Chapter 23
Robin called Robert and told him the results were in and that she wanted him to meet them at the hospital. She was going with her mom and thought her dad should be there as well. Even if she felt certain that they are her parents she couldn't help but worry a little that maybe, just maybe they were wrong. Anna and Robin walked into GH together, Robin didn't know if Anna had told Finn the results were in so she wasn't surprised when she didn't see him anywhere. Peter got there just after she saw her father walk in. She walked over to him, "Hi, I'm glad you came."
"I needed to be here. I need to hear those results as much as any of you."
Robin put her arm around his waist, he smiled and put his arm around her then they turned to walk over to Anna. "We all need to know the results, dad." Anna smiled at him but they didn't say anything. Peter walked over to them, Robin spoke first. "Let's get this over with. We all want to know what the results say."
"I already know what it will say," Peter said as he turned away from them. Robin stepped away from Robert and put her hand on Anna's back and they all started walking towards the lab.
Brad was there waiting for them. As soon as they walked in Robert looked at him, "I know your reputation and so help me if I find out you have in any way messed with these results it will be the last thing you ever do. I'm sure Lucas and your son will miss you but they'll get over it."
Brad swallowed the lump that was suddenly in his throat. Yeah, Robert Scorpio had just threatened his life. "I ran the test, I made sure no one had access to them and now the results are ready. I know better than to upset you, sir." There was a little sweet visible at Brad's hairline. When Robin told him he would be the one to run these tests and that he had better make sure no one messed with them he should have realized it wasn't just her that he would be answering to if anything was out of the ordinary. He picked up the results, "Anna, I assume you're the one that wants to open these."
Anna took them and opened the one with her's and Peter's name on it. She read it over, according to this they were related. They were closely related but it did not say she is his mother. "Could this wrong? Is there any doubting these results?"
"If you were able to get a sample of Alex's DNA then you would know without question but yes those are accurate."
Anna handed the results to Peter, "I am your aunt, not your mother."
Peter looked at them, "Brad just said to know for sure you should test Alex's DNA. I want that done before I'll believe these results."
"Why are you so determined to hate Anna? Why can't you accept that she isn't the woman that gave you up? You are a twisted bitter man that wants to hate Anna but has no problem forgiving the man that is actually responsible for you being raised by Faison. You get how messed up that is right?"
"Dad, let's see what ours says," Robin said not wanting her dad to make this any worse.
He turned to Anna who was already opening the other results. She read them, as she did a smile formed on her lips. She walked over and hugged Robin, "I knew we didn't need the test," she said looking at Robert with a smile. She exhaled, a sense of relief washing over her.
"Well, of course, that test you don't question," Peter accused.
"That's because there's nothing to question. According to this the samples all match, I'm Robin's mother, Robert is her father."
"Well isn't that convenient?" Peter said then walked out of the lab.
Anna followed him, she wasn't sure what she wanted to say to him but she didn't like that he was still upset by the results. "Peter! Wait!" He didn't pause or slow down. He didn't even glance over his shoulder as he walked away.
Robert and Robin followed them out of the lab, Anna was watching Peter walk away but she wasn't going to follow him. There was no point chasing him to just tell him that she was right. As they walked up behind her Anna turned and smiled at them. She hugged Robin again then looked up at Robert, "Are you satisfied?" he asked.
Anna nodded and smiled, they stepped towards each other and hugged, Robert held her tight. "Our history is the right one."
"Our love story is what's true," he whispered. Anna closed her eyes and relaxed into him, letting him hold her. Neither of them wanted to let the other one go, at the moment all that mattered was they knew the memories about how the met, fell in love and got married were true. How Robin was conceived from that love. Robert finally leaned back and Anna looked up at him, they were both smiling. He pushed some hair out of her face then Robin came over, with a smile of her own. They pulled her into the hug as well, all of them relieved to know that nothing had changed for them.
Finn had heard that the results were in and even though Anna hadn't messaged him he thought he should be there when she got them. He got there a little late and the four of them were already in the lab when he arrived. Finn thought about going inside but realized if Anna wanted him there she would have called or texted him. He could tell that Peter didn't like the results he had gotten. They must have shown that in fact, Anna was not his mother. Finn stepped away from the lab door, he had kept telling Anna she had to accept that Peter was her son. They were fighting because he refused to listen to her when she said she didn't believe that was true. Why hadn't he just waited for the results? He saw Anna follow Peter out of the lab and wasn't surprised that he didn't stop when she called out to him. Then he watched as Robin then Robert hugged Anna. He watched for a little while, yeah you can let go of her any time he thought. When they looked at each other with big smiles he turned and walked away. He didn't need to watch them, he didn't need to see how much they love each other. As he walked away he wondered when would he be seeing Anna this evening. They were surely going to want to go out and celebrate.
