Samantha's POV
I let go of Mum's hand and stared at EJ, no one in the room was going to like what I was about to say not even EJ. But I needed to know for myself if this was real if I went through with the marriage that my family would be safe from Stefano and his empire. If it was then I would marry EJ and hurt my family just to protect them in the long run.
"I need time to think about this" I say honestly knowing I needed to find out a few more things before I decided on anything.
"You take all the time you need Samantha" Mum said forcefully.
"But make sure you look at both sides peanut. What will happen if you say yes and what will happen if you say no" John said seriously knowing how dirty Stefano could play to get what he wanted.
"I will, it's just too much to process. Every thing is happening together I can't get over one obstacle without a second popping up" I say stressing.
"Be calm for now, you'll be out of hospital in no time you'll have plenty of time to think about it when you get home" Eric said calmly.
"Who knows how much time we really have" I say grimly knowing I needed to decide very soon.
"Don't worry what's happening out of this room Samantha, we are all fine nothing has happened to anybody. We're all worried about you so start thinking about yourself for now. Never thought I would ever have to tell you that Sami" Eric says laughing while I give him a smirk.
"Thanks Eric" I say yawning which causes EJ to look at his watch.
"Its 8:39pm" he says without me having to ask.
"It's been a long day" John says knowing what I had gone through the previous day.
"I'll come see you tomorrow as well Sami" Mum says kissing me lightly on my forehead reminding me of all the times she had tucked me into bed as a child, kissing my forehead before leaving my bedroom.
I nod at her response, John gives me a bear hug and a kiss on the cheek. They both say bye and promise to ring Dad and tell him everything. Dad was going to blow up from the news, I hoped he wouldn't come to the hospital once finding out the news it would be better if he met me once I was out of here so that he can take me more seriously. He might just think EJ has influenced me and forced me to marry him. Oh god this was a huge nightmare.
"Sami I'm sorry" Eric said apologizing.
"Don't be Eric, I would have done the same thing you did. I haven't given our family very many reasons to think I may be innocent or a matter of fact trust me" I say disgusted with my behaviour in the past.
"That doesn't matter Sami" he says annoyed at himself.
"Agreed it doesn't matter you're here that means the world to me" I tell him and then I realize something and continue speaking "I thought your business trip was for three weeks?" I ask him.
"I cut it short, I had more than enough workers helping me out" he said lying to my face.
"Oh my god, Dad called you" I choke causing me to break out into a coughing fit.
"Of course he did Sami, please calm down" Eric said softly while rubbing my arm.
"He pulled you from work! Is he out of his mind! Go back right now! You've only got your business back on its feet you can't waste your time here in Salem" I say quickly feeling guilty and annoyed at myself. Another person drawn into my dramatic life, I knew Eric disliked environments like this it was the very reason why he hardly spent any time in Salem.
"Samantha calm down" EJ says looking at the monitor it was starting to spike.
"Sami I promise you everything is going fine with the business okay so calm down. I'll be back tomorrow with Mum to see you. Now get some rest" he said hugging me and leaving the room before I could stop him.
After Eric left it was only EJ and I left in the room, Doctor Keith had come in ten minutes later and took the IV out to my happiness and said I was doing much better. All my blood results came back normal. I was healthy again and so were the babies, I was able to eat again and I didn't feel as sick as before. Every thing was how it should have been from the start I thought to myself. Doctor Keith said he would be back around 9am to check up on me and with that he left. EJ and I had a late dinner around 9:30pm, we ate in silence. I didn't know what to say I mean what did he want? Did he want to marry me just because of the vendetta? Or because I was having his babies? Or because he loved me? Or for some other reason? I didn't want to force him into anything. I knew he wanted to be with me but we had never talked about marriage, we talked about my past weddings and failed marriages which he mocked all the time since he thought I was too young and naive back then. But we had never talked about getting married how could we? We had only been together for 6 months and before that we were friends for a year. He had hidden his identity for around a year and a half.
"Samantha are you okay?" EJ asked me from his makeshift bed.
After dinner we hadn't talked at all, we continued to stay silent. EJ had tucked me in and tucked himself into bed. I thought he had fallen asleep leaving me to my thoughts.
"Yeah I'm fine" I answer him back softly.
