Chapter 50

"Did he call yet?" Sam asked Sonny as she was perched up on the couch impatiently wringing her shirt with her fingers.

Sighing, Sonny rubbed his temples from the headache that was now forming. 'Don't shoot her, don't… shoot her.' He mentally chanted over and over and over again. "Sam, in the last 2 minutes since you asked, did you hear the phone ring?" He tried to be patient, he tried to be understanding, but how much more can he take? This is the 5th time she asked within 10 minutes all while sitting not even 10 feet from the phone. 'Don't shoot her, don't shoot her.'

"I thought maybe it rang but didn't hear it cuz I zoned out or something?"

"I wish I could zone you out?" He mumbled to himself. 'Maybe this is the wrong time to be back on the meds.' If he shot her, then he could just blame it on bipolar. He was sure she would've done the same and blamed it on hormones.

"What did you say?"

"I said I wish the phone would ring now." He said covering his tracks. In truth he was worried himself but he certainly didn't want his high risk pregnant friend to know it.

"Ugh!" She threw her hands up and jumped off the couch to pace. "I can't just sit here and do nothing Sonny, I can't!"

"Just stay calm, I'm sure everything is fine."

"But he didn't call…"

"And neither did any of my other men to give us any bad news." He pointed out hoping to calm her nerves.

"That doesn't mean anything." Didn't work. He braced himself for the rambling that he knew was coming, he just hoped that his head wouldn't blow up in the process. "What if they're hurt, what if they're still in a shootout? I mean come on Sonny, it wasn't just an explosion, I heard guns in the background too. This is a full out mob war and you sent Jason right in the middle of it."

"Sam…" He tried to call her but no use.

"Oh God, what if Jason is hurt? What is something happened to him and he can't get to a phone."

Rubbing his temples harder. "He has a cell phone."

"What if he can't dial? What if he was shot in the arm and he can't dial, then we won't know…"

"Sam!" He called louder.

"What are we going to do? Maybe we need to go to him…"

"SAM!" That got her attention and it only cost him a migraine. "First of all, you need to calm down, stress is not good for the baby, and second, Jason is fine, he's the best at his job and he wouldn't call until he was sure everything was taken care of. I'm sure he'll call really soon." He paused for a breath. "Now, why don't you go on upstairs and try to relax…"

She shakes her head. "I'm too wired up to take a nap."

"Why don't you practice your breathing exercises?"

"I'm not in labor Sonny, and besides you've confused me with my mother."

"Oh right." He thought back to all the times when he had to make Alexis take deep breaths in order to get a full sentence out. He tries again. "Ok, how about a bath." He continues when he sees her eyes light up. "A nice warm, relaxing bath, think about it." His voice was soft and gentle when on the inside he was screaming, 'Please say yes, please say yes and leave me alone.'

Sighing, Sam nodded her head. "You're right." Sonny expels a breath he hadn't realized he was holding. "A bath would be great." She turns and walks up the stairs, then forgetting something she stops. "When Jason calls..."

"I'll be sure to let you know." He finishes for her. At this point he would do anything to get her far away from him as soon as possible. He was already worried about his men and his best friend, he didn't need to worry about Sam on top of everything.

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Despite the anxiety that she was feeling from not hearing from Jason, Sam felt relaxed. Sonny was right, a bath most definitely helped except that she kept on thinking about all those times that she tried to get Jason to take a bubble bath with her. Jason. 'Wonder if he called yet?' She wasn't sure how long she had been up there, she felt as though it was for hours but in reality it was probably only 30 minutes. When she laid there, she trained her ears to make sure that she would be able to hear Sonny call her, but that only lead to her jumping at the slightest sound, so she had decided to listen to her iPod instead and close her eyes. Fear, worry, and stress wasn't helping her and it certainly wasn't good for her health. So she decided to trust in Jason's skills and Sonny's word and relax. Making her way out of the room after she was dressed in a simple t-shirt and blue jeans, she was playing with the buttons on her cell phone to check for missed calls and voicemails as she walked down the staircase. "Sonny, have you heard from Jason yet?" She asked without raising her head from her phone. She expected Sonny to answer, she figured he was probably annoyed with her by then, but what she didn't expect was the sound of Sergio Sandoval's voice causing her to stop dead in her tracks on the last step.