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Anna couldn't stop smiling, it felt so good to know that she was right. That Robin is her daughter, that their bond wasn't built on a lie. She hadn't really been doubting it but she'd still had that little voice in the back of her head that kept saying, yeah but what if. Now that voice had been silenced. What she was even more relieved about was the fact that if she is not Peter's mother, that she never slept with Faison. She never let him touch her and that meant she had never lied to Robert about that.
She was home waiting for Finn to get there, she had thought about having him there when she got the results but thought the fewer people there the better. She had been a little surprised when she saw Robert walk in but quickly realized Robin had wanted him there. When she heard the door she knew Finn was finally home. He walked into the sitting room, "Oh, you are here. I thought you'd be out celebrating."
"Why would I be celebrating?"
"You got the results you wanted right? You and Scorpio are Robin's parents and you aren't Peter's mom. Yeah!"
"The results confirmed what I already felt was the truth, that doesn't mean I want to celebrate them. Yes, I am overjoyed that Robin is my daughter. That doesn't mean I'm happy that the results hurt Peter yet again. I am happy to find out that I am not his mother, but it's not because I don't like him. Us knowing that leaves him with so many questions. Why did Alex want me to believe he was my son? Why did she go to Faison that night? What made her give him up? Peter thought he had found out who his mother was but that wasn't the case. Instead, he finds out that his mother planted false memories about him in her sister's mind, why would she have done that? Finn, this isn't just about me not being Peter's mother."
"You're still happy about it though."
"Yeah, is that wrong? I am so happy that I now know I never slept with Cesar Faison. That is what I'm happy about. That vial man never laid his hands on me. I never let him touch me like that."
Finn could see the discussed look she had just from thinking about it. This afternoon when he had watched them there was relief, he had seen that. Now it was making sense, she had kept telling him Robert was the first man she had ever loved. The first man she had ever been with. By finding out she had never been with Faison their little love story remained untarnished. He is still the man she gave herself to, the man she wanted. The man she still wants, he thought. "That's good then."
She couldn't help but feel like Finn wasn't happy for her. "Why was it so important for you that Peter be my son?"
Finn had not expected that question and he wasn't sure how to answer that. Was it because he had wanted Robert not to have been the first? Was it because when she had told him about Peter and Faison it had felt like she actually trusted him? Or was it just that he felt bad for Peter? Maybe it was a little of all of them. "I don't know."
"You have been telling me over and over that, I have to accept that Peter is my son and that I should prepare myself to find out that Robin might not be my daughter but you don't know why." Anna was even more confused now.
"Well, at least you had the important people in your life were there when you got your news today." Finn turned and walked out of the room. He didn't stop either he walked back out of the house. Anna heard him leave and wondered what the hell his problem was. Anna sighed then went and sat down, she really just wanted to understand why Finn felt the way he did.
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Anna had gotten tired of waiting for Finn to come home so they could try talking again so she decided a walk down on the waterfront was what she needed. Get some fresh air and enjoy the nice evening, it felt nice to relax a little as well. "Fancy seeing you down here tonight." Anna smiled when she heard his voice. "I would have thought you would look more relaxed now that you have the results."
"If I hadn't just gotten into yet another fight with Finn then I might be more relaxed."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"If I even understood why he was angry then I would say yes. I swear he's angry that I didn't sleep with Faison. I can't even wrap my head around that."
"Wait, what?" Robert stepped closer to her.
"From what I can gather he must have been close by when we got the results because he knew them before I had a chance to tell him this evening. I asked him why it was so important to him that I be Peter's mother and he couldn't tell me. He had said something about the important people being there for me."
Robert took her hand, "Anna, I think we should go somewhere to talk. Privately."
"Are you worried I might yell at you about something? What did you do?" Anna asked with a smile.
Robert grinned, "No, I don't expect yelling."
"But you still think we should talk in private?"
"We need to talk Anna, you know we do."
"Where? My place doesn't work if Finn comes back."
"Are you worried we shouldn't talk in my room?"
Oh, that was a loaded question. Anna suddenly realized Robert was right about needing to talk and that yeah alone in his room might not be the best place but it would also ensure they wouldn't be interrupted. "What the hell are we doing?" she asked stepping away from him just a little.
"Hopefully, talking."
"Robert!"
"Anna," he said just above a whisper.
"Don't do that. Don't say my name like that. Dammit, I know what that means."
"What's wrong with that?" he asked and took her hand again. "Are you telling me I'm the only one feeling this?"
"Robert, I'm living with Finn."
"You're fighting with Finn."
"I am in a relationship."
"Are you happy in that relationship?"
Anna exhaled, "I thought I was," she answered honestly. She pulled her hand out of his and turned away from him. "If I'm happy with Finn why are you on my mind so much?" He stepped up behind her. "Why do I look forward to seeing you? Why did I feel jealous about you going out with Alexis?"
Robert leaned closer to her ear, "Probably for the same reasons I feel that way about you." He kissed her on the neck, "I'll be waiting when you're ready to talk." Then Robert turned and walked away to give her time to think.