Chapter 25

Port Charles, New York – September 21, 2012

Ken was grateful to finally be out – and he was planning on revenge for Jason and Sam for putting him in that place. He had thought Deb was crazy, and he still thought that way but with everything that has happened he still loved her, and he had heard some inmates talk about Jason Morgan killing her. There was no proof for that, but he knew it was true. Jason would kill Deb in a heartbeat, and Ken knew that.

Jason had killed Deb and Ken knew what to do to get Jason to loose his mind. He would have to plan it before he would get it right, but he would take Sam away from him and then he would kill him. As he walked out of the PCPD where he had been held for the time passed, he started forming a plan in his mind.

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Sam stood in the kitchen and sighed when she thought about Jason. He had been gone all day yesterday, and he left again early this morning. She had missed him last night and again when she woke up this morning. She knew he was going over everything with Sonny, and he had missed a lot while he was gone, but he didn't have to do it all in one day. There was a knock on the door and she walked to open it, and when she saw Carly on the other side she smiled.

''Good morning – I was calling you but you didn't pick up so I thought I'd stop by,'' Carly said, and Sam widened her eyes and then sighed again.

''I left my phone upstairs – Jason is really busy and I just got out of bed so yeah, sorry,'' she replied, and Carly nodded. Sam stepped aside and Carly walked past her inside.

''I was thinking maybe we could go shopping, because you need some new clothes – you don't seem to wear any anymore, because you don't fit in them,'' Carly said, and Sam frowned. Carly was right, but she hadn't thought about going shopping yet because of what was happening. ''I mean you wear clothes, but you can only wear those sweatpants lately and I know you don't like that,'' Carly rambled on, and Sam smiled.

''Why don't you let me get dressed and I'll go with you to shop for clothes,'' she replied, and Carly sighed and nodded with a smile. Sam walked up the stairs and took a quick shower, brushed her teeth and did her hair. She put it in a ponytail and smiled when she saw Carly was right. She could only wear those sweatpants because she had a belly – she loved to see it because it meant her baby was growing.

When she came down the stairs Carly was pacing around, and she could see the look of shock on her friends face. ''What happened, Carly?'' she asked, alarmed by the way Carly frowned up at her.

''Ken is out and Sonny believes he is going to get revenge on you and Jason,'' she replied, and Sam sighed. She knew it would happen eventually, and she looked at Carly and walked down the remainder of the steps.

''Don't worry – Jason has guards on me all the time and I know Sonny has them on you too, so we'll be safe with the shopping trip,'' she reassured Carly, and Carly nodded and sighed.

''Well then, let's go, we need to go and get you some decent clothes,'' Carly said with a smile, and Sam laughed softly. ''And maybe we can buy some toys too, I love to buy toys,'' Carly mumbled, and Sam nodded.

''Let's go,'' she said, and they walked out of the penthouse, ready to go shopping.

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Jason looked up at the building and sighed. He knew he needed to go in and talk to Lucky, but he didn't feel like it. He took a deep breath and stepped in, and smiled when he saw Lucky frowning.

''Lucky,'' he called, and Lucky looked at him and sighed. ''Hey, I'm here on a business matter,'' Jason said, and Lucky nodded.

''What is it?'' he asked, and Jason sighed. ''Jason, I don't have a lot of time – we had one of the prisoners go out today and we need to keep an eye on him for today,'' he said, and Jason nodded.

''I think that's what I want to talk about. Ken is the one who got out today and I'm worried about him going after Sam,'' he said, and Lucky nodded.

''We've got that under control so don't worry. Is there something else?''

''Yeah – I want to know what you are doing to make sure he doesn't do anything,'' Jason said, and Lucky nodded.

''Well, there is a cop on him and is following him to his apartment right now, and when he leaves that cop will follow him. When he gets in close proximity of Sam or anyone else we make sure he doesn't do anything – I also know you have guards on Sam so I don't see the need to worry,'' he told Jason, and Jason nodded.

