Scorpio House, 7am, March 2nd, 1992

Holly is pacing back and forth in the living room thinking about what has transpired over the last two months. She has not heard from Faison in over two days and she is growing increasingly alarmed. Robert should be there by now, she is sure of it. If the plan has worked as Faison detailed to her, both Faison and Anna are long gone after having detonated a decoy ship which Robert has been made to believe they were both on. In his despair, he will return home to her waiting arms believing Anna is gone forever. What if the plan fell apart? What if Robert has found and rescued Anna, what if Faison has told Anna everything about her and her involvement. With that last thought, she begins to formulate her own backup plan, in case it has all gone wrong. She is certain, that if and when Robert does find out about her involvement in this whole plan and deception, he will destroy her. She knows this above anything else; no one knowingly endangers Robert's family, ever, especially Robin. She picks up the phone and begins to dial.

Hilton Hotel, 8 am, March 2, 1992

The two men make their way down the dimly lit hallway, both are in dark hats and sunglasses, to disguise their faces slinking down the hallway where the rooms are located. The taller man, reaches in his pocket and pulls out tools to pick the lock. He accomplishes his task quickly, while the other man keeps a look out in the hallway. They enter the room and are startled to see Sean Donely sitting in a chair pointing a gun at both of them. "What took you so long?" He asks matter-of-factly and with a slight smirk on his face.

Anna rolls over in her sleep with her arm and hand unconscientiously searching for Robert but she finds his side empty and cold. This wakes her up in an instant, briefly wondering again if last night and this morning were just another dream. To her relief, as she leans up on her elbow, she spots him sitting fully dressed, in a chair to her right, smiling at her. She thinks in amusement, he probably should have given Mac better guidance on his clothing choices, as she stares at him in an extremely bright Hawaiian shirt and equally bright white slacks. "Wait, I better get my sunglasses", she quips shielding her eyes dramatically and laughing at him. "Laugh it up because you won't be laughing when you see what he's picked out for you." He replies sarcastically with a wink. Her smile disappears as she contemplates the hideous possibilities. But then refocuses and asks, "Why are you way over there and why were you in such a rush to get dressed, considering what you're wearing?" With his smile gone, "I have something to tell you." He says gravely which removes all the humor from her face as well. She does not like the sound of that, not at all. "What is it?" Is all she can say.

She knows he had more to tell her based on yesterday's conversations and the noticeable knowing glances exchanged between the three men. Usually, things like this are never good, so she braces herself. She knows it's not about Robin, because they wouldn't hold something like that from her, plus Mac said she was fine yesterday, she suddenly hopes he was not trying to protect her, but then she is startled by Robert's next statement. "Holly is alive" he replies. She stares at him blankly. "She's alive." He repeats, then adds "And well right now at this moment she is living in our house helping to take care of Robin as a favor to me." He says in a tone that is all business with no sign of emotion. Just like Robert, she thinks, no beating around the bush. Sometimes she appreciates his directness, but sometimes she doesn't, she thinks this is one of those times. Now sitting up with her arms around her knees, she is looking directly at him "Well, ok, now how about the how and more importantly, the why." She responds with a matching business-like tone. "It's a long story Anna, and I will explain it in detail when we get home, but suffice to say, she is alive, she is back and both of those scenarios have obvious implications to us. I can say that she has been instrumental in helping us try to find you and I can't thank her enough regarding Robin." He says still looking at her intently trying to gauge her state of mind and failing miserably. "Well isn't this all just peachy", she thinks to herself looking away from him and down at the bed, trying to hold her head up with her left hand. Not only is Holly back from the dead, but her marriage is no longer valid and the woman is living in her house, taking care of her daughter and possibly, was briefly taking care of her husband, oops, correction ex-husband. She recovers and looks back up at him and asks, "So now what?"