"Sorry my sweet, but Morgan is a little preoccupied at the moment." She looked up to see him standing across the room with two men, one on each side of him and a third guard right at the bottom of the staircase a few feet from her, with no Sonny in sight. Without another word, she turned to bolt up the staircase but was stopped short when an arm caught her around the waist and pulled her down the rest of the way. Too afraid for her baby's health, Sam relaxed as much as she could and didn't want to struggle or fight. She couldn't risk anything happening to their child.

"Let go of me…" She moved her arms a bit to loosened his grip around her but made sure to stay calm. Then she remembered Max and Milo standing outside in the foyer. "Ma…" Before she could call or scream for help, a strong hand clamped around her mouth, shutting her up.

"My sweet Samantha, how much I have missed you." Sandoval cooed at her as he walked over to her. He ran the back of his knuckles along her cheek, avoiding when she cringed at his touch, he knew that she was feisty and he liked her that way. Turning to his men he gave out orders. "Barricade the doors, make sure that no one gets in here."

Sam watched in horror as his men pushed up Sonny's desk over to the doors that led to the foyer. 'Where the hell was Sonny?' She thought to herself as she scanned all around her. She noticed movement outside and she turned to see Sandoval's men standing guard outside the back doors. Trapped. She was trapped with a psychopath and Sonny was nowhere to be seen.

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After Sam had left him to take her much needed relaxing bath, Sonny made a few phone calls. He dialed Jason's number but it went to voicemail. He dialed a few more numbers before he was actually able to get a hold of somebody. His employee informed him that the situation had been handled, they didn't lose any men, but there were some that were injured and shot. He proceeded to explain to him what had happened and told him that Jason was assisting Cody in gathering up the rest of Sandoval's men. So basically, Sonny's organization had won the war and now it was time to clean up. That was why Jason never called back, he was making sure that everything was taken care of first just as he told Sam. Sonny knew better than to worry, but he couldn't help but to have a bad feeling about this. What was Sandoval willing to gain with all this? Why did he choose to strike then?

After telling his man to have Jason call him, he hung up and called Bernie to find out what they lost and how much it was going to cost them. Leaving his desk, he went up to his bedroom safe to pull out the deeds and insurance claims to the warehouse so that he would give them to Bernie to handle. "Sam…" He called as he passed her bedroom door, only to see it open. She wasn't there. "Sam…" He called again but no answer. Making his way towards the staircase, he opened his mouth to call one final time but stopped short when he found the person he was looking for, only she wasn't alone. She was engulfed by a man 3 times her size, with an arm around her waist and one clamped over her mouth. He quickly checked her over to make sure that she wasn't hurt before he scanned the rest of the room. There, standing in the middle of his living room was his enemy, Sandoval with a couple of men guarding the back patio doors with guns drawn. Shaking his head, he made his way down the staircase.

"Glad you good join us Corinthos." Sandoval hissed than motioned to one of his men who in turn opened the patio doors and pulled in Ric by the arm. "You're brother was kind enough to show us around."

"I'm sorry Sonny but he threatened to go after Molly." Ric apologetically spoke.

Shaking his head, Sonny rubbed his jaw. "What did you think was going to happen when you work for lowlifes like him Ric." He saw his brother hang his head in shame. "How many times have I saved your life? How many times have I talked Jason out of killing you! And this is how you repay me! I'M YOUR BROTHER!" He couldn't help the anger that flowed through him. They had the same mother and his brother had betrayedhim.

