Chapter 29

Jonathan was sitting at the desk in the large office, he had left the door open so he could hear the door open and close again, he knew Corinthos and Morgan were there now. He waited a few more minutes then called Jim. It rang a few time before he answered, "The shooting should start soon." Jim said when he picked up.

"Where are you?"

"I'm in the little office now, I should be safe here"

"Stay there until it's over, I'll meet you out there after it's all done," then Jonathan ended the call.

Just after he hung up he heard the shooting start, he sat back with a smile on his face. If he had known it would be this easy he would have done this a lot sooner. He would need more men, maybe some of Sonny's men would want to work for him now, he thought smugly. They would be out of work and they already knew the city. He sat and listened it didn't take long for the shooting to stop, when it ended he got up to go see the damage, but thought he better wait a minute just to make sure. When he didn't hear anything else Jonathan decided it was safe to go out and see what had happened for himself.

He was at the end of the hallway that leads to the offices and from there he could see the bodies laying on the floor. So far he didn't see Jim maybe he wasn't sure if he should come out yet. He looked up at the mezzanine and saw some movement, he assumed his men were picking up all the spent shell casings before coming down, they knew he would expect them to do that before they left here.

As Jonathan turned to look for Jim by the other office he felt something dig into his back. Unless he was very mistaken there was now a gun pointed at his back, he froze not sure of what was happening Corinthos and Morgan were dead on the floor, had his own men turned on him. "What the hell is the meaning of this?"

"Shut up and put your hands behind your head."

He did what they wanted then whoever was behind him frisked him and took away his two guns. "Did you really think you'd get away with this?"

"Yes, and I still will. You should know there are six armed men that will shot you as soon as one of them can get a clear shot."

"That's not going to happen."

"No, what makes you so sure? If not one of them then my partner will, I won't tell you where he's hidden." Jonathan still felt very smug, whoever was behind him was only one person and wouldn't be alive much longer. Jonathan was then pushed out of the hallway and no shots were fired at either of them.

"Your partner? I didn't think you thought of Jim Conners as your partner. I already killed your partner."

"What, I just talked to him, how did you get in here?"

"I'm responsible for Fred Robson death. I didn't know why I had to do it and I didn't know anything about him, but you felt I should die because of it."

"Scorpio?"

"That's me. Well, look who's coming now." Jonathan looked over and saw Jim walking towards them, his hands were behind his back, and he was walking rather slowly, then Jonathan realized someone was behind him. As he watched them get closer Robert cuffed him, "Your finished de Salva."

"You have nothing to hold me on." Jonathan wonders why his men weren't making a move to save him and Jim. Then he looked up and saw something he couldn't believe, there were cops up on the mezzanine as well. What was going on? How had they gotten up there?

Robert waved up at the officers and one of them waved back. Anna was now beside him, Jim was cuffed as well. When Robert was satisfied these two weren't going anywhere he said, "Alright you two, it's all clear."

Much to Jonathan astonishment Sonny and Jason started to get up, they were covered in blood but they weren't hurt at all. "No, they're dead! What's going on here?" He watched as his men were lead down the stairs all of them were cuffed and being lead by an officer. Another man appeared from behind them, Jonathan recognized him as the police commissioner. "How is this happening?"

"Did you really think we didn't know what you two looked like?" Sonny asked. "I knew it was a set up the second I walked in and saw Jim Conners sitting there pretending to be Jake whoever."

"But they shot you," Jonathan insisted.

"Your men were in custody before you even got here," Mac informed him. "My officers shot off a lot of blanks to make you think your plan was working and Sonny and Jason played along."

"No, that's not possible. We had this all planned out."

"Clearly it is possible, Devane grabbed me during the shooting, I don't even know where she was hiding," Jim said sounding very annoyed.

"You seemed to have forgotten who you were dealing with," Mac said to Jonathan. "Robert and Anna went through this place yesterday morning and had figured out what you were going to try before you even got here. They planted a few bugs so we heard your plan right from your mouth. We knew everything that was going to happen here today. Baker read them their rights then get this lot out of here."

Jason turned to Robert and Anna, "I have to tell you I was a little worried that this was going to end badly, but it went off just like you said it would."

"We have been doing this kind of thing for a while now, and I've heard we're pretty good at what we do," Robert told him with a little grin. "You're right though, there always a chance that something could go wrong, but at least it didn't today."

