CH 25

"So let me get this straight" Felix said pacing the floor of his and Sabrina's apartment "You and Aussie, I mean Ethan, almost did a drunken horizontal tango on my good sofa?"

"Yep" Sabrina replied.

"But you stopped?" He asked confused.

"Yep"

"Well I guess that's a good thing. I take naps on this sofa, girl. But anyway, so you stopped with Ethan and then started with Patrick again?"

"Yep" Sabrina sighed "On the hospital roof."

Felix's eyes got big as he collapsed back on the couch next to Sabrina "Shut up! You didn't?"

"Yeah, I did."

"I… I don't even know what to say right now. I have never been so proud of you. I want to dance a jig." Felix said beaming from ear to ear.

"Don't dance just yet" Sabrina said standing up from the couch and walking over to the window.

"Why not? You two are back together and I didn't even have to break a sweat to make it happen this time. This is definitely cause for celebration."

"That's just it, Felix, we're not back together. What happened with me a Patrick last week was a mistake. It shouldn't have happened. I was just so confused about everything. And he shows up looking the way he did, saying the things he said. He touched me and I lost all my inhibitions."

"So wait a minute, did you guys decide that it was just a onetime thing?"

"Not exactly. I just kind of bolted out of there afterwards. I haven't really spoken to him since."

"Sabrina!" Felix shot up from the sofa in disgust.

"I know, Felix You don't have to say it. I'm running."

"Girl, running is a good way of putting it. You're playing with that man's emotions. That's not right and you know it."

"That's not what I'm trying to do, Felix. I'm wrestling with right and wrong here, ok? Why should my wants and desires matter more than Patrick and Emma getting their family back?"

"Because Sabrina, the family Patrick and Emma want doesn't exist without you. Anyone with two eyes can see that."

"Felix…" Sabrina began before being interrupted by a knock at the door.

"I'll get it. 20 bucks says it's Patrick." Felix said walking to the door. "Oh.. Dr. Scorpio-Drake… Um, hi."

"Hello" Robin said "May I come in?"

"Um... yeah sure." Felix said allowing Robin in the apartment.

"Robin? Hi. Is everything ok? Is Emma alright?" Sabrina asked thinking of the only reason Robin would be on her door step.

"Emma is fine. I was wondering if we could talk" Robin replied looking awkwardly at Felix.

"Alright then, let me get my ass to work before Epiphany sends in the Swat. I'll see you later girl." Felix gave Sabrina a concerned look before finally leaving the apartment.

"So... can I get you something to drink maybe?" Sabrina offered.

"No, that won't be necessary. This won't take long."

"Ok, so what is this about?"

Robin began to slowly wander about the apartment surveying the small space "Well it's about my family. I think it's time you and I get a few things out in the open.

Sabrina sighed. Patrick must have told her about the roof she thought to herself. "Ok" She said as she sat at the desk by the window.

"I don't know how much Patrick has told you about our relationship but I'm going to assume it was everything, you two being so close and all. We went through a lot, ya know. Did you know after I had Emma, I suffered through postpartum depression?" She asked.

"Actually no, I didn't" Sabrina replied.

"Oh, well yeah I did. It was a scary time for me, for us. Patrick was always supportive though. He loved me through some of my toughest times. And I loved him through his. Even after Lisa Niles…?

"Who?" Sabrina interrupted.

"He didn't tell you that either? Wow. Well Lisa Niles was his ex from college. She came to town when Emma was still a toddler. She made our lives a living hell. Patrick didn't see at first what a psycho she was. I heard he had that same lack of observation with Britt Westbourne as well. I don't know what it is about a pretty face that causes Patrick to lose his senses. But even when he slept with Lisa, I was able to forgive him."

Sabrina looked at Robin with pure shock on her face "Patrick cheated on you?" She asked.

Robin cocked her head to the side and grinned "You know Sabrina, for someone who was supposedly such an important person on my husband's life, he didn't let you in on a lot."

"Robin, why are you telling me all of this?" Sabrina asked even though she knew the answer. Robin was there to make a point and it was working.

"I just wanted to let you know that I fought like hell to get back to my family and I am not going to walk away now just because Patrick has found another pretty face to admire. I am always going to be the most import woman in Patrick's life. I know things about him that you can't even begin to understand."

"Robin…"

"I'm not finished." She shot back "I sat in that clinic in Switzerland for over a year thinking about how things would go when I finally made it home. All I could see was Patrick and Emma's face. Because of them, I never gave up hope. I never stopped fighting to get back to them. And then one day Sonny's guys bust through the door and…"

"Wait, Sonny? What does he have to do with this?" Sabrina questioned.

