Chapter 48

Anna had been working all afternoon, it turns out she won't have to go to Boston for this case after all but it means she had that much more intel to find now that her suspicions were confirmed. She took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes, then picked up her now empty cup. That was when she looked up and noticed Robert stretched out on the couch. He had brought her tea a little while ago, then she checked the time. Okay, it was a long while ago she thought with a smile then got up and walked over to him. She smiled down at him, wondering when he had fallen asleep.

He had let her get caught up in her work and she was grateful for that. She had gotten so much done and it had felt so good to be focused on something that didn't involve her. She loved that he had just let her work, he hadn't bothered her other than to feed her she thought with a smile. Anna found a spot so she could sit beside him, then put her hand on his chest. He gets her, he knew what she needed today and just let her do it.

"Is this just a break or are you done?" he asked as he started to stretch.

"I'm done for the day." She leaned in and kissed him. "I got a lot done, thank you for letting me work."

He stroked her cheek, "I could tell you were on a roll so I didn't want to interrupt."

"It was also nice to work on something that I'm not somehow connected to," she said with a smile.

"I'm sure it was. I talked to Frisco, he's going to arrange another visit with Alex for us."

Anna sighed then nodded, "Alright, hopefully, she will actually want to talk this time."

"We're going in with better information this time."

"It seems so strange to think of Alex as a perp we need to get information from." Robert sat up and put his arms around her. "She's my sister," Anna said in disbelief. Even after everything that has come out, Anna still hated the fact that Alex had set out to hurt her in this way.

"I know," he started rubbing her back. They had talked about this a few times now. Anna knew that Alex had been a part of what had been done to her but she was still having a hard time accepting that Alex had set to cause her so much pain.

"She knew what Faison had put us through." Robert knew there was nothing he could say that would make any of this better so he pulled her closer and hugged her. "I just want to understand why she did it."

"I know, Luv."

Anna leaned back a little, "I want to be in your arms, take me up to bed."

Robert leaned in and kissed her tenderly, "With pleasure."

…

"What are you doing here?" Alexis asked as she almost tripped on Finn as she walked out her front door first thing in the morning.

Finn looked up at her, "I couldn't sleep last night. I didn't want to bother you but I didn't want to do anything stupid so after I decided not to wake you up in the middle of the night I just sat down here."

"Finn, what's going on? Have you been here all night?"

"No, not all night." He scratched his head. "I think since about five this morning," he answered as he started to get up.

Alexis checked the time, "I want to talk to you but I'm due in court." She grabbed his arm, "Come on, you're coming with me."

"To court?" he asked sounding very confused.

She looked back at him, "Do you want to stay here?"

"No, not if you're leaving."

"Let's go then. We can talk after I'm done in court." Alexis leads him over to her car then they got in and drove off. As they were driving Finn did fall asleep for a little while. Alexis looked over at him, she wasn't sure what was going on with him now but she was starting to worry about him. She didn't think he was using but what had led him to show up at her house in the middle of the night?

Finn sat in the back of the courtroom. Even though he had no idea what this case was about he paid attention. Listening to someone else's drama was a nice distraction from what he was trying to deal with. Talking to Chase hadn't helped him at all. Having more people know about this wasn't helping him deal with it. He had tried to sleep and he thought he might have for a little while. After he had stared at the ceiling for what had seemed like hours he had driven out to Alexis' to talk to her but hadn't wanted to wake her up.

When she was done he followed her out of the courtroom. "I'm taking you for something to eat. Then you can tell me what brought you to my house in the middle of the night."

"Yeah, alright." He followed behind her, right out of the courthouse.

Alexis took them to the Metro Court, she wanted him to eat and then maybe after they'd talked, she can convince him to try and get some sleep. Once they were seated Alexis looked at him, "You look like crap, Finn. What's going on with you?"

"Thanks, that's nice."

Alexis tilted her head, "Finn, what's going on with you? I haven't seen you since you told me about someone using mind control on you. Then you show up at my house in the middle of the night."

"Yeah," he nodded but said nothing else.