"Why don't you two go change then come down to the station to give your statements," Mac suggested.

"What to say a bunch of your officers pretended to shoot us?" Sonny asked.

Anna smiled and tried not to laugh, Robert looked at her then said to Sonny, "I think Mac wants you to make a statement about how Conners set this all up." Then he looked back at Anna and they both started to laugh. Not that what Sonny had said was that funny, but it was starting to sink in that this should all finally be over now.

"So will we see you both at the station after?" Mac asked ignoring Robert and Anna.

Sonny smiled, "Yeah we'll be there."

...

Jonathan looked around the room he now found himself in, he was cuffed to the table and waiting for whoever was going to come talk to him. He was now realizing he had been very wrong. Wrong to underestimate Scorpio and Devane and wrong to think by blowing up some buildings Corinthos would roll over and let his city be taken from him. It felt like hours since they had brought him in here. Finally, he heard someone outside, he looked up but couldn't see who was there. When the door opened he was surprised to see Scorpio and Devane walk in. "It took us a while to decide who got the pleasure of talking to you, Jonathan," Robert said as he sat down, "but since it was Anna and myself that you seemed so keen on killing we won."

"You have nothing on me other then I was where a staged shooting happened."

"You keep telling yourself that, we have a recording of you planning that shooting. The cover story of Jonathan de Salva nightclub owner is full of holes now." Robert smiled then continued, "There are some very chatty people here in custody that had lots to tell us about you."

"Scorpio that's going to be their word against mine and I'd like to see any evidence supporting what they've told you."

Anna put a very thick file down on the table, then sat beside Robert, he looked at the file and said, "That's just the highlights of what we have on you."

"We don't have to show you what's in there. While we did our research on you we found out some things about you, you are very arrogant, cruel and short-sighted. You think that your plans will always work the way you want and you never really do your homework, and you've been lucky so far. You look at what the desired outcome is but don't think about the long term, and you can't be bothered to do the research into things," Anna explained. "I'm amazed you've gotten as far as you have, I guess in Miami there's enough business to share."

"I'm a nightclub owner, of course, there's lots of business in Miami," Jonathan insisted.

"Why are you so ashamed of who your father was?" Anna asked changing directions.

Jonathan glared at her, "I'm not ashamed of him."

"Oh really, then why would you leave him out of your personal bio?" Anna gave him a knowing look. "I can understand not wanting people to know that he was a DVX agent that was serving, what was it 25 years in prison. That might worry potential business associates, but maybe it was that you wanted to hide the fact you were almost a DVX agent."

"Of course you would know all of that since you tracked my father down like a dog then sent him to prison on some trumped up charges to waste away." There was anger in his voice now.

Anna smiled smugly, "Like I said you don't do your research. Even once we had your father's name it still took us a while to find the connection to me. If Sean hadn't been there we might not have either, you must know who Sean Donely is. If not maybe you should have looked up other WSB agent connected to us, then Rodney would have know who he was when Sean started talking to him at Jake's when he first came here. Your laziness is astonishing. Do you want know what I know about Ronald de Salva? That when Cesar Faison wanted me to join the DVX instead of killing your father like he wanted, Faison told me where I could find him so I could arrest him. I know you know that name Cesar Faison, he was almost your boss, till your father crossed him and dashed any hopes of you or Marvin Johnston had of joining the DVX.

"Where are you getting this stuff from?" Jonathan asked.

"It's call research, it's call investigation. You see unlike you, we aren't lazy," Robert told him. "We like to know what we're facing. We know that you are heartless when it comes to other people, that you don't care what happens to them when they are no longer useful to you. You think it's easiest to kill them, then you don't have to worry about what they might say. That reputation is part of the reason everyone seems so willing to talk to us. They know they're going down but they want to make sure you go with them."

"There is no way you can prove any of what you're saying. I'm a business owner, I can't control what happens to a person that might have worked for me at some point in their life."

"Just like you can't control the people you hire to kill people, you must have been furious when Blaine left without killing Jason Morgan. One little phone call and he will never return here for another job. He won't cross me."