''Thank you for telling me – I need to get back now, thanks for your time,'' Jason said, and he walked out of the PCPD. He was glad Lucky had decided it was ok to tell him about Ken, because if he hadn't he had just found another way to see what the PCPD did to make sure nothing happened. He still wasn't really relaxed about all of this, but he knew Sam was safe for the time being. He took his phone out of his pocket and called her to see how she was doing.

''Hello,'' he heard her say, and he smiled and sighed in relief.

''Hey – I called to see how you were doing,'' he said, and she laughed softly.

''I'm doing great – am shopping with Carly for some clothes seeing as I don't fit in any of mine – and Carly is showing me some stores where we could get the best baby stuff,'' she told him, and he smiled.

''That's great – listen. I was thinking about it and I wanted to do something, just the two of us, tomorrow,'' he said, and then he added, ''I cant tonight, but I want to show you how much you mean to me.''

''You do that every day, Jase – but I'm fine with doing something with you – if you promise to turn off your phone,'' she said, and he smiled.

''Sure, I'm willing to do that,'' he replied, and she mumbled something.

''Sure – that's something to begin with. I've missed you today – and yesterday – so you better make it up to me tomorrow,'' she said, and he smiled.

''I will – tomorrow night is all about us. I'll be late tonight too, I'm sorry but there are some things I need to take care of and Sonny wants it happened before we go after Ken,'' he said softly, and he heard Sam sigh.

''Sure, I won't wait up for you. Jason, I've got to go, I'll see you soon – I love you,'' she said, and before he could reply she had disconnected the line. He smiled and frowned after that, he didn't like when she did that but he could understand. He shrugged and made his way to his car. He had to go over to Sonny again to discuss what would happen tonight – they were planning on finding out what really happened between Deb and Alcazar, and they wanted to know what they had against Sam.

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Sam sank down on the couch after they had come home to the penthouse and sighed. She was glad to sit down for a moment, and she heard Carly sigh too.

''You wore me out, Carly,'' Sam said softly, and she heard Carly laugh.

''I'm sorry – I wore myself out,'' she replied, and Sam smiled. She looked at Carly and saw she was sitting on the chair with her eyes closed. ''You know, I'm glad we went to go shopping because it took our minds off of the situation, but I don't think I can lift a finger anymore,'' she told Sam, and Sam nodded. She felt the same way.

''Same here – I don't think I will have to get new clothes the next time I get pregnant though – I have like a full closet of those,'' she sighed, and Carly laughed.

''You didn't want to choose between them – you could've had half of what you have now,'' Carly replied, and Sam laughed again.

''I know – did I tell you about Jason's phone call?'' she asked, and when Carly shook her head she smiled. ''He called me to ask me out – I mean, not out I guess, but to spend the night together tomorrow,'' she added, and Carly opened her eyes and smiled.

''He's romantic – but he did leave you to fend for yourself the last two days,'' she said, and Sam smiled.

''He didn't have a choice but I didn't care,'' she replied, ''still don't,'' she added, and smiled again. She missed him, that was for sure, but she didn't mind him being away if that meant they could spend more time together tomorrow. She knew how Sonny's mind worked, and she knew he would let Jason take some time before everything they had planned would have to be acted out. After tonight they would have at least a couple of days of nothingness, and she looked forward to it.

''I need to get going,'' Carly suddenly said, and Sam nodded and got up. ''I'll see you tomorrow,'' she added, and when Sam raised her eyebrows she smiled. ''Just for the lunch we agreed, Sam,'' she said, and Sam nodded.

''No, I just wanted to check with you again,'' she said, and Carly nodded and laughed. ''I'll see you tomorrow,'' Sam said, and she hugged Carly. Carly walked out of the door and smiled – Sam knew she was thinking about tomorrow.

''Have fun by the way – I case I forget it tomorrow,'' she said, and Sam laughed.

''As if you would forget,'' she said, and Carly shrugged. Carly would remember all about tomorrow night and would badger her about it the day after. Sam waved and closed the door as Carly stepped in the elevator, and sank down on the couch. She laid down and closed her eyes, and before she knew it she was out like a light.

