Prologue :
Sami Closed her eyes as she spread the ashes she thought belonged to her dead husband and whispered "I will always love you EJ Always and Forever" It was cold rainy
windy day in Salem and it was extremely sad day. It was the day that Samantha DiMera Said good bye to her hometown and made her plans for California to start her
new life without EJ. She watched the children talking and playing together. She watched Johnny as he had sadness in his eyes. She could see he missed his father
tremendously. Sami sighed as she rubbed the ring around her neck of her departed husband .She closed her eyes to dream because in her dreams she was with EJ and
she could forget about reality at least for a little while. On the other side of Salem two bodies were in the morgue that had the name EJ DiMera. Two men came in and
started searching the morgue draws. There was a woman's voice in the background. "Its box # 37 not # 36. The men opened both boxes and saw the bodies were
exactly the same but one was actually alive. There were two EJ's. The woman came storming in. "I told you only box # 37 or do you not listen to directions." She asked
as she pulled out a gun on the two men. Both men nodded and closed box # 36 immediately. Her plan worked now it was time to take EJ's body out of the morgue
before Stefano Men arrived for the real body. The two men quickly ushered the correct body out the morgue and as soon as they left Stefano arrived with his goons to
pick up the body. The van took off with the real EJ inside. Stefano began yelling and screaming. He could be heard as they pulled away. She laughed wickedly. "Don't
worry little brother I will never let him get his hands on you again. You're going to find your family and be where you belong." Kristen whispered as she rubbed his head.
That Night and every night after that Sami cried herself to sleep missing her dead husband. A few weeks later on the other side of the globe Kristen walked into the lab
of her basement home in Italy. "Welcome Home My Brother Its' time for you to forget your life in Salem. The fight for your new life begins today." Kristen said laughing
eerily Sami and the kids boarded the plane on her way to Hollywood California to start her new life without the love of her life and without her family. It was just Sami
and her kids. She was heading to journey that was unknown to her but she knew she had to do for the kids and for her self. She couldn't stay in Salem not with all the
memories. Sami convinced her she was doing the right thing but something in heart she felt wasn't right. Sami shook her head. She wasn't going to dare think about
going to Stefano again. He made it absolutely clear she was lucky to leave with her life now that Ej was gone. EJ made sure Sami was taken care of the IRS took their
money and she was left with a substantial amount .She would never have to work again. Sami wasn't scared of Stefano but she had to think about the kids now. A day
would come when she face to face with Stefano DiMera again. She could feel it in her bones. Sami was lost in thought before she realized they were already in
California. The kids were excited to embark on this adventure. Sami looked down at her hand her ring was the last thing EJ gave her. She had his wedding band on a
chain around her neck now that Rafe returned it back to her. Sami would never take it off. Sami got the kids ready to disembark the plane. Sami walked through the
terminal and saw the sign that said "Samantha DiMera." That was something else she was never going to let go of her last name. Stefano could take everything from
her but she would keep EJ's last name no matter what.