Jonathan studied Robert's face, something told him Scorpio wasn't lying about being behind Blaine leaving. "Where are you getting this information you say you have on me? That folder is probably just a bunch of old papers"

"We had some help getting all of the information we now have. We just happened to have friends that have been watching you for a very long time and knew all about you and your illegal activities," Robert said with a cocky grin. "Since that's where we got our training they know how to investigate as well."

"You don't trust the WSB anymore Scorpio, I do know that much," Jonathan shot back.

Robert and Anna both put their new WSB credentials on the table, "Are you sure about that?" Robert asked, with a smug grin.

A look of dread washed across his face, he could only imagine what kind of things the WSB would know about him. "I want a lawyer."

"Yeah, we were waiting for that," Robert admitted. "There is one more person that wants to talk to you and there'll be no need for a lawyer during this conversation." The door opened again and Lisa de Salva walked in. Robert and Anna got up and walked over to the door but didn't leave the room.

Jonathan stared at her in disbelieve, "Even you're against me? My own wife?"

"Your wife, now that's a joke! Do you actually still consider me that? Husbands and wives spend time together, they actually talk to each other. When was the last time you talked to me, do you even remember?" Lisa paused but he said nothing. "It was before I left Miami for the concert when you dismissed me like an annoying employ you were tired of looking at. I don't know when you stopped loving me but you have not been my husband for over a year."

"I was busy, I had important things on my mind. I do have a business to run."

"Oh, I know all about the important things you'd been planning and your business. How could you lie to me for all these years? I thought I was married to a hard working businessman but it turns out I was sleeping with a heartless killer." Lisa leaned across the table, "You didn't know I overheard some of your meetings, you don't know which people I saw coming and going from our house. I've had lots of fun here going through pictures and telling the commissioner who I've seen. I remember very clearly you threating Devane and Scorpio, swearing that they had to pay." Lisa stood up straight again, "Imagine my surprise when I met them and heard all about who you really are, they've known about you since before I came here before the concert in New York." She saw the look of surprise then smiled, "That's right I came here and never went back to Miami. I'm filing for divorce and I will be testifying against you." Then she turned to Robert and Anna, "Get me out of here I don't even want to look at him anymore." Jonathan stared after them even after the door had closed, how could he have failed so badly?

They lead Lisa back to Mac's office, he was still talking to Jim Conners. "Why don't you come wait in here? They'll be booking Jonathan soon and in here you won't have to see him when they lead him out," Anna suggested.

"Yeah, thank you, I have no interest in talking to him again." Lisa wrapped her arms around herself then asked, "Is there really enough evidence to put him away?"

"Yes, not only about what he was doing here but we were able to get information from the WSB about him and they've been aware of his activities for quite some time and he will be facing many different charges," Anna explained.

Lisa breathed a sigh of relief, ever since she had found out her suspicions had been right about Jonathan she had been questioning how she could have fallen in love and married a man she truly knew nothing about. "I'm actually a little afraid to find out everything that he's done. I feel like I don't even know him."

"You only knew the man he wanted you to know, for most people to know, you helped him seem more normal," Anna said trying to be supportive. "In his own way, he may have loved you but I think his business would have always come first."

"I know it did for the last two years at least. I was just too blind to see what was really going on. I'll be glad if I can help put him away and stop him from hurting anyone else." Lisa continued to talk about how hurt she now felt, and Anna listened giving her a chance to get it all out. Robert made a few phone calls while they waited for Mac.

Mac walked in shaking his head, "Jonathan de Salva is not a popular man, Jim Conners was just singing about everything they've been up too as well." Then he looked up, "Oh, sorry Lisa, I didn't know you were still here."

"That's all right Mac, he's not my favorite person either. I didn't want to see him again after I confronted him so we came in here, then I started talking and Anna's been nice enough to listen to me." Mac went and gave her a hug. Robert and Anna looked at each other wondering if there was anything going on with them.

"Don't worry, he'll be in jail for a very long time," Robert told her happy that this would all soon be behind them.

"Sonny and Jason have given their statements, add Conners to Munro, and Holly who have already talked, even a couple of the other guys wanted to try and cut a deal," Mac told them. "Now I can relax for a little while before I have to go talk to the press."

"I don't miss that at all," Anna said, "even when it's good news there still had to that one reporter that needed to be nasty."

Mac called in an officer to take Lisa back to the safe house, even though they were fairly confident they had all of de Salva's men they didn't want to take any chances with her life. He had a mountain of paperwork to deal with so Anna and Robert left as well. Anna's phone rang as they were leaving, it was Robin, "Hi mom I just talked to Patrick and we are taking you and dad out to celebrate tonight."