"I'm sorry…" Ric whispered as a few tears blinded his vision. He regretted ever meeting Sergio and this day would forever haunt him.

Not caring about his brother anymore, Sonny turned to Sam and then back to Sandoval. "Let her go." He tried to remain calm but was secretly worried. They were outnumbered and unarmed, and Sam was holding a precious baby within her. "You have me, you don't need her."

"On the contrary, she…" Sandoval said as he pointed to Sam. "is who I came for and she is who I'm going to take. You are nothing more than a means to an end." He pulled out his gun from his jacket. "Let me tell you how this is going to go. I walk out of here with her and you will die." Sandoval pointed the gun at Sonny's chest.

Turning to look at Sam to make sure that she was ok, Sonny was determined to hide his emotions. He wasn't about to let that asshole see him afraid, in truth he wasn't, this was business but he had to find a way to stop Sandoval from leaving with Sam. Holding up his hands Sonny tried to work him. "You're nothing but a coward! Put the gun down and let's settle this like men." He barked at him. "You're not going to shoot me, you know that Jason will come after you."

"Not if he's dead."

Sonny didn't have to turn to see Sam struggling behind him, he could hear the light whimpers and moans as she tried to get free. Obviously Sandoval didn't think that Sonny was in touch with his men. Sonny knew that Jason was perfectly safe but wasn't about to share that information even if he knew that it was killing Sam. He turned to her. "Sam, don't fight, just stay calm, remember what I told you earlier, everything is fine." He said hoping that she would understand and remember their conversation when he told her that he was sure that Jason was fine. He relaxed slightly when he saw that she understood what he said and stopped struggling. He turned back to Sandoval. "Maybe we can make a deal?"

"No deal! You have nothing that I want. I only came for Samantha." He said as he aimed the gun. But before the bullet hit its intended target, Ric jumped on Sandoval and pushed his arm up sending the shot way over Sonny's head.

Staring wide eyed both Sam and Sonny saw what Ric had done and now they were in a struggle with each other over the gun. Sonny took a few steps forward to help his brother but was immediately stopped with a gun pointed to his head by one of his other guards. In a matter of seconds, everything was turning upside down. Ric was in a struggle with Sandoval, one man holding a struggling Sam, one man pointing the gun to Sonny's head, and now Max and Milo yelling and banging on the door after hearing the gun shot. They could see the effort Ric was putting into the fight, and Sonny was grateful that he was winning but it was suddenly too late when another shot rang out and Ric was on the floor. One of the other guards that were in the room waited for a clear shot and shot Ric in the back causing him to stumble backwards and fall to his knees. He looked over to his brother, tears suddenly making their way to his eyes at seeing his brother fall. They were never close, enemies were more like it but he never wanted his brother killed. "For…forgive me…" Was all Sonny heard from Ric's lips before he fell to the floor. Staring at his brother for a long time, Sonny could make the faint movement of his chest, signaling that Ric was still alive. He needed to think fast if he is going to get them out of this situation.

At seeing Ric's body lying on the floor, all Sam could think about was her sister, Molly. How is she going to tell her that her father was shot and that she couldn't help him? How can she hurt her sister that way? Ric may be the lowest of the low but he truly loved his daughter. So she pushed the tears away kept up the struggle, careful not to hurt herself, and when she felt the guards hand shift on her mouth, she bit down hard causing him to let out a yelp as he freed her mouth. "MAAAAXXX!" She screamed out at the top of her lungs. She could hear them yelling for her. "SAM! What's going on? What's happening? Open the door! BOSS! SAM!" She heard Max and Milo yell back. "SANDOVAL SHOT RIC! HELLLPPP! GET JAASO…" She managed to get out before the guard's hand was back on her mouth.

Sandoval stood erect and straightened out his clothing, wiping his suit down. "Now… where were we?" He asked as he held up the gun once more. "Oh yes…. Here…" A shot was fire and Sonny went down.