Ch 9
Maxie sat on the living room couch with her arms crossed on her chest. Alexis paced back and forth and every once in awhile she would stop to look at Maxie and then shake her head and continue pacing. "What were you thinking?" Alexis asked. Maxie shrugged her shoulders "I wanted to take Sam out and let her mingle with her peers." Alexis sat on the coffee table and looked at her daughter, "You know you could of taken her to the rec center or to the library. But NO! Let's take her to a party with underage drinking and one that you knew would be busted by the police!" Alexis told her with anger. "I get that you're mad but nothing happened! We weren't even there that long before dad showed up" Maxie said trying to defend herself. "Maxie, you are grounded. You will go to school, come home and repeat the process indefinitely" and with that Alexis walked back to her office. She needed to cool off.
Sam was standing at the front door of Wyndemere. She opened it slowly and walked in to find Mac and Stefan discussing something important. She quietly shut the door and tried to sneak past them. "Samantha" Stefan said in a stern voice. Sam sighed and walked up to her uncle. "What happened to your neck?" Stefan asked noticing the slight bruising. Sam rubbed her neck remembering the events that had played out that night. "Some kid grabbed me by the wrist and wouldn't let go. I threw a drink on him and he grabbed me by my neck. But I am ok" she told him trying to avoid Jason's name. Mac approached her and started examining her neck and then her wrist. Her wrist seemed to be the worst, with a deep purple bruise already formed. "Are you sure your ok?" Mac asked her. "I'm fine. It doesn't even hurt" she told him. Stefan walked up to her and hugged her, as he pulled back he looked her in the eyes "I understand that you were at an underage party with Alcohol. That will not be tolerated. Take this as your first and only warning. I will not be so kind next time." Mac nodded his head in agreement. He could only imagine what she was feeling at this point with her life being turned upside down. He hoped that she would heed Stefan's warning. "Sam, how did you get away from the guy who had you by the neck?" Mac asked. He wanted the kids name and he was planning to press charges. Nobody touched one of his kids and walked away. Sam knew that she would have to mention Jason's name now. "Well, he had me pinned against the wall and uh….Jason grabbed him and threw him on to the wall next to me and then when I looked over the kid was on the floor with a bloody nose and Jason was guiding me away from the scene." Stefan shook his head, he was furious. "I warned him to stay away from you! Samantha, I do not want you near him, do you hear me?" "I can't do that" Sam responded. "You don't have a choice" Stefan told her. "He has been kind to me and understanding. He listens to me and understands what I'm feeling. I'm not just going to give that up because you said so" Sam told him with a tears streaming down her face. "Well, I refuse to put your body into the ground because of him. He is a cold hearted monster. Did he tell you what he does for a living? He is a mob enforcer for the mob boss Sonny Corinthos. He KILLS people Samantha!" Stefan told her losing control of his temper. He didn't want to yell at her but he needed her to understand the severity of the situation. Being around Jason Morgan could get her killed. Sam wiped her tears and walked past the men, "Goodnight Uncle" she said as she made her way up the stairs to her room. She entered her bedroom and closed the door behind her. She laid on her bed and let her tears fall freely. She couldn't imagine Jason taking a life, especially with how he was towards her. She cried herself to sleep.
Stefan was furious and made his way to Jason's penthouse. He knocked on the door of PH2 and yelled "Open the door Morgan!" Jason quickly opened the door "What do you want Cassadine?" "I warned you to stay away from her. Do you want to be responsible for her death as well Jason? Wasn't one Cassadine life good enough for you? I WON'T LET YOU TAKE HERS TOO!" Stefan yelled at the man. Jason ran his hand through his hair. "I did not take your sisters life and you know that." Stefan chuckled at him. "It was your violence that took her life. Your ridiculous mob war that stopped her heart. That blood is on your hands and you know it." Jason thought back to last year. They had a full out war with the Alcazar organization. Stefan's sister, Kristina, was in the wrong place at the wrong time. She was struck by stray bullet that was proved to be from an Alcazar man, not one of his. That was what started the problems with the Cassadines. From that day, Stefan vowed to make his life hell and he tried. He would delay any paperwork that was filed with the state or call customs to check shipments in order to delay arrival. "It wasn't my bullet. I was not gunning for your family Stefan and you know that" Jason told him, his patience running thing. "We are getting a little off course here Morgan. Stay away from Samantha" Stefan said as he turned to walk to the elevator. "Her name is Sam" Jason said before he slammed his door shut.
The next morning Sam woke up and got ready for her day. She walked downstairs hoping to avoid uncle but wasn't that lucky. "Samantha, join us for breakfast" he told her from the table. She took a deep breath and saw Nicholas at the table. Nicholas smiled at her until he saw the bruises on her neck, he quickly stood up and walked over to her. "Are you alright? I had no idea he had hurt you." Sam smiled at his concern, "I'm fine. I bruise easily. It doesn't even hurt, I promise" she told him. She sat at the table and they had a very quiet breakfast. Sam unsure of what to say after the argument she and Stefan had the night before. After Sam was done eating she stood up to leave when Stefan stopped her. He pulled her into a hug and whispered in to her ear "I love you and I worry" and with that Sam nodded and walked out of the house. Today was the day her brothers were coming in for her.
Sam made her way into to town. She pulled up the docks and parked her car. She had time before she had to pick her brothers up and she wanted to clear her head. She sat on the bench and just looked out into the water. She was broken out her thoughts by foot steps. She looked over and saw Elizabeth making her way over. Sam rolled her eyes, she was really not in the mood to deal with this. Elizabeth made her way over to Sam and was standing in front of her. Sam chuckled when she saw the black eye. "Can I help you?" Sam asked her. "You can start by apologizing for this" Elizabeth told her pointing to her eye. Sam laughed "No way, you earned that one sweetheart." Sam stood up and was about to walk away when Elizabeth grabbed her arm. "I don't know who you think you are. You are a nobody, another Cassadine/Scorpio reject." Sam rolled her eyes and pulled her arm free. "And you Ms. Webber are pathetic" Sam told her as she went to walk away. Elizabeth was furious that Sam would just dismiss her so she went to attack her when a deep voice echoed out "Don't even think about Elizabeth!" Sam turned around and smiled when she saw Jason standing at the steps. "Jason, thank god you are here. Do you see what that piece of trash did me? Look at my eye Jason!" Elizabeth whined. Jason ignored her and walked over to Sam. "Are you ok?" he asked her. "I'm fine" Sam replied. Jason turned around to look at Elizabeth, "You need to go home. Walk away and don't look back." Elizabeth stomped her foot and stormed off. She couldn't believe that Jason was defending Sam, he barely knew her! Jason turned his attention back to Sam and noticed the bruises on her neck. He touched them softly, "Does it hurt" he asked her. Sam smiled and shook her head no. "Thank you for back there, I don't know what her deal is" Sam told him. "She doesn't like new girls, she gets jealous. I will talk to her" he told her. "Umm, I need to go. My brothers are coming in today. See you around Jason" and with that Sam left.
She pulled up to the train station and waited for her brothers. She was nervous and excited. She looked up at the board and saw that their train was unloading now. In a matter of minutes she would be reunited with her family….the family she grew up with.