"Oh really? We were just going to stay in."

"No that's not happening, I'm way too excited. Mom, I'll just call dad if you say no and he'll agree."

Anna looked over at Robert, they had agreed that they just wanted to go home but she knew he wouldn't say no to Robin if she asked him. "You know that's not fair," she said with a little laugh. "Where are we going and what time do you want us there?"

"Well pick you up at seven, and we're making a night of it, dinner, dancing, who knows what else."

Anna hung up as they got to the car, "Robin still know her daddy will do anything she wants."

"Oh really, what makes you say that," Robert asked with a little smile, he knew it was true too.

"We're going out with her and Patrick tonight, because if I didn't agree she was just going to call you because she knew you would say yes."

"As long as we get a little time to relax before going out I'm fine with that. We're taking the rest of the year off anyway."

"Are we?" Anna smiled.

"Yes. We are going to have a house full for Christmas, once we have the PI office ready we can open it in the new year, and there's that trip to Italy."

Anna smiled over at him, "I love it, the DA shouldn't need us until Jonathan's trial starts so we should leave for Italy soon, then we'd be back before Ann is on Christmas break. As for the office, it wouldn't take that much more work to get it ready to open so that can wait till we get back."

"I'll talk to Mac and make sure he doesn't need us for anything, then we are running away together."

...

Robert and Anna had just finished getting ready when they heard the doorbell, Anna looked at the time, "They're a little early," then she went and answered it. When she opened it she was surprised to see Frisco standing there. "Why hello." Anna gave him a hug, "What are you doing here? I mean come in."

"Thank you, is Robert home as well? I have some information that you'll both be interested in." Then Frisco followed her into the living room.

"You don't look much like our daughter. Hi Frisco, what brings you here?"

"I was just telling Anna I have some information for you both."

"Is it just you or did Felicia come too?" Anna asked.

"Just me, this is a business trip. Am I interrupting something, it looks like you're ready to go somewhere?"

"Robin and her boyfriend, Patrick, are taking us out tonight. We arrested Jonathan de Salva and all the members of his organization that were in Port Charles earlier today," then the doorbell rang again. "So they are taking us to celebrate," Robert explained.

"That should be Robin this time, excuse me." Anna went and answered the door again. "Oh good it is you, come in you'll want to see whose here."

"OK," Robin and Patrick followed Anna in, then she saw Frisco. "Are you kidding me? What are you doing here?" Robin rushed over and gave him a big hug, "Mom didn't say you were going to be here tonight."

"That's because they didn't know. The WSB has found out a lot since they stopped in for a visit, and I came here to tell them about what that is," Frisco explained.

"Dad told me about that, how mom has remembered more about the time she was away from us, about what was done to her." Robin thought for a moment, "It's funny, they both want me to know what they've gone through but the other one tells me, I guess it's a little less painful that way."

"It's so you don't see them so emotionally vulnerable, I sat for hours listening to them retell what they'd gone through. I had a hard time hearing it and a harder time seeing them in that kind of pain."

"Um hi, I'm Patrick. Robin may have forgotten I'm here," he interrupted with a smile.

"Oh sorry, right. This is Frisco Jones, Maxie and Georgie's father and my godfather." They shook hands, "and this is Dr. Patrick Drake, my boyfriend." Robin smiled, she loved getting to say that.

"Wait, I thought Sean was your godfather?"

Frisco smiled, "He is too, Robert was moving to Austraila and wanted to make sure there were some trusted friends looking out for his daughter and Anna." Then he turned to Robert and Anna, "I have no problem talking in front of Robin if that's OK with you, but is it alright if Patrick hears what I have to say?"

"You aren't telling us anything confidential I take it. Patrick understands about keeping quiet," Anna assured him.

"It's just some of this is of a personal nature, and I don't know what he's aware of."

Anna looked at Robert then at Robin. "Mom, if it's alright I'd like him with me. I have told him a little about what you both went through."

Robert took Anna hand and looked at Patrick, "Same warning as always, don't repeat anything. This time it is dangerous, I will hurt you if you repeat it."

