Chapter 64

"Ugh." Robin slowly opened her eyes and yawned. She sat up and ran her fingers through her hair before finally looking around at her room. She did a stretch with her arms and pulled herself out of her bed so she could figure out where she was this time. She walked over to the window and shook her head. "We are definitely not in Laos."

"No, we're not." Robin turned to see Marcus standing in the doorway with a tray of food. "We are in Switzerland – Bellinzona to be exact."

He brought the tray over to a small table in the middle of the room while Robin looked out the door. Two guards were posted outside of it and the bulges in the back of their coats made it clear that they were fully armed. She considered her options, walked over the table and picked up a banana and a glass of juice from the tray. "Where are my pills?"

"In the bathroom." He pointed to a door on the other side of the room. Marcus noticed that there was no emotion behind the question at all. No fear or anger, nothing at all.

Robin didn't say anything else – she just turned around and headed in the direction Marcus had pointed. Five minutes later she came out of the bathroom with a banana peel and a glass full of water. She set the peel and water on the tray and then went back over to the window and stared out at the skyline.

Marcus watched her curiously, unsure of what was going on in the brilliant mind of hers. He stood and walked up behind her. He took his hand and pulled Robin's hair off her shoulder, leaned down and gave her a soft kiss on the neck. The same move that had given her shivers of pleasures when Patrick had done it just hours before now filled her with revulsion but still she said nothing.

Marcus took it as a sign that he could go a little further so he put his arms around her and pulled her close. "Aren't you going to ask me why we are in Switzerland?"

"It doesn't matter why." Robin continued to barely acknowledge him.

"Of course it matters." He kissed the back of her head and Robin finally gave him a reaction. She took her hands and tried to pull his arms off of her. That move only caused Marcus to tighten his grip. "Why would you think it doesn't matter?"

"Because I won't be here long enough for you to do whatever it is you are planning. Do you know how many times I have been kidnapped over the years?" Robin refused to let him believe for one moment that she was scared. "Every time it ends up the same – I go home to my family and this time will not be any different."

"Robin, I didn't kidnap you – you chose to come with me."

Robin snorted in disbelief. "You didn't give me a choice and you know it. I will always sacrifice myself to save the ones I love."

"Do whatever you need to do to assuage your guilt but we both know that you made a conscious decision to leave with me last night." He kissed her head one last time. "Now I need to go make arrangements. The doctor will be here in a few days to begin your shots and then we get ready for the procedure."

"What procedure?" Robin finally turned around to face him, still not showing a single emotion.

Marcus shook his head. "We agreed to start a family Robin. I love you but we need to be safe about it. We will start your hormone shots and then, in a month, we will start the AI procedure."

Robin couldn't hide her emotions any longer. "No! I will never have your child."

"You agreed to start a family with me." Marcus reached up and gently cupped her cheek in his hand. "If you go back on our agreement then maybe I will need to bring Emma and Josh here to stay with us after all."

Robin knocked his hand away from her face. "You stay the hell away from my family."

"Then we're in agreement." Marcus turned around and headed to the door. "We are going to stay here for the entire pregnancy. The good news is that we will be here for the opera festival in July. Right now you need to rest. I will see you at lunch."

Marcus left, securing the door behind him. Robin walked back over to the window and stared out it for a little longer. One month. It wasn't a lot of time but it would be enough. It had to be.

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"How is he?" Anna walked into Patrick's hospital room and spoke with the woman sitting by his side.

"They are just waiting for him to wake up." Sam had volunteered to stay with Patrick while Jason, Mac and Dennis began working on finding Robin. "Dr. Marucci said that the surgery was a success so it is just a matter of time."

Patrick had not regained consciousness since she and Jason had found him the night before. Marucci had found a small brain bleed and inserted a shunt to help relieve the pressure. Hopefully, he would awaken soon. "Any word on Robin?"

Anna shook her head as she stared at her son-in-law. "Not yet but soon. I have a man on the inside and I am certain he will be able to contact us soon to let us know where Marcus dragged her off to. Until then we are following every lead we can find."

"A man on the inside – who?"

"The son of an old friend of the family – Connor Olivera. His father, Sean Donnelly, is one of Robin's godfathers." Anna could sense Sam's confusion so she explained. "I knew that Marcus wasn't done with Robin yet so I called Sean and told him what was going on. He talked to Connor, who volunteered to go undercover and plant himself in Marcus's organization. Connor will let us know where she is and will assist on getting her away from that man."

"Why not just stop him from taking her? I mean you have this man on the inside – why didn't you just kill Marcus and end this?" Sam stood up and glared at Anna. "How could you leave your own daughter in the line of fire?"

"That wasn't the plan – Connor was supposed to keep Marcus away from Robin while we worked on getting everything set up for his capture. Marcus was so well protected in Laos that we had no hope of getting to him there. We needed to wait until Marcus came back to the States so we could grab him." Anna sighed and walked over to Patrick, picking up his hand and holding it. "Unfortunately, we didn't hear from Connor until they had already left Port Charles. He couldn't risk blowing his cover. Zack had let Marcus know that the kids would be gone last night. Marcus grabbed a handful of men and took off without saying a word."

"So did they head back to Laos?"

"No, Connor wasn't with the group that grabbed Robin so he has no idea where she is being held but he is working on it. He is still in Laos at the moment but he was told an hour ago that they were being moved to a new location to assist in protecting Marcus's fiancée. As soon as he lands he will let us know where they are." Anna trusted Connor to help them bring Robin home.

Sam looked at Patrick and then back at Anna. "Emma and Josh?"

"They are on vacation with Grandpa Noah – turns out he is quite the fisherman. Emma knows something is wrong but…" Anna's eyes briefly filled with tears but she quickly blinked them back. "Anyway, they are well guarded and Felicia joined them to help with Josh. I promise you, they are very well protected."

"Good." Sam sat back down by Patrick's bed. "I'll stay with him – go find your daughter."