Tiffany walks into the nursery and sees Anna in the rocking chair nursing William with tears in her eyes. "Anna it will be ok. You know we'll protect your children with everything we have." Tiffany says.
"I know that Tiff believe me, I do, and I will never be able to repay you for what you have done already."
"I know there is nothing I will say that will make this easier for you. Please just focus on you and Robert staying safe and alive but also know that your children are well protected."
Anna smiles at her friend through her tears. She burps William and Tiffany takes him as Anna begins expressing.
"I should be able to get enough tonight into tomorrow morning to last a couple of days."
"Ok, lets talk schedules." Tiffany says smiling.
Anna is happy Tiffany has changed the subject and she proceeds to tell her everything in regard to William. Things like when he does this, what does it mean or when he won't settle down. Tiffany is writing all of it down and by the end they are both laughing. Tiffany is trying to picture Robert doing the things Anna describes in such loving detail. She wonders if Sean would be up to it and she laughs internally thinking about it.
By the end of the night, Robin, Sean and Tiffany are ready to go. Felicia has also come over and promises Anna that she will be there as well. She knows that it is killing her to be separated from her baby son when he is so young. They all leave and its just Robert and Anna. They are sitting on the couch with William who is now sleeping after eating.
"Let me take him up." He says.
"No I'll do it."
He doesn't argue, because he knows she needs this time with their son. He doesn't come up until about a half hour later and finds her in William's room sitting in the rocking chair still holding him. He kneels down next to her.
"I want him to sleep in our room tonight." She says on a whisper. "Ok, I'll take care of it."
She smiles slightly as she watches him leave the room. She comes into their bedroom 20 minutes later and notices the portable crib and everything all set up for him and she smiles. She lays William down in the crib and gets him settled. She changes into her nightgown and settles into bed while she prepares to express again. After about a half hour, Robert comes in and sees her. They smile at each other as Robert goes over to see William is sleeping soundly. He takes off all his clothes but his boxers and gets into bed. He lays down next to her and can see the sadness in her eyes. It's killing her to be separated from William and he knows this and he also thinks this should not be happening, she should not be forced to do this. He knows no amount of consolation is going to help at this point.
"That thing is very noisy." He says watching what she's doing.
"I know and its not too pleasant either." She says.
"Does it hurt?" He asks genuinely concerned because it doesn't look all that pleasant.
"Not really, it did in the beginning, but now it's just, well not comfortable." She says as she switches to the other breast. He can see her breast is red and he always wondered if it did hurt. But she never complained so he never asked.
"The things women have to go through. I never knew up until William what you went through with Robin. You continually amaze me everyday." He says while stroking her breast with 2 fingers very gently.
"Thank you. But honestly its nothing compared to actually having these little humans in your life and the fact that you created them." She says smiling at him.
"They are the best part of us." He says.
"Yes they are."
She finishes and goes into the bathroom for a few minutes and then heads downstairs to put the bottles in the fridge. When she returns Robert is still staring into space. She gets comfortable and curls up next to him with her head on his chest. They remain like that in silence until Anna falls asleep. Robert remains awake for the entire night not wanting to close his eyes for fear of whatever is coming their way.
The next day the both are up at 6am, even before William gets up. After Robert showers very quickly and dresses, he goes downstairs to check in with the station. He comes back up after an hour and sees Anna and William on the bed. He is nursing, and Anna is smiling at him and talking to him. Robert just stands in the doorway, unnoticed and watches the scene. Anna finally looks up noticing him and smiles. He comes to the bed and sits down. William finishes, and she hands him to Robert to burp him. Anna again begins to express.
"I want to express one more time before we leave. I think he has enough for the next two days." She says
"Ok." He says. He knows she needs to be in control for all of this. When she is finished, she goes into the nursery and starts packing up everything William for the next few days. Robert comes in with a sleeping baby and sees she is wrapping up. "I think he's all set. I dont know if I thought of everything, but Im sure Tiff will handle it if I missed anything and Robin also knows what he needs so he should be fine." She says actually kind of rambling now and fluttering around the room.
He puts William in his crib and grabs her. "It's going to be ok." He says.
"I know. I know." She then starts to cry. He hugs her tightly.
"Let it out. Its ok." He continues to hug her and waits for her to pull herself together.
"I'm ok." She says as she steels herself and pulls away. He knows that when she gets like this and he just lets her go. They spend another hour making sure they have everything. Anna expressed as much as she could and she loads everything in the refrigerator into a cooler on the kitchen table.
"All set?" He asks coming in holding William. "I guess. Lets go."
They get to Sean and Tiffany's after taking several detours. Robert has checked in with the detail along the way to make sure they were not followed and its confirmed. They proceed to the room Sean and Tiffany have set aside for both Robin and William. Anna can see they went completely overboard. They bought a changing table, a crib and everything a baby needs. Anna is overwhelmed and is choked up when she sees it all.
"Its ok Anna. We just wanted to make sure William and Robin feel at home and to make sure you feel as comfortable as possible leaving them with us."