Robin saw the concerned look on Patrick's face and smiled, she led Patrick over to the loveseat. When they sat down she whispered, "He's protecting mom, don't take it personally."

Frisco sat in a chair across from Robert and Anna and put his briefcase on the coffee table. "There are a few things in here I'll be giving you later, but I think the best place to start is that Ross is in jail. There is a list of the charges against him included in what I'll be giving you. From what we were able to find in his records, Robert your agreement should have ended on January 13th, 1993, that was the first time there is a record of Ross and Agents Jackson and Higgins going in and causing bodily harm to you Anna. I realize know that doesn't change anything but I thought you would want to know that."

"I didn't get my first assignment until January of that year. I should never have had to do any of it, I should have been able to go get Anna and bring her home. She would have gotten the medical treatment she needed and we would have been here for Robin," Robert said bitterly. "Knowing that doesn't make it better."

Frisco looked at him, "Sorry Robert you're right."

"So you have names for the other two men now, Jackson and Higgins. Which one of them smokes?" Anna asked.

"Higgins, why?"

"He's the one that gave me this," Anna moved her hair and showed Frisco the scar on her neck. "That man would be dead if Robert had known who he was."

Frisco could feel their anger and bitterness and was glad he had insisted on coming to talk to them himself. "This should make you feel better than Robert. You've put Higgins in the hospital twice already. Once when he was threatening Robin's health and before that, you put both of them in the hospital after you saw one of those videos. They were both still active agents that worked mostly with Ross, they have both been arrested as well. There were a lot of photos and ten videos that were found, and their faces could be seen in some of them." Frisco then pulled out two photos and slid them towards Anna and Robert. Anna gasped and Robert took her hand, they both recognized the men in the photos."

Anna pointed at Higgins, "This man is a sick fuck, I want to be at his trial. He will see me as the real Anna Devane, not that poor confused woman he tortured."

"Of course," Frisco agreed. "The trials won't be until early next year, the WSB wants time to build the strongest case against the three of them that they can. Would you want to be at the other trials, either of you?"

"I do," Robin said. "I will make a victim statement at each one. They kept my parents from me. They tried to break them, and it took mom and dad finding each other again to repair the damage they did to them. I will be there," Robin insisted.

"I want to be there for all three as well," Robert agreed. "Anna?"

"We'll show them they didn't beat us. That no matter what they did, we are a family and we will be together." Robert squeezed her hand and gave her a little smile. Patrick got up and got them all drinks, he wasn't sure he completely understood everything they were talking about but if he needed a drink he knew they would.

"There is something else that we would like your help on Robert. Were you told which assignments were for the WSB and which ones were for Lethal Order?"

"Lethal Order, I don't know what that is. Is that one of the other organizations I was lent out to?"

"There was only one other organization that you did assignments for," Frisco told him looking a little confused. "Do you remember me telling you there was some of us looking into Ross' activities already?" Anna and Robert both nodded, "Good, after his computer and personal phone, were taken from his office, we got a warrant for his personal computer as well and they have all been searched. Ross is the head of Lethal Order, it's a renegade organization that kills people they feel are escaping justice. Ross used you as one of their hitmen with no approval from the WSB. We are now gathering information on them and they will be stopped." Frisco took a long sip of his drink, then asked, "Robert how did you know you were getting assignments that weren't from the WSB?"

"The WSB does not like collateral damage, I would be given a target and tasked with finding a way to take only the target out. Then there were assignments that were expected to be finished as fast as possible, get in, get out don't worry if innocent lives were taken, just get the job done." Robert put his head down, "Ross was behind all of those wasn't he?" Anna leaned over and whispered something in his ear, then kissed his cheek, she could hear the sadness in his voice.

"Yes Robert, he was."

Anna looked up at Frisco, he could see the pain in her eyes. "Those were the ones that were the hardest for him. You should talk to Sean about the shape Robert was in when he first found him."

Frisco made a note of that, then pulled a folder out of his briefcase. "This should change the tone of the evening I think. This is the list of charges so far against Ross. Once the investigation into Lethal Order is complete he will be facing a lot more. Robin, it's good that you're here because I have one of these for you as well." Frisco then handed them each an envelope, "Sorry Patrick none for you." Frisco flashed him a quick smile. "Sean did tell us about the money he tracked down for you. That was never part of the agreement either, you were working for WSB and should have been paid the entire time like any other agent. There is a cheque for each of you in those, call it compensation for all of your suffering, Director McGonagall insists that you accept them. Robin, you'll notice there is also a note in yours as well."

