Chapter 29

"How in the hell did you idiots let her get away? You had one job to do and you couldn't even get that done right!" Sandoval yelled at his guard that returned from the docks. There wasn't the right word to describe exactly what he was feeling, pissed would be an understatement. He expected his two men to grab Sam and bring her back to him, not to see one of his own men in a body bag. As soon as his man came back, he explained the situation that happened down by the docks. He explained while he was holding a gun on Sam, the other guard had one of Corinthos' men. But something went wrong and one of them winded up dead. He purposely left out that one of the kids that Sam was with lunged at him causing the gun to knock out of his hands. He didn't want his boss to know that he was overpowered by some teenaged boy.

"Look boss, I don't know what happened, we had everything under control and then the next second all hell broke loose. I'm sorry."

"You're sorry? Thanks to your stupid mistakes one of my men are dead, and if you don't get out of my face in the next ten seconds, you will be dead as well!" Sandoval waved off his guard. He thought about shooting him, but being in Port Charles, he didn't have enough man power with him, they were still in Puerto Rico. He had only brought a handful of them here with him, he hadn't planned on staying long. But when he saw the beautiful Samantha, all plans were changed.

"Would you like me to intervene?" Sanchez asked his boss after the scared guard ran off.

"You might as well. Did you make sure the cleaning crew handled everything?"

"Yes boss, the place looks like it's never been touched."

"Good." He nodded than sat back down in his chair. "I want her found Jose, and I want her here with me. Maybe it's time to get our good friend Mr. D.A. to help us. Find him and bring him to me."

"It would be my pleasure." Sanchez smiled as he walked out of his boss' office.

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As soon as they dropped the boys off at Carly's, Jason and Sam were bombarded with questions. She wouldn't let them leave until they had explained every single detail that happened that day. Jason then proceeded to add that he would have extra guards patrolling her house to make sure that everyone was safe. On their way to Sonny's, Sam explained to Jason what Morgan said about her marriage to Sonny, to say that Jason was shocked was an understatement, he didn't know what would possess Sonny to tell his kid that. The topic of his medication was brought up again, but neither Sam nor Jason knew what to do about it or how to even address the issue.

An hour later they found their way back to Greystone where they found Sonny over at the bar pouring himself a drink. It seemed like that was where he spent most of his time at the house. Sam quickly wondered if it was the alcohol mixing with his meds that was causing these weird mood swings with Sonny, but she pushed the thought away knowing that Sonny wasn't a drunk, he occasionally drank one glass or two a day and it was usually towards the end of the day to wind down. Being the mob boss, dealing with the Sandoval's, and worse dealing with Carly, she could hardly blame him for wanting to feel numb by the end of the night.

"What happened? Are you ok? I just spoke with Carly and she told about you and my boys getting attacked. Do you know who they were?" Sonny jumped them with question after question as soon as he saw them walk through the door. In truth, ever since he talked to Carly he was extremely worried about Sam, he knew that she along with Max and Milo would protect the boys with everything they had, but who was going to protect his wife. Seeing her walk in put a hug smile on his face, but taking in her disheveled appearance, his smile faded into a look of concern. He barely noticed Jason standing behind her as he made his way to Sam and took a hold of her hand leading her to the couch.

An eerie silence filled the room, Jason was standing over by the door a little shocked at Sonny's demeanor and concern, he was feeling a little uneasy at seeing Sonny's hand holding on to hers while his thumb stroked the back of her hand. That was something Jason always did, it usually calmed her down as well as himself when they were both feeling agitated at times. Granted today has been a hectic day, Sam was attacked and nearly kidnapped along with Michael and Morgan, but seeing Sonny gently stroking Sam's hand and the look of concern and adoration radiating out of his eyes, pissed him off more than anything else. Jason knew how to deal with a threat, simple, shoot them between the eyes, but he didn't know how to deal with his best friend, mob boss, and employer's mood swings due to a possibility that he isn't taking his medication, lusting after his fiancé. Sure she was currently his wife, but it was just temporary, Jason knew that, Sam knew that, but Jason wasn't so sure if Sonny knew that, especially since the way he is currently acting at the moment.

