Chapter 45

"Yes, we are going," Anna said to Robert who was stretched out on the bed. "It's a family dinner at your brother's house."

"I rather stay here," Robert said and gave her a little grin.

Anna walked closer to the bed, "We're going, I already told Felicia that we are." Robert sat up and grabbed her hand then pulled her onto the bed with him. She laughed as he wrapped his arms around her. "Dinner with the family then you can bring me back here."

Robert kissed her neck, "Here, to bed?"

Anna smiled, "Yes." She pushed him back so he was laying on his back again. "Trust me, I want to be in bed with you too." She kissed him then pushed herself up and stood up. "We're leaving in twenty minutes, you better be ready." Then she walked into the on-suite bathroom. Robert smiled after her, he was so happy that they had finally found their way back to each other.

When Anna and Robert arrived Mac greeted them happily. He had noticed how much happier his brother had been lately, not that most people would have thought Robert was unhappy. He wasn't, but having Anna in his life made him come alive again. "Come in, Maxie and James are here already," Mac said as they walked in.

"Oh good," Anna said with a smile, "I need to see that little guy."

"So when did you get back, I was a little surprised when Felicia said you were coming too?"

"I got back later on Friday. I didn't see much point leaving the house until now, most of the time the person I wanted to see was there with me."

Mac smiled, "So Anna likes having you around?"

"I hope so, or it'll get really strange when I finish moving in."

Mac turned and smiled at him, "Oh, I'll be getting to see more of you?"

"Yes, you will." Robert grabbed Mac's arm to stop him before they got to the living room where the others were. "Peter isn't coming tonight is he?"

"No, I don't think so. Maxie never mentioned inviting him. Why?"

"I don't want to get into it right now but I just really don't want to see him."

"Alright, I'll double-check, discreetly," Mac added with a grin.

As they walked into the living room Robert smiled, he loved watching Anna with children. She came alive with them, she should have had more children, he would have loved it if they would have had more children together. He walked over to her and James and started talking to him. "Hey little man, you're getting awfully big. It won't be long and you'll be bigger than grandpa over there." Then Robert tickled his tummy making him giggle and squirm in Anna's arms. "You just wait, me you grandpa and my little man Noah are going to go on some fun adventures and the mommies aren't going to be able to stop us. No, they aren't." James reached for him so Anna passed James to Robert, then she stroked Robert's cheek with a smile on her face. He should have been around when Robin was little, oh if they only would have been given the chance for another baby. It's too late to think like that though. Seeing him with their grand-kids and James made her happy and now that he is the man in her life, the man she loves it brings her even more joy.

"You have a fan in this little guy too," Anna told Robert with a smile.

"I can't wait until him and Noah are a little bigger and Mac and I get to do all kinds of fun stuff with them."

"I can just imagine the things you and Mac will teach them."

"Important things all Scorpio men should know," Robert told her with a grin.

Anna looked at James, "Then you better pay close attention to them."

Maxie had been listening to them, she had a smile on her face as well. "Why do I suddenly get the feeling my son is going to end up in the outback at some point?"

"Oh, now that's a good idea," Robert with a mischievous grin.

"What's a good idea?" Mac asked.

"You and I taken this generation of Scorpio men into the outback, Maxie just suggested it."

"That is not what I said," Maxie said then started laughing when she noticed both Mac and Robert were. "If you do, can you guys at least wait until they're out of diapers, maybe walking and talking well," she said when they stopped laughing.

"That is a must I think, I don't want to be carrying a diaper bag around with us," Mac said as he put his arm around Maxie.

Felicia walked over and offered them all drinks, "Since everyone is here why don't you all sit? Dinner will be ready shortly."

Robert glanced at Mac, there was a quick little nod so Robert knew that he didn't need to worry about Peter showing up tonight. Robert had never like the guy and now he really wasn't sure what he felt. There has to be a reason for Alex and Peter's deception, could it just be about this account that Alex had access to but didn't use unless she had to? Now knowing that for some reason Peter had used mind control on Finn Robert wanted to know what else Peter had been up to. Robert might not have thought Finn was right for Anna but that didn't mean he didn't at least like the guy a little. Robert grinned to himself, the only guy Robert thinks is right for Anna is himself. He walked over to the couch and noticed a bunch of James toys were on the coffee table so he put him on the floor and picked up one of them and they started playing together.

