Chapter 11
"She'll be awake trust me, Robin has waited up for me every night you were gone," Robert said as they walked up to Anna's door. He smiled at her then opened the door, "Now let's see if I'm right."
"Daddy?" Robin called, hearing him at the door she stood up and saw Anna, "MOM!"
"Robin! Oh sweetheart, it's so good to see you." They rushed to each other and embraced, "I missed you so much."
"I missed you too."
Robert and Sean had followed her inside, Tiffany came over and gave Sean a hug, she was so happy to see Anna.
Robert walked over to Robin and Anna and put a hand on each of their backs. "Can I get a hug too?"
They smiled then moved apart only enough to include Robert in their hug, "I just knew you'd find mom tonight."
"Thanks to you and your tip about those cabins past Oak St." Robert kissed them both on top of the head then let them go.
Anna turned to Tiffany and Sean, "Thank you for staying with Robin," then she gave Tiffany a big hug.
"Oh hon, it was nothing. I'm just glad you're OK."
Then Anna gave Sean a hug, "Thank you for keeping an eye on him. I take it you spent a lot of time with Robert."
"I did, I'm glad you're safe, now it's your to keep him out of trouble." They both started laughing, "I think Tiffany and I should get going let you three have some time alone. We'll come see you tomorrow." Anna agreed then Sean and Tiffany said goodnight and left.
After they had left Anna went and sat on the couch, Robin sat down with her and they cuddled up together. They didn't talk, just sat and held each other. Robert had been on the phone with Guy, there still hadn't been any sign of Price. "Can I get you anything?" he asked when he got off the phone. Anna shook her head as she stroked Robin's hair. "Maybe I should get going too."
"No, you should come sit here." Anna patted the couch beside her, he smiled and sat down beside her. When he put his arm around her Anna adjusted a little but didn't let go of Robin. "I'm so glad you were here for her. During the nights I just knew you two were together."
"I had to be here," then he stroked her cheek. "I was worried about both of you but at least by being here for her at night I knew I was doing what both of you needed."
Anna looked at him and saw a softness in his eyes, his touch was so gentle. This was what she wanted, her family together, the man she's loved for years and their daughter. When he stroked her hair Anna closed her eyes enjoying his touch, she was smiling when she looked back at him. Anna realized she wanted Robert to kiss her, but were they ready for Robin to know, did they still need time to be just them? Anna took his hand and kissed it then brought it to her chest and held it there.
Robin was trying to hide her smile, she wasn't sure what was going on but she was sure there was a lot being said between them without either of them saying a word. The way Robert had been looking at Anna and how she responded to his touch. Robin was sure they must still have feelings for each other. After sitting together for some time Robin asked, "If I go to bed will you both still be here in the morning? Daddy your stuff is still here and I want to spend more time with both of you but I think we could all use some sleep."
"I'll stay but I don't know how long I can stay in the morning, we're still looking for Price."
"You have to stay long enough for me to make you breakfast."
"Deal," Robert said with a smile then Robin got up to go to bed.
"I'll come tuck you in right away," Anna told her as she left the room. Anna sighed and snuggled in a little closer, "although I really don't want to move."
"I'll be here when you get back," he said and kissed her neck.
Robin was laying in bed when Anna walked in, she could see how tired she was. "You didn't get much sleep while I was gone did you?" Anna sat down on the bed beside her and stroked her hair, "I'm fine really, now you need to get some sleep. I love you"
"I love you too, night mom."
"Good night sweetheart," Anna gave her a kiss then turned off her light and left. She smiled seeing Robert still sitting on the couch. "Did you want a drink?"
"Only if you do. I just want you near me."
Anna poured them both a glass of brandy before joining him. She handed Robert a glass then sat down facing him. "I'm so happy that you're here."
Robert reached up and stocked her cheek, "So am I." He leaned in and kissed her lovingly. "I would have done anything to bring you home. I know we haven't been back together very long but Anna I can't lose you again."
"I never doubted that you would find me." Then she let out a little laugh, "As kidnappings go it wasn't terrible, if Holly and I could talk to each other without getting snarky it would have been like a forced vacation."
"Oh really?" he asked with a laugh. "Did she ask about us? Apparently, she saw us kissing earlier."
"The closest she got was asking if you were happy. To avoid fighting we tried to avoid talking about you." Anna told him about a few of the conversations they'd had, then said, "We both seemed to figure out when it was time to stop talking then one of us would offer to make tea."
"Well, that sounds very British." Robert grinned then pulled her closer, "You swear he didn't hurt you."
"He drugged me and took me to that cabin, then while Holly dressed his wounds he held me at gunpoint, then he left. That was the only interaction I had with him, I don't even know why he took me."
