CH 15

"Is he just going to stand there?" Felix asked looking up from his BLT.

Sabrina turned around to look at Ethan who was standing in the corner of Kelly's. He had been shadowing Sabrina for a couple weeks now and she still wasn't used to it. He was being really good at not invading her personal space, but she didn't like that it looked as if she had hired help.

"Seems that way" She replied turning back to Felix.

"Well, I guess there are worse things than being followed around by an Aussie hottie. That man is all types of fine."

"Is he? I hadn't really noticed." Sabrina said trying to play it cool.

Felix dropped his french fry with outrage on his face. "Girl, please. You may be lost in the Land of Drake, but I know damn well your contacts are as clear as day. Stop playing."

Sabrina looked back at Ethan as he was looking outside the window of Kelly's surveying the area. He didn't look much like a bodyguard to Sabrina. She actually thought he was too thin. Not nearly as ripped as Milo. But she assumed body weight didn't matter considering the 9mm he had positioned in his back waist band. And he definitely didn't dress like a bodyguard. At least not like Max does when he's with Sonny. Ethan had on a white buttoned down shirt over a white tank top and stonewashed jeans with a chain connected to his wallet. His hair was almost always pulled back, except on this day. Sabrina watched as he ran his fingers through it to get it out of face. There was something so captivating about this man. As if he felt her eyes on him, Ethan turned his attention away from the outside of the restaurant and met Sabrina's eyes with his and smiled.

Sabrina gave a shy smile back and quickly turned around. She could feel her face turning read.

"Yep. You've definitely noticed" Felix grinned.

"Whatever. What about you? How is the pursuit of Dr Jones going?"

"At a snail's pace so far. That reminds me, I have to get over to the hospital now." He said wiping his hands and standing up from the table.

"Wait, I thought you were off today?"

"I was but I picked up an extra shift on his service. No way on earth I'm going to be playing this as slowly as you did with Dr Dreamboat."

"So you're just going to leave me here by myself?" Sabrina pouted

"No, I'm leaving you here with the eye candy from down under." Felix winked as he headed out the door.

Sabrina fumbled around with her fries for awhile thinking about her "Dr. Dreamboat" as Felix liked to put it. Things between them were still a little awkward since the Sonny bomb was dropped on them, but he was trying. Unfortunately, Sabrina could read him like a book. She knew he wasn't happy with that or with Ethan being around so much but he didn't say it out loud. Ethan must have felt it too because he always excused himself whenever he saw Patrick coming. He canvassed the area around their house when he escorted Sabrina home but he never went inside or tagged along when the two of them went out together or with Emma. Ethan seemed to be going out of his way not to intrude on Sabrina's life and she appreciated that. She turned around to Ethan still standing in the same spot and motioned for him to come over to her table.

"Is there something you need, Ms. Santiago?" He asked as he approached her.

"Yes there is actually. First, I need you to stop calling me Ms. Santiago. Secondly, I need you to sit down and join me."

Ethan looked a bit uneasy as her request. Sabrina may have thought he was being so professional about keeping his distance out of respect for her, but the truth was just the scent of her hair made Ethan lose focus. But who was he to deny the boss' daughter? He sat down across from her but kept his eyes at the door behind her causing Sabrina to chuckle.

"What?" Ethan asked

"You really need to relax. I highly doubt anyone is going to run in here guns blazing with all these people here."

"You never know" Ethan smiled.

"So, can I ask you something?"

"Uh…. Sure. I guess" Ethan shifted in his seat.

"What's this about Sonny pulling a gun on you?" She asked

"Oh that. Let's just say he thought I hurt Kristina and was NOT happy about it."

"So you didn't hurt her?" She pressed.

"Of course not. I would never do anything to hurt Kristina. It was a big misunderstanding but it was all worked out. Sonny felt bad about the whole thing. I think that's why he asked me to look after you."

"You think that's the only reason?"

Ethan noticed the suspicion on her face "Are you insinuating something else, Ms. Sant... I mean, Sabrina."

"Maybe" Sabrina said coyly as she sipped her iced tea. She remembered the comment Sonny made to Ethan about a conversation they had but didn't want to play all her cards so soon.

"So can I ask you a question?" Ethan said.

"Sure"

"How have you been doing with this whole new Dad thing?"