Anna was now standing with Maxie and Felicia. Felicia leaned a little closer, "That is a very happy man," she said looking at Robert.

Anna grinned without looking at her, "Yes, he is. Did he tell you that he's moving back to Port Charles? He'll be here when he's not on assignment."

Felicia and Maxie both turned to Anna with smiles on their faces, "Where might he be staying while he's not on assignment?" Felicia asked.

"The only place that makes sense, my house," Anna said with a big smile.

"That is the look of a very happy woman," Maxie said as they started to giggle together. They started talking happily then moved into the kitchen to finished preparing dinner.

When they were done eating and James was in bed they were sitting in the living room talking. "What was it that took you out of town this time? Another fact-finding mission." Mac asked.

"This time it was just a matter of going to hang out with Frisco for a while. Then trying to track down some information about a very old case. What was most interesting, was how it connected to Anna." Robert turned to Maxie, "I know you're friends with Peter and I'm sure you think he's a good guy. He is Anna's nephew but I want you to know that you shouldn't trust everything he tells you."

"There is something going on and I'm not sure what to believe where he's concerned," Anna added. "Yes, he's my family, so is Alex but I don't trust her any longer either."

"What's this about?" Mac asked. "This is why you wanted to know if he'd be here this evening isn't it?"

"Yeah, it is," Robert confirmed.

"I think I might know what's going on," Maxie said. She pulled out her phone found the picture she was looking for then handed it to Anna. "I assume that's the sample you gave him after you went to see Alex."

Anna looked at the phone, "Yeah it is." She looked up at Maxie, "Why do you have a picture of it?"

"I wanted to know if it was still in his office so while he was out of town Lulu helped me get into his office. I had seen it just a couple of days before he said he got the results," she admitted.

"That's why you asked how long it would take to get those results," Robert concluded.

"Yeah, I wasn't sure if maybe there was two samples or something."

"No, I only took one sample," Anna told her. "Apparently Alex and Peter have known each other for some time. They know they are mother and son and were working together to make sure I believed Peter was my son."

"Why?" Felicia asked.

"That part I'm not at liberty to tell you but Maxie that's why I want you to at least be aware of this information. I don't want anyone else I care about being taken in and hurt by that man," Robert told them.

"I wondered why he would have still had that sample in his office. So all this time he knew you weren't his mother?" Anna just nodded at her.

"He was so cruel to you, he was going to shoot you," Felicia said in disbelief.

"It must have been part of their plan," Anna said. "I don't want to think about that part of it. The WSB is going to figure out what's going on, from there I don't know what will happen."

"Let's talk about something else now," Robert suggested. "I just wanted you to be aware that maybe Peter isn't what he appears." They spent the next hour talking about other things just enjoying their time together then called it a night.

...

Monday afternoon Anna was sitting at her computer when Robert walking into the room. She smiled and stretched when she saw him, "I know I'm important to the teams I'm finding intel for but I really miss fieldwork."

"You get to do a little running around still," he said as he walked over to her.

"Not as much as you."

He stepped behind her and started rubbing her shoulders, "Yes but I don't spend that much time out in the field either. If I get injured it's not the same as if you do."

Anna turned her chair so she could look up at him, "I don't want to think about you getting hurt."

"And I don't want to think about you getting hurt either." He took her hands and pulled her up out of her chair and kissed her tenderly. "What are you working on?"

"I'm trying to find information for Malone's team. They're after that cartel down in Belize, I'm not having a lot of luck but there is a lead that might connect them to Chicago. I might need to go there and do a little digging."

"Just think of it this way, it's like you're a PI again. You still get the cases it's just less likely that people will shoot at you," he said with a little grin, his hands on her hips.

"I guess that's true. What are you up to?"

