"So you see Samantha," Tony said as she watched her parents. "Lives are depending on you." He flipped a switch and the image of her parents disappeared.
Sami looked devastated for a moment before whirling on him. "You bastard!" she seethed. "You're a fuckin' coward, threatening people because you don't want to do your own dirty work!"
He merely shrugged. "I hardly see why I should when I have people perfectly capable of helping me. Like you."
"What the hell do you want from me?"
"I will be sending you to Europe shortly to look up some of my father's associates. They each have something I need."
"And you want me to get it?" She looked at him like he was crazy, which she figured he was.
"As Bart has pointed out to me, some men have a 'thing' for a beautiful blonde. And you, Sami dear, fit that description."
She seethed. "You want me to play whore to some bastard to get what you want? I don't think so."
"I'm not saying you sleep with them. Just use your wiles, drug them and get what I need."
"Fuck you!"
Tony was quick. He was in front of her and holding her chin in a painful grip forcing her to look at his face. "I am tired of your mouth. You will do as I say or Lucas, your son and your parents die. Do you understand me?"
Angry tears filled her eyes. "Yes," she hissed.
He released her. "Good. Take her back to her room."
"Wait. I want to see my parents. In person."
"I'm afraid not."
"Damn it Tony! I can't be sure my parents are still alive. That could have been a tape from when you held them on that island hell-hole."
"No."
"I'll still do whatever you say. And it's not like the three of us can overpower all your freakin' goons."
He pinched his nose. Somehow he knew she wouldn't give up. "Fine," he growled. "I suppose if it's the only way you will shut up."
Bart and two guards led her out of the room and back down the hallway. They stopped at a door halfway down the corridor from her room.
Bart unlocked the door and held it open for Sami.
She entered expectantly and tears filled her eyes when she saw them. "Mommy? Daddy?"
TBC…