"All of this is because he blames Faison for his sister's death and believed Sinclair was Faison. He's the one that killed Faison, Barry told me that before going into surgery. He wanted to make sure I knew that in case he didn't make it. I don't think Price really had a plan, he probably saw you as a way to get to me. I've had someone watching Kate since he took you just in case."
Anna snuggled into him wanting to be close now, "Can we talk about something else now?"
"Aren't you getting tired?"
"I'm not going to bed. I want to stay right here in your arms." Anna started kissing his neck, then she undid a couple of buttons on his shirt.
Robert put his hand on hers, "Anna, I want to make love to you but if we aren't ready to tell Robin we're back together we shouldn't start anything tonight."
Anna smiled, "Finding us in bed together might not be the best way to tell her either."
"No probably not," he said with a laugh as his hand slid down her side. "I'm not ready to let you go tonight either." He kissed her gently at first but the passion grew quickly, Anna pushed him back until she was laying on top of him.
"Making out on the couch is allowed right?" she asked breathlessly.
"It better be, because I'm not stopping now."
...
Robin couldn't help but smile finding her parents cuddled together on the couch in the morning. They were so cute laying there together, when will they realize they're meant to be together? Robin watched them a little longer then decided to go start breakfast.
Robin was happily working away in the kitchen when Robert woke up, "Luv, I think we might want to get up."
Anna shifted slightly then smiled at him, "It's morning isn't it?"
"Yeah, and I think Robin's up."
"Oh." Robert ran his fingers through her hair, "Then I want to tell her this morning, together. We're together and I don't want to keep that from her any longer."
"One thing first," he bends toward her and kissed her, "good morning."
"Good morning." Then they both sat up and stretched. "The next time we spend the night in each other's arms it better be in a bed."
"We'll be doing a lot more than that next time we're in a bed together."
She glanced toward the kitchen door, "Shush," then she smiled and kissed him. "Let's go talk to Robin."
They had just stood up when Robin came back into the living room, "Oh you're awake."
"Yeah, morning sweety. What are you working on in there?" Anna asked.
"Breakfast, I promised I'd make it this morning remember." Robin smiled at them both, "It's almost ready, I'll be right back. Coffee or juice?"
"Both," they said together then looked at each other and smiled. They went over to the table and sat down, when Robert noticed Anna fidgeting he reached out and took her hand and squeezed it gently, she looked at him then took a deep breath feeling more relaxed.
Robin came back and put plates in front of them then drinks, when she came back and joined them she said, "It's so nice having you both here."
"It is nice," Anna said with a smile. "Robin we can't help but notice you have been trying to make sure we spend time together. That you're playing matchmaker."
Robin looked a little guilty, "Mom, you two are perfect for each other. You both knew that the first time you met."
"Let your mom finish." Robin looked at Robert then back to Anna.
"What I'm trying to say is," Anna paused, "you started playing matchmaker a little late."
Robin looked at her a little confused then she looked at Robert who was smiling, "Your mother is trying to say I'd asked her out a couple weeks before you started setting up romantic dinners. Not that we were going to complain about them."
"We wanted to take some time with it just being about us figuring out if we could make this work. We wanted to wait to tell you because we didn't want you to get your hopes up if we felt this wouldn't work out."
"You're telling me," Robin said as it started to sink in. "You think it will work! You think we can be a family!" She jumped up and hugged them both. "Oh wow, I think I'm too excited to eat now. This is amazing!"
"Sit and eat with us, you were right when you said it's nice all of us being here this morning," Anna told her. When they were done eating Robin cleared the table then said she had to call a friend.
After Robert had changed he said, "I should get going, they are going to want me at the office before long. Can I ask you to stay here today?"
"I will." Anna got up and walked with him to the door, "I'll call you later. Right now I want to go have a nice long hot shower."
When they got to the door Robert turned her to face him then leaned in and whispered, "I would love to be in there with you, lather your entire body, slowly running my hands along your wet skin." He kissed her neck, as his hands roamed over her. "I want you so much right now."
"I want you too. We need to be alone very soon."
"Tonight," then he kissed her passionately.
"Tonight, now you better get going we aren't alone."
He gave her his sexy grin, "Enjoy your shower." Then he opened the door to leave as Olin walked up to the door.
"Hi commish, ANNA! He found you, oh this is rad." She walked in and gave her a big hug. "Did you just get back? I want the down low."
Anna smiled, "OK, but I want to have a shower first," she glanced at Robert as he was leaving and they both smiled, "then I'll tell you what happened."
...
Guy followed Robert into his office, "What do you have for me?"
"Not much, so far the roadblocks haven't produced anything, we have officers combing the woods by Oak St. and they are searching the cabins Price and the women were in as we speak."
"How's Barry Durban doing? I would like to talk to him, he might know something useful."
"He's still in a medically induced coma. He was really messed up and they still aren't sure if he's going to pull through."
