Chapter 38

Robin banged on Stella’s thin apartment door. “Open up! Stella, I know you’re in 
there so open this door!” She shouted.

Stella’s sister yanked open the door, the ever-present cigarette hanging from 
her lips.  “What do you want?” She muttered.

“I want to know how Jason knows *her* name.” She pointed at Stella who was 
sitting on the couch in the small living room. Stella shrunk back and blanched 
in fear.

“And didn’t I say no smoking? I won’t have this baby coming out deformed. It 
must be perfect!” Robin reached up and snatched the cigarette out of her mouth, 
dropped to the ground and grounded it out with her heel. She then pushed past 
the woman and stormed into the apartment. She propped her hands up on her hips. 
“What happened?”

Stella slowly stood up. She knew she couldn’t mess this up. Robin was her only 
chance to give her baby a better life…and to make a little cash. “Robin, I’m so 
sorry.”

“What happened!” Robin growled. “If you missed this up for me you can forget 
about the whole deal.”

“I didn’t know Mr. Morgan was going to be at Mercy. Hospital.” Stella quickly 
defended herself. “My sister, Jackie, and I were there just for my check up and 
we bumped into him. It was an accident.”

“It doesn’t explain how he knows of our connection.” Robin folded her arms and 
glared at Stella.

Jackie muffled a laugh at how that little Robin chick was trying to intimidate 
her sister. Unfortunately it looked liked it was working.

Stella gulped and wrung her hands together. “Jackie and I were just talking 
about the baby’s sex, we found out what is it by the way, and I may have said 
your name… right before I walked into him. He could have heard us. We were 
talking pretty loudly.”

Robin sneered. “Because of your big mouth everything could be ruined.”

“Robin, I…” Stella started to apologize again but Robin cut her off.

“What’s the baby’s sex?” She was eager to know and mentally crossed her fingers. 
Please let it be the right one, she thought to herself, please.

Stella’s eyes brightened. She knew this news would make her happy. “You’ll be 
very happy to know that in a few weeks you will have a baby… boy.”

Robin smiled slowly. This was perfect, absolutely perfect. “This is going to 
make Jason so happy.”

Jackie frowned at the sick smile on Robin’s face. What a wacko, she thought. 
There is something very wrong with this girl. Good thing she had a load of cash, 
Jackie smirked.

~*~*~

Emily shifted as she tried to make herself comfortable. She was getting a crick 
in her neck from the position she had been sleeping in. She bumped her hand 
against the mattress and sent a shot a pain through her arm. “Ow! Ow, ow, ow.” 
She muttered.

She looked up to see if Nikolas had woken up. Thankful he was still asleep. She 
knew that he needed the sleep. He had looked so tired when they were talking. 
She hated the fact that she caused him a lack of sleep. Emily sighed over the 
worry she had caused him and everyone else. If only she hadn’t gotten in that 
car.

Emily sighed again. It was too late for if onlys. It happened and now it was 
time to get on with life. She snuggled back up to him and closed her eyes. In 
his sleep Nikolas threw his arm back around her waist and pulled her back to 
him.

“Emily?” A voice whispered.

Emily’s eyes flew open. Oh no, she thought. She said it out loud. “Oh, no.”

“Emily, are you awake?” The voice whispered again.

No, no, no, no, she repeated in her head, not now! She rolled over and frowned 
up at Tino. “What are you doing here?  Get out.” She whispered furiously.

Tino didn’t move. He stood over her bed looking down at the two of them. He 
frowned at the cute image they made. “I need to talk to you.”

“Well, you can’t do it now.”  Emily quickly looked at Nikolas to make sure he 
was still sleeping. Luckily he was. “If Nikolas wakes up and finds you in here, 
he’s… he’s going to kill you. So go! Now!”

“He already tried.” Tino said sarcastically. He absentmindedly touched the nose 
Nikolas had broken last night. His sister Marisa wanted to press charges against 
him and Emily’s brother but he convinced her not too.

“He’ll do worse than that if he sees you.” Emily assured him. At the moment she 
didn’t care what happened to Tino but she didn’t want Nikolas getting upset and 
fighting.

