Chapter 69

Marcus was in his office watching the footage of Emma and Josh one more time, trying to figure out exactly where they were, when he heard a knock on the door. "Come in."

A portly gray-haired gentleman walked into the room. "Dr. Banks? I'm Dr. Schenkman."

Marcus stood up and greeted the man. "Yes, please have a seat." Marcus gestured to the chair in front of his desk and then returned to his chair. "I must say I am disappointed that Dr. Zeile will not be joining us but he spoke very highly of you. I understand that you are an expert in managing HIV pregnancies?"

"Yes – I trust you have researched me?" Dr. Schenkman smiled at him and Marcus smiled back.

"Indeed I have – your resume is quite impressive." Marcus studied the man and then stood up. "Well, I see no point in wasting time – let me take you to meet my fiancée, Robin."

Dr. Schenkman followed Marcus down the hall. "Dr. Zeile said that there were some special circumstances surrounding the patient – that there may be some confusion?"

"Yes, poor girl is still in shock over the death of her ex-husband and daughter. There are times when she actually claims that I have kidnapped her. I have stood by her of course, I love that woman more than life itself, but you just have to ignore her if she starts talking about them." They reached the door. "Understand?"

"Of course sir."

Marcus nodded at Cee who unlocked the door and let the two men into Robin's room. Robin was lying on the bed sleeping and Marcus walked over and gently rubbed her arm. "Robin, it's time to wake up. I have someone for you to meet."

Robin opened her eyes and immediately pulled away from Marcus's touch. "What do you want?"

"The doctor is here." Marcus stood up and walked over to Dr. Schenkman. "Dr. Schenkman, my fiancée Robin."

Schenkman walked to the bed and smiled at Robin. "Hello Robin, it is truly an honor to meet you." He turned to Marcus. "I need to be alone with Robin to examine her. I assume there are cameras in this room?"

"Yes, one in the bathroom and one over there." Marcus pointed to the corner by the window and Schenkman saw the camera on the ceiling in the corner.

"I'm going to ask that they be covered up while I do her exam – I want her to be comfortable."

Marcus considered what the doctor was saying and nodded his head. "Cee, please cover the cameras up for the doctor."

Connor grabbed a couple of towels from the bathroom and placed them over the cameras. He then walked over the door and waited for Marcus to join him. Marcus gave Robin one last smile and then turned to the doctor. "You have 30 minutes and then we will be back."

Robin remained seated on the bed until she heard the lock click into place and then jumped up and hugged the man standing in her room. "Matt!"

"We know where she is – why aren't we just getting her the hell out of there?" Patrick was tapping his foot as he sat in the surveillance van waiting for Matt to get done with his exam.

Dr. Zeile had been contacted by Robert as soon as they had figured out the Marcus had been in contact with him. The good doctor had agreed to help set up the sting operation by creating a fake doctor that he would send in his place to take care of Robin. Working with Spinelli and a team of WSB operatives, Matt became Dr. Schenkman, a fertility expert who specialized in high risk HIV-positive pregnancies. In addition to being able to help his sister-in-law, Matt was also getting his medical license reinstated and his conviction was vacated.

Robert shook his head. "Because there are too many guards on her right now. We need to be smart about this."

Mac put his hand on Patrick's shoulder. "We want her out of there just as bad as you do. You need to trust us – we have a little bit of experience in this. Now relax and wait for your brother to come back down here so we can figure out exactly what room she is in, when Connor is guarding her and if there is a way to get her out of that building safely. Don't make me regret letting you come with us today."

Patrick had begged to join the men instead of staying back at the safe house and planning with the others. "It just hurts to be so close and not be able to…"

Mac squeezed Patrick's shoulder. "I know but it won't be much longer and you will be with her again – I promise."

Patrick nodded his head and stared out the window, waiting impatiently for a word, any word on his wife.

"He's here?" Robin's eyes filled with tears as Matt told her everything that was going on. "Patrick is really here?"

"Yes in fact," he led her to the window and pointed to a black van on the corner, "he is in that van right now waiting for me to tell him that you are okay."

Robin put her hand on the window, trying to reach her husband somehow. The tears flowed freely down her cheeks and Matt hugged her tight. "We'll get you back to him Robin – I promise."

After a few minutes Matt led her over to the bed. "You look pale and I think you have lost some weight – are you eating?"

"Enough to take my meds. I don't have much of an appetite these days. Stress." Robin sat there patiently as Matt took her vitals.

"Well, everything is within normal ranges." Matt sat down on the bed with Robin. "Connor said you passed out a few days ago?"

"Again, not eating well – probably just low blood sugar." Robin gave Matt a warm smile. "I promise to eat a five course meal, complete with chocolate cake, the moment I get back to my husband."

"I'm going to hold you to that." Matt got off the bed and looked around the room. He pulled out his phone and began taking pictures, including one of Robin. "For Patrick. The rest are for your parents. We are trying to find a way to get you out of here safely. Any input from you would be helpful."

Robin thought about her conversation with Connor last night. "Actually, I do have one idea…"