Alexis waited for him to elaborate but he didn't. After a moment she asked, "Well, do you know anything else?"

"I know," he paused looking down at the table. "Nothing. I don't know why it was done to me. I don't know who did it. I don't even know if anything will ever happen to whoever did this."

"Why not? Won't Anna tell you what's going on? They must be investigating this," Alexis said in disbelief.

"I haven't spoken to her. I don't want to talk to her right now."

"Finn, you need to know why this was done. Even if they don't have all the answers I think you should at least talk to them."

"I don't want to talk to them. I have no idea what I should say to her." He put his hand to his head, "I know I cared about her I thought I was in love with her, but was I?"

"Finn, you know how you felt about her," Alexis tried to reassure him.

"No Alexis, I don't." He leaned forward so she did as well. "The woman that opened up to me and really let me in was Alex, not Anna. I thought Anna and I had bonded over something very personal to her but it was actually Alex. Why did she do that? Was it just part of whoever's plan this is? Make me believe I was in love with Anna so I would tell her what was now in my head? What they wanted her to believe."

Alexis now understood this had to be behind what had led him to her house in the middle of the night. "Even if you don't want to talk to Anna you do need some kind of closure on this. You need information or answers. You can't go on like this. Look at yourself."

Finn slowly let out a breath as he nodded, "You know, after this why don't we go get my car then I can go over and talk to Anna."

"There now that's a good idea. I'm sure it will help."

"You're probably right." Finn started eating his lunch, it did make sense that he should at least find out what he could about this. Did that mean he was going to take her advice though? She's probably right about this but what if it gets worse the more he finds out? Finn didn't know if he would go talk to Anna today or not but he was at least considering it now.

…

"We can leave tonight if you want. We are cleared for visiting Alex whenever we get there," Robert said as Anna walked into the sitting room.

"Alright," Anna said as she folded her arms in front of her.

"I was thinking we might stop in to see Sean and Tiff while we're gone. It would be nice to see them. We could think about something else for a while." He knew all of this was weighing heavily on her and maybe a little time away from all of this would be good for both of them.

"Yeah, I'd like that. We should go talk to Alex first."

"Alright, I'll start making the travel arrangements. Do you want to leave tonight?"

"Yeah, I just want answers. The sooner we get there, the sooner I can confront her."

Anna put her head back and Robert walked over to her, "We'll get some answers." Anna sighed as he put his arms around her. "Is there anything I can do to distract you?"

Anna grinned, "That can wait. I'll go start packing, you get us a flight."

"Alright." He gave her a quick kiss then turned and picked up his phone as Anna left the room.

Once she was upstairs she sat on the foot of the bed. Was Alex really going to tell them anything? Should she try talking to Peter before they leave? Would he tell her anything? He had already lied about knowing who Alex was and about their visit. No, if she is going to get any answers it will have to be from Alex. She is the only one that knows the entire story and even after what she's done to Anna, they are sisters. Hopefully, she will tell them something after she knows what they already know. Anna stood up again, there's no point dwelling on this, either Alex with talk or she won't. Anna walked over to her closet and got her suitcase might as well get packed.

…

Alexis sat on her couch wondering if Finn was going to want to talk after he had talked to Anna. It was starting to get late and it was possible he was still talking to her. She was just about to go up to bed when there was a knock at her door. She sighed then went to answer it, she was glad to see Finn standing there. "Come in. How did it go?" As Finn walked in, she noticed he didn't look any better than he had earlier that day, at least he didn't look worse either.

"It didn't."

Alexis walked up behind him and put her hand on his back. "What happened?"

"Nothing." He turned, then let himself drop onto her couch. "When you dropped me off and got in my car, I wasn't sure if I really wanted to talk to her. I drove around for quite a while then I did go over to Anna's but she wasn't there. I waited for a while then I came here." He exhaled as he put his head back and closed his eyes. "Alexis, please don't make me leave."

Alexis looked over at him and thought he might already be falling asleep. It was obvious that he hadn't been sleeping and that he was struggling with all of this. "Just sleep," she said quietly then went to get him a blanket and pillow. She knows she can't send him away.