“Look, I just want to say I’m sorry alright?” Tino said in a rush.

“You’re sorry, I’m sorry, we’re all sorry.” Emily snapped. “Anything else?”

“I wanted to apologize for doing,” Tino gestured towards all her bandages, “this 
to you. I shouldn’t have driven last night. It was wrong.”

“What was wrong was that no one stopped you from driving.” Emily said quietly. 
“How is everyone else?”

“They’re fine. Just bruised and all scratched up. You and Dominic got hurt the 
most. He broke his leg.” Tino rubbed the back of his neck and looked down. “So 
I…”

“You said your piece so could you please leave?” She said softly.

“I… okay.” Tino nodded. “I just hope I can see you again soon.”

“I wouldn’t count on that.” Emily said bitterly as she watched him turn and walk 
out the door. She closed her eyes and snuggled back up to Nikolas who started to 
wake up.

Nikolas yawned loudly. “Who are you talking to?”  He covered his mouth with the 
back of his hand as he yawned again.

“Oh, nobody.” Emily instantly denied. She was so thankful he hadn’t woken up 
when Tino was there. “So, how did you sleep?

Nikolas stretched. “Mmm, pretty good. I think it was your presence.” He winked 
at her.

Emily rolled her eyes. “Don’t get all sappy on me now.” She hit him lightly in 
the shoulder.

“Ow.” He faked a wince and rubbed his shoulder. “You don’t want me to end up in 
the room next to yours do you?”

“Well, that way I wouldn’t be the only one in the hospital… Hmm.”

Nikolas started to get up. “Well, while you think it over I have to get going.”

“Where are you going?” Emily immediately asked.

“I have some things to take care of but I will be back.” He promised. “I’ll try 
and see if I can sneak a TV and VCR in here. You know, use my connections, as 
Carly would say. A movie and some popcorn, what do you say?”

Emily brightened. “I say that would be great.”

“And I remember the rules. No documentaries and…”

“No gross out comedies.” She finished for him.

Nikolas nodded. “Right. So, I’ll see you later. I love you.”  He bent his head 
to give her a kiss.

“Nicky, Nicky, taking advantage of a girl laid up in a bed? Tsk, tsk.” Carly 
joked from the door. Carly had finally gotten around to coming to Emily’s room. 
After her run-in with AJ she had decided to walk around for a little while 
before checking on them.

“I was just on my way out.” Nikolas said to her. He kissed Emily goodbye and 
headed for the door.

“On your way could you tell Jason to come in? He’s down the hall, thanks Nicky.”  
Carly didn’t wait for him to answer before sitting in the chair by the bed. 
Nikolas shrugged and waved goodbye to Emily before leaving. She waved back.

“Well, that’s a pretty big goofy grin on your face.” Carly remarked. “You 
enjoying that cast that much or does that smile have to do with a certain young 
Mr. Cassadine who just walked out the door?”

Emily rolled her eyes. “Well, duh.”

“I am so glad the two of you stop messing around and just went for it.”

“You can blame Nikolas for that. He was the one having trouble with his 
feelings, not me.” Emily pointed out.

“Then can I just ask you a question? If you’re so gaga over Nikolas, what were 
you doing in a car with Tino last night?”

Emily looked down at the bed. “Some stuff came up during our session yesterday. 
Stuff about the reason Tino tried to commit suicide. Me being the unselfish type 
thought he shouldn’t be alone so I decided we should hang out. I should have 
just left him alone and went out with Nikolas like I had planned to.”

“You were just being nice, Emily. You had no idea the night would have ended up 
the way it did.”

“Yeah, I guess… you know let’s talk about something a little more cheerful.” 
Emily suggested.

“Hmm, how about the fact that… I moved back in with Jason?” Carly grinned.

“You did! When?”

“We started today. Let me tell you I have a lot to do to that place. It just 
screams Robin.” Carly made a face.

