Chapter 20

"Yes, I understand what you are saying Helena but we had a deal. Robin would help you with your project and then she and I would leave Port Charles together." Marcus had been on the phone with Helena for 20 minutes trying to convince her that he needed to remain Robin's keeper. "You know I have the resources to take Robin and Emma and disappear."

Helena scoffed. "You would have to avoid me for the rest of your lives and I guarantee you that that is not an easy proposition. I suggest you go along with my decision for now and concentrate on completing your mission. The sooner you get done, the sooner you, little Robin and her precious daughter can get on with your lives together."

"But she will be at the hospital day after day with that man!" Marcus realized he was getting nowhere with his current line of reasoning so he decided to take a different approach. "Patrick Drake is a distraction and will do everything in his power to get her back. The man may be a fool but he is still in love with her which means that he will be in her face all the time and stick his nose into what she is doing. He is also brilliant which means he may be able to figure out what it is Robin is working on."

"Well then I suggest that you do something to make sure he knows that dear Dr. Scorpio belongs to you now and get him to back off. Good day Marcus." Helena hung up the phone and Marcus stared at the now silent phone.

Helena was right – it was time to make it clear to Patrick Drake that Robin was his now.

"Robin?" Nikolas knocked on her office door and then entered only to find robbing sobbing at her desk. "Oh my God Robin, what did he say to you?"

Nikolas walked over and pulled her into a tight embrace, holding Robin as she cried. "Nothing but the truth - what happened after the accident, why he turned to Sam, the pain he felt when he thought I chose Jason and my work over him and Emma. He also said that looking back now, he could see the signs that I was in trouble and he couldn't believe he missed them. He said he was sorry."

"Then that's good, right Robin?" Nikolas felt guilty for all she had lost and he was hoping to get her back together with Patrick as soon as possible. He was certain that Patrick would be able to help her better than anyone.

"It is," Robin nodded her head and wiped her eyes, "it is but I am not sure that sorry is enough anymore. Come on Nikolas, he didn't forget my birthday – he ignored everything he knew about me and didn't pick up on the fact that I was being held hostage by your crazy family, no offense."

"None taken – my family is completely insane, present company excluded of course." Nikolas rubbed her back.

"Do you know what he told me that day in the clinic?" Nikolas shook his head. "He said that he didn't even know who I was anymore. Why wasn't that a red flag to him instead of another reason to divorce me?"

"Robin, it was a difficult time for him – you need to understand that." Nikolas had never been Patrick's biggest fan but he knew Patrick loved Robin.

"I know that but it still hurts. He told me I could trust him but I can't bring myself to believe it, at least not yet." Robin pulled back. "And I am such a hypocrite considering the fact that I am lying to him every day. I am pretending that I want things to be the way they are and I haven't told him the whole truth about what is going on now or what happened with Jason."

Nikolas swallowed and shut his eyes. "What do you mean what happened with Jason?"

Robin thought about it for a moment before answering her old friend. "I saved him Nikolas with the same drug I used to bring back Helena and Stavros. We even managed to escape together but we got separated and now I don't know where he is." It felt good to finally tell someone the truth. "You have to find him. Bring him back to Sam and his son, please?"

"Robin, I don't know…"

"Otherwise all of the hell I have been through over the past year and a half will have been for nothing." Fresh tears appeared in Robin's eyes and Nikolas knew what he had to do.

"Of course I will. I will do everything in my power to bring Jason home to his family." Nikolas hugged Robin one last time and pulled himself away from her. "Now you get back to work and I will be in my office if you need me. I'll be back at one to take you to lunch?"

"Sounds wonderful and Nikolas, thank you." Robin sat back down at her desk and went back to work as Nikolas headed back to his office.

Nikolas sat down at his desk and began to think. Somehow he needed to figure out how to keep his promise to Robin without implicating himself. Nikolas knew he owed it to Robin so he would find a way to help Jake regain his memory and become Jason Morgan once again.