Chapter 27
Port Charles, New York – September 22, 2012
Jason paced around the waiting room, waiting for a doctor to come out and tell him what was happening to Sam. He was worried beyond belief, and he needed something to be right tonight. Nothing had gone as planned and after he had found out Sam had been taken he had found the anger build up in him, until he found her. He wanted to torture the bastard, but he was torn between helping Sam get out of there and that – and Sam won out. Sam would always win out.
''Jason,'' he suddenly heard Carly's voice call out, and when he turned around he saw her walking towards him. She stopped in front of him and hugged him tightly. He wrapped his arms around her and took a couple of deep breaths.
''Carly – she's in with the doctors,'' Jason whispered, and he felt Carly nod.
''I'm sorry, Jason. If I had just called before I should have met her she could've been fine,'' she said softly, and he frowned and pulled back. He looked at her tearstained face and he could see she had been blaming herself all day. He cursed himself for not seeing it sooner, and he shook his head.
''Carly you helped me – when you called I went looking for her and that's because of you. IF you hadn't I would still be looking for Ken – I mean only him, and it wouldn't make a difference if you had called sooner,'' he explained, and when she shook her head he took a deep breath. ''How could you have known, Carly? She's never late and if she is she calls, and when she leaves the house she takes her phone with her,'' he said, and she nodded.
''But I could've called to see how she was doing like I always do,'' she whispered, and he nodded.
''You didn't think I thought of that? But you did what you thought was best, and you did well, please. Carly, please don't blame yourself,'' he whispered, and she nodded.
''Where's Sonny?'' she asked him suddenly, and he looked around. He wasn't surprised to see Sonny gone, because he had some things to take care of.
''I think he went back to see how everything was going,'' Jason replied, and Carly nodded. ''When we arrived at that apartment, Carly – Ken was on top of Sam and she was fighting like crazy – I'm not sure what happened but I know what he wanted to do,'' he whispered, and Carly widened her eyes.
''He didn't – you would know if he did – but she's going to need you either way, Jason,'' Carly replied, and Jason nodded. ''I'm going to see if they know anything,'' she said, and she pointed to one of the nurses. She walked over there and Jason started pacing again. He wanted to know what was going on with Sam, and he wanted to be with her and hold her. She had been brave all this time, acting like she wasn't scared, but he knew she was. And after she felt those pains the act crumbled and she showed him the fear.
''Mr. Morgan – you can come with me now to see your wife,'' a nurse said, and he looked at Carly who smiled at him and he laughed softly. He realized she must've badgered the nurse, and he nodded once to thank her. ''She got something to calm down because she was hysterical. We've managed to calm her down with a sedative that was soft enough for the baby and when she was calm, Dr. Lee did an ultrasound to see what was happening. She was having cramps because of the stress and because she didn't eat all day – and if you want to know more you should go to one of the doctors on her case,'' the nurse said as she showed him the room. He nodded and she opened the door for him, and he walked in. The nurse closed the door behind him, but he didn't even notice it anymore.
Sam was sleeping, and she looked so small in that bed. He walked towards the bed and sat down next to it on the chair. He took her hand, careful not to wake her, and he sighed. He had been worried about her, and still he was, but he felt a little better seeing she was sleeping calmly. He leaned back against the chair and took a deep breath. Jason felt the need to calm down before she woke up, and looking at her did just enough. She had a bruise on her face, but he had seen it before and knew Ken couldn't hurt her again. He knew she would have bruises on her arms, and he didn't think he would be surprised to see bruises on other places. Suddenly she stirred and he sat up at the moment she opened her eyes.
''Jason,'' she whispered, and he took her hand again. She looked at him and smiled, ''I'm so glad to see you,'' she said, and he nodded. She sat up and winced when she felt her foot hurt. ''How's the baby?'' she asked, and he took a deep breath. She took it the wrong way, ''don't tell me I lost it, please,'' she whispered, and tears started rolling over her face. He shook his head and squeezed her hand.
''You didn't loose the baby, you had the cramps due to stress and because you didn't eat all day,'' he told her, and she took a deep breath and wiped away the tears. ''That cut on your foot had to have stitches, and you have some bruises, but otherwise everything is fine,'' he whispered, and she nodded and sighed of relief.
''I was afraid I lost her – when I felt those pains,'' she whispered, and he nodded. ''Ken came in and I was at the door – the bottom scraped over my foot and when I fell it was stuck, but other than that – nothing happened,'' she told him, and he sighed in relief. He didn't know what he thought happened, but he was glad nothing happened.
''You said her,'' he whispered, and she frowned and then widened her eyes. ''About our baby – did Dr. Lee tell you?''
''No – no she didn't, but I don't know – it feels like a girl to me,'' she replied, and he smiled. ''Maybe she can tell us the next appointment,'' she added, and he nodded.
''I'm so glad you're ok,'' he whispered, and she smiled at him. She suddenly scooted a little to the side of the bed and patted next to her.
''Come lie with me, I need to be close to you,'' she whispered, and he shook his head to protest, but she looked at him with puppy eyes, and he couldn't deny this to her. He got up and gently laid down next to her, and he pulled her in his arms. She took a deep breath and smiled. ''You know they told me I was lucky – and I am. I'm lucky to have you, and I'm lucky that this is over now. It is over now, right?''
''It's over. Ken and Deb are both gone, and we will have some peace,'' he replied, and she nodded. ''Why don't you go sleep a little,'' he suggested, and she nodded again and closed her eyes.