"Are there still people on Kate and Holly? As long as Price is out there I want them protected."
"Yes there are, what about Anna?"
"She's not going to leave her house today and I'll be going back there later." Robert sat down and looked at the pile of paperwork waiting for him, "Keep me posted on the search."
"Will do boss," as Guy turned to leave there was a knock at the door. "Do you want me to send them away?"
"No, show them in," Robert said and sat back.
Sam and Holly walked in, "She insisted on coming to see you this morning sir."
"That's fine Sam, is your replacement here?"
"Yeah, Miller will stay with her during the day then I'll take over again this evening."
"Alright, give us some privacy please." With that Sam turned and left. "Have a seat," Robert offered.
"Thank you for sending Sam with me. She is very nice and made me feel a lot safer last night."
"I'm not going to sugar coat this. Until we bring Price in you could still be a target. Did Sam have you change rooms last night?"
"Yes, she used a strange name for the room as well so no one could find me there." Holly adjusted in her chair, "Robert I am so sorry about all of this. I'm sure Anna has told you all about our time together and our conversations, but she's right." The look Robert was giving her said she should keep talking. "When Anna has a point to make she doesn't hold back, she let me have it a few times. I wanted to blame her for everything. I was ranting and blaming her for our marriage ending, hell I blamed her for everything but I didn't know she was awake. Is there a part of spy training on how to tell off a person?"
"Is there a point here?"
"I'm getting there. Robert, I want you to know I am sorry for what I did to you, Anna told me about how you were when you thought I had died. I should have been honest with you but I didn't know how and there is nothing I can do to excuse what I did, but I want you to know I am sorry for the pain I put you through."
"Thank you for saying that. So who made the tea that day?" he asked with a smile. "We didn't talk much about your conversation but she did tell me I wasn't a good topic to bring up and that the offering of tea was the signal it was time to stop talking."
"Anna did," Holly smiled. "There was one thing she wasn't really clear about. When I asked her if you were happy, first she said yes then she said you could be. Anna was also adamant that the two of you never slept together while we were married, but I saw that kiss last night. That was a lot more than a friendly hello."
"Holly do you really want to know about who I may or may not be dating?"
"Yes," she answered flatly.
"OK, well to start yes I am happy now. I'm sure you're aware that Katherine and I broke up some time ago," Holly nodded. "You also happened to interrupt one of mine and Anna's first dates. We were finally ready to tell Robin this morning that we're back together."
"Why did you wait to tell her?"
"Robin doesn't hold back either. We've both known for years that she would love us to be a real family. Anna and I wanted to take some time to make sure it could work between us and that we both really wanted to be together."
"Oh Robert please tell me she didn't find the two of you in bed together," Holly said sounding disgusted.
"No, she did not. I slept on the couch." Holly didn't need to know Anna was there with him.
Holly smile and they both laughed a little, she was glad they were actually able to have a conversation. "Thank you for talking to me. I should let you get back to work."
"I'm happy you're OK. Thank you for coming to see me today." Holly got up to leave, "If Miller isn't out there talk to Guy, he'll find him for you. Don't leave without him."
"I won't, bye Robert."
Sean walked in as she left, he watched her leave then looked at Robert with a smile, "I didn't hear any yelling as I walked up, how did that just go?"
"We had a pleasant conversation. She came to apologize and she knows Anna and I are together, even that didn't cause any yelling. She's even OK with having police protection."
"That is impressive," Sean said with a little grin. "So, what can I do to help?"
"Take Robin tonight."
"I meant with the investigation but sure, we'd love to have her over." Sean was trying to keep a straight face, "Does she know yet?"
"Yeah, we told her this morning."
"Did she find you in bed together?" Sean asked trying not to laugh.
"I'll have you know we have some self-control, besides we fell asleep on the couch together." Sean started laughing, "When I woke up I could hear Robin in the kitchen, and we wanted to tell her anyway. She did say we looked cute cuddled up together." Sean was still laughing, "Didn't you want to talk about the investigation?"
Sean cleared his throat, "Right, sorry. So anything new?"
"No." Robert picked up the top file in front of him, then he looked back up at Sean, "We need to know what kind of training he really has. There were ten people trying to find him and he avoided getting caught and lost them in the dark."
"You're right with the right training he could still be in those wood and just avoiding the officers, he could be playing with them for all we know."
"Exactly."
"Let's head over to my place use my computer to get that information."
"I'll go pick up Anna and Robin and bring them over. We can spend the day there, Guy can reach me there if he needs me." Sean agreed and they both got up and left.
...
After spending the afternoon trying to find out about Price's training they had been told it would take until tomorrow to get all the information. Sitting in Sean's living room Robert asked Anna if she wanted to go get something to eat. "I'm thinking a little romantic place, candlelight, soft music."
Anna leaned a little closer, "I'm thinking we can get all of that at your place, we'll order something from Delafield's."
