Chapter 51

''Bill,'' she whispered.

''Yeah, Bill,'' he said, and she shuddered. This could not be happening, ''I see you missed me just as much as I missed you,'' he said, and she shook her head.

''I…'' she could hardly talk, there was a lump in her throat and she felt like her lungs had closed off, she couldn't breath.

''You know that sister of Tamara wanted to come and I told her to take me – she didn't, so I just took the invitation and went here,'' he said, ''after all, she couldn't stop me anymore,'' he said, and Sam widened her eyes when he pushed her back to the cliff and pressed her against it, trapping her with his body.

''Bill – just let me go, and I-'' he cut her off by backhanding her and she closed her eyes, trying to close off the pain and fear. She had to stay calm right now, because she didn't want to make him mad, and she didn't want to lose the baby because of him.

''You are a slut, you know that,'' he said, ''I found out about all the men you conned, and that you are conning Jason even now – with this girl coming I know he wants to marry you. Its one of the best you had,'' he said, and she shook her head, tears streaming down her face. She didn't know how to get out of here without getting hurt. She didn't say anything; she opened her eyes and looked at him. She could see the craziness in his eyes and closed hers again, not wanting to see it, ''Jason is clueless and I love it. I remember me being clueless about what you were doing. You remember, don't you?'' he asked, and she didn't move an inch. She didn't want him to think she was listening to him; she didn't want him to know how scared she was.

''Just let me go, please, Bill,'' she whispered, and he chuckled. He moved, and she opened her eyes wide when she felt his erection. This turned him on, and he made the mistake when moving, because he had given her an opening. She brought her knee up and hit him in the groin, and he doubled over and backed out, but he didn't let her go. She struggled to get out of his grip, but he wouldn't let her and he stood straight, then he pushed her back against the cliff with force – causing her head to slam against it and she felt her body give out under her, and she sank down. Black spots covered her sight and she didn't see his foot coming.

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Daisy walked back to the men and when she stood in front of James, he pulled her on his lap and kissed her.

''Where is Sam?'' Jason asked, and she smiled at him before answering.

''She decided to take another walk to the cliff and then come back,'' she replied, and Jason nodded.

''Daisy, baby, I don't have a good feeling about that,'' James said, and he frowned when he saw the look on Jason's face, ''you want to go look for her?'' he asked, and Jason nodded.

''James, Jason, what is the matter with you? There are a lot of people on this beach, and I'm sure by now she is returning here,'' Daisy said, and she frowned, ''I don't understand why this reaction to me giving Sam some time to breath,'' she added, and Jason sighed.

''I know – but you have to understand that after everything with Bill – I just want to know she's safe, and I don't know because the guards are all still here, Dais. She is all alone out there,'' he told her, and she nodded.

''Ok – ok, we'll look for her,'' she said, and they got up. Jason walked over to Danny.

''Danny, we're going to look for Sam, because she's alone and I don't want her to be with Bill walking around,'' he told Danny, who nodded and got up to go with them. Tam got up too and the five of them walked toward the cliff.

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Sam didn't see the shoe coming at her because of the black spots, but she felt it. He kicked her in the side, and she rolled over and laid there in the fetal position, protecting her baby as much as possible. But then Bill sank down next to her and turned her, grinning when she moaned in pain. Her side was aching, as was her head from the blow before, and when he rolled her on her back she hit her head again.

''I heard pregnant women have some kind of hormone that makes them horny in the second trimester,'' he told her, and she widened her eyes when she realized what he meant.

''No, no please, don't,'' she begged him, but he positioned himself on top if her and smiled at her before kissing her hard. She struggled against him, and he bit her lip to make her stop. Her hands moved around in the sand to find something hard, and suddenly she found it. A rock, big – but small enough for her to lift it, and she gripped it while Bill moved his hands to her breasts. Even in her state of being a little dazed because of the hit against her head, she lifted her hand and slammed it against the side of his head. He moaned, and she slammed it again, causing him to fall off of her, and she scrambled to get up when she heard him get up too. She whimpered when he grabbed her arm, but then she heard a shot and he let go, falling to the ground. His eyes were open, but they were blank, and she knew he was dead.

''Sam,'' she heard Jason call out, and she sank down on the ground when she saw him. She was grateful for him arriving just in time, and she tried to smile but she couldn't. She started to shake, and she couldn't do anything to stop it.

''Take care of him, and do not mess up in cleaning up,'' she heard James say, and she felt Jason relax just a little.

''Jason,'' she whispered, and he sank down next to her, pulling her in his arms, ''Jason, the baby – he kicked me – oh god,'' she started to ramble, and Jason lifted her in his arms and took her to the car, where he told James to sit in the back while he drove to the hospital. Daisy, Danny and Tam followed them in James' car.

''Sam, stay awake for me, ok?'' James said when he saw her drift off. He didn't know what happened, but he could see blood in her hair and he suspected a concussion. He didn't want her to fall asleep, ''talk to me,'' he said when she closed her eyes again.

