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Sammy smiled as Seth told her a story that Scott had told him, Scott was forever entertaining the kids with stories he made up for them, Scott was a born story teller.

Scott fixed them some coffee and brought Sammy a cup. "Thanks, when is Bailey going to be back?"

Scott sat down. "Tomorrow, I cant wait."

Seth jumped up. "Uncle Scott can I play a video game?"

"Sure kid." He said.

"I'm sorry you're stuck babysitting me." Sammy said.

Scott smiled and patted her hand. "We're family Sammy, I don't mind the company."

"Do you know what Mark is up to?" She asked.

Scott just shook his head. "Something to do with his gym, he just didn't want you by yourself today."

Sammy sighed. "Well I cant keep running, I mean I'm going to have to be by myself sometimes."

Scott just smiled. "Not today."

Mark walked in the hospital and went to the desk asking for Kent's room number.

"Sir he is under arrest, theres a policeman outside his door, you'll have to clear it with him." She said directing him to the room.

Mark stopped and talked to the officer. "Its your girlfriend he attacked right?"

Mark nodded. "I'm not going to hurt him, I just want to have a little talk with him."

The policeman grinned. "Sure have at it."

Mark thanked him and walked in, the blond man had his whole shoulder bandaged. "Who are you?"

Mark came to stand right beside the bed. "Sammy's my woman, and you made a big mistake." Mark said closing his hand over the man's throat. Kent started to choke and Mark kept the pressure up till he turned blue and then let him go. Kent started coughing and trying to pull air in his lungs.

"Now boy, if you come around whats mine again, I might have to kill you, throw you in the swamp for the gators to eat, no one would ever know what happened to you, be a shame huh, if you know whats good for you, you'll stay away from her, you're already in trouble with the police, you don't want to die over this." Mark's voice was calm and that scared Kent even more.

"I wont ever come near her again, I mean it, her dad called me or I would never had thought to even look her up." The man said clearly scared.

Mark sneered at the punk, he wished he could throw this jerk out the window, but he knew that would be going to far.

"You better mean that boy." he said and he put one big hand on Kent's bandaged shoulder and sqeezed as hard as he could, Kent tried to scream, but Mark put the other hand over his mouth. "Boy dont ever even let Sammy cross your mind again or you're dead."

Kent's eyes teared up from the pain and Mark saw blood start seeping throgh the bandage, he hoped the idiot got the message, he let go and gave him one more nasty look.

Mark turned turned around and left the room. Now he had to go visit her dad, and he hoped he could get through to him, without having to break any legs.

Mark banged on the big door and was surprised when Tyson answered herself. Kent had called him and told him what happened. "Look before you start with me, I was trying to give Sammy what she wanted, I thought she still loved him."

Mark pushed his way in and slammed the door. "That fucker raped her all those years ago, you're a fool, you keep butting in her life making her miserable, I'm warning you it stops now, Sammy is with me, I protect the people I care about, stay out of her life, or I'm going to hurt you."

Tyson turned away from Mark. "I need her, she's my oldest, what can I do to make her come back to me."

Mark shook his head. "Find another heir, she's not it."

Tyson suddenly turned to look at Mark. "I do have another heir, but I want her, she's smart, she'll take care of my company at least until my other heir can."

Mark shook his head. "Mia is off limits too, Kevin don't want you anywhere near his family."

Tyson shook his head. "I wasn't talking about Mia, look I have to talk to you, its obvious, you're with my daughter, theres nothing I can do about it now, just hear me out."

Mark just wanted to leave but he sighed and followed the man in his den. The man pour himself a drink and offerd Mark one, but Mark refused. "I'm in a hurry to get Sammy back in the buisness, theres a reason for that, I have liver cancer, the outlook is not good, I have a few months at best, I had the best doctor's but theres nothing that can be done. I need someone to leave my company to, but at this point, Sammy will just sell it, I don't want that."

Mark sat down, he knew this man had been horrible to the girls, but he knew his Sammy kind hearted to a fault, she would be upset by the news and God only knew how Mia was going to take it. "I don't know what you want from me, Sammy doesn't want the company."

Tyson sighed. "I have people that run the company, but she will need to own it, for now, come with me." He said

Mark just shook his head and followed the man upstairs and down a long hallway. He opened a door into what looked like a play room, there was child sitting on the bed watching TV, a little boy, he looked to be about two or three.