"Alright" he says and closes his eyes.
I wondered if it was too late to call Stefano? It was 10pm I was sure he would be awake at this time I mean he may just be heading off to sleep...
"EJ can I have your phone?" I ask him not having the guts to tell him what I planned to do.
"Who do you want to call?" he asks me getting up from his makeshift bed, why could I not wait till the morning? Arg Sami old habits die hard!
"Just give it to me please" I say acting annoyed.
He passes it to me wearily and watches me dial, I struggle to click the buttons on EJ's smart phone why couldn't he just have a simple phone? The phone was bigger than the size of my hand! I went through his contact list and searched under 'S' finally reaching it and clicked call. I had noticed my own name 'Samantha a.k.a Trouble' with a smiley face, I ignored it and thought I would change it to 'Sami' once I finished the phone call. I wasn't trouble! I was in trouble due to his family!
"DiMera residence Bart speaking" said Stefano's clumsiest goon, Bart was no goon he was nice at times but really stupid.
"Could you give it to your boss" I say as EJ watches me lifting an eyebrow.
EJ edged closer to me trying to listen in on my phone call I changed the phone to the other ear as I heard Bart's reply.
"Yup sure no worries I'll get Stefano right now" Bart said not even wondering who would be calling for Stefano at this time of the night.
"Thank you" I reply looking at EJ as his eyes hold suspicion I roll my eyes at him.
"STEFANO!" STEFANO! YOU HAVE A PHONE CALL" Bart yelled for Stefano, the idiot had yelled right into the phone causing me to pull it away from my ear and with that EJ yanked it out of my hand.
"Hey give it back I'm not done" I tell him unhappily.
"Oh don't worry sweetheart you're done" he says sternly while ending the call, dammit!
"What now I can't make a phone call? I can't leave this room, I can't walk without you holding my hand. EJ stop acting so controlling and give me the phone!" I tell him angrily.
EJ looked mad but I didn't care. I wasn't going to give anyone an answer until I heard it from Stefano's own mouth that he would keep the promise and end the vendetta. I wanted to ensure I ended the vendetta once and for all. If all of his stupid terms are met there can be no excuse of hurting a Brady. On top of it all I wanted to add a few more things to the exchange, if I have to marry EJ then I don't have to give him the stem cells which means my babies would be safe and Andrew and Tony were also not to hurt a Brady. Too many factors I couldn't walk into this minefield blindly. I knew if I married EJ that life would be great he seemed to have changed a lot but what if he changed back? What if he went to Stefano for "Dimera style" help? Or did Stefanos bidding? Would he hurt me again? And my family? EJ was becoming controlling day by day what if once I got out of here he really did make me live with him? My heart started to accelerate, it would be too weird after finding out how to end the vendetta.
I watched EJ as his body started shaking with rage, he went through his phone to confirm what he had just heard Bart yell. His eyes were bold and rage flowing through them. Yup he knows I tried calling Stefano.
"You called Stefano" he stated slowly.
"Yes I did" I answer him while trying to calm myself down.
"Why would you do that? Knowing that if you angered him he might just try and hurt your family? Or try and get to you so he can get to the babies Samantha!" he all but yelled.
"I wouldn't have made him mad!" I say yelling back while ripping the covers off of me and attempting to get out of bed, EJ stood their for once not stopping me.
I stood up as fast as I could just in case he tried to stop me, I needed to stand and make my point I didn't need EJ talking down to me. I would never put my family in danger how dare he think that! I made it to a standing position and looked at EJ when my eyesight blurred which resulted in me sitting back on the bed
"Do you know what just happened to you? You stood up so fast that your blood didn't reach your brain fast enough causing you to feel dizzy. Now if you attempt anything like that again I will tell Dr Keith and you will stay here longer. Are we Clear Samantha?" EJ says to me while pushing me back into bed.
"You don't know what you're talking about EJ! I'm fine" I tell him attempting to get up again but EJ pushes me down placing his heavy hands on my shoulders.
"Yes I do. I'm not on my laptop doing work I'm on it checking out your conditions and how to better manage them along with Dr Keith's help" he says surprising me.
"Ejjj" I whine trying to persuade him into giving me what I want.