''Stay with me,'' she whispered just before she fell asleep, and he nodded. He kissed the top of her head and smiled. He was the lucky one. Lucky to have her.
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Sam woke up again a couple of hours later alone. She looked around the room but there was no one there, and she sighed. She had hoped she could talk to Jason, and she wanted to know what happened while she was gone. She also wanted to see Carly – she felt guilty even though she couldn't have changed anything about it.
Sam threw the covers off and tried to get out of the bed, when the door opened. Carly stood in the doorway with wide eyes. Sam smiled at her and tried to stand on her feet, but the pain in her left foot intensified and she moaned in pain. Carly ran over to her and helped her get back in the bed.
''You need to stay here and don't try to get out, Sam,'' Carly said softly, and Sam nodded and closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them and looked at Carly, she could see the tears in her eyes.
''Hey, what is it?'' she asked, and Carly shook her head.
''I am so sorry I didn't notice this any sooner – I wish I could change everything and I wish I would've called you,'' she whispered, and Sam frowned.
''What good would that have done? Carly, don't blame yourself for this – he grabbed me the night before and I didn't get a chance to do anything – you need to stop,'' she said sternly, and Carly widened her eyes and nodded.
''I'm sorry though. I didn't think he would do something like that,'' she said, and Sam nodded.
''We all didn't think he would do something like this, but he did, and now it's over, so stop this,'' she replied, and Carly laughed softly and nodded. ''So, how are you? I hear you called Jason when I was supposed to meet you, so you actually helped me right,'' Sam said, and Carly shrugged.
''I was worried because you're never late. And when Jason called me an hour later and told me to come over to Sonny's, he told me you were taken and I wanted to kill the bastard myself. Jason didn't let me come though,'' Carly said, and Sam nodded with a smile. ''They thought you were at some warehouse but you weren't there, and they found out you were at Ken's apartment. Crazy right? But anyway, Jason had been looking for you all the time and when he finally found you, you know the rest,'' she said, and Sam nodded.
''I remember that – Ken said he used some of the stuff from Deb to let me forget, but I do remember a lot from it – I remember what happened to my foot but not what happened to my face though,'' she said, and Carly nodded. ''But somehow I think I don't have to remember what happened to know,'' she added, and Carly smiled.
''It's over now, Sam. I'm so glad it's over,'' she said, and Sam smiled and took her hand.
''You know we still have to have lunch,'' she said jokingly, and Carly laughed. ''And Jason and I still have that dinner together,'' she added, and Carly nodded.
''I was thinking of helping you with that – you two need more than just one night together to make up for the time lost,'' she replied, and Sam nodded in agreement. ''So once you get out of here I will help you set up something – or maybe I will do it all myself,'' Carly said, and she kissed Sam on her cheek before she turned around and walked out of the room, leaving Sam to stare at the door in confusion.
A couple of minutes later Jason reappeared, and she smiled at him as he stepped in the room. ''I know you don't like staying here and I know you are pretty much sick of this place after all the time you spent here before, but I couldn't get them to agree with me,'' he said, and she frowned. ''I tried and tried to get them to release you, but they wouldn't listen to me, I'm sorry,'' he added, and she smiled.
''It's ok, Jason. I don't mind staying here tonight,'' she said softly, and he sighed and nodded. The door opened and Monica walked in with a smile. ''Hey,'' Sam said, and Monica came to kiss her on her cheek.
''You brought my son back and I can't thank you enough. Now I got you to get released when I heard Jason begging the doctors for it, and Dr. Lee is coming in to check on the baby one last time before you leave,'' she told Sam, and Sam and Jason both widened their eyes and smiled.
''Thank you mom,'' Jason whispered, and Sam could see the tears in Monica's eyes when she heard him call her mom. She smiled at Monica and when Monica turned around Jason hugged her tightly. ''I didn't know what you said to Patrick and Dr. Lee, but I'm grateful,'' he added, and Monica nodded and smiled.
''I just know how much you both hate it to be here, and I can understand why you would want to leave,'' she replied, and then she sighed. ''I need to get back to work, but I will see you tomorrow for your checkup with Dr. Drake, Sam,'' she said, and then she left the room. Jason smiled at Sam and walked over to her to kiss her.
''I love you,'' he said softly, and she closed her eyes and smiled.
''I love you too,'' she replied, and then the door opened again and Dr. Lee walked in. She smiled at Jason and looked at Sam.
''I cam here because of the head – she really was stern today,'' she said with a wink, and Sam smiled. ''See, doing this again today and I heard you wanted to know what it was?''
''We do,'' Jason replied simply, and Dr. Lee nodded and smiled. She gestured to Sam to open the gown, and when Sam did Jason walked over to her and took her hand. Dr. Lee squeezed some gel on Sam's stomach, and she put the wand on it. She moved it around a little and smiled.
''Everything looks just fine. I'm sure now that the cramps were from stress and not eating – you need to keep an eye out though, because I don't want this happening again. The baby is showing off,'' she added, and then she raised her eyebrow questionably, and when both Sam and Jason nodded she smiled again and said, ''congratulations, parents – you're expecting a little girl,'' she told them, and Sam smiled as her eyes filled with tears.
''Thank you,'' she whispered, and she looked up at Jason who was just as emotional as Sam. ''Thank you, Jason. For giving me the chance to do this with you – I love you so much,'' she said, and he smiled.
''I love you too,'' he said, ''now let's get you home.''
