That's right! I'm baaaaaaacccck! I can hear the applause from here. LOL!

Sorry it's been so long and I hope you guys haven't forgotten about this.

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Chapter 38

Sami rushed in to hug her twin.

"Oh god! Eric," she sobbed into his shirt as she held onto him tightly.

"Sami," Eric whispered. "God, I was so worried about you. Has Tony hurt you? 'Cause if that bastard did anything to you…"

"No, I'm fine," she assured him stepping back and wiping her eyes. "Well, as fine as I can be for being a prisoner. Eric, my god. I – I can't… How'd he get you too?"

Eric took Sami's hand and led her to the bed to sit. He nodded a greeting as Jack entered and closed the door behind him.

"I was working in the Caymans on a shoot when I got this feeling you were in danger Sami. So I called you but you didn't answer. Later Uncle Bo called me back and explained you were missing and it looked like somebody kidnapped you. I decided to leave and start looking for you. The first thing I thought of was Stefano's old contacts. But I was intercepted and brought here to meet face to face with the not-so-dead Tony."

"Yeah, those DiMeras are like cockroaches. A nuclear attack won't kill them," Jack ranted.

"Unfortunately," Eric agreed.

"Eric, there's so much I have to tell you," Sami insisted, practically vibrating with energy.

"Like a little something about why you're putting on weight around the middle," Eric snorted.

"Eric!" Sami shrieked slugging him in the shoulder.

"Ow, Sami. Chill."

"God. Don't be such an ass."

"I'm just saying I noticed you're pregnant. Jesus Sami. I'm your twin and I am a fairly smart guy. I put two and two together."

"And got I'm fat?!"

"Sami, you are not fat. You're having a baby. Lucas' baby." He said the last part with mild disgust.

"I really don't want to talk about it right now," she insisted, still fuming at the perceived insult and still hurt over Lucas' rejection.

Eric shot Jack a questioning look and received a shrug in answer.

"Do you have any idea who else is here, Sami?" Eric asked.

"Mom, dad, Grandma, Victor and I'm pretty sure Cassie too."

"Cassie, as in our newly discovered sister Cassie?"

"That'd be the one."

"Huh? Well that's…" Eric trailed off scratching his head.

"Yeah. It is kinda..." Sami said before stopping.

"Exactly. Like…"

"I know. Just…"

"God, could you two stop with the telepathic communication about the oddity of your sister being here or whatever it is you two are thinking?" Jack snapped. "We need a plan."

"Sorry, fresh out right now. But I'll try to come up with something while we go back out to check things out," Eric insisted.

"Got it."

"God, so much for trying not to attract attention," Sami sighed rolling her eyes.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Eric asked, tone defensive.

"It means, it was supposed to be me checking out things while Bart kept things clear for me. But now we have three people sneaking around instead of just one."

Eric gave his twin a casual shrug. "Deal with it Sami. I'm not letting you out of my sight now."

Sami sighed, but couldn't help the grin that fought its way to her face.

The Brady twins were back in business.

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TBC…