"I'm done for the day now. I just had a few phone calls to make, checking in on a few things."

Anna moved a little closer and slid her hands around his neck, "I think I've done all I can for the day as well." Anna sighed when she heard a knock at the door. "I'll be right back," then she gave him a peck on the lips. When Anna opened the door she was surprised to see Finn standing there. "Hi, what brings you here?"

"I was hoping we could talk. Can I come in?"

"Ahh, yeah." Anna stepped aside and let him in. "What did you want to talk about?"

"I have a few questions about what you said the other day. I know you think I had some kind of mind control used on me but are you sure it was me?"

"Robert's here, why don't we ask him to explain what lead me to think it had to be you it was done to."

"Robert's here? Why?"

"Because I want him here. Finn, I'm sure he can help answer some of your questions."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Finn followed her into the sitting room. "Hello, Robert."

"Finn."

"Robert, Finn has a few questions about why we believe mind control was used on him. I'm not sure what we're at liberty to say about it."

Robert leaned on the edge of Anna's desk, "Well we can't give you a lot of details at the moment. Only that there appears to have been a plot to make sure Anna believed Peter was her son. The mind mapping and having someone close to her reaffirming that would help the individuals keep their secret safe. We aren't sure when this would have been done but since you were the man in Anna's life it makes sense that these individuals would see you as the most logical person to influence Anna."

"Yeah, I don't think I was ever going to be the person to influence Anna."

"Not everyone would know that," Robert said smugly.

Finn looked at him wanting to say something but knew it was best to just hold his tongue. He turned and looked at Anna, "What I don't understand is why you told me just how heartbreaking it was to give up your son if it was really Alex."

"I believed what was in my head, It's still there, I still know what Alex went through when she made the choice and gave him up. Knowing it wasn't me doesn't mean I don't still know what Alex went through."

"Anna when we talked about it, I could tell you were devastated by your choice, that you hated what had happened to Peter and that Faison had been the parent that had influenced him, not you."

That caught Anna off guard, she doesn't remember talking to him about Faison raising Peter. "Well, no kid should have had that monster in their life, never mind being the one that raised them."

Finn and Robert could both hear the confusion in her voice. "That's all you're going to say now. Is it just because Robert's here?" Finn asked. "You seemed so heartbroken. I don't care if it wasn't actually your feelings, why are you closing that off now?"

Anna looked at him trying to figure out what he was talking about then glanced over at Robert. "Finn, I'm not sure I know what you're talking about."

"Come on, Anna. How can you say that? That was a wonderful weekend. I knew I was falling in love with you that weekend."

Anna was even more confused now, "Finn, I'm sorry. What are you talking about, what weekend?"

"The weekend we spent in the Adirondack's," he said heatedly. Is she seriously going to stand there and pretend she doesn't know he's talking about?

"Finn, we never went to the Adirondack's!" Anna insisted.

"Like hell, we didn't!" he yelled.

"Hey, let's remain calm," Robert cut in. Anna and Robert we both looking at Finn now, he actually looked kind of hurt.

"You're going to stand there and tell me you don't remember that weekend. That you don't remember baring your soul to me and going into detail about how heartbreaking it was to give up your infant son."

Anna looked over at Robert, she could tell he was thinking the same thing she was. "Finn, when was this?"

"Come on Anna." Then it hit him, he realized what they were thinking, what they both now knew. "No." He shook his head, "No," he repeated then sank into the chair by him and put his head in his hands.

Anna sat down beside him and put her hand on his knee, "Finn, when did you go to the Adirondack's?"

"Right before you went missing." He shook his head slightly still in his hands. "It wasn't you, was it?"

"I'm sorry Finn. I never went there with you."

He turned his head to look at her, "You mean that don't you?"

Anna nodded, "That wasn't me."

"The woman that opened up to me, the woman that I thought was letting me in completely, wasn't you. Oh, no." He sat up, "I guess that's why it was never the same as it was that weekend. I am so sorry Anna. I need to go." Finn got up and walked quickly out of her house leaving Anna and Robert staring after him.