CH 32

"This way!" Sonny yelled back at Patrick and Shawn as they ran through the crowded airport. "Do you see her flight?" Sonny asked once they reached the flight board.

Patrick searched fanatically through the scrolling flights to find the number that matched the one Felix had texted him "There!" He pointed "They're boarding now!"

"Come on" Sonny said taking off in the direction on the terminal.

"Wait a minute!" Shawn said stopping him. "They're not going to let you or me past security" he said alluding to the .9mm glocks they were both carrying. "Let Patrick go."

"Fine, but hurry!" Sonny said as Patrick was already in stride.

Patrick ran as fast as he could careful not to run anyone over as he made his way to the security check. Once he saw the officers, Patrick quickly changed his demeanor as to not alarm the TSA agents. Luckily there weren't many people in line for a late night flight. He threw his shoes, keys, wallet and cell into the tray and walked through the metal detectors without any alarms. Once he was out of the TSA's line of site, he took off running like a mad man again to find the right terminal.

"WAIT!" He screamed once he found the one he was looking for.

"Sir!" One of the attendee's called from behind the desk. "Are you supposed to be on this flight?"

"Yes… I mean, no. There is someone on that flight that shouldn't be!"

"Sir, what do you mean? Is there a possible National Security threat?" The attendee asked picking up the phone to dial security.

"No! That's not what I meant. Listen to me, the woman I love is on that plane and I need you to stop it before it takes off."

"Sir" She said hanging up the phone "I can't do that. The plane has already taxied to the runway."

"You don't understand. She can't leave! She's pregnant!"

"Sir, I truly wish there was something I could do, but…"

The attendee began explaining airport policy but it was nothing more than white noise to Patrick at that point. He aimlessly drifted over to the terminal window. He placed his hands on the glass as he watched the plane Sabrina was on make a turn onto the runway. "Please…" He cried. "Don't leave me." Patrick fell to his knees as he watched the plane ascend forward and lift off carrying the love of his life into uncharted territory.

"Damn…" Sonny whispered as he saw Patrick walking towards him and Shawn without Sabrina by his side.

"I… I couldn't stop the plane." He managed to say through the lump of distraught in his throat.

"Ok" Sonny said rubbing his chin "On to plan B."

"Plan B?" Patrick asked confused.

"I have a charter waiting for me and Shawn at the small airport in the next town over. One that doesn't require layovers, customs or security checks. If we can't stop her, at least we might be able to beat her there. I just have to make a few more phone calls and then we can go Shawn."

"I'm coming with you" Patrick stated.

"I don't think that's a good idea" Sonny replied beginning to walk out of the airport.

"I could give a damn what you think!" Patrick said grabbing Sonny's arm.

"Watch it, Patrick" Sonny said angrily pulling his arm away.

Patrick took a step back to calm his tone "Listen to me, you and I... We don't have the greatest relationship, I get that, but I love her Sonny."

"Patrick I hear you, but this could quickly turn into a very volatile situation. I have enough to live with. Leaving Emma fatherless is not something I can deal with right now!"

"And living the rest of my life without Sabrina and my baby is not something I am willing to live with either!" Patrick yelled as the tears began to form again. "You once accused me of not loving your daughter enough. Well, I am here to tell you that there is nothing I wouldn't do for her. Nowhere I wouldn't go and no danger that I would run from if it meant bringing her home. Please, Sonny."

Sonny exchanged looks with Shawn "He's doing exactly what you would." He said shrugging his shoulders.

"Fine" Sonny caved "The more I argue with you the more time we're wasting." Sonny, Shawn and Patrick jumped in the car and began speeding to the second airport. Patrick made the necessary calls to Felix, Robin and Anna. Surprisingly none of them attempted to talk him out of what he was about to do. Felix even asked that they swing by to pick him up but understood that that would have taken precious time that they didn't have to spare.

"I just don't understand what the hell she's thinking" Sonny said breaking the silence in the car.

"She's thinking that I abandoned her" Patrick sighed. "She feels like I left her alone to deal with this pregnancy by herself. She thinks I chose Robin over her because I love her more."

"Do you?" Sonny asked. "I'm not trying to start anything, I honestly want to know."

"I loved Robin with all of my heart, but it feels like such a lifetime ago. I mourned her, you know. I may not have always done it in the right ways, but I did. I grieved that loss and I let it go. And when she came back… I don't know. It just never felt the same."

