Lunch seemed to go ok, until Alexis showed up.
"We have a problem." Alexis said walking up to the table.
"What?" Mac asked.
"Alex King has done exactly what Robin said he would do. I have tried everything to stop him, but the judge has allowed it."
"Is he buying the judge?" Sonny asked.
"That what I need you to find out?" Alexis said.
"Ok, give me two minutes." Sonny said walking out the door to make a call.
"He can't do this." Patrick said. "He will tear Robin to shreds on the stand."
"Look, Robin I need you to be ok with going up there. If it becomes to much we will break, up the more he pushes you the more the jury will see what kind of man he is?" Alexis said sitting across from Robin.
"I can do this. I have to stand up to him if I am ever going to be free." Robin said.
"Ok, we should head back now the judge wont like it if we're late." Alexis said.
Sonny walked back in.
"What did you find out?" Mac asked.
"Alex hasn't bought the judge. The order to allow Alex came from Mayor Floyd." Sonny said. "Seems like Alex gave him huge funds to make it happen. This being an election year make since."
"Anything else?" Alexis asked.
"Stan is checking into it and will let me know." Sonny said.
"Ok, what happens now?" Robin asked.
"The trail goes on. Mayor Floyd will be taken into custody for interfering in a court matter and I will deal with him later." Alexis said.
"I will send some of my boys to deal with him." Mac said making a call.
They headed back to the court house. They all took their seats.
"How are you feeling?" Patrick asked Robin. "You just got out of the hospital so this may be to much for you to handle?"
"Can she relapse?" Anna asked.
"She could." Patrick said. "Alexis at any sign that she could faint or is over emotional she needs to be looked out. Her body is still mending."
"I will let the judge know." Alexis said.
Soon the jury and Judge were back.
"I want the jury to know that Mr. King has decided to represent himself. It is allowed. We will continue as usual. Ms. Davis call you next witness?"
"Thank you your honor. The state call Robin Scorpio."
Robin squeezed Patrick hand and stood up. She walk to the stand and was sworn in.
"Before Ms. Scorpio is questioned I must inform the court that she is one day out of the hospital and he body is still mending. Her doctors have asked that anytime she feels dizzy or gets to emotional that she be examined."
"This is noted. Please proceed."
"Ms. Scorpio can you tell us how you come to know Mr. King?"
"I was a doctor working at County in Chicago. I was a researcher. I met Alex when a friend introduced us. He was great at first. Kind, sweet and charming. We went out to lunches, dinners and movies. He was what I thought was the man of my dreams."
"At what point did he change?"
"I wasn't sure about having sex. I told him I wasn't ready for it. He said he understood. We continued to date and about three months later he asked me to go away with him. I said yes. I thought it would be fun. But when we got there he turned on me. I saw a side I had never seen."
"What happened there?" Alexis asked.
"That was the first time he raped me. I was mean and horrible. I ran home, but he found me. He took me from the place I lived and worked and brought me here. I had always talked about moving here. He locked me in the penthouse where he kept me for many years."
"What happened over those years?"
"He beat me, raped me, hurt me. I wasn't allowed to go out and I had to do whatever he told me otherwise he would hit me. Sometimes he would hit me if I wasn't going fast enough."
"How did you escape?"
"I found some cleaning supplies and took some of them. I'm a researcher so I know how to make certain things. I made a mix that would knock him out and give me time to escape."
"Where did you go when you escaped?"
"I ran along the docks. I had looked at the city for years from that penthouse. I knew all the routes. I ran along the docks."
"What happened next?"
"I ran into Patrick. Literally." Robin smiled. "He took me with him and hid me away."
"So you went off with a total stranger?"
"Yes, I need help and I saw something in Patrick that told me I could trust him. He has been with me ever since. He took me to the doctors, he gave me the strength to call the cops."
"What happened then?"
"Alex was taken into custody."
"What happened with you?"
"I found my family. My Uncle Mac, my Aunt Felecia, cousins Maxie and Georgie, and my mom and dad. I also made friends and connections to help me become a doctor again."
"All seemed to be going great, them what happened?"
"Patrick and I were getting ready for bed. When we heard loud noises. Patrick told me to call 911 and he went to see what was happening. I told the operator what was going on and she sent the police. I looked for Patrick, but these two guys came in. They threw me on the bed and started raping me. The other started beating me. Then he told me Patrick was dead and he hit my head with something and I was out cold?"
"When do you remember waking up?"
"I was two weeks later. I was in GH. Patrick was in a wheel chair by my bed holding my hands."
"Ms. Scorpio, did you ever ask Mr. King to set you free, to stop hurting you?"
"Every day. I ask over and over again. I wanted to get out. I grew up away from my family. I wanted to find them. They were seven blocks away for years."
"Thank you Ms. Scorpio. Mr. King your witness."
"You say I raped you. How about the times you went to bed with me willingly?"
"It was so you wouldn't beat me. I hurt for ages and I wanted no pain."
"I had a job, why didn't you escape?"
"The doors locked from the outside. The locks were to high for me to reach on the windows. No one ever came over or heard me cry for help. I was locked away just like you wanted me." Robin said starring him dead in the eyes.