When he saw Tyson, the boy jumped up and crawled his under the bed. "Who is that?" Mark was worried about any kid that was in Tyson's clutches.
"My son, by one of my affairs, he is my heir, but he is just a baby now, I need someone to keep the company in safe keeping till he's old enough to take over."

Mark sighed, Sammy would have a fit if she found out Tyson had a child in his care, and that her and Mia had a little brother.

"I need my daughter for this one thing.."

"What happens to the kid when you die?" Mark asked.

"My wife is a drunk and a pill head, besides she hates the boy, proof I cheated on her, anyway, thats out of the question, that why I wanted Sammy married and with children, then she could raise Joseph, keep the company in tact for him."

"What about the boy's mother?" mark asked.

"She sold him for plenty of money, she dont want him, she got pregnant on purpose, to extort money from me." Tyson said.

Mark made a split decision , because he knew Sammy well, he knew what she would want. "I'll get Sammy to take the company, you make sure you have people to run it, she may at some point decide she will take part in it, she may not, but she'll keep it in the family till your boy is old enough to run it."

Tyson smiled, he knew everyone had a price. "So how much money do you want."

Mark shook his head wanting to beat the man, and would have if he wasn't already dying. "No money, give me the boy today, let Sammy have him now, do that and we have a deal."

"No, why would you even think I'll hand him over now."

Mark shrugged. "Then sell your company to some stranger."

Tyson sighed. "Fine fine, I need her over here tomorrow to sign some paperwork for the company, I need to change my will."

"I'll take the boy today." Mark wanted him out of here, the boy was scared to death of Tyson, he could smell the fear on the toddler.

Tyson looked at Mark. "Why do you give a damn about my son?"

"Because Sammy will, and that makes it important to me." Mark said.

Tyson shrugged, the boy was a pain in his ass anyway, but he was his son, his only male heir, he knew Sammy would take care of him and make sure the company was intact for him. "Joseph get out here." Tyson boomed.

Mark heard the little boy whimper but he came crawling out, he had Sammy's blue eyes, but he black curly hair, Mark wondered if he was losing his mind, he didn't even like kids and he was getting a houseful, he wanted Sammy that meant he would have to put up with this kid. Toby was another story, she was just temporary, this was forever, he shook the thoughts from his mind, right now he just needed to get this kid away from this creep.

Tyson glared at the boy. "Don't move."

Mark saw the kid look terrified and it made him mad to think Tyson had been smacking him around, Mark wasn't adverse to spanking a kid if they needed it, but from what Kevin told him, Tyson had beat the girls."I'll need you to get with your lawyer and sign custody over to Sammy, tomorrow."

Tyson looked at Mark. "Fine you have me over a barrel."

Tyson grabbed the boy. "I'll teach you to run from me." Before he could touch the boy Mark grabbed his arm. "Do it, and i'll beat your ass." He growled dangerously.

Tyson let the boy go, he knew Mark wasnt joking. "I'll have the maid pack his clothes.

Mark watched him leave and bent down in front of the crying boy. "Hey Joey, stop crying, I'm taking you to live with your sister, she's going to love you."

The little boy looked scared and confused. Mark held out his big hands to the boy, he looked at the tattoos on Mark's arms curious. "Wat dat?" He asked still sniffling back tears.

"It's a tattoo."

Joseph nodded."I wike Joey."

"Okay well Joey it is then." Mark said.

Joey walked into Mark's arms and Mark picked him up as the maid come in. "Get his clothes packed quick."

She nodded and scurried about getting the clothes packed in a suitcase, she handed it to Mark and Mark carried the boy downstairs and into the den. "I'll be back tomorrow, with Sammy, have all the papers you need ready."

Tyson nodded and poured another drink. "Fine."

"How old is the boy?" Mark asked.

"He's two and half." Tyson answered and turned away.

Mark turned and left carrying the small boy out to his truck, he knew he needed a car seat, but he would have to get that later, right now he just needed to get the boy home to Sammy and let her know what was going on.

Mark set the boy down for a moment and opened his truck, he set the suitcase in the back and set the boy in the front seat, putting the seat belt around him. "Ready Joey?"

The boy nodded and Mark shut the door, he just hoped he had done the right thing.

Mark knew he had done the right thing, Sammy had crushed her brother to her kissing his little face and then hugged Mark. "Thank you Mark."

"Shorty I wasn't sure what to do , but I knew you would want him out of there, I figured having to keep tabs on your dad's company was a small price to pay to get him away from that jerk."

