Necessary Sacrifice

Chapter 17

Sami opened up the door to her bedroom and then slammed it back with a vengeance; she was so pissed off at EJ. She'd been on pins and needles for the past damn week or so ever since Lucas had dumped her at the mansion after informing her of their annulment. It was true she had gotten little to no sleep ever since her sudden incarceration by Stefano at casa Hell aka the DiMera Mansion.

She was trembling she was so angry, how dare EJ have partied his ass off while she had lived in fear for their children's safety? She wasn't beyond being scared for herself either. Stefano could and would do anything to her if he chose to do so. If she hadn't learned anything else from her childhood it was that the man was a monster who was hell bent on destroying her entire family.

In her upset it took a few seconds for the realization to hit her that the twins were not in the room, neither was Brigid. The terror hit her hard, had Stefano already taken the babies away until she gave in to his ridiculous demands that she marry EJ?

She immediately felt physically sick to her stomach; she had been crazy to leave her children with anyone even if she had been reassured to see the kindly face of her nanny from childhood. What if Brigid was working with Stefano to take away her children instead of helping her with the responsibilities of caring for the twins?

She was about to go into a pure panic attack mode when suddenly Brigid appeared at Sami's bedroom door with both babies in her arms. Sami rushed to take the children from her only to be met with a quizzical look from Brigid.

"What's got you in such a tizzy Miss Sami?"

"I came back to my room and noticed the babies were gone," Sami began to explain, the fear etched on her face over thinking the worse had happened.

"I've only set them up to sleep in my bedroom for me at least for a couple of nights or so because quite frankly my dear you look like you are about to drop right here on the spot from lack of sleep and pure exhaustion," Brigid stated trying to ease Sami's worries.

"I can care for them during the night. I've been doing it ever since they were born. I haven't stayed the night away from them; we've been in the same bedroom."

"And if you don't mind my saying that while I am sure you've done an extremely fine job of it, you need some rest."

Sami shook her head, "I can't rest. You don't understand…"

"What I'm understanding is that what good will you be to these wee ones if you don't start taking care of yourself? While I've known you've been a stubborn child yourself from birth, you have to let me help ya with these precious babes. My dear child I'm only a few doors down the hallway from you. I'm not taking these babies away from their mother, just trying to give you at least a few nights of rest that you so desperately need."

"Brigid, you don't understand, I can't rest because Stefano is an evil man," Sami said with a helpless tone in her voice.

"That may be true, but if you give into your fears and lack of trust with everyone that surrounds you all you are going to do is become a basket case of nerves. The children can sense things no matter what their age. They need to be at ease with you and if you are a jittery mess it is only going to compound the problems at hand, not solve them."

Sami knew somewhere deep inside her the woman she had known from birth was telling her the truth, but what if Brigid was going to help Stefano steal the babies? Stefano could be threatening Brigid too with something for her to have suddenly come to work for him here at the mansion.

While Sami was inwardly debating what could be happening, Brigid handed her both of her children which Sami readily took them in her arms, kissing each one of their foreheads. Sami was holding on to Johnny and Allie when Brigid produced two baby monitors from one of the pockets of the apron she always seemed to be wearing, a trademark of her persona for a long as Sami could remember.

"Here's a monitor for ye, along with one for you to give to young Master DiMera."

Sami watched as Brigid placed the monitors on one of the tables that were in her bedroom suite.

"I doubt I'll be giving EJ anything, beyond my disdain," Sami remarked, the sting of finding out of his wayward ways with no doubt countless women was too fresh for her to want to extend even a tiny bit of kindness his way.

"Now where are your manners girl? You know I didn't help bring up you and your brother Eric to be anything but courteous to everyone you knew."

"Be glad you don't know EJ," Sami said as she eyed the doorway that separated her bedroom from the lying snake. "He doesn't deserve anything from me and it is beyond ludicrous for you to call him Master DiMera."

"Missy, you'll not be telling how I'm to address anyone, especially the son of my employer." Brigid righted herself up, her stature one of complete confidence something Sami wished she herself had some of at the moment.

"I apologize, Brigid, I know you mean well."

"I'm not so sure you do though. Girlie if you want to beat these gents at whatever game they are playing you are going to have to be a bit more sweet natured in your responses to them and not act so prickly. I'd have to be deaf to have not heard you storming up the stairs after taking your leave of Master DiMera."

Sami stated matter of fact, "I don't do sweet especially with the likes of those vipers."

"It might serve you well to fake it then," Brigid remarked as she came to take the babies from her. "Now don't fret Miss Sami, I'll have them back with you in the morn. You need to get a good night's sleep or those dark circles under your eyes are never going to fade."

After Sami had kissed both Johnny and Sydney again and reluctantly bid them all goodnight, Bridgid had taken the babies from her. When they left her bedroom, Sami got up and went to the mirror, checking for the signs of what Bridgid was saying about her current appearance.

Even with the makeup she had used under her eyes, the dark circles were still there. Just another reason for her to blame EJ, now he was making her look years older than her actual age, she'd probably have wrinkles galore before she found a way out of this asylum.

She shook her head, causing a few more tendrils of her upswept hair to fall out around her face. She looked at the baby monitors, both already turned on and she could hear how sweetly Brigid was singing to her babies. While she couldn't recall the name of the lullaby she sang, she knew it was a melody from her childhood. The calming lyrics made her smile even if it was a sad smile.

Should she give EJ a monitor like Brigid had suggested? Right now at the moment all she really wanted to do was throw the device at his head. Maybe if she did it would form a good knot on his features. She picked up the monitor and looked at it, put it back down and then picked it up again. If she didn't take him the monitor Brigid would admonish her even more than she had already done a few minutes earlier.

She guessed she should give him one even though she doubted he would even know what to do with it. She could only imagine him getting up during the night with the babies. Why he had looked half scared to death when she had handed both of the twins for him to hold. No way could EJ handle the responsibilities of taking care of the children.

No, she mused he'd rather party the night away with loose women who had no clue he was a new father. It infuriated her that she was looking haggard from lack of sleep while he looked edgy and dangerous with his longer hair and the scruff of a beard he was now sporting.

Not that she cared a whit over how he looked. He may be the twin's father, but he wasn't anything to her, he hadn't been anything to her for a very long time.

Out of sight out of mind, right?

She sighed if only that were true and then she tested to see if the knob to the connecting doorway would open the door that led into his bedroom.