"Look I'm sorry, I'm just giving you the worse case scenario of your actions I know you would never put your family in harms way. I just don't want you getting hurt" EJ says while letting go of my shoulders and sitting on the bed next to me.
"Okay, so can I call him?" I ask ignoring his controlling aura he was oozing.
"What did you want from him?" EJ asks me ignoring my question.
"I wanted to know if what we just found out was true or if he had somehow altered the letter just so he could have his own way" I answer remembering all the times Stefano had said 'Marry EJ and everything will be better'.
"It's true Samantha, John has his own people translating it. And even if it was altered and Stefano made the translator write what he wanted we have the original. I can read Italian and so can John that's how we can confirm if it is real or not. John has in fact done just that he has read the original untranslated letter and it says the exact same thing Samantha" EJ says trying to make me understand.
"Well I need to speak to Stefano for many other reasons EJ" I tell him calmly it was the truth.
"Well its late, once you're better you can speak with him but you're ill, my father is ill. You both need rest" EJ says worriedly, he was burdened with a lot.
I realised Stefano was ill and EJ hadn't run to him like Lucas had for his mother. Guilt hit me hard, yes Stefano was evil but Stefano had never hurt EJ he never once sent his goons on EJ when EJ had left Stefano's business and decided to walk on the legal path of life.
"Fine" I say letting the topic drop for now only because I felt sick to my stomach with guilt.
EJ gave me a look that said he wasn't convinced, he was right I would start up on this again hopefully tomorrow. It was just a phone call nothing more. I got back in bed while EJ watched scrutinizing my every move.
"You can go back to sleep EJ" I say eyeing his 'bed' wishing he would just go home and get some decent rest.
"Ahh yes" he said smiling widely.
I raised my eyebrows in confusion seeing his reaction like that. Weird I thought, what was up with him. EJ took the blanket slightly off of me causing me to become even more confused.
"What are you doing?" I asked him grabbing the blanket back only for EJ to push it down again.
"You'll see" he says.
And with that he hopped into bed with me, I was so so so slow to react. I watched the entire thing in slow motion. EJ had snuck his hand under my back and hopped into bed holding me to him. And with his other hand he pulled the blanket over us.
"What do you think you're doing EJ?!" I asked him thinking was he out of his freaking mind? I didn't even do anything for him to do this again!
"Well I did tell you not to get out of bed earlier when Lucas was causing a scene outside so this is the consequence of your decision, plus you got out of bed a few more times after that. You just can't lay still can you" he says happily.
"That was hours ago EJ let go!" I tell him while trying to pry his hands off of me but he was too darn strong.
"Plus you tried to call Stefano without telling me, so I think I deserve to be this close to you Samantha" he says casually.
"You wouldn't be doing this if my family were here" I tell EJ.
"Actually I would" he says stubbornly.
"I doubt it, now let go" I tell him again.
"You doubt it aye?" he says amused, tightening his hold on me and then continues "well then I'll have to keep you in my arms until your family comes here and see us like this" EJ says laughing at the end.
Instantly my face turned into a shade of pink from the embarrassment of what I had just said and the mental picture EJ was making me think up.
"Okay I don't doubt it now let go" I say taking back what I had just said.
"I think I'll sleep here" EJ says casually while I feel him relax under me.
"EJ!" I say annoyed.
"Samantha" he says happily.
"You're not going to let go are you?" I ask him hating how I felt in his arms right now.
"Never" he replies.
The way he said 'never' it gave me a bad feeling. He wasn't talking about letting go of my waist he was never going to let me leave his side. I shivered at that thought and stayed silent not wanting to cause any more arguments.
"Are you cold Samantha?" EJ asks me worriedly.
"No" I quickly answer.
EJ tucks the blanket tighter around me while I tried to move slightly away from him it didn't work. A few minutes later we were still and silent in bed so I continued to 'try' and pull his hands off of me but he only tightened his grip, eventually he fell asleep while I continued to slowly try to pry one finger off at a time. I managed to move one hand off of me and slowly slid away from him I managed to get as far as moving my back from his chest when he pulled me back against him.
"Faker" I say under my breath, he hadn't fallen asleep like I thought.
He muffled a laugh and continued to lay on the bed with me in his arms. Arg EJ why?
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