"Oh I thought you knew. Well your good old Dad was actually the one who found me and had me moved back to Ferncliff. He and Britt's mother made a deal of sorts. She would take wrap for everything she did and Britt would go free. The only catch was she had to let me go. I was surprised that's all it took. I thought her hatred for my mother would actually be stronger than her love for her daughter."

"I… I don't understand" Sabrina began looking around the apartment as if she had never been there before. "That doesn't make any sense."

"Come on, Sabrina. Did you ever stop to think how odd it was that the PCPD's most wanted woman was able to walk into a Federal Courthouse with a loaded gun and not get stopped? Sonny arranged all of that, Sabrina. Well, maybe not the Ethan getting shot part, but all of the rest of it. He wanted me home with my family just as much as I did. It's no secret how much Sonny and Patrick hate each other. He wanted you as far away from him as possible. Guess he was growing tired of using Ethan to it so he made it happen by other means."

"No, he… he wouldn't do that."

"I forgot, you're new to being Sonny's kid. You should know that there is nothing Sonny wouldn't do to manipulate the lives of his kids to better suit his own needs. It's kind of the Corinthos way." Robin chuckled.

"Get out" Sabrina whispered.

"I'm sorry?"

"You heard me. You've made your point now get out!" Sabrina shouted as she opened the front door.

Robin smiled knowing her job there was done "I trust that we understand each other now." She said walking past Sabrina who slammed the door behind her.

Sabrina slid against the door to the floor in disbelief, shock and pain. Her own father had a hand in shattering her life and her heart.

"Dr. Scorpio-Drake" Brad called into the hall from the hospital lab. "I have your labs."

Robin made a u-turn and walked into the lab "Mind keeping your voice down?" She said once she closed the door.

"I'm sorry. Here" He said handing her the medical file "I'm still not comfortable with this."

"Your comfort level is the furthest thing from my mind at the moment Mr. Cooper."

"I realize that. It's just that I'm still on probation after everything Dr. Westbourne made me do. The only reason I wasn't fired was because I told the board her and her crazy mother threatened to kill me. Which wasn't a complete lie by the way. If they find out I'm falsifying medical records again, that's it for me."

"You know the more you talk, the less I care. You can go now."

"Fine" he said collecting his things. "But just so you know, nothing has changed."

Once Brad left the room Robin opened her lab report and sank down in the nearest chair. Her T-Cell levels were no better now than they were a month earlier when she had Brad change the results. Robin threw the report to the ground and lightly chuckled at herself. It was kind of ironic. Everything she was doing to keep her family would be for nothing if she didn't find a new protocol in the next year.

"Sabrina, what do I own this pleasant surprise?" Sonny said greeting his daughter as she walked into the living room.

"You son of a bitch" Sabrina screamed and she reached her arm back and slapped Sonny across the face.

Sonny stepped back in shock and grabbed the side of his face. "What the hell was that for?"

"How could you?" Sabrina asked through tears.

Sonny lowered his head realizing what brought on her outburst "Robin told you, didn't she?"

"Yes she did. What do you have to say for yourself?"

"Sabrina, listen to me. I didn't mean for all of this to happen this way. When I sent my people to find Britt's mother, I didn't set out to find Robin instead. I was just as shocked as everyone else. I couldn't just leave her there. Bringing her back to her family was the right thing to do even if you don't see it right now."

"No, I agree with you. It's the way you went about it. Instead of contacting the authorities or Anna, you took an already delicate situation and decided to use it in way a best suit you and your agenda. In a way you knew would hurt me the most."

"My intension was never to hurt you…"

"I could give a damn about your intensions, Sonny! It's your actions I have a problem with. So was Ethan in on this plan with you too."

"No. Ethan didn't know anything about Robin."

"So he took a bullet to the back because you decided to toy with people's lives?"

"What do you want me to say?! You're my kid! My job is to protect my kids!" Sonny yelled.

"No, your job is to protect yourself. I am clear on that now." Sabrina nodded her head as she wiped away her tears "Patrick tried to warn me. Hell, even Dante tried to warn me. You are a manipulative, jaded man you know that?"

"Well, you know I've been called worse." Sonny said.

Sabrina smirked "That's funny. I'm glad you know what you are Sonny. Now let me tell you what you're not. My father." Sabrina turned around and stormed out of Sonny's house and out of his life.