"You wanted to see me?" Anton Mercer asked as one of the private investigators he'd hired to find Nikki entered his office.

"Yes, I found that woman that you've been looking for," the investigator said as he entered the office and took at seat.

"Ok, well what did you find out," Anton said.

"She's been living in a small town in Italy for the last four years and she's been working in a dance studio as an instructor, it's all here in this file," he said handing the folder to Anton.

"Thank you so much for all your hard work," Anton replied taking the folder and setting it on his desk.

"Will you be requiring me to take a trip to Italy?" the investigator asked.

"No, that won't be necessary, this is something that I should take care of myself," Anton told him as the man prepared to leave the office.

Once he was alone, Anton picked up his phone and dialed the extension to his secretary. "I need you to call my pilot and tell him to ready my plane, I need to go out of town on business for a few days."

"Your leaving?" a voice asked and Anton looked up to see his wife standing in the door.

"I didn't mean to eavesdrop, I only stopped by to see if you wanted to have lunch with me," Elsa Mercer said as she walked into her husband's office.

"I'd love to have lunch with you but if I'm going take this trip I should really wrap some things up here before I go," he replied.

"I don't recall you're having a business trip scheduled," Elsa mused.

"That's because this isn't really a business trip, it's personal," Anton answered.

"This wouldn't have anything to do with that woman that you were trying to find for Tommy Oliver would it?" she questioned. Anton had told his wife everything about his past with Tommy and of his determination to right the wrong that he had committed.

"As of matter of fact, it has everything to do with her, my investigators have located her in Italy," he replied.

"Anton, don't you think that Tommy should be the one to take this trip after all she was his fiancée," Elsa told him.

"She's spent the last four years of her life believing that Tommy was dead, I really don't think it's best if he just shows up on her doorstep, she needs to be prepared," Anton explained.

"And who's going to prepare her for seeing you?" Elsa asked.

"I'm not sure I get what you mean," Anton said.

"As far as she knows, you're still that monster who scared her into hiding, what makes you so sure that she's going to be willing to hear anything you have to say," Elsa replied.

"I hadn't thought about that, maybe you should come with me," Anton told her.

"Of course, we both owe Tommy a great deal, I'll do anything I can to help," Elsa said.

Nikki sat alone in her apartment staring out the window. It had been a week since she had sent Bruno away with Abby and she missed them both terribly but she knew that she'd had no choice in deciding to send her daughter away. Now all she could do was wait for Anton to make his move. Her thoughts were soon interrupted as she was alerted to the ringing of her telephone.

"Hello?" she asked picking up the line.

"Hi Mommy," her daughter said.

"Oh Abby, sweetheart Mommy was thinking about you," Nikki said happy to hear her daughter's voice.

"Do you miss me?" Abby asked.

"Of course, I do, I miss you terribly," Nikki told her.

"I miss you too," Abby said.

"Are you and Uncle Bruno having a good time?" Nikki asked.

"Uh huh, Uncle Bruno took me to the beach and I collected lots of seashells," Abby informed her.

"I'm glad you're having fun," Nikki replied.

"I wish you could be here," Abby told her.

"Maybe after I take care of everything here I can join you," Nikki said.

"I have to go now Mommy," Abby replied.

"Ok baby, I love you," Nikki told her.

"I love you too, Mommy," she said.

Tommy was downstairs in his former lab which he had turned into a gym when he heard his doorbell ring.

"Anton, what are you doing here?" Tommy asked.

"I have some news for you," Anton replied.

"Please come in," Tommy said moving aside to let him in.

"I would but I'm on my way to the airport and don't have much time," Anton told him.

"Did you find Nikki?" Tommy asked knowing that could be the only news that Anton would have to give him.

"Yes, it seems she's been living in Italy," Anton told him.

"Italy, what on earth is she doing there?" Tommy questioned.

"I'm not sure but that's what I deem to find out," Anton told him.

"Wait a sec, you said you were heading for the airport, are you planning on going there to see her?" Tommy asked.

"Yes, I wasn't even sure if I should tell you but I thought you had a right to know," Anton told him.

"If you're going to Italy to see Nikki then I want to go with you," Tommy replied.

"Tommy she's spent the last four years believing you were dead, I don't think it's a good idea if she were to see you right now," Anton told her.

"I don't care if you think it's a good idea or not, I'm going," Tommy declared.

"Tommy I know how badly you want to see her but I really think it's best if you stay here until I've had a chance to explain things to her, she needs to know that I'm no longer a threat to her," Anton said.

"I wasn't planning on just showing up at her door, I was thinking that you could go and talk to her while I wait in a hotel somewhere and then once she's learned the truth then I could go and see her," Tommy told him.

"I'm still not so sure that's a great idea, not until I know for certain her situation," Anton replied.

"What situation?" Tommy asked.

"Tommy when my men found her in Italy she wasn't alone, they saw her with a man and a child," Anton told her.

"She has a family," Tommy said in almost a whisper.

"It would appear that way yes, but I won't know anything until I go there and see things for myself," Anton told him.