"But was your hesitation with Robin solely because of your feelings for Sabrina?"

"At first, yes. All I could think about was the life Sabrina and I had built. The future we were going to have. But the more time that went by the less I felt like Robin and I fit together. She was different. It wasn't until she told me she was dying that I understood why."

"So if Sabrina wasn't in the picture, would you have still felt distance between you and Robin?"

"Where are all of these questions coming from?" Patrick asked.

"I just… I don't know. I'm wondering how I might feel when I finally see Lily. Our situations aren't so different you know? The only real difference is time."

"Yeah, I guess I hadn't thought about it like that."

After a few minute of silence Sonny took a deep breath "So I'm sure Robin told you about everything else too right?"

"You mean about how you orchestrated her return? Yeah, she told me. I wondered why Sabrina was so mad at you."

Sonny lightly chuckled to himself "Father of the year, right?"

"I don't know about that but I do know that Sabrina loves you."

"I love her too. How could you not love her? She's incredible."

"Yes she is." Patrick whispered.

"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Sonny asked.

"I told you already, Sonny…."

"No, I know. What I mean is, are you sure you're up for what might go down? I mean, have you ever even held a gun before?"

"I will do whatever I have to do for my family." Patrick said staring out of the car window.

"Wow, you're starting to sound like me" Sonny laughed.

"Scary, huh?" Patrick smiled.

We're going to bring her back Patrick. She has entirely too many people here who love her. Her friends, her family…" Sonny paused as a light bulb went off in his head. He took out his cell phone and began dialing.

"Who are you calling?" Patrick asked.

"If we can't get there before Sabrina, I know exactly who can."

"Bienvenido a Colombia. Espero que disfrute de su estancia." The flight attendant said which translates to Welcome to Colombia. I hope you enjoy your stay in English.

"Gracias" Sabrina said as she walked out of the plane doors after what felt like the longest flight in history. The time that she wasn't fast asleep she was thinking about what had transpired in her life in the past 48 hours. She had gone from 0 to 60 and back again with her emotions and her erratic behavior showed it. Her calm disposition at the women's clinic quickly turned to panic when she began to talk about Patrick. The thought of getting rid of the only piece she had left of the man she loved was something she couldn't rationalize within herself. The truth was she wanted this baby. She wanted it more than she had ever wanted anything. All the time she spent with Emma made her excited at the idea of being a mother herself and now it was happening. She couldn't just throw it away because of her failed relationship with Patrick. So she went back to her apartment and decided that she would tell Patrick and let the chips fall where they may. But before she could do that, she had to bring her mother home. She needed as much support as she could get. So she gathered all the intel on Lily and Mendoza that she had taken off of Ethan's laptop, called the hospital to request a leave of absence, booked a flight and now she was here. Walking around a foreign country looking for the woman who had given her away.

"¿A dónde?" The cab driver asked 'where to' as Sabrina entered the car.

Sabrina shuffled around her bag looking for the paper with Mendoza's address on it. One she found it, she recited it to the cab driver. Sabrina looked out of the widow as they sped through the city streets. It didn't look too unlike the city she grew up in in Puerto Rico. She couldn't see what was so dangerous about it. It was 2013. Colombia looked to be far beyond the days of Pablo Escobar and Griselda Blanco. Of course, Sabrina knew that looks could be deceiving. She held no misgivings what she was walking into. In her mind the only real danger would be Lily rejecting her. After all, she didn't want her when she was a baby. There was a strong possibility of her not wanting her now. But Sabrina would have to take that risk.

Once the cab stopped in front of the address she had given, Sabrina paid the driver, stepped out of the car and removed her bags from the trunk. She stood there looking at 10 foot brick wall with a bolted door on the side. She wasn't sure if she was at a private residence or the US Embassy given the elaborate fortress. One thing she did notice was that the streets that were so crowded with people a few blocks up the road, where completely empty around this house. Sabrina shrugged it off as nothing more than this being a quiet residential street as opposed to the bustling market areas.

"Well, here goes nothing" She said walking towards the door. She took note of the razor wire above the entry way, the small peep hole and the panel of buttons that looked to be an intercom. Before she could push the first button on the panel, she felt one hand grab her from behind and another cover her mouth to keep her from screaming.