Chapter 3

"Mac is going to keep Emma at his place until we get home." Robert sat down across from the couple on the plane and glared at Patrick. "Now, you want to tell me what the hell is going on?"

"What's the date?" Patrick was still holding Robin in his arms.

"November 5th, why?" Robert wasn't ready to trust the man quite yet.

"Over a year – we've been away from our daughter for over a year." Patrick shook his head as Robin leaned her head against Patrick's chest while they hugged each other. "And you said that there is someone in Port Charles claiming to be me?"

"Yes." Anna still wasn't sure what was going on.

"She told us that everyone thought Patrick had joined his father for a tour of Doctors Without Borders and Emma was staying with Mac." Robin sighed. "We were shown pictures of Emma with Mac and you, mom, and told as long as we behaved they would leave her alone."

"She?" Robert still wasn't quite she he believed what Patrick was saying.

"Helena." Patrick set his chin on Robin's head. "I couldn't shake that last call, the one where Robin said she was broken, so I started trying to contact her, starting on Robin's birthday. Something wasn't right. Helena must have realized I wasn't going to give up because less than a week after I started trying to contact Robin I was grabbed from the house and brought here. Emma was staying the night at a friend's house and I recorded a message that explained that my dad needed me and asked Mac to take care of Emma the same way he took care of Robin."

Patrick rubbed Robin's back as he continued his story. "When I saw Robin and realized what had really been going on, I had never known I could feel so guilty. I mean, my God, I sent her divorce papers…"

"You didn't know Patrick." Robin reached up and gently caressed his face. "We've talked about this."

"I know, but I still should have known." He smiled down at her. "Anyway, Helena felt that Robin might work a little better with an assistant and since surgery may at times be necessary for her plans it made sense to grab me."

"Patrick and I have had a lot of time to talk and work through our issues. A year alone in a lab will do that to you." Robin leaned her head back down on Patrick's chest and smiled at her parents. "We are more determined than ever to be together and raise our children together."

"That's all well and good but we have a slight problem – the Patty Boy in Port Charles is engaged to Sam McCall and getting married tomorrow." Mac had filled Robert in on what was going on in Port Charles during the phone call.

"Sam and Patrick are getting married?" Robin shook her head. "But what about Jason? He's alive – we escaped together the night of the explosion. In fact, Patrick is pretty sure that he came to GH as a patient – some kind of car accident."

"Jake?" Anna was starting to put the pieces together. "Jake Doe! Of course, he and Sam have always seemed close. He's marrying Liz Webber tomorrow."

"How soon until we get home?" Robin held Patrick tight.

"We should be home in the morning – why?" Robert could see the wheels turning in his daughter's head.

"Good that will give us enough time."

"Time for what?" Patrick gently lifted Robin's chin with his hand and smiled lovingly at her.

"To reunite with our daughter and stop two weddings."