Chapter 14:
Sam and Jason were sitting on the couch when there was a knock at the door. Jason rose to open it and Sam leaned forward to see who it was.
''Jason, I need to talk to Sam, is—'' Carly stopped when she saw Sam sitting on the couch, and walked over to her. ''Can you leave us alone for a minute Jason?'' Jason nodded and walked out the door, closing it behind him.
''You have been hiding something, Sam, and I want to know, right now.''
''Come on, Carly. You don't get to barge in and demand me to tell you what I have been hiding..'' Sam said with a raised eyebrow.
''Tell me!'' Carly yelled.
''No. You have no right! Get the hell out of here!'' Sam yelled back. Carly grabbed her wrist.
''You are going to tell me right now!'' she pulled Sam up, and Sam tried to get her wrist out of Carly's hand, but she couldn't.
''Get off of me,'' she said. ''I warn you..'' Carly didn't, and Sam pushed her. Now, she had to let go, and she stumbled back. She gazed at Sam, and Sam backed out.
''You are such a bitch, you know that? You don't have the right to demand me to tell you anything, and here you are, doing just that. You know what Carly, I've had enough of you. Get out. Get out!'' Carly looked at her one more time and then left.
When Jason came back in, he saw Sam sitting with her head in her hands.
''Sam.. What happened?'' he asked her. He sat down next to her.
''Carly happened. She demanded to know what was going on, she wanted to know what I was hiding. I tell you, Jason, I hate that woman. I know she is your best friend and all, but I can't stand her.'' She rubbed her wrist, and Jason saw.
''Did she hurt you?'' Sam shook her head.
''No she didn't, why?'' he pointed at her wrist, and she looked at it, seeing she was rubbing it. ''Oh.. Just a reaction I think.'' Jason wrapped his arms around her, and she leaned into him.
''Listen.. Sam.. we need to talk,'' Jason said. He was nervous, but telling her how he felt was best.
''About what?'' she looked at him, saw he was nervous. ''What is it Jason?''
''I.. I don't want you to get upset. I just need to tell you something.''
''Ok, tell me,'' Sam replied. Jason nodded.
''I have been talking with Sonny about the whole situation with Manny. And I told him about the.. rape..'' he saw Sam flinch. ''I'm sorry. I just feel so guilty, I wasn't there to help you, to save you. I hate to think what happened. It was all my fault and I'm sorry,'' he finished.
''Jason.. this whole thing with Manny raping me isn't your fault. He followed us to Hawaii, you couldn't have known that. And you certainly couldn't have known he was going to do something like this. Please, don't blame yourself for what happened.'' She wiped away the tears that rolled down her cheeks and kissed Jason. ''Listen.. this whole thing with Manny is something I want to forget. The police is on it, and they will find him. You need to stop blaming yourself for what happened to me. It is all on Manny. Ok?'' Jason nodded, and he hugged her tight. After that, he held her in his arms.
''Thank you Sam,'' he said. ''For saying that.'' They sat there for a while, and then Sam sat up.
''You want me to order some take out?'' Jason nodded, and Sam called for Chinese.
''I'm going to take a shower, ok?'' Jason nodded again, giving her a kiss before she went upstairs.
When Sam came back down, the food was already there, and Jason had set it out. Sam sat down on the floor in front of the couch, and Jason came to sit next to her.
''Well, this is nice,'' she said. ''Here, you take the beer, I will.. drink some water.'' She gave him the beer and stood up to get some water. She came back with a bottle of water and sat down again.
''You certainly were hungry,'' Jason said with a smile when they had finished their meal.
''Yeah.. I just don't know, maybe because I didn't eat enough today,'' she replied. He smiled. They cleaned the table, putting the leftovers in the fridge. Jason made a fire in the fireplace and they sat down on the couch, enjoying a nice evening with just the two of them.
''You know, lately we haven't have enough time for each other. We really need to change that.''
''Yes, we do, and I intent on doing everything I can for us to spend more time together like this,'' Jason replied. After a little while Sam fell asleep in Jason's arms and he carried her up to the bedroom. She was already ready for bed, so he took his pants and his shirt of and joined her, and soon he fell asleep too.