Chapter 19

"So you didn't see where she was supposed to meet him?" Mac was gently questioning his daughter about what had happened earlier that day at Robin's house. She had gotten Emma from school and the little girl was in the kitchen with Felicia making supper while he and Maxie waited for Patrick, Anna and Robert to arrive.

"Mac, I barely looked at it." Maxie was kicking herself for not getting more information out of Robin before she had left. "I'm sorry."

Mac pulled her into a hug. "It's okay sweetheart – you didn't know."

"But I should have demanded that she tell me – I should have known that something was off about that damn note. It was typed and Patrick wrote all his notes – I should have realized that it wasn't him and stopped her from going." Maxie stood up and began pacing the room. "She doesn't deserve this Mac. Who is this guy?"

"Manrico Voltorre." Robert walked into the room followed closely by Anna and Patrick. "He was Jerry Jacks right hand man and developed a crush on Robin."

"It's more than a crush if he kidnapped her." Patrick still couldn't believe this was happening again. "Where is Emma?"

"She is in the kitchen with my mom – she thinks that Robin is out getting her a present for the wedding." Maxie was glad that her natural ability to lie had come in handy. "I'll pick up a necklace and some earrings for her after you bring Robin home."

Anna's phone went off and she smiled as she read the text that accompanied the ring tone. "Which may be very soon. Jordan was able to track down Robin's phone through the GPS chip in it – we have an address."

"Where is it?" Patrick didn't want to be separated from Robin for even a night.

"Just outside of town, it looks like in the woods. Probably a cabin or a cottage out there." Anna shoved the phone back into her pocket. "We will meet up with Dante, Nathan and Jordan at the PCPD and head out from there."

Mac grabbed his jacket. "Maxie – you stay here with your mom and Emma. I will let you know as soon as we know anything." He looked at Patrick as headed to the front door. "Let's go get our girl."


Robin sat in her chair at the table and watched as Manrico made them supper. He had turned on his mp3 player and the final duet from Il trovatore played as he chopped up the vegetables. "So is this your favorite opera?"

"Yes, the music is almost transcendent. My mother played it for me from the time I was a baby and explained to me the story. She told me that it is the purest expression of true love – Leonora's decision to kill herself to be with Manrico in death rather than live to marry another man." He slid the cut up vegetables to the side of the cutting board and began slicing up the meat. He pointed the knife at Robin. "Everyone deserves that kind of love."

Robin tried to remain calm as she slipped her phone out of her pocket and began texting under the table. She knew that Maxie had contacted everyone to get the rescue party going, they just needed to know where to go. She looked down and typed: cottage rt 76.

She was just about to hit send when the table flipped over and the phone was knocked out of her hand. She looked up at Manrico who stood there fuming. He took his foot and stomped down hard on her phone, sending pieces flying as it was destroyed by his boot. "What do you think you are doing?"

"I just wanted to check on Emma." Robin stared at the pieces of her phone on the ground. "You didn't have to do that."

Manrico walked over to the pieces, picked them up and shook his head. "I want to believe you Robin but you have already lied to me today."

Robin swallowed. "What do you mean?"

"I have been keeping a close eye on you. I know exactly what you have been doing since you returned to Port Charles." He walked over to a bag on the counter and pulled out some rope with his left hand, keeping the knife pointed at her with his right. "Please just sit still – I don't want to accidentally cut you."

"What are you going to do?" She was trying to keep the fear out of her voice but it wasn't working.

He walked behind her. "Please put your hands behind your back Robin." She didn't move and he gently placed the knife blade against her neck. "Please Robin."

Robin placed her hands behind her back and felt the rope tighten around her wrists before he looped it once around her waist and then her legs, binding her to the chair. "Manrico, what are you going to do?"

He walked back over to the stove and began putting the meat and vegetables in the pan. "First I am going to finish making dinner."

"And then?" Robin hoped that he would give her parents enough time to find her.

He shook his head as if he couldn't believe the question. "We eat." He stirred the ingredients in the pan. "Then we will discuss the fact that you reunited with your ex-husband. I understand that you did it for Emma's sake but it's time for us to start our lives together. That's why I bought this place, so we can be close to her father."

"Then maybe we could go and get her? Or I could call my cousin and have her bring Emma to us." Robin needed to either get Manrico to Port Charles or let someone know where she was.

He turned around and studied Robin closely. "Let's eat first and then we can discuss when we bring Emma home." He plated the food and brought it over to her. He pulled up a chair and sat down in front of her. Picking up the fork, he placed the dinner he had made on it and held it up to Robin's mouth. "Buon appetito."