Chapter Six
Mac ran to the open crypt door and looked inside. "Patrick?" No one answered so he walked down the steps to the man. "Patrick, is she…?"
Patrick didn't answer, he just held Robin as he cried. "I am so sorry – I should have known you would never willingly stay away from us."
Mac fell to the floor, unable to believe that Robin had been taken away from them once again. Slowly the tears began to fall as he mourned his little girl again.
Patrick gently laid Robin back down on the slab and began stroking her face. Suddenly Robin's head began to move. Patrick pulled his hand back and the movement continued. "Robin?"
Mac heard the change in Patrick's voice and jumped up. "Patrick, is she alive?"
"Mac," Patrick heard a soft moan come from Robin's lips and smiled at her, "that's right Robin, come back to me."
"Patrick?" Robin opened her eyes and couldn't believe what she was seeing. "Are you really here?"
Patrick began checking underneath her scrub top to see how bad her wound was and was shocked to discover that there wasn't one. "Robin, you weren't shot?"
She attempted to sit up but a dizzy spell overtook her. "No, one of the guards, Manrico, he helped me fake my death. I created a drug to slow down my heart rate so that Jerry would think I was dead. Manrico distracted Jerry so I could take it while I was taking my protocol."
Patrick sat down on the slab and pulled her into his arms to help steady her. "It worked – Jerry took great delight in telling us you were dead."
"Us?" Robin looked past Patrick and saw her uncle standing there. "Uncle Mac?"
Mac grabbed Robin and pulled her into a strong hug. "I thought I told you not to do that to me again."
Robin couldn't stop the tears as she realized that she was really safe with her family. "I'm sorry."
"Don't be sorry – you're alive and we are going to get you home to your little girl." Mac hugged her again. "I love you."
"I love you too but we need to get out of here – Jerry will be back to make sure I am dead and then…"
Patrick rubbed her back reassuringly. "Your parents have Jerry – I imagine that he will be on his way to Steinmauer shortly." He turned her face so she was looking at him. "It's over Robin."
"Robin?" The three of them turned to see Anna standing in the doorway, tears filling her eyes. "You're okay?"
"A guard…"
Robin interrupted him - she wanted her mom to know his name so he wasn't arrested. "Manrico."
"A guard named Manrico helped her fake her death." Patrick kept his arms wrapped around his ex-wife – he wasn't ready to let her go. "She created a paralytic drug to slow down her heart rate and then they dressed her up to appear dead."
Anna ran over and hugged Robin. "Thank God – when I saw that picture, I thought..."
"Come on, it will take more than Jerry Jacks to get rid of me. I am your kid after all." Robin was still crying as she hugged her mom. "Where is Jerry?"
"Your father has him." Anna straightened up. "I need to let your father know that you are alive and then we can get off this godforsaken island."
"Go – I don't want Jerry trying to hurt dad." Robin was slowly feeling better. "I am fine – just go."
"I love you sweetheart." Anna smiled at Mac. "Let's go tell Robert the good news."
Mac hugged Robin one last time and then followed Anna back out of the crypt. Robin looked at Patrick and smiled. "Where is Emma?"
"Emma is at a safe house with Felicia anxiously waiting for me to bring her mommy to her." Patrick kept rubbing her back. "Are you sure you are okay? They gave you your protocol?"
"They needed me to be healthy so, yes, I have had my protocol on time every day." Tears came back to Robin's eyes. "I am so sorry."
"Robin," Patrick wiped the tears away, "you have nothing to be sorry for. I know that Helena and Jerry threatened me and Emma to keep you in line."
Relief surged through Robin's body. "Thank God – I want you to know that I never stopped loving you and wanting to be with you but I also know I have to let you go."
"Let me go? Robin what are you talking about?" Patrick was genuinely confused.
"I know about Sam and your engagement. I want you to be happy so I will step aside and…"
"Sam and I are done – I ended things with her right before I came looking for you." Patrick pulled Robin close, setting his chin on the top of her head. It amazed him that, after all these years, the two of them were still a perfect fit. "We can talk about that later – right now let's just concentrate on the fact that you are alive and coming home."
Manrico stood outside the crypt and watched as Robin reunited with her ex-husband. A part of him wanted to run in there and pull her away from the man but he knew that there were too many WSB agents on the island for that to work. He needed to bide his time and then make a plan to see Robin again.
Robin had assured him that her parents would grant him amnesty once they found out what he had done to help her escape from Jerry. Once he was given full immunity he could do what he wanted and go wherever he wanted. He took one last look at the couple before heading back to the lab to surrender to Robin's parents.
"I want you to throw this bastard into the deepest, darkest hole you can find." Anna glared at Jerry as she walked back into the lab. "I want to make sure that he never touches my daughter again."
Jerry was shocked. "You mean that she is still alive?"
"Of course she is – I made sure of it." Manrico walked into the lab with his hands held up.
"You must be Manrico." Anna favored the man with a smile. "Thank you so much for what you did for my daughter."
"It was my pleasure. Your daughter is an amazing woman who deserves to be with her daughter." Manrico glared at Jerry. "Before you say anything – I managed to get my mother moved someplace where you can't get to her."
Jerry nodded in understanding. He had been blackmailing Manrico into being at his beck and call by threatening his mother. "Very good – I admit that I underestimated you."
"Well, you will need to be debriefed and then I think we can convince the head of the WSB to grant you full amnesty." Robert looked at Mac. "Could you please escort Manrico to the guards outside and send in a couple to collect Jerry?" He smiled at Anna. "I need to reunite with my daughter."