Sam's voice broke the silence as she recounted the day's events to Sonny. She apologized profusely for Michael and Morgan being in danger and she swore up and down that she wouldn't let anything happen to them. Jason could see a smile on Sonny's face as she mentioned how much she would protect and love those boys as if they were her own. He felt a slight stab of guilt wash over him at the fact that she can't children of her own, but he had to smile as well as she talked about how she would protect them with her life. Not that it would ever come down to it, he just needed to make sure that he talked to the guards to be more alert and on the ball. This can never happen again, especially since they didn't know the threat. Jason would bet money on it that it was the Sandoval's but Sam wasn't so sure.

"So who do you think they were?" Jason's head shot up to Sonny's at hearing him first address him that night. Jason shot a quick glance to their joined hands and then looked back up to Sonny.

"I don't know." Jason started as he walked further into the room, standing behind Sam, he placed his hand on her shoulder. Seeing her remove her hands from Sonny's and place them on Jason's hand on her shoulder, Jason relaxed a little. Her touch brought him warmth and comfort and he would relish in it. "I think it might be the Sandoval's."

"But Jason, after what happened at the office, it might just be a really pissed off client." Sam piped in not wanting them to jump to conclusions.

"What happened at the office?" Sonny asked a little pissed off that Sam removed her hand from his and a little concerned that something had happened to her.

"Nothing, it was no big deal." Sam said seeing Sonny's body tense up a bit. "One of my clients thought her husband was cheating on her, I brought her proof, and the husband didn't like that much. He attacked me at the office, but don't worry, Jagger came in and saved me." Now she felt Jason tense up behind at the mention of the cop's name. 'Oh geez.'

"Where were you?" Sonny through an accusation as he looked up at Jason.

"Jason was there, I called him and he came right away. Nothing happened, it's over and done with." Sam defended her fiancé not missing the glare that Jason returned to Sonny.

Sonny looked back down at Sam and softened up his look. "Sam, you need to be more careful next time, please, I don't want to lose you." Seeing her confused look, Sonny added more to cover up his omission. "I don't want to lose your friendship, it means a lot to me, you know that, we are like family." He was happy to see her and Jason relax. The last he wanted was for them to know exactly how he felt about her.

The tension was cut by the ringing of Jason's cell phone. Answering, he kept his eye on Sonny. "Yeah…. Are you sure?... Nothing was found?... Fine, sweep the area, make sure nothing comes back to Sam and Milo, they both pretty much emptied their clips at them… Good, I'm on my way." Jason hung up and then looked to Sam. "That was the cleaning crew, they didn't find a body, but the area was clean, no blood, no traces that anyone was there. I'm going to head over there now to make sure that everything is clean and then I'll be back. Will you be ok?"

Standing up, Sam wrapped her arms around Jason's waist as she laid her head on his chest to listen to his heart beating. That was something she always loved to do, it made their love all more real when she felt his heart beat for her, something he told her at one time. 'My heart is always yours and it beats only for you.' She smiled at the memory even though this was a tense situation. "Just be careful, I'll be ok."

He leaned down and placed a soft kiss to her head. "Are you going anywhere?"

Pulling back but not away, Sam looked up into his soft blue eyes. "I have plans with Alexis and the girls."

Leaning down further, he placed a soft sweet kiss to her lips. "Ok, take the guards with you."

"Jason, I don't need them."

"Sam, please just humor me just for tonight, I want them to patrol the lake house to make sure that your family is taken care of." Jason knew that if he pulled the family card that she would give in.

He didn't play fair. "Fine, but they stay there, I don't need them following me around all over Port Charles."

"Deal." He said than kissed her again, this time deeper. A part of him felt guilty that he was marking his territory in front of Sonny, but he needed him to understand, that Sam belonged to him, only him. "I'll see you tonight." With that, Jason walked out.

Sam swung her gaze to Sonny sitting on the couch. "Did that seem a little easy to you, that Jason would agree like that? I thought that he was going to put up more of a fight."

"Maybe he finally sees that you are more than capable to take care of yourself. I've seen it, I have faith in you."

