Chapter 4

Anna had just hung up and Finn could see the sadness in her eyes, "What's going on?" They were in her sitting room.

"You remember what I said the other day about wanting to go see an old friend?" Finn nodded so she continued. "I was just talking to his wife, this is so hard on her. I just wish I was there to give her a hug and let her know how much I care. We were all so close and I know she could really use her friends' support."

Finn walked over and hugged her, "Anna, I told you I'd come with you. I think it would be good for you to have someone there to lean on."

"I'll be fine. I'm going to see Sean and Tiffany, Robert is going as well because we want to spend time with him before he forgets us completely. As emotional as this is going to be I know it will be easier for Sean and Tiffany if it's only Robert and I that are there. People Sean knows, people that he might recognize at least a little." Anna wiped at the tear that was on her cheek. It was so sad thinking about what Sean was going through. His mind, his memory, had always been one of his greatest assets, now that was slipping away from him.

It had been almost two weeks since Alex had told Finn he was never going to be enough for Anna. He had even told Anna about that but no matter what he tried Alex's words just kept coming back to him like they are taunting him. He understood that Anna was right about why he shouldn't go with her. This was about their friend and what was best for him. Them wanting to see him. Knowing that didn't make it any easier to accept that she was going on this trip with Robert. Finn's seen them together, he thought he understood their relationship. So why did the idea of them going to see an old friend suddenly make him feel uneasy? "So when are you going on this trip?"

"I'll need to talk to Robert to confirm it, but I think in the next few days. It has to be before the Nurses Ball, Robin is bringing the entire family this year so I have to be here for that." Anna smiled thinking about getting to spend time with her family.

"That will be fun. I take it they are all staying here."

"Of course they are," Anna said with a smile. "There's more than enough room here and I want to spend as much time with them while they're here as I can."

Finn's phone rang, he looked at it, "I should take this." He turned as he answered it. "Hello."

"Hi, is there maybe a chance you'd have time to come talk to me."

"Yeah, I told you if you need me I'll be there to help you out. Where are you?"

"At my house, I haven't picked up another bottle of vodka yet but I have been thinking about it."

"Alright, I'll be right over." Finn hung up and turned back to Anna. "I need to go see Alexis. There's a lot going on for her right now so I need to make sure she alright and that she isn't tempted to drink."

"I know, you don't have to explain. I hope everything alright."

"She hasn't picked up a bottle this time, so I think it's a good sign that she called me before she got that far."

"I do too. You better get over there," Anna told him with a smile.

"Yeah, see ya later," Finn gave her a quick kiss then turned and left.

...

When she heard the knock Alexis went to answer her door, "Thanks for coming, I hope I didn't drag you away from anything."

"No don't worry about that. I said I'll help you with this and I will. I'm sure I'll need to turn to you at some point."

"Oh, but you have Anna," Alexis said with a little grin.

"With everything she's had to deal with in her life, substance abuse is not one of them." Alexis turned and Finn followed her inside. "So what has happened now?"

Alexis turned and sighed, "My daughters. Molly is fuming that Kristina is in this Dawn of Day thing. Sam tells me she is working on something to find out more about it. Now I hear Jason was facing assault charges against this Shiloh character. Kristina still isn't talking to me but apparently thinks Jason could have killed Shiloh. I hate what this cult or whatever is doing to my family."

"OK, yeah that's a lot to deal with. I hope you haven't been having any dreams on top of all of this."

"Haha," she gave him a little smirk. "No, there has been no more sex dreams about my abusive ex."

"Well, that's a good thing at least."

Alexis tilted her head and grinned, "Yeah. I don't know what to do about my girls. I don't even think I really felt tempted to have a drink. I might have just needed someone to talk to. Sorry."

"I'm here for that too." They both sat down, "Do you think Jason was trying to kill Shiloh?"

"No," she shook her head. "If Jason Morgan wanted Shiloh dead he would be and it wouldn't have happened in front of Kelly's with witnesses."

"Is this what you want to talk about, Dawn of Day?"

"No, I really don't."

"So no sex dreams, no DOD. What are we talking about"

"You?" she asked with the tilt of her head. "Something that I'm not stressing about."

"Oh, is that how it is?" Finn grinned when Alexis nodded. "Alright what do you want to know?"

"I heard Anna's twin was here getting treated for the same blindness she had and the other identical twins have been suffering from. Is it something in the water? Should I be glad I'm not a twin?"

"Ha, no it wasn't in the water but they may have all been part of some experiment a doctor was conduction. Patients 1 through 6."