She opened it and didn't even look at the cheque, she pulled out the note and read it out loud, "Dear Robin Scorpio. There is no way we can give you back the time you lost with your parents, or change any of the things that happened to the three of you during that time. I understand that there is a special cause close to your heart and the WSB has made a donation to the Stone Cates Memorial Aids Wing at General Hospital for the amount of two million dollars. Your parents being there during that time of your life may not have changed anything, but you should have had them there for support. I deeply regret any part the WSB had in keeping your family separated. Sincerely Thomas McGonagall." Robin looked up at Frisco, "Is this true."

"You can ask Alan yourself, he received the cheque earlier today."

Robert and Anna both looked at their cheques, "I think we should have bought a bigger house," Anna said with a smile.

"I think we'll just buy the office instead of renting it," Robert smiled back. "I guess it's official we don't have to work, we will so we stay busy but that's different."

"I don't even want to look at mine, I might just put it away. Have some security, if anything ever happens it will be there if I need it."

Patrick put his arm around her, he was proud of how she was handling everything. "So the WSB is admitting they were responsible for destroying this family fifteen years ago, is that right?" Patrick asked.

"They are admitting they were the reason Anna and Robert were in that explosion in 1992. That they then endangered them both again by putting them in the hands of a man that clearly despised them both and didn't care what happened to them. Robert signed an agreement to lift the black box orders against Anna and himself, he held up his part of that agreement. The WSB did not, by letting Ross endanger Anna's life and not providing her medical treatment and by him sending Robert on unapproved missions. The former director is being investigated to see if he was aware of Ross' actions, but so far we haven't found any proof that he knew. There is no way to change what happened, but they are trying to prove they are sorry for everything that was lost."

"Do they really think giving them a bunch of money can fix that?"

"Patrick, the WSB knows they can't change what happened, that they can't fix the mistakes that were made. That's not why the director wanted to give them that money. I believe there are a few things that you and Robin are not aware of what happened to cause great suffering long after everything that they went through. As a teen Robin should have had her parents there for support, she should have had her mom there for guidance but she was denied that."

"Because of the WSB," Patrick shot back. Robin saw the look on her mom's face and touched Patrick's arm, he looked at her and she shook her head telling him to stop.

"There are somethings they don't want to talk about, that they never wanted anyone else to know, I think they had to tell the WSB but I will not let you force it to come out, Patrick," Robin told him. "It's their pain to share, not ours let it go." As she spoke something clicked and she realized there was only one thing it could be. She looked up at her parents and inhaled sharply. Without saying a word she got up and went to them already crying. "Mom?" Robin sat beside Anna and hugged her.

"It would have been so wonderful," Anna said through her own tears. Robert wrapped his arms around them both.

Frisco looked up at Patrick and shook his head, silently telling him not to push it. He got up and went and poured himself another drink, Patrick came over and joined him. "I get that you're looking out for her but don't push. Robin may not tell you what she just realized and that's because it's not hers to tell. I think I could like you, don't give me a reason not to." Patrick was used to the warnings about hurting Robin, but this one felt more of a threat about hurting any of them. It surprised him how protective all of their friends seemed to be of them, first Sean now Frisco, they all looked out for them. He realized it made sense since they knew what they had already been through and smiled, he was glad Robin had these people in her life.

"I won't ask. They have a way of communicating without really saying much at all, I understand why now. If it's understood, it doesn't need to be said out loud, then no one can learn your secrets by mistake."

"It's all part of them protecting themselves. You'll have to accept that Robin will hold things very close to her chest. She's not shutting you out, and she'll most likely tell you, just give her the time to tell you on her own." Frisco and Patrick talked for a while longer giving them the time they needed.

They didn't say out loud what Robin had just realized, Robert held them while they cried in each other's arms. Finally, Robin asked, "Did you know?"

"Not tell after I was his prisoner." Anna looked into Robin's eyes, "I'm glad you know now but let's not talk about it anymore tonight. We were going out to celebrate and I still want to do that. Another time maybe, but not tonight." Robin smiled, that was fine with her, Anna was right this should be a happy night.