They watched Scott and Seth playing with the toddler with a set of blocks, Seth thought it was funny that his Uncle was a baby, he was getting a kick out of that.

Sammy looked at Mark who had her hand clasped tightly in his. She loved this big man so much, he was a prince, she was so much in love with him, she didn't really care if he loved her or not, she knew Mark would do anything for her, he took care of her, that was enough.

Mia and Kevin joined them when they got home and Mia was shocked to find out they had a little brother, she hugged Mark and thanked him for his quick thinking and getting the boy out of there , Joey was a little overwhelmed by all the attention, especially when Emma and Toby came in , they thought he was cute and took turns carrying him around, around five, he started crying and ran straight into Mark's arms. "Whats wrong Joey?" Mark asked rocking the small boy.

Kevin and Scott looked at Mark and each other, this was new for him, he seemed so natural with Joey, Mia too was looking at Mark with curiosity, seems their resident grump was becoming a family man without even realizing it.

The little boy just hid his face in Mark's shirt and he stood. "Pup, get your back pack, c'mon Sammy he's had a big day, he's tired."

Sammy smiled, she hugged Mia and Kevin, gave the kids a kiss and gave Scott a hug. "See you guys tomorrow."

Kevin looked at his wife. "Baby girl, you okay?"

Mia knew he was worried about how she was taking the news her dad was dying, she wasn't sure how she was taking it yet. She just nodded and went to get her son, she just wanted to go home.

Mark carried the small boy in the house and Toby followed putting her backpack in the living room. Sammy came in behind them. "I bet he's hungry, I'll start dinner, Toby get busy and get your homework done." Mark said.

Toby sighed and flopped down at the table in the living room pulling her homework out.

Mark set Joey at the table and gave him a small cup of milk and he and Sammy started dinner, Toby came in. "I'm done."

"Okay, you can watch TV till dinners done." Mark said as he put chicken and rice in the oven, Sammy made a salad and threw some rolls in the oven.

"Can I take Joey with me." Toby asked. Sammy nodded. "Sure, just keep an eye on him."

Toby nodded and held out her arms for the toddler. "C'mon Joey, we'll watch cartoons."

The little boy smiled and let Toby carry him from the room.

Mark turned and wrapped his arms around Sammy. "How you holding up?"

Sammy laid her head on Mark chest. "Truthfully I don't know how to feel about dad, I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone, but he's still the same bastard, I don't know."

Mark just held her for a minute. "I'm here for you Sammy."

She nodded, Mark was everything to her, because of him she was living again.

"Toby bedtime." Mark said gathering up Joey to give him a bath. He was going to put the boy in Sammy's bedroom since she wasn't exactly sleeping there anymore.

Toby looked up at Mark, she was playing games on Sammy's PC. "Why it's Friday, I don't have to go to school tomorrow."

Mark stopped. "Did I ask for lip, Pup?"

Toby jumped up. "I hate you." She said and ran from the room. Sammy walked over to Mark. "Mark can you try to be a little less brusque with her, it is Friday night, she's playing quietly?"

Mark sighed. "You're right, I don't mean to be, I'm just not great with kids."

Sammy smiled. "You're just fine with kids, you get better the more you practice, didn't you once say that to me?"

Mark smiled and kissed her. "Yeah I did , I'll go talk to her." He headed down the hall with Joey in tow and stopped in Toby's room, she was sitting on the bed pouting. "Pull your lip in, you can stay up longer, go on and play."

Toby looked up at him. "I got another gold star today."

"Thats great pup, now I have to give Joey a bath, go play." he said and left.

Toby sighed, he just didn't like her no matter what.

Mark put the boy in the bathtub and gave him a bath, he smiled, Joey was a good little kid, he didn't understand Tyson, the poor baby , he was glad he got him out of there, he got the boy out and dried him off, putting a pair of pajamas on him, he combed the boy's curly hair and carried him down the hallway to Sammy's bedroom. "Ready to go to sleep Joey?"

The boy nodded and scooted under the cover. "Night Joey."

"Nite nite ." The boy said, Sammy came and smiled and bent down brushing a kiss on her brother's head. "Nite Sammy."

"Goodnight Joey." She said

Sammy smiled and sat down beside Mark. "Thank you."

Mark put his arms around her hugging her close, he felt so complete with her, he had never felt like this about a woman before, he just hoped Sammy felt the same way he did.