Chapter 12
After a wonderful evening together Anna was ready to go to bed. Robert leads her to the room they were going to be staying in. "I would have slept on the couch if you hadn't wanted me in here. I will if you've changed your mind."
"Your days of sleeping on the couch are over. Well unless you really make me really mad," she teased.
He moved closer to Anna and put his arms around her, "I wasn't sure if this was ever going to happen again."
"I never want us to be apart again," she stroked his cheek and looked up into his eyes. She saw a sadness there, "Darling, what's wrong?"
He took a moment, trying to figure out how to tell her what was on his mind. "You mean what right? You want us to be together?"
"Of course I do."
"So when I have to ask you to marry me again you'll say yes?"
"What do you mean? What are you talking about?"
"Well, ah how do I start? The night Faison took you, I saw someone from my past." He paused again, "Anna, our second marriage wasn't legal because I was still married to Holly. She isn't dead."
"You're still married to Holly? Are you planning on going back to her?"
"No, I'm not going anywhere. Before I went to find you I served her with divorce papers, she didn't sign them because she thought I had died. When I went to get Robin I also went to see Holly, she signed them this time. They have already been filed and I will be free to marry you very soon. As long as that's still what you want."
"Oh Robert, of course, that's what I want. You and I never should have been apart in the first place," her tears started falling. "I have always loved you. Sean and Faison they. What they did to us." Robert held her tightly as she cried. "I just remembered what Sean told us."
"It's OK, let it out."
"They broke us up, then when we finally get back together Holly shows up to mess that up too." She stepped out of his arms. "Faison wasn't going to be happy until he had destroyed us again. Why can't we just be happy? Tell me he's dead, please tell me that."
"They believe he is. Mac can tell you more about that when you see him if you want. He showed up in Port Charles a couple of years ago, he went after Felicia and a few other people."
"Wouldn't Frisco be the one that could tell me that then?"
"Um, I don't know the details but Robin would, Felicia is married to Mac now." Robert stepped towards her again then places his hands on the sides of her face. "Just because our vows weren't legal, I want you to know I never broke them. You are my wife, and I am still your husband."
She knew he was telling her he had stayed faithful to her for all these years, "So you want me to recover quickly as well," she said with a little sexy smile.
"I do, I need you, Anna."
"I need you too. We both just have to wait a little longer, like when I was, what was it nurse feelgood. Wasn't that what you and Sean were calling me."
"You made me feel really good, now you need to feel good." Robert's hands slid around her, pulling her closer again, he kissed her and the passion was there as soon as their lips met.
"We can't get carried away."
"I know, but we can still kiss."
"Yes, but I know that kiss," she grinned at him, "Let's get ready for bed."
Once they were changed they got into bed together, Robert pulled her close and she put her head on his chest. Everything seemed so right at this moment. Anna knew she will remember more about her life but she also knew she had already remembered the most important part, her family. She was very tired, she may have overdone it some today but she knew she would sleep better tonight just being in Robert's arms. "We have a big day tomorrow, Luv. You should try to get some sleep."
"Only if you promise you'll let yourself sleep as well and that you aren't going to get up before I wake up in the morning."
"I promise, I want to wake up with you in my arms," Robert kissed her tenderly then they both closed their eyes and let themselves drift off to sleep.
...
Robert tried to stretch as he started to wake up, Anna was wrapped around him. Her leg across him, her head and part of her upper body on his chest and her arm holding him tight. He kissed the top of her head, "I see you wanted to make sure I stayed put," he whispered.
"I just wanted to be close to you," she whispered back. "Do we have to get up?"
"I think we should, there are people coming to see us today, Robin might be up already. That and if we stay like this I am going to have a very hard time following your doctor's orders."
"You have a good point but I really don't want to move." She looked up at him and bit her bottom lip.
"Don't you look at me like that, Devane. I'm having a hard enough time controlling my urges as it is."
Anna moved up, letting her body rub against his as she gets closer to his lips, "I know we have to wait but," then Robert kissed her passionately.
Anna's hand slid down his stomach, towards his erection. "Anna I've waited this long, I want to wait until we can both enjoy it. Just kissing for now."
She smiled at him then kissed him tenderly, "We need to get out of bed," she said as she started to move away from him.
...
Robin smiled hearing her parents coming into the living room, "Good morning, how did you two sleep?"
Anna smiled at Robert, "Wonderfully." She walked over to Robin, who was sitting on the couch, sat beside her and hugged her. "Seeing the two of you first thing in the morning is the best way to start my day. I woke up in his arms and now I get to hold you," Anna kissed the side of her head.
"I can't think of a better way to start my day either. I have my parents back and I get to see them first thing in the morning."
Robert was sitting in the chair by the couch watching them snuggled together. "I have missed you two so much, you are my everything. So much was missing while I couldn't be with you both."
"Dad you made sure we would get to have this again. You made sure our family would see each other again, thank you." He smiled at them, Robin was right this is what he had spent the last nine years working towards, the day they were all finally back together.
"I'm going to go make us breakfast. What time should we be expecting people?" Robert asked.
"I think Uncle Mac said his flight will be in around 11, Uncle Sean said he'd be here around the same time, Frisco didn't say."
"Alright, so we have time to eat before anyone should get here." Then Robert got up and left them to talk.
