh of relief as she was beginning to think that he had left here here.
"Where were you going dressed so delectably ?" Luke asked sounding a bit too lecherous. Holly blushed and responded "I was concerned about Robert, now I will go in the bathroom and get dressed" She said while shyly smiling at Robert failing to hide the look of relief that was obvious to Robert.
"Mmm, she is still quite a dish pal" Luke said not realizing that his obvious admiration of Hollys body was causing his friend to grind his teeth in jealousy.
After a half hour the men were beginning to think that Holly had fallen asleep in the shower, Robert knocked on the door just as Holly was opening from the other side and the two lovers both grinned and shyly averted their eyes as Holly walked out into the bedroom
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"So did either of you two think to bring a starving woman some breakfast?" Holly asked which caused both Robert and Luke to stutter and finally to Luke leaving the room mumbling something about being a maid.
"You look beautiful sweetheart" Robert said before kissing her very tenderly on the cheek. Holly was somewhat taken aback by Roberts shyness after the night they had just spent together. Just thinking of the things they had done last night caused Hollys cheeks to darken in a deep blush which didn't escape Roberts notice and which obviously created great joy in him as he took her in his arms and gave her a real good morning kiss which left the pair both breathless and wishing that time would stand still and life would always be as it was at that moment, but with Lukes return with breakfast and an afternoon spent planning their next move the couple knew that things were certain to change be it for better or worse they were indeed in this together.
Meanwhile across town at yet another secret lair Helena was consulting with a mysterious figure
" I have it on good authority that the Scorpios are hiding at the Quartermaine estate" Helena told the mystery person
"Very good, I almost have Robert Scorpio right where I want him, I have spent many years planning this day and I will see Scorpios face when he realizes all that i have done to finally have my revenge" Helena smiled while waving the odiferous cigar smoke away and looking upon the face of Cesar Faison
Back at the Quartermaine house the trio were discussing details of their situation which created further questions in each of them.
"Why would Helena Cassadine go to so much trouble to use me to exact revenge on you Robert, and with the epidemic having been a failure to her as neither of you lost any loved ones, what could she possibly have planned now?" Holly asked as the two men look at each other thinking exactly what Holly had dared to ask.