"I'm not going to argue that sounds like a great plan." They said goodbye then left for the night. Neither of them wanted to talk about the threat that was still out there, tonight was going to be about them.
"Do you want to see friends or just go upstairs?" Robert asked when they got to Delafield's.
"I want to see people, I've got you all to myself tonight so we can visit for a little while, wait for our food before we go up."
"Whatever you want." Robert put his arm around her and they walked inside.
Angel was the first one to see them, "Anna, oh it is so good to see you. I'm so glad you're safe. I saw the news report but seeing you makes it real," then he gave her a big hug.
"It's good to see you too Angel."
"I'll get you two the best table in the house."
"Actually we are going to eat upstairs. We might stay for a drink though," Anna glanced at Robert who smiled and nodded.
"I told you we're doing whatever you want tonight," he said as he touched her cheek.
"There's Frisco and Felicia I need to go say hi." They were by the bar so Robert told Anna he was going to order their dinner then join her, then he and Angel started talking about a special meal for them. Anna walked over to Frisco and Felicia, "Hi!" she exclaimed before they noticed her.
"Anna!" Felicia threw her arms around her, "I was so worried about you."
"I'm fine and so happy to be home. It is so good to see you. You too Frisco."
He gave her a big hug as well, "I'm so glad they found you, I offered to help but Robert said he could handle it and that I needed to focus on what's right for my family," he said as he rubbed Felicia's tummy.
"I was so happy when Robert came through that door last night, I'm glad I didn't hit him too. Sean was right behind him, it was a little tense getting out again with gunshots ringing out through the night but we made it out OK. I heard a few officers ended up with minor injuries because of the boobytraps Price had set up but nothing major."
Robert came over and joined them slipping his arm around her, "Hello you two, I'm glad you're here Anna said she wanted to see some friends tonight."
"I'm glad I decided to come out, I was going to stay home tonight," Felicia told him.
He turned to Anna, "Dinner will be sent up in an hour, I figured that would give us lots of time to have a drink or three and visit," he smiled and kissed her cheek.
"That sounds perfect." They talked to Frisco and Felicia for a little longer then when Alan and Monica came in they went over to talk to them for a while.
"What is going on between them?" Frisco asked as they walked away.
"I do not know." They watch them while they talked to Alan and Monica, Robert kept his arm around Anna and she seemed perfectly fine with it. "You don't think they're together, do you?"
"They've been dating for a while now, they must have finally told Robin."
Frisco and Felicia both turned to look at Katherine, "You knew about this?" he asked.
"And you didn't say anything?" Felicia added.
"They wanted to keep it quiet until they were ready to tell Robin, and yes I knew."
"Are you OK with this?" Frisco asked.
"Am I OK with the fact they have finally admitted they have feelings for each other and are now with the person they are meant to be with? Yes. I also made it clear to them that I am. Now it's my turn to go say hi to them, excuse me."
After they had talked to several people Anna suggested it was time to head up to his place. Robert smiled and lead her to the elevator, as soon as the doors closed he looked at her, "I've wanted to do this all night," then he pulled her into his arms and kissed her. Anna responded to him instantly, kissing him back and undoing his tie. His hands moved down her body then he lifted her up, her skirt slid up as she wrapped her legs around him. Anna was undoing his buttons when the door opened, Robert carried her over to the couch, Anna didn't let go as he put her down, so he was now on top of her. "Oh Anna, I missed you," he started to unbutton her blouse.
"I want you so much," she said as she slid his shirt off his shoulders. He sat up enough to remove his jacket and shirt. Anna slid her hands along his chest then around his back pulling him close again. Robert started trailing kisses along her neck as she moaned with pleasure. Her fingers moved through his hair willing him not to stop. Then she heard something, "Robert, the elevator!"
He lifted his head, "What?"
"You ordered dinner."
Robert sat up, "I did," then he realized he could hear the elevator as well, "stay here I'll get it." She smiled as he stood up happy that she was mostly out of sight where she was. Robert, still shirtless, walked over just as the elevator opened, the waiter had a smile on his face. "Thank you this is perfect," Robert said to him hoping he would leave quickly.
"I think this is your," the waiter said as he handed Robert his tie.
Robert smiled fully aware the waiter knew what was going on, "Um thanks, I must have dropped that." The waiter smiled then turned and left, Robert locked the elevator after him, then Anna started laughing. "We should at least try to make sure my clothing make it back to my place," he said holding up his tie with a grin on his face.
"I'll try, but that was in the way, I needed to touch you. I think dinner should wait because I still need to touch you," she smiled as Robert walked back over to her.
"I made sure our dinner would be just as good if it sat for a while before we got around to eating it." He bends down and picked her up, "I want you in my bed." Anna wrapped her arms around his neck and giggled as he carried her to bed.