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Jason looked at Sonny with a frown and sighed. ''Sonny, please let me just go with Sam tomorrow night,'' he begged, and Sonny shook his head. Jason couldn't believe his eyes, and he growled. Sonny wanted him to go after Ken tomorrow night, because they couldn't really find anything on any of the people who had been or were after Sam. Jason knew Sam had conned men in the past and he figured it was someone she had conned, but he wanted to know who sent them.

''Jason, you know it's best if we take care of this right away because he could go after Sam. I need you to be first – I need you to be a step ahead of him,'' he said, and Jason closed his eyes.

''Damn it Sonny,'' he snapped, finally giving in to his anger and disappointment, ''you know what this means to Sam and me – we haven't had a night together in almost a year, and I promised her I would be there,'' he added, and Sonny shrugged. ''We also talked about me leaving – I will be out after I take care of Ken,'' he said softly, and Sonny nodded. Before Jason had gone after Alcazar that night, he had told Sonny he would be out. Out of the business forever. He wanted to take over the coffee business and go legal, and Sonny had agreed with it.

''Just do this for me and you get the coffee business and we will not have to have this anymore,'' Sonny said, and Jason nodded.

''The last time Sonny. This is the last time you can order me to break my promise to Sam, because I'm really getting tired of it. I didn't see Sam for over 6 months, and then I didn't remember her. I broke her all because of this business,'' he snapped, and he got up. ''Before I go out tonight – again, for you – I'm going home to tell Sam I'm going to have to break my promise,'' he added, and Sonny nodded and looked down. Jason knew he was harsh against Sonny, but he didn't care. He was pissed at him. He walked out of the office and drove himself home.

Arriving home he smiled when he saw Sam sleeping on the couch, and he hated to wake her but he didn't have a lot of time before he had to go again. ''Sam,'' he whispered, and he brushed a lock of hair out of her face. She stirred and opened her eyes, and he smiled at her. She widened her eyes and wrapped her arms around him as she laid there, and he smiled and hugged her tight.

''I didn't think I would see you until tomorrow night,'' she whispered, and he sighed and nodded.

''I have to tell you something,'' he said, and he could feel her tense up and pull back.

''You can't make it tomorrow night,'' she said, and he nodded. ''Damn it, why not?'' she said frustrated.

''I'm sorry, but Sonny asked me to take care of Ken tomorrow night because he doesn't want you in trouble and I agree – but I hate to break another promise,'' he whispered, and she nodded and closed her eyes.

''It's ok. We're going to have enough nights together after this is all over,'' she said, and he nodded and kissed her. ''I take it you have to go again?''

''I'm sorry,'' he said and he nodded. ''I need to go and I don't think I will be home until tomorrow night after I've taken care of Ken,'' he added, and she nodded.

''I didn't expect anything else. I will see you tomorrow night then,'' she said, and she opened her eyes again. She looked at him and smiled gently. ''Take care,'' she said, ''because I don't think I can handle loosing you again,'' she added, and he nodded.

''I will. I love you,'' he whispered, and she nodded.

''I love you too,'' she told him, and he got up and walked out of the penthouse. Again he cursed Sonny for pulling him away from Sam, because he hadn't seen her in two days and he would have to wait for another day to hold her in his arms. He stepped in his car and drove away.

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It was hours later, and Sam woke up with a start. She had fallen asleep after Jason had left again, and she wondered if he had even been here. He had told her he couldn't make it tonight, and she sighed when she remembered the look on his face telling her that. Suddenly she heard something, and she realized it was the same thing she woke up from. She frowned and listened intensely, and when she heard it again she jumped up. She walked over to the kitchen, to see where it was coming from. When she didn't see anything in the kitchen she went upstairs and looked in every room, but she didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

She walked back downstairs and looked at the front door, but it was still closed. She shrugged and sighed, but before she could turn around a hand slipped over her mouth, and she felt herself being pulled back against a hard chest. She struggled, but to no avail, because the person behind her was stronger than she was.

''I've been waiting for this moment,'' she heard him whisper in her ear, and she knew it was Ken. ''I'm sorry I have to do this,'' he said, but he didn't sound sorry. She felt a prick in her neck and widened her eyes.

''No don't…'' her voice faded as the room did, and everything went black.