*~*~*

Jason checked his watch again. It was taking a very long time for Carly to grab 
a cup of coffee and get to Emily’s room. He was about to give up and go see for 
himself when his cell phone rang. He quickly answered it. “Morgan.”

“Mr. Morgan, sir? I have the information that you wanted.”

Jason sat back in his seat. “Go ahead.”

“So far Miss Scorpio has visited a woman named Stella.  She seemed to be very 
upset with this Stella woman. She mentioned your name and a baby.”

“Me and a baby?” Jason said more to himself than to the man on the line.

“Yes sir, a baby.  Miss Scorpio left soon after that looking very happy. Right 
she’s shopping in the baby’s section of Wyndhams.”

“Okay. Keep an eye on her for a while.” Jason told him. “I want her watched a 
little longer.”

“Will do, sir.” The man answered before hanging up. Jason rubbed his face 
wearily. He had a lot to think over. What was Robin doing with a baby and what 
did it have to do with him? Jason didn’t have long to ponder the situation 
because a few minutes later Nikolas came by and told him it was okay for him to 
go see Emily. So he went off to visit with his sister and put all thoughts of 
Robin and a baby behind him for a while.

~*~*~

A Few Days Later

“I’m busting ya out!” Nikolas announced as he burst into Emily’s room. He wore a 
huge silly smile on his face and he carried a duffel bag. He dropped it by the 
door.

Emily looked up from the fashion magazine that Liz had brought her the other 
day. “Okay.” She went back to her article.

Nikolas frowned. “ ‘Okay’? That’s it? I tell you, you’re going home and all you 
say is ‘okay’?”

He crossed the room and sat down on the bed beside her. Emily shrugged and 
buried her nose in the magazine. Nikolas reached over, grabbed the magazine out 
of her hands and threw it behind him.

“Hey, I was reading that.” Emily protested. “It had a really good article about 
skinny heels versus chunky.”

Nikolas looked into her eyes. “Are you seriously trying to tell me that you’re 
more excited about shoes than you are about getting out of here and going home?”

The corners of her mouth quirked upwards. She looked down at the bed sheet. 
“Well, it did have some very cute pictures…”

He smirked lightly and lifted her chin up so he could look at her again. 
“Emily…”

Emily finally gave up and grinned. “Okay! I was just messing with you. I can’t 
wait to get out of here. I know you and Lucky and Liz and everyone tried to make 
my stay here as comfortable as possible but it’s been hell. If the food doesn’t 
kill me, Amy coming in every other hour to chat will. I hate being in this damn 
bed.”

“And I hate seeing you in it. If it was up to me, you will never see the inside 
of a hospital again.” Nikolas said seriously then he smiled. “But you’re in luck 
because like I said before I’m taking you home. I even brought you a change of 
clothing.”

“Are you sneaking me out?” Emily arched her eyebrow and threw her free arm 
around his neck, pulling him closer to her. “That is so cool.”

Nikolas gave her a quick kiss then shook his head. “Sorry to disappoint you but 
you are being discharged today and I was able to… convince your family to let me 
be the one to bring you home.”

“So you’re not a no good rebel, huh?” Emily faked a frown. “Oh well, I still 
love you anyway. How on earth did you ‘convince my family’?”

“I just pointed out the fact that you were going home to them and the least they 
could do was let me pick you up.”

“Very calmly and with no shouting right?” She asked doubtfully.

“I have my ways okay?”

“Right… so what time do I get out of here?”

“Any time you’re ready.” He told her.

Emily beamed at him. “I’m ready right now! Let’s go.” She threw back the covers 
and jumped out of bed.

“Hold on, you can’t leave just yet.” Said a voice from the door. It was Emily’s 
doctor, Dr. Faber.

Emily halted in her dash for the duffel bag. “What?”

Nikolas got off the bed slowly. “Is there something wrong Dr. Faber? I was 
assured that all the papers were signed and everything was in order.”

The doctor shook her head. “Everything is fine. I just have to take off that 
last bandage first.” Just yesterday Emily had the large one on her head taken 
off. Emily had joked that she would miss it. Lucky called her the “Great Swami” 
and made her tell his fortune every time he and Liz dropped in to visit.