"You both look well rested this morning, I take it you slept well," Robin said once they were alone.
"I slept wrapped around your father. He told me about Holly last night."
"Yeah, it's all taking care of now. He only waited to get her to sign the papers because people couldn't know he was alive."
"He told me all about it. He also told me he never broke our vows," Anna smiled shyly. "We are both looking forward to my full recovery."
Robin smiled and shook her head slightly, "I think I'll need to be somewhere else the day you get your clean bill of health."
"That might be a good idea," Anna agreed and they both started laughing.
...
Sean had been surprised to see Frisco on the same flight. They were waiting for their bags when Sean came over to him, "Hello Frisco, it's been a long time. What brings you here?"
"Hi, it was a call from our goddaughter actually," Frisco told him.
"I got a call too. Did she tell you what this is about?"
"No, just that it was important and to be prepared for possible danger."
"That was basically what she told me as well. I thought she was in Paris. What is she doing here?"
"And what is Wildwind?" They both looked up, surprised to see Mac walk up to them.
"You got a call too?" Sean asked.
"Yeah, my flight got in a little bit ago and I was about to leave when I saw the two of you."
"I could be wrong but it seems like Robin is calling in the big guns. She did mention there could be danger," Sean said after they had all shaken hands.
"You don't think she's in danger, do you? That wasn't the impression I got," Mac said. "I think there could be danger and she wants help to deal with that."
"I hope you're right. She's been through too much already, the last thing she needs is some unknown threat from somewhere," Frisco said.
"We should just go see Robin and find out from her," Sean suggested. Once they had their bags they all left together.
...
When they were done eating Robert convinced Anna she should go lay down for a while. It was going to be a long day once everyone else gets there. He laid down with her, just wanting to hold her.
Robin was sitting alone in the living room when someone knocked at the door. She didn't know who was going to get there first but was sure this was going to be someone she knew. Robin looked through the peephole and smiled then opened the door. "Hi, you're all here at the same time."
The three men all came in and gave Robin hugs. "Sean and I were on the same flight and Mac got in just before we did," Frisco told her.
"Good, if I only have to do this once it'll be so much easier for me."
"What's going on? Are you in danger? We are all ready for any danger you might be facing," Mac told her.
"I'm not in any danger. I said there is a threat that needs to be dealt with but it's not against me."
"What are you doing here? Why aren't you at school?" Mac asked next.
"I'm on break Uncle Mac. When I finished my last exam I came here. Will you all just come sit down?" The three men all went a took a seat. Robin wondered if her parents had heard them arrive.
"Whose place is this? Why are you here?" Sean asked.
"This whole place belongs to Dimitri Merrick, he is married to Dr. Alexandra Merrick. Her maiden name is Devane."
"So is she related to your mom? How did you two find each other?" Frisco asked.
"Yeah, she's definitely related to mom. My mom has a twin sister, an identical twin sister actually."
The three men looked at her in disbelief, "What?" Sean managed to ask.
"I only found that out last week, just before coming here. She's nice but very different from mom."
"Is she the one in danger?" Mac asked. On the way over they had all armed themselves, none of them knew what they were dealing with and weren't taking any chances.
"She could be but that's not who we're the most worried about." She looked towards the hall hoping to see her parents coming but no one was there yet. "I have some very good news and you are all going to be shocked when I tell you. Last week I had a surprise visitor show up at my apartment," Robin paused, where were they she wondered. "Just him being there was amazing but what he told me I couldn't fully accept until I got here and saw her for myself."
"Was this how you found out about Anna's sister?" Mac asked.
"Why don't you just let her tell you?"
The three men all jumped up and turned toward the voice they all knew, they were shocked to see Robert and Anna both standing there.
"Dad found mom and brought me to her," Robin said even though no one was looking at her.
Mac step forward first, "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?"
"Looking for my wife. Mac, Anna just got out of the hospital yesterday so can we all remain calm?"
Robert and Anna stepped closer to the other people in the room, Anna holding onto Robert's arm tightly. She knew them all but she suddenly felt nervous about seeing them again. "Hi," she said quietly.
"Anna are you alright?" Sean asked.
"I'm getting better. I don't want any of you to be angry at Robert. After he's explained what happened this will all make sense but I will not let any of you yell at him for doing what needed to be done so we could all be together again."
They all nodded in agreement, "My dad came to get me while mom was having her surgery, she's had amnesia since the tanker explosion," Robin started to explain. Between the three of them, they explain what had happened over the last nine years right up to this morning.
When they were done explaining they all finally hugged each other, all very happy to see each other. "So we need to find out who might be after you," Sean said to Anna.
"Yeah, Alex thinks it could be our aunt and from what she's told me I think she could be right," Anna told him and Robert said he agreed.
Suddenly the door open, the four men turned and pointed weapons at the man standing there while Anna grabbed Robin and pulled her down to the floor protecting her from whatever might happen next. The man standing in the doorway slowly put his hands up, "Alex wasn't kidding about reinforcements. Sorry, I should have knocked."
Anna stood up, "It's OK! It's just Bart!
The four men lower their weapons but none of them put them away, "I just came to check on Anna. I didn't understand why she had been moved down here."
Sean stepped forward, "Bart Warner?"
He looked over at Sean, "Donely, it's been a long time."
"Yes, it has."