"Oh, so this is all connected to what Jason went through."

"I don't know if that's exactly what it is but I guess on some layer. There have been memory," he rubbed his hands together, "tampering, I guess is the best word."

"For all of them, even Kevin and Ryan?"

"I don't know. One's faces charges and the other is presumed dead so I don't think anyone has asked them about this."

"Anna and her sister?"

"Yeah, Anna has some of Alex's memories."

"Did they get that straightened out while Alex was here?"

"Alex told her about a mission that apparently Alex carried out but Anna remembers it like she had been there. I think Anna might now believe there were other memories implanted as well. She also isn't sure if she can trust that Alex wasn't lying about the one she did tell her. I know Anna has been thinking about that a lot. Alexandra Merrick Devane is quite the character and knows how to get what she wants, knows how to get into a person's head."

Alexis leaned forward, "Did she get into your head?"

Finn exhaled, "Maybe, ah yeah. I mean a little."

"About what?"

"Um."

Just by watching him Alexis could tell he wasn't sure he wanted to answer that. "You don't have to tell me."

"Do you think Anna and I will last? That we have a real chance at a future."

"I thought things were good between you and Anna."

"They are, even if her ex-husband thinks I'm an idiot."

Alexis had to smile at that. She Robert just well enough to know he would have no problem telling Finn that. "So what did Alex say to you?"

"She told me a few things about Anna, she then told me I'm a nice distraction for Anna. That I am never going to be enough for her."

"And now you're starting to wonder if she might be right."

"Anna's an ass-kicking international spy, I'm an infectious disease specialist that has a touch of OCD. It's not like we're the most likely of matches."

"You might have a point but what people do for a living doesn't dictate who they end up with."

"I am aware of that. Alex does seem to understand her sister. Maybe not as well as Robert but I can't help but think she is at least a little correct about what she said."

"As well as Robert, why do you say that?"

"You should hear what he says about her and he is so on point. He wants her to be happy so he had actually told me how she would react to situations and why. He's always right. He called me an idiot because I thought he was telling me to break up with her not tell her how much she means to me. He'll still do anything for her. Anna asked and he ran off to London to look into that mission Alex said was planted for her."

"They have known each other years."

"No, it's more than that, more than just being friends and exes. They really care about each other, they look out for each other and they understand each other so well. Bobby and Annie have an unbreakable bond."

"Bobby and Annie?"

"Robert calls them that. Anna always grins when he does. I think his Annie likes Bobby a lot."

"You aren't jealous, are you? You don't think you have to worry about the two of them?"

"No, he annoys her most of the time but he helps her in ways I don't understand as well."

"There still something bothering you though."

"This has nothing to do with our relationship but she is going with him to go visit an old friend of theirs and it was made very clear I am not needed there."

"Who are they going to so see?"

"Sean and Tiffany, I wasn't told their last name. I guess I should have just known that already."

"Sean Donely and Tiffany Hill," Alexis told him. He looked at her wondering how she knew that. "They had already left Port Charles when I moved here but I heard a lot about them. I could be wrong about some of this but I believe Sean was at some point their boss at the WSB, he had a PI office with Anna I believe. Sean stepped in as commissioner when Robert went after Anna. Tiffany Hill once owned a TV station here, they are all very close. I even think Sean is Robin's godfather. I think that was something either Mac or Robin told me."

"How do you know all of this?"

"I have lived here for some time now. I'm a lawyer, going over old cases is often part of my job and I dated Mac for a while."

"Alright, I'll assume you're right about most of that then. So they are just going to see a close friend and I shouldn't think there's more to it than that."

"Alex really did get in your head, didn't she? When are they going on this trip?"

"Soon, they want to be back before the Nurses Ball. They want to go see him because Sean is suffering from dementia and they want to see him while he still knows who they are. Mac and Felicia are planning a trip as well."

"You might have lead with that bit of information. Sean is like a second father to Felicia, he and Tiffany help Mac a lot with Robin after they believed Robert and Anna had died. Again I know this from dating Mac. They are all really good friends and if I was them I would want to see my friend before it got too late as well. If Anna doesn't want you there I'm sure it's just because she wants time with her friends."

"Yeah, that's what she told me, said it would be easier on Sean too."

"Then listen to her and stop thinking about what Alex said."

"That is very good advice and I will do my best to listen to it."

Alexis smiled, "You should come over more often to talk. Thinking about your problems has kept me from thinking about mine for an entire hour."

"Glad I could help, even if I kind of look like a fool at this point," he said then grinned and they both laughed.