"Thank you Sonny, I appreciate that." She told him as she added her dazzling smile.

Excitement coursed through him seeing her face light up as he complimented her. He loved when she smiled, he loved when she laughed, and he loved when he saw her in action. His eyes darkened up a bit when he remembered her bent over the coffee table, strapping a knife to her leg, and then his thoughts quickly shifted to seeing her in the corset in her bedroom. He loved seeing her action, but which action turned him on more he wasn't so sure, he just loved it all and he wanted it all. He decided to turn the charm up a notch as he flashed his dimples. "Would you like me to make you some dinner? Just the two of us."

"Umm, no thanks, I'm supposed to go to the lake house to see Alexis and my sisters, thanks anyways." Sam said as she backed away towards the door, she didn't like Sonny suggestion of just the two of them having dinner. In face she wasn't comfortable at all with Sonny that night, first his over the top concern, then him stroking her hand with his thumb that she tried to remove a number of times, and now his suggestion of just the two of them having dinner. She had to get away and get away fast.

"Would you like me to join you, we can make it a family thing."

'Family, what the hell is he talking about?' Speaking of family, Sam stopped in her tracks at the mention of the word. "Actually Sonny, there is something I wanted to talk to you about?"

"Anything?" He said a little too eager.

Sam chose to ignore his eagerness for them to talk and spend more time together. "Why did you tell Morgan about this marriage? We were only supposed to keep this between us, especially since the kids weren't supposed to know, I mean even Ric knew to not say anything, why would you tell him Sonny?" She didn't mean for it to sound so accusatory but she couldn't help it.

Sonny's smile quickly faded, he didn't mean to upset Sam, he never wanted to be the source that made her upset. "Sam, I'm so sorry, it just slipped up." Sonny stood from the couch and made his way towards her causing her to step back a few feet.

"How could it just slip? You are a mob boss for goodness sake, secrets are your life, how could you let this happen?"

"Please, I'm sorry, I'll talk to Morgan, I'll make sure he doesn't say anything, please don't be mad at me, please Sam, I can't take it to see you hurt because of me, please." Sonny pleaded almost to the point of begging, he would gladly do that if that is what it took for his wife to forgive him. His wife, his beautiful sexy wife.

Shocked was the only thing that could describe the look on Sam's face to see plead and beg for her forgiveness. She was upset but by no means did that warrant for Sonny to beg for her forgiveness. Clearly something was wrong. "Sonny are you ok?"

What happened next not only stunned her into silence but made her jump back towards the door even further at Sonny's words. "WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP ASKING ME THAT!? Of course I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?" Now Sam felt not only uncomfortable by Sonny's actions, she was a bit afraid as well at his outburst only to quickly turn to nothing as she watched walk over towards the kitchen. "Well, I guess I can start on dinner, you sure you won't stay?" He asked in a sweet kind gentle voice, completely 180 from his earlier tone.

"Ummm, uhhh, no thanks, I should….umm really get going." Quickly she turned and practically ran out the door, pulling out her cell phone and dialing Jason's number.

"Hey. You ok?" He answered right away. He was probably still worried about her, that brought a small smile to her face.

"Yeah, but we need to talk about Sonny." Sam talked as she was climbing in her car to drive off. "Something is off Jason, I don't know what it is but we need to do something fast before he hurts himself."

"Why? What happened?" Jason was now on high alert.

"I asked him if he was ok and he just blew up at me, then not five seconds later he was all sweet and gentle talked about cooking dinner life Betty fucking Crocker. He is either high or crazy and I wouldn't be surprised if it was a little bit of both."

"Did he hurt you?"

"No, no, I just don't know what's wrong with him."

"I'll ask the guards see if they know anything, just make sure that you are never alone with Sam, I don't what's wrong with him but something is definitely up and I don't want you to get hurt."

"I don't think he will hurt me Jason, come on, you know Sonny would never lay a hand on a woman."

"I would agree if he was acting normal, but he's not acting like himself, I don't know what he'll do. Please, just be careful around him."

"I will, I'll see you tonight, love you."

"Love you too."