The tears start flowing out of Anna's eyes and Tiffany quickly goes to her.
"Darlin, we are going to end this soon."
They both hug tightly. Robert and Anna spend another hour there. Robert knows they need to leave soon. They need to get out of here before they know where the children are which they are probably guessing they already know. Anna tries to nurse William one more time, but he's not really hungry. They get ready to leave and Robert, Anna and Robin all hug.
"Don't worry. We will take care of William Mom. It will all be fine. Please just come back to us." Robin says with tears in her eyes. Anna hugs her fiercely. "I promise we will."
She walks in through the kitchen using the key she still has. She quickly disarms the code on the key pad. She then goes to the door leading to the garage and places the device over the sensor and closes the door again. She can see that the device has worked as she looks at the alarm panel. The house is very quiet as she walks through the kitchen into the foyer and into the living room. She realizes the house has changed a lot since she lived here all those months ago. She notices all the baby stuff in the living room and cringes. She then notices the large portrait of the four of them above the fireplace. Anna is holding William in her lap sitting in a chair with Robin next to her and with Robert standing behind them all. She is enraged. She notices the other pictures that are of Robert with the baby, Robin with the baby or Anna with the baby. There is one picture of Anna sitting on Robert's lap with William in her arms and they are both looking at William and smiling. There is another of just Robert and Anna staring into each other's eyes. She recognizes it from a party at the Outback. She proceeds upstairs to the bedrooms. She goes to the bedroom she used to live in and notices its now the baby's room. She sees all the pictures in there as well and they are more of the same.
They return home to an empty house. They both feel the impact. Robert grabs her hand and squeezes it. He knows he has to get her mind off of this somehow but it won't be easy.
"Let's go and see if there is something we can eat. I don't want to go out again." He says.
"I'm not hungry."
"Humor me."
She takes his hand and follows him into the kitchen. He looks into the refrigerator and says "How about stir fry, we have everything here?" He asks.
"That's fine." She says absently.
They begin preparing everything and Anna finally loosens up as he is making her laugh. He keeps poking her trying to get her to laugh and it works.
"Knock it off." She finally says laughing. He kisses her quickly and she smiles.
She heard the door closing downstairs and panicked. She comes downstairs quietly and listens. She hears them in the kitchen and realizes they are blocking her only escape route. She knows the officers outside are not monitoring the side door for whatever reason and she can't use the garage doors because they will make too much nosie right now. She goes up quickly to the kitchen door to listen. She hears that they are alone and she knows now they have moved the kids to safe location. But she knows Robert and she knows he is lying in wait for what's coming and that makes her uneasy.
"Here." Anna says. "Again with the broccoli?" He says dismissing her.
"Have you ever tried it raw, it's much better than cooked."
He looks at her and smiles at her. "I love when we do it raw." He says and she smacks him on the arm and laughs.
"Do you ever not have sex on the brain?"
"Not when you're around." He says still cutting vegetables and winking at her.
"Just try it. I promise I'll make it worth it." She says holding it to his face. He looks and her.
"Don't try to lure me with your sex. It won't work." He says and she laughs at him. He is so happy to hear her laugh.
"It usually does." She quips back eating the broccoli.
"You're right it does." He says and quickly turns on her and grabs her. She laughs out loud and shoves the broccoli in his mouth before he tries to kiss her. She is laughing hysterically now as he almost drops her and has to go over to the sink to spit the broccoli out. He immediately put his mouth underneath the faucet. She is still laughing when he's done and wipes his mouth with a towel.
"You know you are going to pay for that." He says walking up to her.
As he approaches, she is laughing but is in her stance waiting for his first move. He fakes her out and she throws her knee up to counter him, but he grabs it.
"Still using those old moves, are we?" He says as he brings her closer.
They are both smiling at each other now as she wraps her arms around his neck and he lifts her into his embrace. They kiss with passion as he sets her on the counter, they are attempting to take off each other's clothes, but they quickly become aware that the kitchen is filling with smoke and the smoke detector goes off. She laughs as she watches him scramble and take the pan with only oil in it off the flame.
"See what you do to me." He says.
She is still sitting on the counter watching him do all of this with a huge smile on her face. She looks at him and realizes for the millionth time how much in love she is with him. A night that could have been devastating for her, she knows that he knew what she exactly needed. She needed to laugh. Although her children are never far from her mind, she knows they are well taken care of and that he is trying to make the best of a horrible situation. She also knows he is feeling the pain as well although he will never let her see it.
"Are you going to help me or not?" He says looking at her with a smirk. She takes his hand and brings him to stand between her legs.
"You know what I'm thinking. I'm thinking that we are totally alone in this house and we can do it anywhere and anytime." She says. That quickly grabs his attention.
"I love the way you think. But we have to be on alert" He says kissing her soundly.
"Oh I definitely will be." She replies with a sultry smile.
He knows she is trying to make the best of this situation and he loves her for it.
"I love you."
"I love you more. Now feed me husband." She says and he laughs and hugs her tight.