Emily sighed in relief. “I thought you were going to try and hold me here a few 
more nights.” Emily hopped back on the bed and tilted her face up. “Unwrap me, 
doc.”

Nikolas hovered by nervously. He knew that Emily was afraid that she would end 
up scarred from the accident. Her other cuts and bruises were beginning to heal 
but this was the first time he would get to see the cut under the bandage. He 
breathed a sigh of relief when he finally saw it.

“So… how bad is it?” Emily asked anxiously.

“Would you like to see?” Dr. Faber asked as she slathered an ointment on Emily’s 
face.

“Yes…” Emily answered hesitantly.  The doctor pulled a small mirror out of her 
pocket and held it up for Emily to see. Emily touched her right cheek in wonder. 
“It’s… its not that bad.” She grinned at Nikolas. “It’s not that bad, it’s kinda 
cool, I guess.”

The scar started up high on her cheek and zigzagged downwards like a lighting 
bolt. It was pink so Emily could tell it was healing and it wasn’t that long. 
Emily was just glad that it wasn’t as horrible as she thought.

“Just put this ointment on your face three times a day and come back in four 
weeks.” The doctor advised. She gave Emily the ointment. “After four weeks come 
back and we’ll see how your face is doing. And if you like we can talk about 
performing surgery to see what we can do with that scar. We might not be able to 
completely remove it but we can make considerably less noticeable.”

Emily beamed. “Thanks Dr. Faber.”

“You’re welcome.” Smiled the doctor. “I’ll see you at your follow up.”

Emily waited until the doctor was out the door before jumping off the bed and 
dancing around with happiness. She pointed at her face. “Do you see? Do you see 
my face? It isn’t ruined!”

“I can see that. I told you, you had nothing to worry about.” He came over and 
kissed her scar. “You’re still beautiful even though this ointment tastes 
horrible.” He made a face at the taste.

Emily giggled and twirled around. “I’m going home, I’m not a disfigured monster 
and I am with the boy I love.”

“And the back of your gown is open.” Nikolas couldn’t help pointing out.

She gasped. She turned back around and pulled together the ends of the hospital 
gown. “Thanks for telling me!”

Nikolas fought back a laugh. He reached down and picked up the duffel bag again. 
“If you don’t feel like wearing that home, you do have the option of what’s in 
the bag. Jeans, tank top, sneakers, they’re all here. Would you like some help?” 
He arched his eyebrow.

“I can put on jeans and underwear just fine with one hand.” Emily said primly. 
“You did get me underwear right?”

“I don’t know, let me check.” Nikolas grinned wickedly as he started to unzip 
the bag. Emily reached out and grabbed the bag out of his hands.

“I’ll check myself.” She carried it into the small bathroom connected to her 
room. Nikolas listened as she fought to get herself dressed using only one hand. 
He could hear her mutter a couple of times.

“Are you sure you don’t need any help in there?” He offered helpfully.

“I’m fine.” Emily gritted out. The damn shirt was what was taking her so long. 
It took her a while but she was able to struggle into it and her underwear, 
socks, jeans and sneakers. She emerged from the bathroom with a big smile and 
shouted. “Ta-da!”

Nikolas applauded slowly. “Ready to go home?”

“As ready as I’ll ever be. Wait, there’s one more thing.” Emily came over to 
Nikolas and pulled him down for a long kiss. Standing back she then said. “Okay, 
now I’m ready.”

*~*~*

Emily walked into the Quartermaine Mansion feeling giddy. It was good to be 
home. She couldn’t wait to sleep in her own bed, eat food she wanted, and be 
able to choose when she had to be around her family. At the moment she couldn’t 
wait to see them. But no one was there waiting for her.

She turned to Nikolas with a worried frown. “Where is everyone?”

Nikolas only shrugged in reply. Emily turned back and cried. “Hello, people, I’m 
home!”

The door to the den slowly opened and out stepped the last person Emily had 
thought she would see. “Welcome home Emily.”

She gaped in surprise. “Dad!”