Sabrina was actually taken aback by his question. He might be the first person to actually ask her how she felt about her entire life being turned upside down outside of Dante. "It's been…. Interesting to say the least. Finding out your father is in a less than honorable business is a little shocking to the system" She replied.

Ethan smiled "Yeah, been there. I didn't know Luke was my Dad until a few years ago, myself. It's almost like you go through an identity crisis. Especially when you find out the guy has a rap sheet bigger than the whole Outback."

"Exactly" Sabrina laughed. "I guess we have a lot in common. Other than kind of being related."

Ethan looked confused for a moment "Oh Dante and Lulu. Yeah… there's that." He said nervously. He was now even more uncomfortable about his attraction to her.

Sabrina and Ethan continued to talk about their respective fathers and their alleged crimes. She found it very easy to speak to him. Not only was he easy on the eyes, but he really understood how Sabrina was feeling. He didn't judge, he didn't push. He just listened and told her his story in hopes she would be able to take something from it. Ethan was definitely a good guy and someone Sabrina hope would become less of a bodyguard and more of a friend.

"Anna, we need to talk" Sonny said walking into the police station.

"I'm a little busy right now Mr. Corinthos. Unless you're under arrest, you're going to need to take a number" She replied moving about the bustling station.

"Ok. When would you like to talk about the fact that you've met Lisa Obrecht before?" He replied causing Anna to stop in her tracks.

"Come with me" She said leading him into the empty interrogation room. "What are you talking about Sonny?" She said once the door was closed.
"I told you I was leading my own investigation into that nut job. Imagine my surprise when my men came back to me with information about a clinic in Switzerland that you traveled to last year."

"Sonny, you have no idea what you're talking about."
"Alright" He said sitting in a chair across from her. "Enlighten me"

Anna sighed. Realizing Sonny wasn't going to stop until he got the information he wanted, she relented. She told him about Heather's crazy accusations about Robin being alive. She told him that when she went to look for herself she didn't find anything other than a brochure to a clinic in Switzerland and everything else that transpired about her trip there. "I didn't know she was Britt's mother until the night Sabrina and Emma were kidnapped." She ended.

"And Patrick doesn't know anything about this?" Sonny questioned.

"I didn't see a need to tell him at the time, Sonny. We didn't find anything. It was nothing more than another one of Heather's mind games. Why would I tell him about that?"

"I agree with you on that, but what about now? Now that we know she's connected to someone who was in Patrick's life. It doesn't strike you a little odd that while looking into Heather's story about Robin, you came across the mother of someone Patrick was dating at the time? Or better yet, that she was trying to trap Patrick by using my grandson?"

Anna started putting the pieces together in her head "I honestly hadn't thought about it like that before."

"Something about this isn't right Anna. I can feel it. There is more to this."

"Is this why you have Ethan watching Sabrina, because you're so worried about her safety?" Anna asked warily.

Sonny went silent for a moment "That's one of the reasons." He smirked and stood up from his chair. "Listen, with Britt's trial starting tomorrow, and until you catch her lunatic of a mother, I want to make sure my daughter is safe. Although it's clear to me that whatever her motive is, it goes way beyond Sabrina." Sonny turned at walked out of the interrogation room leaving Anna with her thoughts.

She hated to admit when Sonny was right. She had been keeping Patrick out of it because she didn't want to upset him. He had been doing so much better since Sabrina made him and Emma a family again. She didn't want to bring any undue stress to that if she didn't have to. But Sonny had a point. Something about this didn't feel right. Lisa Obrecht had other motives. Anna just couldn't figure out what they were.

"Davidson" Anna called to one of her officers "I need about 5 plain clothed officers at the court house tomorrow for the trial of Britt Westbourne. Get them up to speed on the search for her mother. Position them around the entrances and stairways. They should look like they belong though. Maybe find them some maintenance uniforms to wear."

"No problem boss" Davidson replied "Is something going down?"

"I'm not sure yet. But if it were, that would be the likely place for it to happen. No way she sits idly by and allows them to carry her daughter off to prison." It was as if Anna was having one of Olivia's wacky yet always accurate visions. Port Charles' most wanted was closer than they realized and she was ready to make a trade with the Commissioner. One daughter for another.