Once Robert was sure they were OK he asked Frisco, "Is there anything else you wanted to tells us? We were going to go out for dinner, would you want to join us?" Robert asked.

"I actually have to get back to Washington tonight, but I'll be in touch."

They said their goodbyes and told him to say hi to Felicia and to give her hugs from them all then Frisco left. After he was gone they left for the Metro Court, Robin had almost forgotten that they had wanted to tell her parents something but it could wait a little longer. On the ride over to the restaurant, she got the feeling Anna might have something she wanted to talk about as well. Once they were seated and all had drinks Anna cleared her throat then said, "For my birthday I was given a trip to Italy," she smiled and looked over at Robert. "It's a month long trip, so to make sure we're back in time for Christmas we're leaving tomorrow afternoon."

"What? That's wonderful. Please tell me you're going to San Remo, you have to." Robin was so excited for them she wanted to scream.

"You mean go back there almost thirty years after the first time we were there and just happened to get married? Of course, we are." Anna beamed with happiness, "Your dad bought the tickets but I get to plan what we do on the trip." Anna then told them a few of the things she wanted to do while they were there. By the time their meal came their cheeks were sore from smiling. It felt so good to be excited about something, and not having to worry about when the next bad thing was going to happen.

They had just finished eating when Robin decided it was time to tell her parents their news, "So as you know Patrick goes for his six month test at the beginning of January. I was worried that as soon as he got his test results back and it was negative he'd want to go back to his old ways."

"I don't, I swear. Robin and I have finally admitted that we love each other and want to see where this takes us," Patrick added.

Robin took his hand, "I didn't even want him to say the words, I was so scared it would ruin everything, but once he had I said it back before I knew what I was saying."

Robert and Anna smiled at them both, "Gee you make it sound so romantic," Robert joked.

"Well how about this, I have spent a lot of time thinking about what I want. I have never met anyone like Robin before, and over these past months I have learned something very important." Patrick looked at Robin then back at Robert and Anna, "We never know what's going to happen to us, but there are some things that we can't let pass us by. I have watched you two fight with each other, fight for each other and do everything in your power to protect each other. I want that kind of love and I think Robin and I can have that."

"It might not be the most traditional order of doing things, but the woman that was subletting my apartment to has to move out so I am going to move back in there and Patrick is going to move in with me. We spend most nights together anyway and this way he can move out of the Metro Court."

Anna smiled and Robert gave them his protective dad look, then slowly smiled as well. "We've known how you fell about each other for a while now. I'm glad you aren't denying your feelings anymore," Anna told them.

"Who knew you two would be the reason we want to take this chance," Robin smiled at her parents.

"I've spent a lot of time watching the three of you," Patrick admitted. "The one thing that was always very clear was that you all love each other. When Robin told me she always came before your fights I thought she was kidding until I saw it. You both, without saying a word, went to her and help her deal with Sean's confession. You were just there for her, it was beautiful to see that. Robert when you were in the hospital, Robin knew when Anna needed to be alone with you and when she needed someone there to hold her hand. I've gotten to see you two share private memories that clearly mean so much, but no one else needs to know about. I would come away from these different situations knowing that was what I wanted."

Robert and Anna were both smiling, "Patty Cake I'm going to tell you something that took me way too long to figure out. Tell each other the truth, trust each other, and don't keep secret. It should be easier for you two, given you're doctors, not spies."

"That is very good advice," Anna agreed with a smile.

As they got up to leave, they notice Mac walk in with Lisa. Mac came over and handed something to Robert then asked, "Are you enjoying your evening?"

"Yes it sounds like we're heading to the Haunted Star for a while then we have to call it a night, Robert and I still have to pack in the morning."

"If I don't see you tomorrow enjoy your trip, and bring me something nice for Christmas." Then Anna and Robert both gave him a hug, then told him and Lisa to enjoy their evening before they left.

"What did Uncle Mac give you, dad?" Robin asked when they got on the elevator.

"Just a little something that should be put back where it belongs." Robert moved behind Anna, "Lift up your hair Luv." Anna did as he asked and smiled as she felt the familiar weight of her neckless as he put it back on her. "It wasn't going to be used as evidence so I asked Mac to get the chain fixed for me, I'm glad he showed up when he did." Robert kissed her neck then put his arms around her.

Anna reached up and touched the pendant, "I love this neckless, and I am so happy I have it back."