''About what – James, I'm scared,'' she said, and she rubbed her stomach, ''he kicked me real hard before I could even think of protecting her – god I'm such a bad mother already,'' she whispered, and she started to sob uncontrollably.

''No, no way you're going to do that to yourself. You are great – you didn't have any time to react, come on babe,'' Jason said, and James wrapped his arms tighter around her to calm her down. When she heard his heartbeat she did calm down a little, but not enough for his liking.

''Damn it, Sam. You're not a bad mother, stop doing this to yourself,'' he said, and she tensed.

''James, I let him kick me, I let him throw me against that cliff – hell, if I had listened to my head, I wouldn't even have been there at the time, or at all,'' she said, and he frowned. He didn't know what she was talking about, but the way Jason tensed, he could see he knew.

''What do you mean?'' he asked, and she wiped away her tears.

''I dreamed about this – it was almost exactly as in my dream,'' she said, ''I saw the cliff earlier today and I remembered the dream but I didn't think any of it. And then Bill came and I thought it was Jason so I said he shouldn't do that – you know, sneaking up on me – and then he started talking. I was careless,'' she said, and then Jason pulled over and jumped out of the car. He took Sam in his arms before James could even stand up, and he walked into the hospital. James followed and called for help. Two nurses walked over, one with a gurney and Jason laid Sam on it, and then a doctor came and took Sam away.

''You will have to wait here, sir,'' he said, and Jason nodded but was frustrated he had to wait. He wanted to stay with her; he didn't want to leave her alone like this. James touched his shoulder and he looked at Sam's best friend – who had become one of his close friends too, and sighed.

''Jason, she will be ok,'' he said, ''and the baby will be ok too,'' he added, and Jason nodded, but didn't really believe James until he saw for himself she was ok. Danny, Tam and Daisy walked in and Daisy was at James' side in no time, while Danny stood next to Jason looking ahead of him.

''Jason, I know you are scared,'' Daisy said, and Jason nodded, ''but you have to believe she will be ok – they both will be. That little girl of yours is strong,'' she told him, and he nodded again, finally getting to believe Sam and the baby were going to be ok.

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Sam looked at the doctor with a weak smile and thanked him. He had just told her she had a concussion, and that the baby was fine, and she was grateful.

''So, I will now send in your husband, because he was badgering the nurse a couple of minutes ago,'' he said with a smile, and she nodded and smiled. She had a headache and her side was still killing her, but she knew everything was fine with the baby and that was all that mattered. She closed her eyes for a moment, waiting for Jason – and probably everyone else – to come in and get the good news. The door of her room opened and she opened her eyes to see Jason and James standing next to her already. Danny, Tam and Daisy were standing outside, and she waved them over.

''How are you feeling?'' Jason asked, and she smiled at him and grabbed his hand.

''I'm great – the only thing is the concussion, but other than that I'm fine,'' she told them, and he sighed of relief, and opened his mouth to ask something else, but she stopped him, ''the baby is fine too,'' she told him, and he closed his eyes for a second before looking at her and leaning in to kiss her forehead, ''I think I can even go home soon, because the doctor didn't say anything about staying overnight,'' she added, and Jason smiled.

''We'll see about that – I'll go and ask him about it now,'' he said, and he walked away. Sam shook her head and then moaned –it still hurt. Daisy came to stand next to her and kissed her on the cheek.

''I'm sorry, Sam,'' she said softly, and Sam frowned at her, ''for leaving you alone,'' Daisy added, and Sam shook her head and wiped away the tear on Daisy's cheek.

''No, no, Daisy – I asked you to let me walk around first before coming home, you can't blame yourself,'' Sam said, but she saw Daisy didn't believe her, ''what do you need? You want me to say I forgive you – because even though there is nothing to forgive you for, if you need to hear it – I forgive you,'' she said, and Daisy nodded.

''It's ok, Daisy, she really doesn't blame you,'' James added, and Daisy nodded again.

''And you, James, maybe you better go home and clean up – ok?'' Sam said, and James nodded. He grabbed Daisy's hand and they walked away, and Sam smiled. Two down, two to go, ''and you two – you need to go too. You better leave for that honeymoon,'' she said with raised eyebrows, and Danny smiled.

''We'll go when we hear if you can go,'' he said, and just then the doctor walked in.

''He is pretty consistent if he wants something. He came to ask me when you could leave. I told him you could go if you wanted to – I don't really like it but there is nothing wrong, so you are free to go. I just want you to take is easy and Mr. Morgan has to wake you up every two to three hours when you are sleeping,'' he told them, ''but other than that there is nothing that will keep you here,'' he added, and Sam nodded and smiled. She swung her legs off of the bed and got up. Jason rushed to her side and helped her, and they left with the four of them.

''Now go on your honeymoon,'' Jason said, ''I'll handle this,'' he said with a wink to Sam. When they were at the car they climbed in and took Danny and Tamara home, they waved goodbye and told them to have fun. Then they went home.