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Knocking on the door to the lake house Sam looked through the glass door to see Alexis making her way over. "Hi sweetheart." Alexis smiled as she pulled Sam into a hug.

"Hi mom, how are you?" Sam pulled out of the hug and followed her mother over to the couch.

"Good, you?" Alexis said sitting down but not missing the slump in her oldest daughter's shoulders.

Before Sam could answer, she heard her sister calling her name. "Sam! We've missed you." Molly said excited to see her big sister as she ran in for a hug.

"I've missed you too. So how is Miss Molly doing? How is school going for you?" Smiling brightly at her little sister, this is what she needed, after a horrific day this was her medication, family time.

"It's great, I took a Shakespeare class this year, I'm so excited, I just adore his writing and his tales of woe. Romeo and Juliet is my favorite, I could definitely see you and Jason fitting the roles except for the whole dying thing, but it's terribly romantic, two star crossed lovers…."

Her rambling was something that they had in common that they picked up from Alexis. Kristine was more quiet and reserved, but Molly was just like a miniature Sam without the whole destructive streak.

"…. I'm so glad you came, we haven't spent a lot of time together, I was hoping that maybe we can go shopping together or something."

Now it was Sam's turn to talk. "That's wonderful sweety, and shopping sounds great."

"Ok, just call me and we can make plans, but I really need to get back to my homework, I'm just really happy to see you." Molly said as she went in for another big hug.

"I'm really happy to see you too Miss Molly." Sam held on a little longer then let her go watching her sister skip to her room. "Where's Kristina?" Sam turned to Alexis smiling at the interaction between her daughters.

"She is at a study group session."

"How is she doing?"

"She seems to be doing fine, she seems to be more open now about her feelings."

"That's great."

Alexis noticed the slump return to Sam's shoulders as she watched her look down and play with her fingers. "Sam, is there something wrong? Did something happen with Jason? With Sonny?"

Giving a quick glance so that Molly wasn't in site Sam turned back to Alexis. "No, not with Jason."

"With Sonny then?"

"I don't know, have you noticed any weird behaviors from him lately?"

"Like what?"

"Just mood swings, off the wall emotions, stuff like that."

"I haven't seen Sonny in a while. What do you think is going on?"

"I don't know, maybe I'm just overreacting… nothing, it's no big deal."

Alexis was about to press the issue but a movement outside caught her attention. "Sam, is someone else with you?"

Turning behind her and then back at Alexis, Sam knew it was time to explain the situation. "Yes, there are guards patrolling the area."

"Why?"

Letting out a sigh, Sam prepared herself for what was to come next after she told her mother the story. "I was taking Michael and Morgan boating when we were attacked by some guys."

"What!? What did they want?"

"I don't know." Sam chose to not tell her about them wanting Sam, she chose to leave that information out knowing her overprotective and overbearing mother. "But the situation was handled and Jason just wanted the guys to make sure it was safe."

"Is there something going on that I should know about, another mob war perhaps."

Sam didn't miss the accusatory tone in Alexis' voice, of course she was going to blame everything on Jason, Sam was not surprised. "We don't know, it could be one of my unhappy clients or something that attacked me at my office the other day."

"What!?" Sam cringed hearing Alexis, she totally forgot that her mother had no idea what happened and the last thing she wanted was to scare her.

"It's ok, nothing happened, a husband of a client of mine was not too happy with me that I found proof that he was cheating on his wife, the cops were there, Jason was there, everything is ok."

"Clearly it's not, if you were attacked again today. What the hell is going on Sam, are you safe?"

"Jason is looking into it, please don't worry."

"Of course I'm going to worry, you are my daughter and I love you. I may not agree with your relationship with Jason but I know that you are only happy with him and that's all I want, is for you to be happy and safe and I know that Jason can give that to you."

"Thanks mom, that really means a lot." Sam couldn't help the tears that formed as she went in to hug her mother. "I love you."

"Be safe and I love you too my daughter." Alexis had the same tears as well. They have had a bumpy ride together when they were complete strangers and even more bumpy ride as mother and daughter, but no matter what Alexis loved her eldest with all her heart, the same as she did with her other two daughters.