She never does cease to amaze him, her whole life has just changed, yet again, and any other woman, he thinks, would be throwing a tantrum right now, after hearing all this, but no, not her. She goes right for the facts, the details, the next steps. It fills him with so much pride that he briefly has to clear his throat before responding. "I don't really know yet, other than giving her signed divorce papers before I left, I haven't given it much thought with everything going on. You, Robin and now this new baby are my top priority, now and always. I'm hoping that when we do get back home, that at least the "marriage" situation has been partially corrected. Anna, I want to tell you something that I hope you accept fully and without question. I have never lied to you before and I don't plan on starting anytime soon." Pausing briefly to make sure that she's still with him, he continues on as he starts pacing in front of the bed not looking at her because he's concentrating on getting this out right, "When I was married to Holly, I did love her, was in-love with her, as much as any man could be with his wife. But know this and know this for as long as you live." He pauses for a beat looks down and then back to her, while clearing the emotion clogging his voice, "That love was incomparable to what I feel for you, can you understand that? I didn't fully understand that myself until this past year, when we finally reconnected. Even with everything going on this year, Faison, my brother showing up, the Cartel and everything else in between, my love and my desire for you has grown each and every day to a level that I never knew that I was capable of feeling. It's so overwhelming sometimes, sometimes that I actually think it will kill me and it very nearly did during these weeks you've been gone. Nothing and no one and I mean no one is going to change that, it's actually impossible for that to happen." He sits back down in the chair and scrubs his face with his hands. He looks back over at her and continues. "When we were married the first time, we were so young and I thought then that I couldn't ever love someone like that. But I still was able to leave you, even though it broke me in two. I thought I could never recover from that, but I did to some extent, but never fully. This year though has helped me to realize that I never stopped loving you, being in love with you and even through all these years we were apart and the other relationships we've had, it has proven to me that we will never, ever be free of each other. We are each other's destiny Anna, I'm convinced of that now, and oh so very thankful. You see, we've tried to convince ourselves these past years that this connection, this gravitation we have with each other was because of Robin, but you and I both know that yes while that was part of it, there is and always has been so much more. I'm not going to lie to you and tell you I was not affected deeply weeks ago by discovering that Holly is alive. But it was feelings of hurt, anger and betrayal that were the big ones for a while there. They have been eroded somewhat, replaced by gratitude and a genuine happiness, that yes, she is alive, but that's all it is. Some part of me will always love Holly on some level just like a part of you will always love Duke, and that's to be respected. Those relationships are a part of who we are today. But in my case, that's where it ends. Look, I don't know what's going to happen when we get home and how this is all going to play out. Things might happen and things might be said that might make you doubt me and my feelings for you. I know you are not an insecure person Anna, far from it, but this is an unusual situation to say the least. You must know this and never doubt this, my life, my love and my future is yours, now and forever, so please hold on to that and know it as fact, because it is." He stops to collect himself and give her time to process for a minute. "Anna, you know I am not a very open person when it comes to my feelings, I think this is the longest I have ever talked on the subject quite frankly, but you deserve to hear it, and it will all be worth it if you fully accept what I have said and believe all of it without question, because it is the truth, so help me God." He finishes with a smirk, holding up his right hand.

The tears are falling uncontrollably now, as she sits listening and processing what he is telling her. She is truly in awe about everything he has just said to her. This obstinate, arrogant, male chauvinist, who at times can drive her crazy like no other, just took out his heart and gave it to her freely and without question, not knowing what he will receive in return. Robert Scorpio has never willingly, as long as she has known him, made himself so completely vulnerable to another human being. And knowing him as well as she does, she knows this is probably one of the most difficult things he has ever done. For heaven's sake, it took the man a half hour to form a coherent sentence to ask her to marry him in that dump hotel back in New York, she fondly remembers. But she also knows, without a shadow of a doubt that everything he has just confessed to her, IS the absolute truth. All of it. And she also knows she has never loved any man more than she does this man with his heart and soul laid bare for her. She is also, now certain, she never will. "Okay?" he asks suddenly asks, snapping her out of her brief trance. After a long pause, but still looking directly into his eyes, "Okay" she says to him quietly with a smile and all the love she can convey with that one word.

There is a quiet knock at their door and it breaks the moment as they both look at each other. He grabs a robe off the floor and hands it to her, while he goes toward the door. "Yes", he says. "Room service, sir" is the response. He looks back at Anna who is up and tying her robe closed. "Did you order room service?" He whispers. "No, maybe Sean or Mac did" she whispers back. Taking his gun from his belt at his back, he motions for her to go into the bathroom. okay, just a minute", he responds looking in the peephole, but only seeing the top of what he thinks is as man's head and waiting for Anna to get into the bathroom. Once she's in, he whips open the door gun in hand and to his shock, standing before him are two faces that he never expected to see. "Hey Robert, good to see you, it's been a long time. Nice shirt." "What the hell are you two doing here?" Robert asks incredulously. "Well, we bring glad tidings from the continent, as they say." The man responds with his usual flair. From behind the two visitors, Sean and Mac make their presence known as Sean says with a mixture of choked emotion and relief, "It's over, Robert, it's finally over, all of it and this time for good."

Hilton Hotel, 11am, March 2nd, 1992

Two hours have gone by filled with lengthy discussions that detailed the confirmation of the removal of the "Blackbox" order, permanent deletion of their corresponding files as well as the confirmed deep-cover long term relocation of the WSB agents. In addition, they discovered that indeed Faison is truly dead, his body was discovered on the ship and relocated to a WSB field office, on the island. After hearing the entire story without interrupting, Robert turns to Sean and says "Do you mean to tell me that Frisco and Felicia are your deep and powerful contacts within the WSB, who orchestrated and executed this entire operation?" Before Sean can respond, Frisco says sarcastically, "I don't know what you mean by that question, but somehow I'm sensing it's not very flattering. But to put your mind at ease, no we are not, we are just the messengers, well technically I'm the messenger, and Felicia is just along for the ride." Frisco responds turning to her and winking. "When we found out that you had indeed found Anna and had safely arrived on the island, Frisco couldn't keep me away, I had to come and see for myself. So here we are." Felicia says looking at Anna with a knowing smile. "And we are so grateful you did, thank you both for everything you have done." Anna says emotionally. "I just realized I'm going to have to start a list of the people I owe my life to." She says rather somberly. "Anna please remember what I said yesterday. Just be thankful that we are all together again, safely and that it's over and Faison is really dead, but this time for good." Mac says to her. Upon hearing this from Mac, Anna turns to Frisco and asks, "Is he really dead? I mean are you absolutely sure there is no mistake or possibility that he might have somehow gotten off that ship alive? That it really his body in the agency's morgue?" Frisco knowing how much his certainty will mean to her with everything she has been through, he says with as much conviction as he can convey, "Yes, beyond any doubt, it is him, well was him. I watched the entire autopsy this morning and the immediate cremation of his body. Trust me Anna, he is gone forever." With that, Anna still in her robe gets up and goes to the window as Robert watches seeing the emotions play out on her face. He is about to get up but feels a hand on his arm at that moment as Felicia whispers in his ear, "Let me, ok?" He turns to her and smiles nodding his head.

"Hey, how are you doing? You look a lot better than I expected, and I don't think I've ever seen Robert happier, but you both look exhausted." Felicia asks quietly, staring at Anna as she is still gazing out the window. Anna turns to her, and says "I am tired, but I have never been happier, really. Being here with Robert, I don't know, it still feels like I'm dreaming and that I will soon wake up and discover I'm still in the middle of the nightmare. I just really want to go home and see my daughter. Knowing that we can now and that this is all over, it just kind of got to me there for a second." Felicia quietly responds, "Good, I thought it was something along those lines, but it is over Anna and you are here with Robert and Faison is finally out of your lives forever, please believe that, ok?" Trying to lighten the mood just a bit, she continues, "I have to say though, you do look radiant and very happy. I do have to ask you something after watching you walk over here just now, but it kinda goes against everything in me to ask any woman this question, but, but I've known you for a long time and I think I know you pretty well so I don't think it's out of… " "Felicia, just spit it out for heaven's sake, what?" Anna interrupts with a smile on her face as she watches her friend struggling to form a sentence. She pretty much knows what it is now anyway, so she has prepared herself. "Are you pregnant? And is this a good thing, well, for both of you, if you know what I mean?" Felicia whispers.

Well, she was not expecting that last part, but she understands even though its implications turn her stomach. "Yes on all counts. I'm guessing I am four months along now, so you do the math. And regardless of any timing, it's not possible for anyone else BUT Robert to be the father, if you know what Imean." She says this last part, with a hint of a smile noticing the utter relief that spreads across Felicia's face as she finishes her sentence. "Yes, yes I do, and thank God for that. Well this is fantastic, I am so happy for both of you. I can't wait to tell Frisco." Anna quickly grabs Felicia's arm, "No, no you can't, well not while we are here okay. Robert is the only other person who knows right now, we haven't even had a chance to tell Sean or Mac, and more importantly Robin, yet." Anna urgently whispers. "Oh ok, no problem, don't worry, not a word, won't be easy though." She winks. "Thank you, I appreciate it, are you guys coming back to Port Charles with us?" Anna asks. "No, not right away, we have to go back to Texas for about a week, but the great news is, yes we will all be coming back for good. My grandmother will also be coming back with us permanently. We decided about a month ago and Frisco has worked it out with the agency" She finishes, happily.

"Okay, now what do you say we get off this island and go home." Sean exclaims to everyone in the room, while rubbing his hands together. "I'll go make the arrangements right now from my room and hopefully by tomorrow morning at the latest, we will be out this awful 90 degree weather and back to some snow," he says sarcastically.